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To provide that a person who brings a product liability action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained from a product that is not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-405
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Products liability
Punitive damages
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Establishes triple damages as the remedy for any person who brings a product liability action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained from use of a product which is not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Directs the Commission to reissue, within 90 days, each voluntary and mandatory standard it has for a product with a notification to product manufacturers of such treble damages.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-01-28
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: 2003-01-28
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: 2003-01-28
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: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use unobligated funds from a housing demonstration program in the State of North Carolina to make grants under section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 in such State.

Bill: 108-hr-406
Sponsor: Rep. Ballance, Frank W.,  Jr. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government lending
Home repair and improvement
Low-income housing
North Carolina
Rural housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to use certain unobligated funds from a North Carolina housing demonstration program to make rural dwelling improvement grants in such State under the Housing Act of 1949.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E85)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the sunset of the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.

Bill: 108-hr-407
Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Building construction
Capital gains tax
Close corporations
Commerce
Congress
Conservation easements
Day care
Earned income tax credit
Education
Education savings accounts
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection
Estate tax
Families
Gift tax
Higher education
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Inheritance tax
Labor and Employment
Married people
Minimum tax
Scholarships
School buildings
Social Welfare
State taxation
Student loan funds
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Tax-exempt securities
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Repeals the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-16).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 108-hr-409
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Indian economic development
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Minority employment
Native Americans
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain authorities under an agreement with Canada respecting the importation of municipal solid waste, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-411
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Canada
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Export controls
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Highway maintenance
Import restrictions
Imports
Incineration
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Landfills
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Municipal solid waste
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Subpoena
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit any person from importing, transporting, or exporting municipal solid waste (MSW), for final disposal or incineration, in violation of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to perform the functions of the Designated Authority of the United States with respect to the importation and exportation of MSW under the Agreement and to implement and enforce the Agreement.
Sets forth factors for consideration in the Administrator's determinations of whether to consent to importation.
Provides procedures for issuance of compliance orders, assessment of civil penalties, and conduct of public hearings.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Neighborhood Rail Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-413
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Citizen participation
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection
Environmental justice
Federal-local relations
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Railroad engineering
Surface Transportation Board

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Neighborhood Rail Accountability Act - Amends Federal transportation law to require the Surface Transportation Board, in determining whether to issue a certificate authorizing the construction of an additional railroad line or of an extension to any railroad line, to: (1) give greater weight to local official statements and public comments in opposition to the proposed construction, especially with respect to construction in a residential area, if there is an unusually high level of public opposition; and (2) identify any disproportionate negative impacts on any socioeconomic population, including a discussion of alternatives that were considered that would have avoided such impacts.
Prescribes procedural requirements for dealing with any false or incorrect information provided by a certificate applicant.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E78)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Life Insurance Employee Notification Act

Bill: 108-hr-414
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business insurance
Commerce
Employee rights
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Insurance companies
Life insurance
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Life Insurance Employee Notification Act - Requires an employer to notify an employee in writing upon the purchase of an employer-owned insurance policy on the life of such employee for a beneficiary other than the individual who is the subject of the policy.
Declares that violation of this Act constitutes an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E76)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Congress 2006 Commission Act

Bill: 108-hr-415
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Legislation
Members of Congress
Political platforms
Proportional representation
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Congress 2006 Commission Act - Establishes the Congress 2006 Commission to make proposals to the President and Congress regarding changes in the size of the membership of, and the method of electing Representatives to, the House of Representatives.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Solid Waste Compact Act

Bill: 108-hr-418
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Interstate commerce
Interstate relations
Refuse and refuse disposal
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Solid Waste Compact Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow States with approved State solid waste management plans to prohibit the importation of solid waste from outside the State.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to identify alternative solid waste disposal methods and establish and publish technical guidance regarding their implementation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Abandoned Mine Land Area Redevelopment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-419
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coal
Drainage
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government securities
Government trust funds
Groundwater
Income tax
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Interest
Mine wastes
Mine water
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reclamation of land
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewage treatment
Tax credits
Tax returns
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water treatment plants
Waterways

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Abandoned Mine Land Area Redevelopment Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit for holders of qualified abandoned mine land area redevelopment bonds, as specified. Sets forth rules and formulae concerning the annual credit (including limits and carryover), the applicable credit rate, bond issuance and redemption, the amount of bonds designated, and a national volume cap.
Includes the credit in gross income, to be treated as interest income. Permits the credit to be stripped (owner of bond different from person entitled to the credit). Treats the allowed credit as a payment of estimated tax. Permits the credit to be transferred. Limits the program to ten years from the issuance of the first qualified abandoned mine land area redevelopment bond.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-420
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Camping
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Land use
National forests
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
User charges
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to charge an annual acreage and market value-based fee for the occupancy and use of National Forest System lands (land use fees) and facilities (facility fees) by organizational camps (nonprofit or governmental entity-run camps for youth or persons with disabilities). Provides for annual land use fee adjustments.
Reduces the land-use fee, but not below a minimum amount to be determined by the Secretary, for: (1) use by persons with disabilities and at-risk children; and (2) youth programs through organized social, citizenship, character-building, or faith-based activities oriented to outdoor recreation. Prohibits facility use fee reductions.
Provides for an additional fee if an organizational camp derives revenue from such lands' or facilities' use for purposes other than to introduce young people or people with disabilities to natural resource education or other appropriate experiences.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to soldiers who have lost their lives during peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts, training, terrorist attacks, or covert operations.

Bill: 108-hr-422
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Covert operations
Crime and Law Enforcement
District of Columbia
EBB Terrorism
Foundations
International Affairs
International relief
Labor and Employment
Military operations
Military personnel
Military training
Monuments and memorials
Peacekeeping forces
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Social Welfare
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Authorizes the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial on Federal land in part of the District of Columbia or its environs to honor members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives during peacekeeping operations, humanitarian efforts, training, terrorist attacks, or covert operations.
Prohibits use of Federal funds for such memorial, except as provided by the Commemorative Works Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act

Bill: 108-hr-423
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits enacted by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E77)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

Bill: 108-hr-424
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any social security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income.
Appropriates non-appropriated Treasury amounts for the social security and railroad retirement funds to equal the amounts not transferred as a result of such repeal. Expresses the sense of Congress that tax increases will not be used to provide such revenue.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To enable the residents of the Bayshore Manor assisted living facility in Key West, Florida, to continue to receive supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act.

Bill: 108-hr-425
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congregate housing
Florida
Housing and Community Development
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Provides that, for purposes of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, the Bayshore Manor assisted living facility in Key West, Florida, shall not be considered to be a public institution under the SSI program for so long as the facility serves 40 or fewer residents (thus enabling the residents of the Bayshore Manor facility to continue to receive SSI benefits).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
TV Consumer Choice Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-426
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Equipment and supplies
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Standards
Television
Television broadcasting
Television relay systems

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: TV Consumer Choice Act of 2003 - Prohibits specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 from being construed to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require, or prescribe any schedule for the implementation of, digital television reception capability in television broadcast reception equipment.
States that the requirements and schedule established by FCC regulation for the implementation of such capability in such equipment shall not be effective except as expressly hereafter provided by Act of Congress.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in House