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Appalachian Development Highway System Completion Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2381
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Appalachia
Appalachian Regional Commission
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-state relations
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Housing and Community Development
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
New York State
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Regional economic development
Road construction
Rural economic development
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: 
Appalachian Development Highway System Completion Act of 2003 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Appalachian development highway system program for each of FY 2004 through 2009. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion such funds among the States based on the latest available cost-to-complete estimate for the system, prepared by the Appalachian Regional Commission.
 
Authorizes a State, upon notice to the Secretary, to lend any amount of contract or obligation authority available to it pursuant to the apportionment to any other State that is eligible for such an apportionment for use for eligible activities with respect to the system.
 
Provides that whenever an apportionment is mad e , the Secretary shall deduct an amount (not to exceed two-fifths of one percent of the sums made available) determined to be appropriate to administer provisions concerning the program and to make transfers to the Commission to pay the costs of administrative activities associated with the system.
 
Removes the system from minimum guarantee provisions under Federal highway law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5117)
action_date: 2003-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Transit in Parks Act

Bill: 108-hr-2382
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bicycles
Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Mass rapid transit
Minimum wages
National parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tourism
Transportation engineering
Transportation planning
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: 
Transit in Parks Act - Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Transportation to establish and administer a transit in parks program to encourage and promote the development of mass transportation systems in the National Park System for improving visitor mobility and enjoyment, reducing pollution and congestion, and protecting park resources. Sets forth requirements for such program, including the development of transportation plans for units of the National Park System and the making of grants and contracts for the planning, engineering, design, and evaluation of mass transportation projects in such units and for capital projects and investment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of smoking cessation costs.

Bill: 108-hr-2383
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Costs
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug therapy
Health
Income tax
Smoking
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit as an itemized medical deduction a medicine or drug taken as part of a pharmacotherapy prescribed by a physician as part of a smoking cessation program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide an exemption from Interstate System weight limitations for milk hauling vehicles in the State of Connecticut.

Bill: 108-hr-2384
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Connecticut
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Interstate highway system
Licenses
Milk
Motor vehicle safety
State laws
Trucking
Trucks
Weights and measures

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Amends Federal highway provisions to authorize the State of Connecticut to allow, by special permit, the operation of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of up to 99,000 pounds for the hauling of milk in liquid form on Interstate System highways in the State (thus providing an exemption from Interstate System weight limitations).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide for more equitable allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living.

Bill: 108-hr-2385
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Vocational rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: 
Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to revise formulas for allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
National Monument Fairness Act

Bill: 108-hr-2386
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Citizen participation
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional delegations
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive relations
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-state relations
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Land use
Legislation
National monuments
Natural monuments
Planning
Presidential powers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: 
National Monument Fairness Act - Revises Federal law with respect to a presidential proclamation that, during one calendar year, either creates a national monument that is more than 50,000 acres or that adds more than 50,000 acres to an existing national monument. Prohibits the issuance of such a proclamation until 30 days after the President has transmitted the proposed proclamation to the Governor of the State or States in which such acreage is located, soliciting written comment. Makes any such proclamation ineffective two years after its issuance unless Congress has approved it by law. Provides that land subject to a proclamation issued after the enactment of this Act that ceases to be effective shall revert to the land use status it had before the proclamation was issued.
 
Requires the President: (1) to solicit public participation and comment in the development of a monument proclamation; (2) to consult with the Governor and entire congressional delegation of the State or territory in which such lands are located at least 60 days before any national monument proclamation; and (3) before issuing it, to consider any information, including public comments, made available in the development of existing plans and programs for the management of the lands under consideration.
 
Requires any management plan for a national monument developed subsequent to a proclamation made under this Act to comply with the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2387
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alcohol and youth
Alcoholism
Case management
Child abuse
Child health
Child sexual abuse
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Courts of special jurisdiction
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug addiction
Drugs
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Ex-offenders
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Housing and Community Development
Job hunting
Juvenile delinquency
Labor and Employment
Law
Learning disabilities
Legal services
Mental health services
Mental illness
Mentally disabled
Minorities
Performance measurement
Prison alternatives
Prisoners
Rehabilitation of criminals
Social Welfare
State-local relations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: 
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award non-renewable grants to eligible applicants to prepare a comprehensive plan for and implement an adult or juvenile collaboration program, which targets adults or juveniles with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders in order to promote public safety and public health.
 
Directs that grants be used to create or expand: (1) mental health courts or other court-based programs for preliminarily qualified offenders; (2) programs that offer specialized training to the officers and employees of a criminal or juvenile justice agency and mental health personnel in procedures for identifying the symptoms of mental illness; (3) programs that support cooperative efforts by criminal, juvenile justice, and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health and substance abuse treatment services; and (4) programs that support intergovernmental cooperation between State and local governments with respect to the mentally ill offender..
 
Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop a procedure under which applicants may apply simultaneously for a planning grant and an implementation grant; and (2) establish an interagency task force to identify policies which hinder or facilitate local collaborative initiatives. Directs the Attorney General to develop a list of best practices for appropriate diversion from incarceration of adult and juvenile offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1161)
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize leases for terms not to exceed 99 years on lands held in trust for the Yurok Tribe and the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians.

Bill: 108-hr-2388
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Commerce
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Leases
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Authorizes the leasing of lands held in trust for the Yurok Tribe and lands held in trust for the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for public, religious, educational, residential, or business purposes for terms not exceeding 99 years.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Physician Availability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2389
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Hospital care
Hospitals
Inspectors general
Law
Medicaid
Medicare
Patients' rights
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Physician Availability Act of 2003 - Requires each non-Federal hospital with a specified participation agreement under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, participating under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, or receiving Federal funds, and with at least 100 licensed beds, to have a qualified physician available in the hospital (other than in the emergency department) 24 hours a day, seven days a week to attend to the hospital's inpatients. Provides for enforcement, including through civil penalties and suspension or disqualification from Medicare or Medicaid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Earning and Learning Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2390
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Colleges
Commerce
Contracts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Student employment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: 
Earning and Learning Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to enter into agreements with private for-profit organizations for the provision of work-study employment, except as otherwise permitted by regulations of the Secretary of Education. (Current law allows such institutions to enter into such agreements at their own option.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2392
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Armed Forces and National Security
Child support
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Day care
Disabled
Divorce
Earned income tax credit
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Fathers
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foster home care
Heads of households
Higher education
Income
Income tax
Kidnapping
Law
Married people
Military pay
Missing children
Mothers
Separation (Law)
Sheltered workshops
Siblings
Social Welfare
Stepfamilies
Students
Sunset legislation
Support of dependents
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: 
Relief for Working Families Tax Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child care credit to: (1) make the 15 percent refundable portion of the child tax credit effective as of 2003 (currently 2005); (2) include combat pay within taxable income for refundable credit determinations; and (3) establish phased-in increases to the income threshold amounts for joint filers and for married filing separate filers (marriage penalty reduction). States that such amendments shall be subject to certain sunset provisions under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
 
Amends the Code to provide a uniform definition of &quot;child.&quot; 
 
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend customs user fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Continued Benefits for Injured Military Spouses Act

Bill: 108-hr-2393
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2003-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Divorce
Families
Family violence
Health
Marriage
Military dependents
Military medicine
Post exchanges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: 
Continued Benefits for Injured Military Spouses Act - Entitles to military health care and commissary and exchange benefits the unremarried former spouse of a member of the armed forces who performed at least 20 years of service creditable for retired pay if such spouse: (1) had been married to such member for at least 20 years on the date of divorce or annullment, of which at least ten years were during the period when the member was performing such service; and (2) sought a divorce or annullment due in whole or part to domestic violence involving that person or a child of that person that is substantiated by counseling or medical records, or to other circumstances that constitute unbearable conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Our Promises to America's Children Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2394
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Appropriations
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
School districts
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: 
Keeping Our Promises to America's Children Act of 2003 - Provides a moratorium on compliance with certain requirements for adequate yearly progress under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA), for any fiscal year in which amounts appropriated are less than those authorized for the applicable program, project, or activity under ESEA title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) (I-A).
 
Authorizes State or local educational agencies that are recipients of I-A funds to defer commencing, suspend, or modify their administering functions under such requirements with respect to such program, project or activity. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that otherwise applicable negative consequences shall not apply to such recipients because of such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide suitable alternative grazing arrangements on National Forest System land to persons that hold a grazing permit adversely affected by the standards and guidelines contained in the Record of Decision of the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment and pertaining to the Willow Flycatcher and the Yosemite Toad.

Bill: 108-hr-2395
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Amphibians
Animals
Birds
California
Department of Agriculture
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Government Operations and Politics
Grazing
Law
Licenses
National forests
Public meetings

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide alternative grazing arrangements on National Forest System land to a person with a System grazing permit if such permittee's grazing privileges will be limited by implementation of the guidelines for the willow flycatcher and the Yosemite Toad (contained in the Record of Decision of the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment). States that such guidelines shall not apply in 2003 for grazing activities for which the Secretary is unable to provide alternative arrangements in specified allotments on the Humboldt-Toiyabe, Lassen, Plumas, Tahoe, Stanislaus, and Sierra National Forests.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide certain environmental exclusions for such alternative grazing arrangements without first administratively establishing an applicable category of excluded actions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-09
text: Introduced in House