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Automobile Fuel Efficiency Improvements Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-794
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Automobiles
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy
Fines (Penalties)
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Law
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: 
Automobile Fuel Efficiency Improvements Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal transportation code to phase in an increase in average fuel economy standards: (1) from 25 miles per gallon for passenger automobiles manufactured between model years 1984 and 2006 to 40 miles per gallon for those manufactured after model year 2014; and (2) from 17 miles per gallon for non-passenger automobiles manufactured between model years 1984 and 2006 to 27.5 miles per gallon for those manufactured after model year 2014. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe such standards for non-passenger automobiles at least 18 months before the beginning of each model year after model year 2015.
 
Revises the definitions of automobile and passenger automobile, increasing the weight standards and seating capacity.
 
Increases the civil penalties for violations of fuel economy standards.
 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) report biennially to Congress on the quality of the automobile fuel economy testing for all currently available automobile technologies; and (2) provide for the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to study what practicable automobile fuel economy testing process provides the most accurate measures of actual automobile fuel economy in highway use, in urban use, and in combined highway and in urban use.
 
Directs the Secretary to prescribe: (1) a revised testing procedure for accurately measuring the actual automobile fuel economy of each automobile model, based on the latter study; and (2) amended average fuel economy standards taking into account improved accuracy in their calculation resulting from use of such procedure.
 
Amends the Federal transportation code to revise requirements for the fleet average fuel economy standards for U.S. executive agency automobiles, both passenger and non-passenger.
 
Directs the President to prescribe regulations that require a specified minimum number of exceptionally fuel-efficient vehicles leased or bought by U.S. executive agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3444)
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4899-4902)
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Incentives for Fuel Efficient Vehicles Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-795
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobile industry
Automobiles
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Energy
Environmental Protection
Fuel consumption
Income tax
Motor vehicle safety
Safety measures
Standards
Tax credits
Tax rates
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Tax Incentives for Fuel Efficient Vehicles Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the (automotive) gas guzzler manufacturer excise tax to: (1) increase the weight of a covered automobile to12,000 pounds; (2) revise the excise tax table, including the addition of a model-year calculation criteria; (3) revise the exception to such coverage, including elimination of the exception based upon nonpassenger treatment under specified Department of Transportation rules; and (4) apply such provisions to sales after October 31, 2005.
Establishes a highly fuel-efficient automobile credit for taxpayer purchases of a new passenger or nonpassenger automobile (as defined by this Act) that exceeds specified fuel economy ratings. Applies such credit to vehicles placed in service after October 31, 2005.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4899-4902)
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the appointment of a Director of State and Local Government Coordination within the Department of Homeland Security and to transfer the Office for Domestic Preparedness to the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Bill: 108-s-796
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) require the Office for State and Local Government Coordination within the Department of Homeland Security to be headed by a Director of State and Local Government Coordination who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) transfer the Office for Domestic Preparedness from the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security to the Office for State and Local Government Coordination; (3) remove the requirement that the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and (4) require such Director to report directly to the Director of State and Local Government Coordination.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prevent the pretrial release of those who rape or kidnap children, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-797
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child abuse
Child safety
Child sexual abuse
Families
Kidnapping
Pretrial procedure
Rape
Sex crimes
Sex offenders

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the pretrial release of persons convicted of kidnaping involving a minor, aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, sexual exploitation of children, selling or buying children, certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors and material constituting or containing child pornography, production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States, transportation for illegal sexual activity, coercion and enticement to engage in criminal sexual activity, transportation of minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity or in a sexual act with a juvenile, and use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor with intent to solicit any person to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Suzanne's Law - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require each Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency to report each case of a missing child under age 21 (currently, age 18) reported to such agency to the Department of Justice's National Crime Information Center.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Sex Offender Apprehension Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-798
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child abuse
Child safety
Child sexual abuse
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Kidnapping
Police communication systems
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Sex Offender Apprehension Act of 2003 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of community policing (COPS) grants for activities to assist a State in enforcing a law throughout the State which requires that a convicted sex offender register his or her address with a State or local law enforcement agency and be subject to criminal prosecution for failure to comply.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Code Adam Act

Bill: 108-s-799
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety
Congressional office buildings
Courthouses
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Families
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Kidnapping
Missing children
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Code Adam Act - Requires the designated authority for a public building (includes the Administrator of General Services, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and the Capitol Police Board) to establish procedures for locating a child that is missing in the building. Requires that such procedures provide for: (1) notifying security personnel that a child is missing; (2) obtaining a detailed description of the child; (3) issuing a Code Adam alert and providing a description of the child, using a fast and effective means of communication; (4) establishing a central point of contact; (5) monitoring all points of egress from the building while such alert is in effect; (6) conducting a thorough search of the building; (7) contacting local law enforcement; and (8) documenting the incident.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Truth in Domain Names Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-800
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Child welfare
Computer crimes
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Internet
Pornography
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites
World Wide Web

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Truth in Domain Names Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly using a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive: (1) a person into viewing obscenity on the Internet; and (2) a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors on the Internet.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
International Parental Kidnapping Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-801
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Custody of children
Families
International Affairs
Kidnapping
Liability (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: International Parental Kidnapping Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide attempt liability for parental kidnapping.
Makes it an affirmative defense that the defendant acted within the provisions of a valid court order granting the defendant legal custody or visitation rights obtained pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (current law) or the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Code Adam Act

