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Early Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-197
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Literacy programs
Mathematics
Preschool education
Reading

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-17
text: Early Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish an early education program of grants to States to provide programs for at least half-day schooling each week day during the academic year preceding kindergarten.
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such matching grants to not less than ten State educational agencies (SEAs) to expand the education system with programs that provide such early education.
Requires each such assisted program to: (1) be carried out by one or more local educational agencies (LEAs), as selected by the SEA; (2) be carried out in a public school building, or in another facility by, or through a contract or agreement with, an LEA; (3) be available to all children served by the LEA carrying out the program; and (4) only involve licensed or certified instructors.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-01-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1153)
action_date: 2003-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act

Bill: 108-s-198
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2003-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Community development
Cost of living adjustments
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing authorities
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Indian housing
Infrastructure
Liens
Low-income housing
Minorities
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Rural housing
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax returns
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a community homeownership tax credit based upon an applicable percentage of each qualified residence's eligible basis.
Makes such credit available to residences located in a census tract with a median gross income not exceeding 80 percent of the greater area or statewide median gross income or in an area of chronic economic distress, and which is purchased by a "qualified buyer." Sets forth rules concerning, among other things, buyer eligibility and residence eligibility.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1246-1249)
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1246)
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain authorities relating to the importation of municipal solid waste under the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada.

Bill: 108-s-199
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2003-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Canada
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Export controls
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Health
Highway maintenance
Import restrictions
Imports
Incineration
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
International law
Landfills
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Municipal solid waste
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Subpoena
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit any person from importing, transporting, or exporting municipal solid waste (MSW), for final disposal or incineration, in violation of the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada, signed at Ottawa on October 28, 1986.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to perform the functions of the Designated Authority of the United States with respect to the importation and exportation of MSW under the Agreement and to implement and enforce the Agreement.
Sets forth factors for consideration in the Administrator's determinations of whether to consent to importation.
Provides procedures for issuance of compliance orders, assessment of civil penalties, and conduct of public hearings.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1249-1250)
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the Relief of Ashley Ross Fuller.

Bill: 108-s-200
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Declares Ashley Ross Fuller to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
State and Local Aid and Economic Stimulus Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-201
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Block grants
Crime and Law Enforcement
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Higher education
Highway finance
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Local finance
Local taxation
Medicaid
Property tax
Public health
Road construction
Secondary education
Social Welfare
State finance
Tax rates
Taxation
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: State and Local Aid and Economic Stimulus Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to authorize and make appropriations for FY 2003 for a one-time revenue grant to States and local governments.
Specifies amounts to be allotted to each of the States based upon population and changes in unemployment rates.
Declares the sense of Congress that priority for using funds allotted under this Act should be given to homeland security, medicaid, public health, highway construction, childcare, elementary, secondary, and higher education, and the prevention of additional property tax increases.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Reserve Component Tax Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-202
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2003-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Costs
Expense accounts
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Military pay
Self-employed
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Reserve Component Tax Assistance Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a business or trade deduction the expenses of a member of the reserve component of the U.S. armed forces in connection with such service. Makes such deduction available to itemizers and non-itemizers.
Establishes related reserve component business-related employment and self-employment credits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-204
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital rates
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase the allowed Federal Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment in "extremely low-DSH" States from one percent to three percent of the State's Medicaid program costs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1371)
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1370-1371)
action_date: 2003-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plans.

Bill: 108-s-206
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2003-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Employee ownership
Employee stock options
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Stocks
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Unemployment insurance
Wages
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude stock options and employee stock purchase plans from the definition of wages for purposes of employment taxes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 10-year extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind.

Bill: 108-s-207
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2003-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Income tax
Tax credits
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a ten-year extension of the credit for electricity produced from a qualified wind facility.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1483)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and implement a plan to provide security for cargo entering the United States or being transported in intrastate or interstate commerce.

