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General Attempt Provision Act

Bill: 108-s-147
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2003-01-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Conspiracy
Criminal liability
Evidence (Law)
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: General Attempt Provision Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish a general attempt offense providing that whoever, acting with the state of mind otherwise required for the commission of a criminal offense, intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of the offense, is guilty of an attempt and is subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, except the death penalty. Specifies that inability to commit the offense and failure to complete the offense are not defenses to a prosecution under this Act. Makes it an affirmative defense that the defendant prevented the commission of the offense under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of criminal intent.
Specifies that if two or more persons conspire to commit any offense against the United States, and one or more of such persons commit any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be subject to the same penalties (except the death penalty) as those prescribed for the most serious offense the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S234)
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the Secretary of Homeland Security to be included in the line of Presidential succession.

Bill: 108-s-148
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2003-01-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cabinet officers
Department of Homeland Security
Presidential succession

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: Includes the Secretary of Homeland Security in the line of presidential succession after the Attorney General.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: 

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

 
Includes the Secretary of Homeland Security in the line of presidential succession after the Attorney General.

action_date: 2003-06-27
text: 

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

 
Includes the Secretary of Homeland Security in the line of presidential succession after the Attorney General.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-07-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-06-27
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8846; text as passed Senate: CR S8846)
action_date: 2003-06-27
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8846; text as passed Senate: CR S8846)
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Lott without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Lott without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-06-24
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S234)
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Rape Kits and DNA Evidence Backlog Elimination Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-149
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2003-01-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Auditing
Authorization
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Forensic medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Identification of criminals
Indian law enforcement
Indictments
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Law
Legal services
Limitation of actions
Medical laboratories
Minorities
Nurses
Police training
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
Rape
Recidivists
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Sex crimes
Surveys
Victims of crimes
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: Rape Kits and DNA Evidence Backlog Elimination Act of 2003 - Reauthorizes appropriations under the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (the Act).
Expands the scope of DNA samples to be included in the Combined DNA Index System.
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to up to 15 State or local forensic laboratories to implement innovative plans to encourage law enforcement, judicial, and corrections personnel to increase the submission of rape evidence kits and other biological evidence from crime scenes.
Amends the Act to make local governments and Indian tribes eligible to apply for and receive DNA backlog elimination grants.
Requires the Attorney General to establish a program to award and disburse annual grants to SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examination) programs, with priority to programs that are serving, or will serve, populations currently under-served by existing SAFE programs.
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to prosecutor's offices, associations, or organizations to train local prosecutors in the use of DNA evidence in a criminal investigation or a trial.
Eliminates the statute of limitations for child abduction and sex offenses. Provides that the limitation period in cases in which DNA testing implicates a person in the commission of a felony shall not preclude prosecution until an equal period has elapsed following such testing.
Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 to cover dating violence.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act should be funded in order to improve the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S234-236)
action_date: 2003-01-13
text: Introduced in Senate
DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-152
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2003-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Evidence (Law)
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to law enforcement
Forensic medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Identification of criminals
Indian law enforcement
Indictments
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Law
Limitation of actions
Medical laboratories
Minorities
Nurses
Police training
Prosecution
Rape
Recidivists
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Sex crimes
Surveys
Victims of crimes
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2003 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) survey Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement jurisdictions to assess the amount of DNA evidence from sexual assault crimes that has not been subjected to testing and analysis; (2) review national, State, local, and tribal government protocols on the collection and processing of DNA evidence at crime scenes; and (3) make grants for sexual assault examiner programs, examiner training and certification, acquisition or improvement of forensic equipment, and other training.
Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to: (1) ensure that DNA testing and analysis of samples from rape kits and non-suspect cases are carried out in a timely manner; (2) reauthorize grants; (3) make local governments eligible for grants; (4) direct the Attorney General to give priority to a State or local governmental unit that has a significant rape kit or non-suspect case backlog; and (5) expand the scope of DNA samples subject to privacy protections.
Amends: (1) the Federal criminal code and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to authorize "John Doe" DNA indictments for sexual abuse (allows describing a person as an unknown individual who has a particular DNA profile if the identity of the accused or defendant is unknown); and (2) the DNA Identification Act of 1994 to authorize appropriations to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to carry out a redesign of the Combined DNA Index System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11089)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S290-292)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S289-290)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-154
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2003-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture in foreign trade
Alternative energy sources
Animals
Biomass energy
Dairy products
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy crops
Energy industries
Excise tax
Federal aid to Indians
Feeds
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Law
Livestock
Milk
Minorities
Native Americans
Proteins
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reciprocity
Tariff
Tariff agreements
Tariff preferences
Taxation
Trade agreements
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide: (1) emergency financial assistance to agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2001 or 2002 crop losses due to weather or related conditions; and (2) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2001 and 2002 losses in an emergency-designated county, with set-asides for the American Indian livestock program.
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to impose tariff-rate quotas (quantitative import limits) and provide various duty rates on certain casein, caseinates, milk protein concentrate, and other casein derivatives and glues imported into the United States (except imports from Mexico).
Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into a trade agreement with a foreign country to grant new concessions as compensation in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions; and (2) proclaim any necessary modification or continuance of any existing duty, or continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment. Sets forth certain limits on the reduction of duties on such products.
Biodiesel Renewable Fuels Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit of between 3 and 20 cents per gallon for soy or specified vegetable based biodiesel fuel mixtures; and (2) make corresponding reductions to motor fuel excise taxes.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1922 to set forth Federal agency (except the Department of Defense) purchasing requirements for ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel for use in agency vehicles.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Chemical Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-157
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2003-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accident prevention
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Business records
Chemical industries
Chemical warfare
Chemicals
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer crimes
Computer networks
Confidential communications
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
EBB Terrorism
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection Agency
Fines (Penalties)
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Injunctions
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Law
Recidivists
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Chemical Security Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to: (1) designate certain combinations of chemical sources and substances of concern as high priority categories based on the severity of the threat posed by an unauthorized release from chemical sources; and (2) require each owner and operator of a high priority category chemical source to conduct an assessment of the vulnerability of the source to a terrorist attack or other unauthorized release, identify hazards that may result from such release, and prepare a prevention, preparedness, and response plan.
Sets forth: (1) certification requirements regarding assessments, and completion and review of response plans, by owners and operators of high priority chemical sources; and (2) protocols for protecting information disclosed in such certifications.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) certification by the Administrator of source assessment and plan compliance with requirements; (2) compliance assistance; and (3) compliance orders.
Provides that if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that: (1) a threat of a terrorist attack exists that is beyond the scope of a submitted plan, or that plan implementation is insufficient, the Secretary shall notify each source of the elevated threat; and (2) a source has not taken appropriate action in response to the notification, the Secretary shall notify the source, the Administrator, and the Attorney General. Authorizes the Administrator or the Attorney General to then secure such relief as necessary to abate a threat.
Sets forth: (1) source record-keeping requirements; (2) entry and access rights of the Administrator; and (3) civil, criminal, and administrative penalties for violations of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S297-299)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S295-297)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-158
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2003-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Small business
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the expensing of depreciable business assets (section 179) to increase the maximum amount which may be expensed to $75,000 and the phase-out threshold to $325,000.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S300)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S299-300)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Jumpstart Broadband Act

