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Health Workforce Advisory Commission Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1498
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Foreign students
Foreign-trained physicians
Government Operations and Politics
Health services administration
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medicare
Minorities
Minorities in medicine
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Personnel management
Public health administration
Public meetings
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: 
Health Workforce Advisory Commission Act of 2003 - Directs the Comptroller General to establish a Health Workforce Advisory Commission. Includes among the duties of the Commission: (1) reviewing the impact of Federal health workforce policies and other factors on the ability of the health care system to provide optimal services; (2) analyzing the role and global implications of internationally trained professionals and personnel in the United States workforce; and (3) making recommendations to Congress concerning health workforce policy issues. Specifies duties the Commission shall perform concerning reports and reviews.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10276-10277)
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10275-10276)
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to adjust the boundaries of Green Mountain National Forest.

Bill: 108-s-1499
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2003-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Land transfers
National forests
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: 
Expands the boundaries of the Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont, to include specified parcels of land. Directs that Federally owned lands added to the Forest by this Act continue to be managed in accordance with the laws applicable to the National Forest System. Declares that, for the purposes of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the boundaries of the Forest, as adjusted by this Act, shall be considered to be the boundaries as of January 1, 1965.

action_date: 2003-11-24
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Expands the boundaries of the Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont, to include specified parcels of land. Directs that federally owned lands added to the Forest by this Act continue to be managed in accordance with the laws applicable to the National Forest System. Declares that, for the purposes of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the boundaries of the Forest, as adjusted by this Act, shall be considered to be the boundaries as of January 1, 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-11-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-11-25
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-11-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-11-24
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S15864-15865)
action_date: 2003-11-24
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S15864-15865)
action_date: 2003-11-24
text: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15864-15865)
action_date: 2003-11-24
text: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15864-15865)
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10277-10278)
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds.

Bill: 108-s-1500
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2003-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Business and social problems
Commerce
Construction costs
Construction industries
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Enterprise zones
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Land transfers
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
School buildings
Secondary education
Tax credits
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include construction as a "qualified purpose" for the spending of a "qualified zone academy bond" (95 percent of such bond proceeds must be spent on a "qualified purpose"). 
Allows the credit retained by a regulated investment company for its holding of a zone academy bond to be distributed to the company's shareholders. Permits such credits to be stripped.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make a technical correction with respect to the definition of qualifying State.

Bill: 108-s-1502
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: 
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make a technical amendment to the definition of qualifying State used for purposes of giving certain States operating under waivers of specified State plan requirements the authority to use up to 20 percent of their FY 1998 through 2001 SCHIP allotments, for fiscal years in which they are available, for paying the costs of covering under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) certain low-income children whose family income meets an income eligibility standard under such waivers of at least 185 percent of the poverty line. Allows New Mexico to use such portion of its unspent SCHIP funds for covering such children under Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10285-10286)
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10285)
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make a technical correction with respect to the definition of qualifying State.

Bill: 108-s-1503
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2003-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: 
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make a technical amendment to the definition of qualifying State used for purposes of giving certain States operating under waivers of specified State plan requirements the authority to use up to 20 percent of their FY 1998 through 2001 SCHIP allotments, for fiscal years in which they are available, for paying the costs of covering under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) certain low-income children whose family income meets an income eligibility standard under such waivers of at least 185 percent of the poverty line. Requires that the income eligibility standard of at least 185 percent of the poverty line be determined by rounding to the nearest whole percentage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10285)
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Project BioShield Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1504
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2003-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Chemical warfare
EBB Terrorism
Nuclear warfare
Radiation safety
Terrorism
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: 
Project BioShield Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act regarding preparations for public health emergencies affecting national security, including a bioterrorist attack.
 
Grants the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), certain authority with respect to the research and development of qualified biomedical countermeasures, including: (1) expedited procurement authority; (2) expedited peer authority; and (3) authority for personal services contracts.
 
Directs: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess current and emerging chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, and determine which present a material risk to the United States; and (2) the Secretary to assess the public health consequences of such threats, and the availability and appropriateness of countermeasures. Authorizes the Secretaries to jointly propose to the President appropriate countermeasures and procurement. Directs the Secretaries, upon presidential approval, to procure the necessary countermeasures for stockpiling.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the Secretary to declare a national emergency under specified conditions and authorize the release into interstate commerce of a drug or device intended for use in an emergency. Directs the Secretary, as feasible, to: (1) impose requirements on such authorization, including emergency product labeling and ensuring that health care professionals administering the product and persons to whom the product is administered are informed about benefits, risks, and alternatives; and (2) periodically review, or revoke as circumstances warrant, an authorization. Provides civil monetary penalties for violations of such provisions. Allows the President, under specified circumstances involving the Armed Forces, to waive the requirement that individuals be allowed to refuse administration of a countermeasure.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to revise the Secretary's authority to waive specified requirements during a national emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-02
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Spirits Tax Equity Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1506
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol tax
Alcoholic beverages
Commerce
Excise tax
Income tax
Tax credits
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Domestic Spirits Tax Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a credit for wholesalers of distilled spirits for the financing costs of the federal excise tax on such spirits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10621)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act