Bill: 108-s-208
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air cargo
Auditing
Aviation safety
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal justice information
EBB Terrorism
Employee selection
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Freight
Freight forwarders
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Harbors
Identification of criminals
Imports
Labor and Employment
Marine safety
Personnel records
Security measures
Terminals (Transportation)
Transportation planning
Transportation safety
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Directs the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security for the Department of Homeland Security to develop, and report to specified congressional committees on, a cargo security plan to ensure the adequacy of security measures for the transportation of cargo into and in the United States, and implement specified security measures with respect to cargo at airports and other transportation facilities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1483)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Charitable IRA Rollover Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-209
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2003-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Charitable contributions
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Law
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Charitable IRA Rollover Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from inclusion as income individual retirement account (IRA) distributions used for qualified charitable purposes. Sets forth related rules for charitable remainder trusts, pooled income funds, and charitable gift annuities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1484)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1484)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
GUARD Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-215
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Defense procurement
Distance education
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Immigration
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Military and naval supplies
Military education
Military pay
Military readiness
Military training
National Guard
Planning
State finance
State laws
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Guaranteeing a United and Resolute Defense Act of 2003 or GUARD Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide funds to the governor of a State who submits, and receives approval of, a plan for the use of personnel and equipment of the State's National Guard in homeland security activities. Provides authorizes uses of such funding, including: (1) pay, allowances, and clothing; (2) equipment and facilities operation and maintenance; and (3) procurement of related services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1491-1492)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1490-1491)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Building Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-216
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2003-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Building construction
Building laws
Buildings
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Engineering
Equipment and supplies
Federal advisory bodies
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Private police
Research
Research and development
Safety measures
Standards
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Building Security Act of 2003 - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a research and development program to provide for improved building and fire codes, standards, and practices. Requires the Director to: (1) work with industry, trade associations, and professional societies to research construction, material, and equipment standards and practices to reduce the impact of extreme threats to the safety of buildings, their occupants, and emergency responders and to study the best methods (such as tax incentives or grants) for ensuring full implementation of and compliance with such standards and practices; and (2) oversee a program for dissemination and implementation of such practices and standards.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Private Security Industry Task Force to: (1) examine the limitations in training, screening, standard-setting, retention, and oversight practice in the private security industry; and (2) develop structural guidelines and standards of quality for the industry and determine the best way to help States implement them.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1492)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reinstate felony penalties for licensed gun dealers who fail to maintain records of sales.

Bill: 108-s-217
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Business records
Commerce
Criminal investigation
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Forgery
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Safety measures

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to increase the penalty from one year to five years imprisonment (thus reinstating criminal felony penalties) for knowingly making false statements, representations, or entries in firearms records or for otherwise failing to maintain such records.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1493)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1492-1493)
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price.

Bill: 108-s-219
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Economics and Public Finance
Export subsidies
Exports
Free trade
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
Prices
Tariff
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to adjustments to the base price used to establish "export price" (at which the subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) before the date of its importation by the merchandise producer or exporter outside the United States to an unaffiliated purchaser in the United States (or an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to the United States)) and "constructed export price" (at which the subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) in the United States before or after the date of its importation by or for the account of the merchandise producer or exporter or by a seller affiliated with the producer or exporter, to a purchaser not affiliated with the producer or exporter).
Revises the adjustment formula to reduce the base price by an amount attributable to any countervailing duties imposed under such Act which are incident to bringing the merchandise from the original place of shipment in the exporting country to the place of delivery in the United States.
Applies this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1669-1670)
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Competition in Radio and Concert Industries Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-221
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advertising
Affiliated corporations
Antitrust law
Arts, Culture, Religion
Cable television
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Corporate mergers
Direct broadcast satellites
Entertainers
Families
Family enterprises
Federal Communications Commission
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Loans
Management
Marketing
Music
Radio broadcasting
Radio programs
Radio stations
Restrictive trade practices
Sound recording and reproducing
Space activities
Subsidiary corporations
Surveys
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Competition in Radio and Concert Industries Act of 2003 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke any broadcast station license or construction permit for: (1) willful and repeated unfair or deceptive acts or practices that significantly hinder or prevent the broadcast of programming or content produced, promoted, or created by a person independent of the licensee or permittee; or (2) conviction or final adjudication of an antitrust unfair trade practice violation regarding concert venues or promotion.
Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations which address: (1) improperly influencing the sale of satellite cable programming or content to any other radio station or unaffiliated concert venue, or of any song, work, or sound recording, programming, concert performance, or concert promotion to persons not affiliated with the licensee, permittee, or affiliate thereof; (2) discrimination against unaffiliated musicians or content providers; and (3) the making of exclusive contracts with musicians or providers which prevent other licensees or permittees from obtaining programming or content from such musicians or providers.
Requires the FCC to: (1) designate for hearing any radio broadcasting application that would result in the applicant owning, operating, or controlling radio stations having a national audience reach exceeding 60 percent; (2) review the use of privately-controlled audience measurement systems for the determination of local markets of radio stations; (3) modify its rules concerning attributable interests in radio stations and limitations on local marketing agreements; and (4) prohibit the licensee of any radio station from using its control over broadcasting matter to extract or receive money or other valuable consideration from a record company, artist, concert promoter, or related entity.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate