Bill· HRH.R. 5724 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2002
Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act of 2002 - Regulates the transit sale of tobacco. Defines transit sale to mean any sale where the product is not delivered directly to the consumer at the time and place of purchase. Includes purchase by electronics, such as through the Internet, and by mail. Prohibits the transit sale of tobacco products to minors. Requires transit sellers of tobacco products to: (1) be authorized as a tobacco distributor by any State in which they make sales; (2) verify consumer age, identity, and address before a sale; (3) provide notice to addressee of intended tobacco delivery (and halting shipment if a notice is received in return that the sale is improper); (4) provide carriers with information concerning the product being shipped (transit tobacco sale) and the sellers' documentation of State authorization; and (5) accept payment only by debit, charge or credit card issued to the consumer where both the billing and residential address match. Requires a signature and proof of identity for delivery. Limits the frequency, content, and amount of transit tobacco sales. Establishes requirements for Internet websites offering tobacco products for sale, including proof of age, identity, and address before access. Excludes Indian tribe tobacco sales within the tribe from certain State authorization requirements. Sets forth duties of carriers and tobacco suppliers concerning their commercial dealings with transit tobacco sellers. Sets forth recordkeeping and database use requirements Establishes civil penalties for violations. Grants enforcement authority to both Federal and State agencies. States that more stringent State laws are not superceded by these requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 5709 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 2002
Life, Liberty, and Property Protection Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exempt from required consultation with the appropriate Secretary any agency action affecting an endangered species that: (1) is authorized, funded, or carried out by the Department of Defense on land under its jurisdiction; or (2) occurs on privately owned land. Exempts from the prohibition against any act or omission considered a taking of any endangered species of fish or wildlife any act or omission that occurs on land that is either under Department of Defense jurisdiction or privately owned. Limits the application of the consultation requirement for actions involving plant species.
Bill· HRH.R. 5569 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2002
Comprehensive Natural Resources Protection Act of 2002 - Provides, with respect to national parks, lands, forests, resources, wildlife and fisheries, and Native American lands and affairs, for: (1) studies, including studies concerning trail sites, theme sites, heritage sites, park, and other sites; (2) boundary adjustments for recreation, historic, and other sites; (3) memorials, including a memorial to terrorism victims; (4) site designations; (5) land acquisitions, exchanges, and conveyances, including those affecting forest lands and wilderness areas; (6) provisions affecting water resources, oil reserves, and mineral rights; (6) wildlife and fishery management, including provisions affecting the National Sea Grant College Program and the National Oceanic and the Atmospheric Administration commissioned officer corps; (7) provisions affecting U.S. territories; (8) provisions affecting specified Native American tribes' compensation, claims, and lands; and (9) various other provisions concerning, among other things, payments in lieu of taxes (PILT), weed control, and gateway communities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5573 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2002
Theodore Roosevelt Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins and 500,000 $1 coins emblematic of the life and legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt. Requires the coins to be issued in 2006 to mark the 100th anniversary of Roosevelt receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Requires surcharges from the sale of the coins to be paid to the Theodore Roosevelt Association to be used exclusively for educational programs at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, including for construction and maintenance of a visitor's center.
Bill· HRH.R. 5528 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002
Center for International Human Rights Act of 2002 - Declares that Congress finds that a private, nonprofit corporation known as the Center for International Human Rights has been established in the District of Columbia to: (1) establish programs to promote, monitor, and analyze the status of human rights throughout the world; (2) investigate allegations of human rights violations in conjunction with private and governmental organizations; (3) sponsor fellows to study international human rights issues at the Center; (4) carry out a conference series to bring together international human rights experts to discuss and disseminate information; and (5) make grants to and cooperative agreements with non-governmental organizations to promote human rights, giving priority to indigenous human rights organizations in countries the governments of which violate such rights. Authorizes the Secretary of State to make an annual grant to the Center.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 114 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002
Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq - Expresses support for the President's efforts to: (1) strictly enforce through the United Nations Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions applicable to Iraq; and (2) obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion, and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions. Authorizes the President to use the U.S. armed forces to: (1) defend U.S. national security against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and (2) enforce all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq. Directs the President, prior to or as soon as possible (but no later than 48 hours) after exercising such authority, to make available to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate his determination that: (1) reliance on further diplomatic or peaceful means alone will not achieve the above purposes; and (2) acting pursuant to this resolution is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization for use of the armed forces, consistent with requirements of the War Powers Resolution. Requires the President to report to Congress at least every 60 days on matters relevant to this resolution.
