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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat natural gas distribution lines as 10-year property for depreciation purposes.

Bill: 108-s-360
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Gas pipelines
Income tax
Minimum tax
Natural gas
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify natural gas distribution lines as 10-year property for depreciation purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2218)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2213-2216)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Resource Efficient Appliance Incentive Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-361
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Electric appliances
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Income tax
Manufacturing industries
Refrigeration
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Resource Efficient Appliance Incentives Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited energy efficient appliance credit for the eligible production of qualified energy efficient appliances produced by a taxpayer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2218-2219)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2213-2216)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Family Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-362
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Death
Families
Labor and Employment
Married people
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Survivors' benefits
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Social Security Family Protection Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that, if an OASDI recipient dies during the first 15 days of a month, the last payment of the monthly benefit for that month shall be half the ususal benefit amount.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2220)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2219-2220)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Pension Offset Reform Act

Bill: 108-s-363
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2003-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Cost of living adjustments
Families
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Married people
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Parents
Social security beneficiaries
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Government Pension Offset Reform Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a Federal or State pension plan. Declares that such benefit reductions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2221)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2220-2221)
action_date: 2003-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to advocate a position that is inconsistent with existing Supreme Court precedent with respect to the Second Amendment.

Bill: 108-s-364
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Constitutional amendments
Constitutional law
Economics and Public Finance
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Justice or any other agency from being used to file any brief or to otherwise advocate before any judicial or administrative body any position regarding the meaning of the Second Amendment to the Constitution (right to bear arms) that is inconsistent with existing Supreme Court precedent.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2342)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2341-2342)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Four-Lane Highway Safety and Development Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-365
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Highway finance
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Road construction
Rural economic development
Traffic accidents and safety
Trucking

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Rural Four-Lane Highway Safety and Development Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and carry out a program to make allocations to States for projects to expand eligible two-lane highways in rural areas to four-lane highways. Authorizes the Secretary to make allocations only for projects that are on the National Highway System (NHS) or a high priority corridor identified under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
Directs the Secretary to give priority to projects: (1) to improve highway safety on the most dangerous rural two-lane highways on the NHS; (2) carried out on rural highways with respect to which the annual volume of commercial vehicle traffic has increased since the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act or is expected to increase after this Act's enactment; (3) carried out on rural highways with high levels of commercial truck traffic; and (4) on highway corridors that will help stimulate regional economic growth and development in rural areas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2345)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2343-345)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Straight Talk on Social Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-368
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Accounting
Budget deficits
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security finance
Social security taxes
Tax rates
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Straight Talk on Social Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act to require Social Security account statements to contain additional information, such as a statement of the current Social Security tax rates applicable to wages and self-employment income, including an indication of the combined total of such rates of employee and employer taxes with respect to wages.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2355)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2355)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Endangered Species Listing and Delisting Process Reform Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-369
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Animals
Biological research
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Department of the Interior
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Housing and Community Development
Law
Public meetings
Right of petition
Science, Technology, Communications
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Endangered Species Listing and Delisting Process Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to use data that are empirical or have been field-tested or peer-reviewed in any case in which such Act requires the Secretary to use the best scientific and commercial data available in the determination of a species for inclusion on the endangered or threatened species list.
Requires the Secretary to: determine that a species is an endangered or threatened species only if there is sufficient biological information to support recovery planning for the species.
Specifies information required in a petition to add a species to the endangered or threatened list. Requires the Secretary to notify and provide a copy of a petition to the State agency of each State in which the species is believed to occur and to solicit the assessment of such agency as to whether the petitioned action is warranted.
Directs the Secretary, upon publication of a proposed regulation determining an endangered or threatened listing, to make publicly available all information on which the determination is based, as well as all information relating to the species that does not support such determination (with an exception for disclosures protected under the Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act).
Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations that establish criteria that must be met for scientific and commercial data to be used as the basis for a determination that a species is an endangered or threatened species.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2355-2356)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act

Bill: 108-s-370
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Aquaculture
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Damages
Economics and Public Finance
Fisheries
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Law
Legislation
Liability for environmental damages
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) direct the President to establish a loan program to assist parties injured by an oil spill (fishermen or aquaculture producers to whom a responsible party has failed to provide an interim payment) in meeting financial obligations during the claims procedure; and (2) allow the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to be used to make such loans. Specifies the terms and conditions of such loans.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a study that contains: (1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the claims procedures and emergency response programs under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 with respect to fishermen and aquaculture producers; and (2) recommendations to improve those procedures and programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure an adequate supply of vaccines.

