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Bill· SS. 1305 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2003
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance with respect to a motor vehicle dealer who was a party to a motor vehicle sales and service agreement with a motor vehicle manufacturer who announced in December 2000 that it would phase-out the motor vehicle brand to which such agreement relates.
Bill· SS. 1290 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2003
Permits one additional advance refunding of certain tax-exempt bonds, of which the net proceeds are used to finance the costs of electric generation, transmission, or distribution assets owned by the issuer or by a consortium of State or local governments which includes the issuer. Sets certain conditions the bonds must meet to qualify for the advance refunding.
Bill· SS. 1296 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2003
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt seaplanes from the 6.25 percent transportation excise tax applicable to those engaged in the business of transporting property by air for hire.
Bill· SS. 1295 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2003
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the exception to the air transportation segment excise tax of domestic segments beginning or ending at a rural airport, to treat as a rural airport any airport which is not connected by paved roads to another airport.
Bill· HRH.R. 2544 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2003
Medical Independence, Privacy, and Innovation Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate language making the medical expense deduction only apply to the extent the relevant expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income. Permits the deduction in computing adjusted gross income. Exempts medical checking accounts from being subjected to certain taxes. Subjects such accounts to taxes on unrelated business income of charitable organizations. Allows a deduction equal to the amount paid in cash to an individual's medical checking account (up to $1,000, or $2,000 in the case of a joint return) and a credit (of up to $1,000) for contributions made to such account. Excludes from gross income any amount paid or distributed out of a medical checking account which is used exclusively to pay qualified medical expenses of any account holder. Decreases the minimum annual deductibles under a high deductible health plan for purposes of Archer medical savings accounts. Makes modifications to regulations regarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information. Prohibits the granting of an exclusive or partially exclusive license regarding an invention made with Federal assistance, except in accordance with specified provisions of Federal law pertaining to the licensing of Federally owned inventions. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from foreign nations, with such regulations to require that each such drug complies with sections of the Act pertaining to new drugs, adulterated drugs and devices, and misbranded drugs and devices, and with other applicable requirements of this Act. (Current law directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs, except for specified controlled substances and biological products).
Bill· HRH.R. 2532 (108th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2003
Save Social Security First Act of 2003 - Repeals subtitles A (Repeal of Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes) and E (Carryover Basis at Death; Other Changes Taking Effect With Repeal) of title V (Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Provisions) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Makes the sunset provisions of such Act inapplicable to the remainder of title V. Sets the unified estate credit at $3 million and the maximum estate rate at 50 percent. Appropriates, beginning in 2005, estate tax revenues to the Social Security trust funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 2545 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2003
Blue-Collar Employee Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the 10-percent additional tax on early withdrawals from qualified retirement plans certain former employees of bankrupt employers and certain former employees of closed facilities.
Bill· SS. 1285 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2003
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act - Amends Federal postal service law to direct the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) (established by this Act) to establish a modern system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products (all first-class mail, periodicals, non-parcel post standard mail, media mail, library mail, and bound printed matter). Requires the system to establish: (1) a schedule whereby rates, when necessary, would increase at regular intervals by predictable amounts; and (2) procedures that would increase rates on an expedited basis when an unexpected decline in revenue or increase in costs threatens the Postal Service's ability to maintain service at the PRC's standards. Directs the Board of Governors to establish rates and classes for products in the competitive category of mail (priority mail, expedited mail, mailgrams, international mail, and parcel post). Authorizes the PRC to establish by regulation a set of service standards for market-dominant products. Establishes the Postal Network Modernization Commission to analyze and report to the President on any recommendations of the Postal Service for closure or consolidation of processing and retail facilities. Provides for the closure and consolidation of the Postal Service facilities, unless a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted. Establishes in the Treasury a revolving Postal Service Competitive Products Fund which shall be available to the Postal Service without fiscal year limitation for the payment of: (1) costs attributable to competitive products; and (2) all other costs of the Postal Service allocable to competitive products. Requires the Postal Service to: (1) compute its assumed Federal income tax (which would be the taxable income of a corporation) on competitive products income for such year; and (2) transfer an equivalent amount from the Competitive Products Fund to the Postal Service Fund. Prohibits the Postal Service from: (1) establishing anti-competitive rules or regulations; (2) compelling the disclosure, transfer, or licensing of intellectual property to any third party; or (3) obtaining information from a person that provides any product, and then offer any product or service that uses or is based in whole or in part on such information, without the person's consent. Makes the Secretary of State responsible for foreign policy related to international postal services and other international delivery services. Authorizes the Postal Service to establish programs to provide bonuses or other rewards to Postal Service officers and employees. Replaces the Postal Rate Commission with the Postal Regulatory Commission. Repeals the authority of the Postal Service to impose fines on air carriers transporting mail beyond U.S. borders for unreasonable or unnecessary delays and other delinquencies.
Bill· HRH.R. 2512 (108th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2003
First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to require: (1) that each State be allocated in each fiscal year not less than .5 percent (currently, .75 percent) of the total amount appropriated for domestic preparedness grants; (2) such grants to be awarded based on a quantitative risk assessment for threat, vulnerability, and consequences; and (3) the Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support of the Office of Justice Programs, by March 1 of each year, to submit that assessment to Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 2514 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2003
Honor Thy Parents Act of 2003 - Suspends any tax reduction and any tax deduction, limitation, or credit made by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 scheduled to take effect after 2003. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to add a new part which establishes a voluntary outpatient prescription medicine benefit. Sets premium, deductible, and coinsurance limits, with an annual out-of-pocket limit of $2,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2513 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2003
Estate Tax Repeal for Family-Owned Farms and Businesses Act of 2003 - Amends estate tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to repeal section 2057 (Family-Owned Business Interests). Allows for purposes of such tax, in the case of an electing estate of a decedent with specified family-owned business interests, the taxable estate value to be determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate the adjusted value of such qualified family-owned business interests of the decedent. Provides for the treatment of family-owned business interests and spousal property.
Bill· HRH.R. 2503 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2003
Asbestos Claims Tax Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the preservation of tax attributes in asbestos company bankruptcy cases and provide an exemption for asbestos related settlement funds to ensure the availability of a company's assets to pay asbestos claims.
Bill· HRH.R. 2502 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2003
Estate Tax Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce the estate and gift tax rate; (2) increase the unified credit exclusion to $10 million; and (3) repeal the estate tax benefit for family-owned business interests provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 2509 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2003
Fair Tax Treatment for Insurance Agents' Termination Payments Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to consider a qualified termination payment received from an insurance company by a former insurance salesman for such company as a sale or exchange of a capital asset held for more than 12 months.
Bill· HRH.R. 2499 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 2003
General Aviation Small Business Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration to make grants to general aviation small business concerns in amounts equal to direct losses sustained since September 11, 2001, as a result of any Federal ground stop order(s) related to the terrorist attacks. Authorizes loans to assist such a business that has suffered, as a result of such attacks, substantial economic injury that is not incidental to the business's revenue and that is not compensated for by insurance or otherwise. Extends the due date for excise tax deposits for general aviation small business concerns.
Bill· HRH.R. 2490 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 2003
Elder Justice Act - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXII (Elder Justice) to establish: (1) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) an Office of Elder Justice; (2) within HHS an Intra-Agency Elder Justice Steering Committee to coordinate HHS elder justice programs and policy; (3) the Elder Justice Coordinating Council to make recommendations for the coordination of activities to HHS, the Department of Justice, and other relevant Federal, State, local, and private agencies and entities; and (4) the Advisory Board on Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation. Outlines provisions with respect to uniform collection, maintenance, and dissemination of national data relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Authorizes the HHS Secretary to award various grants, including grants for: (1) prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) five Centers of Excellence nationwide that shall specialize in research, clinical practice, and training relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (3) six diverse communities to examine various types of elder shelters and to test various models for establishing safe havens; (4) nonprofit organizations and faith-based organizations to encourage such organizations to establish or continue volunteer programs that focus on the issues of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, or that provide related services; and (5) various multidisciplinary elder justice activities. Provides for: (1) reporting to law enforcement of crimes occurring in Federally-funded long-term care facilities; (2) revising the quality of long-term care; and (3) increasing consumer information about long-term care. Amends: (1) SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) to establish programs to prevent abuse of skilled nursing facility and nursing facility residents; (2) the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of health care professionals with geriatric training; (3) the Older Americans Act of 1965 with respect to the long-term care ombudsman program; (4) part A (General Provisions) of SSA title XI to establish in HHS the Office of Adult Protective Services; and (5) SSA titles XVIII and XIX to assure safety of residents when nursing facilities close. Establishes in the Department of Justice an Office of Elder Justice. Amends the: (1) Federal criminal code to provide for a cause of action for elder abuse and neglect; and (2) Internal Revenue Code to provide for a long-term care facility worker employment tax credit.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 281 (108th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 2003
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 8 (making the estate tax repeal permanent).
