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Healthy Nutrition for America's Children Act

Bill: 108-hr-2832
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Child nutrition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Fruit
School lunch program
Social Welfare
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Healthy Nutrition for America's Children Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize and expand the fruit and vegetable pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Wilma G. Rudolph.

Bill: 108-hr-2833
Sponsor: Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Minorities
Olympic games
Sports and Recreation
Women
Women athletes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
 Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal honoring Wilma G. Rudolph (three-time gold medal winner in the 1960 Olympics) in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions to humanity and to women's athletics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a pilot program to be conducted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs through the establishment of an electronic database to enable healthcare facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Iowa to share patient information with the State of Iowa Veterans Home on patients of both those facilities and that home.

Bill: 108-hr-2834
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Electronic government information
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Iowa
Medical records
Science, Technology, Communications
Soldiers' homes
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a three-year pilot program on the feasibility of electronically sharing individually identifiable health information of patients of a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Iowa with State veterans homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Pilot Project, Good Samaritan Provision for Abandoned and Inactive Mined Land Remediation Act

Bill: 108-hr-2835
Sponsor: Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hazardous wastes
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Licenses
Mine wastes
Planning
Pollution measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reclamation of land
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Pilot Project, Good Samaritan Provision for Abandoned and Inactive Mined Land Remediation Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to initiate a ten-year pilot program to facilitate the cleanup of abandoned and inactive mine sites in the Animas River Basin that negatively impact water quality by limiting certain liability under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for third parties not responsible for the degradation but who take steps to improve water quality. 
 
Limits the scope of this Act to abandoned or inactive hardrock mines located in the Animas River watershed above Elk Creek in San Juan County, Colorado. 
 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, with the concurrence of the State of Colorado, to issue, modify, enforce, or terminate a remediation permit that modifies requirements for discharges associated with remediation activity at an abandoned or inactive mined land.
 
Sets forth procedural guidelines for a remediation permit application for activities at an abandoned or inactive mined land from which there is, or may be, a discharge of pollutants into waters.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Deadbeat Corporations Tax Accountability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2836
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Income tax
Law
Securities fraud
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Deadbeat Corporations Tax Accountability Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to reduce any overpayment due to a corporation upon receiving notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission that a corporation has not paid the full amount of a fine or penalty either imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction, or agreed to by the corporation, with respect to: (1) the corporation's accounting or reporting practices; or (2) a related misstatement of its financial position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Steve Grissom Relief Fund Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2837
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Blood banks
Blood transfusions
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Fraud
Government liability
Government trust funds
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Income
Labor and Employment
Law
Married people
Medical records
Medical tests
Physical examinations
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
Survivors' benefits
Tissue banks
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Steve Grissom Relief Fund Act of 2003 - Establishes the Steve Grissom Relief Fund in the Treasury.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make single payments to individuals infected with HIV or diagnosed with AIDS as a result of HIV- contaminated blood, blood components, human tissue or organs. Includes lawful spouses, as specified.
Sets forth documentation, petition, determination, and payment procedures. States that such payments do not create or admit any claim or constitute income for income tax, supplemental security income benefits, and other purposes.
Prohibits the assignment or transfer of rights under this title. Limits petitions to one per victim. Terminates the program after five years.
Excludes payments from consideration as compensation or reimbursement for a loss as it concerns insurance or worker's compensation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1581)
action_date: 2003-07-23
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: 2003-07-23
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: 2003-07-23
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: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Clean Engine Technology Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2838
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diesel motor
Engines
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
Ozone
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Clean Engine Technology Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited credit, through December 31, 2009 for the cost of each qualifying clean technology engine placed in service by a taxpayer in connection with the taxpayer's trade or business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Sportfishing and Boating Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2839
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Boats and boating
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Excise tax
Gasoline
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Sportfishing and Boating Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the transfer of motorboat fuel taxes into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Workers with Disabilities Opportunity Act

Bill: 108-hr-2840
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disabled
Employment of the disabled
Health
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Workers with Disabilities Opportunity Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to remove the limitation on the period of Medicare (SSA title XVIII part A) Hospital Insurance program eligibility for disabled workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Terrorist Deportation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2841
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aliens
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of State
Deportation
EBB Terrorism
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
International Affairs
Law
Passports
Standards
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Terrorist Deportation Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) expand, and make retroactive, terrorist activity-based grounds for deportation; and (2) eliminate waiver authority respecting implementation of machine readable passports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Shiuyun Holst Zhou.

Bill: 108-hr-2842
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Declares Shiuyun Holst Zhou eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Andean Adjustment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2843
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alien labor
Aliens
Colombia
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Immigrants
Injunctions
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Married people
Peru

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Andean Adjustment Act of 2003 - Provides for the adjustment to permanent resident status of a national of Colombia or Peru (and spouse, children, and certain unmarried sons or daughters) who: (1) was physically present in the United States on December 31, 1999; and (2) is physically present in the United States on the date of application for such status adjustment.
 
Provides for a stay of removal during such process unless the Secretary of Homeland Security has rendered a final administrative order denying such application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Pay for All Your Undocumented Procedures (PAY UP!) Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2848
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Ambulances
Border patrols
Collection of accounts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Detention of persons
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Health
Illegal aliens
Immigrant health
Medical economics
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Pay for All Your Undocumented Procedures (Pay Up!) Act of 2003 - Provides for: (1) the payment by the Federal Government of the costs of emergency ambulance and medical services for aliens injured while illegally crossing into the United States; and (2) the taking into custody of such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
USA Jobs Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2849
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Labor and Employment
Law
Layoffs
Recruiting of employees
Skilled labor
Transfer of employees
Visas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
USA Jobs Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise L-1 nonimmigrant visa provisions (intracompany transfers). Prohibits the admission of an L-1 worker unless the employer files an application with the Secretary of Labor stating that the employer will: (1) not place the worker with another employer; (2) make the L-1 application available for public examination and compilation by the Secretary; (3) provide wage comparability; and (4) not displace U.S. workers during the period of 180 days before and after the L-1 hiring. 
 
Requires an employer, prior to petitioning for admission of a specialized knowledge L-1 worker, to file an application with the Secretary stating that good faith steps have been taken to recruit U.S. workers for the job for which the L-1 worker is sought.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to consult annually with the Secretary respecting the use and effect of blanket L-1 petitions.
 
Increases the L-1 prior employment abroad requirement. Reduces the period of L-1 admission. Establishes an L-1 employer petition fee.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to initiate an L-1 employer investigation.
 
Revises H-1B nonimmigrant visa provisions (temporary workers) to: (1) subject all H-1B employers (currently H-1B dependent employers) to such provisions; (2) lengthen U.S. worker displacement protection; and (3) authorize the Secretary of Labor to initiate an H-1B employer investigation.
 
Directs the General Accounting Office to investigate the implementation and impact of amendments made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Small Employer Health Benefits Program Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2850
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Electronic government information
Employee health benefits
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government publicity
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Internet
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Part-time employment
Partnerships
Public service advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Self-employed
Small business
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Small Employer Health Benefits Program Act of 2003 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish the Small Employer Health Benefits Program under which: (1) qualifying small employers are provided access to qualifying health insurance coverage for their employees; and (2) such employees may elect alternative forms of coverage offered by various health insurance issuers.
 
Limits such program to small employers that elect to: (1) offer health insurance coverage to each individual employed for three months or longer; and (2) pay at least half the total premium for qualifying health insurance coverage for such individual. Provides for coverage of part-time employees.
 
Requires the Secretary to enter into contracts with health insurance issuers for the offering of such insurance coverage.
 
Reduces by five percent the total premium otherwise payable by such employer if an average of fewer than 25 employees were employed during the preceding calendar year.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide premium subsidies (calculated according to specified formulae) to: (1) employers for coverage of employees whose individual income is at or below 200 percent of the poverty line; as well as (2) such employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve the affordability of health insurance coverage for small employers.

Bill: 108-hr-2851
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Collective bargaining
Commerce
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to remove language requiring, subject to certain provisions, health insurance issuers that offer health insurance coverage in the small group market in a State to accept every small employer that applies for such coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House