Bill: 108-s-1507
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Business records
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Counterintelligence
Espionage
Government Operations and Politics
Libraries
Publishers and publishing
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Subversive activities
Sunset legislation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and the Federal criminal code with respect to applications by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (or a designee) for an order requiring production of any tangible things (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities. Requires such applications, any resulting ex parte orders, and requests to booksellers and libraries to specify that there are specific and articulable facts giving reason to believe that the person to whom the records pertain is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power.
 
Amends the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 to terminate as of December 31, 2005, specified authority for FBI investigative requests for telephone toll and transactional records as well as financial records and consumer reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10623)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10621-10623)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1508
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Secondary mortgage market

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Federal Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to establish in the Department of the Treasury the Office of Federal Enterprise Supervision. Transfers to the Director of such Office supervisory and regulatory authority over specified government sponsored enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) 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. Prohibits merger or consolidation of such Office or its functions.
 
Requires: (1) the Director to ensure that the enterprises operate in a financially safe manner and remain adequately capitalized; and (2) that each enterprise have prior approval of the Director before implementing a new program.
 
Sets forth operating, administrative, and regulatory provisions of the Director, including provisions respecting: (1) assessment authority; (2) authority to limit nonmission-related assets; (3) minimum and critical capital levels; (4) risk-based capital test; (5) capital classifications and undercapitalized enterprises; (6) enforcement actions and penalties; and (7) reporting.
 
Sets forth certain retained 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: 2004-04-01
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10623-10631)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10623)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Eric and Brian Simon Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1509
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Blood transfusions
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Military dependents
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Eric and Brian Simon Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a gratuity of $100,000 to: (1) each veteran who was treated with HIV-contaminated blood, blood components, human tissue, or organs as a result of a service-connected disability and can assert through acceptable medical evidence reasonable certainty of transmission of HIV as a result of such treatment; and (2) the current or former spouse and each natural child of such a veteran who can assert the transmission of HIV from such veteran. Provides for such payments in the case of deceased individuals.
 
States that such payments shall not be considered payments for purposes of medical insurance or workers' compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-831.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10631-10632)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10631)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Permanent Partners Immigration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1510
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Homeland Security
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Married people
Residence requirements

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Permanent Partners Immigration Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include permanent partners (as defined by this Act) within the scope of such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10632-10634)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10632)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the "Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Bill: 108-s-1511
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arizona
Commemorations
Congress
Ex-Members of Congress
Members of Congress
Names
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10635)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10634-10635)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income and employment taxes and wage withholding property tax rebates and other benefits provided to  volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders.

Bill: 108-s-1512
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Medical personnel
Property tax
Tax exclusion
Tax rebates
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from income and employment taxes and wage withholding a rebate of real or personal property taxes, or any other benefit, provided by a State or political subdivision on account of services performed as a member of a qualified volunteer emergency response organization.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10635-10636)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10635)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Employee Right to Choose Act

Bill: 108-s-1513
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Collective bargaining
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Health facilities
Hospital personnel
Industrial arbitration
Industrial relations
Labor contracts
Labor disputes
Labor unions
Law
Mediation
Medical personnel
National Labor Relations Board
Runoff elections

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Employee Right to Choose Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise collective bargaining requirements with respect to bargaining for an initial agreement to require generally shorter deadlines for commencement of bargaining, requests for mediation, and referrals of a dispute to arbitration.
 
Requires certification of a bargaining representative without election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative and there is no other individual or labor organization so designated by 30 percent or more of the employees.
 
Repeals the requirement for a secret ballot vote on rescission of the authority of a collective bargaining agreement upon petition by 30 percent or more of covered bargaining unit employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Philanthropy Expansion and Responsibility Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-1514
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2003-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Excise tax
Foundations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Philanthropy Expansion and Responsibility Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from two to one percent the excise tax on the net investment income of private foundations that are exempt from Federal income tax.
 
Increases the self-dealing excise tax on such foundations from five to 25 percent.
 
Modifies provisions concerning the excise tax for the failure of such foundations to distribute income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10636)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10636)
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate