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Education Savings Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3318
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Commerce
Education
Education savings accounts
Employee benefit plans
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Education Savings Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee amounts paid by the employer as contributions to an education savings entity held by the employee or spouse of the employee if the contributions are made pursuant to an educational assistance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2067-2068)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to register a Canadian pesticide.

Bill: 108-hr-3319
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Canada
Commerce
Confidential communications
Environmental Protection Agency
Feeds
Fines (Penalties)
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Pesticide regulation
Pesticide residues
Pesticides
Trade secrets

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register a Canadian pesticide that: (1) has not been previously disapproved; (2) is identical or substantially similar in composition to a comparable domestic pesticide already registered; and (3) is registered in Canada by the registrant (or affiliate) of the comparable domestic pesticide.
 
 Requires the Administrator to obtain the confidential statement of formula for the pesticide to determine if it is in fact identical or substantially similar to a comparable domestic pesticide. 
 
Stipulates that any Canadian pesticide the Administrator registers must bear an approved label which completely covers the original Canadian label. 
 
Prohibits actions in Federal court against: (1) the Administrator acting as a registering agency for damages resulting from the use of a product registered under this Act; or (2) registrants for damages resulting from adulteration or compositional alterations of such a product if the registrant could not reasonably have knowledge of such adulteration or alterations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Commerce, EPA.
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
American Aquaculture and Fishery Resources Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-3320
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Migratory bird conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
American Aquaculture and Fishery Resources Protection Act - Exempts any migratory bird management carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
 
Authorizes a Service employee acting under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to: (1) issue a depredation permit to a Service stakeholder or cooperator; and (2) manage and take migratory birds.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Baltimore, Maryland, metropolitan area.

Bill: 108-hr-3321
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal-city relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Maryland
Metropolitan areas
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Baltimore, Maryland, metropolitan area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2064-2065)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Armenian Victims Insurance Fairness Act

Bill: 108-hr-3323
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Armenia
Asia
Business records
Casualty insurance
Central Asia
Claims
Commerce
Congress
Congressional veto
Consumer education
Europe
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance
History
Insurance companies
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability insurance
Life insurance
Middle East and North Africa
Military history
Military occupation
Property insurance
Reinsurance
State laws
Subsidiary corporations
Turkey

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
Armenian Victims Insurance Fairness Act - Authorizes States to: (1) require an insurance company conducting business in the State to disclose and make publicly available details regarding certain covered policies issued by that company or by any related company; and (2) provide penalties and sanctions for noncompliance.
 
Defines a &quot;covered policy&quot; as a life, property, liability, health annuity, dowry, educational, or casualty insurance policy issued to a policyholder domiciled in the area of Europe or Asia that was occupied or controlled by the Ottoman Empire and that was in effect at any time between 1875 and 1923.
 
Declares that Congress explicitly disapproves any Executive branch policy or agreement that preempts State efforts to collect insurance information to resolve outstanding claims concerning such policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2059-2060)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Southern California Wild Heritage Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3325
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air routes
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
Boundaries
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Fishery management
Fishing
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Grazing
Habitat conservation
Horses
Hunting
Job creation
Maps
Military aviation
Minorities
National forests
National monuments
National parks
Native Americans
Old growth forests
Outdoor recreation
Religion
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Southern California Wild Heritage Act of 2003 - Designates specified national forest and Bureau of Land Management district lands in California as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System). Requires such areas to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, whichever has current administrative jurisdiction over each area. 
 
Designates specified California national park lands as wilderness and components of the System, requiring such lands to be managed by the National Park Service. 
Designates specified California rivers as wild and scenic rivers. 
 
Establishes the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest for public enjoyment and scientific study. Requires the development of a comprehensive management plan for such Forest.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2063)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
King Range National Conservation Area Boundary Extension Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3326
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
California
Natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: 
King Range National Conservation Area Boundary Extension Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to extend the boundary of the King Range National Conservation Area in California to include the Mill Creek, Squaw Creek, and Indian Creek Forests. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Northern California Wild Heritage Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3327
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air routes
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
Boats and boating
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Exotic animals
Exotic plants
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Fishery management
Fishing
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grazing
Habitat conservation
Historic sites
History
Horses
Hunting
Job creation
Land transfers
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Military aviation
Minorities
Motor vehicles
National forests
National parks
Native Americans
Natural areas
Outdoor recreation
Pest control
Religion
Religious liberty
Restoration ecology
Right of property
Salmon
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Volcanoes
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Northern California Wild Heritage Act of 2003 - Designates specified national forest lands, Bureau of Land Management district lands, and certain lands in Lassen Volcanic National Park in California as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System). 
Designates specified California public lands as: (1) salmon restoration areas; (2) wilderness study areas; and (3) potential wilderness areas. 
 
Designates specified California rivers as wild and scenic rivers. Requires the review of the Carson River, East Fork, California, to determine its suitability as a wild, scenic, or recreational river. 
Establishes the Sacramento River National Conservation Area. Requires the development of a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and management of such Area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Community Drinking Water Assistance Act

Bill: 108-hr-3328
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arizona
Arsenic
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Law
Minorities
Nevada
New Mexico
Potable water
Revolving funds
Small towns
Standards
Texas
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Community Drinking Water Assistance Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish a program of grants to small public water systems located in disadvantaged communities (or those that may become disadvantaged as a result of compliance with drinking water standards) for use in carrying out projects and activities to comply with such standards. 
Provides temporary relief from enforcement by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of drinking water standards for such systems during and after the grant application process. 
Delays implementation or enforcement by the Administrator of an arsenic standard in any State until the earlier of January 1, 2006, or the date on which the Administrator certifies that the program has been implemented in that State and the State has made substantial progress in drinking water standards compliance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Introduced in House
United States Olympic Committee Reform Act

Bill: 108-hr-3330
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Chief executive officers
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate governance
Corporate reorganizations
Corporation directors
Disabled
Disciplining of employees
Employee training
Federal incorporation
Grievance procedures
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Olympic games
Ombudsman
Sports and Recreation
Western Hemisphere
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: 
United States Olympic Committee Reform Act - Amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to limit the stated purposes of the United States Olympic Committee. 
Provides new governance provisions for the Committee. Establishes a Board of Directors composed of eight elected members to: (1) oversee the Committee's operations; (2) set the policy and direction of the Committee; (3) establish a Nominating and Governance Committee to provide a process for nominating new Board members; (4) elect new Board members from among those nominees; (5) select and evaluate the Chief Executive Officer required by this Act; and (6) oversee the bid city process in the United States and monitor the organizing committee of the Olympic Games when the Games are held in the United States. Authorizes the removal of Board members for cause. 
Requires the Committee to establish an Olympic Assembly in which all of the constituencies of the Committee are represented. 
Directs the Committee to maintain a standards and compliance program that includes specified minimal components. Requires the Board to appoint an independent commission to conduct and submit to Congress ten-year reviews of the Committee's governance structure. 
Sets forth transition provisions that allow for the continued existence of the current Board until a new Board is elected pursuant to this Act. 
Gives the Board responsibility for hiring an ombudsman for athletes. 
Requires the Committee to submit annual reports on its operations to the President and Congress.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Debt Counseling, Debt Consolidation, and Debt Settlement Practices Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3331
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2003-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Affiliated corporations
Business ethics
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Counseling
Damages
Debtor and creditor
Deceptive advertising
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Federal-state relations
Fees
Financial services
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Negligence
Parties to actions
Personal budgets
Restrictive trade practices
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: 
Debt Counseling, Debt Consolidation, and Debt Settlement Practices Improvement Act of 2003 - Prohibits an organization that engages in debt counseling, debt consolidation, or debt settlement from engaging in specified unfair and deceptive practices including: (1) unreasonable disclosure of information to third parties regarding amounts owed by any consumer; (2) undisclosed relationship between a debt counseling organization and a debt consolidation or debt settlement organization; (3) diversion of periodic payments from creditor to debt settlement organization; and (4) payment in advance of full performance of service.
 
Requires a written, dated contract signed by the consumer as a prerequisite to services provided by any organization offering debt counseling, debt consolidation, or debt settlement.
 
Prescribes contract terms. Establishes the consumer right to cancel such contract.
 
Declares void and unenforceable any waiver by the consumer of the protections of this Act.
 
Requires registration with the Secretary of the Treasury of any debt counseling, debt consolidation, or debt settlement organization.
 
Establishes civil liability for non-compliance with this Act.
 
Grants the Federal Trade Commission and the States enforcement powers to implement this Act.
 
Prohibits any requirement or prohibition from being imposed under the laws of any State with respect to any subject matter regulated under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To exempt certain coastal barrier areas in Florida from limitations on Federal expenditures and financial assistance under the Coastal Barriers Resources Act, and limitations on flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.

Bill: 108-hr-3333
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2003-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Barrier islands
Coastal zone
Disaster insurance
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid programs
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Florida
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: 
States that certain limitations placed upon Federal expenditures or financial assistance in the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and certain limitations placed upon flood insurance coverage in the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, do not apply to any area located in Coastal Barrier Resources System unit P30 or FL-92 in Gulf County, Florida, as such units are depicted on specified maps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2003-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Introduced in House