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United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2000
Honors and recognizes the achievements made by Tiger Woods and the contributions of the Tiger Woods Foundation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship and by showing that golf is a sport for all people.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2000
Calls upon the President to: (1) take all appropriate action to provide relief from injury caused by steel imports; and (2) immediately request the U.S. Trade Commission to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment of such steel imports under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2000
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 431 North George Street in Millersville, Pennsylvania, as the Robert S. Walker Post Office.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2000
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 200 South George Street in York, Pennsylvania, as the George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2000
Permits a taxpayer to include specified plum pox virus payments as income or gain ratably over a ten-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2000
Calls on the Russian Federation to immediately release Edmond Pope and to ensure that proper and qualified medical attention is provided to him. Expresses the sense of Congress that if Pope is not released immediately, the President should continue efforts to secure his release, including consideration of: (1) terminating all assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the annual Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for purposes of preparing the Russian Federation's entrance or accession to the World Trade Organization; and (2) opposing any further debt relief of obligations owed to the U.S. Government from the Government of the Russian Federation. Urges the President to increase efforts to secure appropriate medical attention for Pope.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2000
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act - Revises the bloodborne pathogens standard, in effect under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), to include safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems, as examples of engineering controls designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens through needlestick and other percutaneous injuries. Requires certain employers to: (1) review and update exposure control plans to reflect changes in technology that eliminate or reduce such exposure, and document their consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices for such purpose; (2) maintain a sharps injury log, noting the type and brand of device used, where the injury occurred, and an explanation of the incident (exempting employers who are not required to maintain specified OSHA logs); and (3) seek input on such engineering and work practice controls from the affected health care workers (exempting employers who are not required to establish exposure control plans). Requires such modifications of the standard to: (1) be in force until superseded by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor under OSHA; and (2) take effect without regard to specified procedural requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2000
Small Business Liability Relief Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to provide that certain small businesses shall be liable for response costs as non-owners or operators only if the total of material containing a hazardous substance that the business arranged for disposal, transport, or treatment of, or accepted for transport, was greater than 110 pounds of liquid material or 200 pounds of solid material. Makes such exemption to liability inapplicable in cases where the substance could contribute significantly to response costs or where the business has failed to comply with an administrative subpoena or request for information or has impeded a response action. Applies this exemption only to activities taking place before this Act's enactment date. Makes a person liable for response costs for municipal solid waste (MSW) as a non-owner or operator only if the person is not an owner, operator, or lessee of residential property from which all of the person's MSW was generated, or a certain small business or tax-exempt organization that generated all its MSW, with respect to the facility concerned. Provides for liability if a person has failed to comply with an administrative subpoena or request for information or has impeded a response action. Makes persons that commence a contribution action liable to the defendant for all reasonable costs of defending the action if the defendant is not liable based on the above- described exemptions. Adds to the list of parties eligible for expedited final settlements certain persons and small businesses that demonstrate an inability or limited ability to pay response costs. Revises conditions of eligibility for such settlements for de minimis parties. Establishes a moratorium on litigation under CERCLA for recovery or contribution of response costs from any person eligible for an expedited settlement within a specified time frame.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2000
Recognizes the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Acknowledges the contributions of children with disabilities, their parents, teachers, related services personnel, and administrators. Reaffirms support for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act so that all children with disabilities have access to a free public education.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2000
Home Health Refinement Amendments of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the 15 percent reduction in payment rates under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services; (2) provide for additional payments for outliers; (3) provide for additional payments under the PPS for home health services furnished in a rural area; (4) provide for exclusion of nonroutine medical supplies under the PPS for home health services; and (5) set forth a rule of construction relating to telehomehealth services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of including home health services furnished by telecommunications systems as a home health service.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2000
