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Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3107
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Costs
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Lead
Paints and varnishes
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide owners of residential properties built in the United States before 1978 with a tax credit for lead-based paint abatement costs performed by a certified lead abatement contractor (50 percent of the cost of the abatement, not to exceed $1,500 per dwelling unit).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Celia Cruz Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 108-hr-3109
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Cancer
Coins and coinage
Cuban Americans
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Entertainers
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Gold
Health
Higher education
Medical research
Music
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Silver
Social Welfare
Student aid

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Celia Cruz Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 300,000 one dollar silver coins and 500,000 half dollar clad coins emblematic of Celia Cruz (known as the &quot;Queen of Salsa&quot;) and her legacy.
 
Establishes surcharges of ten dollars per coin for the dollar coin and three dollars per coin for the half dollar coin, which shall be paid to the Celia Cruz Foundation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To specify locations where certain citizens and nationals of Mexico may be removed from the United States into Mexico.

Bill: 108-hr-3110
Sponsor: Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Boundaries
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Deportation
Illegal aliens
Latin America
Mexico
Repatriation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to specify the following locations where certain citizens and nationals of Mexico may be removed from the United States: (1) in the case of an alien who arrives by land from Mexico (whether or not at a designated port of entry), such removal shall be at the port of entry on the United States border with Mexico that is closest to the location where such alien was first inspected by an immigration officer; (2) in the case of an alien who is removed by land to Mexico upon release from imprisonment for a criminal offense, such removal shall be at the port of entry on the United States border with Mexico that is closest to the facility where such alien last was imprisoned for such offense; and (3) in the case of an alien who is removed by land to Mexico upon acquittal of a criminal charge, such removal shall be at the port of entry on the United States border with Mexico that is closest to the courthouse where such acquittal occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3111
Sponsor: Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Access to health care
Church and social problems
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health
Information services
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Religion
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to award a grant to each State to carry out a program for making available throughout that State the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. Requires a participating State to ensure that at least 50 percent of the resources of the program funded by the grant will be derived from other sources. Requires a State seeking a grant to carry out its activities through a lead entity to be known as a 2-1-1 Collaborative.
 
Requires grant amounts to be used solely to make available to a State 2-1-1 telephone service for community information and referral on human services, including telephone connections between families and individuals seeking services and the service providers.
 
Requires grant recipients to: (1) abide by the Key Standards for 2-1-1 Centers; and (2) collaborate with human service organizations to provide an exhaustive database of services with which to provide information or referral to individuals utilizing the 2-1-1 service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
National Highway Borders and Trade Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3112
Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Boundaries
Canada
Containerization
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government statistics
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intermodal transportation
International Affairs
Latin America
Marine terminals
Mexico
Minorities
Motor vehicle safety
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation planning
Trucking
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
National Highway Borders and Trade Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement a coordinated border infrastructure program under which the Secretary shall make allocations to border States (i.e., States with a common boundary with Canada or Mexico) for projects within a border region (the portion of a border State located within 100 kilometers of a land border crossing with Canada or Mexico) to improve the efficient and safe movement of people and goods at or across the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders.
 
Permits allocations to States to be used in a border region only for specified: (1) improvements to transportation and supporting infrastructure that facilitate cross-border vehicle and cargo movement; (2) construction of highways and related safety and safety enforcement facilities; (3) operational improvements; (4) international coordination of planning, programming, and border operation; (5) projects in Canada or Mexico proposed by border States that directly and predominantly facilitate cross-border vehicle and commercial cargo movements; and (6) planning and environmental studies.
 
Directs the Secretary to allocate among border States funds based on a formula which takes into consideration the average annual weight of cargo entering a border State by commercial vehicles across the international borders and the average trade value of all cargo imported and exported. Sets the Federal cost share of projects under this Act at 80 percent.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to allocate funds to States for coordinated planning, design, and construction of corridors of national significance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1832)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide that adjustments in rates of pay for Members of Congress may not exceed any cost-of-living increases in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.

Bill: 108-hr-3114
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional salaries
Cost of living adjustments
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to prohibit adjustments in the pay rates for Members of Congress from exceeding any cost-of-living increases in benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To prevent a State or unit of local government from using Federal funds to assist prosecutors unless the State or unit provides information to the Department of Homeland Security on individuals convicted of crimes for use by the Department in identifying immigration violations by such individuals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3115
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Law
Public prosecutors
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Prohibits a State or unit of local government from using Federal funds to assist prosecutors unless the State or local unit: (1) provides information on convicted individuals to the Department of Homeland Security sufficient to permit determination of immigration status; and (2) transfers illegal individuals to the Department.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) include within the categories of criminal aliens who shall be taken into detention individuals who have been convicted of any Federal or State offense and deportable on any ground; and (2) apply expedited removal provisions to aliens convicted of crimes (currently applies to convictions of aggravated felonies).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Extension Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3116
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Claims
Compensation (Law)
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Families
International Affairs
September 11, 2001
Survivors' benefits
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Extension Act of 2003 - Amends the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to extend the deadline for filing a claim to December 31, 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Retirement Relief Act

Bill: 108-hr-3117
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional agencies
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disability evaluation
Disability retirement
Disabled
Emergency Management
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Fire fighters
Health
Labor and Employment
Physical examinations
Police

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Federal Law Enforcement Officers Retirement Relief Act - Amends Federal civil service law relating to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to: (1) consider a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member of the Capitol Police eligible for an annuity computed under CSRS or FERS (whichever applies) whether or not such officer, firefighter, or member meets certain age and service requirements for retirement; (2) prohibit the 5-year or 18-month (as applicable) minimum creditable service requirement from applying with respect to a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member who becomes disabled from an injury sustained in the performance of duty; and (3) change the age requirement for periodic medical examinations and certain other related requirements from 60 to 50 years of age with respect to a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member who is receiving a disability retirement annuity.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Fuels and Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3119
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Diesel motor
Energy
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Income tax
Methanol
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Renewable Fuels and Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for a limited period of time: (1) as a credit against the gasoline and diesel fuel excise tax, a credit equal to the sum of the alcohol fuel mixture credit plus the biodiesel mixture credit; and (2) a biodiesel fuels credit business credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Right to Know School Nutrition Act

Bill: 108-hr-3120
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Child nutrition
Commerce
Consumer education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Food irradiation
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health education
Labeling
Parent-school relationships
School lunch program
Secondary education
Signs and signboards
Social Welfare
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Right to Know School Nutrition Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture make certain rules for institutions that serve irradiated foods as part of the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Requires institutions, prior to serving irradiated foods, to provide students and their parents or guardians with: (1) balanced information regarding such irradiation, including its purpose, nutritional effects, and potential adverse health consequences; and (2) the option of traditional, non-irradiated foods at every meal provided under such programs. Requires institutions to ensure: (1) clear labeling of menu items containing irradiated foods; (2) no commingling of irradiated and non-irradiated foods; and (3) prominent display of signs in school cafeterias indicating that irradiated food is being served.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1836-1837)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To override the income tax treaty with Barbados.

Bill: 108-hr-3121
Sponsor: Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Barbados
Caribbean area
Income tax
International Affairs
Latin America
Tax evasion
Tax havens
Tax treaties
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Applies the Internal Revenue Code without regard to the Convention between the United States of America and Barbados for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income signed on December 31, 1984.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Water Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3122
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Aquatic pests
Department of Homeland Security
Government Operations and Politics
Great Lakes
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine fouling organisms
Marine transportation
Pest control
Ships
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Great Lakes Water Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, a regulation that prohibits any vessel with a ballast water tank from entering the Great Lakes if more than five percent of the capacity of the tank contains ballast water.
 
Requires the master of such a vessel to certify compliance with such prohibition to the Secretary or the Secretary's designee before the vessel's departure from the first lock in the St. Lawrence Seaway.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizenship Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3123
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship
Civics education
Education
Educational tests
English language
Government Operations and Politics
Language and languages
Naturalization
Residence requirements
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Senior Citizenship Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain older persons from the naturalization U.S. history-government and English language requirements, and permit certain other older persons to take such history-government examination in a language other than English.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3125
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Conferences
Constitutional amendments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Firearms
Firearms control
Law
Tax treaties
Taxation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2003 - Prohibits appropriated funds from being used by any U.S. official to promote any action by the United Nations which advocates the taxation of firearms or any other abrogation of rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution (the right to keep and bear arms).
 
Condemms all proposals to tax or otherwise limit rights under the Second Amendment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1815)
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no court or judge shall dismiss any part of the Constitution or Bill of Rights as a legal defense in court.

Bill: 108-hr-3126
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bill of Rights
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
Prohibits any court or judge from dismissing any part of the Constitution or Bill of Rights as a legal defense in court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House