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Date Sept. 15, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 1813 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 15, 2003 H.R. 1813 Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 10, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 1813 would authorize the appropriation of $37 million in 2004, $44 million in 2005, and $51 million in 2006 for programs to provide assistance for the treatment of victims of ...
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Date Sept. 11, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1261 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 11, 2003 S. 1261 Consumer Product Safety Commission Reauthorization Act of 2003 As reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on August 26, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1261 would modify the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to authorize appropriations of about $270 million for the Consumer Product Safety Commission over the ...
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Date Sept. 11, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2518 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 11, 2003 H.R. 2518 Veterans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2003 As introduced on June 19, 2003 H.R. 2518 would establish a new office within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that would be responsible for providing assistance to homeless veterans. (VA currently manages its programs for homeless veterans through numerous offices within the ...
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Date Sept. 11, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 1038 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE July 15, 2003 H.R. 1038 Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 9, 2003 CBO estimates that H.R. 1038 would not significantly affect the federal budget. The bill would increase both revenues and direct spending by less than $500,000 a year. H.R. 1038 contains no intergovernmental ...
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Date Sept. 10, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1486 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 10, 2003 S. 1486 POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 30, 2003 S. 1486 would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement three international environmental agreements: the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ( ...
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Date Sept. 9, 2003 |
Report No. S. 150 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 9, 2003 S. 150 Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 31, 2003 SUMMARY S. 150 would permanently extend a moratorium on certain state and local taxation of online services and electronic commerce, and after October 1, 2006, would eliminate an exception to that ...
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Date Sept. 9, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2622 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PRIVATE-SECTOR MANDATES STATEMENT September 9, 2003 H.R. 2622 Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 As reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 4, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 2622 would permanently extend the national credit reporting standards in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) which is scheduled to expire on January 1, 2004. The bill ...
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Date Sept. 9, 2003 |
Report No. S. 930 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 9, 2003 S. 930 Emergency Preparedness and Response Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 30, 2003 SUMMARY S. 930 would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish two new grant programs within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). First, the ...
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Date Sept. 9, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2316 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 9, 2003 H.R. 2316 Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2003 As introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 3, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 2316 would increase retirement benefits for federal workers who are employed as administrative law judges (ALJs). Under the bill, the rate at which retirement benefits for service performed as an ALJ ...
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Date Sept. 9, 2003 |
Report No. S.J. Res. 1 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 9, 2003 S.J. Res. 1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 4, 2003 S.J. Res. 1 would propose amending the Constitution to protect the rights of crime victims. The legislatures of three-fourths of the states would be ...
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Date Sept. 8, 2003 |
Report No. S. 627 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 8, 2003 S. 627 Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 31, 2003 SUMMARY S. 627 would prohibit gambling businesses from accepting credit cards, checks, or other bank instruments from gamblers who illegally bet over the Internet. The bill also would require ...
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Date Sept. 8, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1404 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 8, 2003 S. 1404 United States Olympic Committee Reform Act As reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 28, 2003 S. 1404 would amend the federal law incorporating the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). The bill would detail the organizational structure of the USOC and would establish an ethics ...
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Date Sept. 4, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1401 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 4, 2003 S. 1401 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Reauthorization Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 17, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1401 would authorize the appropriation of $3.8 billion in 2004 and $4.1 billion in 2005 for operations, research, facilities, and procurement ...
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Date Sept. 4, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1400 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 4, 2003 S. 1400 Ocean and Coastal Observation Systems Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 17, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1400 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2004 through 2008 for an integrated system of ocean monitoring, data analysis, and research. The system would be developed ...
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Date Sept. 3, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2557 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 3, 2003 H.R. 2557 Water Resources Development Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 23, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 2557 would authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Army Corps of Engineers, to conduct water resource studies and undertake specified projects and programs for ...
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Date Sept. 3, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2622 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 3, 2003 H.R. 2622 Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 24, 2003 SUMMARY CBO estimates that implementing this legislation would cost about $7 million over the next five years, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. The bill could affect direct spending ...
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Date Sept. 3, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 253 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 3, 2003 H.R. 253 Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers’ Pocket Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 23, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 253 would extend authority to operate the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until 2008. Under current law, the ...
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Date Sept. 2, 2003 |
Report No. S. 269 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 2, 2003 S. 269 Captive Wildlife Safety Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 30, 2003 SUMMARY S. 269 would amend current law to prohibit interstate and foreign trade of certain species of animals. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost about $4 million annually, assuming appropriation ...
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Date Sept. 2, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2420 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE September 2, 2003 H.R. 2420 Mutual Funds Integrity and Fee Transparency Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 23, 2003 H.R. 2420 would establish new operating policies and federal reporting requirements for the mutual fund industry. The bill would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct ...
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Date Aug. 29, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2040 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 29, 2003 H.R. 2040 A bill to amend the Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998 to extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and certain irrigation water contractors in the states of Wyoming and Nebraska As ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 9, 2003 H.R. 2040 would extend—for up to two years— ...
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Date Aug. 29, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1425 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 29, 2003 S. 1425 A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 30, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1425 would reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection program for fiscal year 2004 and would authorize the ...
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Date Aug. 28, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1264 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 28, 2003 S. 1264 FCC Reauthorization Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 26, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1264 would authorize the appropriation of about $1.6 billion for operations of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) over the 2004-2008 period. The bill also would increase the maximum ...
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Date Aug. 28, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2571 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 28, 2003 H.R. 2571 Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the 21st Century As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 25, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 2571 would authorize states to issue $12 billion in tax-exempt bonds and $12 billion in tax-credit bonds to finance infrastructure for high-speed-rail ...
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Date Aug. 28, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 1006 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 28, 2003 H.R. 1006 Captive Wildlife Safety Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 15, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 1006 would amend current law to prohibit interstate and foreign trade of certain species of animals. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost about $4 million annually, assuming appropriation of the ...
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Date Aug. 28, 2003 |
Report No. S. 428 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 28, 2003 S. 428 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 30, 2003 S. 428 would establish procedures for the distribution of about $1 million in judgment awards held in trust funds on behalf of the members of the Assiniboine ...
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Date Aug. 28, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2066 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 28, 2003 H.R. 2066 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the allowance for burial expenses of certain veterans buried in private or state-owned cemeteries As introduced on May 9, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 2066 would raise the plot or interment allowance that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pays for certain veterans buried in ...
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Date Aug. 27, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 659 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 27, 2003 H.R. 659 Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 31, 2003 CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 659 would increase offsetting collections (a credit against discretionary spending) by $3 million to $4 million a year. Enacting this legislation would not ...
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Date Aug. 27, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2475 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 27, 2003 H.R. 2475 Veterans Health Care Full Funding Act As introduced on June 16, 2003 H.R. 2475 would establish the Veterans Health Care Funding Review Board, which would consist of three people with backgrounds and experience in health care policy or related fields who would be appointed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). This board would ...
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Date Aug. 27, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1395 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 27, 2003 S. 1395 Technology Administration Authorization Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 17, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1395 would authorize the appropriation of specific amounts for fiscal years 2004 through 2008 for various technology programs administered by the Department of Commerce ...
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Date Aug. 27, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 1409 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 27, 2003 H.R. 1409 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Land Exchange Act of 2002 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 15, 2003 H.R. 1409 would require the National Park Service (NPS) to exchange 143 acres of land (known as the Ravensford tract) within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway for a ...
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Date Aug. 27, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 1533 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 27, 2003 H.R. 1533 A bill to amend the securities laws to permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 23, 2003 H.R. 1533 would allow churches to pool their pension funds for the purposes of investment. Current law prohibits churches from pooling pension ...
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Date Aug. 26, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2318 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 26, 2003 H.R. 2318 Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act of 2003 As introduced on June 4, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 2318 would require the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) each fiscal year, beginning in 2005, an amount determined under the bill, to be available without fiscal year limitation for ...
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Date Aug. 26, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1250 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 26, 2003 S. 1250 Enhanced 911 Emergency Communications Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 17, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1250 would authorize the appropriation of $500 million a year to the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) for grants to state and local governments ...
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Date Aug. 22, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1402 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 22, 2003 S. 1402 Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 17, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1402 would authorize the appropriation of $919 million over the 2004-2008 period for the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA's) safety and research programs. The bill also would ...
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Date Aug. 22, 2003 |
Report No. S. 793 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 22, 2003 S. 793 A bill to provide for increased energy savings and environmental benefits through the increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 30, 2003 S. 793 would require the Administrator ...
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Date Aug. 19, 2003 |
Report No. S. 618 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 19, 2003 S. 618 Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 16, 2003 S. 618 would establish procedures for the distribution of about $143 million in judgment awards held in trust funds on behalf of the members of the Western Shoshone tribes. Under current law, the funds cannot be ...
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Date Aug. 17, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 1616 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 11, 2003 H.R. 1616 Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site Land Exchange Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 9, 2003 H.R. 1616 would authorize the National Park Service (NPS) to acquire land within for the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site by exchange. The new authority would enable the NPS ...
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Date Aug. 15, 2003 |
Report No. S. 720 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 15, 2003 S. 720 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 23, 2003 SUMMARY S. 720 would establish certification procedures for patient safety organizations (PSOs) and require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain a list of ...
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Date Aug. 15, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 1985 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 15, 2003 H.R. 1985 FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 23, 2003 CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1985 would have no significant federal cost and would not affect direct spending or revenues. H.R. 1985 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as ...
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Date Aug. 15, 2003 |
Report No. S. 551 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 15, 2003 S. 551 Southern Ute and Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 30, 2003 S. 551 would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to treat the Southern Ute Indian Tribe as a state under section 301(d) of the Clean Air Act. The ...
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Date Aug. 15, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1478 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 15, 2003 S. 1478 A bill to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 31, 2003 SUMMARY S.1478 would authorize the appropriation of $184 million for the National Telecommunications and Information ...
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Date Aug. 14, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2144 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 14, 2003 H.R. 2144 Aviation Security Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 25, 2003 SUMMARY CBO estimates that H.R. 2144 would authorize the appropriation of $7.7 billion over the 2004-2008 period for programs related to aviation security. Those ...
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Date Aug. 14, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1043 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 14, 2003 S. 1043 Nuclear Infrastructure Security Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 15, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1043 would establish several new security programs designed to protect the nation's nuclear infrastructure. Those programs would include appointing federal security coordinators for ...
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Date Aug. 14, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 1622 |
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August 14, 2003 Honorable Charlie Norwood United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman: This letter responds to your request for clarification on the budgetary effects of implementing the provisions of H.R. 1622, the Quality Cancer Care Act, and the corresponding provisions of H.R. 1 and S. 1. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1622 would increase Medicare payments ...
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Date Aug. 13, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2620 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 13, 2003 H.R. 2620 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on July 23, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 2620 would reauthorize several programs within the Departments of State, Labor, Justice, and Health and Human Services, and within other agencies that combat trafficking in ...
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Date Aug. 11, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1279 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 11, 2003 S. 1279 Disaster Area Health and Environmental Monitoring Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 30, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1279 would amend title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize a new program to protect the health and safety of disaster ...
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Date Aug. 11, 2003 |
Report No. H.R. 2738 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 11, 2003 H.R. 2738 United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act As cleared by the Congress on July 31, 2003 SUMMARY H.R. 2738 approves the free trade agreement (FTA) between the government of the United States and the government of Chile that was entered into on June 6, 2003. It provides for tariff reductions and other changes in law ...
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Date Aug. 11, 2003 |
Report No. S. 233 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 11, 2003 S. 233 Coltsville Study Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 9, 2003 S. 233 would direct the Department of the Interior to conduct a study of an area in Connecticut known as Coltsville to evaluate the area’s national significance. The study also would assess the feasibility and suitability of ...
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Date Aug. 11, 2003 |
Report No. S. 1210 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 11, 2003 S. 1210 Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2003 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 30, 2003 SUMMARY S. 1210 would direct the Department of the Interior to establish a program to protect and conserve marine turtles. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $5 million a year over the 2005- ...
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Date Aug. 11, 2003 |
Report No. S. 111 |
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE August 11, 2003 S. 111 An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site in the state of Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National Park As ordered reported by the House Committee ...
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