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Native American Sacred Lands Act

Bill: 108-hr-2419
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Church and state
Church property
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Confidential communications
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Evidence (Law)
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaiians
Indian lands
Injunctions
Land use
Law
Minorities
Native Americans
Planning
Recidivists
Religion
Religious liberty
Right of petition

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Native American Sacred Lands Act - Requires managers of Federal land to: (1) accommodate meaningful access and use by Indian religious practitioners; (2) prevent significant damage to Indian sacred lands; and (3) consult with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations before taking significant actions concerning such lands. 
Prohibits undertakings likely to cause significant damage to Indian sacred lands.
Grants Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations the right to petition the department or agency with administrative jurisdiction to have Federal lands designated as unsuitable for certain undertakings. Permits appeals through the Federal agency appeals board or in U. S. district courts. Provides relief through monetary damages, injunctions, or mandamus.
Provides for the withdrawal of lands determined to be unsuitable. Requires Federal land use plans to be modified accordingly. 
Protects the confidentiality of information in a petition as it pertains to traditional cultural practice, religion, or the significance and location of sacred land. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of such confidentiality. 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to assist Indian tribes in activities under this Act (including the acquisition or management of sacred lands deemed unsuitable for undertaking under this Act). 
Authorizes the head of the department or agency with administrative jurisdiction over Federal sacred land to enter into cooperative agreements with tribes and take the land into trust for the benefit of the Indian tribe if the tribe manages the land to protect its sacredness. 
Requires the Secretary to consult with Indian tribes in developing regulations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1230-1231)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that State and local law enforcement agencies execute warrants for the arrest of nonviolent offenders only during daylight hours and when children are not present, unless overriding circumstances exist.

Bill: 108-hr-2421
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Child safety
Counseling
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Local laws
Social Welfare
State laws
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Requires a State or local law enforcement agency, upon accepting Federal funds, to issue guidelines under which: (1) each warrant for the arrest of a nonviolent offender is executed by that agency only during daylight hours at a location where the agency reasonably believes children are not dwelling or in other circumstances if a court determines that overriding reasons, in furtherance of the interests of children, exist (such as the interest in apprehending individuals who engage in drug offenses with children or on school grounds); and (2) relevant counseling is made available to each child who witnesses the execution of an arrest warrant under such circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Insular Areas Community Development Act

Bill: 108-hr-2422
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: American Samoa
Community development
Community development banking
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-territorial relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Northern Mariana Islands
Urban affairs
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Insular Areas Community Development Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to make Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for community development loan guarantees by including them within the definition of "eligible public entity."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1211)
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Equal Access to Care Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2423
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Commerce
Consumer protection
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Law
Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medicare
Midwives
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
Physicians
Physicians' assistants
Psychologists
Restrictive trade practices
Social Welfare
Social work
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Medicare Equal Access to Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit physicians and other health care practitioners, as a prerequisite for the provision of a covered item or service to a Medicare beneficiary, from charging the beneficiary a membership or other incidental fee or requiring the purchase of a non-covered item or service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2424
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Black history
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to the arts and humanities
History
Maryland
Minorities
Museums

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, to make a grant to the Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Inc., to pay up to 25 percent of the costs of expanding its existing facilities to create the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1230)
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-09-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Quinault Permanent Fisheries Fund Act

Bill: 108-hr-2425
Sponsor: Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Auditing
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Fisheries
Fishery management
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Interest
Investments
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Minorities
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Quinault Permanent Fisheries Fund Act - Requires the judgment funds awarded on September 19, 1989, to the Quinault Indian Nation under specified U.S. Claims Court dockets to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior and deposited into the following three separate accounts to be established and maintained by the Tribe: (1) an account for the investment income earned on the funds from such date to the date of disbursement, to be available for tribal government activities; (2) an account for the principal amount of the funds, to be used to create a Permanent Fisheries Fund; and (3) an account for the investment income earned on such Fund from the disbursement date, to be available for fisheries enhancement projects and the costs associated with administering the Fund.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Specifies the distribution and use of funds appropriated on September 19, 1989, in satisfaction of an award granted to the Quinault Indian Nation under Dockets 772-71, 773-71, 774-71, and 775-71 before the United States Claims Court. Requires distribution and deposit of such funds into three accounts (for Principal Amount, for Investment Income, and for Income on Judgment Funds), to be established by the Tribe, maintained separately, and audited annually. Requires use of the Account for Principal Amount to establish a Permanent Fisheries Fund. 
Exempts the United States from any trust responsibility or liability for funds upon their disbursement to the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 217.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-367.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-367.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2426
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accident insurance
Civil service retirement
Domestic partners
Families
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government employees' health insurance
Government employees' life insurance
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003 - Entitles domestic partners of Federal employees to benefits available to spouses of Federal employees. Specifies certifications required for benefit eligibility, filing requirements regarding partnership dissolution, and confidentiality requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exemption for employer contributions to accident and health plans to domestic partners under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Military Tribunal Regulations Review Act

Bill: 108-hr-2428
Sponsor: Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Expedited congressional procedure
House rules and procedure
Law
Legislative resolutions
Military law
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Military Tribunal Regulations Review Act - Requires the President, before a military tribunal rule takes effect, to submit to Congress a report containing: (1) a copy of the rule; (2) a concise statement relating to the rule; and (3) its proposed effective date. Sets forth congressional procedures for rule disapproval by joint resolution.
Directs the President to submit to Congress periodic reports on the activities of each military tribunal.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and the House.
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Wasting Disease Research, Monitoring, and Education Enhancement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2430
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal diseases
Brain diseases
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Deer
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Elk
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health education
Hunting
Internet
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Pharmaceutical research
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public service advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Vaccines
Veterinary medicine
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Chronic Wasting Disease Research, Monitoring, and Education Enhancement Act of 2003 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, to carry out a program to support, conduct, and coordinate programs to strengthen scientific research and monitoring and public education activities to elevate knowledge of Chronic Wasting Disease in free-ranging populations of deer and elk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force Establishment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2431
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal diseases
Brain diseases
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Deer
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Elk
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health education
Hunting
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Planning-programming-budgeting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Veterinary medicine
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: 
Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force Establishment Act of 2003 - Establishes the National Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force to: (1) coordinate activities to implement the National Plan (published jointly by the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, and entitled &quot;Plan for Assisting States, Federal Agencies, and Tribes in Managing Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild and Captive Cervids,&quot; dated June 26, 2002) in cooperation with State, regional, local, tribal, college, and university and non-governmental partners; (2) plan and host an annual national public conference to review progress made in implementing the Plan; and (3) develop an annual cross-cutting budget to specify sufficient levels of appropriations necessary to implement it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2003-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of John Castellano.

Bill: 108-hr-2434
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant posthumous citizenship at the time of death to John Castellano, who died July 7, 1937, upon a request for such status by the next-of-kin or another representative of Castellano.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.

Bill: 108-hr-2435
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2003-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Compensation (Law)
Criminal aliens
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Imprisonment
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Introduced in House