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To amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide protections to members of the Armed Forces who terminate certain consumer contracts and real estate residential purchase contracts entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service.

Bill: 108-hr-3357
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Cable television
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Communication satellites
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Debtor and creditor
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Internet
Law
Lease and rental services
Leases
Liens
Military dependents
Military personnel
Motor vehicles
Recruiting and enlistment
Rent
Science, Technology, Communications
Television relay systems
Transportation and Public Works
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to allow a person in military service to terminate a contract for the lease of a motor vehicle, a telecommunications contract, or a contract for the purchase of a residence at any time after: (1) entry into military service; or (2) the date of the lessee's station or deployment orders. (Currently, such a person may terminate only a residential lease and only after entry into military service.)
 
Requires, in order for such terminations to occur: (1) the call or order to service or the deployment period to be for at least 90 days, in the case of the motor vehicle lease or the telecommunications contract; and (2) the deployment period to be at least 90 days, in the case of the contract for the purchase of a residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Prevention, Awareness, and Research Auto-Immune Disease Act

Bill: 108-hr-3359
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Arthritis
Autoimmune diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Mental depression
Mental illness
Minorities
Minority health
Multiple sclerosis
Physicians
Quality of life
Research grants
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Student loan funds
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Prevention, Awareness, and Research Auto-Immune Disease Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide grants through the Centers for Disease Control to conduct public and professional awareness activities regarding autoimmune diseases, including lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia.
 
Provides grants through the Health Resources and Services Administration for the education of health care providers on potential links between autoimmune diseases and cognitive and mood disorders such as depression.
 
Establishes a research program where qualified physicians agree to conduct research concerning autoimmune diseases in exchange for student loan repayment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Amerasian Naturalization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3360
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Asian American ethnic groups
Citizenship
East Asia
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Immigrants
Residence requirements
Vietnam
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Amerasian Naturalization Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide automatic U.S. citizenship for lawful immigrants residing in the United States who were fathered by a U.S. citizen and born in Vietnam between 1962 and 1975.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2104)
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Psychiatric Hospital Fairness Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3363
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Medicaid
Mental care facilities
Mental health services
Psychiatric hospitals
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Medicaid Psychiatric Hospital Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement for specified emergency care and services of private institutions for mental diseases that are subject (under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Medicaid (EMTALA) Program) to certain requirements for examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions. Requires the Medicaid program to reimburse such institutions for care and services required to stabilize an emergency medical condition, the treatment for which is within the range of services that such institution typically provides, of an individual between ages 21 and 65 who came or was transferred to the institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency and currency manipulation are not successful.

Bill: 108-hr-3364
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Balance of payments
China
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Countervailing duties
Currency devaluation
East Asia
Foreign exchange
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
International competitiveness
President and foreign policy
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Imposes an additional duty of 27.5 percent on Chinese goods imported into the United States unless the President submits a certification to Congress that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is no longer manipulating the rate of exchange and is complying with accepted market-based trading policies.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to negotiate with the PRC to ensure a process that leads to a market-based system of currency valuation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
To designate the building located at 493 Auburn Avenue, N.E., in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John Lewis Civil Rights Institute".

Bill: 108-hr-3366
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Black history
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional tributes
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Minorities
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Designates the building located at 493 Auburn Avenue, N.E., in Atlanta, Georgia, as the John Lewis Civil Rights Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2115-2116)
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a pilot grant program to retrain displaced workers in high technology fields.

Bill: 108-hr-3368
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
High technology
Occupational retraining
Pennsylvania
Science, Technology, Communications
Technical education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to specified provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to establish a pilot program to award grants for retraining displaced workers in high technology fields. 
 
Makes eligible to receive such grants schools or vocational or career training centers in the State of Pennsylvania that conduct training in high technology fields. 
 
Sets the amount of such a grant at $10,000 for each displaced worker enrolled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act

Bill: 108-hr-3370
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Health
Law
Law enforcement officers
Licenses
Medical personnel
Nonprofit organizations
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police communication systems
Radio spectrum allocation
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Television frequency allocation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish in the Treasury the Public Safety Communications Trust Fund, to be funded through authorizations of appropriations and proceeds from the sale of certain bands of Government-owned broadcast spectrum.
 
Requires the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to administer the Fund. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to implement interoperability and modernization for the communications needs of public safety, fire, emergency, law enforcement, and crisis management by State and local government agencies and instrumentalities and nonprofit organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2115-2116)
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Infant Crib Safety Act

Bill: 108-hr-3371
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety
Consumer education
Environmental Protection
Families
Furniture industry
Hotels, motels, etc.
Infants
Law
Lease and rental services
Product safety
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Infant Crib Safety Act - Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to make it unlawful for any commercial user to: (1) manufacture, sell, or contract to sell any full-size or nonfull-size crib which is unsafe for any infant; or (2) sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce any such crib which is not new and is unsafe for any infant. 
 
Makes it unlawful for any lodging facility to offer or provide an unsafe crib. 
 
Presumes a crib to be unsafe which does not conform to the Code of Federal Regulations and the American Society for Testing Materials Voluntary Standards, unless labeled as dangerous for an infant and not intended to be used for one.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the Agriculture Research Service of the Department of Agriculture located at State Highway 26 West in Poplarville, Mississippi, as the "Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory".

Bill: 108-hr-3372
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Congress
Congressional tributes
Horticulture
Laboratories
Members of Congress
Mississippi
Names
Science, Technology, Communications
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the Agriculture Research Service of the Department of Agriculture located at State Highway 26 West in Poplarville, Mississippi, as the Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research Discharged.
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Ordered to be Reported.
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Missouri River Enhancement and Monitoring Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3373
Sponsor: Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Aquatic biology
Biochemistry
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Fishery management
Fishes
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Habitat conservation
Hydrology
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine geology
Minorities
Missouri
Missouri River development
Pollution measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research centers
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Water quality
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-24
text: 
Missouri River Enhancement and Monitoring Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, to establish a program at the River Studies Center of the Biological Resources Division to: (1) determine and monitor the biological and chemical characteristics of the Missouri River; (2) determine and monitor the interrelationship of those characteristics with the hydrology and geomorphology of the River; and (3) monitor and assess the biota, including threatened or endangered species, habitats, and water quality of the River. 
 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to: (1) establish a database on River biota; and (2) make such database readily available to specified entities, including the Governors of affected States, the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Army, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Missouri River Basin Indian tribes, and the public. 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Geological Survey, to: (1) review the program; (2) establish and revise the program's objectives, as necessary; and (3) report to Congress on the environmental health of the River. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2003-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Commandant of the Coast Guard Advice and Recommendations Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3374
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2003-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coast guard
Congress
Congressional-executive relations
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Officer personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: 
Commandant of the Coast Guard Advice and Recommendations Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard, after informing the Secretary of Homeland Security, to make such recommendations to Congress relating to the Coast Guard as the Commandant considers appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Firefighters' Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3375
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Emergency Management
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Tax exclusion
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Volunteer Firefighters' Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from an employer's gross income specified health care subsidy payments made by a local government on behalf of qualifying volunteer firefighters.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Denver Federal Center Redevelopment Act

Bill: 108-hr-3376
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2003-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
Leases
Maintenance and repair
Real estate development
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: 
Denver Federal Center Redevelopment Act - Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to enter into leases of Federal real property, including improvements thereon, with totally nonfederal entities to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, operation, maintenance, or use of all, or portions of, the Denver Federal Center. 
 
Lists terms and conditions for such a lease (master lease), including that it: (1) have as its primary purpose enhancing the value of the Center; (2) be negotiated pursuant to such procedures as the Administrator considers necessary to ensure the integrity of the selection process and to protect U.S. interests; (3) be for a term not to exceed 50 years; and (4) provide that all development risk remain with the nonfederal entity. Directs that a master lease be for fair consideration. 
 
Requires that net proceeds from a master lease be deposited into, administered, and expended, subject to appropriations Acts, as part of the Federal Building Fund. Authorizes the Administrator to retain from the proceeds of a master lease amounts necessary to recover the expenses incurred by the Administrator with respect to such lease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act

Bill: 108-hr-3377
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2003-10-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Business records
Child health
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Dietary supplements
Evidence (Law)
Families
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Herbs
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Medical personnel
Medical records
Product safety
Trade secrets

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: 
Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by: (1) manufacturers and processors of dietary supplements respecting dietary supplement product listing (including labeling, ingredient, and discontinuance information); and (2) manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements respecting serious adverse experiences resulting from a supplement's use (requires manufacturer or distributor investigation of such occurrence).
 
Authorizes the Secretary to require a manufacturer to: (1) provide postmarket surveillance if there is a reasonable possibility of a supplement causing adverse health consequences; and (2) demonstrate that a supplement is not adulterated if the Secretary has reasonable grounds for believing that a supplement may be adulterated (permits distribution during such demonstration period unless determined to be an imminent public health hazard, and requires a final determination of adulteration by the Secretary). Deems a supplement as adulterated for noncompliance with such safety demonstration provisions.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make a determination that a dietary supplement may pose a significant risk to individuals under the age of 18, and prohibit (as misbranded while held for sale) the supplement's sale to such individuals.
 
Includes among prohibited acts failure to comply with the requirements added by this Act (other than safety demonstration requirements). Extends inspection authority to records, controls, and facilities related to a determination of supplement adulteration.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out dietary supplement education programs for health care professionals and consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3663)
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2150)
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Introduced in House