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Universal National Service Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-163
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed forces reserves
Compulsory military service
Conscientious objectors
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Draft registration
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Executive Office of the President
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Military discharges
Military education
Military training
National service
Physical examinations
Recruiting and enlistment
Religion
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Students
Women
Women soldiers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Universal National Service Act of 2003 - Declares that it is the obligation of every U.S. citizen, and every other person residing in the United States, between the ages of 18 and 26 to perform a two-year period of national service, unless exempted, either as a member of an active or reserve component of the armed forces or in a civilian capacity that promotes national defense. Requires induction into national service by the President. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) induction deferments, postponements, and exemptions, including exemption of a conscientious objector from military service that includes combatant training; and (2) discharge following national service.
Amends the Military Selective Service Act to authorize the military registration of females.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 2 - 402 (Roll no. 494). (text: CR H8117-8118)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 2 - 402 (Roll no. 494).(text: CR H8117-8118)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 163.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8117-8130)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Mr. McHugh moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley.

Bill: 108-hr-164
Sponsor: Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
History
McKinley Administration
Mountains
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Requires retention of the name of Mount McKinley in Alaska.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Private Economy Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-165
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget surpluses
Federal budgets
Government securities
Investment of public funds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Private Economy Protection Act of 2003 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from using Federal surplus funds to invest in securities other than government and municipal securities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To repeal limitations under the Home Investment Partnerships Act on the percentage of the operating budget of an organization receiving assistance under such Act that may be funded under such Act.

Bill: 108-hr-166
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Building construction
Counseling
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Home ownership
Labor and Employment
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Women
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, with respect to housing education and organizational support assistance and other support for State and local housing strategies, to repeal the limitation of an affordable housing contract under such support programs to 20 percent of a contracting organization's operating budget.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To take certain steps toward recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Bill: 108-hr-167
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Capital cities
Citizenship
Diplomats
Embassies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Immigration
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
Passports
Public records

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Prohibits the United States from operating a U.S. consulate in Jerusalem unless it is under the supervision of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Requires any official U.S. Government document which lists countries and their capital cities to identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Declares that, for purposes of registration of birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a U.S. citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary of State shall, upon the citizen's (or the citizen's legal guardian's) request, record the place of birth as Israel.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To permit States to place supplemental guide signs relating to veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways.

Bill: 108-hr-168
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Cemeteries and funerals
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Signs and signboards
Traffic signs and signals

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Authorizes the placement of supplemental guide signs relating to veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the sworn affidavit of a veteran who served in combat during the Korean War or an earlier conflict to be accepted as proof of service-connection of a disease or injury alleged to have been incurred or aggravated by such service.

Bill: 108-hr-169
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Diseases
Evidence (Law)
Health
Korean War, 1950-1953
Law
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
War casualties
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' disability compensation and benefits, to accept the sworn affidavit of a veteran who served on or before July 27, 1953, as proof of a service connection of a disease or injury alleged to have been incurred in or aggravated by such service, if there is no clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Investor Confidence Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-170
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Restoring Investor Confidence Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules concerning capital gain for taxpayers other than corporations to establish a new general rule which provides that if for any taxable year a taxpayer other than a corporation has a capital gain, 55 percent of such gain shall be a deduction from gross income.
Excludes from individual gross income 55 percent of dividends received from a domestic corporation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Homeowner Refinance Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-171
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Interest
Mortgages
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Homeowner Refinance Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set the refinancing limitation on the deduction for home mortgage interest at $1,000,000, or $500,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return (presently the Code holds that in the case of a taxpayer who secures indebtedness on a residence by refinancing, there may not be a deduction for an amount of indebtedness which exceeds the amount of the refinanced indebtedness).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities paid by States to blind veterans shall be disregarded in determining supplemental security income benefits.

Bill: 108-hr-172
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Blind
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
State laws
Supplemental security income program
Veterans' pensions
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to require the disregard of State paid annuities for blind veterans and their spouses in determining SSI benefits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Blind Empowerment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-173
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Blind
Cost of living adjustments
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Employment of the disabled
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Blind Empowerment Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase, by specified increments over five years, the level of earnings demonstrating the ability of a blind person to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability insurance benefit payments.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the Administrator of General Services.

Bill: 108-hr-174
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
Low-income housing
Moderate income housing
Public housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey by sale to the City of Key West, Florida, or the Monroe County Land Authority in Monroe County, Florida, the Poinciana Plaza Housing property, located in Key West.
Directs the Administrator to deposit the net proceeds received as payment for the sale into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990.
Authorizes the property only to be used for the purpose of providing housing and housing assistance for low- and moderate-income individuals and families for at least the first 30 years after the conveyance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To abolish the Advanced Technology Program.

Bill: 108-hr-175
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Commercialization
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial engineering
Industrial research
International competitiveness
Joint ventures
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
Subsidies
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to abolish the Advanced Technology Program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow amounts elected for reimbursement of medical care expenses under a health flexible spending arrangement that are unused during a plan year to be carried over for such use for subsequent plan years.

Bill: 108-hr-176
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax exclusion
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the limited (up to $2,000 annually) carryover of unused benefits from health flexible spending arrangements to subsequent taxable years to be used for the reimbursement of future medical expenses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Strengthening and Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-177
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Debt limit
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government securities
Government trust funds
Investment of public funds
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security finance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Social Security Strengthening and Protection Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (social security trust funds) to establish guidelines mandating the eventual investment by the Managing Trustee of such portion of each social security trust fund not required to meet current withdrawals only in certain marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States.
Prohibits disinvestment of such trust fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such trust funds for public debt limit-related purposes. Authorizes the sale or redemption of social security trust fund public debt obligations for payment of cash benefits and administrative expenses, with conditions, including advance notification to each House of the Congress and the Comptroller General before such sale or redemption.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Double Taxation Elimination and Economic Growth Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-178
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Tax deductions
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Double Taxation Elimination and Economic Growth Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow, for a corporation, a deduction for dividends paid; and (2) tax dividends received by individuals as capital gain.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-179
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Small business
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the expensing of depreciable business assets (section 179) to increase the maximum amount which may be expensed to $75,000 and the phase-out threshold to $325,000.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E28)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Family Care Tax Credit Act

Bill: 108-hr-181
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Costs
Day care
Disabled
Families
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Married people
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Family Care Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the household and dependent care services credit to: (1) eliminate the employment-related requirement; (2) increase the credit percentage; and (3) revise allowable amounts considered for credit calculation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1520)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Threat Reduction Implementation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-182
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control verification
Central Asia
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Economic assistance
Environmental Protection
Europe
Fissionable materials
Former Soviet states
Hazardous wastes
Human rights
Military bases
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Russia
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Threat Reduction Implementation Act of 2003 - Amends specified Federal laws to make permanent the President's authority to waive certain prohibitions on the use of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds: (1) to assist the independent states of the former Soviet Union in the demilitarization of the former Soviet Union; and (2) for a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools designated by the members.

Bill: 108-hr-183
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Computers
Congressional office operations
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to allow the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the request of a Member of the House, to donate computers and related peripheral tools previously used by the Member to a public elementary or secondary school designated by such Member without regard to whether the donation: (1) is a cost to the Government; or (2) has a recoverable value.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House