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Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]

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Law· HRH.R. 2215 (107th)enacted

21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2001

21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act - Authorize appropriations for FY 2002 to carry out the activities of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Authorizes the Attorney General to appoint 200 additional assistant U.S. attorneys. Authorizes DOJ activities to be carried out through any means in the reasonable discretion of the Attorney General, including by sending or receiving details of personnel to other branches of the Government and through contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements with non-Federal parties. Lists permitted uses of funds. Requires the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report of any instance in which the Attorney General or any DOJ officer: (1) establishes or implements a policy to refrain from enforcing any Federal statute on the grounds that such statute is unconstitutional or from adhering to or enforcing a standing rule of decision established by a final decision of a court of that jurisdiction; (2) determines to contest the constitutionality of a Federal statute, regulation, or policy or to refrain from defending its constitutionality; and (3) approves the settlement or compromise of certain claims or actions against or by the United States. Applies such reporting requirement to the President and the head of each executive agency or military department. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Attorney General to appoint officials to assist in the protection of the Attorney General. Establishes in the Treasury the Counterterrorism Fund to reimburse DOJ for certain counter-terrorism activities and Federal departments or agencies for the cost of detaining accused terrorists in foreign countries. Repeals open-ended authorizations of appropriations for the National Institute of Corrections and the U.S. Marshals Service. Repeals provisions regarding the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

Bill· HRH.R. 2200 (107th)referred

Health and Higher Education Facilities Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001

Health and Higher Education Facilities Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a small tax-exempt bond issuer, the proceeds of the obligations of which are to be used to make or finance eligible loans for health care or educational purposes, to elect to apply specified current limitations on the amount of obligations by treating each borrower as the issuer of a separate issue.

Bill· HRH.R. 2177 (107th)referred

Invest in Space Now Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001

Invest in Space Now Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit for the purchase of space transportation vehicle provider stock (as defined by this Act). Sets forth separate credit limitations for large and small capitalization providers, as well as aggregate annual limitations. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a United States Commercial Space Transportation Vehicle Industry Authorization Program to provide tax credit eligibility to support qualified commercial space transportation vehicle development startup ventures.

Bill· HRH.R. 2164 (107th)referred

To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to gradually reduce the loan rate for peanuts, to repeal peanut quotas for the 2004 and subsequent crops, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase peanuts and peanut products for nutrition programs only at the world market price, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2001

Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to: (1) reduce quota peanut price support levels through crop year 2003; (2) extend marketing assessment services through 2003; and (3) make nonrecourse loans available to all peanut producers at 85 percent of estimated market value as of crop year 2004. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to eliminate peanut quotas as of crop year 2004. Amends the National School Lunch Act to authorize the purchase at world market price of additional (excess of poundage quota) peanuts for the school lunch and other specified food and nutrition programs. States that such peanuts shall not be considered domestic edible use peanuts under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 or the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 2137 (107th)open

Criminal Law Technical Amendments Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001

Criminal Law Technical Amendments Act of 2001 - Makes clerical and other technical amendments to the Federal criminal code and other laws relating to crime and criminal procedure, such as the Controlled Substances Act and the Economic Espionage Act of 1996.

Bill· HRH.R. 2143 (107th)open

Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001

Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2001 - Amends title IX (Compliance with Congressional Budget Act) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-16) to repeal the sunset provisions applicable to title V (Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes) of such Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 160 (107th)passed

Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately and unconditionally release Li Shaomin and other American scholars of Chinese ancestry being held in detention, calling on the President of the United States to continue working on behalf of Li Shaomin and the other detained scholars for their release, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 2001

Declares that the House of Representations condemns and deplores: (1) the continued detention of Li Shaomin, Gao Zhan, Wu Jianmin, Tan Guangguang, Teng Chunyan, and other scholars detained on false charges by the Government of the People's Republic of China and calls for their immediate and unconditional release; (2) the lack of due process afforded to these detainees and the probable coercion of confessions from some of them; and (3) the ongoing and systematic pattern of human rights violations by the Chinese Government. Urges the Chinese Government to consider: (1) the implications to the broader U.S.-Chinese relationship of detaining and coercing confessions from U.S. citizens and permanent residents on unsubstantiated spying charges or suspicions; and (2) releasing Liu Yaping on humanitarian grounds. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) make the release of the scholars a top priority of U.S. foreign policy with the Chinese Government; (2) make every effort to assist the scholars and their families while discussions of their release continue; (3) make it clear that the detention of U.S. citizens and permanent residents on unsubstantiated spying charges or suspicions of spying and the infliction of human rights violations upon U.S. citizens and residents, is not in the interests of the Chinese Government; and (4) send a special, high ranking representative to reiterate the deep concern of the United States regarding the continued imprisonment of the scholars and to discuss their legal status and immediate humanitarian needs.