Bill: 108-s-802
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety
Congress
Congressional office buildings
Courthouses
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Kidnapping
Law
Missing children
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Code Adam Act - Requires the designated authority for a public building (includes the Administrator of General Services, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and the Capitol Police Board) to establish procedures for locating a child that is missing in the building. Requires that such procedures provide for: (1) notifying security personnel that a child is missing; (2) obtaining a detailed description of the child; (3) issuing a Code Adam alert and providing a description of the child, using a fast and effective means of communication; (4) establishing a central point of contact; (5) monitoring all points of egress from the building while such alert is in effect; (6) conducting a thorough search of the building; (7) contacting local law enforcement; and (8) documenting the incident.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Mobilized Reserve Savings Account Act

Bill: 108-s-803
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Income tax
Saving and investment
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Mobilized Reserve Savings Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified armed forces reservist to deduct annual contributions to an Armed Forces reserve savings account (as defined by this Act). Limits annual contributions to the lesser of $5,000, or $25,000 reduced by previous contributions to such accounts.
Treats account distributions from deductible contributions as taxable income. Provides an additional ten percent tax unless the distribution is made: (1) while the account holder is serving on active duty (including the 60-day period immediately preceding or following such period); or (2) after the account holder ceases to be a member of a reserve component or is transferred to such component's retired list.
Exempts an Armed Forces reserve savings account from taxation unless such account has ceased to be an Armed Forces reserve savings account due to a prohibited transaction by a contributor or a person for whose benefit such account was established.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for contributions to congressional candidates.

Bill: 108-s-804
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for individuals of up to $200 ($400 for a joint return) of the value of an individual's total political contributions to congressional candidates.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4902)
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4902)
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Deployed Service Members Financial Security and Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-806
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Interest rates
Military operations
Military pay
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Students
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Deployed Service Members Financial Security and Education Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay a monthly $1,000 allowance to a member of the armed forces for each month of deployment in the case of a member who is deployed for: (1) 191 consecutive days; or (2) 401 or more of the preceding 730 days.
Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to apply a provision limiting the rate of interest on student loans during a period of military service to all student loans, including loans under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Requires a person in the military service who is enrolled in an institution of higher education at the time of entry into service to be granted a leave of absence from the institution during the period of service and for one year thereafter. Requires such person, after such leave of absence, to be restored to the same educational status (including academic credits, scholarships or grants, and amount of tuition) attained before entry into service. Requires the institution to refund, or provide a credit for, tuition or fees paid for the period covering the leave of absence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-10
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Lifetime Consequences for Sex Offenders Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-807
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate commerce
Kidnapping
Missing children
Parole
Postal service
Prostitution
Rape
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Sex-oriented businesses
Slavery
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Lifetime Consequences for Sex Offenders Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for an authorized period of supervised release of any term of years or life for specified offenses, including: (1) kidnapping involving a minor victim; (2) sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, or coercion; (3) sex abuse and aggravated sex abuse; (4) production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States; (5) transportation of minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity or in a sexual act with a juvenile; (6) abusive sexual contact; (7) sexual exploitation of children; (8) selling or buying children; (9) certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, or material constituting or containing child pornography; and (10) the use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4909)
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4908-4909)
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Bill: 108-s-808
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Michigan
National lakeshores
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Revises the boundary of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to include specified land when title to such land has vested in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire such land only by purchase from a willing seller. Instructs the Secretary to include a request for funds necessary for such land acquisition in the National Park Service budget submission for FY 2004.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-193.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4958-4959)
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.

Bill: 108-s-809
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcohol tax
Beer
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from $18 to $9 (its pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Children Against Crime Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-810
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Commerce
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Indictments
Interstate commerce
Kidnapping
Law
Limitation of actions
Missing children
Postal service
Prostitution
Rape
Sex offenders
Sex-oriented businesses
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Protecting Children Against Crime Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that no statute of limitations shall apply for specified child abduction and sex offenses.
Amends the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act to provide for the registration in the national sex offender registry of persons who produce or distribute child pornography.
Requires the Attorney General to carry out a program to provide grants to States for the development or enhancement of programs and activities for the support of AMBER Alert communications plans.
Directs the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to study: (1) the extent to which Internet service providers can and do monitor Internet traffic to detect illicit child pornography sites; (2) the extent to which purveyors use credit cards to facilitate the sale of illegal child pornography on the Internet; (3) which credit card issuers have a system to facilitate the identification of such purveyors; and (4) options for encouraging greater reporting of such illicit transactions to law enforcement officials.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5053-5054)
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4959)
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 16131 of title 10, United States Code, to increase rates of educational assistance under the program of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve.

Bill: 108-s-812
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Cost of living adjustments
Education
Higher education
National Guard
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Increases, for months occurring during FY 2004 and thereafter, the rates of basic educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve. Prohibits any rate increase during FY 2004 and 2005 based on adjustments to the Consumer Price Index.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4961)
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4960-4961)
action_date: 2003-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate