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National Food Safety Database Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3628
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Commerce
Confidential communications
Data banks
Day care
Education
Educational facilities
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Food safety
Foodborne diseases
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
Hospitals
Internet
Labeling
Law
Nursing homes
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
National Food Safety Database Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the establishment of an electronic food safety database which shall be made available, through State agreements, to hospitals, nursing homes, schools, child care facilities, and other eligible institutions. Authorizes related State grants. 
 
Requires such database to maintain information concerning: (1) enforcement actions; (2) recalls; (3) food-borne illness outbreaks; and (4) facility inspections.
 
Provides for the establishment of a related interagency task force and advisory committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2447-2448)
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Research Accessibility Act

Bill: 108-hr-3630
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Confidential communications
Congressional Research Service
Congressional agencies
Congressional committees
Congressional information resources
Congressional publications
Congressional publicity
Copyright
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Federal libraries
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Intellectual property
Internet
Law
Library of Congress
Members of Congress
Policy sciences
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Congressional Research Accessibility Act - Requires the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to make available through a centralized electronic database, for purposes of access by the public through the websites maintained by Members and committees of the House of Representatives, the following information: (1) CRS issue briefs; (2) CRS reports that are available to Members of Congress through the CRS website; and (3) CRS authorization of appropriations products and appropriations products. Excludes any information that is either confidential or the product of an individual, office, or committee research request. 
Requires the information to be made accessible between 30 and 40 days after the first day it is available to Members of Congress through the CRS web site. 
Allows the Director to make such information available without the prior approval of specified congressional committees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Television Viewer Privacy Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3631
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Criminal investigation
Damages
Evidence (Law)
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Interactive media
Law
Legal fees
Punitive damages
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Telecommunication industry
Television programs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Television Viewer Privacy Act of 2003 - Prohibits an interactive video-related service provider (provider) from collecting, maintaining, or disclosing any personally identifiable viewing information (information) regarding a subscriber without the prior written or electronic consent of such subscriber, except: (1) to render or conduct a legitimate business activity related to the service provided; (2) pursuant to a court order authorizing disclosure to a governmental entity; or (3) to such subscriber.
 
Requires, for such consent, that the subscriber be provided a separate statement that clearly and conspicuously informs the subscriber of: (1) the nature of the information collected and its intended use; (2) the nature, frequency, and purpose of any disclosure that may be made; (3) the period during which the information will be maintained by the provider; and (4) required limitations with respect to the collection, maintenance, and disclosure of such information by the provider and the methods by which such limitations may be enforced. Requires a provider to destroy any collected information as soon as it is no longer necessary.
 
Provides for: (1) enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission or by the States; and (2) damages, including actual and punitive damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Ronald Reagan Dime Act

Bill: 108-hr-3633
Sponsor: Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Money
Reagan Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Ronald Reagan Dime Act - Amends Federal law governing coins and currency to require dime coins issued after a certain date to bear the likeness of President Ronald Reagan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Drug Addiction Treatment Expansion Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3634
Sponsor: Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drugs
Group medical practice
Physicians

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Drug Addiction Treatment Expansion Act of 2003 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the 30-patient limit for medical practitioners in group practices that may dispense specified narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Chronic Kidney Disease Management Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3635
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Health counseling
Health education
Kidney diseases
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Nutrition
Patient satisfaction
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Medicare Chronic Kidney Disease Management Act of 2003 - Entitles qualified chronic kidney disease patients to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Prohibits enrollment of chronic kidney disease patients in part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Social Security Act.
 
Provides for pre-end stage renal disease (pre-ESRD) professional nutritional and other counseling and related services and items for individuals diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration projects to evaluate methods through which kidney patient peer education may: (1) slow down or prevent the progress of kidney disease to end-stage renal disease in Medicare beneficiaries; (2) improve the management of co-morbid conditions associated with kidney disease; (3) improve choice in selection of renal replacement therapies (including home dialysis); and (4) improve other outcomes (such as employment). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2430)
action_date: 2003-11-21
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: 2003-11-21
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: 2003-11-21
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: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Genetic Privacy and Nondiscrimination Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3636
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Genetics
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Married people
Medical economics
Medical tests

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Genetic Privacy and Nondiscrimination Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group or individual health care plan or health insurance issuer from restricting enrollment or adjusting premium or contribution amounts on the basis of predictive genetic information about an individual or family member of such individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel for the Army, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3637
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Army
Military posture

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Increases, during FY 2004 through 2008, the minimum end strength level for active-duty Army personnel from 482,400 to 522,400.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2004-01-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Redwood National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3638
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
California
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
Maps
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Redwood National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003 - Revises the boundaries of the Redwood National Park in California. Increases to 133,000 acres the maximum acreage of the Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
American Workers Assistance Act

Bill: 108-hr-3639
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor statistics
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
American Workers Assistance Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUC Act) to extend the TEUC program through weeks of unemployment ending before July 1, 2004. Provides a phase-out period for individual payments up to weeks beginning after December 31, 2004.
 
Increases to 26 weeks an eligible individual's TEUC payments. Provides for an additional seven weeks of payments, for a total of 33 weeks, for individuals in high-unemployment States (TEUC-X). (Current law provides 13 weeks of regular TEUC payments, with an additional 13 and total 26 in TEUC-X States.)
 
Revises requirements for determining TEUC-X States, using certain triggers based on insured unemployment rates and on total unemployment rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of State to prepare an annual report on progress made to eradicate poppy cultivation and prevent illicit drug trafficking in Afghanistan.

Bill: 108-hr-3642
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Requires the Secretary of State to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report on progress made to eradicate poppy cultivation and prevent illicit drug trafficking in Afghanistan


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3643
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Bombings
Charities
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Diplomats
EBB Terrorism
Education
Educational facilities
Elementary and secondary education
Export controls
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
International cooperation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
President and foreign policy
Right to travel
Sanctions (International law)
Saudi Arabia
Social Welfare
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Government of Saudi Arabia must immediately and unconditionally: (1) provide complete, unrestricted, and unobstructed cooperation to the United States in the investigation of terror groups and individuals; (2) close permanently all organizations in Saudi Arabia that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any way aid and abet terrorism anywhere in the world; (3) end all funding for terror organizations outside Saudi Arabia (&quot;offshore terror organizations&quot;); and (4) block all funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to Saudi-based or offshore terror organizations.
 
Directs the President to certify to Congress that the Government of Saudi Arabia is fully cooperating with the United States in investigating and preventing terrorist attacks, has closed permanently all Saudi-based terror organizations, has ended funding for any offshore terror organization, and has made all efforts to block funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to offshore terror organizations. Requires the President to prohibit certain exports to Saudi Arabia and restrict travel of certain Saudi diplomats if the President cannot certify that the Government of Saudi Arabia has taken the measures required by this Act to combat terrorism. Allows the President to waive such sanctions if the President determines that it is in the national security interest to do so. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Adela and Darryl Bailor.

Bill: 108-hr-3646
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a sum (determined by the Attorney General) to Adela and Darryl Bailor as full compensation for all claims arising from an incident on May 9, 1991 that is the subject of Case No. 94-2660 in the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Roger Paul Robert Kozik.

Bill: 108-hr-3647
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Declares Roger Paul Robert Kozik to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alzoubi Muhammed.

Bill: 108-hr-3648
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Makes Alzoubi Muhammed eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Stoyan Simeonov Stoyanov.

Bill: 108-hr-3649
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2003-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: 
Makes Stoyan Simeonov Stoyanov eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Introduced in House