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Bob Hope American Patriot Award Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1150
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Awards, medals, prizes
Congress
Congressional tributes
Democracy
Entertainers
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Patriotism
White House (Washington, D.C.)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Bob Hope American Patriot Award Act of 2003 - Establishes the Bob Hope American Patriot Award. Directs the President to select one civilian individual or organization that has demonstrated extraordinary love of the Nation and devotion to its citizens in the form of true patriotism, and that best represents freedom, democracy, strength, justice, and goodwill, to receive the award each year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7145-7146)
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Outreach Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-1151
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Veterans Outreach Protection Act - Rescinds a Department of Veterans Affairs memorandum dated July 18, 2002, from the Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management which requires directors of Department health service networks to ensure that no marketing activities for the enrollment of new veterans occur within their networks.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S7146)
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7146)
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Women's Small Business Programs Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1154
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Authorization
Business records
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Labor and Employment
Small business
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: 
Women's Small Business Programs Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Small Business Act to add specified responsibilities of the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Women's Business Ownership (Office), including the development of programs and services for women-owned businesses that provide goods or services in the areas of manufacturing, technology, professional services, travel and tourism, international trade, and Federal Government contract business development.
 
Authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to award Women's Business Center grants for three-year projects for the benefit of small businesses owned and controlled by women. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) contract authority; (2) a matching funds requirement; and (3) application requirements, including submission of a three-year plan for grant use.
 
Amends the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 to authorize the National Women's Business Council to enter into cosponsorship agreements with public and private entities to carry out its duties. Establishes within the Council the Committee on: (1) Manufacturing, Technology, and Professional Services; (2) Travel, Tourism, and International Trade; and (3) Federal Procurement and Contracting. Establishes subcommittees with the same names within the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise, as well as a Policy Advisory Group.Requires the Deputy SBA Administrator to serve during vacancies in the position of chairperson of the Interagency Committee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9052)
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S7150-7152)
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7149-7150)
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal section 801 of the Revenue Act of 1916.

Bill: 108-s-1155
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Dumping
Fines (Penalties)
Law
Legal fees
Punitive damages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Amends the Revenue Act of 1916 to repeal a specified antidumping provision that makes it a misdemeanor crime to import goods at less than their market value or wholesale price in the country of origin, with the intent of: (1) harming a U.S. industry; (2) preventing the establishment of an industry in the United States; or (3) restraining or monopolizing any part of trade and commerce in such articles in the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S7153-7154)
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7152-7153)
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Library and Bookseller Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-1158
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Books
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Law
Retail trade
Right of privacy
Searches and seizures
Subpoena
Terrorism
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Library and Bookseller Protection Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (the Act) to provide that no application by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to a U.S. court for an order requiring the production of tangible things for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information from a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism may be made for the sole purpose of searching for, or seizing from, a bookseller or library documentary materials that contain personally identifiable information concerning a patron. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to preclude a physical search for documentary materials (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) under other provisions of law.
Amends Federal criminal law to exclude libraries from provisions requiring wire or electronic communication service providers to comply with requests by the FBI Director in foreign counterintelligence investigations for subscriber information and toll billing records information, or electronic communication transactional records in their custody.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to condition of receipt certain State revolving funds on the restriction of development or construction of new colonia and colonia structures along the border between the United States and Mexico.

Bill: 108-s-1163
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2003-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
California
Colonias
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Latin America
Local laws
Mexico
New Mexico
Potable water
Revolving funds
Sewage disposal
State-local relations
Texas
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Prohibits specified Federal water pollution or drinking water capitalization grants for a State that has not required each of its county and municipal governments in the United States-Mexico border to enforce rules that prohibit development or construction of any new colonia that lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure.
Defines "colonia"as an identifiable community: (1) located in the United States-Mexico border region (excluding certain metropolitan statistical areas) in Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas; (2) recognized as such prior to enactment of this Act; and (3) lacking water, sewage, and housing infrastructure.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7190)
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7190)
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1164
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmosphere
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Federal aid to research
Geophysical prediction
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oceanographic research

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and carry out a scientific research program on abrupt climate change. Lists as purposes of the program: (1) to develop a global array of terrestrial and oceanographic indicators of paleoclimate in order to sufficiently identify and describe past instances of abrupt climate change; (2) to improve understanding of thresholds and nonlinearities in geophysical systems related to the mechanisms of abrupt climate change; (3) to incorporate such mechanisms into advanced geophysical models of climate change; and (4) to test the output of such models against an improved global array of records of past abrupt climate changes.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and carry out, a scientific research program on abrupt climate change. Lists as purposes of the program: (1) to develop a global array of terrestrial and oceanographic indicators of paleoclimate in order to sufficiently identify and describe past instances of abrupt climate change; (2) to improve understanding of thresholds and nonlinearities in geophysical systems related to the mechanisms of abrupt climate change; (3) to incorporate such mechanisms into advanced geophysical models of climate change; and (4) to test the output of such models against an improved global array of records of past abrupt climate changes. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 108-263.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 108-263.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
American Indian Reservation Transportation Improvement Program Act

Bill: 108-s-1165
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2003-06-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Authorization
Bridges
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to transportation
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Housing and Community Development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Minorities
Oklahoma
Road construction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: 
American Indian Reservation Transportation Improvement Program Act - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to authorize appropriations for Indian reservation roads under the Federal Lands Highways Program through FY 2009.
 
