hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Full Funding for the 9-11 Commission Act

Bill: 108-s-734
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Authorization
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
September 11, 2001
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: 
Full Funding for the 9-11 Commission Act - Authorizes appropriations to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States necessary to ensure its proper functioning and a full and thorough investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Insurance Company Inflation Adjustment Act

Bill: 108-s-735
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Casualty insurance
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Property insurance
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Small Insurance Company Inflation Adjustment Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning tax-exempt insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) to increase from $350,000 to $575,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) the maximum amount of premiums that may be written annually by such a company in order to remain tax-exempt. Raises the maximum amount of premiums that may be written annually by an insurance company (other than a life insurance company) to qualify for an alternative tax for small companies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S4526-4527)
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4526)
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act

Bill: 108-s-736
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Authorization
Birds
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Euthanasia
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Health
Indian lands
Internet
Interstate commerce
Law
Minorities
Pain
Protection of animals
Science, Technology, Communications
Searches and seizures
Sports and Recreation
Surety and fidelity
Veterinary medicine
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to increase the imprisonment penalty for animal fighting violations from one year to two years. Makes it unlawful to sell, buy, transport, or deliver in interstate or foreign commerce a knife, gaff, or other sharp instrument used in a bird-fighting venture.
Revises enforcement provisions. Permits euthanasia for an animal in extreme pain.
Includes the Internet or any technology as interstate instrumentality.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4527)
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Combat and Family Separation Pay Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-737
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Families
Military dependents
Military operations
Military pay

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Combat and Family Separation Pay Improvement Act of 2003 - Increases to $400 monthly the rates of imminent danger special pay and the family separation allowance for qualifying military personnel.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11637)
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act

Bill: 108-s-738
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air routes
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Exotic animals
Exotic plants
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Fishery management
Fishing
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Grazing
Habitat conservation
Horses
Hunting
Job creation
Land transfers
Maps
Military aviation
Minorities
National forests
Native Americans
Natural areas
Non-native species
Outdoor recreation
Pest control
Religion
Religious liberty
Restoration ecology
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act - Designates specified National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management district lands in Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, and Napa Counties in California as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires that such lands be administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, whoever has current administrative jurisdiction.
Provides for the adjustment of the boundaries of certain of the lands to allow and encourage mechanical fire-suppression activities near Wildfire risk areas.
Designates specified Bureau of Land Management district lands in California as potential wilderness areas. Requires that the Secretary of the Interior manage such lands as wilderness and carry out ecological restoration activities.
Designates specified segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County, California as a wild and scenic river. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a fire management plan and a report on the cultural and historic resources of Black Butte River.
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture for: (1) the establishment of a program to provide grants for creating wilderness-related jobs and for developing visitors centers, brochures, and kiosks; (2) the development of trails and other facilities to promote wilderness recreation; (3) the support of law enforcement activities; and (4) the support of firefighting activities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-714.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4527-4528)
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
George E. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-739
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Authorization
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Communication in science
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy research
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Fuel
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Hydrogen
International Affairs
International cooperation
Laboratories
Legislation
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
Planning
Research and development
Research and development facilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Technology transfer
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: 
George E. Brown, Jr. and Robert S. Walker Hydrogen Future Act of 2003 - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to reauthorize and revise requirements for the Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration programs, and to instruct the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive coordination plan for activities under this Act and under title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996.
 

 

 
Renames the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel as the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on such programs.
 
Requires the National Academy of Sciences to review progress under this Act every four years.
 
