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To allow North Koreans to apply for refugee status or asylum.

Bill: 108-hr-367
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: East Asia
North Korea
Refugees
Right of asylum

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Considers North Korean nationals not to be nationals of South Korea for purposes of refugee or asylee status.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-368
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Capitation (Medical care)
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2003 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to calculation of annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates to: (1) give Medicare+Choice organizations the option to receive payment based on the annual area-specific Medicare+Choice capitation rate for the Medicare+Choice payment area involved; (2) permanently remove application of the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the calculation of the blended capitation rate; and (3) revise the formula used to calculate the national standardized annual Medicare+Choice capitation rate to reflect Medicare+Choice enrollment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Gary Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor while a helicopter crew chief and door gunner with the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 108-hr-369
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Military history
Military personnel
Vietnamese Conflict

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Gary Lee McKiddy of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor while serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, notwithstanding otherwise application time limitations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act

Bill: 108-hr-370
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Autoimmune diseases
Clinics
Community health services
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Environmental research
Environmentally induced diseases
Epidemiology
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Higher education
Hormones
Human behavior
Medical education
Medical research
Minorities
Minority health
Poverty
Preventive medicine
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to instruct the Autoimmune Disease Coordinating Committee for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to include in the plan for NIH activities: (1) research concerning the etiology and causes of autoimmune diseases in all women, with priority given to environmental factors; (2) the development of information and education programs on risk factors for women, such as genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors; and (3) outreach programs at community health centers to historically underserved populations of women.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Liver Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 108-hr-371
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Liver diseases
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Planning
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Liver Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center on Liver Disease Research in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Establishes the Liver Disease Research Advisory Board to help the Director of the Center develop the Liver Disease Research Action Plan identifying scientific opportunities and priorities of liver disease research. Requires the Director to coordinate the Plan's implementation by the national research institutes, which shall allocate adequate funds for same.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a pilot program to be conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to assess the benefits of providing for pharmacies of the Department of Veterans Affairs to fill prescriptions for drugs and medicines written by private physicians.

Bill: 108-hr-372
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Medical economics
Pharmacies
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a two-year pilot program to assess the advantages and disadvantages of furnishing to veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacies drugs and medicines ordered on prescription of any duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of a veteran. Requires copayments for such drugs and medicines.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Robin Danielson Act

Bill: 108-hr-373
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Cervical cancer
Child development
Child health
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Dioxins
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Epidemiology
Families
Federal aid to research
Fetus
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health education
Maternal and infant welfare
Medical research
Medical statistics
Ovarian cancer
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Product safety
Reproduction
Science, Technology, Communications
Synthetic fabrics
Toxic shock syndrome
Toxicology
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Robin Danielson Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to provide for the conduct or support of research on the extent to which additives in feminine hygiene products pose any risks to the health of women or to the children of women who use those products during or before the pregnancies involved.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: (1) to establish a program to collect, analyze, and make available data on toxic shock syndrome, including data on the causes of such syndrome; and (2) in carrying out such program, to determine the national incidence and prevalence of such syndrome.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-374
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hate crimes
Prejudice
Sex discrimination
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends the Hate Crime Statistics Act to require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
National Naval Force Structure Policy Act

Bill: 108-hr-375
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Amphibious operations
Congress
Congress and military policy
Military readiness
Navy
Peace
Warships

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: National Naval Force Structure Policy Act - States that it is U.S. policy to rebuild as soon as possible the size of the U.S. Navy fleet to no fewer than 375 vessels in active service, including 15 aircraft carrier battle groups and 15 amphibious ready groups.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Projection Forces.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Farmer and Rancher Assistance Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-376
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Animals
Commerce
Crop insurance
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Livestock
Marketing of farm produce
Minorities
Native Americans
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Emergency Farmer and Rancher 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 or 2002 losses in an emergency-designated county, with permitted set-asides for the American Indian livestock program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the replacement period from 2 to 5 years for livestock sold on account of drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions.

Bill: 108-hr-377
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Capital gains tax
Disaster relief
Droughts
Emergency Management
Floods
Income tax
Livestock
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exemption
Water Resources Development
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning involuntary conversions to extend the replacement period from two to five years for livestock sold on account of drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizens' Tax Relief Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-378
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Senior Citizens' Tax Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85 percent (second tier) taxation of Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenue lost because of the repeal.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Sierra National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-379
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boy Scouts
California
Families
Land transfers
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Sierra National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2003 - Provides, in the Sierra National Forest, California, for the exchange of lands between the current owners and the Secretary of Agriculture. Makes the conveyance contingent on the owners conveying their parcel to the Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Property Tax Endowment Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-380
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-local relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Land transfers
Local finance
Local taxation
Payments in lieu of taxes
Property tax
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Property Tax Endowment Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to fund the payment in lieu of taxes program for five years.
Permits a local government to receive a one-time payment to offset revenue loss from a Federal acquisition of land within its jurisdiction. Specifies that if a local government receives a one-time payment, the acquired land shall not be considered entitlement land, irrespective of changes in economic factors.
Applies this Act to land acquisitions completed after September 30, 1998. Specifies criteria for determining amounts of one-time payments.
Provides that in the case of land acquired before enactment of this Act, the head of the Federal land management agency shall deduct from the one-time payment the amount of any Federal sums paid to the local government since September 30, 1998.
Requires each one-time payment to go into a trust fund, the interest of which may be used for any governmental purpose. Forbids expenditure of the principal of such a fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-01-27
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: 2003-01-27
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: 2003-01-27
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: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act

Bill: 108-hr-381
Sponsor: Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annexation
Congress
Congressional districts
District of Columbia
Maryland
Members of Congress
Political representation
Statehood (American politics)

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act - Cedes the District of Columbia to Maryland after Maryland's acceptance of such retrocession. Maintains the exclusive legislative authority and control of Congress over the National Capital Service Area in the District of Columbia.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Solid Waste International Transportation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-382
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Federal preemption
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
Imports
Municipal solid waste
State laws
Transboundary pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Solid Waste International Transportation Act of 2003- Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States to enact laws prohibiting or limiting the receipt and disposal of municipal solid waste generated outside the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E69)
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Faith-Based Lending Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-383
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank loans
Church and social problems
Commerce
Credit unions
Nonprofit organizations
Religion
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Faith-Based Lending Protection Act - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude loans made to nonprofit religious organizations from the maximum amount of member business loans outstanding at a Federal credit union at any one time.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Enumerated Powers Act

Bill: 108-hr-384
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional powers
Constitutional law
House rules and procedure
Law
Legislation
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Enumerated Powers Act - Requires each Act of Congress to contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. Declares that failure to comply with this requirement shall give rise to a point of order in either House of Congress.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House