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the planning, design, engineering, preconstruction, construction, and inspection of certain projects concerning deficient Indian reservation road bridges through FY 2009.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue grants to Indian tribes to establish rural transit programs on reservations or other land under the jurisdiction of the tribes.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain: (1) intra-agency cooperation between the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in administering tribal transit programs funded by the FHA, and exploring options for the transfer of funds from the FHA to the FTA for the direct funding of tribal transit programs; and (2) working relationships with representatives of regional tribal technical assistance programs to ensure proper administration of ongoing and future tribal transit programs carried out using Federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-04
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-122.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S7191)
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7190-7191)
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Recycled Roads Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1168
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Automobile tires
Biomass energy
Building materials
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to transportation
Glass and glass industry
Highway maintenance
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Minorities
Plastics
Recycling of waste products
Road construction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: 
Recycled Roads Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a recycled roads incentive grant program to encourage, and to make grants to States and Indian tribes to employ a coordinator and carry out projects and activities to promote, the expanded use of a diverse range of recyclable material in the construction and maintenance of Federal-aid highways. Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage cooperation between transportation and environmental programs carried out by the State or Indian tribe; and (2) treat an Indian tribe as a State for the purpose of such grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7243)
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7237-7243)
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to decrease the United States dependence on imported oil by the year 2015.

Bill: 108-s-1169
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2003-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alternative energy sources
Automobiles
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Transportation
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Petroleum
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations setting forth increased average automobile fuel economy standards determined on the basis of the maximum feasible average fuel economy levels.
 
Requires such standards to take effect successively over several vehicle model years not exceeding 15 vehicle model years.
 
Directs the Secretary to take into consideration, when prescribing such regulations, alternative fuel technologies that could be used to reduce dependence on crude-oil-derived fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7243-7244)
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act

Bill: 108-s-1170
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2003-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Athletes
Civil actions and liability
College sports
Congress
Damages
Education
Endorsements in advertising
Federal Trade Commission
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Legal fees
Legislation
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Loans
Parties to actions
Recruiting of employees
Restrictive trade practices
Sports agents
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Student loan funds
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: 
Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act - Prohibits an athlete agent from: (1) recruiting or soliciting a student athlete to enter into an agency contract by giving false or misleading information, making a false promise or representation, or providing anything of value to the athlete or anyone associated with the athlete before entering into such contract, including any consideration in the form of a loan, or acting as guarantor or co-guarantor for any debt; (2) entering into an agency contract with a student athlete without providing the required disclosure document; or (3) predating or postdating an agency contract.
 
Requires an athlete agent to provide to the athlete (or, if the student athlete is under age 18, to such athlete's parent or legal guardian) a separate disclosure document that includes notice that if the athlete agrees orally or in writing to be represented by an agent, he or she may lose eligibility to compete as a student athlete. Requires both the student athlete and the agent, within 72 hours or before the athlete's next athletic event, whichever occurs first, to notify the athletic director of the athlete's educational institution that the athlete has entered into an agency contract.
 
Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Authorizes civil actions by State attorneys general and educational institutions.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that States should enact the Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2000 drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7245-7246)
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7244-7245)
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Bill: 108-s-1171
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Declares Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree) to be considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1173
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Agricultural education
Agriculture and Food
Child support
Congress
Day care
Disabled
Divorce
Earned income tax credit
Education
Families
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Income tax
Kidnapping
Law
Marriage
Scholarships
Siblings
Social Welfare
Special education
Students
Sunset legislation
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child care credit to: (1) accelerate and make permanent the $1,000 child tax credit; (2) make the 15 percent refundable portion of the child tax credit effective as of 2003 (currently 2005); and (3) increase the income threshold amounts for joint filers and for married filing separate filers. Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to make the revisions to such credit made by the Act permanent.
Amends the Code to provide a uniform definition of "child."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7250-7251)
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1174
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2003-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Child support
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Custody of children
Day care
Disabled
Divorce
Earned income tax credit
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employment of the disabled
Families
Foster home care
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Married people
Missing children
Scholarships
Separation (Law)
Sheltered workshops
Social Welfare
Students
Sunset legislation
Support of dependents
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax refunds
Working poor

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child care credit to: (1) accelerate and make permanent the $1,000 child tax credit; (2) make the 15 percent refundable portion of the child tax credit effective as of 2003 (currently 2005); and (3) increase the income threshold amounts for joint filers and for married filing separate filers. Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to make the revisions to such credit made by the Act permanent.
Amends the Code to provide a uniform definition of "child."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate