legislation

Congressional bills and resolutions from Congress.gov, filtered to policy areas relevant to environmental, health, agriculture, and wildlife regulation.

Data license: Public Domain (U.S. Government data) · Data source: Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API

10,791 rows where congress = 107 sorted by introduced_date descending

✎ View and edit SQL

This data as json, CSV (advanced)

Suggested facets: origin_chamber, sponsor_party, introduced_date (date), latest_action_date (date), update_date (date)

bill_type 8

congress 1

  • 107 · 10,791 ✖
bill_id congress bill_type bill_number title policy_area introduced_date ▲ latest_action_date latest_action_text origin_chamber sponsor_name sponsor_state sponsor_party sponsor_bioguide_id cosponsor_count summary_text update_date url
107-hconres-521 107 hconres 521 Urging the Government of Egypt and other Arab governments not to allow their government-controlled television stations to broadcast any program that lends legitimacy to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and for other purposes. International Affairs 2002-11-22 2002-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] NY D I000057 0 Condemns any publication or program that lends legitimacy to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Expresses the belief that such heinous propaganda, especially in the Arab world, incites popular sentiment against Jews and the State of Israel, rather than promoting religious tolerance and preparing Arab populations for peace with Israel. Commends the Department of State for denouncing the "Horseman Without a Horse" television series. Urges the Government of Egypt and other Arab governments: (1) not to permit their government-controlled television stations to broadcast this program or other racist and untrue material; and (2) to vigorously and publicly condemn anti-Semitism as a form of bigotry. 2025-01-02T16:42:00Z  
107-hr-5763 107 hr 5763 Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 Taxation 2002-11-22 2002-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] CA R T000188 0 Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise collection procedures concerning the review of installment agreements for partial collection; (2) extend the time allowed to return property wrongfully levied; and (3) provide for a study of liens and levies.Increases funding for low-income tax clinics.Revises tax administration provisions to provide for the termination of the employment of an IRS employee upon a final administrative or judicial determination of misconduct. Permits the Tax Court to apply the doctrine of equitable recoupment to the same extent as in other Federal courts. Limits the right to appeal a levy determination to the Tax Court (currently, a U.S. district court may have jurisdiction).Provides a 15-day delay in due date for electronically filed individual income tax returns.Revises confidentiality requirements concerning: (1) the disclosure upon oral request of either spouse of collection activities with respect to a joint return; (2) compliance by contractors; (3) standards for requests for and consents to disclosure; and (3) notice to taxpayer of an administrative determination that a return was unlawfully inspected; and (4) expanded disclosure in emergency circumstances.Makes additional miscellaneous amendments including: (1) requiring an evaluation of alternative, technological means of communicating with taxpayers; (2) authorizing regulations for the conduct of enrolled agents; (3) charging fees to the IRS by the Financial Management Service; and (4) procedures concerning Treasury auctions.Revises penalty and interest provisions concerning the treatment of penalties for failure by an individual to pay estimated income tax (converted to interest charge). Excludes interest on overpayments of tax from gross income. Abates interest on all erroneous refunds. Waives certain penalties for first-time unintentional minor errors. Revises and increases the penalty for filing a frivolous tax return. 2025-08-19T17:29:53Z  
107-hr-5764 107 hr 5764 To provide for the resolution of certain labor issues relating to the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road. Transportation and Public Works 2002-11-22 2002-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] NC D E000226 0 Declares that the collective bargaining agreement between the Association of Commuter Rail Employees and the Metro-North Railroad shall be extinguished upon the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road. Deems employees of the entity resulting from such merger to be covered under the appropriate collective bargaining agreement of the Long Island Rail Road in compliance with the Railway Labor Act. Subordinates the appropriate seniority roster of Metro-North Railroad employees to the seniority roster of Long Island Rail Road employees. Subjects all disputes arising from the application of this Act to the jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board. 2025-01-02T16:53:55Z  
107-hr-5765 107 hr 5765 Tongass Rain Forest Protection Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2002-11-22 2002-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] NY D I000057 0 Tongass Rain Forest Protection Act - Designates all roadless areas in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, including Duke Island, as the Tongass Rainforest Nature Preserve.Requires native animal and plant species within the Preserve to be protected in their natural and wild state. Prohibits activities in the Preserve that disturb native animal or plant species or their habitats, including the construction of roads or structures, logging, mining, and the use of any mechanized vehicle or equipment.Designates all of Duke Island and the Duke Inventoried Roadless Area as the Duke Island Trumpeter Swan Wilderness Area.Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire: (1) inholdings in the Tongass National Forest from willing sellers; and (2) an inholding of exceptional importance for biological or scenic reasons through eminent domain at full fair market value. 2025-08-19T17:30:06Z  
107-hr-5766 107 hr 5766 To create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business concerns, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 2002-11-22 2002-11-22 Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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. House Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-15] MI D K000180 0 Requires each executive agency with procurement authority to: (1) take specified steps to ensure substantial participation in Federal advertising procurements by minority businesses; (2) develop a long-term comprehensive plan for implementing such requirement; and (3) assess efforts to increase the utilization of minority businesses in the advertising industry as prime contractors and subcontractors.Amends the Small Business Act to require current small business procurement contracting and subcontracting goals with the Government to apply separately to small businesses in the advertising industry.Directs the Administrators of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and General Services (GSA) to expand inclusion on GSA schedules of small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and other minority businesses in the advertising industry and to provide greater opportunities for such businesses to participate in orders under such schedules.Requires each executive agency to submit to the SBA Administrator for review any proposed bundling of contract requirements which includes Federal advertising requirements.Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the SBA Administrator to jointly carry out a feasibility study to determine the appropriateness of establishing an awards program for executive agencies for increasing minority business opportunity in Federal advertising procurement. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
107-hr-5767 107 hr 5767 To accelerate the effective date for the expansion of the adoption tax credit and the adoption assistance programs by 1 year. Taxation 2002-11-22 2002-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] CA D M000714 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the effective date for the expansion of the adoption tax credit and the adoption assistance programs by one year, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001. 2025-01-02T16:53:59Z  
107-s-12 107 s 12 Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act International Affairs 2002-11-20 2002-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 0 Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act - (Sec. 4) Amends the Peace Corps Act to require all recruiting of volunteers to be undertaken primarily by the Peace Corps. Conditions the President's authority to detail or assign Peace Corps volunteers to certain Federal and State agencies and other entities upon a determination that such a detail or assignment does not contradict the standing of such volunteers as being independent.(Sec. 5) Amends requirements of reporting by the Director of the Peace Corps. Requires the Director to report to Congress at least once per year on various topics, which shall include any recommendations for improving coordination of development projects between the Peace Corps and international or host country voluntary service organizations. States that the Director should consult with the appropriate congressional committees with respect to any major new initiatives not discussed in the latest submitted annual report. Requires the Director to report to Congress on student loan forgiveness programs.(Sec. 6) Requires the Director to report to Congress on initiatives that the Peace Corps intends to pursue with eligible countries where the presence of Peace Corps volunteers would facilitate a greater understanding that a universe exists of commonly shared human values and aspirations. Authorizes and strongly urges the Director to utilize the services of returned Peace Corps volunteers having language and cultural expertise, including those who may have served previously in countries with substantial Muslim populations, in order to open or reopen Peace Corps programs in such countries.(Sec. 7) Requires the Director to develop a training program for all Peace Corps volunteers in the education, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases.(Sec. 8) Amends requirements for membership on the Peace Corps Advisory Council.(Sec. 9) Increases Peace Corps volunteer readjustment allowances from $125 to $275 a month.(Sec. 10) Directs the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and … 2025-01-02T16:54:59Z  
107-s-13 107 s 13 A bill to extend authorization for the national flood insurance program. Emergency Management 2002-11-20 2002-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Senate Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] MD D S000064 2 Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through 2003: (1) the authority under which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may issue notes and other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of carrying out the national flood insurance program; and (2) the authority to enter into new flood insurance contracts. 2025-01-02T16:54:59Z  
107-s-14 107 s 14 A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend the farm reconstitution provision to the 2003 and 2004 crops. Agriculture and Food 2002-11-20 2002-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Senate Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] SC R T000254 5 Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to extend the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to allow tobacco-related farm reconstitutions in lieu of lease and transfer of allotments and quotas through the 2004 crop year. 2025-01-02T16:54:57Z  
107-s-15 107 s 15 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 International Affairs 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 3 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 - Requires the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, five-year strategy to combat the global spread of HIV and AIDS.Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a comprehensive plan to empower women to protect themselves against the spread of HIV/AIDS.Establishes within the Department of State a presidentially appointed Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.Authorizes the United States to participate in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and increases financial assistance for vaccine contributions.Authorizes the President to provide assistance and coordination between international organizations for the global prevention, treatment, monitoring, and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President to establish a program to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating services of American health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of USAID, to establish a program of assistance that would demonstrate the feasibility of providing care and treatment to orphans, other children, and young people affected by HIV/AIDS in foreign countries.Sets forth principles for U.S. firms operating in countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. 2025-08-19T17:28:24Z  
107-s-3180 107 s 3180 A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Health 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 7 Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to revise the rule for redistribution and extended availability of FY1998 and 1999 allotments to States, permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2000 allotment, and permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2001 allotment. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
107-s-3181 107 s 3181 A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to ensure that the interest rate for direct loans paid by low income, limited resource borrowers is less than the interest rate for direct loans paid by other borrowers under the Act. Housing and Community Development 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 1 Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to revise the direct loan minimum interest rate determination for low-income limited resource borrowers. 2025-04-07T13:38:04Z  
107-sconres-159 107 sconres 159 A concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of S. 1843. Congress 2002-11-20 2002-11-22 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 1 Requires the Secretary of the Senate to make a specified correction in the enrollment of S. 1843 (hydro-electric licenses in the State of Alaska). 2025-04-07T13:38:37Z  
107-sconres-160 107 sconres 160 A concurrent resolution providing for the sine die adjournment of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session. Congress 2002-11-20 2002-11-22 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 0 Provides for the adjournment of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, sine die, or until Members are notified by the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to reassemble. 2025-01-02T16:54:06Z  
107-sres-361 107 sres 361 A resolution tendering thanks of the Senate to the Vice President for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate. Congress 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11670: text as passed Senate: CR S11670; text of measure as introduced: CR S11739) Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 1 Thanks the Honorable Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate during the second session of the 107th Congress. 2025-04-07T13:37:20Z  
107-sres-362 107 sres 362 A resolution tendering the thanks of the Senate to the President pro tempore for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate. Congress 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11670: text as passed Senate: CR S11670; text of measure as introduced: CR S11740) Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 1 Thanks the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, President pro tempore of the Senate, for the manner in which he has presided over the Senate during the second session of the 107th Congress. 2018-07-12T00:12:04Z  
107-sres-363 107 sres 363 A resolution to commend the exemplary leadership of the Republican Leader. Congress 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11670: text as passed Senate: CR S11670; text of measure as introduced: CR S11740) Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 0 Thanks the Honorable Trent Lott, Republican Leader of the Senate, for the manner in which he has performed his leadership responsibilities during the second session of the 107th Congress. 2018-07-12T00:12:04Z  
107-sres-364 107 sres 364 A resolution to commend the exemplary leadership of the Majority Leader. Congress 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11670-11672; text as passed Senate: CR S11670; text of measure as introduced: CR S11740) Senate Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] MS R L000447 0 Thanks Senator Thomas A. Daschle for his exemplary leadership and the cooperative and dedicated manner in which he has performed his responsibilities as Senate Majority Leader during the second session of the 107th Congress. 2018-07-12T00:12:04Z  
107-sres-365 107 sres 365 A resolution congratulating the people of Brazil on the completion of peaceful, free, and fair elections in Brazil and the election of President da Silva. International Affairs 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11790: text as passed Senate: CR S11790; text of measure as introduced: CR S11740) Senate Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] RI R C001040 1 Congratulates the people of Brazil on the nation's peaceful, free, and fair elections on October 6, 2002, and October 27, 2002. Congratulates President-elect Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva on his electoral victory and welcomes him as a democratic partner of the United States in bilateral and multilateral efforts. Urges President George W. Bush and President-elect da Silva to pursue policies on economic, security, drug enforcement, and other matters of mutual interest to Brazil and the United States that will continue to strengthen the relationship between the people and the governments of the two countries. Pledges the support of the Senate for a strong and friendly economic, political, and cultural relationship between the United States and Brazil based on shared values. 2025-04-07T13:37:09Z  
107-sres-366 107 sres 366 A resolution urging the Government of Egypt and other Arab governments not to allow their government-controlled television stations to broadcast any program that lends legitimacy to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and for other purposes. International Affairs 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11790-11791: text as passed Senate: CR S11790-11791; text of measure as introduced: CR S11740-11741) Senate Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] FL D N000032 10 (This measure has not been amended since being introduced in the Senate on November 20, 2002. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Condemns any publication or program that lends legitimacy to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Expresses the belief that such heinous propaganda, especially in the Arab world, incites popular sentiment against Jews and the State of Israel, rather than promoting religious tolerance and preparing Arab populations for peace with Israel. Commends the Department of State for denouncing the "Horseman Without a Horse" television series. Urges the Government of Egypt and other Arab governments: (1) not to permit their government-controlled television stations to broadcast this program or other racist and untrue material; and (2) to vigorously and publicly condemn anti-Semitism as a form of bigotry. 2025-04-07T13:37:09Z  
107-sres-367 107 sres 367 A resolution recognizing the community services of Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation, designating the fortnight beginning November 29, 2002, as the "Blues Heritage Appreciation Fortnight", and designating Friday, November 29, 2002, as "Blues Friday". Commemorations 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11791: text as passed Senate: CR S11791; text of measure as introduced: CR S11741) Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 1 Recognizes the community services of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation and the importance of blues music in the history of American culture.Designates: (1) the fortnight beginning November 29, 2002, as the Blues Heritage Appreciation Fortnight; and (2) Friday, November 29, 2002, as Blues Friday. 2025-04-07T13:37:09Z  
107-sres-368 107 sres 368 A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate concerning the decline of world coffee prices and its impact on developing nations. International Affairs 2002-11-20 2002-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11792: text as passed Senate: CR S11792; text of measure as introduced: CR S11741) Senate Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] VT D L000174 3 Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should adopt a global strategy with coordinated activities in Latin America, Africa, and Asia to address the short-term humanitarian needs and long-term rural development needs of countries affected by the collapse of coffee prices. States that the President should explore measures to support and complement multilateral efforts to respond to the global coffee crisis. Urges private sector coffee buyers and roasters to work with the United States to find a solution to the crisis which is economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable for all interested parties, and which addresses oversupply in the world coffee market. 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z  
107-hr-5758 107 hr 5758 To extend the national flood insurance program. Emergency Management 2002-11-19 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. House Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4] OH R O000163 0 Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through 2004: (1) the authority under which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may issue notes and other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of carrying out the national flood insurance program; and (2) the authority to enter into new flood insurance contracts. 2025-01-02T16:53:54Z  
107-hr-5759 107 hr 5759 To extend the national flood insurance program. Emergency Management 2002-11-19 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. House Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4] OH R O000163 0 Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through 2004: (1) the authority under which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may issue notes and other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of carrying out the national flood insurance program; (2) the authority to enter into new flood insurance contracts; (3) requirements for carrying out emergency implementation of the flood insurance program; and (4) the authorization of appropriations for carrying out studies under the Act. 2025-01-02T16:53:40Z  
107-hr-5760 107 hr 5760 Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Commission Act Crime and Law Enforcement 2002-11-19 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] MI D C000714 0 Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Commission Act - Establishes the Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Study Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the existing legal framework governing Internet gambling and the issues involved with the licensing and regulation of Internet gambling.Includes within the matters to be studied by the Commission: (1) a review of existing laws governing various forms of wagering over the Internet; (2) assessments of the impact of Internet gambling with respect to problem gambling, the availability of gambling to minors, and its susceptibility to money laundering by terrorists or criminal enterprises; (3) the potential of regulatory measures to minimize adverse impacts of Internet gambling; (4) federalism issues; and (5) the problems of unregulated international Internet wagering and Federal options in seeking international cooperation.Requires the Commission to issue proposed changes to Federal laws and regulations providing for the licensing and regulation of Internet gambling in the United States which: (1) preserve the prerogatives of States and tribal sovereignty; (2) include measures to minimize adverse impacts of Internet gambling and to eliminate the disparate treatment of various forms of Internet gambling (with an exception); (3) provide for the appropriate taxation of Internet gambling enterprises (comparable to land-based gambling); (4) provide for the licensing of enterprises both within and outside of the United States; (5) remain consistent with U.S. goals, principles, and obligations in other international negotiations governing electronic commerce; and (6) include measures to discourage, prohibit, or prevent U.S. citizens from wagering with unlicensed Internet gambling operations outside the United States. 2025-08-19T17:30:05Z  
107-hr-5761 107 hr 5761 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 International Affairs 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] IL R H001022 1 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 - Requires the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, five-year strategy to combat the global spread of HIV and AIDS.Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a comprehensive plan to empower women to protect themselves against the spread of HIV/AIDS.Establishes within the Department of State a presidentially appointed Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.Authorizes the United States to participate in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and increases financial assistance for vaccine contributions.Authorizes the President to provide assistance and coordination between international organizations for the global prevention, treatment, monitoring, and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President to establish a program to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating services of American health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of USAID, to establish a program of assistance that would demonstrate the feasibility of providing care and treatment to orphans, other children, and young people affected by HIV/AIDS in foreign countries.Sets forth principles for U.S. firms operating in countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. 2025-08-19T17:30:53Z  
107-hr-5762 107 hr 5762 Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2002 Government Operations and Politics 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] GA D M000523 0 Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2002 - Directs the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to commence establishment of a collection of all Government records relating to the life and assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Requires the Archivist of the United States to: (1) ensure the physical integrity and original provenance of all records; (2) prepare and publish a subject guidebook and index to the collection which will be available to the public and searchable electronically; and (2) enter into an agreement with an entity outside NARA for the establishment of a secondary location for a portion of the collection.Requires each Government office having possession or control of related records to: (1) identify and organize its records and prepare them for transmission to the Archivist; and (2) review, identify, and organize each related record in its custody or possession for disclosure to the public, review by the Review Board (established by this Act), and transmission to the Archivist.Sets forth grounds for postponement of public disclosure of related records. Establishes the Records Review Board to consider and render decisions on a Government office determination to seek to postpone disclosure.Authorizes the Board to request the Attorney General to petition any court to release information or physical evidence relevant to King's life or assassination that is held under court seal.Creates a private right of action for individuals aggrieved by a violation of this Act. 2025-08-19T17:28:51Z  
107-s-3 107 s 3 Contract With Investors Taxation 2002-11-19 2002-11-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11575-11576) Senate Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] AZ R K000352 0 Contract With Investors - Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to repeal the sunset provisions of such Act.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) accelerate individual income tax rate reductions; (2) accelerate the repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes; (3) reduce maximum capital gains tax rates for individuals; (4) increase capital loss limitations for individuals; (5) accelerate contribution increases for certain retirement plans; (6) increase the age for mandatory retirement and pension plan distributions; and (7) exclude from gross income dividends received by individuals from domestic, publicly traded C corporations, with exceptions.Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) pass legislation to safeguard workers' pension and retirement accounts; (2) modernize international tax provisions to permit U.S. companies to better compete internationally; (3) repeal outdated regulatory burdens on U.S. investors and companies; (4) enact tort reform; and (5) simplify the Federal tax code and reduce the cost recovery periods for businesses. 2025-08-19T17:30:57Z  
107-s-3173 107 s 3173 Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act of 2002 Health 2002-11-19 2002-11-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11577) Senate Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] IL D D000563 0 Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act of 2002 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management to administer a health insurance program that offers Federal employees health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees. 2025-08-19T17:31:48Z  
107-s-3174 107 s 3174 Protection of Family Farmers and Family Fisherman Act of 2002 Finance and Financial Sector 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 3 Protection of Family Farmers and Family Fishermen Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Bankruptcy Code to reenact Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income (thus reinstating permanently family farmer bankruptcy relief).Provides periodic adjustments for inflation of the debt limit for family farmers.Cites circumstances under which the claim of a governmental unit that arises from the disposition of a farm asset used in the debtor's farming operation shall be treated as an unsecured claim not entitled to priority.Increases from $1.5 million to $3.237 million the maximum aggregate debt that permits a farming operation to qualify as a family farming operation for debt adjustment purposes. Decreases from 80 percent to 50 percent the minimum percentage of aggregate, noncontingent liquidated debts arising out of such a farming operation.Repeals the requirement that a family farmer and spouse receive over 50 percent of income from farming operations in the year before a bankruptcy petition is filed.Prohibits: (1) retroactive assessment of disposable income; and (2) post-confirmation modification of a bankruptcy plan that would increase the amount of payments that were due before such modification. Requires debtor's consent for post-confirmation increase in payments.Extends Chapter 12 coverage to family fishermen whose aggregate debts do not exceed $1.5 million, of which at least 80 percent of aggregate noncontingent, liquidated debts arise out of a commercial fishing operation. 2025-08-19T17:30:13Z  
107-s-3175 107 s 3175 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level. Taxation 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] PA R S000059 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from $18 to $9 (its pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
107-s-3176 107 s 3176 Renewal Community Tax Benefit Improvement Act Taxation 2002-11-19 2002-11-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11579) Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 1 Renewal Community Tax Benefit Improvement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code concerning the renewal community employment credit to permit employers in a renewal community to also qualify by employing residents of certain other renewal communities (within the same State). 2025-08-19T17:30:12Z  
107-s-3177 107 s 3177 National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 2002 Science, Technology, Communications 2002-11-19 2002-11-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11579-11580) Senate Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] SC D H000725 0 National Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for: (1) Scientific and Technical Research Services activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the Measurement Standards Laboratories and the Malcomb Baldrige National Quality Program; and (2) Industrial Technology Services activities of NIST for the Advanced Technology Program and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; and (3) Construction of Research Facilities activities.Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to remove the one percent limit on NIST funds the Director of NIST is authorized to expend for awards of research fellowships and other financial assistance to students.Establishes the Baldrige National Quality Program within NIST to administer the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and to perform research and outreach activities to assist quality and performance improvement efforts. Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to: (1) increase the number of Malcolm awards; and (2) include not-for-profit organizations as qualifying organizations.Modifies NIST Act provisions regarding the Advanced Technology Program, including by authorizing: (1) the Secretary to aid U.S. joint research and development (R&D) ventures led by institutions of higher education or other nonprofit research organizations; and (2) the Secretary, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, and the Director to enter into contracts with experts to analyze the need for or value of joint ventures in specific technical fields.Authorizes: (1) the Secretary, when entering into procurement contracts or financial assistance agreements to carry out collective R&D initiatives, to limit eligibility to nonprofit organizations; and (2) the Director to retain building use and depreciation surcharge fees for maintenance and repair of NIST facilities.Repeals provisions requiring the Director to establish a non-energy inventions … 2025-08-19T17:30:13Z  
107-s-3178 107 s 3178 Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels To Save Lives Act Health 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] IL D D000563 0 Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products unless there is, in accordance with the specified requirements of this Act, a warning label on the upper portion of the front panel of the cigarette package (such as a carton) or on the principal display panel of the smokeless tobacco package.Lists, in the amendments to each Act, certain statements, at least one of which a warning label on a package must contain. Specifies label requirements for advertisements. Requires the rotation of labels for both packages and advertisements in accordance with a Federal Trade Commission approved plan. 2025-08-19T17:32:25Z  
107-s-3179 107 s 3179 Caregivers Access to Health Insurance Act Health 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] IL D D000563 0 Caregivers Access to Health Insurance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title, Health Care Coverage for Caregivers, the purpose of which shall be to provide funds to States to enable them to: (1) expand the availability of health insurance coverage to those individuals involved in providing care for children, the disabled, and the elderly; and (2) provide incentives to attract and retain quality caregivers. Makes a State ineligible for Federal payments under this Act unless it has submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary has approved a plan setting forth how the State will use the assistance to provide health insurance or health care assistance to eligible caregivers consistent with the provisions of this Act. 2025-08-19T17:30:31Z  
107-s-4 107 s 4 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat earnings on contributions to tax-deferred savings accounts as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset. Taxation 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] TX R G000365 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat earnings on contributions to tax-deferred savings accounts as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset. 2025-04-07T13:38:33Z  
107-s-5 107 s 5 Social Security Preservation Act Social Welfare 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] TX R G000365 1 Social Security Preservation Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to add a part B (Investment-Based Social Security) outlining a new program to allow any individual born on or after January 1, 1953, who is employed by a covered employer or who is self-employed, and certain other individuals requesting and granted an eligibility waiver, to elect to receive social security benefits from a portion of their wages that have been contributed to designated social security savings accounts for employees (SAFE accounts) for investment, with a total monthly benefit guaranteed to be not less than the monthly benefit promised under the current program under OASDI, redesignated as part A (Debt-Based Social Security). Permits investing employees to use the money in their accounts to purchase a social security savings annuity for eligible retirees (SAFER annuity) to pay benefits promised under the current system plus a bonus for participating in the new system. Treats any SAFE account generally in the same manner as an individual retirement plan.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a reduction of FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) resulting from the investment-based social security system under part B.Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to establish in the executive branch a Social Security Investment Board to oversee administration of the new program.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to estimate and transfer to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund each fiscal year an amount equal to the annual savings of the Federal Government resulting from investment-based social security under new part B.Exempts SAFE account and SAFER annuity investments from Federal corporate income taxes.Requires the Secretary, from the surplus in the total U.S. budget, or from that portion of Federal revenues directly attributable to the surplus income of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trus… 2025-08-19T17:32:03Z  
107-sres-359 107 sres 359 A resolution recognizing the importance and accomplishments of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. Commemorations 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11580) Senate Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] SC D H000725 2 Declares that the Senate: (1) supports the goals and ideals of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund; and (2) salutes and acknowledges the Fund and its efforts in support of equal opportunity in higher education. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
107-sres-360 107 sres 360 A resolution congratulating former President Jimmy Carter for being awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, and commending him for his lifetime of dedication to peace. Commemorations 2002-11-19 2002-11-19 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11537-11538; text as passed Senate: CR S11538; text of measure as introduced: CR S11580) Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 7 Recognizes and congratulates former President Jimmy Carter for being awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize and commends him for his tireless work for and dedication to peace. 2025-04-07T13:37:20Z  
107-s-3170 107 s 3170 A bill to authorize Chief Judge Richard T. Haik, of the western district of Louisiana, to participate in the retirement program provided for judicial officials under section 376 of title 28, United States Code. Law 2002-11-15 2002-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] LA D B000780 0 Provides for the treatment of Chief Judge Richard T. Haik of the western district of Louisiana as a judicial official entitled to benefits under provisions regarding annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
107-s-3171 107 s 3171 A bill to amend the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the delivery of payments under the program to local educational agencies. Education 2002-11-15 2002-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] OK R I000024 0 Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to entitle certain local educational agencies (LEAs) to certain payment amounts under Impact Aid programs: (1) relating to Federal acquisition of real property; and (2) for basic support for eligible federally-connected children. (Current law makes such LEAs eligible for such payments up to specified maximum amounts.)Revises the formula for calculating weighted student units for Impact Aid payments to LEAs for federally-connected children.Extends the authorization of appropriations for: (1) construction and school modernization payments for certain LEAs, including ones with high percentages of children living on Indian lands or children of military parents; and (2) facilities maintenance payments for certain schools located on military bases and serving military dependent children.Makes appropriations for payments in each fiscal year to LEAs under Impact Aid programs: (1) relating to Federal acquisition of real property; and (2) for basic support for eligible federally-connected children. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
107-s-3172 107 s 3172 A bill to improve the calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, and for other purposes. Commerce 2002-11-15 2002-11-19 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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. Senate Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] MO R B000611 7 Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in calculating the Federal cost for guaranteeing small business loans under the Small Business Act during FY 2003, to use: (1) the most recently approved subsidy cost model and methodology in conjunction with the program and economic assumptions; and (2) historical data included in the FY 2003 budget. Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA), after written notification to Congress, to implement the validated, OMB-approved rate for FY 2003.Amends the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 to allow funds appropriated to the SBA for emergency expenses to also be used for such loan guarantee subsidies. 2025-04-07T13:39:05Z  
107-sconres-158 107 sconres 158 A concurrent resolution urging the Government of Egypt and other Arab governments not to allow their government-controlled television stations to broadcast any program that lends legitimacy to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and for other purposes. International Affairs 2002-11-15 2002-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11215) Senate Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] FL D N000032 1 Condemns any publication or program that lends legitimacy to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Expresses the belief that such heinous propaganda, especially in the Arab world, incites popular sentiment against Jews and the State of Israel, rather than promoting religious tolerance and preparing Arab populations for peace with Israel. Commends the Department of State for denouncing the "Horseman Without a Horse" television series. Urges the Government of Egypt and other Arab governments: (1) not to permit their government-controlled television stations to broadcast this program or other racist and untrue material; and (2) to vigorously and publicly condemn anti-Semitism as a form of bigotry. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  
107-sres-358 107 sres 358 A resolution congratulating the people of Mozambique on their successful efforts to establish, build, and maintain peace in their country for the past ten years, and for other purposes. International Affairs 2002-11-15 2002-11-15 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11222; text as passed Senate: CR S11222; text of measure as introduced: CR S11215) Senate Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] DE D B000444 0 Congratulates the people of Mozambique on ten years of peace and growing democracy, and commends the government of Mozambique for continued economic and political reforms. Salutes the Comunita di Sant' Egidio for its efforts to facilitate and mediate the peace process that led to the October 4, 1992, agreement. Recognizes the indispensable role that civil society in Mozambique has played in achieving peace and deepening democratic reforms. Expresses the willingness to assist the Government of Mozambique on a variety of programs, including humanitarian and development assistance, HIV/AIDS prevention, and technical assistance to fight corruption. 2018-07-12T00:12:02Z  
107-hconres-518 107 hconres 518 Expressing the sense of Congress that the deployment of United States Armed Forces against Iraq without prior specific authorization by the United Nations Security Council and specific congressional authorization pursuant to a declaration of war would constitute a violation of the obligations of the United States under the United Nations Charter and a violation of the United States Constitution, respectively. International Affairs 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-10] IN D C000191 0 Expresses the sense of Congress that deployment of U.S. armed forces against Iraq without prior authorization by the United Nations (UN) Security Council and congressional authorization pursuant to a declaration of war would constitute a violation of U.S. obligations under the UN Charter and a violation of Article I, section 8, clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution, respectively. 2025-01-02T16:42:00Z  
107-hconres-519 107 hconres 519 Recognizing and honoring America's Jewish community on the occasion of its 350th anniversary, supporting the designation of an "American Jewish History Month", and for other purposes. Commemorations 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] OH R C000266 1 Recognizes: (1) the 350th anniversary of the American Jewish community; and (2) the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History (formed by the Library of Congress, the National Archives and Records Administration, the American Jewish Historical Society, and the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives) and its efforts to plan, coordinate, and execute commemorative events.Supports designation of American Jewish History Month. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
107-hconres-520 107 hconres 520 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should reexamine the authorities governing the Conservation Reserve Program and adjust the program to the maximum extent practicable to assist agricultural producers adversely affected by severe drought conditions. Agriculture and Food 2002-11-14 2002-11-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. House Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] MO R G000546 0 Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should: (1) reevaluate the conditions under which the conservation reserve program is designated to permit haying and grazing, taking into consideration rainfall, temperature, crop production, partial county designations, State disaster relief criteria, and other relevant factors; and (2) review and promulgate new rules and regulations regarding the appropriate use and availability of haying and grazing on conservation reserve program lands to better reflect the needs of farmers and ranchers in times of disaster. 2025-01-24T18:06:37Z  
107-hjres-125 107 hjres 125 Posthumously proclaiming soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary citizens of the United States. Commemorations 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] CA D H001034 25 Proclaims, posthumously, soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens. 2025-01-02T16:43:58Z  
107-hr-5728 107 hr 5728 Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 Taxation 2002-11-14 2002-11-15 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] CA R T000188 0 Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 - Title I: Fairness in Tax Collection Procedures - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to stipulate that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may enter into installment agreements with taxpayers that do not provide for full payment of liabilities. Requires the IRS to review partial payment installment agreements at least every two years.(Sec. 102) Extends from nine months to two years the period in which proceeds errantly acquired by the IRS may be returned.(Sec. 103) Authorizes a taxpayer to deposit money in an IRA without regard to the normally applicable limits on IRA contributions and rollovers if the IRS has sent back the money being deposited due to a wrongful levy and it originally came from an IRA. Requires the contribution to be to the same type of IRA from which the amounts were withdrawn. Stipulates that in such a scenario any tax on the withdrawal from the IRA is abated. Interest paid by the IRS to the taxpayer is considered part of the original payment and is not counted as gross income.(Sec. 104) Modifies the suspension date of the statute of limitations for taxpayers suffering significant hardship by applying it only if the date of the decision by the National Taxpayer Advocate is at least seven days after the date of the taxpayer's application.(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to study IRS practices concerning liens and levies.(Sec. 106) Increases the limitation on the amount of grants for low-income taxpayer clinics. Excludes clinics providing routine tax return preparation unless in connection with a controversy with the IRS. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to promote the use of these clinics.Title II: Improved Administrative Efficiency and Confidentiality - Subtitle A: Efficiency of Tax Administration - Requires the Commissioner of the IRS to issue guidelines for discipline, including for firing employees, and to take action for certain violations. Removes certain acts from the list of violations, and adds others. Declares that a ruling by the… 2025-04-07T13:38:33Z  
107-hr-5729 107 hr 5729 Medicare Reimbursement Equity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 Health 2002-11-14 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8] TN D T000038 9 Medicare Reimbursement Equity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to rural health care and: (1) enhanced disproportionate share hospital (DSH) treatment for rural hospitals and urban hospitals; (2) phased-in increase in the standardized amount in rural and small urban areas; (3) update in weights used in hospital market basket; (4) the critical access hospital program; and (5) a temporary increase for home health services.Amends SSA title XVIII provisions relating to: (1) part A (Hospital Insurance) and inpatient hospital services, covered skilled nursing facility services payments, and coverage of hospice services; and (2) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) and physicians' services. Revises requirements or provides for: (1) payment of ambulance services; (2) an extended moratorium on therapy caps; (3) renal dialysis; (4) coverage of an initial preventive physical examination; (5) modified payment for certain mammography services; (6) waiver of the part B late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees; and (7) part B coverage of cholesterol and other blood lipid screening tests.Amends SSA title XVIII provisions relating to parts A and B and home health services and direct graduate medical education.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and appoint an OASIS Task Force to examine the data collection and reporting requirements under the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS).Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on payment margins of home health agencies under the home health prospective payment system.Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects for: (1) the application of disease management to certain Medicare beneficiaries with diagnosed diabetes; and (2) medical adult day care services.Amends Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice) with respect to: (1) equalizing payments between fee-for-service and Medicare+Choice; (2) including D… 2025-08-19T17:32:06Z  
107-hr-5730 107 hr 5730 To relocate the drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT. Transportation and Public Works 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Requires the vessel EX-COMPETENT (also known as the AFDM-6) to be towed from its present location in Hawaii to a location specified by its transferee (a corporation that received such vessel as surplus Government property) within 12 months after funds are appropriated for such purpose. Allows the transferee to use the vessel as a drydock in Hawaii until such time. Ratifies and confirms the 2001 transfer of the vessel.Reinstates the transferee to good standing and eligibility to participate in the General Service Administration's Federal Donation Program in Alaska.Establishes in the Maritime Administration a five-year pilot project under which the transferee, using such vessel as appropriate, shall remove and dismantle up to 20 vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet on the U.S. Pacific coast.Authorizes appropriations for an advance direct lump-sum payment to the transferee. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
107-hr-5731 107 hr 5731 To provide for additional benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002. Labor and Employment 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] OR D W000793 0 Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend temporary extended unemployment compensation (TEUC) program agreements through weeks of unemployment ending before April 1, 2003 (currently January 1, 2003).Sets an alternative trigger, based on total unemployment rate, for TEUC second-tier extended benefit periods for high unemployment States. 2025-01-02T16:53:59Z  
107-hr-5732 107 hr 5732 Safe Highways and Roads Act of 2002 Environmental Protection 2002-11-14 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. House Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] TX R B000755 0 Safe Highways and Roads Act of 2002 - Amends the Clear Air Act to permit the use of emissions estimates from motor vehicles and necessary emissions reductions contained in a submitted State implementation plan if an approved implementation plan is not available. Deems the estimates adequate if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not act within 90 days.Permits a transportation project to proceed during a conformity lapse of the applicable plan or improvement program if it was included in the first three years of the most recent conforming plan and program and its design concept and scope has not significantly changed.Requires the Administrator to revise criteria and procedures for determining plan, program, and project conformity. 2025-08-19T17:28:39Z  
107-hr-5733 107 hr 5733 Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 2002 International Affairs 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-27] CA D S001150 0 Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that certain projects and activities that are partly or wholly funded by the United States under the Act, including development assistance and assistance to the independent states of the former Soviet Union, be identified in English and the appropriate local language as "American Aid" or "Assistance from the People of the United States" (Current law requires programs under the Act to be identified appropriately overseas as "American Aid"). Applies this Act to projects and activities under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.Specifies examples of methods of complying with this Act, including use of print or broadcast media at the local, national, and regional levels. Requires the relevant contractors or aid recipients to provide plans to the United States describing how they will comply with the identification requirement under this Act. Permits a waiver of the identification requirement if complying would have an adverse impact on the objectives of a project or activity. 2025-08-19T17:28:22Z  
107-hr-5734 107 hr 5734 Retirement Security Act Labor and Employment 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] MI R S000597 0 Retirement Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to create a new Individual Retirement Security Program (Program) involving an Interim Investment Fund (IIF), established in the Treasury by this Act and governed by the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes a participating individual and spouse, upon the attainment of a minimum deposit balance of $2,500 in the IIF to designate one or more personal retirement savings accounts, to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall make deposits from the IIF with respect to the individual according to prescribed formulae. Mandates that the Board divide the IIF into three accounts for investment in common stock and corporate bonds. Requires the Secretary to deposit into the IIF, from amounts otherwise available in the general fund of the Treasury, a total amount equal, in the aggregate, to 100 percent of the redirected social security taxes for such calendar year of each covered individual for such calendar year.Requires a reduction in Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance appropriations, according to a certain formula.Provides for adjustments to primary OASDI insurance amounts of such covered individuals with designated accounts in the IIF.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction in the case of an electing personal retirement savings account participant in an amount equal to 50 percent (up to $2,000) of the amount the individual contributed during the taxable year to a personal retirement savings account maintained, regardless of whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions; (2) exclude from gross income any amount deposited in a personal retirement savings account; (3) include distributions in gross income as if they were social security benefits; and (4) provide for Program refundable credit.Amends SSA title II to provide for: (1) transfers of budget surpluses to the … 2025-08-19T17:29:09Z  
107-hr-5735 107 hr 5735 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for Social Security taxes paid on up to $25,000 of wages. Taxation 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26] NY D H000627 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a refundable tax credit (up to $1,550) annually for social security taxes. 2025-01-02T16:53:46Z  
