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Highway Trust Fund Commission Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3494
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Electric vehicles
Energy
Excise tax
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-state relations
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Highway finance
Highway use tax
Motor vehicles
Natural gas vehicles
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
State finance
State taxation
Taxation
Taxpayers
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Highway Trust Fund Commission Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a National Commission on Future Revenue Sources to Support the Highway Trust Fund to investigate and recommend alternatives to replace the fuel tax as the principal revenue source to support the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) over at least the next 30 years. Directs the Commission to consider: (1) the ability to generate sufficient revenues to meet anticipated long term surface transportation financing needs; (2) the roles of the various levels of government and the private sector; (3) administrative costs; (4) potential taxpayer privacy concerns; (5) likely technological advances; (6) alternative transportation vehicles, including alternative-fueled vehicles; (7) the equity and economic efficiency of each option; (8) the flexibility of different options to allow various pricing alternatives to be implemented; and (9) potential compatibility issues with States' tax mechanisms.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to modify eligibility requirements under an emergency preparedness demonstration program to assist disadvantaged communities.

Bill: 108-hr-3495
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Black colleges
Blacks
Churches
Commerce
Community and school
Depressed areas
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Enterprise zones
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Information services
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Minority education
Nonprofit organizations
Religion
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to change the eligibility standard for assistance under the emergency preparedness demonstration program established by such Act from &quot;minority communities&quot; to &quot;disadvantaged communities.&quot;
 
Defines &quot;disadvantaged communities&quot; as a communities predominantly populated by socially or economically disadvantaged individuals who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias because of their identity as a member of a group without regard to their individual qualities, and whose ability to compete in the free enterprise system has been impaired due to diminished capital and credit opportunities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Cultural Heritage Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-3497
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Coins and coinage
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cultural property
Customs administration
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
History
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Sanctions (International law)
Searches and seizures
Treaties
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Iraq Cultural Heritage Protection Act - Bans the importation into the United States of any archaeological or cultural material of Iraq that was removed from Iraq after the issuance of Executive Order 12722 of August 2, 1990, unless the Department of Homeland Security determines that such material was legally exported from Iraq. Requires U.S. customs officers to detain such material until it can be certified as legally exported from Iraq. Allows such import restrictions to be lifted after the expiration of certain sanctions imposed upon Iraq by the United Nations Security Council. 
 
Subjects to seizure and forfeiture any Iraqi archaeological or cultural material that is illegally imported into the United States or that cannot be certified as legally exported from Iraq. Requires the return to Iraq of any archaeological or cultural material forfeited under this Act.
 
Defines &quot;country of origin&quot; for purposes of applying U.S. tariff and customs laws to certain archaeological materials.
 
Amends the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act to: (1) redefine an object of archaeological interest as one that is at least 100 years old (currently, at least 250 years old); (2) classify certain coins or coin-like objects as objects of archaeological interest if such coins are at least 250 years old; (3) limit the period during which import restrictions under the Act may be placed on the archaeological or ethnological material of any country to ten years (subject to extensions by the President for emergency conditions) after the date such restrictions are published in the Federal Register; (4) make changes in the membership of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee; and (5) extend from five to ten years the effective period of bilateral or multilateral agreements for import restrictions on archaeological or ethnological materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3498
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Land use
Military history
Military parks
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
United Kingdom
War

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the American Battlefield Protection Program, to establish an acquisition grant program for battlefields and associated sites identified in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Historic Preservation Study (battlefield report). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to States or local governments (eligible entities) to pay the Federal share of the cost of acquiring such sites. Permits eligible entities to acquire an interest in eligible sites using such grants in partnership with nonprofit organizations.
 
Requires the non-Federal share of the cost of acquisition of eligible sites to be not less than 50 percent of the total.
 
Subjects acquired property to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act's prohibition against conversion to other than public outdoor recreation uses without the Secretary's approval.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report on activities carried out under this Act and updates to the battlefield report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act

Bill: 108-hr-3499
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Job hunting
Labor statistics
Part-time employment
State laws
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to: (1) extend the TEUC program; (2) provide for additional weeks of TEUC benefits; (3) revise unemployment rate triggers for TEUC benefit periods; and (4) provide for regular unemployment compensation for certain individuals based on part-time work or an alternative base period.
 
Extends 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 13 weeks of payments, for a total of 39 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.
 
Establishes a program of payments to States to provide regular unemployment compensation benefits for individuals who otherwise would be ineligible because: (1) the base period does not count wages earned in the most recently completed calendar quarter; or (2) the individuals seek or are available for less than full-time work. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the anticipated extreme reduction in the national marketing quotas for the 2004 crop of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco, which, if permitted to occur, would mean economic ruin for tobacco farmers and their families.

Bill: 108-hr-3500
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Economics and Public Finance
Farm production quotas
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government lending
Marketing of farm produce
Tobacco
Tobacco exports

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain the national 2004 marketing quota for Flue-cured and Burley tobacco at 2003 levels.
 
Provides that: (1) A producer-owned cooperative marketing association may fully settle, without further cost to the association, a loan made for the 2004 crop of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco by forfeiting to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) the Flue-cured or Burley tobacco covered by the loan regardless of the condition of the tobacco; (2) any resultant CCC losses shall not be charged to the No Net Cost Tobacco Account; or affect certain related assessments; and (3) forfeited tobacco shall not be counted towards quotas, or sold for use in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To grant an extension of authority for the establishment of the Thomas Paine Memorial, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3501
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Commemorations
District of Columbia
History
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Extends the authority for the Thomas Paine National Historical Association to establish a memorial to Thomas Paine in the District of Columbia through December 31, 2006.


Legislative actions:
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: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Benefits Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3502
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Death
Families
Labor and Employment
Married people
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility
Survivors' benefits
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Social Security Benefits Protection Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death, without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month. Disregards benefits received for the month in which the individual dies for purposes of the maximum benefit cap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Civilian Volunteer Service Reserve Act

Bill: 108-hr-3503
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2003-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Electronic mail systems
Employee rights
Executive orders
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government paperwork
Government travel
Health
Identification devices
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Postal service
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Telephone
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Volunteer workers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Civilian Volunteer Service Reserve Act - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the Civilian Volunteer Service Reserve to respond to domestic or international emergencies or other circumstances determined by the President.
 
Permits a U.S. citizen or legal resident over the age of 18 to enroll for a five-year commitment in the Reserve during which he or she shall be expected to serve in a full-time active duty status for 6 months.
 
Authorizes the President to issue a voluntary call of action as an executive order to mobilize members of the Civilian Reserve to active duty status in times of emergency. Allows members of the Civilian Reserve to accept or decline a call to action except under extreme circumstances that require mandatory mobilization.
 
Prescribes benefits and reemployment protection for members serving in full-time active duty status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Power Act to authorize a State to regulate the sale at wholesale of electric energy generated, transmitted, and distributed solely within that State, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3506
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of Energy
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Electric utility rates
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Jurisdiction
Law
State laws
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize State regulation of intrastate sales of electric energy at wholesale prices, including fixing rates for such sales, if the electric energy is generated solely within that State for transmission and distribution solely within that State.
 
 Denies the Federal Energy Commission (FERC) jurisdiction to regulate such intrastate sales of electric energy at wholesale prices to the extent that the State regulates those sales.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Improving Homeownership Opportunities in High-Cost States Act

Bill: 108-hr-3507
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Home ownership
Housing finance
Metropolitan areas
Mortgages
Secondary mortgage market
Single family housing
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Improving Homeownership Opportunities in High-Cost States Act - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (Freddie Mac) to include among the exceptions to the prohibition that an outstanding mortgage cannot exceed 80 percent of the securing property's value for a residential mortgage those properties located in a State containing any high-cost metropolitan statistical area (or portion thereof). 
 
Bases such high-cost determination on specified quarterly average one-family home prices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the tax benefits for the New York Liberty Zone.

Bill: 108-hr-3508
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Depreciation and amortization
Electric power production
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Local finance
New York City
New York State
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
State finance
Tax administration
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, to: (1) extend, for five additional years, the Liberty bonds expiration date; (2) increase, from $1.6 billion to $3.0 billion, the amount of Liberty bonds that can be used for residential development projects; and (3) eliminate the 100,000 square foot minimum for certain electric generation facilities outside the Liberty Zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2333)
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Home Energy Generation Act

Bill: 108-hr-3509
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2003-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Business records
Commerce
Contracts
Department of Energy
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Energy conservation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Solar energy
Standards
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: 
Home Energy Generation Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require that: (1) each retail electric supplier make available an electric energy meter capable of net metering to certain retail customers that have installed an energy generation unit intended for net metering; and (2) rates, charges, and contract terms for electric energy sales to customer-generators be the same as those that would be applicable if the customer-generator did not own or operate a qualified generation unit and use a net metering system. 
Prescribes the manner in which such retail electric suppliers shall calculate the net energy measurement and billing for a customer using a net metering system. 
Subjects qualified generation units and net metering systems to specified safety, performance, and reliability standards. Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) adopt additional control and testing requirements for customer-generators necessary to protect public safety and system reliability; and (2) prohibit additional charges by electric suppliers and local distribution systems for equipment or services for safety or performance additional to those necessary to meet such standards.
 
Sets a deadline for FERC to promulgate: (1) model standards for the physical connection between local distribution systems and qualified generation units and other specified electric generation units; and (2) regulations ensuring simplified contracts will be used for the interconnection of electric energy by electric energy transmission or distribution systems and generating facilities with a power production capacity of 250 kilowatts or less. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-18
text: Introduced in House