Bill· SS. 3276 (106th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2000
Amends the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 to: (1) direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for enhanced penalties for any offense involving fraud or misrepresentation in connection with obtaining or furnishing information to a consumer on (as under current law), or offering assistance in obtaining, financial assistance toward an education at an institution of higher education, such that those penalties are comparable to those provided for an offense involving fraud or misrepresentation (currently, comparable to the base offense level for misrepresentation) that the defendant was acting on behalf of a charitable, educational, religious, or political organization, or a government agency; and (2) expand the debts that are excluded from permissible exemptions of property from estates in bankruptcy to include a debt in connection with misrepresentation in providing, offering assistance in obtaining, or furnishing information to a consumer on, such financial assistance.
Bill· SS. 3259 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 2000
Historic Performing Arts Facility Rehabilitation Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning the rehabilitation credit to permit a qualified performing arts institution, in lieu such credit, to receive a historic rehabilitation credit certificate.
Bill· SS. 3206 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 2000
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 grant program unless such State demonstrates that in its laws or regulations with respect to a defendant against whom a rape charge is brought, such State requires that: (1) 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 such a test; (2) the defendant be so tested within 48 hours after the information or indictment is presented or 48 hours after the test request, and that the test results be made immediately available to the victim; and (3) the defendant undergo any appropriate follow-up tests and that those test results be made immediately available to the victim. Allows funds reduced for noncompliance with such requirements to be redistributed to complying States.
Law· SS. 3181 (106th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2000
National Moment of Remembrance Act - Establishes a White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance to provide national coordination for, and encourage national, State, local, and tribal participation in, the commemoration of Memorial Day and the National Moment of Remembrance. Establishes as an agency of the Commission the Moment of Remembrance Alliance to assist the Commission, including by: (1) planning, organizing, and implementing an annual White House Conference on the National Moment of Remembrance and other similar events; (2) promoting the observance of Memorial Day and the National Moment of Remembrance; and 3) establishing incentives for Federal, State, and local governments and private entities to sponsor and participate in programs initiated by the Commission or the Alliance. Requires the Director of the Committee Management Secretariat Staff of the General Services Administration to appoint an individual as Executive Director and White House Liaison to: (1) serve as a liaison between the Commission and the President; (2) serve as chief of staff of the Commission; and (3) coordinate the Commission's and the President's efforts on all matters relating to this Act, including matters relating to the National Moment of Remembrance.
Bill· SS. 3174 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 2000
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the deduction of up to $5,000 net capital gain.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 364 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 2000
Commends the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, for its successful conduct of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games and congratulates the U.S. Olympic Team for its outstanding accomplishments there.
Bill· SS. 3131 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2000
Medicare Billing and Education Act of 2000 - Title I: Regulatory Reform - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) the prospective-only, non-retroactive application of regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services that establish or change a substantive legal standard governing the scope of benefits, the payment for services, or the eligibility of individuals, entities, or organizations to furnish or to receive Medicare services or benefits; and (2) allowance of civil actions against the Secretary challenging the constitutionality of regulations or policies. Prohibits the Secretary from recovering past Medicare overpayments by offsetting future payments to a health care provider or while a provider is appealing a determination that an overpayment has been made or the amount of such an overpayment. Title II: Appeals Process Reforms - Revises requirements for the post-payment audit process, particularly the recoupment of overpayments. Requires the Secretary to permit any health care provider to appeal any determination of the Secretary under Medicare on behalf of a deceased beneficiary where no substitute party is available. Title III: Education Components - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for education programs for physicians, providers of services, and suppliers. Requires fiscal intermediaries and carriers to do their utmost to provide health care providers with one, straight, and correct answer regarding Medicare billing and cost reporting questions, as well as their true first and last names. Requires the Secretary to establish a process for providers to request assistance in writing (advisory opinions) from fiscal intermediaries or carriers in addressing questionable Medicare coverage, billing, documentation, coding and cost reporting procedures. Title IV: Sustainable Growth Rate Reforms - Requires the inclusion of regulatory costs in the estimate of the sustainable growth rate for all physicians' services for a fiscal year. Title V: Studies and Reports - Requires the Comptroller General to audit and report to Congress on: (1) Health Care Financing Administration compliance with statutes administered by it and with administrative procedure and other requirements under Federal civil service law; and (2) the statistical validity, necessity, and effects of random sample audits, as well as the percentage of claims found to be improper from these audits. Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on whether policies or enforcement efforts against health care providers have reduced access to care for Medicare beneficiaries.
Bill· SS. 3139 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2000
Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 2000 - Amends the Classified Information Procedures Act to apply such Act's provisions to immigration proceedings. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal alien terrorist removal provisions (title V). (Sec. 3) Entitles an alien in a removal proceeding to examine all evidence and admissibility records. (Current law excludes national security information and confidential information.) (Sec. 4) Entitles an alien subject to arrest and detention for removal or deportation to non-federally provided counsel, and access to all evidence. (Sec. 5) Exempts an alien who is a lawful permanent resident, parolee, or asylee from the security and related removal provisions. (Such provisions provide for limited hearings and use of nondisclosed information.) (Sec. 6) Provides for transitional application of information access provisions to alien detainees and aliens seeking immigration benefits.
Bill· SS. 3130 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2000
Criminal Justice Integrity and Law Enforcement Assistance Act - Title I: Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Federal Court - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize an individual imprisoned for conviction of a criminal offense to make a motion for the performance of forensic DNA testing on evidence that was: (1) secured in relation to the investigation or prosecution that resulted in such conviction; and (2) not subject to the DNA testing requested because the testing technology was not available at the time of trial. Provides an exception when there is no reasonable possibility that such testing will produce exculpatory evidence. Prohibits the destruction of biological material during the 30-month period authorized for such testing. Title II: Convicted Offender DNA Index System - Convicted Offender DNA Index System Support Act - Requires the: (1) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop and implement a plan to assist eligible States in performing DNA analyses of samples collected from convicted offenders and to pay for such analyses, in order to eliminate the backlog of convicted offender DNA samples awaiting analysis in State or local forensic laboratory storage; and (2) Attorney General to develop and implement a plan to assist eligible States in performing DNA analyses of crime scene evidence in casework for which there are no suspects, in order to eliminate that backlog. Requires the FBI Director to develop and implement a plan to eliminate the backlog of crime scene evidence awaiting DNA analysis in FBI forensic laboratory storage. Authorizes the Director to expand the combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS) to include information on missing persons. Provides for the DNA identification of Federal, District of Columbia, and military felony offenders.
Law· SS. 3137 (106th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2000
James Madison Commemoration Commission Act - Establishes a James Madison Commemoration Commission and an advisory committee to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Madison. Prescribes the duties of the Commission, including, in cooperation with the advisory committee and the Library of Congress, to: (1) direct the Government Printing Office to compile and publish a book containing a selection of James Madison's most important writings and tributes to him; and (2) plan and coordinate symposia that will be devoted to providing a better understanding of James Madison's contribution to American culture. Requires the Commission to report to the President and Congress by February 15, 2002, on its recommendations, including regarding disposition of historically significant items donated to it.
Bill· SS. 3127 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2000
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000 - Directs that, in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the words "person," "human being," "child," and "individual" shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive (as defined in this Act) at any stage of development.
Bill· SS. 3116 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2000
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, with respect to sugars, syrups, and molasses (excluding cane or beet sugar) that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during any fiscal year under certain quantitative import restrictions (tariff-rate quotas), to establish a duty on such articles and other articles if they are subsequently used for the commercial extraction or production of sugar, or such articles are used in any manner that circumvent any quota imposed under the Schedule.
Bill· SS. 3112 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2000
Medicare Access to Digital Mammography Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for payments and standards for screening mammography that pertain to the limit for screening mammography performed in 1991 to: (1) specify the screening mammography performed in 1991 as nondigital; (2) establish a separate limit for digital screening mammography performed in 2001 and thereafter; and (3) replace the current reduction of limit provision with a provision for adjustment of limit (up or down), requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make at least annual reviews (currently, reviews from time to time) on the appropriateness of such applicable limits and make adjustments accordingly.
Bill· SS. 3088 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2000
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education to issue proposed regulations relating to allowable costs under the administrative outreach program of the school based services program that is part of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to services provided to children with disabilities.
Law· SS. 3045 (106th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2000
Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grants to improve the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes. Conditions such use on the State's grant application including a certification that the State has an established a forensic science laboratory or forensic science laboratory system or a medical examiner's office that meets specified requirements, including accreditation requirements. Establishes a forensic sciences improvement grant program. Directs the Attorney General to award such grants if specified conditions are met, including that any forensic science laboratory system, medical examiner's office, or coroner's office funded uses generally accepted laboratory practices and procedures. Sets forth requirements regarding applications, allocation of funds, permissible uses of grants, and administrative and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for the elimination of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) convicted offender database sample backlogs and for other related purposes.
Bill· SS. 3040 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2000
Privacy Commission Act - Establishes the Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection to study and report to Congress and the President on issues relating to protection of individual privacy and the appropriate balance to be achieved between protecting such privacy and allowing appropriate uses of information, including: (1) the monitoring, collection, and distribution of personal information by the government and by individuals or entities; and (2) privacy protection efforts of the public and private sectors.
Bill· SS. 3028 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2000
Rural Hospital and Health Network Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services to provide a transitional adjustment for certain sole community hospitals in order to limit any decline in payment under the OPD PPS. Makes this Act effective as if included in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 353 (106th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2000
Designates October 20, 2000, as National Mammography Day.