107-hr-5736 107 hr 5736 To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the Administrator of General Services. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] FL R R000435 1 Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey by sale to the City of Key West, Florida, or the Monroe County Land Authority in Monroe County, Florida, the Poinciana Plaza Housing property, located in Key West.Directs the Administrator to deposit the net proceeds received as payment for the sale into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990.Authorizes the property only to be used for the purpose of providing housing and housing assistance for low- and moderate-income individuals and families for at least the first 30 years after the conveyance. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
107-hr-5737 107 hr 5737 Cuban Victims of Torture Act Immigration 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] FL R R000435 8 Cuban Victims of Torture Act - Directs the Attorney General to (posthumously) revoke the naturalization of Eriberto Mederos based upon his illegal procurement of U.S. citizenship through concealment of his role in torturing political prisoners in Cuba. 2025-08-19T17:31:53Z  
107-hr-5738 107 hr 5738 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians. Health 2002-11-14 2002-12-17 Became Public Law No: 107-360. House Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] IL R S000364 4 Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for the special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians through FY 2008. Extends until January 1, 2007, the date by which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a final report to Congress evaluating such programs. 2025-04-07T13:38:37Z  
107-hr-5739 107 hr 5739 Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002 Agriculture and Food 2002-11-14 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] CA D H001034 12 Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in collaboration with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish an Office of Choking Hazard Evaluation to require warning labels on food products primarily consumed by children that pose a demonstrably high choking risk to them.Grants the Office mandatory recall authority over food products determined to pose a significant and unacceptable choking hazard to the general public.Mandates establishment of a Choking Hazard Evaluation Task Force whose staff shall be designated jointly by such agencies to establish criteria for determining whether a food product poses a significant and unacceptable choking hazard, using age-differentiated criteria for choking hazards.Directs the FDA to: (1) establish a national database of unusual food choking incidents; and (2) provide for an adequate reporting system throughout its field offices, which members of the health care profession and the general public can readily access to report new incidents. 2025-08-19T17:30:16Z  
107-hr-5740 107 hr 5740 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Health 2002-11-14 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] LA R T000058 3 Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to revise the rule for redistribution and extended availability of FY1998 and 1999 allotments to States, permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2000 allotment, and permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2001 allotment. 2025-01-02T16:53:53Z  
107-hr-5741 107 hr 5741 T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2002-11-14 2002-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. House Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] NM R W000789 0 T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act - Establishes the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area (the "Area") within the Cibola National Forest and the Sandia Mountain Wilderness in New Mexico. Recognizes and protects in perpetuity the Pueblo of Sandia's rights and interests in such Area.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), acting through the Forest Service, to continue to administer the Area as National Forest System lands.Sets forth the rights and interests of the Pueblo in such Area, including free and unrestricted access for traditional and cultural uses (except as they conflict with the Wilderness Act and Federal wildlife protection laws).Requires the United States to compensate the Pueblo as if it held fee title interest in the affected portion if Congress: (1) diminishes the Wilderness and National Forest designation of the Area by authorizing a prohibited use in all or any portion of it; or (2) permanently denies the Pueblo access for any traditional and cultural uses in all or any portion of the Area.Limits the Pueblo's rights and interest in the Area to exclude certain activities, including any right to sell, grant, lease, convey, encumber or exchange lands in the Area.Specifies allocation of criminal and civil jurisdiction over such Area among the Pueblo, New Mexico, and the United States.Extinguishes all Pueblo claims not specifically recognized within this Act.Declares that the Pueblo, the County of Bernalillo, New Mexico, and any person who owns or has owned property inside the exterior boundaries of the Area, and incurred cost as a result of participating in the case of Pueblo of Sandia v. Babbitt, may apply for reimbursement. 2025-08-19T17:31:10Z  
107-hr-5742 107 hr 5742 To prohibit a State from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents, and for other purposes. Taxation 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] NJ R F000372 5 Prohibits a State from imposing a tax on the income earned in the State by nonresidents unless the tax is of substantial equality of treatment for the citizens of the State and the nonresidents so commuting. 2025-01-02T16:53:51Z  
107-hr-5743 107 hr 5743 Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act Commerce 2002-11-14 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] FL R F000238 0 Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers.Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers.Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval.Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services.Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions. 2025-08-19T17:31:58Z  
107-hr-5744 107 hr 5744 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 Finance and Financial Sector 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. House Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] PA R G000121 0 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) domestic support obligations; (4) consumer protections, including protection of personally identifiable information; (5) measures to discourage bankruptcy abuse, including reduction of the homestead exemption for fraud; (6) guidelines for general and small business bankruptcies, including appointment of a committee of retired employees; (7) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (8) ancillary and other cross-border cases to incorporate the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (9) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership.Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income.Brings family fishermen within the purview of Federal bankruptcy protection.Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and related patients' rights.Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Judicial Code to mandate appointments for additional temporary bankruptcy judgeships in designated States. (This provision does not appear in H.R. 5745, as inserted in H.R. 333).Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures, including open end credit plans and introductory rates. 2025-08-19T17:29:42Z  
107-hr-5745 107 hr 5745 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 Finance and Financial Sector 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. House Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] PA R G000121 0 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) domestic support obligations; (4) consumer protections, including protection of personally identifiable information; (5) measures to discourage bankruptcy abuse, including reduction of the homestead exemption for fraud; (6) guidelines for general and small business bankruptcies, including appointment of a committee of retired employees; (7) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (8) ancillary and other cross-border cases to incorporate the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (9) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership.Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income.Brings family fishermen within the purview of Federal bankruptcy protection.Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and related patients' rights.Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures, including open end credit plans and introductory rates. 2025-08-19T17:29:27Z  
107-hr-5746 107 hr 5746 To provide that the State and local income tax withholding provisions of section 11502 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to the Metro-North Railroad or its employees. Transportation and Public Works 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9] TX D L000043 0 Excludes Metro-North Railroad and its employees from otherwise applicable provisions requiring the withholding and reporting of State and local income taxes only for the State and locality where an employee actually resides (as opposed to works). 2025-01-02T16:53:43Z  
107-hr-5747 107 hr 5747 Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act Agriculture and Food 2002-11-14 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 20 Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define " major food allergen" as any of the following: milk, eggs, fish, Crustacea, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, and soybeans. Includes spices, flavorings, colorings, or incidental additives that are or intentionally contain a major food allergen. Requires food that is not a raw agricultural commodity, and that is, or intentionally bears or contains, a major food allergen, to state that information on its label by January 1, 2006.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to increasing the number of inspections under the Act to ensure that foods comply with practices to reduce or eliminate cross-contact with major food allergen residues and to ensure that major food allergens are properly labeled on foods. Sets forth reporting requirements.Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a review of the science relating to glutens in food and celiac disease, and to issue a report to the Secretary and Congress on its findings. Directs the Secretary to issue a proposed rule followed by a final rule to define, and permit use of, the term "gluten-free" on the labeling of foods.Directs the Secretary, in the Conference for Food Protection, as part of its cooperative activities between the States under the Public Health Service Act, to pursue certain revisions of the Food Code to provide guidelines for preparing allergen-free foods in food establishments.Requires the Secretary to include assistance relating to the use of different modes of treatment for and prevention of allergic responses to foods when he or she provides technical assistance relating to trauma care and emergency medical services under the Public Health Service Act. 2025-08-19T17:33:09Z  
107-hr-5748 107 hr 5748 Public Lands Forever Wild Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2002-11-14 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. House Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] GA D M000523 0 Public Lands Forever Wild Act - Prohibits, without exception, certain actions on Federal public lands, including: (1) tree cutting; (2) road building; (3) logging; (4) mining; and (5) drilling. Forbids the leasing, sale, or exchange of such lands or the sale, removal, or destruction of any resource from such lands, including timber and minerals.Requires that all roads on Federal public lands be inventoried, with unnecessary ones to be obliterated and revegetated. Directs the Federal agencies having jurisdiction over Federal public lands to inventory them by acre, roads, rivers, and streams by mile. States that such inventory shall include a recommendation of what can be done to restore natural conditions on the lands.Declares fires, insects, disease, and other natural destructive forces on Federal public lands to be considered acts of nature, with no further attempts to correct for them permitted.Allows any citizen harmed by a violation of this Act to bring suit in any district court of the United States. Permits the court to impose damages for findings of violation.Sets forth that the United States (including its agents and employees) waives its sovereign immunity in all respects in all actions with regard to court proceedings under this Act. 2025-08-19T17:30:31Z  
107-hr-5749 107 hr 5749 Child Care Lending Pilot Act Commerce 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. House Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] MA D M000627 0 Child Care Lending Pilot Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow the proceeds of loans made through the Small Business Administration (SBA) to local development companies for plant acquisition, construction, or expansion to be used to assist small, nonprofit child care businesses, provided that: (1) the loan will be used for a sound business purpose approved by the SBA; and (2) each business receiving the assistance meets eligibility requirements applicable to for-profit businesses. 2025-08-19T17:28:52Z  
107-hr-5750 107 hr 5750 Immigration Bond Fairness Act of 2002 Immigration 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] FL D M000628 0 Immigration Bond Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the prohibition on judicial review of the Attorney General's discretionary authority governing apprehension and detention of aliens; and (2) provide an alien in a removal or summary removal proceeding with the right to a bond hearing before an immigration judge, except where the alien is a threat to security, danger to society, or likely to abscond. 2025-08-19T17:32:25Z  
107-hr-5751 107 hr 5751 Haitian Immigrant Equitable Adjustment Act of 2002 Immigration 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] FL D M000628 0 Haitian Immigrant Equitable Adjustment Act of 2002 - Amends the Cuban Adjustment Act to apply its provisions to citizens and nationals of Haiti. 2025-08-19T17:30:08Z  
107-hr-5752 107 hr 5752 To provide for the use or distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, Docket Nos. 19 and 188, United States Court of Federal Claims. Native Americans 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] MN D O000006 0 Requires the Secretary of the Interior to distribute the funds awarded to specified constituent bands of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, together with all interest and investment income accrued on deposit in trust account JA1041696.Requires that 20 percent of such funds be set aside for social and economic development, education, reservation infrastructure needs, and other governmental purposes. 2025-01-02T16:53:55Z  
107-hr-5753 107 hr 5753 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Yuma East Wetlands Project in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona. Water Resources Development 2002-11-14 2002-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. House Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-2] AZ D P000099 0 Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and subject to specified cost-sharing requirements, to provide financial assistance and otherwise participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Yuma East Wetlands Project along the Colorado River in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona. Lists as project purposes: (1) restoration of wetlands and riparian habitat; (2) revegetation of riparian areas; and (3) providing river access and opportunities for recreation and environmental education.Prohibits the use of Federal funds to pay operation and maintenance costs associated with the Project, except those directly attributable to the responsibilities of the Secretary for long-term environmental restoration on the Colorado River. 2025-01-02T16:54:00Z  
107-hr-5754 107 hr 5754 Foreign Tax Credit Revenue Enhancement Act of 2002 Taxation 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] MN R R000033 0 Foreign Tax Credit Revenue Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to state that refunded accrued taxes relating to the foreign tax credit don't need to be redetermined by the Secretary of the Treasury if the refund was a result of a court determination that the imposed tax is unlawful. 2025-08-19T17:30:56Z  
107-hr-5755 107 hr 5755 To authorize the establishment of a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor James Madison in recognition of his distinguished career in public service. Commemorations 2002-11-14 2002-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. House Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3] IN D R000385 0 Authorizes the establishment of a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor former President James Madison. 2025-01-02T16:53:55Z  
107-hr-5756 107 hr 5756 To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes. Energy 2002-11-14 2002-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. House Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] NM D U000039 0 Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe guidelines for a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard under which retail electric suppliers submit renewable energy credits to the Secretary. 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z  
107-hr-5757 107 hr 5757 To extend temporarily waivers granted to States with respect to programs of aid to families with dependent children. Social Welfare 2002-11-14 2002-11-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2074-2075) House Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] OR D W000793 4 Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that any waiver which relates to the provision of assistance under a State TANF plan which would otherwise expire in the period that begins on September 30, 2002, and ends on September 30, 2003, shall expire on the later of the date that is one year after the date the waiver would otherwise expire or one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 2025-01-02T16:53:59Z  
107-hres-613 107 hres 613 Honoring the life of Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, model educator, diplomat, and mentor. Commemorations 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] CA D H001034 11 Honors the life of Dr. Chang-Lin Ten, model educator, diplomat, and mentor, on the occasion of his death. Extends condolences to the Tien family and to the faculty, staff, and students of the University of California-Berkeley. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
107-hres-614 107 hres 614 Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighth Congress. Congress 2002-11-14 2002-11-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] TX R A000217 0 Requires that a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighth Congress be printed as a House document. 2025-01-02T16:43:44Z  
107-hres-615 107 hres 615 Providing for a committee of two Members to be appointed by the House to inform the President. Congress 2002-11-14 2002-11-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] TX R A000217 0 Provides for appointment of a committee of two Members of the House of Representatives and two Members of the Senate to inform the President that the two Houses have completed their business of the session and are ready to adjourn. 2025-01-02T16:43:28Z  
107-hres-616 107 hres 616 Recognizing the 2002 United States Professors of the Year. Education 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3] IN D R000385 3 Recognizes, on behalf of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, the following four professors as United States Professors of the Year: (1) Alicia Juarrero of Price George's Community College in Maryland; (2) James Adams of Manchester College in Indiana; (3) Francisco Jimenez of Santa Clara College in California; and (4) Dennis Jacobs of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
107-s-3156 107 s 3156 Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act Commemorations 2002-11-14 2002-12-02 Became Public Law No: 107-316. Senate Sen. Barkley, Dean M. [I-MN] MN I B001237 99 Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award a $10 million grant to Neighborhood House of St. Paul, Minnesota, to finance the construction of a new community center in St. Paul, to be known as the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-01-02T17:02:13Z  
107-s-3157 107 s 3157 Fort Donelson National Battlefield Expansion Act of 2002 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] KY R B001066 0 Fort Donelson National Battlefield Expansion Act of 2002 - Revises the boundary of Fort Donelson National Battlefield to include Fort Donelson National Cemetery in Stewart County, Tennessee, and Fort Heiman and any associated land in Calloway County, Kentucky.Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire from a willing seller eligible land for inclusion in the Battlefield. Limits the total area of the Battlefield to 2,000 acres.Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a memorandum of understanding to provide for the cooperative protection and interpretation of Fort Henry and any other Civil War resources in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area that are associated with the campaign to capture Fort Donelson. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
107-s-3158 107 s 3158 Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2002 Health 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] RI D R000122 1 Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2002 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purposes of: (1) providing comprehensive eye examinations for children, with priority to go to children under nine years old; and (2) developing and disseminating educational materials with regard to the need and benefits of comprehensive eye examinations for children.Directs the Secretary to coordinate the grant program, as appropriate, with other Federal and State programs that provide services to children. Prohibits a grant from being made unless the State involved agrees not to make payments from the grant for any item or service for which payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such item or service by an entity that provides health services on a prepaid basis or under any of the following: (1) any State compensation program; (2) an insurance policy; or (3) any Federal or State health benefits program.Requires a State to submit an annual evaluation of the operations and activities carried out under a grant to the Secretary.Requires a State to submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive a grant, which shall include a plan for the use of the grant. 2025-08-19T17:30:48Z  
107-s-3159 107 s 3159 A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render inadmissible to the United States the extended family of international child abductors, and for other purposes. Immigration 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] AR D L000035 0 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the U.S. admission of aliens supporting international child abductors and relatives of such abductors until the child is surrendered to the legal custodian and such child and custodian are permitted to return to the United States or the custodian's residence. (Currently such prohibition applies to relatives of abductors.) Expands the scope of "relatives" to include cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, and grandparents. Includes the spouse of the abducted child within such prohibition.Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) identify inadmissible aliens supporting child abductors and relatives of abductors; and (2) provide notice, upon request, to custodial parents and guardians if such an alien has been authorized to enter the United States. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
107-s-3160 107 s 3160 Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2002 Agriculture and Food 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] NE D N000180 0 See summary of: S. 3099 2025-08-19T17:32:14Z  
107-s-3161 107 s 3161 Settlement Encouragement and Fairness Act Law 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] WI D F000061 2 Settlement Encouragement and Fairness Act - Defines "prevailing party" for any Act of Congress, any agency ruling, regulation, or interpretation, or any judicial or administrative rule that provides for the recovery of attorney's fees, to include, in addition to a party who substantially prevails through a judicial or administrative judgement or order or an enforceable written agreement, a party whose pursuit of a non-frivolous claim or defense was a catalyst for a voluntary or unilateral change in position by the opposing party that provides any significant part of the relief sought. 2025-08-19T17:28:27Z  
107-s-3162 107 s 3162 Nuclear Waste Transportation Security Act of 2002 Transportation and Public Works 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] IL D D000563 3 Nuclear Waste Transportation Security Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a program for the transportation safety of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (waste and fuel) taking into consideration terrorist threats and other potential emergencies.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and local and tribal governments for activities to enhance the security of transporting nuclear waste, including emergency response.Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and Energy, in establishing routes for the transportation of nuclear waste through a State, to jointly consult with the State's chief executive officer regarding preferred or alternative routes. Requires the executive officer to be given 7 days' prior notice of any such transportation. Specifies requirements for particular shipments. Prohibits nuclear waste from being transported by vessel in the inland waters of the United States or the Great Lakes.Requires renewal every three years of a hazmat employee's certification of training to handle waste and fuel. Provides training grants for hazmat employees and instructors.Enhances civil penalties for violations in the transportation of waste and fuel.Requires: (1) a program of outreach regarding response to accidents, attacks, or other emergencies involving the transportation of waste and fuel; (2) a study regarding effects on public health of such transportation; and (3) a comprehensive program of testing the physical integrity and suitability of the packages used for such transportation.Requires the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board to evaluate the validity of any activities undertaken by the Secretary or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with respect to the transportation of waste or fuel. 2025-08-19T17:30:47Z  
107-s-3163 107 s 3163 Ready To Educate All Children Act of 2002 Education 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 0 Ready to Educate All Children Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish partnerships with high poverty local educational agencies or high poverty schools (local partners) to establish or enhance a clinically-based elementary or secondary school teacher training program.Requires an IHE receiving such a grant to: (1) establish a partnership with a local partner to establish or enhance such a program; (2) facilitate a partnership among the IHE's departments to ensure that future teachers are prepared to teach; and (3) implement a project-based assessment. Requires such IHE also to use grant funds for at least three activities listed.Makes a student who participates in a program funded under this Act eligible for student assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 during the student's fifth year of study for a teaching degree (if such clinically-based program is a teaching-degree study requirement). 2025-08-19T17:31:11Z  
107-s-3164 107 s 3164 Paul Wellstone Early Educator Loan Forgiveness Act Education 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 0 Paul Wellstone Early Educator Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the student loan forgiveness program for child care providers to include preschool teachers. Requires such teachers to: (1) have received at least an associate's degree, and be working toward or have already received a bachelor's degree, in early childhood education; and (2) work for an eligible preschool program provider to prepare the children for transition to kindergarten. 2025-08-19T17:30:08Z  
107-s-3165 107 s 3165 A bill to provide loan forgiveness to social workers who work for child protective agencies. Education 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 1 Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a demonstration program of student loan forgiveness for child welfare workers employed by child protection agencies. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
107-s-3166 107 s 3166 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide loan forgiveness for attorneys who represent low-income families or individuals involved in the family or domestic relations court systems. Education 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 1 Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a demonstration program of student loan forgiveness for highly qualified attorneys who: (1) work for State or local government, or nonprofit private, entities on behalf of low-income families or individuals in the family or domestic relations court systems; and (2) have trained and worked in areas including juvenile justice, truancy, child abuse or neglect, adoption, domestic relations, child support, paternity, or others which State law determines to be in the field of family or domestic relations law. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
107-s-3167 107 s 3167 Communities Combating College Drinking and Drug Use Act Education 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 1 Communities Combating College Drinking and Drug Use Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make matching grant allotments to applicant States to enhance or establish statewide coalitions to reduce the usage of drugs and alcohol by college students both on campus and in the surrounding community at large.Requires such a statewide coalition to be formed in cooperation with at least half of the institutions of higher education within the State, and with local communities, nonprofit groups, community anti-drug or anti-alcohol coalitions, and other substance abuse prevention groups within the State. 2025-08-19T17:32:09Z  
107-s-3168 107 s 3168 Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act Commerce 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 0 Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers.Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers.Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval.Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services.Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions. 2025-08-19T17:27:52Z  
107-s-3169 107 s 3169 Stable Transitions in Education for Armed Services' Dependent Youth Act Armed Forces and National Security 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Stable Transitions in Education for Armed Services' Dependent Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a five-year demonstration program for competitive matching grants to eligible State educational agencies (SEAs) for subgrants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish and maintain high quality military charter schools as independent public elementary or secondary schools in areas of greatest need. Requires the commander of each military installation served by such a school to establish a nonprofit corporation or an oversight group to provide the applicable LEA with oversight and guidance regarding the day-to-day operations of the school.Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award at least four grants in each fiscal year to establish or improve innovative credit enhancement initiatives that assist military charter schools in acquiring, constructing, and renovating facilities. Requires such grants to be made to eligible entities, which may be a public entity such as a military installation, a private nonprofit entity, or a consortium of those two types of entities.Includes among requirements for military charter schools: (1) an admissions policy providing for at least 60 percent and at most 80 percent military dependent students, except where such percentages are impossible to maintain because of the demographics of the area around the military installation; (2) an intensive high-quality program including practices relating to the academic-passport concept to ease transitions for mobile students; and (3) a curriculum aligned with State student performance standards which may incorporate a curriculum from the Department of Defense Education Activity. 2025-08-19T17:28:34Z  
107-sjres-53 107 sjres 53 A joint resolution relative to the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress. Congress 2002-11-14 2002-12-04 Became Public Law No: 107-328. Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 1 States that the first regular session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress begins at noon on January 7, 2003. 2025-01-02T16:55:04Z  
107-sres-356 107 sres 356 A resolution paying a gratuity to Trudy Lapic. Congress 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11148; text as passed Senate: CR S11148; text of measure as introduced: CR S11086) Senate Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MN D D000596 0 Directs the Secretary of the Senate to pay a gratuity to Trudy Lapic equal to eight months of compensation at the rate her late husband, Senate employee Thomas Lapic, was receiving by law during the last month of his Senate service, including funeral expenses and all other allowances. 2025-04-07T13:37:50Z  
107-sres-357 107 sres 357 A resolution commending and congratulating the Anaheim Angels for their remarkable spirit, resilience, and athletic discipline in winning the 2002 World Series. Commemorations 2002-11-14 2002-11-14 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11148-11149; text as passed Senate: CR S11149; text of measure as introduced: CR S11086) Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 1 Congratulates the Anaheim Angels on winning the 2002 Major League Baseball World Series title. 2025-04-07T13:37:09Z  
107-hconres-516 107 hconres 516 Expressing the sense of Congress that United States diplomatic and consular missions should provide the full and complete protection of the United States to certain citizens of the United States living abroad. International Affairs 2002-11-13 2002-11-13 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] IN R B001149 2 Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. diplomatic and consular missions should provide the complete protection of the United States to U.S. citizens who: (1) are living or traveling abroad; (2) are victims of international child abduction, domestic violence, or sexual abuse; and (3) seek sanctuary in a U.S. diplomatic or consular mission. 2025-01-02T16:42:00Z  

Next page

Advanced export

JSON shape: default, array, newline-delimited, object

CSV options: 

CREATE TABLE legislation (
    bill_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    congress INTEGER,
    bill_type TEXT,
    bill_number INTEGER,
    title TEXT,
    policy_area TEXT,
    introduced_date TEXT,
    latest_action_date TEXT,
    latest_action_text TEXT,
    origin_chamber TEXT,
    sponsor_name TEXT,
    sponsor_state TEXT,
    sponsor_party TEXT,
    sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
    cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
    summary_text TEXT,
    update_date TEXT,
    url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);