Bill· HRH.R. 5440 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2002
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the loss of nationality by a native-born or naturalized citizen who voluntarily: (1) joins or acts at the behest of a foreign terrorist organization in terrorist activities against the United States; or (2) engages in terrorist activity.
Bill· HRH.R. 5427 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002
Designates the Federal building located at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the Joe Skeen Federal Building.
Bill· HRH.R. 5403 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2002
Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Adjusts the basic Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity amount for surviving spouses, age 62 or over, of former military personnel to: (1) 35 percent of the retired pay of the decedent (current law), for months beginning on or before the enactment of this Act; (2) 40 percent of such pay, for months beginning after enactment of this Act until October 2005; (3) 45 percent of such pay for months beginning after September 2005 and before October 2012; and (4) 55 percent of such pay for months after September 2012. Adjusts similarly the percentage amounts of SBP supplemental annuity authorized to be provided for such surviving spouses. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure appropriate adjustments in the computation of retired pay reductions for such supplemental annuities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5376 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2002
Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to conduct projects consistent with the Implementation Plan for the 10-year Comprehensive Strategy for a Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment, May 2002, developed to reduce hazardous fuels within any areas of Federal land under the jurisdiction of either Secretary that: (1) are outside of Congressionally designated Wilderness Areas; and (2) the appropriate Secretary determines qualify as a fire risk condition class three area. Permits the Secretaries to enter into stewardship contracts with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and other Federal lands. Allows the Secretaries to collect monies from a contract so long as collection is secondary to the land management goals the contract is supposed to accomplish. Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to repeal the Appeals Reform Act (regarding Forest Service decisionmaking and appeals reform). Provides that in any action under any law for writs of prohibitory or mandatory injunction against agency action in which the agency has found that such action is necessary to restore fire-adapted forest or rangeland ecosystems, the reviewing court shall: (1) consider the public interest in avoiding long-term harm to such ecosystems; and (2) give deference to any agency finding, based upon information in its administrative record, that the public interest in avoiding the short-term effects of such action is outweighed by the public interest in avoiding long-term harm to such ecosystems.
Bill· HRH.R. 5360 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2002
Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) over age 65; or (2) is claimed as a dependent.
Bill· HRH.R. 5319 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2002
Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002 - Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to: (1) treat the threat of catastrophic wildfire on Federal lands as an emergency circumstance; and (2) establish an expedited environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for fire reduction and forest health measures on certain Federal lands. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior (Secretaries) to jointly establish an independent panel to assess agency actions concerning wildfire reduction, forest health and biodiversity promotion, and watershed protection. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a predecisional review process for the Forest Service. Repeals, 90 days after enactment of this Act, Forest Service decisionmaking and appeal provisions under the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993. Directs that emergency response activities proceed immediately due to extraordinary circumstances affecting Federal lands, including actions to reduce bark beetle infestation and attendant catastrophic wildfire threat in the Routt National Forest, Colorado. Exempts all such activities from judicial review and certain notice, comment, and appeal requirements. Authorizes the Secretaries to enter into stewardship contracts for land management activities on Federal lands. Authorizes appropriations for fuel reduction activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5309 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002
Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health Protection Act of 2002 - Authorizes Regional Foresters to exempt certain wildfire prevention tree-thinning projects on National Forest System lands from any laws that give rise to legal causes of action seeking to delay or prevent such actions. Exempts such projects from: (1) judicial review; or (2) notice, comment, and appeals under the Appeals Reform Act. Sets forth the Constitutional authority for this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5264 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002
Tobacco Smuggling Eradication Act of 2002 - Amends chapter 52 (Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes) of the Internal Revenue Code to require all packages of tobacco products to carry a unique legibly printed serial number by which the Secretary of the Treasury can identify the manufacturer or importer and the location and date of manufacture or importation. Requires tobacco products sold on Indian reservations to be labeled as such. Requires a tobacco wholesaler to have a permit and to maintain certain records. Requires export warehouse proprietors to file certain reports with the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into certain tobacco related information agreements with foreign countries. Establishes new offenses relating to the distribution of tobacco. Raises the $1,000 civil penalty under chapter 52 to $10,000. Amends the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act to: (1) expand the applicability of such Act from cigarettes only to "tobacco product" (cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and pipe tobacco); (2) define "contraband tobacco product" as a quantity of tobacco product that is equivalent to or more than 30,000 cigarettes (currently, 60,000) which bear no evidence of the payment of applicable State tobacco taxes; (3) establish new unlawful acts; and (4) require additional recordkeeping. Repeals Federal law provisions concerning reports required to State tobacco tax administrators by individuals engaged in interstate cigarette commerce.
Bill· HRH.R. 5310 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002
Emergency Farmer and Rancher Assistance Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide: (1) emergency financial assistance to agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2001 or 2002 crop losses due to weather or related conditions; and (2) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2001 or 2002 losses in an emergency-designated county, with permitted set-asides for the American Indian livestock program.
Bill· HRH.R. 5214 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
National Forest Fire Prevention Act - Authorizes the Secretary to treat additional timber within or outside existing cutting units for National Forest System timber sales and within related analysis areas to reduce insect infestation or fire hazard by: (1) modifying contracts; or (2) offering additional timber sales within such areas. Sets forth treatment priority criteria.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 445 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Calls for vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws.
Bill· HRH.R. 5180 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Directs: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in Utah to Kirk R. Harrison; and (2) that such proceeds shall be used to acquire lands and land interests for the Dixie National Forest.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 487 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Urges the recognition of General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (who died on July 4, 2002) for his achievement as one of America's most accomplished military officers, whose strength, determination, and character in the face of racial injustice and bigotry could not prevent him from serving with the highest honor and distinction for the country he so proudly loved.
Law· HRH.R. 5099 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Amends Federal law to extend the periods of authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to implement capital construction projects associated with the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.
Bill· HRH.R. 5041 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the loss of U.S. nationality for a native-born or naturalized citizen who: (1) joins or acts on behalf of a foreign terrorist organization so designated by the Secretary of State that is engaged in anti-U.S. terrorist activities; or (2) provides material support for such an organization. States that such actions: (1) shall be presumed to have been performed with the intent of relinquishing U.S. nationality; and (2) may be rebutted by a showing of involuntary performance.
Bill· HRH.R. 5017 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Amends the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act, as amended by the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, as part of any reciprocal agreement with a foreign country for sharing personnel to fight wildfires, to include a provision that personnel furnished under the agreement to provide wildfire presuppression or suppression services will be considered, for tort liability purposes, employees of the country receiving such services when the personnel provide them under the agreement. Prohibits the Secretaries from entering into any such agreement unless the foreign country (either directly or through the fire organization that is a party to the agreement) agrees to assume any and all liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters engaged in providing such services under the agreement in the foreign country. Makes remedies provided under the laws of the host country the exclusive remedies for acts or omissions committed while providing services under the agreement. Declares that neither the firefighter, the sending country, nor any organization associated with the firefighter shall be subject to any action whatsoever pertaining to or arising out of providing wildfire presuppression or suppression services under such a reciprocal agreement.
Bill· HRH.R. 5030 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (the Act) to make a provision requiring the minimization of adverse effects of fishing on essential fish habitat a permissible (that is, it will be required to the extent practicable) element for fishery management plans prepared by Regional Fishery Management Councils or by the Secretary of Commerce instead of a mandatory one. Specifies new conditions under which fishery management plans, amendments, or proposed regulations for overfished fisheries may exceed ten years. Declares that any fishery management plan, amendment to such a plan, or regulation implementing such a plan that is prepared in accordance with certain specified provisions of the Act meets the requirements of certain specified provisions regarding reports and recommendations in the Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 425 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2002
States that the Federal budget for FY 2004 should keep faith with the goals of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 by providing to eligible States and Indian tribes their lawful share of the unappropriated balance in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund so that they may further protect and enhance the environments of their States and tribal lands.
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