Bill· SS. 1267 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2003 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the District of Columbia budget passed by the Council of the District of Columbia shall be enacted without referral to the President or approval by the Congress, unless it is the budget for a fiscal year which is a control year. Prohibits the Mayor of the District during a control year from transmitting the budget, or amendments or supplements thereto, to the President until the completion of the budget procedures contained in this Act and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995. Prohibits obligations or expenditures by District government officers and employees without the Council's approval and in the case of a control year, congressional approval. Allows the Council to reenact provisions of any line-item veto by the Mayor in a budget Act without submitting such veto to the President, unless such item or provision is contained in a budget act fora control year. Permits hiring of full or part-time District government employees and their transfer among programs only if such position is authorized by an Act of the Council or, in the case of a control year, an Act of Congress. Provides that in the case of the consideration in the Senate of a general appropriations bill that includes the appropriations of Federal payments to the District, an amendment proposing a limitation on the use of District funds by the District shall not constitute general legislation under Rule XVI (Appropriations and amendments to general appropriation bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (Thus exempts appropriations of Federal payments to the District from certain prohibitions and points of order with respect to the reporting or consideration of appropriation bills.)
Bill· SS. 1269 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
Professional Employer Organization Workers Benefits Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish provisions concerning certified professional employer organizations, including: (1) defining such organizations; (2) employment taxes and such organizations; and (3) employee benefits of such organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2472 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2003 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide that the District of Columbia budget passed by the Council of the District of Columbia shall be enacted without referral to the President or approval by the Congress, unless it is the budget for a fiscal year which is a control year. Prohibits the Mayor of the District during a control year from transmitting the budget, or amendments or supplements thereto, to the President until the completion of the budget procedures contained in this Act and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995. Prohibits obligations or expenditures by District government officers and employees without the Council's approval and in the case of a control year, congressional approval. Allows the Council to reenact provisions of any line-item veto by the Mayor in a budget Act without submitting such veto to the President, unless such item or provision is contained in a budget act for a control year. Permits hiring of full or part-time District government employees and their transfer among programs only if such position is authorized by an Act of the Council or, in the case of a control year, an Act of Congress.
Law· HRH.R. 2474 (108th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
Requires that funds made available for FY 2003 and 2004 for the Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships be administered through the Congressional Hunger Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 2475 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
Veterans Health Care Full Funding Act - Requires each fiscal year budget submitted to Congress by the President to include requests for amounts for veterans health care programs. Requires amounts appropriated for such programs to be available for two consecutive fiscal years. Establishes the Veterans Health Care Funding Review Board within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Board, beginning with FY 2005, to determine the level of funding needed for such programs for that fiscal year and the next and to publish such determination in the Federal Register. Outlines veterans' health care needs factors to be considered by the Board in arriving at such determination. Repeals requirements for certain congressional notifications in connection with a funding request for a Department major medical facility project or lease. Provides a 30-day standard for access to medical care for veterans seeking primary or specialized care, as measured from: (1) the time the veteran contacts the Department seeking an appointment until the date a visit is completed (primary care); and (2) the date on which the veteran is referred to a specialist until the date a visit is completed (specialty care). Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a standard of waiting time during a visit and to periodically review the performance of Department facilities compared to that standard.
Bill· HRH.R. 2485 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
Ensuring College Access for all Americans Act - Prohibits reducing the amount of Federal student assistance for which a student is eligible in the award year 2004 through applying to that student the annual updates to the allowance for State and other taxes (published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2003) in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology to determine a student's expected family contribution for the award year 2004-2005 under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Bill· HRH.R. 2480 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent; (2) increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10 million; and (3) increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 2477 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the estate tax to: (1) increase the unified credit to $7.5 million; and (2) revise the tax rate schedule. Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to eliminate certain estate and gift tax repeals scheduled to take effect after December 31, 2009.
Bill· HRH.R. 2481 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
Estate Tax Reduction Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce estate tax rates; (2) repeal the phaseout of graduated rates; and (3) increase the unified credit to $2.5 million, with an inflation adjustment.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 60 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2003
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President, in the case of any bill, order, resolution, or vote presented to the President by the House of Representatives and the Senate, to decline to approve in whole any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, any item of new direct spending, or any tax benefit.
Bill· SS. 1263 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2003
Rural Economic Investment Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real estate (real property used for agricultural production, or certain single family rural residences).
Bill· SS. 1265 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2003
Prohibits reducing the amount of Federal student assistance for which a student is eligible in the award year 2004. Declares that the annual updates, published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2003, to the allowance for State and other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology to determine a student's expected family contribution for the award year 2004-2005 under the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not apply to a student to the extent such updates will reduce such assistance.
Bill· SS. 1250 (108th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Enhanced 911 Emergency Communications Act of 2003 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce to establish the Emergency Communications Task Force to facilitate coordination between Federal, State, and local emergency communications systems, emergency personnel, and public safety organizations. Directs the Task Force to provide advice and recommendations with respect to methods to improve coordination and communications between agencies and organizations involved in emergency communications, including 911 services to enhance homeland security and public safety. Directs the Assistant Secretary to provide grants to State and local governments and tribal organizations for enhancing emergency communications services through planning, infrastructure improvements, equipment purchases, and personnel training and acquisition. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to review at least twice a year: (1) the State and local taxes, fees, or other charges appearing on telecommunications customers' bills that are designated for emergency communications improvements; and (2) the use of derived revenues. Requires each State to certify, annually, that no part of derived revenues is being used for a purpose not designated or presented. Authorizes the withholding of grant funds from States that do not comply.
Bill· SS. 1252 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003 - Entitles domestic partners of Federal employees to benefits available to spouses of Federal employees. Specifies certifications required for benefit eligibility, filing requirements regarding partnership dissolution, and confidentiality requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to domestic partners under this Act the tax exemption for employer contributions to accident and health plans.
Bill· SS. 1253 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Stay-At-Home Parents' Tax Credit Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide within the dependent care credit a minimum credit of $200 per month for stay-at-home parents with one or more qualifying individuals under the age of six at any time during the year. Allows: (1) the dependent care credit to be taken against the minimum tax; and (2) a carryforward of any unused dependent care credit.
Bill· SS. 1246 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable or educational purposes and which make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to continue to be treated as tax-exempt organizations so long as all of the active members of the recipient organization are full-time students at the college or university with which the recipient organization is associated.
Bill· HRH.R. 2442 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) Federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) such employees of the Internal Revenue Service whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns. Requires that such service which is performed by an incumbent law enforcement officer be treated: (1) on or after the enactment date of this Act, for all purposes, as service performed as a law enforcement officer, irrespective of how such service is treated under the following; and (2) before, on, or after such date, for purposes of CSRS and FERS, as service performed as such an officer, but only if an appropriate written election is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management five years after such date or before separation from Government service, whichever is earlier. Provides that nothing under current law respecting mandatory separation from Government service under CSRS or FERS shall cause the involuntary separation of an officer before the end of the three-year period beginning on such date.
Bill· HRH.R. 2469 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Medicare Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXII (Establishment of Medicare Premium Support System) to restructure the Medicare program under SSA title XVIII into a health care program similar to that for Federal employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (which includes prescription drug benefits). Provides for standard and high option Medicare plans, while allowing certain Medicare beneficiaries to elect to retain their current Medicare benefits. Bases premiums on the beneficiary's level of income. Pays the entire premium in cases involving qualified low-income Medicare beneficiaries with income that does not exceed 200 percent of the official poverty line, with partial premium payments for other low-income Medicare beneficiaries. Establishes in the Treasury the Medicare Trust Fund, consisting in part of an appropriation of hospital insurance taxes from under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance), for paying the expenses incurred by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2458 (108th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Secure Annuity Income for Life Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income a percentage of lifetime annuity payments from a qualified trust to a qualified distributee. Provides for recapture and taxation of payments that are modified (other than by death or disability) so as to not qualify as lifetime annuity payments. Applies such exclusion to: (1) section 403(a) plans (employee annuities); (2) section 403(b) plans (public schools and certain tax exempt organizations); (3) section 408 plans (individual retirement accounts); and (4) section 457 plans (deferred compensation plans for State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations). Defines: (1) "lifetime annuity payment"; and (2) "qualified distributee."
Bill· HRH.R. 2448 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the five-year carryback of certain net operating losses to 2003, 2004, and 2005 losses.
Bill· HRH.R. 2446 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Permanent Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the permanent elimination of the marriage tax penalty in the standard deduction and 15 percent income bracket for married taxpayers filing jointly and surviving spouses. (Eliminates phased-in increase provisions.) .
Bill· HRH.R. 8 (108th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2003
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003 - Declares that the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall not apply to Title V: Estate, Gift, and Generation-skipping Transfer Tax Provisions of such Act. (Makes the repeal of estate and generation-skipping taxes under the Internal Revenue Code, and certain reductions of the gift tax, permanent.)
Bill· HRH.R. 2432 (108th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2003
Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2003 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in minimizing the Federal information collection burden, to assign the equivalent of at least two full-time staffers to review the burden on the public imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal specified exemptions from Paperwork Reduction Act requirements and certain other rulemaking requirements. Amends the Truth in Regulating Act of 2000 to make permanent the authority of a chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee to request the Comptroller General to perform a regulatory analysis of an economically significant rule upon agency publication. Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 to: (1) instruct the Director of OMB to require each agency annually to submit an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits of Federal rules and paperwork for the agency and each agency program for the fiscal year of submission and each of the four succeeding fiscal years and for the current fiscal year and the prior fiscal year; and (2) include such accounting statement and associated report as part of the Federal budget submitted to the President, in a form that allows direct comparison of the budget for Government activities and functions with the costs and benefits to the public of associated Federal rules and paperwork. Requires the Director to designate at least five agencies as pilot projects in regulatory budgeting for FY 2006 and 2007. Includes the regulatory budgets of the designated agencies as an alternative budget presentation in the Government's budget for FY 2007.
Bill· HRH.R. 2418 (108th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2003
Ending Tax Breaks for Discrimination Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny all deductions (including advertising expenses) for business expenses associated with the use of a private club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color.
Bill· HRH.R. 2439 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2003
Seniors' Retirement Recovery Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenue lost because of the repeal. Increases the age at which pension and retirement distributions must begin from 70 1/2 to 80.
Law· HRH.R. 2417 (108th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2003
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) National Reconnaissance Office; (6) National Imagery and Mapping Agency; (7) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (10) Department of Homeland Security; and (11) Coast Guard. Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2004, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2004 (by not more than two percent) when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees. Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY 2004, as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise permitted by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2426 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2003
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003 - Entitles domestic partners of Federal employees to benefits available to spouses of Federal employees. Specifies certifications required for benefit eligibility, filing requirements regarding partnership dissolution, and confidentiality requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exemption for employer contributions to accident and health plans to domestic partners under this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 270 (108th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2003
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 1308 (Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act of 2003). Agrees to the Senate amendment with an amendment printed in the accompanying report on the Committee on Rules.
Bill· SS. 1228 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 2003
Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide owners of residential properties built in the United States before 1978 with a tax credit for lead-based paint abatement costs performed by a certified lead abatement contractor (50 percent of the cost of the abatement, not to exceed $1,500 per dwelling unit).
Bill· HRH.R. 2399 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 2003
Guardsmen and Reservist Employer Tax Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a reserve component employment credit equal to the sum of the employment credit with respect to all qualified employees of the taxpayer and the self-employment credit of a qualified self-employed taxpayer. Limits the credit to $25,000 for each qualified employee. Disallows the credit for failure to comply with reserve member employment or reemployment rights, or when a reserve member is called or ordered to active duty for training.
Bill· SS. 1214 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 2003
Family Caregiver Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise and rename the Child Tax Credit as the Family Care Credit. Includes within such credit (in addition to the child care credit) a $3,000 credit for each qualifying individual for whom an eligible taxpayer is a long-term care provider. Defines "eligible expenses" as: (1) certain medical care; (2) lodging away from home; (3) adult day care; (4) custodial care; (5) respite care; and (6) other specialized children's services, including day care for children with special needs.
Bill· SS. 1216 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 2003
Cell Phone Users Bill of Rights - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require each wireless telephone service provider (provider) offering service in one of the largest 100 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas to provide consumers with the option to port (retain) telephone numbers between providers by implementing wireless telephone number portability throughout the networks of providers in each of those statistical areas. Mandates subsequent implementation of such requirement with respect to all other metropolitan statistical areas in which three or more providers provide wireless service. Directs the FCC to require providers to include specified information in their wireless telephone service plans, including charges, minutes allowed, contract length, start-up fees, and taxes and surcharges. Requires each provider to make available, including on the Internet, a map of their service area. Directs the FCC to monitor the quality of wireless service through semiannual provider reports. Empowers the FCC to, and the States to bring civil actions in U.S. district court to, enforce provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2394 (108th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 2003
Keeping Our Promises to America's Children Act of 2003 - Provides a moratorium on compliance with certain requirements for adequate yearly progress under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA), for any fiscal year in which amounts appropriated are less than those authorized for the applicable program, project, or activity under ESEA title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) (I-A). Authorizes State or local educational agencies that are recipients of I-A funds to defer commencing, suspend, or modify their administering functions under such requirements with respect to such program, project or activity. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that otherwise applicable negative consequences shall not apply to such recipients because of such actions.