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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for the expansion of areas designated as renewal communities based on 2000 census data.

Bill: 108-hr-840
Sponsor: Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Census
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Poverty
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax incentives
Urban affairs
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for the expansion of areas designated as renewal communities based upon 2000 census population and poverty rate data.
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to include certain adjacent areas not meeting population requirements in such renewal community expansion.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Medical Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-841
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Medicare Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2003 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) allow specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries to be any type of coordinated care plan; (2) provide for specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries; and (3) restrict enrollment for specialized Medicare+Choice plans to individuals within one or more classes of special needs beneficiaries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Maricopa County, Arizona, in exchange for private lands located in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-842
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arizona
Environmental Protection
Habitat conservation
Lakes
Land transfers
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Surplus government property
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Pleasant Country Ltd. all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain Federal lands in Maricopa County, Arizona, in exchange for lands of equal value designated from the approximately 8,000 acres of private land in the vicinity of Lake Pleasant in Yavapai County, Arizona. Declares that the exchange shall not be considered a major Federal action for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Injured Veterans Benefits Eligibility Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-843
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Health
Labor and Employment
Medical malpractice
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
Vocational rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Injured Veterans Benefits Eligibility Act of 2003 - Considers as a service-connected disability or death, for purposes of eligibility for all benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs, any disability or death caused by treatment or vocational rehabilitation provided by or through such Department.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Provision incorporated. See H. R. 1716, Title II, Section 205.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
National Center for Social Work Research Act

Bill: 108-hr-844
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child abuse
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health education
Higher education
Poverty
Preventive medicine
Research centers
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Social work
Sociological research
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: National Center for Social Work Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Social Work Research (and a related advisory council) to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research on social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern.
Sets forth reporting requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1273-1274)
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Community Faith-based Lending Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-845
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank loans
Churches
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Interest
Religion
Tax exclusion
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Community Faith-based Lending Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest received by banks on loans made to tax-exempt churches and religious organizations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act

Bill: 108-hr-846
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Case management
Clinical trials
Continuum of care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Health education
Higher education
Home care services
Hospital care
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal health services
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Mental depression
Mental health services
Mental illness
Mothers
Pharmaceutical research
Quality of care
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of NIH and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to provide for projects for the establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis and their families. Authorizes appropriations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E254-255)
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Safe Affordable Canadian Medicines Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-847
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Canada
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer protection
Contracts
Department of Health and Human Services
Discrimination in medical care
Drug industry
Drugs
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
Law
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Preserving Access to Safe, Affordable Canadian Medicines Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations prohibiting discrimination against imports of prescription medications from Canada. Defines discrimination as any measure which has the effect of providing U.S. consumers access to prescription medications on terms or conditions that are less favorable than the terms or conditions provided to any foreign purchaser of such products, or which otherwise restricts or reduces access by United States consumers to a prescription medication from Canadian pharmacies. Imposes a civil penalty against manufacturers who violate this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Health Benefits Claims Prompt Payment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-848
Sponsor: Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Health insurance
Interest rates
Labor and Employment
Law
Patients' rights
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Health Benefits Claims Prompt Payment Act of 2003 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide for prompt payment for health benefits claims.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Rodeo-Chediski Economic and Forest Health Recovery Act

Bill: 108-hr-849
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Arizona
Department of Agriculture
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Fire prevention
Forest ecology
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Judicial review
Law
National forests
Timber sales

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Rodeo-Chediski Economic and Forest Health Recovery Act - Authorizes the Regional Forester for Region 3 to exempt certain wildfire prevention tree-thinning projects in the area of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire on the Apache-Stigreaves or Tonto National Forests lands from any provision of law, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Forest Management Act. Exempts such projects from: (1) judicial review; or (2) notice, comment, and appeals under the Appeals Reform Act.
Sets forth the Constitutional authority for this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-850
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alcoholism
Ambulatory care
Dental care
Disabled
Drug abuse
Ex-prisoners of war
Health
Labor and Employment
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay special monthly compensation to each veteran who is a former prisoner of war and was detained or interned for at least 30 days. Provides various rates of payment, ranging from $150 for those detained for between 30 and 120 days to a maximum of $450 for those detained more than 540 days. States that such special compensation shall: (1) be in addition to any other authorized payments; and (2) shall not be considered income for purposes of eligibility under any Federal or federally assisted program.
Prohibits the payment of veterans' disability compensation for any alcohol- or drug-related disability even if the abuse is secondary to a service-connected disability.
Removes the requirement that former prisoners of war must have been detained or interned for at least 90 days in order to be eligible for veterans' outpatient dental care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Trade Accountability Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-851
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
China
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Customs unions
East Asia
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Environmental Protection
Exports
Federal advisory bodies
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
International Affairs
International agencies
International environmental cooperation
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Layoffs
Mexico
North America
President and foreign policy
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Treaties
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Trade Accountability Study Act - Establishes the Trade Impact Review Commission to determine: (1) the extent to which exports of U.S. goods to North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries, and imports into the United States of goods from NAFTA countries, have increased or decreased since January 1, 1994; (2) the number of jobs in the United States that have resulted from increased exports of U.S. goods to NAFTA countries, and the number of jobs in the United States that have been lost as a result of increased imports into the United States of goods from NAFTA countries, since January 1, 1994; (3) the extent to which exports of U.S. goods to the People's Republic of China, and imports into the United States of Chinese goods, have increased or decreased, since December 11, 2001; and (4) the number of jobs in the United States that have resulted from increased exports of U.S. goods to China, and the number of jobs in the United States lost as a result of increased imports into the United States of goods from China, since December 11, 2001.
Directs the President to certify annually to Congress whether or not: (1) each NAFTA country is meeting its commitments with respect to the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; and (2) China is meeting its obligations with respect to the protection of the environment and worker rights because of its accession to the World Trade Organization, including commitments made to the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Honesty in Budgeting Act

Bill: 108-hr-855
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits
Budget surpluses
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional publications
Congressional publicity
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Health
Medicare
Off-budget expenditures
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Social security finance
Social security taxes
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Honesty in Budgeting Act - Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of Congress, executive branch officials, and their respective representatives should use on-budget numbers when making public statements regarding the Federal budget.
Prohibits receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors, Disability, and Hospital Insurance Trust Funds from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, deficit, or surplus for purposes of the President's budget, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require official statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget or the Congressional Budget Office of Federal surplus or deficit totals to exclude the receipts and disbursements totals of the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program and Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in House