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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 · 25 May 2001
First-Time Homebuyer Affordability Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the tax on prohibited transactions inapplicable to a qualified home equity participation arrangement (one in which up to $10,000 in an individual retirement plan is used to acquire an ownership interest in a dwelling unit that is to be used as the principal residence for a first-time homebuyer). Requires such ownership interest to be a fee interest requiring full repayment. Defines "first-time homebuyer" as an individual on whose behalf an individual retirement plan is established (eligible participant) or a family member (child, parent, or grandparent) who had no present ownership interest in a principal residence during the two-year period before the date of the arrangement. Allows the use of amounts in an individual retirement plan to make loans of up to $10,000 to purchase a home for a first-time homebuyer on behalf of an eligible participant or a family member. Prohibits a related interest deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Leave No Child Behind Act of 2001 - MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2001 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish a MediKids program to meet the health needs of eligible children. Family Opportunity Act of 2001 or the Dylan Lee James Act - Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to give States the option of allowing families of disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage for them. Children's Health Insurance Accountability Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for children's health accountability standards. Kids Deserve Freedom from Tobacco Act of 2001 or the KIDS Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for additional restrictions on the marketing, advertising, and access to tobacco products. Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act of 2001 - Amends ERISA, PHSA, and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to outline standards relating to coverage of childhood immunization. Children's Environmental Protection Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to provide for environmental protection for children and other vulnerable subpopulations. School Environment Protection Act - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for integrated pest management systems for public schools. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary) to make grants to eligible States to support parenting support and education programs. Family and Medical Leave Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to extend its coverage to private employers with 25 or more (currently, 50 or more) employees. Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Insurance Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to pay for the Federal share of projects to provide wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to family caregiving needs, including those resulting from the birth or adoption of a child. Children's Environmental Protection and Right to Know Act - Amends: (1) the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 with respect to reporting toxic chemicals; and (2) the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to require publication of a list of substances or mixtures determined toxic to children. Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to provide block grants to States for media campaigns promoting responsible fatherhood. Focus On Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake Act or the FOCUS Act - Establishes the Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program and the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program. Federal Employees Child Care Act - Provides for child care centers in Federal facilities as well as for child care services for Federal employees. Early Learning Linkages Act of 2001 - Repeals the Early Learning Opportunities Act to replace it with a program of grants by the HHS Secretary to State and Local Councils to provide funds to early childhood learning providers to: (1) increase the number of full-day full-year Head Start programs, and the number of children served by Early Head Start and State prekindergarten education programs; and (2) develop linkages among such programs within a community and between them and health care services for young children in ways that facilitate greater access to such programs. Child Care Facilities Financing Act - Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for the Federal share of the cost of the acquisition, construction, or improvement of child care facilities or equipment. Book Stamp Act - Directs the Secretary to make grants to State agencies to promote child literacy and improve children's access to books at home and in early learning and other child care programs. America's Better Classroom Act of 2001 - Amends the IRC to establish an income tax credit for qualified public school modernization, school construction, and zone academy bonds. Child Opportunity Zone Family Center Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to partnerships for child opportunity zone family centers. Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2001 - Amends the IRC to increase the earned income tax credit for married couples and for two or more qualifying children. Extends the dependent care tax credit to respite care services. Establishes the Gateways Grant Program to improve the administration of State and county low-income families with children programs. Child Support Distribution Act of 2001 - Amends SSA title IV parts A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) and B (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to provide for increased child support payments to families and enforcement of child support obligations. Child Support Assurance Act of 2001 - Directs the HHS Secretary to make grants to States for child support assurance demonstration projects. Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2001 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for a graduated increase in the minimum wage (and apply it to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act - Specifies minimum hourly wages and other employment terms for employees under Federal contracts. Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act concerning the child and adult care food program, and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 concerning the food stamp program. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a rental assistance voucher program. Establishes the Voucher Success Fund and the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 2001 - Directs the HUD Secretary to make grants to States for low-income housing preservation. Amends SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to direct the HHS Secretary to reimburse States for preventive, protective, crisis, permanency, independent living, and post-permanency services. Amends SSA title IV part B (Child and Family Services) for expansion of the promoting safe and stable families program. Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends SSA title IV part A (TANF) and SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) to provide for restoration of funds for the social services block grant. Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act of 2001 - Amends SSA title IV part B to provide for child protection and alcohol and drug partnerships for children. Amends SSA title IV part E to provide for a permanency grants program. Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to direct the HHS Secretary to award grants for programs to encourage domestic violence models using multisystem partnerships to address the needs of children exposed to domestic violence. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to address the mental health and developmental needs of young children. Revises the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act. Younger Americans Act - Establishes a national youth policy, an Office of National Youth Policy in the Executive Office of the President, and a Council on National Youth Policy. Establishes grants for State and community programs to encourage and assist State agencies, community boards, and area agencies on youth to assure that all youth have access to the full array of core resources. Mental Health Juvenile Justice Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) to establish grants for a State and local juvenile justice agency training program regarding access to mental health and substance abuse treatment for juveniles in contact with the State juvenile justice system. Establishes a Federal Coordinating Council on Criminalization of Juveniles With Mental Disorders. Juvenile Justice and Accountability Act - Amends the JJDPA to establish grants to States for juvenile accountability block grants. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) provide for the regulation of firearms transfers at gun shows; and (2) require child handgun safety locks on firearms. Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require child handgun safety locks. Prohibits weapons transfers to juveniles and imports of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to establish grants for: (1) State and local domestic violence offender recordkeeping improvements; (2) State and local gun prosecutors; and (3) local and antigun violence media campaigns. Provides for regulation of Internet firearms transfers. Prohibits multiple handgun sales or purchases. Directs the HHS Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Private Sector Support for Children and Families.
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
Calls on the President to continue to delay granting Mexico-domiciled motor carriers authority to operate in the United States beyond the commercial zone until: (1) the President and the Secretary of Transportation certify to Congress, among other specified things, that such carriers (buses and trucks) will comply with U.S. motor carrier safety, driver safety, vehicle safety, and environmental laws and regulations, that the United States is able to enforce such laws and regulations at the U.S.-Mexico border and in each State, and that granting such operating authority will not endanger the health, safety, and welfare of U.S. citizens; and (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certifies to Congress that all necessary steps have been taken to ensure that the manufacturer, owner, and operator of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating outside a commercial zone comply with any Clean Air Act notice, certification, disclosure requirements, or environmental standards to the same extent that such requirements or standards apply to any heavy-duty truck or heavy-duty engine regulated by the EPA. Calls on the Governments of Mexico and the United States to: (1) agree to uniform application to U.S.- and Mexico-domiciled motor carriers and drivers of the highest standards regarding safety, environmental protection, and driver competency, licensing, and hours of service; (2) improve truck and bus inspection and enforcement programs and their coverage; and (3) consider truck and bus safety to be of paramount importance to the relationship between the United States and Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Breast Implant Research and Information Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to report to all appropriate committees of Congress on the status of the existing breast implant research funded by such Institutes. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the NIH Director to: (1) appoint an official of the Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the NIH coordinator regarding breast implant research; (2) establish either a study section or special emphasis panel for NIH to review extramural breast implant research grant applications to ensure research design and quality, as well as quality intramural research; and (3) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the health implications of both saline and silicone breast implants. Requires a report from the Commissioner of Food and Drugs concerning postmarket evaluations of saline implant manufacturers' data. Directs the Commissioner to take specified steps to assist women in receiving accurate and complete information about the risks of silicone breast implants.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. entertainment industry should immediately stop the negative and unfair stereotyping of Italian-Americans, particularly as profane criminals, and should undertake a serious initiative to present Italian-Americans in a more balanced and positive manner.
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 · 17 May 2001
Nurse of Tomorrow Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human services to make grants for: (1) nurse recruitment and retention; (2) basic nurse education; and (3) nurse education encouragement. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a refundable tax credit for certain nurses; and (2) exclude from gross income certain amounts received under the nurse loan repayment program.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001
Construction Quality Assurance Act of 2001 - Prohibits any contractors or subcontractors from participating in the practice of bid shopping with respect to any Government contract exceeding $1 million for the construction or repair of any public building or work. Defines "bid shopping" as the practice of a contractor, after submitting a bid, pressuring for or accepting lower subcontractor bids without passing resulting savings to the Government. Requires any invitation to bid or request for proposal issued by the Government with respect to a contract to include a clause explicitly prohibiting such practice and specifying penalties which may include debarment or suspension for multiple violations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001
Post Office Community Partnership Act of 2001 - Modifies Federal postal law to revise requirements for the closing or consolidation of a post office and apply them, as well, to its proposed closing, consolidation, relocation, or construction. Requires a 60-day notice, under certain conditions, to persons (including local government officials) who are (or would be) served by the post office involved to allow such individuals an opportunity to present their views before such proposed action. Requires the notice: (1) by the deadline, to be hand delivered or delivered by mail and published once a week for at least four weeks in one or more newspapers regularly issued and of general circulation within the zip code areas which are (or would be) served by the post office involved; and (2) to include a description of the proposed action, a summary of the reasons for it, and the date on which the action is to be taken (or, in the case of the construction of a post office, the proposed timetable). Revises the factors to be considered in deciding whether or not to take such proposed actions. Requires the Postal Service to follow a community's public participation procedures to address the relocation, closing, consolidation, or construction of buildings in the community if such procedures are more stringent than those provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001
Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) continue entitlement to prescription drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy furnished to an individual who receives a kidney transplant for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) extend Medicare secondary payer requirements for end stage renal disease beneficiaries. Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth requirements for group health plans to provide coverage of immunosuppressive drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001
Cable Consumer Rights Act of 2001 - Repeals provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which prohibit the Federal Communications Commission and local cable franchising authorities from regulating the rates for cable television service. Reinstates cable rate regulatory provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 in effect before the enactment of such provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) Federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) such employees of the Internal Revenue Service whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns. Requires that such service which is performed by an incumbent law enforcement officer be treated: (1) on or after the enactment date of this Act, for all purposes, as service performed as a law enforcement officer, irrespective of how such service is treated under the following; and (2) before, on, or after such date, for purposes of CSRS and FERS, as service performed as such an officer, but only if an appropriate written election is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management five years after such date or before separation from Government service, whichever is earlier. Provides that nothing under current law respecting mandatory separation from Government service under CSRS or FERS shall cause the involuntary separation of an officer before the end of the three-year period beginning on such date.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2001
Call Responsibly and Stay Healthy Act 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent of specified Federal-aid highway funds from any State that has not enacted and is not enforcing a law that prohibits the use of a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle. Increases the amount to be withheld to ten percent after FY 2004. Permits such a State law to provide for an exemption to permit use of a hand-held telephone in the case of an emergency or with a device that permits hands-free operation of the telephone.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 2001
Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to include Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania within the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. Eliminates: (1) the Compact's termination date; and (2) certain restrictive authority respecting non-Compact milk. States that only Ohio may join such Compact. Eliminates and revises specified provisions regarding Compact implementation, duration, restricting authority, and Commodity Credit Corporation compensation. States that Congress consents to the Southern Dairy Compact entered into by Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. States that only Florida, Nebraska, and Texas may join such Compact. Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk unless otherwise consented to by the Congress. Provides for Commodity Credit Corporation compensation. Sets forth the Southern Dairy Compact. States that Congress consents to: (1) the Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact proposed for California, Oregon, and Washington; and (2) the Intermountain Dairy Compact proposed for Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk. Provides for Corporation compensation. States that such Compacts shall be the same as the Southern Dairy Compact with specified differences.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2001
Public Safety Act - Provides that to be eligible to receive a grant under the violent offender incarceration and truth-in-sentencing incentive grant program, an applicant shall provide assurances to the Attorney General that if selected to receive funds the applicant shall not contract with a private contractor or vendor to provide core services related to the incarceration of an inmate. Makes this provision inapplicable to an existing contract to provide such core services, but applicable to renewals or extensions of an existing contract. Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution, except for nonprofit community correctional confinement (such as halfway houses), confining any person convicted of offenses against the United States shall be under the direction of the Director of the Bureau and shall be managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local government employees; and (2) the housing, safeguarding, protection, and disciplining of any person charged with or convicted of any offense against the United States (with that exception) shall be conducted and carried out by Federal, State, or local government employees.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2001
Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage of certain self-administered beta interferons and other biologicals and drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of multiple sclerosis.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2001
Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove restrictions on grants for construction of publicly owned treatment works that limit: (1) use for secondary or more stringent treatment only; and (2) the amount that may be obligated for implementation of nonpoint source management programs and groundwater protection activities that will advance implementation of nonpoint source pollution control programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 through 2006 for such grants and provides allotment rules regarding the grant formula, minimum percentage, the innovative projects set-aside, the reservation for bays and estuaries, and discretionary deposits in State water pollution control revolving funds.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that ancestors and lineal descendants of past or present members of the armed forces shall be taken into account in determining whether a veterans' organization is exempt from tax.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2001
Clean Water State Revolving Fund Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2002 through 2006 for grants to States for establishment of water pollution control revolving funds (which provide assistance for treatment works construction, implementing nonpoint source management programs, and developing and implementing estuary conservation and management plans).
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act - Amends Federal aviation law to make it an unfair or deceptive practice or an unfair method of competition for a domestic or foreign air carrier to: (1) fail to provide a consumer full access to all the carrier's fares; (2) fail to disclose, without request, the on-time performance and cancellation rate for a chronically delayed or chronically canceled flight whenever a customer makes a reservation or purchases a ticket on such a flight; and (3) prohibit a customer from only using a portion of the ticket purchased (including using it only for one-way travel instead of round-trip) or assess an additional fee on such customer or any ticket agent that sold the ticket. Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice or an unfair method of competition for an air carrier, in the case of a termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change in the competitive circumstances of the appointment of a ticket agent, to fail: (1) to provide written notice and a full statement of reasons at least 90 days before the action; and (2) to provide the ticket agent with at least 60 days to correct any deficiency. Specifies requirements and prohibitions with respect to airline passenger protection. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to consider whether a foreign air carrier has engaged in any unfair or deceptive practice or unfair method of competition in the preceding five years before issuing the carrier a certificate. Extends certain prohibitions against unfair methods of competition to any major air carrier that: (1) restricts a code share partner from entering into a code share agreement with another air carrier; (2) fails to utilize airport assets fully; and (3) refuses or fails to provide an underutilized airport asset to another carrier on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms. Prescribes a maximum civil penalty for engaging in unfair methods of competition. Authorizes an air carrier to transfer a slot (take-off and landing rights at an airport) to another air carrier only upon the Secretary's approval. Requires a major air carrier, upon application by another air carrier or on the Secretary's own motion, to make gates, facilities, and other assets available to other air carriers on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms. Directs the Secretary to investigate each hub airport (that has at least .25 percent of the total annual boardings in the United States) to determine whether, in the preceding five years, a dominant air carrier (that accounts for more than 40 percent of the total annual passenger boardings) at such airport has: (1) charged higher than average fares; or (2) limited competition by, or engaged in an unfair method of competition in response to, a new entrant air carrier. Directs the Secretary to issue final regulations defining flight delay and chronically delayed flights.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal provisions added by the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 requiring that an alien physically present in the United States who entered the United States without inspection or who is within one of specified classes (including alien crewmen, aliens continuing or accepting unauthorized employment, and aliens admitted in transit without a visa) be the beneficiary of a petition for immigrant status or an application for a labor certification filed on or before January 14, 1998, in order to apply for permanent resident status. Provides for certain departed aliens to apply or reapply for such status adjustment as a result of the amendment made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2002 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow certain eligible individuals born after December 31, 2002, who have not attained age 23, to enroll in the MediKids Program under new SSA title XXII established by this Act for entitlement to benefits specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Includes among such benefits early and periodic screening, diagnostic services, and treatment services under Medicaid (SSA title XIX), and prescription drugs and biologicals. Provides for: (1) cost-sharing; (2) a payment schedule for covered benefits; (3) a monthly MediKids premium and the means for payment of it; and (4) a reduction in premium for certain low-income families. Creates in the Treasury the MediKids Trust Fund for collected premiums, appropriated amounts, and other revenues for use in funding the coverage provided under the MediKids Program and maintaining its financial solvency. Authorizes the Secretary to implement a care coordination services program including specified elements under which eligible individuals may elect to have health care services covered under SSA title XXII managed and coordinated by a designated care coordinator. Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to increase the membership of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, with the initial terms of additional members staggered. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a MediKids premium tax in the case of any taxpayer (with certain exceptions) required to pay a premium under the MediKids Program for an eligible individual; and (2) provide for a refundable tax credit for 50 percent of cost-sharing expenses under the MediKids Program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to propose a gradual schedule of progressive tax changes to fund the MediKids Program as the number of enrollees grows in the out-years.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001