Bill: 108-s-371
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug industry
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Health planning
Vaccination
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to develop a plan for the purchase, storage, and rotation of vaccines and submit it to Congress. Declares that the supply of vaccines should be sufficient to provide for adults and children, for a six-month period, all vaccinations routinely recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Directs the Secretary to require a manufacturer of a vaccine included in such supply to provide a one-year notice to the Secretary of a discontinuance of the manufacture of the vaccine or of other factors that may impede the supply of the vaccine. Permits a reduction of the period of notice for good cause. Authorizes appropriations through FY 2009.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2357)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2356-2357)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
State and Local Government Participation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-372
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congress
County politics and government
Environmental assessment
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: State and Local Government Participation Act of 2003 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require Federal officials, prior to making environmental impact statements on proposed actions and legislative proposals, to obtain the comments of Federal and State agencies and county and local governments (currently, Federal agencies) which have jurisdiction or special expertise with respect to involved environmental impacts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2358)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2358)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-373
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinics
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Electronic government information
Employee rights
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Home care services
Hospital personnel
Hours of labor
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Medical ethics
Medicare
Military hospitals
Nurses
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to place limitations on mandatory overtime for nurses, protect nurses against retaliation in any manner with respect to any aspect of employment, and provide for civil money penalties for violations of such provisions.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on standards to establish for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety of their patients.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to study and report to Congress on the extent to which federally operated medical facilities have in effect practices and policies with respect to overtime requirements for nurses that are inconsistent with the overtime requirements added by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2358)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the occupational taxes relating to distilled spirits, wine, and beer.

Bill: 108-s-374
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcohol tax
Alcoholic beverages
Beer
Business records
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
Wine

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal specified occupational taxes relating to distilled spirits, wine, and beer. Revises recordkeeping requirements for wholesale and retail liquor dealers. Makes it unlawful for any liquor dealer (except one selling beer exclusively) to purchase distilled spirits from any person other than a specified wholesale liquor dealer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2359-2360)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2358-2359)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Access Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-375
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Medical fees
Medicare
Pay equity
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Medicare Access Equity Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish a minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services furnished under the Medicare program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2361)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2360-2361)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
DONATE Act

Bill: 108-s-376
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Awards, medals, prizes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional tributes
Data banks
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health information systems
Hospitals
Informed consent (Medical law)
Internet
Living wills
Medical ethics
Medical records
Medical statistics
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: The Donor Outreach, Network, and Timely Exchange Act, or the DONATE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center which shall: (1) advance the development of, and information access and exchange between, State donor registries; (2) develop registry guidelines; and (3) maintain a registry clearinghouse.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide grants for State organ and tissue donor registries; (2) establish a State registry advisory task force; (3) establish an organ donation public awareness program; and (4) contract with the Institute of Medicine to evaluate successful organ procurement agency practices.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for living organ donation expenses.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design and strike a congressional medal to commemorate organ donors and their families.
Amends the Act to authorize the Secretary to award grants for coordination of hospital organ donation activities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-377
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Black history
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Coins and coinage
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional tributes
Federal libraries
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
History
Human rights
Library of Congress
Minorities
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins emblematic of the human rights legacy and leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Requires that: (1) all sales of such coins include a surcharge of $10 per coin; and (2) all surcharges from coin sales be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Library of Congress for purchasing and maintaining materials associated with the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2361-2362)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Colleges and Universities Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act

Bill: 108-s-378
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: College teachers
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Indian education
Minorities
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Tribal Colleges and Universities Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a specified percentage of the total amount of any Federal Perkins loan, Federal Family Education loan, or direct student loan for each year of employment (up to five) as a full-time teacher at a tribal college or university if the borrower is not in default on such loan.
Prohibits a borrower from receiving, for the same service, both a benefit from this Act and a benefit from the National Community Service Act of 1990.
Provides that the amount of any loan forgiven under this Act shall not be treated as gross income for Federal tax purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2362)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2362)
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate