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Manganese Metal Safety Control Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2812
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental health
Environmental research
Environmentally induced diseases
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Health
Imports
Manganese
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Selenium

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: 
Manganese Metal Safety Control Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study whether imported electrolytic manganese metal that contains selenium poses any harmful effects to the environment or human health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2003-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2814
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Affiliated corporations
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Employee ownership
Engineering
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Partnerships
Service industries
Stockholders
Stocks
Subsidiary corporations
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the criteria for determining whether a corporation is a qualified personal service corporation. Includes within the definition of qualified personal service corporation a qualifying corporation substantially all of whose stock is held by certain former employees (thus permitting such corporation to use the cash method of accounting).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expensing of environmental remediation costs.

Bill: 108-hr-2815
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Oil pollution
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent provisions allowing the expensing of environmental remediation costs; (2) revise the definition of &quot;qualified contaminated site&quot; to include toxic as well as hazardous substances; (3) include within the definition of &quot;hazardous or toxic substances&quot; extremely hazardous substances, as defined by Federal law, and petroleum contaminants; and (4) eliminate the recapture of the expensing deduction upon the sale of environmental remediation property.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category.

Bill: 108-hr-2816
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health
Housing and Community Development
Low-income housing
Public housing
Social Welfare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as of October 2, 2004, to give a higher priority in the provision of hospital care and medical services under the veterans' patient enrollment system to veterans who are eligible for treatment as a low-income family under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the area in which the veterans reside, regardless of whether such veterans are otherwise treated as single person families or families under such Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide that the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits of Members of Congress under the Federal employees health benefits program may not exceed the actuarial value of any prescription drug benefit under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 108-hr-2817
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Drugs
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Legislation
Medicare
Members of Congress
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: 
Prohibits the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefit afforded to a current or former Member of Congress under the the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program from exceeding the actuarial value of any prescription drug benefit which may become available under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act if: (1) such member is eligible for such Medicare benefits; and (2) legislation providing for prescription drug benefits under Medicare is passed in the 1st session of the 108th Congress and enacted into law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To award a congressional gold medal to the family of the late Raul Julia.

Bill: 108-hr-2818
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Entertainers
Hispanic Americans
New York City
Puerto Ricans
Theater

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: 
Directs: (1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to the family of the late Raul Julia in recognition of his dedication to ending world hunger and his great contributions to the Latino community and the performing arts; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer half of the amount by which the sum of any gifts and donations received and any proceeds from the sale of duplicate medals exceeds the costs incurred in carrying out this Act to the New York Public Theater and half to the New York Shakespeare Festival.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1566)
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Modern-Day Marshall Plan for Eurasia and the Middle East Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2819
Sponsor: Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Central Asia
Child health
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Democracy
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Europe
Families
Family planning and birth control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Former Soviet states
Free enterprise
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Human rights
Middle East and North Africa
Negotiations
Preventive medicine
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: 
Modern-Day Marshall Plan for Eurasia and the Middle East Act of 2003 - Declares that it shall be the policy of the United States to (1) promote stable democracies and market economies in Eurasia and the Middle East, and (2) encourage dialogue between U.S. officials and human rights organizations, civic organizers, politicians, and activists to further democratic reform and economic stability in developing countries there, and (3) encourage dialogue between U.S. officials and the private sector regarding the opening of markets and transparency in business in Eurasia and the Middle East.
 
Authorizes the President to establish and implement a program to provide economic assistance for the developing countries of Eurasia and the Middle East to foster political stability through programs which promote: (1) economic growth, trade, education and infrastructure; (2) health; and (3) democracy building and human rights.
 
Requires the President to urge other appropriate countries to provide similar assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority with respect to the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise with respect to the National Guard of those States.

Bill: 108-hr-2820
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crime and Law Enforcement
District of Columbia
Law
Mayors
Military command and control
Military promotions
Municipal home rule
National Guard
Officer personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: 
Amends the District of Columbia Code to make the Mayor of the District of Columbia (currently, the President of the United States) the Commander-in-Chief of the militia of the District. 
Makes conforming amendments to comply with this Act to: (1) Title 10 (Armed Forces); (2) Title 32 (National Guard); (3) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993; and (4) the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1558)
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Hearing Health Accessibility Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2821
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hearing
Medical fees
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for direct access to qualified audiologists for Medicare beneficiaries and the inclusion of audiology services as a Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) covered medical service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Accumulated Earnings Tax Modification Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2822
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital
Commerce
Earnings
Income tax
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: 
Accumulated Earnings Tax Modification Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude working capital from inclusion in the calculation of accumulated earnings tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Introduced in House
American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 108-hr-2823
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coins and coinage
Disabled
Finance and Financial Sector
Monuments and memorials
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 500,000 one dollar silver coins in commemoration of disabled American veterans, which shall be emblematic of the design selected by the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial.
 

 

 
Requires: (1) all sales of the coins include a ten dollar per coin surcharge; and (2) the surcharges received to be paid to the Foundation to establish an endowment to support the construction of American Veterans' Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Internet Tobacco Sales Enforcement Act

Bill: 108-hr-2824
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Cigarettes
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Directories
Electronic commerce
Electronic government information
Excise tax
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Internet
Interstate commerce
Law
Local taxation
Sales tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Smokeless tobacco
State taxation
Telephone
Tobacco
Tobacco tax
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Internet Tobacco Sales Enforcement Act - Amends the Jenkins Act to require each person who engages in an interstate sale of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco or in an interstate distribution of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco to comply with all the excise, sales, and use tax laws applicable to the sale or other transfer of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in the State and place in which the cigarettes or smokeless tobacco are delivered.
 
 Prohibits the cigarettes or smokeless tobacco from being delivered to the buyer unless in advance of the delivery the excise tax has been paid and any required stamps or other indicia that such tax has been paid are properly affixed or applied, with an exception. 
 
Authorizes a State Attorney General to bring a civil action to obtain any appropriate relief, including money damages where appropriate, against any person who violates such prohibition or who knowingly assists or participates in such a violation. Expresses the sense of Congress that any State Attorney General who commences such a civil action should inform the U.S. Attorney General who should make information about the case publicly available. Authorizes civil penalties for violations. Eliminates the $1,000 criminal penalty limitation. 
 
Declares that the Act does not limit the remedies provided by State or Federal law with respect to alleged violations relating to a sale or distribution of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in connection with an interstate sale or distribution of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Access to Digital Television Enhancement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2825
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Cable television
Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Standards
Telecommunication industry
Television broadcasting
Television relay systems

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Consumer Access to Digital Television Enhancement Act of 2003 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission to: (1) adopt and implement regulations proposed in the memorandum of understanding between the cable and consumer electronics industries filed with the Commission on December 19, 2002, concerning compatibility between cable television systems and consumer electronics equipment, including regulations to require that all television receivers marketed as &quot;digital cable-ready&quot; include the capability to receive off-the-air digital television broadcast signals; and (2) revise its regulations to establish minimum power levels and deadlines for achieving such power levels for any television broadcasting facility transmitting a digital broadcast signal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act

Bill: 108-hr-2829
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Blind
Disabled
Eye diseases
Health
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay special disability compensation due to a veteran's loss of paired organs when the veteran has suffered impairment of vision compensable to a degree of ten percent or more (currently, blindness) in one eye as a result of a service-connected disability and impairment of vision (currently, blindness) in the other eye as a result of a non-service-connected disability not the result of the veteran's own willful misconduct.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2830
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Conservation easements
Environmental Protection
Farm lands
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Income tax
Land transfers
Local finance
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State finance
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow installment sales treatment for land sold to a governmental unit or tax-exempt charitable organization for conservation purposes even though the purchase funds for such sale are held in a sinking or similar fund, as required by state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House