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Port Security Improvements Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2193
Sponsor: Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2003-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Coast guard
Construction costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
EBB Terrorism
Employee training
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Harbors
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Longshoremen
Maintenance and repair
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Security measures
Ships
Tariff
Terrorism
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: 
Port Security Improvements Act of 2003 - Makes available to the Secretary of Homeland Security for security enhancements at each port over each of the next five fiscal years 30 percent of the difference between the amount of duties collected at each port and the port's security costs.
 
 Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue: (1) final regulations governing biometric transportation security cards within one year; and (2) regulations that establish a national minimum set of standard security requirements for each port in the United States, each facility in a port in the United States, and each vessel entering a U.S. port.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1041)
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act

Bill: 108-hr-2198
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2003-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Public defenders
Public prosecutors
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program of student loan forgiveness for borrowers who agree to remain employed, for at least three years, as public attorneys who are: (1) State or local criminal prosecutors; or (2) State, local, or Federal public defenders in criminal cases.
Directs the Secretary of Education to provide such student loan repayment benefits for such public attorneys on a first-come, first-served basis, and subject to the availability of appropriations. Requires priority to be given to borrowers who received repayment benefits for the preceding fiscal year and have completed less than three years of the first required service period. Allows the borrower and the Secretary to enter into an additional agreement, after the required three-year period, for a successive period of service which may be less than three years. Limits the amount paid under such program on behalf of any borrower to $6,000 per calendar year and $40,000 total.
Includes public defenders among those eligible under a current HEA program of cancellation of student loans for certain public service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1040)
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Out-of-Pocket Spending Limit Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2199
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2003-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Capitation (Medical care)
Catastrophic health insurance
Coinsurance
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-territorial relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Medicare Out-of-Pocket Spending Limit Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Voluntary Catastrophic Benefit Program) under which is established as part of the Medicare program a voluntary program to cover catastrophic out-of-pocket costs incurred under Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide for Medicaid buy-in of Medicare catastrophic coverage for certain low-income individuals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-21
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: 2003-05-21
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: 2003-05-21
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: 2003-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1030-1031)
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Citrus Disaster Payment Fairness Act

Bill: 108-hr-2202
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2003-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Citrus fruits
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Environmental Protection
Farm income
Income tax
Indemnity
Law
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax administration
Tree diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Citrus Disaster Payment Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to take citrus canker tree replacement payments into account as income or gain ratably over the ten-year period beginning with the taxable year in which the taxpayer receives or accrues the payment.
Provides, for purposes of nonrecognition of gain regarding commercial citrus trees involuntarily converted under a public order because of citrus tree canker, that the trees shall be replaced within four years after the close of the first taxable year in which any part of the gain upon conversion is realized, or an additional period if a State or Federal plant health authority determines that the land on which such trees grew is not disease-free.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial Act

Bill: 108-hr-2206
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorations
Missing in action
Monuments and memorials
Prisoners of war
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial Act - Designates the memorial to former prisoners of war and members of the armed forces missing in action that is under construction at Riverside National Cemetery, California, as the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Provision incorporated. See H.R. 1716, Title IV, Section 402.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2207
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Amusement parks
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 2003 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to extend the definition of consumer product to include amusement rides permanently fixed to a site (thereby granting the Consumer Product Safety Commission jurisdiction over such rides).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1060-1061)
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Highway Funding Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2208
Sponsor: Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appalachia
Authorization
Bridges
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Highway planning
Highway use tax
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Interstate highway system
Metropolitan areas
Motor vehicle pollution control
Road construction
Sports and Recreation
Taxation
Traffic congestion
Trails
Transportation engineering
Transportation planning
Urban affairs
Urban transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: 
Highway Funding Equity Act of 2003 - Revises Federal highway funding minimum guarantee provisions. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, for each of FY 2004 through 2009, to allocate among the States amounts sufficient to ensure that: (1) the percentage for each State of the total apportionments for the fiscal year for the National Highway System (NHS), the high priority projects program, the Interstate maintenance program, the surface transportation program, metropolitan planning, the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the recreational trails program, the Appalachian development highway system, and the basic minimum guarantee equals or exceeds 95 percent of the ratio that the estimated tax payments to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) attributable to highway users in the State bears to such payments attributable to highway users in all States (with a specified exception for any State having a population density of less than 50 individuals per square mile); and (2) when HTF allocations (other than from the Mass Transit Account, for such programs, emergency relief, and the discretionary minimum guarantee) for the fiscal year have been identified, the percentage for each State of all of those allocations for the fiscal year equals or exceeds the percentage that is equal to 95 percent of such tax payments ratio.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the programmatic distribution of NHS funds exceeding $2.8 billion; (2) the apportionment of the remainder of funds to the States; and (3) required adjustments where the sum of State percentages exceeds 100. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
JUDGES Act

