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HUD Programs Information Verification Act

Bill: 108-hr-1030
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer matching
Confidential communications
Congregate housing
Cooperative housing
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Directories
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Federally-assisted loans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing for the aged
Housing for the disabled
Housing subsidies
Labor and Employment
Law
Low-income housing
Moderate income housing
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Public housing
Rental housing
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: HUD Programs Information Verification Act - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to provide for public and assisted housing-related employment and income data comparisons between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services' National Directory of New Hires.
Sets forth data disclosure and use limitations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1032
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug therapy
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Hospital rates
Legislation
Medical fees
Medicare
Off-budget expenditures
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (OPD) to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to treat as a separate group of covered OPD services any drug or biological that was treated as such a group as of December 31, 2002, and any drug or biological that has ceased to be eligible for transitional, pass-through payments by reason of the limited period of payment specified; and (2) add special rules for 2004 for the calculation of Medicare OPD fee schedule amounts, among other payment-related changes.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on pharmacy services used to provide cancer drug therapies in hospital outpatient setting.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1033
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alaska
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Arizona
California
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial districts
Judicial reform
Judicial tenure
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2003 - Divides the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the ninth circuit into: (1) the ninth circuit, composed of California and Nevada, consisting of 20 judges (25 as of February 1, 2005), and holding regular sessions in San Francisco and Los Angeles; (2) the tenth circuit, composed of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming, consisting of 14 judges (as of February 1, 2005), and holding regular sessions in Denver, Wichita, and Oklahoma City; and (3) the twelfth circuit, composed of Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington, consisting of eight judges (ten as of February 1, 2005), and holding regular sessions in Portland and Seattle.
Authorizes a circuit judge of the former ninth circuit who is in regular active service or who is a senior judge to elect to be assigned to: (1) either the new ninth or twelfth circuit; or (2) the new ninth or tenth circuit if such judge's official station is in Arizona.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Cesar Estrada Chavez Lands Legacy Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-1034
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Arizona
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Historic sites
History
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Migrant labor
National parks
Nonviolence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Cesar Estrada Chavez Lands Legacy Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study to determine: (1) appropriate methods for preserving and interpreting certain sites in Arizona, California, and other States that are significant to the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement in the western United States; and (2) whether any of the sites meets the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or designation as a national historic landmark.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E495)
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E323)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Broadcast Ownership for the 21st Century Act

Bill: 108-hr-1035
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cable television
Commerce
Competition
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Newspapers
Radio stations
Television industry
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Broadcast Ownership for the 21st Century Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify current cross-ownership limitations by eliminating provisions limiting the granting or renewal of an AM or FM radio or television broadcast license to any party on the basis of the ownership, operation, or control of a daily newspaper.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that, in calculating the national audience reach limitations, UHF stations shall be attributed with no more than 50 percent of the television households in their market.
Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to direct the FCC to modify its rules for multiple ownership of TV broadcast stations to increase to 45 (currently 35) percent the national audience reach limitations for TV stations owned by the same entity or person.
Directs the FCC to revise its rules for local television multiple ownership to allow a person to own, operate, or control two TV stations in the same market area if the grade B contours of such station: (1) do not overlap; or (2) do overlap and at least six independent broadcast or cable television voices would remain in the area after transfer of the license of the stations in question.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Bank Fraud by Terrorists Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1037
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bank accounts
Bank fraud
Bank records
Crime prevention
EBB Terrorism
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Money laundering
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Prevent Bank Fraud by Terrorists Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law governing monetary transactions to require a financial institution to report promptly to the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service the name and Social Security number (or taxpayor identification number) of an accountholder or account beneficiary whenever the institution establishes an account.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Wholesale Motor Fuel Fairness and Competition Restoration Act