Bill· HRH.R. 2096 (107th)referred

Responsible Stem Cell Research Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2001

Responsible Stem Cell Research Act of 2001- Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish by contract a National Stem Cell Donor Bank to preserve qualifying human stem cells and make such cells available for biomedical research and therapeutic purposes. Authorizes the Secretary, through the National Institutes of Health, to conduct and support human stem cell research.

Bill· HRH.R. 2081 (107th)referred

Sugar Program Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2001

Sugar Program Reform Act - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act with respect to the sugar program to: (1) reduce sugarcane loan rates through crop year 2004; (2) revise the sugar beet loan rate; (3) eliminate nonrecourse loans; and (4) eliminate sugar price supports after crop year 2002. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to repeal sugar and crystalline fructose marketing quota and allotment provisions. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the President, beginning after the 2000-2001 quota year, to use all available authority to ensure that U.S. market raw sugar shall be available at not more than the higher of the world sugar price or the U.S. loan rate.

Bill· HRH.R. 2037 (107th)open

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act - Amends the Organic Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish and maintain a list of each person that notifies the Secretary that it is a manufacturer or seller that is: (1) licensed to engage in interstate or foreign commerce of a firearm or ammunition product; or (2) is a trade association representing such manufacturers or sellers. Declares that any lawful conduct carried out by a manufacturer or seller in interstate or foreign commerce of a firearm or ammunition product, or lawful conduct carried out by a trade association in the course of representing such manufacturers or sellers, shall not be the basis for imposing a restriction on such commerce (the award of civil damages, equitable relief, or any other specified limitation) as a result of harm caused by the criminal or other unlawful misuse of such firearm or ammunition product by any other person.

Bill· HRH.R. 2014 (107th)referred

Fair Debt Collection Practices Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001

Fair Debt Collection Practices Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to permit continuation of collection activities and communications during the 30-day period following notice of debt, unless the consumer requests cessation of such activities. Broadens prescriptions governing debtor's civil liability to include a series of class actions arising out of the same violations by the same debt collector. Disallows recovery of legal fees that accrue after the date of a consumer's refusal of a debt collector's settlement offer which is greater than or equal to the final judgment award (including participants in a class action or series of class actions). Requires the court to consider the amount of actual damages awarded when it determines the amount of liability. Declares that a debt collector shall not be liable if the preponderance of the evidence shows that the violation resulted from good faith compliance with either Federal or State rules of civil procedure, or with a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding.

Bill· HRH.R. 2017 (107th)referred

To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of the feasibility of developing regional vehicle fuel specifications for the United States and of implementing the use of a uniform blend of gasoline in the Midwest region of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Energy Information Administration, to study the feasibility of: (1) developing regional vehicle fuel specifications; and (2) alleviating gasoline supply problems and inflated gasoline prices through the use of a uniform blend of ethanol-based gasoline in the various regions of the United States, focusing on the production and use of a single blend for the Midwest region.

Bill· HRH.R. 1885 (107th)open

Section 245(i) Extension Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001

Section 245(i) Extension Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the petition filing deadline for certain alien spouses and children, and employees seeking to adjust to permanent resident status without leaving the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 1881 (107th)referred

State and Local Candidate Fairness Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2001

State and Local Candidate Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the graduated income tax rates applicable to principal campaign committees of candidates for Congress shall also apply to all comparable committees of candidates for State and local offices.

Bill· HRH.R. 1774 (107th)referred

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2001

Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise provisions relating to access and choice for small business employers with respect to medical care for their employees. Establishes rules governing association health plans (group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations), including requirements relating to certification, sponsors and boards of trustees, participation, coverage, plan documents, contribution rates, benefit options, applications for certification, notice for voluntary termination, corrective actions, and mandatory termination. Requires association health plans which provide health benefits in addition to health insurance coverage to maintain certain reserves and comply with other solvency provisions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to apply for appointment, and carry out specified duties, as trustee of any such insolvent association health plans which provide health benefits in addition to health insurance coverage. Allows a State to impose a contribution tax on any association health plan commencing operations in such State after the enactment of this Act. Requires association health plans to include in their summary plan descriptions, in connection with each benefit option, a description of the form of any solvency or guarantee fund protection secured under ERISA or applicable State law. Revises provisions relating to treatment of: (1) single employer arrangements; and (2) certain collectively bargained arrangements. Sets forth provisions for association health plans with respect to: (1) enforcement; (2) cooperation between Federal and State authorities; and (3) treatment of certain existing health benefit programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 1786 (107th)referred

To impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates.

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2001

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to impose tariff-rate quotas (quantitative import limits) and provide various duty rates on certain casein, caseinates, milk protein concentrate, and other casein derivatives and glues imported into the United States (except imports from Mexico). Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into a trade agreement with a foreign country to grant new concessions as compensation in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions; and (2) proclaim any necessary modification or continuance of any existing duty, or continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment. Sets forth certain limits on the reduction of duties on such products.

Bill· HRH.R. 1731 (107th)referred

Social Security Earnings Limit Repeal Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

Social Security Earnings Limit Repeal Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained age 62 may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 1723 (107th)referred

Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Services, based on recommendations from the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Advisory Panel (established by this Act), to make grants, after a process of peer review and programmatic review, to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight centers for the purpose of conducting multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.

Bill· HRH.R. 1644 (107th)open

Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 1595 (107th)referred

Innocent Child Protection Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Innocent Children Protection Act of 2001 - Makes it unlawful for any U.S. authority to carry out a sentence of death on a woman while she carries a child in utero.

Bill· HRH.R. 1584 (107th)referred

Right-To-Know National Payroll Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Right-To-Know National Payroll Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that each employer of more than 250 employees show on the W-2 form of each employee the employer's share of taxes for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) and for hospital insurance (Medicare) for the employee, as well as the total amount of such taxes for such employee. Requires a W-2 also to show any tier 1 railroad retirement tax with respect to OASDI and Medicare the employer has paid.

Bill· HRH.R. 1577 (107th)open

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to replace provisions regarding the purchase of prison-made products by Federal departments with provisions establishing a Government-wide procurement policy relating to purchases from Federal Prison Industries (FPI) which shall generally require the use of competitive procedures. Requires FPI to comply with Federal occupational, health, and safety standards regarding its industrial operations. Requires that an analysis of the probable impact of a proposed expansion of inmate-work activities by FPI on private sector firms and their non-inmate workers be made whenever FPI proposes to authorize the sale of a new specific product or service or to expand production of a current product or service. Provides for inmate wages and deductions. Amends the Federal judicial code regarding the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund to authorize payments to the Bureau of Prisons exclusively for the purpose of providing additional vocational and remedial educational training for inmates. Amends the Federal criminal code to require that not less than 20 percent of the gross profits of the corporation at the end of each fiscal year be allocated to fund vocational training for inmates. Requires the Director of the Bureau to afford to inmates opportunities to participate in programs and activities designed to help prepare such inmates to obtain employment upon release. Authorizes FPI to: (1) locate more than one workshop at a Federal correctional facility; and (2) operate a workshop outside of a correctional facility if all of participating inmates are minimum security inmates.

Bill· HRH.R. 1575 (107th)referred

Freedom from Unfair Energy Levy Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Freedom from Unfair Energy Levy Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) suspend, for six months, motor fuels taxes; and (2) repeal the 1993 4.3 cents per gallon increase in motor fuel taxes. Sets forth floor stock provisions.

Bill· HRH.R. 1510 (107th)referred

Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Services Quality Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Services Quality Improvement Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a demonstration project under which a resident assistant who lacks certain nurse aide training requirements may perform feeding and hydration for a resident of a skilled nursing facility under the Medicare program under title XVII of the Social Security Act (SSA), or a nursing facility under the Medicaid program under SSA title XIX, in the States of Wisconsin, North Dakota, and not more than six other select States. Directs the Secretary to convene an advisory panel to submit recommendations on the use or improvement of resident assistants in such nursing facilities. Amends SSA titles XVIII and XIX, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to authorize the use of resident assistants to perform feeding and hydration that would otherwise be performed by a nurse aide for residents of nursing facilities receiving payments under the Medicare or Medicaid program.

