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United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Designates the Department of Justice Building located at 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C., as the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Voting Restoration Act - Prohibits the denial or abridgement of the right of any individual to vote or to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the grounds of a felony conviction. Permits a State, however, to restrict such an individual's right to vote or register to vote during any period in which the individual remains under the custody or supervision of the State or local jurisdiction (including supervision through parole or probation). Establishes an enforcement mechanism, which includes authorizing: (1) a person aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the violation which may include a request for compensatory damages under specified conditions; and (2) the Attorney General to bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as necessary to remedy a violation of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to award grants to eligible States to carry out a program to protect the right to vote and to register to vote in Federal elections of individuals who have been convicted of felonies. Requires each State receiving a grant to: (1) provide information to individuals convicted of felonies by the State (or local jurisdictions in the State) regarding their eligibility (or lack thereof) to register to vote and to vote in the State through a described program; and (2) carry out a program to increase voter registration rates among such individuals. Encourages States receiving program grants to reduce the number of felonies which may result in the temporary or permanent disenfranchisement of convicted felons. Outlines the responsibilities of the Department of Justice regarding individuals convicted of Federal felonies, including requiring the Attorney General to establish and to maintain an index of individuals convicted of felonies by the Federal Government who are under its custody or supervision (including supervision through parole or probation), or who were released from its custody or supervision during the previous ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to outline a public funding program for congressional candidates, which includes requirements for eligibility of certified public subsidy candidates and for spending limits and fundraising restrictions for certified candidates. Establishes penalties for spending in excess of limits, among other enforcement measures. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Certified Public Subsidy Candidate Fund to hold amounts designated by individuals as $1 check-offs on an income tax return. Makes Fund amounts available, as provided in appropriation Acts, for payments to certified public subsidy candidates. Allows a refundable tax credit for up to an aggregate of $100 per year in individual contributions to certified public subsidy candidates.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Breast Cancer Research Stamp Act of 2001 - Amends Federal postal law to provide that any limitation in the Semipostal Authorization Act relating to whether more than one semipostal (a postage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service, at a premium, in order to help provide funding for a national public interest) may be offered for sale at the same time, shall not apply to the breast cancer research special stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Extends the Service's authority to issue such stamps through July 29, 2008. Revises the differential amount of the special rate of postage for the breast cancer research stamp to not less than 15 percent of the regular first-class rate (currently, not to exceed 25 percent of first-class). Requires the special rate to be evenly divisible by five.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Teachers for Tomorrow Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish new programs for teacher student loan forgiveness, under the guaranteed loan program and the direct loan program. Requires three consecutive complete school years of full-time teaching in a public elementary or secondary school as: (1) a secondary school teacher of a subject area relevant to the borrower's academic major; or (2) an elementary school teacher who has demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and other curriculum areas. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from a teacher's gross income any student loan amounts discharged under both the current HEA programs and those added by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2001 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities (including employment agencies, labor organizations, and training programs). Prohibits related retaliation and coercion. Declares this Act inapplicable to the provision of employee benefits for the benefit of an employee's domestic partner. Prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from: (1) collecting statistics on sexual orientation from covered entities; and (2) compelling covered entities to collect such statistics. Prohibits: (1) quotas and preferential treatment; and (2) an order or consent decree for a violation of this Act that includes a quota or preferential treatment. Declares that this Act is inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations; (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces; or (3) laws creating special rights or preferences for veterans. Prohibits the imposition of affirmative action for a violation of this Act. Disallows State immunity. Makes the United States or a State liable for remedies to the same extent as under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Extension Act - Amends the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 to extend naturalization application and fee deadline provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 2001
Korean War Veterans Recognition Act of 2001 - Adds National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, July 27, to the list of days on which the flag of the United States should be displayed.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2001
Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act - Sets forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic or sexual violence. Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave. Authorizes State use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for emergency leave precipitated by domestic or sexual violence . Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to approval of State unemployment compensation laws to prohibit denial of compensation where an individual is separated from employment due to circumstances resulting from the individual's experience of domestic or sexual violence. Amends the Social Security Act to include training under this Act for unemployment compensation and TANF personnel. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a national victim services organization to develop and disseminate a model program for domestic and sexual violence training. Victims' Employment Sustainability Act - Prohibits certain discriminatory employer practices relating to terms or conditions of employment in connection with victims of domestic or sexual violence. Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits denial or restriction of insurance coverage based on the status of the applicant or insured regarding abuse or abuse-related claims. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business related credit for 40 percent of an employer's costs for implementing workplace safety and education programs relating to domestic and sexual violence. Authorizes the Attorney General to provide a grant for a clearinghouse and resource center to provide information and assistance to employers, labor organizations, and advocates on behalf of victims of domestic or sexual violence.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Posthumous Citizenship Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend until two years after the later of the date of enactment of this Act or the date of the person's death the deadline for the Attorney General to approve a request to grant posthumous citizenship to individuals who die while on active-duty military service.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Social Security Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) pension offset provisions applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and mother's and father's insurance benefits with respect to Old-Age and Survivors insurance benefit payments; and (2) windfall elimination provisions with respect to computation of the primary insurance amount of an individual.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2001
Medicare Managed Care Cost Contract Continuation Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to permit the indefinite extension of current Medicare managed care cost contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Government of Japan should: (1) issue an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during the colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands during World War II; (2) pay reparations to the victims; (3) educate future generations about this crime against humanity; and (4) publicly refute claims that the subjugation and enslavement of such women never occurred.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Salmon Planning Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) providing for peer review of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) biological opinion regarding the Operation of the Federal Columbia River power system, issued December 21, 2000, and any subsequent modification of it (opinion) and submission of a report on the results. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Commerce to publish a determination of whether implementation of the salmon recovery measures in the opinion are sufficient to achieve recovery, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, of the salmon and steelhead populations; and if not, whether partially removing the four lower Snake River dams (the dams) are necessary to restore Snake River salmon and steelhead populations; (2) the Secretary of the Interior to publish a determination of whether partially removing the dams are necessary to meet treaty obligations; and (3) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish a determination of whether partially removing the dams are necessary to meet Federal Water Pollution Control Act requirements. Directs the Comptroller General to study the potential effects of partially removing the dams. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to partially remove the dams if the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, or the EPA Administrator finds that such action is necessary to meet the aforementioned requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Army to undertake such preliminary engineering, design, construction, and other activities as necessary to remove the dams.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Fisheries Recovery Act of 2001 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act regarding avoiding and minimizing bycatch and bycatch mortality. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report on progress made in implementing requirements regarding standardized reporting methodology and bycatch reduction. Requires a fishery management plan to close an area to a gear or practice that has been shown to adversely affect essential fish habitat unless the Regional Fishery Management Council (council) determines that closure is not necessary and the Secretary finds that the gear or practice will have a minimal adverse impact on habitat and minimal bycatch. Requires observers on commercial fishing vessels to collect data necessary for the conservation and management of the fishery, subject to specified requirements Modifies: (1) the definition of "overfishing" and "overfished" to include jeopardizing the ecological integrity and sustainability of marine ecosystems; (2) conservation and management measure requirements; and (3) fishery management plan requirements to add ecosystem considerations. Requires each fishery management plan to have a fishery impact statement. Directs the Secretary to develop at least one pilot fisheries ecosystem plan. Requires each council to prepare and submit to the Secretary a Fisheries Ecosystem Plan for each major marine ecosystem within its jurisdiction. Reauthorizes appropriations to carry out the Act. Amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to earmark specified funds for direct industry assistance grants and for activities of the National Marine Fisheries Service that are directly related to implementation of the Magnuson Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Provides that the program under which Federal agencies may agree to repay student loans of their employees shall apply to employees of the legislative branch (with the exception of Senators, Members of Congress, including Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner to Congress), except that: (1) requirements relating to the exclusion of any employee who occupies a position that is excepted from the competitive service because of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character shall not apply; and (2) the minimum required period of service shall be one year (rather than three) for a legislative branch employee selected to receive benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001
Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Services Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for coverage of outpatient vision rehabilitation services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001
Viet Nam Human Rights Act - Declares the purpose of this Act is to promote the development of freedom and democracy in Viet Nam. Establishes a Congressional-Executive Commission on Viet Nam to monitor: (1) the acts of the Government of Viet Nam which reflect compliance with or violation of human rights, in particular those contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (2) the rule of law in Viet Nam; and (3) the development of U.S. programs and activities and private organizations to increase the interchange of people and ideas between the United States and Viet Nam. Prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the Government of Viet Nam unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that the Government of Viet Nam has complied with certain human rights requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of specified international financial institutions to use the U.S. vote to deny multilateral nonhumanitarian assistance to Viet Nam unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that such requirements have been met. Authorizes U.S. assistance for the support of individuals and organizations to promote human rights and nonviolent democratic change in Viet Nam. Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to: (1) overcoming the jamming of Radio Free Asia by Viet Nam; (2) U.S. educational and cultural exchange programs to promote freedom and democracy in Viet Nam; and (3) the offer of refugee resettlement to Viet Nam nationals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001
Tribal Energy Self-Sufficiency Act - Amends the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations, exempt from certain limitations, for Indian electric energy development, including electric generation, transmission, and distribution. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to transfer, upon tribal request, Federal water and power projects on Indian lands to the tribe upon whose land such projects are located. Directs the Secretary to continue trusteeship responsibilities to review agreements entered into between Indian tribes and other parties under: (1) the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982; and (2) the Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982. Instructs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on all dams and water impoundments on Indian land to determine their suitability for siting for electrical power projects. Requires the Western Area Power Administration to set up electric power transmission facilities for the development of wind power generation on certain Indian lands. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within the Department of Energy the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs to assist Indian tribes to meet certain energy needs. Creates the Indian Energy Loan Guaranty Fund to enable the Secretary to guarantee loans made to an Indian tribe for energy development. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to make net metering available for renewable energy on Indian reservations. Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon tribal application, to order the interconnection and wheeling of transmission or local distribution facilities owned by another person with those of the applicant tribe. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources to solar power, non-closed loop biomass, incremental hydropower, geothermal energy, and fuel cells on Indian lands; and (2) allow a tax credit for the production of Indian oil or gas. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to make electricity facilities owned or controlled by an Indian tribe or entity eligible for community development assistance. Directs the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and of the Interior to develop energy efficiency and conservation measures in connection with certain housing located on Indian lands. Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize grants and zero interest loans for energy efficiency purposes, including provision or modernization of electric facilities for an Indian tribe.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001
Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001 - Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2001 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to provide for regulation of firearms transfers at special firearms events (events at which 75 or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale or exchange if one or more of the firearms has been shipped or transported in, or otherwise affects, interstate or foreign commerce, with an exception). Prohibits a special firearms events frequent operator from organizing, planning, promoting, or operating a special firearms event without meeting specified requirements. Sets forth: (1) responsibilities of special firearms events infrequent operators, transferors other than licensees, and licensees; (2) special firearms event license application requirements; and (3) penalties for violation of this Act. Provides an option for 24-hour background checks at special firearms events for States with computerized disqualifying records and programs to improve State databases. Increases penalties for: (1) serious record keeping violations by licensees; and (2) violations of criminal background check requirements. Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) grants to States and local governments to support prosecutions in high gun crime areas; (2) the Attorney General to hire 114 additional Federal firearms prosecutors; (3) additional Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents; (4) gun tracing and youth crime gun interdiction; and (5) grants to research entities developing technologies that limit the use of a gun to the owner.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001
Working Lands Stewardship Act of 2001 - Amends specified agricultural Acts to: (1) revise and increase funding for the farmland protection program; (2) provide market development grants and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers who forgo development of certain lands; (3) expand State marketing programs, including set-asides for development of local and regional markets and research; (4) increase funding for farmer-to-consumer marketing assistance; (5) provide for a program to promote the purchase of locally grown produce; (6) increase funding for programs for socially disadvantaged farmers; (7) extend and increase funding for the environmental quality incentives program, including set-asides for livestock, pesticide reduction, and water conservation; (8) provide watershed quality incentive contracts; (9) provide loans for manure reuse activities and facilities; (10) extend and increase funding for the wildlife habitat incentives program, including set-asides for imperiled native species, and acquisition of easements and water rights; (11) extend and increase acreage for the wetlands reserve program; (12) establish a wetlands reserve enhancement program; (13) extend and increase funding for the conservation reserve program, including an acreage set-aside for environmentally-sensitive lands and buffer strips, and enrollment of grasslands and rangelands; (14) authorize incentive payments for private grazing land conservation; (15) establish a grassland reserve program; (16) expand the National Organic Program to include organic farming transition assistance; (17) establish an organic certification reimbursement program; (18) extend and increase funding for the forest stewardship program, including set-asides for new land management practices, and watershed forestry initiative activities; (19) authorize appropriations for urban and community forestry activities; (20) provide funding for specified conservation technical assistance and administration and outreach, including establishment of training centers in specified cities; and (21) establish a demonstration program to promote ecosystem- and watershed-based conservation.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2001 - Establishes the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury to promote the development, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable and safe low-income housing.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001
Tohono O'odham Citizenship Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to recognize persons listed on the official membership roll of the Tohono O'odham Nation, a federally recognized American Indian nation located in Arizona, as U.S. citizens as of the date such listing occurs. Provides that the valid membership credential issued to such listed persons shall be considered, for all purposes subject to Federal law, equivalent to: (1) a certificate of citizenship; and (2) a State-issued birth certificate.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001
High-Speed Rail Investment Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited tax credit to holders of qualified Amtrak bonds. Sets forth definitions, State contribution requirements, and other rules. Requires approval, by the Secretary of Transportation, of qualified Amtrak projects funded by such bonds.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001
Military Pay Raise Act of 2001 - Increases, as of January 1, 2002, the rates of basic pay for military personnel by a percentage increase of 7.3 to 10.5 percent based upon the member's pay grade and years of service, with the highest percentage increase for grade E-9 enlisted personnel. Waives during FY 2002 any required adjustment in such rates in conformance with any adjustment in the General Schedule of compensation for Federal classified employees.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2001
First-time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exempt from prohibited transaction rules any home equity participation arrangement under which the trustee of a qualified plan, at the direction of the eligible participant, shall acquire an ownership interest (not to exceed $10,000, and repayable in full upon resale or other transfer) in any dwelling unit which within a reasonable period of time is to be used as the principal residence for a first-time homebuyer.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001
Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Drug-free Communities Support Program and the Advisory Commission on Drug-free Communities through FY 2007. Authorizes additional grants and renewal grants to eligible coalitions and grant recipients. Authorizes supplemental grants for coalition mentoring activities. Authorizes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to make a grant to an eligible organization to provide for establishment of a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute to: (1) provide education, training, and technical assistance for coalition leaders and community teams; (2) develop and disseminate evaluation tools, mechanisms, and measures to better assess and document coalition performance measures and outcomes; and (3) bridge the gap between research and practice by translating knowledge from research into practical information.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2001
Women Immigrants Safe Harbor Act of 2001 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) to exempt battered aliens from the ban on receiving benefits under specified Federal programs, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (titles XIX and XVI of the Social Security Act (SSA)) and other Federal assistance. Amends: (1) PRWORA concerning the status as qualified alien for nonimmigrant "U" visa holders; and (2) the Immigration and Nationality Act concerning treatment of family-sponsored battered aliens under the public charge provisions of such Act. Provides that benefits provided to battered aliens are not subject to reimbursement under PRWORA.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the conducting of certain games of chance conducted by qualifying tax exempt or nonprofit organizations shall not be treated as an unrelated trade or business for purposes of the tax imposed on tax-exempt organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2001
Medicare Dialysis Benefit Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) payment under the Medicare Program for four hemodialysis treatments per week for specified patients; and (2) an increased update in the composite payment rate for renal dialysis treatments for FY 2002. Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to restore a specified exception to renal dialysis composite rate under rate update provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001
Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Act to include pharmacist services within the National Health Service Corps program of scholarships, including first-year pharmacy studies, loans, and funding. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants and contracts to qualifying pharmacy schools for: (1) student and faculty recruitment and retraining, with scholarship preference for students with financial need; (2) computer-based pharmaceutical education systems; and (3) facilities construction. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program for qualifying individuals who become pharmacy school faculty.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001
Softwood Lumber Fair Competition Act - Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, negotiated enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements, or other measures on imports of Canadian softwood lumber products to ensure that the volume of such products during any month does not exceed the average volume of such import that was imported monthly during the 24-month period preceding December 1995. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce to implement a program for administering and enforcing such import restrictions. Authorizes the President to waive such restrictions provided certain conditions have been met.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt water and sewage facility bonds from the volume cap on private activity bonds.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2001
Great Lakes Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow a Great Lakes State to receive an incentive grant under this Act to carry out conservation activities or a grant under the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish a State revolving loan fund only if the State does not issue any oil or gas permit or lease for drilling to extract oil or gas from land beneath the water in any of the Great Lakes. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study the environmental effects of such drilling activity and submit the results of the study to the National Academy of Sciences for review. Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to action upon receipt of the study.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2001
Aircraft Clean Air Act of 2001 - Authorizes crew members or passengers that experience an aircraft air quality incident which results in their reporting a symptom consistent with exposure to neurotoxins or asphyxiants to file a request with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for: (1) the aircraft's mechanical and maintenance records; (2) the filtration media used in the aircraft's air supply system; and (3) the chemical constituents of products used in the maintenance, operation, or treatment of such aircraft to which a crew member or passenger may have been directly exposed. Sets forth a civil penalty for the failure of an air carrier to produce such records, media, or information. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to award a grant for an aeromedical research study to determine what cabin altitude must be maintained to provide sufficient oxygen to ensure that the short- and long-term health of 95 percent of a representative sample of cabin crew and passengers is not adversely affected.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Bridges to the Cuban People Act of 2001 - Exempts from the embargo on trade with Cuba (including prohibitions under the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 against the unloading at a U.S. port of vessels that previously entered a Cuban port to engage in trade) the export of any agricultural commodity, farm machinery or equipment, medicine, or medical device, or any travel incident to the delivery of such items. Prohibits the President from prohibiting or regulating travel to or from or within Cuba by U.S. nationals or lawful resident aliens, including specified transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, financial or otherwise. Authorizes the President to provide scholarships for Cuban nationals who seek to undertake graduate study in public health, public policy, economics, law, or other field of social science. Authorizes the President to waive certain sanctions against, and restrictions on assistance to, Cuba, including the exclusion from the United States of certain aliens who have confiscated property in Cuba of U.S. nationals or who traffic in such property, if he determines that it will promote the peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba or will further U.S. national economic interests. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from limiting the amount of remittances to Cuba that any U.S. person may make. Authorizes the import into the United States of a Cuban originated medical article if the Secretary of Health and Human Services makes a determination that there is a medical need in the United States for such article that is not being met by any medicine or medical device in commercial distribution in the United States. Prohibits the use of funds to enforce unilateral sanctions on the export of goods and services intended for the exclusive use of children in Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit: (1) Federal civilian and military retirees to pay Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and TRICARE supplemental premiums on a pretax basis; and (2) a deduction (available to itemizers and nonitemizers) for TRICARE supplemental premiums and enrollment fees.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 2001
Lyme and Infectious Disease Information and Fairness in Treatment (LIFT) Act - Establishes the Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Directs the Committee to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of HHS and the Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner regarding how to: (1) provide public input on the public's needs regarding tick-borne disorders (lyme and other infectious diseases) so that government agencies can coordinate and more effectively plan and execute their activities; and (2) develop informed responses to constituency groups regarding the efforts and progress of the HHS and SAA. Authorizes appropriations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) focus on developing better diagnostic tools and tests, expanding educational efforts, and re-educating clinicians, medical license boards, and health care insurers about the inappropriate uses of the Lyme disease case surveillance definition in patient diagnosis and treatment; and (2) collaborate with the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and other appropriate agencies for further research on tick-borne disorders, including study of preventive methods to decrease exposure to them. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to coordinate activities and research regarding tick-borne diseases across Institutes to encourage collaborative research.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2001
Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Amendment Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for certain Medicare beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2001
End Racial Profiling Act of 2001 - Prohibits any law enforcement agency or agent from engaging in racial profiling. Authorizes the United States, or an individual injured by racial profiling, to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to enforce this prohibition. Specifies that proof that the routine investigatory activities of law enforcement agents in a jurisdiction have had a disparate impact on racial or ethnic minorities shall constitute prima facie evidence of a violation. Authorizes the court to allow a prevailing plaintiff, other than the United States, reasonable attorneys' fees as part of the costs, including expert fees. Requires Federal law enforcement agencies to: (1) maintain adequate policies and procedures designed to eliminate racial profiling; and (2) cease existing practices that encourage racial profiling. Directs that any application by a State or governmental unit for funding under a covered program include a certification that such unit and any agency to which it is redistributing program funds: (1) maintains adequate policies and procedures designed to eliminate racial profiling; and (2) has ceased existing practices that encourage racial profiling. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States, law enforcement agencies and other governmental units, Indian tribal governments, or other public and private entities to develop and implement best practice devices and systems to ensure the racially neutral administration of justice. Directs the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report on racial profiling by Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2001
Brownfields Redevelopment Incentives Act - Defines a "brownfield site" (brownfield), with exceptions, as real property the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance or pollutant. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to: (1) authorize grants to local government units in nonentitlement areas for economic development and environmental cleanup activities related to brownfields; and (2) provide for repayment contracts and security for guaranteed loans funding brownfield activities. Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to authorize appropriations for community development financial institution lending strategies that assist environmental cleanup and economic development of investment areas consisting of at least one brownfield. Amends the Small Business Act to provide a set-aside of loans to assist site assessments, remediation planning, and cleanup. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: (1) direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to promote the formation of at least one small business investment company devoted to lending to small businesses for cleanup activities or projects that help existing companies clean up their facilities and adopt new technologies; and (2) require the set-aside of amounts for assistance to local development companies to enable them to finance site assessment and cleanup activities or facilitate ownership transition or industrial succession. Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the risk of small business loans for brownfield-related activities. Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize grants for brownfield redevelopment. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide an environmental remediation business income tax credit; (2) allow a deduction for payments to a Hazardous Waste Remediation Reserve; (3) allow an exclusion from a financial institution's gross income of interest on indebtedness incurred for remediation of a qualified contaminated site; (4) make permanent the expensing of environmental remediation costs and qualify for such treatment sites subject to long-term leases; and (5) qualify environmental research remediation technology expenses for the credit for research activities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2001
Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2001 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of providing Medicaid coverage for certain low-income HIV-infected individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years or older. Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the use of such new CPI in the computation of cost-of-living increases for social security and Medicare benefits under such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) specify restrictions on the sale and public display of social security account numbers (SSNs) (or any derivatives) by Federal, State, and local governments and bankruptcy case trustees; (2) prohibit the display of SSNs on checks issued for payment by such governments, or on driver's licenses or motor vehicle registrations issued by a State or local government; (3) prohibit the Federal, State, or local government display of SSNs (or any derivatives) on employee identification cards or tags (IDs); (4) prohibit access to the SSNs of other individuals by prisoners employed by Federal, State, or local governments; (5) require States to require independent verification of birth records provided in support of applications for SSNs; and (6) prohibit the selling, purchasing, or displaying of SSNs and the obtaining or using of any individual's SSN to locate or identify such individual with the intent to physically injure or harm such individual or to use the ID of such individual for any illegal purpose by any person, with specified exceptions. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act, including judicial orders of restitution. Provides that any person who refuses to do business with an individual because the individual will not consent to that person's receipt of his or her SSN shall be considered to have committed an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act, except in certain cases required under Federal law. Subjects to the Fair Credit Reporting Act information regarding a consumer's SSN (and any derivative) (credit header information).
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Entitles to an annuity under either the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employee Retirement System a military reserve technician who is separated from service as a technician after either: (1) becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 (currently, 25) years of such service; or (2) completing 25 years of such service.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Flood Loss Reduction Act of 2001 - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to: (1) repeal requirements for the development and contents of the Upper Mississippi River plan respecting system flood reduction and replace them with requirements for the Secretary of the Army and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a plan to reduce flood losses in the Upper Mississippi River floodplain, including consideration of structural and nonstructural measures; (2) authorize appropriations to carry out the flood mitigation and riverine restoration program through 2010; and (3) add specified counties in Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa as priority areas to be examined under such program. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) increase the maximum percentage of Federal contributions allowed with respect to the cost of hazard mitigation measures in any area affected by a major disaster; and (2) increase such Federal share if the State has in effect an approved mitigation plan. Directs the Secretary and the Director of FEMA to: (1) develop, and annually update, rank, and list authorized flood damage reduction and predisaster hazard mitigation projects according to the extent to which projects address repetitive loss structures, include nonstructural features, and restore natural rivers and floodplain; and (2) annually publish such list in the Federal Register.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Providing Reliable Officers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, and Training In Our Neighborhoods Act of 2001 or PROTECTION Act - Modifies provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 regarding public safety and community policing ("cops on the beat" program, COPS) to authorize the Attorney General to use funding under COPS grants to: (1) increase prosecutor presence and to enhance law enforcement access to new technologies; (2) pay overtime to existing career law enforcement officers to the extent that such overtime is devoted to community policing efforts; and (3) promote higher education among in-service State and local law enforcement officers by reimbursing them for the costs associated with seeking a college or graduate school education. Includes among permitted additional grant projects: (1) specialized integrity and ethics training; and (2) innovative proactive crime control and prevention programs involving school officials and religiously-affiliated organizations. Authorizes the Attorney General to use up to five percent of appropriated funds for technical assistance and training to States, local governments, Indian tribal governments, and other public and private entities. Repeals provisions of the Act regarding termination of grants for hiring officers. Allows grants to be used to assist: (1) police departments in employing specified professional, scientific, and technological advancements; and (2) State, local, or tribal prosecutors' offices in implementation of community-based prosecution programs that build on local community policing efforts. Reserves specified funds for units of local government with a population of less than 50,000. Authorizes the Attorney General to use no more than 50 percent of grant renewal funds to award grants targeted specifically for retention of police officers.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Domestic Spirits Tax Equity Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a distilled spirits wholesaler a distilled spirits wholesalers credit equal to the product of: (1) the number of cases of bottled distilled spirits which were bottled in the United States and which are purchased by such wholesaler during the taxable year directly from the distiller or importer of such spirits; and (2) the average tax-financing cost per case for the most recent calendar year ending before the beginning of such taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Korea Defense Service Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to issue a campaign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service Medal, to each member who served in the Republic of Korea or its adjacent waters after July 27, 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Veterinary Health Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish veterinary scholarship and loan repayment programs in return for service in veterinary shortage areas.