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To amend section 2119 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen Federal carjacking law.

Bill: 108-hr-2565
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Automobile theft
Capital punishment
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Homicide
Law
Murder
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Modifies the Federal carjacking statute to: (1) remove the requirement that the offense be committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm in order for prescribed penalties, other than the death sentence, to apply; and (2) retain the death sentence as an option if the offense is committed with such intent and death results.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Paul Wellstone Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Bill: 108-hr-2567
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2003-06-23 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Health
Minnesota
Names
Senate
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the Paul Wellstone Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-23
text: Introduced in House
State Threat Alert Reimbursement (STAR) Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2570
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Federal-state relations
Grants-in-aid
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
International Affairs
Internet
Local finance
State finance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
State Threat Alert Reimbursement (STAR) Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to reimburse a State for direct expenses and losses that exceed normal operating expenses incurred by State or local government entities in the course of duty during the effective period of an increased threat alert. 
 
Allows the Governor of any State to submit a request for reimbursement by not later than 90 days after the declaration of the elevated threat condition. Instructs the Secretary to provide for the submission of requests by use of the Internet. 
 
Requires the Secretary to notify the Select Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate before making any payment of greater than $20 million to a State under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Public Private Partnership Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2573
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government property
Government trust funds
Land transfers
Land use
Leases
Local laws
Maintenance and repair
Public-private partnerships
Real estate appraisal
Real estate development
Real property
State laws
Storage
Sunset legislation
Zoning and zoning law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Public Private Partnership Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to enter into agreements with non-Federal entities for: (1) the acquisition, lease, construction, rehabilitation, operation, maintenance, or use of real property under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration (GSA) or another landholding agency; or (2) other activities relating to the property deemed appropriate by the Administrator. 
 
Allows the Administrator to enter into such agreements with regard to real property under the jurisdiction of non-GSA landholding agencies only upon the request of the head of the agency and a determination by that agency head that the property is not excess property. 
 
Sets forth terms and conditions for agreements. Requires fair consideration and authorizes in-kind consideration. 
 
Authorizes the Administrator to convey interests in real property to nonfederal entities.
 
Exempts agreements pursuant to this Act from the congressional approval requirement of existing law. Allows the Administrator to waive other specified legal requirements as necessary. Requires the Administrator to transmit a report on the proposed agreement to Congress as a prerequisite to entering into an agreement.
 
Requires proceeds from agreements to be deposited into the Federal Buildings Fund. Provides for the recovery of expenses incurred with respect to agreements.
 
States that the Administrator's authority to enter into agreements pursuant to this Act shall expire six years from enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2574
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Air piracy
Aircraft
Airports
Aliens
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Assassination
Automobile theft
Capital punishment
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Conspiracy
Correctional personnel
Criminal investigation
Destruction of property
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
EBB Terrorism
Election candidates
Emergency Management
Espionage
Explosives
Families
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal officials
Firearms
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Hostages
Immigration
Informers
International Affairs
Kidnapping
Larceny
Law
Law enforcement officers
Life imprisonment
Mandatory sentences
Marine safety
Members of Congress
Motor vehicles
Murder
Offshore structures
Organized crime
Parole
Police
Postal service
Presidential protection
Prison violence
Prisoners
Protection of officials
Racial discrimination
Railroads
Rape
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex crimes
Smuggling
State employees
Supreme Court justices
Terrorism
Torture
Transportation and Public Works
Treason
Vice Presidents
Victims of crimes
Violence
Weapons of mass destruction
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2003 - Repeals death penalty provisions for a wide range of specified offenses under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Federal criminal code (the code), the Controlled Substances Act, and other statutes, including for murder relating to the smuggling of aliens, murder during a hostage-taking, and certain non-homicide-related offenses (espionage and treason). Repeals code procedures relating to imposition of the death sentence.
 