Bill· HRH.R. 1533 (107th)referred

Victims of Rape Health Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Victims of Rape Health Protection Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reduce by ten percent the funds available to a State under the drug control (Byrne) grant program unless such State requires that the defendant be tested for HIV if the nature of the crime would have placed the victim at risk of HIV and the victim requests the test. Requires: (1) the defendant to be tested within 24 hours after the later of the date the information or indictment is presented or the time of the victim's request; (2) the test results to be confidential, with exceptions; and (3) the results to be made available as soon as practicable to the victim and to the defendant (or legal guardian, if the defendant is a minor). Requires: (1) the defendant to undergo any appropriate follow-up tests; (2) those test results to be made immediately available to the victim; and (3) if test results indicate that the defendant has HIV, such fact may be considered in the judicial proceedings conducted for the crime. Authorizes: (1) a State to restrict the victim's disclosure of the defendant's test results to third parties as a condition of making such results available to the victim; (2) funds reduced for noncompliance to be redistributed to complying States; and (3) grants for programs to test defendants for HIV disease.

Bill· HRH.R. 1524 (107th)referred

Medical Savings Account Availability Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Medical Savings Account Availability Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to medical savings accounts to: (1) repeal restrictions on the number of accounts which may be established; and (2) expand the availability of such accounts to individuals other than the self-employed and employees of small employers.

Bill· HRH.R. 1505 (107th)referred

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from basing minimum prices for Class I milk on the distance or transportation costs from any location that is not within a marketing area, except under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2001

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from using distance or transportation costs from a location not within a marketing area as the basis for pricing Class I (fluid) milk unless such location supplies the recipient marketing area with specified quantities of milk (single base point pricing).

Bill· HRH.R. 1331 (107th)referred

Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 2001

Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2001- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a tax credit in an amount equal to the amount paid for qualified health insurance, subject to stated limitations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to the provider of an individual's qualified health insurance equal to such individual's qualified health insurance credit advance amount (the Secretary's estimate of the amount of credit allowable) with respect to such provider. Requires each health insurer, health maintenance organization, and health service organization to participate in a health insurance safety net which shall assure the availability of health insurance to uninsurable individuals. Funds such safety nets through assessments against such insurers and organizations. Permits such insurers and organizations to add the costs of such assessments to the costs of its insurance or coverage. Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow health benefits coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs). Sets forth IMA requirements, including that the IMA be an organization operated under the direction of an association and that IMA health benefits coverage only be provided through contracts with health insurance issuers. Requires IMAs to include a minimum of two health insurance coverage options.

Bill· HRH.R. 1296 (107th)referred

Motor Vehicle Franchise Contract Arbitration Fairness Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2001

Motor Vehicle Franchise Contract Arbitration Fairness Act of 2001 - Provides that whenever a motor vehicle franchise contract provides for the use of arbitration to resolve a controversy arising out of or relating to the contract, arbitration may be used to settle the controversy only if both parties consent in writing after such controversy arises. Requires the arbitrator to provide the parties with a written explanation of the factual and legal basis for the award.

Bill· HRH.R. 1253 (107th)open

Free Market Antitrust Immunity Reform (FAIR) Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001

Free Market Antitrust Immunity Reform (FAIR) Act of 2001 - Amends the Shipping Act of 1984 (the Act) to restore the applicability of the antitrust laws to certain: (1) agreements entered into only among marine terminal operators with respect to an activity to discuss, fix, or regulate rates or other conditions of service and to engage in exclusive, preferential, or cooperative working arrangements; (2) assessment agreements pertaining to such conditions of service or arrangements; (3) agreements or activities that relate to transportation services within or between foreign countries unless they have a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on U.S. commerce; (4) agreements or activities concerning the foreign inland segment of through transportation that is part of transportation provided in a U.S. import or export trade; (5) agreements or activities to provide or furnish wharfage, dock, warehouse, or other terminal facilities outside the United States; and (6) agreements, modifications, or cancellations approved by the Federal Maritime Commission before the effective date of the Act, or permitted under the Act, and any properly published tariff, rate, fare, or charge, classification, rule, or regulation explanatory thereof implementing that agreement, modification, or cancellation.

