Congress 108 - HR 1593 - Homeland Protection and Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2003

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Agriculture and Food American Samoa Armed Forces and National Security Biological warfare Boundaries Bridges Buildings Chemical industries Chemical warfare Citizen participation College costs Commemorations Commerce Computer networks Computer security measures Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Disaster relief EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Education Electric power production Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Emergency communication systems Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Energy Environmental Protection Epidemiology Equipment and supplies Evacuation of civilians Federal aid to law enforcement Fire departments Fire fighters Fire prevention Food safety Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Guam Harbors Health Health information systems Health surveys Higher education Hospital care Hours of labor Identification devices Infrastructure Intergovernmental fiscal relations International Affairs Labor and Employment Marine safety Marine terminals Medicaid Medical personnel Metropolitan areas Monuments and memorials Northern Mariana Islands Nuclear power plants Nuclear security measures Nuclear terrorism Office buildings Paramedical personnel Planning Police Preventive medicine Public Lands and Natural Resources Public records Puerto Rico Railroad safety Reservoirs Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Security measures Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Sports facilities Subways Telecommunication systems Terrorism Traffic accidents and safety Transportation and Public Works Transportation safety Tunnels Unemployment Urban affairs Virgin Islands Water Resources Development Water supply Water treatment plants Welfare eligibility

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Homeland Protection and Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2003 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to eligible States and metropolitan cities, with different specified allocations based on population and on risk, including proximity to chemical security, nuclear security, port security, international borders, and disaster medical assistance teams.

Specifies optional uses of such funds.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make budget crisis relief grants to States and local governments, with allocations based on population and on unemployment.

Provides for specified adjustments of Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, and increases the cap on Medicaid payments to territories for further fiscal relief.

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May 5, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr 24, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Apr 16, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
Apr 4, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
Apr 4, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Apr 4, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
Apr 4, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Apr 3, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and 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.
Apr 3, 2003

Introduced in House

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