Bill: 108-s-159
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2003-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Broadband
Cable television
Communication satellites
Computers
Department of Commerce
Electronic data interchange
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Military communications
Radio spectrum allocation
Telecommunication systems
Television frequency allocation
Television relay systems
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Jumpstart Broadband Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allocate no less than an additional 255 megahertz of contiguous spectrum in the 5 gigahertz band for unlicensed use by wireless broadband devices while ensuring that Department of Defense devices and systems are not compromised.
Directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to establish standards for interference protection which enable incumbent Federal government agency users of such allocated spectrum to continue such use.
Directs the FCC to: (1) adopt minimal technical and device rules for efficient use of such allocated spectrum by wireless broadband devices; and (2) amend its rules to require that all wireless broadband devices manufactured after such rules amendment that operate in such allocated spectrum be capable of two-way digital communications and meet the interference protection standards.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S301)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S300-301)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-160
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2003-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Antennas
Broadband
Cable television
Capital investments
Commerce
Communication satellites
Cooperative societies
Corporation taxes
Department of the Treasury
Depreciation and amortization
Depressed areas
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Internet
Law
Lease and rental services
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions
Tax returns
Tax-exempt organizations
Telecommunication industry
Telecommunication systems
Telephone
Television relay systems
Urban affairs
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit any qualified broadband expenditure which is paid or incurred by the taxpayer to be treated as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account; and (2) any expenditure so treated to be allowed as a deduction. Defines terms and sets forth rules.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S302-303)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act

Bill: 108-s-161
Sponsor: Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]
Introduced: 2003-01-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Cable television
Commerce
Computer industry
Computer software
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Families
Federal Communications Commission
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Marketing
Motion pictures
Music
Sound recording and reproducing
Standards
Subscription television
Television and children
Television broadcasting
Television programs
Television stations
Video games

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assess the effectiveness of measures to require television broadcasters and multichannel video programming distributors to rate and encode programming that could be blocked by parents by use of a V-chip. Authorizes the FCC, if it finds such measures ineffective, to prohibit the distribution of violent video programming during hours when children are reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of the audience.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person to distribute to the public any violent video programming not blockable by electronic means specifically on the basis of its violent content. Provides for exemptions for: (1) programming (including news programs and sporting events) the distribution of which does not conflict with the objective of protecting children from the negative influences of violent video programming; and (2) premium and pay-per-view direct-to-home satellite programming.
Directs the FCC to impose a forfeiture penalty for violations and to revoke a broadcasting or distribution license of a repeat violator.
Requires the FCC to study and report to specified committees on the marketing to children of violent content by the motion picture, music recording, and computer and video game industries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced:  CR 1/16/2003 S1070-1071)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S304)
action_date: 2003-01-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend  title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.

Bill: 108-s-166
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2003-01-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Commerce
Contracts
Law
Supplemental security income program
Trusts and trustees
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-15
text: Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements involving an irrevocable trust whose named beneficiary is the funeral provider are not to be considered resources available to the individual under the SSI program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S851)
action_date: 2003-01-15
text: Introduced in Senate