Equal Rights and Equal Dignity for Americans Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-16
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Affirmative action programs
Apprenticeship
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Arts, Culture, Religion
Awards, medals, prizes
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Commemorations
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Conferences
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional employees
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation
Criminal statistics
Defined benefit pension plans
Defined contribution plans
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Disabled
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination
Discrimination in employment
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Employee rights
Employee selection
Employee training
Employment agencies
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Executive reorganization
Expert witnesses
Explosives
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal aid to research
Federal libraries
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Genetic counseling
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government contractors
Government liability
Government officials
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Hate crimes
Health
Health insurance
Homosexuality
Housing and Community Development
Indian law enforcement
Injunctions
Intergovernmental relations
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Labor unions
Labor-management committees
Law
Legal Services Corporation
Legal aid
Legal fees
Library of Congress
Medical records
Medical tests
Medigap
Military personnel
Minorities
Murder
Native Americans
Occupational retraining
Pay equity
Personnel records
Police training
Position classification
Prejudice
Presidential appointments
Prosecution
Punitive damages
Racial discrimination
Rape
Recruiting of employees
Religion
Religious liberty
Reverse discrimination in employment
Right of privacy
Rural crime
Salaries
Searches and seizures
Sentencing guidelines
Sex crimes
Sex discrimination
Sexual orientation
Small business
Social Welfare
State employees
State laws
Statistics
Supervisors
Taxation
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Unfair labor practices
Victims of crimes
Violence
Wages
Whistle blowing
Women
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Equal Rights and Equal Dignity for Americans Act of 2003 - Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Attorney General (AG), upon request, to provide assistance with the investigation or prosecution of any crime that constitutes: (1) a Federal crime of violence; (2) a felony under State or Indian tribal law; and (3) is motivated by prejudice based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability, or is a violation of State or Indian tribe hate crime laws.
Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for certain hate crimes.
Authorizes funding for enforcing civil rights laws and for indigent defense.
Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the American Indian Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 to expand the annual audit responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior.
Prescribes guidelines for development and implementation of an Indian Trust Fund and Trust Asset Management and Monitoring Plan.
Establishes the position of Deputy Secretary for Trust Management and Reform to oversee all trust fund and trust asset matters of the Department of the Interior.
Establishes the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight, headed by the Deputy Secretary, to supervise activities of specified senior officials who administer Indian trust assets or funds.
Instructs the Deputy Secretary to establish a Tribal Task Force on Trust Reform.
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation: (1) to ban the practice of racial profiling; and (2) to require law enforcement agencies to take steps to prevent the practice.
Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revamp proscriptions against sex discrimination in wages.
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities.
Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act - Amends the following Acts to prohibit specified discriminatory practices concerning genetic information: (1) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; (2) the Public Health Service Act; (3) the Internal Revenue Code; and (4) title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act .
Protecting Americans' Medical Privacy Act - States that specified modifications made by the August 2002 medical privacy rule to the December 2000 medical privacy rule governing consent for uses or disclosures for treatment, payment, or health care operations shall have no force or effect.
Prohibits the collection of information on U.S. citizens inside the United States for intelligence or law enforcement purposes by any member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense.
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (sic) - Authorizes appropriations to implement the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the Help America Vote Foundation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 1/9/2003 S134)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate