Rep. Schaffer, Bob [R-CO-4]

An amendment numbered 13 printed in part B of House Report 106-549 to direct the Comptroller General of the GAO to conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Department of Education.

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An amendment to increase funds appropriated in the bill for Delinquent and hight risk youth programs by $40 million, and to cut funds for Goals 2000 programss comensurately.

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An amendment numbered 205 printed in the Congressional Record to increase by transfer the amount for special education by $42,224,000.

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An amendment numbered 203 printed in the Congressional Record to increase by transfer the funding for special education by $10,356,700.

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Amendment no. 48 printed in the Congressional Record to permit children who are victims of violent crimes at school or who otherwise attend unsafe schools to transfer to another public school chosen by their parents.

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An amendment no. 43 and printed in Part A of H.Rept. 106-186 to require a GAO analysis regarding the performance of juvenile justice delinquency and prevention programs and establishes a sunset date for those programs that are not effective.

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An amendment to increase funding (by transfer) for the IDEA program by $1.1 billion.

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Supporting the goals and ideas of National Take Your Kids to Vote Day.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002

States that the Congress supports the goals and ideas of National Take Your Kids To Vote Day.

To eliminate the authority to reduce rental payments under the conservation reserve program in calendar year 2002 by reason of harvesting of forage or grazing on land in an emergency caused by a drought.

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2002

Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 eliminate rental payment reduction authority under the conservation reserve program because of harvesting of forage or grazing during a drought-caused emergency for 2002.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action on H.R. 3762, the Pension Security Act of 2002.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action in the 107th Congress on the Pension Security Act of 2002 and present it to the President for his signature before adjournment.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action on H.R. 7, the Community Solutions Act of 2001.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action in the 107th Congress on the Community Solutions Act of 2001 and present it to the President for his signature before adjournment.

Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002

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.

Expressing the sense of the House that Congress should complete action on the Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2002.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2002

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action on the Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2002, and present it to the President before adjournment.

Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2002

Emergency Agricultural Disaster 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 and 2002 losses in an emergency-designated county, with set-asides for the American Indian livestock program.

To enhance the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment.

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.

Recognizing the significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 2002

Declares the sense of Congress that the President should designate a National Bread Month in recognition of the significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet.

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 5 September 2002

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that a public safety officer who dies as the direct and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke suffered while on duty or within 24 hours after participating in a training exercise or responding to an emergency situation shall be presumed to have died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty, for purposes of survivor benefits.

Recognizing rescue crews for their outstanding effort and cooperation resulting in the safe rescue on July 27, 2002, of trapped miners Randy Fogle, Thomas Foy, Harry B. Mayhugh, John Unger, John Phillippi, Ronald Hileman, Dennis Hall, Robert Pugh, and Mark Popernack and the miners for their stamina and courage.

United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2002

Urges recognition of certain named trapped coal miners for their stamina and courage and the rescue crews for their outstanding effort and cooperation resulting in their safe rescue on July 27, 2002, in Pennsylvania.

To amend the General Education Provisions Act to clarify the definition of a student regarding family educational and privacy rights.

United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2002

Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to revise the definition of student for purposes of coverage regarding certain family educational and privacy rights (under GEPA provisions which are also known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974). Includes under such coverage any person educated at a home school (whether or not State law treats a home school as a home school or a private school), if an educational agency or institution maintains education records or personally identifiable information on such person (whether or not the home-schooled person is in attendance at the agency or institution). (Current law excludes all those who are not in attendance at the agency or institution.)

Investor Protection, Market Stabilization, and Tax Fairness Restoration Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2002

Investor Protection, Market Stabilization, and Tax Fairness Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for a taxpayer other than a corporation in an amount equal to the shareholder credits determined with respect to dividends received from domestic corporations. Sets a maximum amount for the credit. Prohibits the allotting of credit in certain instances to nonresident aliens. Provides criteria for calculating a shareholder credit for a dividend. Classifies any shareholder credit determined under this Act as a tax paid by the relevant corporation. Includes a taxpayer's shareholder credits in gross income. Permits a corporation to deduct 100 percent of the amount received as dividends from a domestic corporation (presently the Code allows a deduction of 70 percent or 100 percent, depending on the type of dividend). Increases, from 70 to 100 percent, the amount a corporation is allowed to deduct with respect to dividends on certain preferred stock.

Emergency Farmer and Rancher Assistance Act of 2002

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.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 South Howes Street in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the "Barney Apodaca Post Office".

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 301 South Howes Street in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the Barney Apodaca Post Office.

Honoring Rick Lee Schwartz and Milt Stollak, who died in a plane crash on July 18, 2002, while fighting the Big Elk fires near Estes Park, Colorado.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Honors the bravery and service of firefighters Rick Lee Schwartz and Milt Stollack who died in a plane crash on July 18, 2002, while fighting the Big Elk fires near Estes Park, Colorado. Urges individuals to contribute to the Air Tanker 123 Memorial Fund honoring such men.

To authorize the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Authorizes the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933. Prohibits the U.S. Government from paying any expense for the establishment of the memorial or its maintenance.