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

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 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 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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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 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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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.

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.

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 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.

Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health Protection Act of 2002

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.

Federally Declared Disaster Area Exemption Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Federally Declared Disaster Exemption Act of 2002 - Allows land management activities by specified Federal agencies undertaken in places the President has declared as major disaster areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to proceed without regard to certain provisions of law, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Forest Management Act. Exempts such activities from the notice, comment, and appeal requirements of the Appeals Reform Act and from judicial review by any U.S. court. Applies this Act to the two-year period beginning on the date of the Presidential declaration regarding a major disaster area.

Veterans Health Care Funding Guarantee Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Veterans Health Care Funding Guarantee Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for programs, functions, and activities of the Veterans Health Administration for FY 2004 120 percent of the amount obligated during FY 2002; and (2) adjust the amount provided after FY 2004 based on the number of enrolled veterans and the number of others eligible for and provided care and the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. Repeals, as of October 1, 2003, requirements for the prior congressional approval of funding for Department major medical facilities projects or leases.

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 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.

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.

National Forest Fire Prevention Act

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.

Livestock Reinvestment Extension Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002

Livestock Reinvestment Extension Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow farmers to delay the inclusion in income of the amount earned from the sale of excess livestock due to Federal land management policy or action or to severe weather conditions until the second year following the year in which the special circumstance ceased to exist.(present law allows for inclusion of such income in the year following a year of severe weather). Sets forth new rules for drought designations. Modifies rules for replacement of involuntarily converted livestock, including to extend the replacement period (for both weather-related sales and sales forced by Federal policy) and to prescribe that an heir to an estate may replace such property within the required time frame. Applies this Act to sales and exchanges made after December 31, 2000.

To provide a cost-sharing requirement for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002

Amends Federal provisions relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, Colorado, to: (1) authorize appropriations for the Federal share of costs of constructing the Arkansas Valley Conduit; (2) limit the non-federal share of such costs to 25 percent; and (3) allow up to 100 percent of the non-federal share to be in the form of in-kind contributions or to consist of amounts made available under any other Federal law.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the desire for freedom and human rights within Iran.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002

Expresses the support of the people of the United States for freedom, reform, and self-determination for the people of Iran. Declares that it should be U.S. policy to support Iran's domestic movement for democracy, reform, and freedom.

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Chinese Government's oppression of Falun Gong in the United States and in the People's Republic of China.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002

Calls for the Government of the People's Republic of China to: (1) stop interfering in the exercise of religious and political freedoms within the United States, such as the right to practice Falun Gong; (2) cease using diplomatic missions in the United States to spread falsehoods about Falun Gong; (3) release prisoners of conscience; (4) end the harassment, detention, physical abuse, and imprisonment of individuals who are exercising their legitimate rights; and (5) demonstrate its willingness to abide by international standards of freedom of belief, expression, and association. Calls on the President of the United States to take such actions as: (1) issuing a formal protest about repeated Chinese Government human rights violations to the Chinese Foreign Ministry; and (2) working more closely with Chinese human rights activists to identify Chinese authorities who have been personally responsible for acts of violence and persecution in China. Urges the Attorney General to investigate reports that Chinese consular officials in the United States have committed illegal acts while attempting to intimidate or inappropriately influence Falun Gong practitioners or local elected officials and determine an appropriate legal response. Calls on local government officials in the United States to recognize and support organizations and individuals that share the goals of the local community, including Falun Gong practitioners, and report incidents of pressure or harassment by Chinese agents.

Education Freedom Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002

Education Freedom Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax credit for 50 percent of certain cash contributions by a taxpayer to an education investment organization or to an elementary or secondary school. Sets a maximum credit of $50,000 for corporations and $250 for other taxpayers ($500 for a joint return). Provides other limitations on the amount of the credit in certain specified instances. Excludes from gross income any amount received as a grant for qualified elementary and secondary expenses from an education investment organization. Defines "qualified elementary and secondary expenses" and "education investment organization." Revises definition of "school" for purposes of defining qualified elementary and secondary education expenses.

Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002

Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer whose adjusted gross income is $20,000 or less ($40,000 in the case of a joint return) to deduct up to $3,000 in qualified elementary and secondary education expenses. Defines qualified elementary and secondary education expenses and adjusted gross income.

Education Affordability Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002

Education Affordability Act of 2002 - Makes the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 inapplicable to provisions of such Act relating to educational assistance, thus making those provisions permanent.

Expressing the sense of Congress supporting vigorous enforcement of the Federal obscenity laws.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002

Calls for vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws.

Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002

Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a limited tax credit for employers of 15 or fewer employees based on premiums paid for health insurance for employees. Denies an employer the credit if the relevant employee earned at least $40,000 or worked less than 400 hours for the year. Provides an adjustment for inflation.

Child Support Enforcement Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002

Child Support Enforcement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to the deduction for bad debts) to allow a custodial parent to claim unpaid child support payments as a deduction. Bars a delinquent debtor from filing an amended return in any subsequent year to reflect the subsequent payment of unpaid child support. Includes unpaid child support in the gross income of the delinquent debtor. Precludes taxpayer information regarding child support payments from serving as a basis for selecting an individual's tax return for general audit.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., should be recognized as a courageous warrior, an extraordinary officer, and a great American hero.

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.

Wildfire Prevention Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2002

Wildfire Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to: (1) establish three Institutes (one each in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado) to promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and improve the health of forest and woodland ecosystems; and (2) provide assistance to the Institutes to promote the use of such management. Defines adaptive ecosystem management as a natural resource management process under which planning, implementation, monitoring, research, evaluation, and incorporation of new knowledge are combined into a management approach that is: (1) based on scientific findings and the needs of society; and (2) used to modify future management methods and policy. Prescribes requirements for cooperation among the Institutes and Federal programs relating to ecological restoration, wildfire risk reduction, and wildfire management technologies.

Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2002

Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250 to $500 the maximum above-the-line deduction allowed for classroom supply expenses incurred by elementary and secondary school teachers, effective after December 31, 2001. Expands such deduction to include qualified professional development expenses.

Pledge Protection Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2002

Pledge Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal judicial code to deny jurisdiction to any court established by Act of Congress to hear or determine any claim that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance violates the first amendment of the Constitution.

Veterans' New Fitzsimons Health Care Facilities Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002

Veterans' New Fitzsimons Health Care Facilities Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, including inpatient and outpatient facilities providing acute, sub-acute, primary, and long-term care services.

Belarus Democracy Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002

Belarus Democracy Act of 2002 - Authorizes the President to support primarily indigenous Belarusian groups that are committed to the support of democratic processes in various activities that may include: (1) observation of elections and the promotion of free and fair electoral processes, including the development of democratic political parties; (2) development of independent media supported by nonstate-controlled printing facilities; (3) support of human rights; and (4) establishment of international exchanges and advanced professional training programs for leaders and members of democratic forces that foster the growth of civil society. Places economic sanctions on Belarus and bars senior Belarusian leaders and their immediate relations from entering the United States. Allows sanctions to be lifted only if the Belarusian Government meets specific democratic conditions. Affirms solidarity with the democratic forces in Belarus and calls upon the Government of Belarus to permit basic freedoms and allow free, fair and transparent presidential and parliamentary elections. Calls upon the Russian Government to use its influence to encourage democratic development in Belarus so that it can become an independent state that is integrated into Europe.

To provide for the use of private and appropriated funds for certain facilities related to Mesa Verde National Park.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to collect and expend donated funds and to expend appropriated funds for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of a cultural center and related facilities to be constructed for visitors, to protect artifacts and archival materials, and for the administration of Mesa Verde National Park, on privately owned lands located outside and abutting the eastern boundary at the northern end of the Park.

District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002

District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2002 - Authorizes the establishment of the District of Columbia Scholarship Corporation as a private, nonprofit corporation to administer, publicize, and evaluate a District scholarship program and determine elementary and secondary student and school eligibility. Establishes a District of Columbia Scholarship Fund, to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides for a seven-member Corporation Board of Directors, with six members appointed by the President from House and Senate nominees, and one member appointed by the District Mayor. Authorizes the Corporation to award tuition scholarships and enhanced achievement scholarships to District students in kindergarten through grade 12 with family incomes not exceeding 185 percent of the national poverty line. Allows scholarships to be used for tuition, fees, and appropriate transportation to public, private, or independent schools (or beyond-school-hours enhancement programs) in the District and specified neighboring counties and cities in Maryland and Virginia. Requires the following order of scholarship award priorities to students who: (1) have received such a scholarship in a previous year (in the program's second and subsequent years); (2) District school or kindergarten enrollees; (3) victims of school violence; and (4) other eligible students. Requires use of a lottery whenever amounts are insufficient to provide a scholarship for each student in one of these categories. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on the District scholarship program. Provides for expedited judicial review of challenges to such program.

To amend the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act to facilitate the ability of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires.

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.

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002

Expresses the sense of Congress that it opposes the ruling of a Federal appeals court that the Pledge of Allegiance is an unconstitutional endorsement of religion and cannot be recited in schools, because the Pledge is a deeply embedded symbol of our Nation and the freedoms we hold so dear.

SAFER Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2002

Securing America's Freedom through Enforcement Reform Act of 2002 (SAFER Act) - Sets forth provisions, and amends specified Acts, with respect to: (1) prevention and punishment of alien smuggling, and transporting and harboring of aliens; (2) border patrol increases; (3) use of the military along the border; (4) visas, including the visa waiver program, and consular interviews of applicants; (5) alien terrorist removal, deportability, and asylum requests; (6) alien criminal removal; (7) alien human rights violator removal, deportability, and bar to status adjustment, including criminal penalties for reentry and aiding human rights violators to enter the United States; (8) document security (birth certificates, drivers licenses, social security cards); (9) employment eligibility verification; (10) increased Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) investigative personnel, (11) expedited exclusion; (12) criminal and civil penalties for improper entry of aliens; (13) voluntary departure; (14) detention facilities; (15) removal proceedings; (16) establishment of a Federal election-related Citizenship Verification Program; (17) establishment of an Office of Citizenship; (18) treatment of nationals of state sponsors of terrorism; (19) refugee admissions, and extended family and employment preferences; (20) elimination of diversity immigrant program; (21) temporary protected status; (22) designation of foreign terrorist organizations; (23) foreign students; (24) INS attorneys; (25) alien proof of identity; and (26) information on foreign crimes.

Calling for the full appropriation of the State and tribal shares of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.

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.