Bill· HRH.R. 1179 (107th)referred

Family Farm Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2001

Family Farm Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any gain on the sale of a qualified family farm interest to a family member of the taxpayer. Requires the taxpayer (or a member of the taxpayer's family) to have participated materially in the farming business operation during the five years preceding the sale, and requires the family member purchasing the interest to participate materially during the five years following the sale. Provides for recapture of tax foregone because of the exclusion if during the five years following the sale: (1) the interest ceases to be used in a farming business; or (2) the purchasing family member fails to participate materially in the farming business.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 41 (107th)passed

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2001

Constitutional Amendment - Requires that any bill, resolution, or other legislative measure changing the internal revenue laws shall require for final adoption in each House the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of that House voting and present, unless the bill is determined at the time of adoption, in a reasonable manner prescribed by law, not to increase the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount. States that for purposes of determining any increase, there shall be excluded any increase resulting from the lowering of an effective rate of any tax. Requires journal entry of any vote. Permits the waiver of such requirement, for up to two years, if there is a declaration of war or if the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution which becomes law.

Bill· HRH.R. 6 (107th)open

Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2001

Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to provide that the basic standard deduction on a joint return shall be equal to 200 percent of the dollar amount of an individual who is not married. Provides a schedule for making, by 2005, the maximum taxable income in the lowest married bracket equal to double the maximum taxable income in the lowest single filer bracket. Increases the earned income credit phaseout amount on a joint return by $2,000. Revises IRC provisions relating to limitation based on tax liability and the definition of such liability to provide that the aggregate amount of credits allowed as nonrefundable personal credits shall not exceed the sum of: (1) the taxpayer's regular tax liability for the taxable year reduced by the foreign tax credit; and (2) the tax imposed by the alternative minimum tax.

Bill· HRH.R. 1019 (107th)referred

Conduit Contribution Prevention Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 2001

Conduit Contribution Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase civil money and criminal penalties for knowing and willful violations of the prohibition against making or accepting contributions in the name of another. Sets both civil and criminal fines at not less than 300 percent of the amount involved in the violation and not more than the greater of $50,000 or 1,000 percent of such amount. Mandates a criminal fine or two years' imprisonment, or both. Limits criminal penalties to violations involving an amount aggregating $1,000 or more during a calendar year. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the Federal Election Commission to refer to the Attorney General any instance of probable cause that a violation of such prohibition has occurred. Revises the current ban on contributions by foreign nationals to encompass all disbursements by foreign nationals, including any disbursement to a political committee of a political party and any disbursement for an independent expenditure.

Bill· HRH.R. 1016 (107th)referred

Quality Cheese Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 2001

Quality Cheese Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit: (1) using Federal funds to amend specified regulations to include dry ultra-filtered milk, milk protein concentrates, or casein in the definition of "milk" or "nonfat milk" as specified in the domestic natural standards for cheese and cheese products; and (2) amending such regulations and definitions to include wet ultra-filtered milk until 60 days after submission of the study required by this Act. Requires a study of the impact of wet ultra-filtered milk's use on dairy farmers.

Bill· HRH.R. 8 (107th)open

Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 2001

Death Tax Elimination Act - Repeals the estate tax, gift tax, and the tax on generation-skipping transfers, effective January 1, 2011. Provides for annual reductions of the tax until such date. Increases the unified estate and gift tax credit to $1.3 million. Repeals the estate and gift tax provisions applicable to family-owned businesses. Amends provisions concerning the special rules for allocation of the generation-skipping tax (GST) exemption to provide, as a general rule, that: (1) if any individual makes an indirect skip during such individual's lifetime, any unused portion of such individual's GST exemption shall be allocated to the property transferred to the extent necessary to make the inclusion ratio for such property zero; and (2) if the amount of the indirect skip exceeds such unused portion, the entire unused portion shall be allocated to the property transferred. Declares that, if a trust is severed in a qualified severance, the trusts resulting from such severance shall be treated as separate trusts thereafter. Revises valuation rules for gifts for which a gift tax return was filed or deemed allocation made. Provides that, if an allocation of the GST exemption to any transfers of property is deemed to have been made at the close of an estate tax inclusion period, the value of the property shall be its value at such time. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe circumstances and procedures under which extensions of time will be granted to make an allocation of GST exemption or an election not to apply specified allocation requirements to certain lifetime direct skips, indirect skips, or transfers to a particular trust. Increases the permissible number of partners or shareholders in a closely held business for purposes of eligibility for an extension of estate tax payments.