Amends the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to revise requirements for the program for integration of fuel cells with hydrogen production systems. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) solicit proposals for projects demonstrating hydrogen technologies needed to use fuel cells in Federal, State, and local government stationary and transportation applications; and (2) establish an interagency task force to develop an implementation plan for a fuel cell demonstration program that includes hydrogen-based infrastructure for fleet transportation systems and for distributed power generation. Requires the Secretary to enter into cooperative and cost-sharing agreements with Federal, State, and local agencies for participation in related demonstrations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4528-4529)
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-740
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Coinsurance
Colon cancer
Finance and Financial Sector
Hospital care
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2003 - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the use of and reimbursement for colorectal cancer screening tests covered under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA).
Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) increase reimbursement for colorectal cancer screening and diagnostic tests; (2) cover an outpatient office visit or consultation for the purpose of beneficiary education before a colorectal cancer screening test consisting of a screening colonoscopy or in conjunction with the beneficiary's decision to obtain such a screening, regardless of whether such screening is medically indicated with respect to the beneficiary; and (3) waive the deductible for colorectal cancer screening tests.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4529-4530)
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
International Disability and Victims of Warfare Civil Strife Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-742
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2003-03-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil War
Communication in medicine
Counseling
Data banks
Disabled
Economic assistance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Epidemiology
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Land mines
Medical education
Medical research
Medical supplies
Mental health services
Minesweeping
Nongovernmental organizations
Physical therapy
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Prosthesis
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Surgery
Technical assistance
Trauma care
Vocational and technical education
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: 
International Disability and Victims of Warfare and Civil Strife Assistance Act of 2003 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish medical, rehabilitation, prosthetic, orthotic, and other specified kinds of assistance to individuals with disabilities, including victims of civil strife and warfare, in foreign countries. Requires such assistance, to the maximum extent feasible, to be provided through nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and, as appropriate, through governments to establish appropriate norms, standards, and policies related to rehabilitation and issues affecting such individuals.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to: (1) conduct programs in foreign countries related to individuals with disabilities, including victims of landmines and other victims of civil strife and warfare; and (2) provide grants to NGOs to carry out research, prevention, public awareness, and assistance programs in foreign countries related to such individuals. Requires any such programs in foreign countries to be carried out only in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and upon approval by the Secretary of State.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide: (1) advice and expertise on prosthetics, orthotics, physical and psychological rehabilitation and treatment, and disability assistance to other Federal agencies for implementation of assistance programs under this Act; and (2) technical assistance on a reimbursable basis to private voluntary organizations for planning, development, operation, and evaluation of such landmine assistance, research, and prevention programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S4531-4532)
action_date: 2003-03-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate a building that houses the operations of the University Park United States Postal Service in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the "Jim Richardson Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-s-743
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
North Carolina
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Designates the building that houses the operations of the University Park United States Postal Service located at 2127 Beattys Ford Road, in Charlotte, North Carolina (or any other building to which such Postal Service may relocate after the enactment of this Act) as the Jim Richardson Post Office Building.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4559)
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to notify plan participants and beneficiaries of the commencement of proceedings to terminate such plan.

Bill: 108-s-744
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee rights
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Law
Newspapers
Pension funds
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to direct the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to notify affected parties of the commencement of PBGC proceedings to terminate a defined benefit plan, within 30 days after the PBGC notifies a plan administrator regarding such proceedings.
Requires the plan administrator to provide the PBGC with a list of the names and addresses of all participants and beneficiaries of such a plan. Requires the PBGC to provide: (1) written notice to each affected party of the plan; (2) notice in the two newspapers with the largest circulation in the area of the majority of the affected parties; and (3) the proposed date and the procedure for such intended termination.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make inapplicable the 10 percent additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans of public safety employees.

Bill: 108-s-748
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2003-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Police
State employees
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the 10 percent additional tax on early distributions of pension plans inapplicable in the case of a "qualified public safety employee" receiving a specified type of benefit (DROP benefit) from a governmental pension plan. Defines "qualified public safety employee."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Votes for Women History Trail Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-749
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
National parks
New York State
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Women
Women's rights
Women's voting

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Votes for Women History Trail Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an automobile tour route, to be known as the Votes for Women History Trail, to link properties in New York State which are historically and thematically related to the struggle for women's suffrage. Requires the Secretary to administer the Trail through the Women's Rights National Historical Park.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) produce and disseminate educational materials relating to the Trail; (2) coordinate, in partnership with properties designated as official stops, other Federal agencies, and State and local governments, the management, planning, and standards of the Trail; and (3) adopt an official symbol or device to mark the Trail and issue guidelines for its use.
Authorizes the Secretary to designate as an official stop on the Trail: (1) a Park unit or program that relates to the struggle for women's suffrage; (2) a Federal, State, local, or privately owned property that has a verifiable connection to such struggle; and (3) an educational, commemorative, research, or interpretive facility or program that is directly related to such struggle. Allows the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with, and provide technical and financial assistance to, other Federal agencies, New York State, units of local government, regional governmental bodies, and private entities to coordinate such stops.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4631)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Blind Empowerment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-750
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Blind
Cost of living adjustments
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Employment of the disabled
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Blind Empowerment Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase, by specified increments over five years, the level of earnings demonstrating the ability of a blind person to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability insurance benefit payments.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4632)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4631-4632)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat distributions from publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated investment companies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-752
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Losses
Mutual funds
Partnerships
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include distributions from publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated investment companies. Excludes such distributions from the source-based inclusion limitation applicable to other partnerships.
Applies specified passive activity provisions for publicly traded partnerships to regulated investment companies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4635)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Uniform Definition of Child Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-755
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2003-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Agricultural education
Agriculture and Food
Child support
Disabled
Divorce
Earned income tax credit
Education
Families
Foster home care
Higher education
Income tax
Kidnapping
Scholarships
Siblings
Social Welfare
Special education
Students
Tax administration
Tax deductions
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Uniform Definition of Child Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a uniform definition of "child."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4637-4639)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4636-4637)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate