hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-77
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Abandonment of family
Child welfare
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Demography
Drug abuse
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Infants
Parents
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2003 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to establish the Task Force on Baby Abandonment to: (1) collect information and maintain a database on incidents of child abandonment, including information on demographics, circumstances, outcomes, and trends; and (2) submit annual reports and recommendations to Congress.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-78
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Hospitals
Identification devices
Infants
Kidnapping
Law
Medicaid
Medical records
Medicare
Missing children
Photography
Security measures
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Establishes civil penalties for failure to have such security procedures in effect.
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and establish criminal penalties for baby switching in hospitals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Early Detection of Dyslexia in Children Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-79
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Dyslexia
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Health
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Early Detection of Dyslexia in Children Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to Congress on methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia in kindergarten through third grade.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-80
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arson
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Department of Justice
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Explosives
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Hate crimes
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Law
Life imprisonment
Minorities
Murder
Racial violence
Rape
Recruiting of employees
Religion
Religious liberty
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Sex crimes
Sex discrimination
Sexual orientation
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Voting rights
Women
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for willfully causing bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause such injury, whether or not acting under color of law, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person, where the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce.
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to study the issue of adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes and, if appropriate, to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide sentencing enhancements for such an offense.
Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to State and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles.
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury and to DOJ to increase the number of personnel to prevent and respond to alleged violations of provisions regarding interference with specified federally protected activities, such as voting.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Give a Kid a Chance Omnibus Mental Health Services Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-81
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child development
Child health
Community health services
Continuum of care
Counseling
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Family services
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Health education
Indian children
Indian medical care
Mental health services
Mental illness
Minorities
Nurses
Psychologists
School health programs
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Give a Kid a Chance Omnibus Mental Health Services Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support, either directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with public entities, programs to promote mental health among all children and their families and to provide early intervention services to ameliorate identified mental health problems in children and adolescents. Requires an equitable distribution of grant funds, including Native American communities. Outlines program priorities. Requires non-Federal matching funds of $2 for every $3 of Federal funding. Limits grant duration to five years. Requires the Secretary to ensure that entities receiving funds carry out a project evaluation which includes the effectiveness of program strategies in strengthening families with young children. Requires local educational agencies receiving such grants to ensure that schools receiving such funds maintain a certain ratio of students per counselor, nurse, psychologist, and social worker.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2006.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Increase in Numerical Limitation for Asylees Adjustment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-82
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Immigrants
Refugees
Right of asylum

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Increase in Numerical Limitation for Asylees Adjustment Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual limitation on the number of asylees who may adjust to permanent legal resident status.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Date of Registry and Legal Amnesty Restoration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-83
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Department of Justice
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Date of Registry and Legal Amnesty Restoration Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the admission date for permanent residence for certain aliens, including additional one-year extensions during specified time periods.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-84
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
College costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Justice
Deportation
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Higher education
Illegal aliens
Immigrant education
Immigrants
Law
Licenses
Parent and child
Public schools
Residence requirements
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "transplanted child" as an alien who has been granted cancellation of removal or who has such an application pending.
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the provision prohibiting postsecondary education benefits based on State residency to an illegal alien unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for similar benefits without regard to such residency.
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make transplanted children eligible for public benefits.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status, certain aliens under and above the age of 18 with qualifying years of continuous U.S. residency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status under section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the deadline for classification petition and labor certification filings.

Bill: 108-hr-85
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Aliens
Families
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Labor and Employment
Married people
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the petition filing deadline for certain alien spouses and children seeking to adjust to permanent resident status.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-86
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Age
Aliens
Arrest
Boundaries
Canada
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Detention of persons
Discrimination
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Immigration
Latin America
Law
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Minorities
Races
Racial discrimination
Right of privacy
Searches and seizures
Smuggling
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic surveys
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2003 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a nationwide study of stops for traffic violations by law enforcement officers; (2) perform an initial analysis of existing data, including complaints alleging and information concerning traffic stops motivated by race and other bias; and (2) gather specified data from a nationwide sample of jurisdictions, including the traffic infraction alleged to have been committed that led to the stop, identifying characteristics of the driver stopped, whether immigration status was questioned, and whether any warning or citation was issued as a result of the stop.
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to collect and submit data collected under this Act to the appropriate agency as designated by the Attorney General. Prohibits information released from revealing the identity of any individual who is stopped or any officer involved.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-87
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Canada
Clinics
Congregate housing
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational tests
Employee rights
Foreign students
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Higher education
Home care services
Hospital personnel
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the aged
Immigrants
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing homes
Residence requirements
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Visas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) revise admission requirements for nonimmigrant alien nurses, including increasing the type of qualifying employer-facilities; and (2) increase the number of annual two-year foreign residency requirement waivers for aliens receiving graduate medical education or training in the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Father's Equity Act

Bill: 108-hr-88
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Citizenship
Death
Families
Fathers
Government Operations and Politics
Mothers
Parents
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Father's Equity Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting acquisition of citizenship for a child born abroad and out of wedlock to a U.S.-citizen father to eliminate requirements that: (1) the father agree in writing to provide financial support until the child reaches 18 years old; and (2) before the child reaches 18 years old paternity is acknowledged by the father and established by court adjudication.
States that nothing in the provision respecting acquisition of citizenship for a child born abroad and out of wedlock shall be construed to preclude establishment of citizenship after the parent or parents' death.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-89
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child abuse
Child sexual abuse
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Mandatory sentences
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex offenders
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2003 - Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a database solely for collecting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) information with respect to violent predators against children. Authorizes Federal, State, and local agencies and other entities to submit DNA information for the database and to compare DNA information within the database.
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to States to improve programs to decrease recidivism of such predators.
Requires the maximum sentence to be imposed for a crime of violence, including a sex crime, against an individual under age 18 that would, in and of itself, establish the offender as such a predator, without regard to any mitigating circumstance that would otherwise apply.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Good Medicine Cultural Competence Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-90
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Accreditation (Education)
Child health
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Exceptional children
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Higher education
Long-term care
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Minorities
Minority health
Poverty
Quality of care
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Good Medicine Cultural Competence Act of 2003 - Establishes the Cultural Competence Commission to study and report on establishing standards in cultural competence education for medical and health professionals.
Addresses issues of training, clinical guidelines and protocols, access, vulnerable populations, policy forums and think tanks, incentives, collaboration, and enforcement mechanisms.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs in Houston, Texas, as the "Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Bill: 108-hr-91
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Health
Names
Surgeons
Texas
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Houston, Texas, as the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-06
text: See Public Law 108-170.
action_date: 2003-11-19
text: Similar provision incorporated. See S. 1156, Title II, Section 243..
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7335)
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 7/25/2003 H7703)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House