Bill: 108-hr-2213
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Public meetings
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Judicial Use of Discretion to Guarantee Equity in Sentencing Act of 2003 (JUDGES Act) - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to report to Congress on the incidence of downward departures from the U.S. sentencing guidelines (i.e., imposition of a sentence below the range established by such guidelines). Includes among required report contents: (1) a discussion of the history and purpose of departures in the Federal system; (2) information on rates of departures from the guidelines among different districts and judicial circuits and among different offense and departure types; (3) an analysis of the grounds provided by district court judges when they depart from the guidelines; (4) a comparison of the departure authority in Federal law with that of State systems; and (5) an assessment of the extent to which departures undermine or promote the purposes of sentencing.
Repeals specified nonconforming (sentencing reform) provisions of the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act), including provisions that limit judges' discretion in sentencing, require the Chief Judge of each district court to submit written reports to the Commission within 30 days of entry of judgment in every criminal case, and make changes to the composition of the Commission.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1068)
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act

Bill: 108-hr-2215
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Authorization
Drainage
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Pollution measurement
Revolving funds
Sewage disposal
Sewerage
Waste water
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: 
Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct owners or operators of publicly-owned treatment works to institute an alert system for sanitary sewer overflow.
 
 Requires that the public and the appropriate officials be notified as soon as practicable within 24 hours of the time the owner or operator becomes aware of the overflow.
 
Requires a written report on the overflow, including magnitude and cause, as well as measures taken to eliminate and prevent its recurrence. 
 
States that owners or operators must report overflows on their monthly discharge monitoring report to either the State or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection, as appropriate.
 
Makes these alert systems eligible for assistance and authorizes funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for greater recognition of Veterans Day each year.

Bill: 108-hr-2216
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Churches
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential messages
Religion
Signs and symbols
Veterans Day

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: 
Encourages: (1) Americans to demonstrate their support for veterans on Veterans Day by treating that day as a special day of reflection; (2) houses of worship and other institutions to ring bells at 11:00 AM on such Day; and (3) people to then observe a moment of reflection in recognition of veterans.
 
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation each year in connection with the observance of Veterans Day calling on Americans to observe it with appropriate ceremonies and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2217
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Cost of living adjustments
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2003 - Increases the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for deceased veterans who: (1) at the time of death were in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or veterans' pension benefits; or (2) were veterans of any war or were discharged or released from active military service for a service-connected disability and for whom there is no next of kin or sufficient resources to cover funeral and burial costs. 
Increases the burial plot allowance for veterans who, at the time of death, were receiving hospital or nursing home care in or through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Authorizes the annual adjustment of such allowances based on increases in Social Security benefits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2279)
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2218
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Contact lenses
Medical supplies
Product safety

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to classify corrective and noncorrective contact lenses and similar articles as medical devices under the Act.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) regulate all contact lenses as medical devices; and (2) state that such regulation shall not be construed as having any legal effect on any other Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated article.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11565)
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11565)
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2218.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11565-11567)
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacies to dispense medications on prescriptions written by private practitioners to veterans who are currently awaiting their first appointment with the Department for medical care, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-2219
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drugs
Pharmacies
Physicians
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow pharmacies of the Department of Veterans Affairs to dispose medications pursuant to a valid prescription written by a private practicioner to any veteran who is on a waiting list for a first appointment with the Department for medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House