Satellite Trade and Security Act of 2001 - Requires all satellites and related items that were on the Commerce Control List of dual-use items (which can be used for civilian or military purposes) in certain Export Administration Regulations on October 16, 1998, and any other dual-use communications satellites and related items, to be controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 (in effect or as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act) or by the Secretary of Commerce under any successor Act to the Export Administration Act of 1979 (effectively giving the Secretary of Commerce (currently, the Secretary of State) jurisdiction over the export of commercial satellites and related items). Sets forth certain license procedure requirements with respect to the export of commercial satellites and related items to foreign countries. Imposes certain national security controls and requirements on the export of commercial satellites or related items for launch in, or by nationals of, any foreign country that is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or a major non-NATO ally of the United States. Amends specified Federal laws to make conforming amendments with respect to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2001 - Requires a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer that provides any emergency services benefits (including ambulance services) to cover such services: (1) without prior authorization; (2) whether or not the health care provider furnishing such services is a participating provider; (3) in a manner so that if such services are provided by a nonparticipating provider, the participant, beneficiary, or enrollee is not liable for amounts that would exceed those of a participating provider; and (4) without regard to any other term or condition of such plan or coverage (other than exclusion or coordination of benefits, a specified affiliation or waiting period, and applicable cost sharing). Requires such plan or issuer, in the case of non-emergency maintenance or post-stabilization care services, to provide for reimbursement for services provided by nonparticipating providers in a manner consistent with specified guidelines under the Social Security Act or as the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish. Requires plans and issuers to make information regarding emergency services coverage available annually. Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to deem requirements of this Act to be incorporated into such Acts and the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001
Generic Drugs Access Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to new drug applications to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include in an application approval a finding about whether the approved (generic) drug is the therapeutic equivalent of the listed drug involved. Prohibits a State or its political subdivision from establishing or continuing any requirement that does not conform to the therapeutic equivalence requirement of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt State and local candidate committees from specified notification requirements; (2) exempt State and local political committees from specified reporting and annual gross receipts-based return requirements; and (3) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to waive certain related penalties. Amends related penalty provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001 - Prohibits any person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, from: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving the product of human cloning; or (4) importing such a product. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Federal Government should advocate for and join an international effort to prohibit human cloning; and (2) the President should commission a study by the National Bioethics Advisory Commission or a successor group of the arguments for and against the use of cloning to produce human embryos solely for research.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Debt Cancellation for the New Millennium Act - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to urge the President to commence immediately efforts within the Paris Club of Official Creditors, as well as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other appropriate multilateral development institutions, to accomplish certain modifications in the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, including requiring that: (1) the amount of debt relief provided by the IMF and the World Bank under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative for a HIPC be sufficient to completely cancel 100 percent of the HIPC's debt owed to such institutions; (2) no provision of debt relief under the Initiative be conditioned on any country's implementing a structural adjustment or stabilization program of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility of the IMF or any other such program operated solely or jointly by the IMF or the World Bank; (3) all HIPCs that are working in good faith to develop and implement their Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) pursuant to the Initiative not be required to make service payments on their debts (ensuring that the savings from such debt relief will be invested in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, health care, education, and poverty reduction programs); and (4) the eligibility requirements of the Initiative be revised to make Bangladesh, Haiti, and Nigeria eligible. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, upon request, for technical assistance to HIPCs regarding compliance with the conditions for debt relief pursuant to the Initiative, including the development and implementation of their PSRPs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Foreign Military Training Responsibility Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States: (1) shares a responsibility for actions of those foreign military personnel for which it provides education and training; and (2) should evaluate the objectives, methods, and results of such education and training. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) require the Secretaries of Defense and State to include in a required annual foreign military training report information on U.S. and non-U.S. Government personnel, including contractors, involved in each military training activity; (2) require information concerning foreign military personnel provided training to be in unclassified form; (3) require the Secretary of State to prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on all foreign police training, advice, or financial support provided; and (4) require such Secretaries and the heads of each appropriate department or agency to jointly develop and maintain a database on each foreign military and law enforcement participant in education and training activities conducted by the U.S. Government after December 31, 2001. Establishes a task force to assess the kind of education and training that is appropriate for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of foreign countries.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend Medicare coverage to all oral drugs prescribed for use as an anticancer agent for a medically accepted indication.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Clean Money, Clean Elections Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to: (1) prescribe eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements, seed money provisions, and benefits of clean money financing of House election campaigns; (2) set forth requirements applicable to clean money candidates; (3) direct the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to certify whether or not the candidate is a clean money candidate; (4) establish in the Treasury a House of Representatives Election Fund for clean money financing; (5) set forth requirements concerning reporting of certain expenditures of private money candidates and reporting of certain independent expenditures; (6) limit expenditures that may be made by political party committees in connection with the general election campaign of a House election in which one or more of the candidates is a clean money candidate; and (7) require a committee of a political party, before making coordinated expenditures in excess of $5,000 for a Federal election, to certify to the FEC that it has not and will not make any independent expenditures in connection with such campaign. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to entitle clean money candidates to receive specified free broadcast time. Amends: (1) FECA to outline political advertising provisions for specified communications; and (2) Federal postal law to limit franked mass mailings by Members of Congress. Amends FECA with respect to soft money to prohibit: (1) a national committee of a political party (including a national congressional campaign committee) from soliciting or receiving contributions or making expenditures not subject to FECA; (2) a national State, district, or local committee from soliciting or donating funds to a tax-exempt organization; and (3) an incumbent or candidate for Federal office (or an agent) from soliciting or receiving either funds not subject to FECA, or funds for a non-Federal election in excess of certain limits or from prohibited sources (with exceptions). Requires a State, district, or local committee of a political party to make Federal election year expenditures (with exceptions) from funds subject to FECA. Amends FECA to: (1) establish aggregate annual contribution limits for political committees established and maintained by a State committee of a political party, and increase aggregate annual individual contribution limits; (2) prescribe reporting requirements pertaining to political committees; (3) eliminate the exception for building funds relating to the definition of "contribution"; (4) revise requirements for the composition and terms of FEC Commissioners; and (5) mandate electronic filing of FEC reports.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certified diabetes educators recognized by the National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) mandate a single national average standardized payment amount for inpatient hospital services furnished, regardless of whether in an urban or non-urban area, under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for discharges occurring in FY 2002 and thereafter; and (2) establish a minimum factor of .925 as a floor for area wage adjustment factors used under the PPS for inpatient and outpatient hospital services.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to extend Medicare coverage to periodic health examinations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to use the U.S. voice, vote, and influence to call for a vote by such institutions on: (1) negotiating a strategy to cancel debts owed them by any country eligible for assistance under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative or heavily affected by HIV/AIDS, which should ensure that the savings from such cancellation are used for fair and transparent poverty reduction; (2) accepting an immediate moratorium on debt service payments and accrual of interest on the debt owed by such country; (3) encouraging each country to ensure that the national HIV/AIDS strategic plan is fully funded, with a significant proportion of the savings from the debt cancellation to be used for HIV/AIDS response and other health priorities, and HIV/AIDS and infectious disease control strategies are based upon best practices, including prevention, care, treatment, orphan response, and accessibility to affordable drugs and social and health infrastructure; and (4) using their reserve accounts or net income to offset debt cancellation costs. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors at the World Bank and the IMF to oppose any of their programs that would include user fees for primary education or primary health care, including prevention and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being. Directs the Secretary to develop strategies to counter corruption in beneficiary countries under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001
American Hospital Preservation Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by Federal law commonly referred to as the (Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP) Benefits Improvement and Protection Act, to: (1) increase (restore the full) market basket update for inpatient prospective payment services hospitals; and (2) maintain the indirect medical education adjustment percentage at 6.5 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 2001 - Prohibits commercial logging and timber sales (with specified exceptions) on Federal public lands, with a two-year phase-out for existing contracts. Provides for payment of relinquished contracts. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to each: (1) establish a National Heritage Restoration Corps to restore (and monitor) such lands to their natural pre-logging condition; (2) develop National Heritage Restoration Plans and related standards for regional ecological restoration and monitoring. Sets forth provisions respecting forest fire and hazardous fuel reduction. Provides for worker retraining of eligible persons whose jobs have been lost due to terminated timber and logging contracts. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make training grants, including grants for job search and relocation. Sets forth fund allocation provisions, including amounts for an Environmental Protection Agency investigation of non-wood paper and construction alternatives. Amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to make permanent certain education, transportation, and public purpose payments to States and counties containing Federal land. Authorizes a private right of action for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Cell Phone Service Disclosure Act of 2001 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to: (1) establish and administer a system, including a toll-free telephone number, for registering complaints with regard to the quality or performance of commercial mobile telephone services; and (2) require each service provider to include in each subscriber's bill a statement informing the subscriber of such system.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) elimination of the lifetime limit on inpatient mental health services; (2) parity in treatment for outpatient mental health services; (3) coverage of intensive residential services under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and of intensive outpatient services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (4) exclusion of clinical social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system; and (5) coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
FHA Shutdown Prevention Act - Amends the National Housing Act to permit the use of negative credit subsidy from the General Insurance Fund or the Special Risk Insurance Fund for specific housing insurance mortgage or loan commitments. Considers such negative credit subsidies as new budget authority provided in advance of an appropriations Act for the fiscal year concerned.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Family Reunification Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the conditions under which the Attorney General may cancel the removal of certain aliens from the United States, including cancellation of removal for humanitarian or public benefit reasons for certain aliens convicted of aggravated felonies. Authorizes the Attorney General to release such an alien pending the removal decision. Revises conditions for termination of continuous physical presence or residence periods. Permits certain permanent resident aliens: (1) whether physically present in the United States or not, to request administrative relief in exclusion, deportation, or removal proceedings; and (2) to return to the United States without seeking admission.(Eliminates certain conviction-related restrictions on such return.) Directs the Attorney General to establish processes for discretionary waiver of inadmissibility or deportation for certain aliens who would otherwise be subject to exclusion or deportation.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Regional Skills Alliances Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make matching grants to improve the job skills necessary for employment in specific industries. Makes eligible for such grants regional consortia that: (1) must have representatives from not fewer than five businesses or a lesser number that employ at least 30 percent of workers in that industry in the region (or a nonprofit organization that represents such businesses); (2) may have representatives from labor organizations, State and local governments, and educational institutions; and (3) are established to serve one or more particular industries in a particular region. Gives grant priority to eligible entities that consist of a majority of representatives from small businesses. Requires the Secretary to provide matching grants to States to assist businesses, organizations, and agencies in planning to form regional consortia under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2001 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether State law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. Requires the FLRA to issue regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in States that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee rights and responsibilities. Directs the FLRA, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such FLRA regulations and authority through appropriate State courts. Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts or strikes. Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Nurse Reinvestment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the nursing profession, highlight the advantages and rewards of nursing, and encourage individuals from diverse communities and backgrounds to enter the nursing profession; and (2) award grants to designated eligible entities in order to increase the number of nurses. Establishes a fast-track nursing school faculty training program. Establishes a National Nurse Service Corps Scholarship program that provides scholarships to individuals seeking nursing education in exchange for service by such individuals in areas with nursing shortages. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the exclusion from gross income of accounts received under the National Nursing Service Corps Scholarship Program. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for nurse education training payments to qualified entities. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to temporarily increase the matching rate for Medicaid nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) make grants to eligible recipients to facilitate the deployment by the private sector of broadband telecommunications networks and capabilities to underserved rural areas; and (2) guarantee loans used for such purpose. Requires particular emphasis to be given to entities that use grant proceeds to: (1) provide underserved rural areas with access to Internet services by local telephone; (2) demonstrate models or technologies to bring broadband services to such areas; and (3) use broadband services to stimulate economic development in such areas. Limits to $100 million the total amount of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 2001 - Requires each participating manufacturer of a covered outpatient drug to make it available for purchase by each pharmacy: (1) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount sold or distributed by the pharmacy to Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) at a price no greater than the manufacturer's average foreign price. Sets forth special provisions with respect to hospice programs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
See summary of: H.R. 1311
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase from 4.25 percent to ten percent the amount of TANF funds a State may transfer to carry out State programs under SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) for FY 2002. Amends SSA title XX to: (1) increase the authorization of appropriations for States and territories for FY 2001, 2002, and succeeding fiscal years; and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compile information on State activities carried out under SSA title XX and report it annually to Congress.