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Net Consumer Expectations  (BALANCE) Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1066
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Computer networks
Computer software
Consumer protection
Copying processes
Copyright
Electronic data interchange
Encryption
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Internet
Law
Licenses
Literature
Motion pictures
Music
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations (BALANCE) Act of 2003 - Amends Federal copyright law to: (1) include analog or digital transmissions of a copyrighted work within fair use protections; (2) provide that it is not a copyright infringement for a person who lawfully obtains or receives a transmission of a digital work to reproduce, store, adapt, or access it for archival purposes or to transfer it to a preferred digital media device in order to effect a non-public performance or display; (3) allow the owner of a particular copy of a digital work to sell or otherwise dispose of the work by means of a transmission to a single recipient, provided the owner does not retain his or her copy in a retrievable form and the work is sold or otherwise disposed of in its original format; and (4) permit circumvention of copyright encryption technology if it is necessary to enable a noninfringing use and the copyright owner fails to make publicly available the necessary means for circumvention without additional cost or burden to a person who has lawfully obtained a copy or phonorecord of a work, or lawfully received a transmission of it.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment of a memorial at the site in Alaqua, Florida, of the accidental bombing of a home by an aircraft of the United States Army Air Corps on August 11, 1944, which killed Alfred Cosson, James Cosson, James Cosson, Jr., and Winnie Lee Cosson and wounded five other family members.

Bill: 108-hr-1067
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Accidents
Air force
Armed Forces and National Security
Bombings
Civil-military relations
Emergency Management
Families
Florida
Military aircraft
Monuments and memorials
Victims

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) establish and maintain a memorial in honor of the victims of the accidental bombing of the James and Annie Bell Cosson home near Alaqua, Florida, on August 11, 1944, by an aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Corps, which killed Alfred, James, and Winnie Lee Cosson and James Cosson, Jr., and wounded five other family members; and (2) place the memorial at or in the vicinity of the home.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 108-hr-1069
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Historic sites
History
Land use
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area encompassing 36 communities in Massachusetts and six communities in New Hampshire that have made important and distinctive contributions to the national character of America.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit post-conflict assistance for Iraq from being expended with any French firm.

Bill: 108-hr-1072
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Commerce
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Economic assistance
Europe
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
France
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
President and foreign policy
United Nations
War
War relief
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Prohibits the provision of U.S. post-conflict assistance for Iraq to any French firm. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply if the President determines, and certifies to Congress, that before the commencement of hostilities by the United States and allied forces against Iraq to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions the Government of France has ceased its opposition to such hostilities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To repeal section 801 of the Revenue Act of 1916.

Bill: 108-hr-1073
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
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: 2003-03-04
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.
action_date: 2004-02-06
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
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: 2004-02-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 238.
action_date: 2004-02-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-415.
action_date: 2004-02-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-415.
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a project in Connecticut, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-1074
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Connecticut
Hydroelectric power
Law
Licenses
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to: (1) extend through May 30, 2005, the time period during which the licensee is required to commence construction of project numbered 11547-005; and (2) extend further, upon licensee request, the time period during which the licensee is required to commence the construction of the project for two consecutive two-year periods.
Requires the Commission to reinstate the license for such project as of the date it expired.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Ephedra Public Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-1075
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deceptive advertising
Department of Health and Human Services
Dietary supplements
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Herbs
Identification devices
Labeling
Law
Medicinal plants
Product safety
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Quality control

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Ephedra Public Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to classify a food as adulterated if it is a dietary supplement that contains any ephedrine group and is unsafe within the meaning of this Act.
Classifies a new ephedrine supplement (a dietary supplement containing ephedrine alkaloids not generally recognized as safe) as unsafe if it has not received premarket approval from the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to approve supplements that do not present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury under the recommended or ordinary conditions of use.
Requires manufacturers of ephedrine supplements (dietary supplements containing any ephedrine group alkaloids), and packers and distributors of such supplements whose names appear on the label, to investigate each claim of a serious adverse experience and report to the Secretary as to whether the ephedrine supplement involved was a causal factor. Makes failure to comply with such reporting requirements a prohibited act.
Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a proposed rule for good manufacturing practice regulations under the Act. States various elements the proposed rule shall contain, including that it shall require the testing of each production lot or batch of an ephedrine supplement to ensure the label's accuracy in stating the amount of ephedrine group alkaloids in such supplement. Classifies an ephedrine supplement as misbranded unless its label bears an expiration date.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Debt Refinancing Act

Bill: 108-hr-1076
Sponsor: Rep. Toomey, Patrick J. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Municipal Debt Refinancing Act- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a second or third advance refunding of bonds if the original bond was issued to finance governmental facilities used for essential government functions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
HOPE VI Program Reauthorization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1077
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Authorization
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Low-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: HOPE VI Program Revitalization Act of 2003 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend and authorize appropriations for the HOPE VI revitalization program.
Revises grant selection criteria.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
American History and Civics Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1078
Sponsor: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Civics education
Conferences
Economics and Public Finance
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to the arts and humanities
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Internet
Libraries
Private schools
Public speaking
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teaching
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: American History and Civics Education Act of 2003 - Directs the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to award competitive grants to nonprofit educational institutions to establish: (1) Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics to offer workshops for teachers of American history and civics; and (2) Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics to offer workshops for outstanding students of American history and civics.
Directs the NEA Chairperson to award a grant to an organization for the creation of a national alliance of elementary school and secondary school teachers of American history and civics.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Neutral Cost Recovery Act for Small Business

Bill: 108-hr-1079
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobiles
Capital investments
Commerce
Computer software
Cost of living adjustments
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Minimum tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Neutral Cost Recovery Act for Small Business - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for increased expensing for small businesses; and (2) require that the depreciation deduction for certain property placed in service after 2003 be computed using neutral cost recovery ratios.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 108-hr-1082
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Ex-Members of Congress
Federal office buildings
Indiana
Law
Names
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Designates the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced on March 5, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4807)
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 52.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 108-134.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 108-134.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1604-1605)
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1083
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Alzheimer's disease
Cancer
Caregivers
Chronically ill
Community health services
Data banks
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to health facilities
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Labor and Employment
Mental illness
Mentally disabled
Parent and child
Quality of care
Respite care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants or cooperative agreements to develop State-wide lifespan respite care programs. Defines "lifespan respite care" to mean a coordinated system of accessible community-based respite care services for family caregivers regardless of the individual's age, race, ethnicity, or special need.
Requires the Secretary to establish a review panel to make recommendations on applicants. Permits the use of funds for respite care services and training programs. Limits grants to five years.
Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of a National Resource Center on Lifespan Respite Care to maintain a national database and provide training, technical assistance, and information.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Medical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act

Bill: 108-hr-1087
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Gifts
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Medical research
Prosthesis
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Veterans Medical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to designate that all or part of an income tax overpayment shall be used for Department of Veterans Affairs medical research. States that any such amount shall be treated as: (1) a refund to the taxpayer; and (2) a contribution to the United States.
Amends Federal law to establish in the Treasury the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research Gift Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House