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Taiwan and its people deserve appropriate participation in the United Nations and other international organizations such as the World Health Organization; and (2) the United States should fulfill its commitment made in the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review to support more actively Taiwan's membership in appropriate international organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2000
Parents' Empowerment Act - Authorizes a minor, through a person acting on the minor's behalf, to obtain relief in a civil action in U.S. district court against anyone who knowingly sells or distributes in interstate or foreign commerce an entertainment product containing material that is harmful to minors if: (1) a reasonable person would expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material; and (2) the minor, as a result of exposure to that material, is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare. Declares it to be an affirmative defense to such action that an act of a parent or guardian who owned the entertainment product was the proximate cause of the minor's exposure to the harmful material.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2000
Quality Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of student loan forgiveness in exchange for the borrower's commitment to three consecutive years of full-time teaching in low-income schools or special education teaching. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2000
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to allow a State to preempt the Federal minimum wage if the State: (1) sets a minimum wage rate of at least $5.15 per hour (the current Federal minimum wage); and (2) applies that rate to as many workers in the State as would otherwise be covered by the Federal minimum wage rate. Exempts employers in such a State from Federal minimum wage rate requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2000
Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to Tiger Woods in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people. Authorizes funding.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2000
Scientifically Based Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, and Information Act of 2000 - Requires that a specified portion of amounts for discretionary programs of the Department of Education (ED) be made available for FY 2002 through 2006 to carry out certain programs under titles I and II of this Act. Title I: National Academy for Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, and Information - Establishes a National Academy for Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, and Information (the Academy) as an independent agency in the executive branch, whose Director shall: (1) coordinate with the Secretary of Education to ensure that ED and each of the Centers within the Academy use common sources of data in standardized formats; and (2) ensure that the Commissioner of each Center (under title II, subtitle A) establishes and maintains a regular schedule of data releases for all of the information it collects, with such data to be archived in electronic format and made accessible to the public in a timely fashion. (Sec. 102) Provides for the Academy's board of directors, which is to be known as the National Board for Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, and Information. (Sec. 103) Establishes within the Academy a National Education Library and Clearinghouse Office (Library), to be headed by a Deputy Director appointed by the Director. Title II: National Centers for Education Research, Evaluation, and Statistics; National Assessment Governing Board - Subtitle A: National Centers for Education Research, Evaluation, and Information - Chapter 1: National Center for Education Research - Establishes within the Academy a National Center for Education Research (NCER). (Sec. 203) Requires the President to appoint a Commissioner of Educational Research (CER), who will head NCER and appoint a Senior Scientist and staff. (Sec. 204) Requires NCER to oversee and support the conduct of an evaluative summary of the primary education priority areas of each of the National Research and Development Centers (NRDCs) which are eligible grantees. Directs CER, on the basis of an NRDC's priorities and research plan, and the extent to which its work has met the standards of scientifically valid research, to: (1) extend or renegotiate any existing grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for a period not to extend beyond FY 2005; or (2) terminate it or prohibit its renewal. (Sec. 205) Establishes within NCER a Committee for Education Research. (Sec. 208) Requires NCER to: (1) ensure that research under its direction follows scientific standards, is published in peer-reviewed journals, and comply with Federal guidelines regarding research misconduct; (2) develop other necessary standards for research conduct and evaluation; (3) review procedures of other Federal agencies engaged in research and development, and solicit recommendations from research organizations and the public; and (4) use specified minimum standards with regard to awarding of funds and evaluation of applicants and recipients of such funds. Chapter 2: National Center for Program Evaluation - Establishes within the Academy a National Center for Program Evaluation (NCPE). (Sec. 212) Requires the President to appoint a Commissioner for Program Evaluation (CPE). (Sec. 213) Requires NCPE to: (1) evaluate programs under title I (Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), other Federal education programs as determined by the Director, and education programs on a contractual basis for other Federal or State agencies; and (2) administer all operations and contracts associated with evaluations under ESEA title I (which are currently administered by ED), including the national assessment, a longitudinal evaluation of the effectiveness of school interventions, and national longitudinal surveys of schools. Sets forth quality standards and other requirements for such evaluations. (Sec. 214) Authorizes CPE to establish one or more independent review panels for each evaluation, or set of evaluations, to assist NCPE. Chapter 3: National Center for Education Statistics - National Education Statistics Act of 2000 - Reauthorizes, revises, and establishes within the Academy the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (Sec. 224) Requires the President to appoint the Commissioner for Education Statistics (CES), who heads NCES and appoints a Deputy Commissioner, Associate Commissioners, and staff. Extends the term of CES to six years. (Sec. 225) Requires NCES to collect, analyze, and disseminate statistics and other information related to education in the United States and in other nations, including specified types of data. Directs CES to make customer service a priority and ensure customer satisfaction through certain means. Authorizes CES to establish: (1) a program to train employees of public and private educational agencies, organizations, and institutions in the use of NCES's standard statistical procedures and concepts; and (2) a fellows program to appoint such employees as temporary fellows to assist NCES. (Sec. 226) Authorizes CES to award grants, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, on a competitive basis, for a maximum five-year period, and to renew such grants for an additional maximum five-year period. Gives CES final authority within the Academy with respect to decisions regarding the implementation of data collection activities, including the appropriateness of specific collection methodologies, except with respect to the National Assessment of Educational Progress under subtitle B of this title. Authorizes CES to use: (1) the statistical sampling method; (2) information collected from specified types of sources; and (3) interagency agreements or other arrangements with any agencies, organizations, or institutions for collection of information. Directs CES to: (1) provide technical assistance to ED offices that gather data for statistical purposes; (2) coordinate closely with other ED offices in the collection of data; and (3) notify sources of information, at least six months advance, of hardware and software requirements for new collection activities for which electronic submission will be required, and of any other new requirements for data collection and submission. (Sec. 227) Directs CES to submit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees, an annual statistical report on the condition and progress of education in the United States, and to issue regular statistical reports on appropriate education topics. (Sec. 228) Establishes within NCES an Advisory Council for Education Statistics. (Sec. 229) Requires NCES to develop and enforce confidentiality standards. Prohibits use of individually identifiable information for any purpose other than statistical. Sets forth confidentiality provisions relating to NCES administration, employees, staff, temporary staff, and penalties. Allows access to NCES records, including individual identifiers, by the Academy Director, the U.S. Comptroller General, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and the Librarian of Congress; but makes disclosure restrictions applicable to such officials. (Sec. 230) Directs NCES to: (1) provide State and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) opportunities to suggest development of particular compilations of statistics, surveys, and analyses that would assist those agencies; (2) furnish special statistical compilations and surveys at the request of appropriate congressional committees; (3) provide access to other Federal agencies needing educational data it receives; and (4) provide all interested parties, for research and statistical information purposes, direct access to data it collects. Allows NCES to: (1) furnish copies of statistical records; and (2) make special statistical compilations and surveys for various entities and to charge fees for such work or services. Authorizes CES to engage in joint statistical projects with various entities. (Sec. 231) Authorizes CES to establish and provide grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance for one or more: (1) national cooperative education statistics systems; and (2) postsecondary education data advisory groups. Subtitle B: National Assessment Governing Board and National Assessment of Educational Progress - Chapter 1: National Assessment Governing Board - Establishes within the Academy the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which shall have full authority to formulate policy and carry out the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Sets forth requirements for establishment of policy for NAEP. Makes NAGB independent of the Director and the other offices and officers of the Academy. (Sec. 252) Directs NAGB to establish policy for the NAEP (which collectively refers to a long-term trend assessment, national assessment, and State assessments), and carry it out through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with one or more qualified entities or consortia. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) the schedule for such assessments, including frequency, student ages, grades, and subject areas; (2) prohibited data; (3) public access and confidentiality; (4) voluntary participation by SEAs and LEAs; (5) non-Federal share; (6) student performance levels; (7) reviews and reports; and (8) coverage agreements with schools operated by the Department of Defense or operated or supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (Sec. 253) Prohibits use of funds by ED, NAGB, the Academy, or an applicable program for activities related to any federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject that is not specifically and explicitly provided for in authorizing legislation enacted into law. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to the Third International Mathematics and Science Study or other international comparative assessments developed under the authority of specified provisions of this Act and administered only to a representative sample of pupils in the United States and in foreign nations. Repeals specified provisions of the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 1999 (Public Law 105-277) relating to the authority of the NAGB over the direction and all policies and guidelines for developing voluntary national tests. Title III: Activities Within the Department of Education - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to replace provisions for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Establishes the Office of Planning, Performance Measurement, and Technical Assistance. Requires the Office Director to provide: (1) assistance for planning and program performance measurement; (2) assistance to SEAs and LEAs in developing and maintaining management information systems; (3) technical assistance and information dissemination for the regional comprehensive technical assistance and reform initiatives which the Office Director establishes and coordinates, and (4) technical assistance and information dissemination for a school-based customer driven technical assistance program under which the Secretary shall award competitive grants to States. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget provide for a transition of the activities described in this Act previously administered through the Department of Education (ED) and transferred under this Act. (Sec. 402) Repeals: (1) the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994; (2) the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (which is title IV of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994); and (3) specified provisions relating to educational research, Federal evaluations, demonstrations, and transition projects, or national education statistics under the Department of Education Organization Act, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, ESEA, and the General Education Provisions Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 2000
Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000 - Title I: Amendments to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to increase benefits to railroad employees and their beneficiaries and to revise financing of the pension part (tier II) of the railroad retirement system. (Sec. 101) Increases benefits for widows and widowers by guaranteeing to them all of the tier II annuity the employee was entitled to at the time of the death. (Sec. 102) Makes employees with 30 years of service eligible to retire at age 60 with unreduced tier I and tier II annuities. Makes spouses of such employees eligible for unreduced annuities at age 60. (Sec. 103) Reduces the vesting requirement for tier II retirement annuities from ten years to five years of service after December 1995. Makes employees with at least five years of such service, but less than ten years of total service, eligible for a tier I disability annuity if their combined railroad retirement and social security earnings credits would satisfy social security eligibility requirements. Makes spouses, divorced spouses, and survivors of employees with at least five years of such service, but less than ten years of total service, eligible for a tier I annuity if they would have been entitled to a social security benefit based on combined service. (Sec. 104) Repeals a limit on the total amount of monthly railroad retirement benefits payable to an employee and spouse at the time the employee's annuity begins. (Sec. 105) Establishes a Railroad Retirement Trust Fund (the Fund) and a Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (RRIT) to manage and invest the assets of the Fund. Declares that RRIT is not an agency, department, or instrumentality of the U.S. Government. Requires RRIT to be administered by a Board of Trustees (the Trustees) with seven members (three representing labor, three representing employers, and one representing the general public) with experience and expertise in the management of financial investments and pension plans. Requires the Trustees to be appointed by a unanimous vote of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). Prohibits RRB members from being Trustees. Applies specified reporting requirements and fiduciary standards to the RRIT. Requires the Trustees to diversify investments so as to minimize the risk of large losses. Authorizes the Trustees to invest Fund assets in non-Governmental assets. (Sec. 106) Abolishes the Railroad Retirement Supplemental Annuity Account and provides for transfer of its funds to the Fund. (Sec. 107) Requires the RRB, upon the establishment of the Fund, to determine the portion of the Railroad Retirement Account not needed to pay current administrative expenses and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer that amount into the Fund. Requires the Fund to transfer the necessary amount of funds to pay benefits and related administrative expenses to the disbursing agent. Transfers to the Fund Social Security Equivalent Benefit account funds not needed to pay current benefits, but requires that such funds only be used to pay benefits or to invest in U.S. Government or Government-guaranteed securities. Transfers to the disbursing agent from the Dual Benefit Account the amount necessary to make dual benefit payments. Requires the Trustees to consult with the Secretary of the Treasury to develop an appropriate method for transferring or converting existing account obligations. (Sec. 108) Requires the RRB to calculate the ratio of assets to benefits to determine annual tier II tax rates for employers, employee representatives, and employees. Establishes schedules for: (1) decreasing tax rates if the average account benefits ratio, based on the ratios for the ten most recent fiscal years, is above six; and (2) increasing employer and employee representatives' tax rates if the ratio is below four. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the Railroad Retirement Trust Fund (the Fund) from taxation. (Sec. 203) Repeals a supplemental annuity tax that railroad employers pay to finance a benefit for long-time rail employees. (Sec. 204) Provides for adjustments to railroad employers, employee representatives, and employee tier II tax rates. Decreases such rates in 2001 and in 2002 for employers and employee representatives. Provides in the years after 2002 for tax rate schedules, based on the ten-year average account benefit ratio, for employers, employee representatives, and employees.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2000
China Nonproliferation Act - Directs the President to report annually to specified congressional committees on every person (with certain exceptions) with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that such person, on or after January 1, 2000, transferred, retransferred, sold, misused, or diverted from, or within, the People's Republic of China to a foreign person or Chinese national involved in the development or acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or ballistic or cruise missiles any goods, services, or technology: (1) listed on the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology and Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related Technology (both published by the International Atomic Energy Agency), the Missile Technology Control Regime Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 1996, the lists of items and substances relating to biological and chemical weapons the export of which is controlled by the Australia Group, the Schedules of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, or the Wassenaar Arrangement list of Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Munitions list of July 12, 1996; or (2) not identified on any of these lists, but would be if they were U.S. goods, services, or technology prohibited or controlled for export to China (or any tier IV countries as defined by the Bureau of Export Administration of the Department of Commerce), and have the potential to contribute to the development, improvement, or production of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons, or of ballistic or cruise missile systems, or advanced conventional weapons or munitions. (Sec. 3) Requires the President to include in the report information: (1) on any action taken by a person identified in a prior annual report that establishes that the person has discontinued, rectified, or mitigated a prior proliferation activity identified under this Act; (2) on measures taken against such persons or against China in response to proliferation activities; and (3) other specified information. Requires submission of such reports in unclassified form, with classified annexes as necessary. (Sec. 4) Directs the President to apply certain measures for at least 12 months to each person identified in the annual report. Includes among such measures: (1) those set forth Executive Order No. 12938; (2) prohibition of U.S. Government transfers or sales to such person of any item on the U.S. Munitions List, and termination of all sales and after-sale servicing to such person of any defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act; (3) denial of licenses, suspension of existing licenses, and termination of all transfers or sales and after-sale servicing for the transfer to such person of any item the export of which is controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the Export Administration regulations; (4) prohibition of U.S. Government procurement of any goods or services from such person; (5) prohibition of U.S. assistance to such person in the form of grants, loans, credits, guarantees, or otherwise; (6) immediate suspension of any agreements or efforts for the co-development or co-production with such person of any item on the U.S. Munitions List. Sets conditions for the lifting of such measures. (Sec. 5) Requires the President to apply additional specified tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 measures against China if certain circumstances exist. Requires one or more tier 2 measures if a person's proliferation activities are not rectified, or a person has engaged in additional proliferation activities, one year after imposition of section (4) measures, and one or more tier 3 measures if similar circumstances exist two years after imposition of section (4) measures. (Sec. 6) Sets forth procedures for congressional review of any presidential decision not to impose sanctions under this Act, or to exempt a person or China from such sanctions. Mandates imposition of such sanctions if Congress disapproves by joint resolution the President's decision. (Sec. 7) Requires transmittal to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the President's annual report under this Act. Requires the SEC to promulgate regulations to: (1) ensure that securities investors are notified of the identity of any person in the report the securities of which are listed, or authorized for listing, on a registered national securities exchange (or tier or segment) or by a registered national securities association; and (2) require each person included in such a report to provide notice of such inclusion in each written report, registration statement, or other filing or notice required from that person under the securities laws.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2000
Apprenticeship Enhancement Act of 2000 - Amends the National Apprenticeship Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner. Allows affected applicants to file petitions for judicial review of final determinations by the Secretary or applicable designee.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2000
Classroom Modernization Act of 2000 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise and rename title XII as Classroom Modernization. (Currently it is named School Facilities Infrastructure Improvement, or the Education Infrastructure Act of 1994.) Directs the Secretary of Education to make formula grants to States to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) with the expenses of complying with Federal education statutory requirements and priorities relating to infrastructure, technology, and equipment needs for public elementary and secondary schools, including charter schools and schools on or near Indian lands. Bases State allotments on: (1) relative numbers of children age five through 17 from families with incomes below poverty; and (2) relative proportions of ESEA title I allotments. Requires reservation of specified funds for grants to account for children residing on Indian lands. Requires States to distribute such funds to LEAs or consortia of LEAs, through forms consistent with State law for school infrastructure financing, including grants, loans, and aid to issue bonds or other obligations. Considers as such distributed amounts: (1) aid to refund or refinance outstanding obligations; and (2) amounts used to establish a reserve fund for State loan guarantee program. Allows any State that establishes such a program including a loan guarantee for at least one charter school to use a specified portion of grant funds to administer such program. Sets forth objective data categories which a State may consider in determining distribution of such funds. Sets the Federal share at 100 percent for: (1) renovation, construction, acquisition, and start-up needs related to the building infrastructure of a charter school (or, in the case of schools on Indian lands, renovation and construction needs related to building infrastructure); (2) school facilities modifications necessary to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; (3) purchase, lease, or other acquisition of assistive technology devices for children with disabilities; (4) asbestos abatement or removal from school facilities; and (5) ancillary renovation to complete such projects. Sets the Federal share at 50 percent for: (1) school facility wiring and associated infrastructure improvements that enhance students' academic experiences and are necessary for use of the Internet or related emerging technologies or better equip schools for modern educational technologies; (2) science laboratories and equipment, and vocational education laboratories and equipment, that are of significant cost or are related to emerging technologies; (3) school facility renovations undertaken for compliance with fire and safety codes; (4) school facilities renovations to prevent traumatic crisis events on school property that would disrupt the learning environment, such as school shootings or other major acts of violence, if the renovations are undertaken in direct response to, or in anticipation of, such events; and (5) ancillary renovation to complete such projects. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the impact of Federal conditions of aid on school construction projects.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2000
Retirement Security Advice Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow prohibited transaction exemptions under specified conditions to: (1) a fiduciary adviser's providing certain investment advice to an employee benefit plan or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan; (2) sale, acquisition, or holding of securities or other property (including any extension of credit associated with these) pursuant to such advice; and (3) direct or indirect receipt of fees or other compensation by the fiduciary adviser or an affiliate in connection with providing such advice.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2000
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, should work with foreign law enforcement and judicial agencies to enact legal system reforms to more effectively address the investigation and prosecution of so- called honor crimes, and make resources available to local organizations to provide refuge and rehabilitation for women who are victims of such crimes and their children; and (2) the Department of State, when preparing yearly Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, should include information relating to the incidence of honor violence in foreign countries, the steps taken to address such problem, and all relevant actions taken by the United States to reduce the incidence of such violence and to increase investigations and prosecutions of such crimes. Calls for: (1) the United States to communicate to the United Nations (UN) the concern over the high rate of honor-related violence toward women worldwide and request that the appropriate UN bodies propose actions to be taken to encourage these countries to end such violence; and (2) the President and the Secretary of State to communicate directly with leaders of countries where honor killings, dowry deaths, and related practices are endemic in order to convey the serious concerns over these gross violations of human rights and urge these leaders to investigate and prosecute all such acts as murder, with the appropriate penalties.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2000
Quality Cheese Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration from: (1) using Federal funds to amend specified regulations to include dry ultra-filtered milk or casein in the definition of "milk" or "nonfat milk" as specified in the domestic natural standards for cheese and cheese products; and (2) amending such regulations and definitions to include wet ultra-filtered milk until 60 days after submission of the study required by this Act. Directs the Commissioner, in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture, to study the impact of wet ultra-filtered milk's use on dairy farmers.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2000
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require certification of a group of workers (including agricultural firm or subdivision workers) as eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance under such Act if the Secretary of Labor determines that a significant number or proportion of them in the workers' firm (or subdivision) have become totally or partially separated (or threatened with total or partial separation), and either: (1) that the firm's (or subdivision's) sales or production, or both, have decreased absolutely, imports from the People's Republic of China of like or directly competitive articles have increased by reason of the extension of normal trade relations treatment, and such increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation (or threat thereof) and to the decline in the firm's (or subdivision's) sales or production; or (2) that there has been a shift in production by the workers' firm (or subdivision) to the People's Republic of China of articles like or directly competitive with the firm's (or subdivision's) articles by reason of such extension of normal trade relations treatment.
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