Bill: 108-hr-1039
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Energy
Energy prices
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Price discrimination
Rebates
Restrictive trade practices
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Wholesale Motor Fuel Fairness and Competition Restoration Act - Declares that it shall be unlawful for an owner or operator to sell motor fuel from its terminal facility to any person in excess of the price it charges any other person, including a distributor or retailer which it owns or with which it is affiliated. Exempts from such prohibition certain franchises or sales contracts entered into before enactment of this Act.
Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Instructs the Federal Trade Commission to: (1) issue regulations requiring full disclosure by refiners and distributors of their wholesale motor fuel pricing policies, with a separate listing of each component contributing to prices, including the cost of crude oil, refining, marketing, transportation, equipment, overhead, and profit, along with a description of any rebates, incentives, and market enhancement allowances; and (2) ensure that all information acquired pursuant to such regulations is disseminated to the public.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Distributed Power Hybrid Energy Act

Bill: 108-hr-1041
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Electric power production
Energy development
Energy research
Fuel cells
Geothermal resources
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Solar energy
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Distributed Power Hybrid Energy Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop and transmit to Congress a distributed power hybrid systems strategy (involving two or more independent electric energy sources of usually ten megawatts or less each, located close to a residential, commercial, or industrial load center, including reciprocating engines, turbines, microturbines, fuel cells, solar electric systems, wind energy systems, biomass power systems, geothermal power systems, or electrical components of cogeneration systems); and (2) implement and integrate such strategy with other activities of the Department of Energy Office of Distributed Energy Resources.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E329)
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated.

Bill: 108-hr-1043
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Federal incorporation
History
Korean War, 1950-1953
Veterans' organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Grants a Federal charter to the Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of New York).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Commission on Medical Malpractice Insurance.

Bill: 108-hr-1044
Sponsor: Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Damages
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Investments
Juries
Law
Legislation
Liability insurance
Medical malpractice

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Establishes the Commission on Medical Malpractice Insurance, which shall study the cause of rising medical malpractice premium rates set by insurance carriers in the United States. Requires the Commission to study: (1) the investment, accounting, and pricing practices of such carriers; and (2) jury awards in medical malpractice cases.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1045
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2003-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Ambulatory care
Auditing
Business records
Coinsurance
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug interactions
Drug therapy
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Emblems
Federal advisory bodies
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Government statistics
Health counseling
Health education
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Home care services
Immunosuppressive drugs
Law
Mail-order business
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical records
Medical statistics
Medicare
Medication abuse
Medigap
Osteoporosis
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Science, Technology, Communications
Signs and symbols
Social Welfare
Standards
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for coverage of certain outpatient prescription drugs and biologicals; (2) outline payment rules; (3) establish an enforcement mechanism governing participating pharmacies dispensing covered outpatient prescription drugs and biologicals, providing for civil money penalties in appropriate cases; (4) prohibit payment from being made under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for any expense incurred for a covered outpatient drug or biological dispensed in excess of a certain quantity, generally a 30-day supply; and (5) direct the Director of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (sic) to provide for appointment of a Prescription Drug Payment Review Commission.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Debbie Smith Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1046
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arrest
Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Department of Justice
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Evidence (Law)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Forensic medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Indian law enforcement
Indictments
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Law
Limitation of actions
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical personnel
Minorities
Nurses
Nursing education
Police training
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
Rape
Recidivists
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Sex crimes
Standards
Surveys
Victims of crimes
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Debbie Smith Act of 2003 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) survey Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement jurisdictions to assess the amount of DNA evidence from sexual assault crimes that has not been subjected to testing and analysis; (2) review national, State, local, and tribal government protocols on the collection and processing of DNA evidence at crime scenes; and (3) make grants for sexual assault examiner programs, examiner training and certification, acquisition or improvement of forensic equipment, and other training.
Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to: (1) ensure that DNA testing and analysis of samples from rape kits and non-suspect cases are carried out in a timely manner; (2) reauthorize grants; (3) make local governments eligible for grants; (4) direct the Attorney General to give priority to a State or local governmental unit that has a significant rape kit or non-suspect case backlog; and (5) expand the scope of DNA samples subject to privacy protections.
Amends: (1) the Federal criminal code and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to authorize "John Doe" DNA indictments for sexual abuse (allows describing a person as an unknown individual who has a particular DNA profile if the identity of the accused or defendant is unknown); and (2) the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to authorize appropriations to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to carry out a redesign of the Combined DNA Index System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House