Prohibits sentencing to death or putting to death any person for any violation of Federal law. Directs that any person sentenced to death before the date of this Act's enactment for any such violation serve a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Secondary Mortgage Market Enterprises Regulatory Improvement Act

Bill: 108-hr-2575
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Bank capital
Bank examination
Bank fraud
Bank management
Bank records
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Corporate debt
Corporate finance
Corporate management
Corporation directors
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Treasury
Economics and Public Finance
Economists
Employee rights
Executive compensation
Executive reorganization
Executives
Federal employees
Federally-assisted loans
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Indictments
Injunctions
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Mortgage banks
Mortgages
Price indexes
Recruiting of employees
Removal of officials
Secondary mortgage market
Securities
Securities regulation
Transfer of employees
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Secondary Mortgage Market Enterprises Regulatory Improvement Act - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to rename the Office of Thrift Supervision as the Office of Housing Finance Supervision.
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to transfer supervisory and regulatory authority over specified government sponsored enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) to the Director of the Office of Housing Finance Supervision from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Requires the Director to ensure that the enterprises operate in a financially safe manner and remain adequately capitalized.
Sets forth operating, administrative, and regulatory provisions, including: (1) public disclosure of information; (2) assessment authority; (3) authority to limit nonmission-related assets and set specified conforming loan limits; (4) establishment of a housing price index; (5) minimum and critical capital levels; (6) risk-based capital test; (7) capital classifications and undercapitalized enterprises; (8) receivership; (9) enforcement actions and penalties; and (10) reporting.
Sets forth retained and new authorities of the Secretary.
Abolishes the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. Sets forth related transfer of personnel and facility and property provisions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-25
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
National Heroes Credit Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-2576
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Finance and Financial Sector
Military personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
National Heroes Credit Protection Act - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to require any consumer credit information entity that receives from a creditor a negative report of nonpayment or late payment with respect to the account of a person in military service to enter a notation that the account is delinquent or paid slowly due to military service. Requires any future potential creditor that receives a credit report that includes such a notation to disregard any negative information so noted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on price controls of foreign governments on pharmaceuticals.

Bill: 108-hr-2577
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Health
International Affairs
Nontariff trade barriers
Prescription pricing
Price regulation
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study and report to Congress on: (1) the impact of price controls on pharmaceuticals by foreign governments, including the impact on market access for U.S. pharmaceuticals and on pharmaceutical prices for U.S. consumers; and (2) the extent to which negotiations conducted by the U.S. Trade Representative under the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 facilitate the elimination of such price controls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-24
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: 2003-06-24
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: 2003-06-24
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: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2579
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Import restrictions
Imports
Law
Nontariff trade barriers
Restrictive trade practices
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
United States Agricultural Products Market Access Act of 2003 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify those foreign countries that: (1) deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. agricultural products or apply standards for the importation of U.S. agricultural products that are not related to public health concerns or cannot be substantiated by reliable analytical methods; and (2) are determined by the USTR to be priority foreign countries. Limits the identification of priority foreign countries to those that engage in the most onerous or egregious acts which have the greatest adverse impact on the relevant U.S. products. 
Provides that if available information indicates that such action is appropriate, the USTR may at any time: (1) revoke the identification of any foreign country as a priority foreign country; or (2) identify any foreign country as a priority foreign country. 
Provides funding for additional staff for the Office of the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs and Office of the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Monitoring and Enforcement. 
 
Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to initiate an investigation (without waiting for a petition by an interested person) regarding any act, policy, or practice of a priority foreign country identified under this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Congaree National Park Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2580
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Fishing
Land transfers
National monuments
National parks
South Carolina
Sports and Recreation
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Congaree National Park Act of 2003 - Establishes Congaree National Park, which shall be composed of the Congaree Swamp National Monument and approximately 4,576 acres of adjacent land in South Carolina. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land for inclusion in the Park by donation, purchase from a willing seller, transfer, or exchange. Limits the Park's total area to 30,000 acres. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit a general management plan for the Park to specified congressional committees; and (2) permit sport fishing within the Park.
 
Designates the Congaree Swamp National Monument Wilderness as the Congaree National Park Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Safe Waste Disposal Act

Bill: 108-hr-2581
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Commerce
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Interstate commerce
Law
Local laws
Marine transportation
Railroad freight operations
Refuse and refuse disposal
State laws
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Trucking

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Safe Waste Disposal Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize State and local governments to petition the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for enforcement of violations of that Act.
 
Requires the implementation of a manifest system for the interstate transportation of solid waste in four-(or more) axle vehicles, by container (stacked two or more high) in vessels on navigable waters, or by freight rail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Foster Child Protection Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2582
Sponsor: Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child abuse
Child safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Missing children
Police communication systems
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: 
Foster Child Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to modify eligibility requirements for grants to States for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs. Requires States to include within such programs an assurance that their foster care agencies meet certain requirements if they have knowledge that foster children under the responsibility of the State are missing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Remarried Widows' and Widowers' Benefits Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2583
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2003-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Divorce
Families
Marriage
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Remarried Widows' and Widowers' Benefits Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least ten years.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Introduced in House