Bill· HRH.R. 981 (107th)open

Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2001

Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Conforms provisions of the Rules of the House of Representatives, provisions governing the President's budget, and requirements for certain strategic and performance plans and reports to the biennial framework. Provides a point of order against any measure that contains a specific authorization of appropriations unless such authorization is for each fiscal year in a biennium. Requires the President's budget submission for FY 2004 to identify budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the FY 2004-2005 biennium. Directs congressional committees, during the 108th Congress, to work with the Comptroller General to develop plans to transition program authorizations to a multi-year schedule. Sets forth additional transition requirements. Makes this Act applicable to budget resolutions and appropriations for the biennium beginning with FY 2006.

Bill· HRH.R. 1008 (107th)referred

To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration from taking action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule related to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2001

Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from taking any action or using any funding to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled "Hours of Service of Drivers" published by FMCSA in the Federal Register on May 2, 2000. Authorizes the Secretary and FMCSA to proceed through all stages of the rulemaking (other than adoption of a final rule) for the proposed rule, including issuing a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking. Declares that a final rule shall not take effect until 180 days after it is sent to Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 969 (107th)referred

To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001

Declares Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency," to be null and void. Prohibits the use of funds for the promulgation or enforcement of an executive order that creates an entitlement to services provided in a language other than English.

Bill· HRH.R. 959 (107th)referred

Veterans American Dream Homeownership Assistance Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001

Veterans American Dream Homeownership Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code concerning the eligibility of veterans for State-financed veterans' home mortgages.

Bill· HRH.R. 860 (107th)open

Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001

Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings (multidistrict litigation) to be transferred to the transferee or other district for trial purposes in the interest of justice and for the convenience of the parties and witnesses. Directs that any such action transferred for trial purposes be remanded to the district court from which it was transferred for the determination of compensatory damages unless the court determines the same justification applies to retaining the action for damages determination. Grants Federal district courts original jurisdiction over civil actions arising out of a single accident that results in the death or injury of 25 or more natural persons, provided the injury has resulted in damages which exceed $150,000 per person and minimal diversity of citizenship exists, subject to specified requirements. Authorizes venue for such action in any district in which a defendant resides or in which a substantial part of the accident occurred. Permits a district court to retain such actions for the determination of liability and punitive damages. Permits removal of actions which could have been brought in district court under the above provisions from State to U.S. district courts. Establishes a presumption in favor of discretionary remand to State courts for damages determinations after rulings on liability. Authorizes nationwide service of process and, upon a showing of good cause, nationwide service of subpoenas with regard to actions under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 868 (107th)referred

Medicare Education and Regulatory Fairness Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001

Medicare Education and Regulatory Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) concerning: (1) prospective application only of certain regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) certain requirements for judicial and regulatory challenges of regulations. Requires the Secretary, with respect to Medicare audits, except when clear and convincing evidence exists of fraud or similar fault, to give a physician, provider of services, or provider of ambulance services (physicians or providers) the option of entering into: (1) an arrangement to offset alleged overpayments against future payments; or (2) a repayment plan with its carrier or fiscal intermediary to recoup such an overpayment. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action to recoup an overpayment or to impose a penalty during the period in which a physician or provider is appealing a determination that such an overpayment has been made or the amount of the overpayment. Prohibits carriers, absent cause, from demanding the production of records or documentation before paying a Medicare claim. Amends SSA title XI with respect to prohibited extensions of remuneration to a Medicare-eligible individual to influence a choice of provider, practitioner, or supplier. Excludes from the meaning of remuneration any waiver of copayment made in a written, mailed communication with existing patients. Amends SSA title XVIII with regard to: (1) construction of hearing rights related to decisions to deny or not renew a physician enrollment agreement; (2) the post-payment audit process; (3) definitions relating to physicians or providers; and (4) the right to appeal on behalf of deceased beneficiaries. Amends SSA title XVIII to require carriers, fiscal intermediaries, and contractors to conduct education programs (funded from the Medicare Integrity Program) for physicians and providers on billing, coding, cost reporting, and documentation regulations and procedures. Outlines provisions with regard to certain information requests from physicians and providers. Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for the inclusion of regulatory costs in the calculation of the sustainable growth rate with respect to the costs of physicians' services. Prohibits the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) from implementing any new evaluation and management documentation guidelines under Medicare, unless it: (1) has provided for an assessment of the proposed guidelines by organizations representing physicians; (2) has established a plan that contains specific goals, including a schedule, for improving use of such guidelines; (3) has completed a minimum of four pilot projects to test such guidelines; and (4) finds that specified objectives will be met in the implementation of such guidelines.