Bill· SS. 3020 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2000
Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify its rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM radio stations to: (1) prescribe minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels (as well as co-channels and first- and second-adjacent channels); and (2) prohibit any applicant from obtaining a low-power FM license if such applicant has engaged in the unlicensed operation of any radio station in violation of FCC radio licensing requirements. Prohibits the FCC, without specific authorization by Congress, from: (1) eliminating or reducing such minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels; or (2) extending the eligibility for low-power FM stations beyond those organizations and entities proposed in MM Docket No. 99-25. Invalidates any previously issued low-power FM station license that does not comply with such rule modifications. Directs the FCC to conduct an experimental program to test whether low- power FM stations will result in harmful interference to existing FM radio stations if such stations are not subject to the minimum distance separation requirements. Requires the FCC to: (1) publish test results and allow an opportunity for public comment; and (2) report test results and FCC recommendations on reducing or eliminating minimum distance standards to specified congressional committees.
Bill· SS. 3003 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 2000
Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2000 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration from implementing any reduction to the rates of reimbursement for outpatient cancer therapy services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) unless such reductions: (1) are developed in consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), and representatives of the cancer care community; (2) provide for the appropriate payment rates for outpatient cancer therapy services based upon the determinations made by the Comptroller General in the nationwide analysis required by this Act; and (3) are authorized by an Act of Congress. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a nationwide analysis and report to Congress on the physician and non- physician clinical resources necessary to provide safe outpatient cancer therapy services and the appropriate payment rates for such services under Medicare.
Bill· SS. 2999 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2000
Health Care Provider Bill of Rights - Title I: Reform of HCFA Regulatory Process - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) prospective application of certain regulations used to carry out the administration of the Medicare program; (2) notice and hearing requirements for certain interim final regulations; (3) General Accounting Office audit and report to Congress on compliance with certain statutory administrative procedure requirements; (4) requirements for judicial and regulatory challenges of regulations; and (5) national coverage determination process. Title II: Reform of Appeals Process - Permits appeal of overpayment determinations under certain conditions. (Sec. 202) Amends SSA title XVIII with regard to: (1) time lines for appeals; and (2) suspension of certain activities while appeals are pending. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to permit any health care provider to appeal any determination of the Secretary under the Medicare program on behalf of a deceased beneficiary where no substitute party is available. (Sec. 205) Makes any determination of the Departmental Appeals Board of the HHS Department under the Medicare program have national precedential value with respect to any determination of an administrative law judge under such program. (Sec. 206) Amends Federal money and finance law with regard to requirements for affirmative appeal of Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) actions. (Sec. 207) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct an audit for a report to Congress on: (1) the statistical validity of random sample audits conducted under Medicare before the enactment of this Act; (2) the necessity of such audits for specified purposes; and (3) the effects of the applications of such audits to health care providers. Title III: Reform of Overpayment Procedure - Amends SSA title XVIII to prohibit: (1) retroactive overpayment determinations; (2) sampling audits to reduce future reimbursements; (3) recovery of past overpayment by certain means; and (4) recovery of past overpayments if appeal pending. Title IV: Reform of Voluntary Disclosure Procedure - Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General to establish, by regulation, voluntary disclosure procedures that apply with respect to any potential violations of Federal criminal, civil, or administrative laws by a health care provider under the Medicare program. Prohibits criminal prosecution under SSA title XI and no civil action under such title, Medicare, or under specified provisions of Federal money and finance law against a health care provider with respect to a matter that such provider has voluntarily disclosed in accordance with such regulations. Title V: Criminal Law Enforcement Reforms - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) deny law enforcement authority to employees of the HHS Office of Inspector General; and (2) establish guidelines for search warrants on health care facilities. Title VI: Provider Compliance Education - Mandates specified levels of funding for the stated purpose of ensuring that health care providers learn of new coverage, billing, documentation, and coding changes to Medicare laws and regulations in a timely manner. (Sec. 601) States that health care providers have the right to information about such matters that are applicable to local carrier guidelines under Medicare. Provides that fiscal intermediaries and carriers will offer each health care provider the right to receive this information by electronic or certified mail. Outlines requirements for additional educational outreach for health care providers for coverage, billing, documentation, and coding issues that have the most frequent billing errors. (Sec. 602) Sets forth provisions regarding advisory opinions. (Sec. 603) Amends SSA title XI to provide for an extension of existing advisory opinion provisions of law.
Bill· SS. 2991 (106th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2000
Just Punishment for Cyberstalkers Act of 2000 - Revises stalking provisions of the Federal criminal code to prohibit a person: (1) from traveling across a State line or within the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to injure or harass another person and place that person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to the person or a member of his or her immediate family; or (2) with the intent to kill or injure a person in another State or to put such person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury, from using or causing another to use the mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce to place that person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to the person, a member of his or her immediate family, or a spouse or intimate partner.
Bill· SS. 2941 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2000
Open and Accountable Campaign Financing Act of 2000 - Title I: Disclosure - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to revise reporting requirements, including: (1) changing from quarterly to monthly the additional reports required to be filed with regard to the principal campaign committee of a candidate for the House of Representatives or the Senate in any calendar year during which there is a regularly scheduled election for which such candidate is seeking nomination or election; (2) requiring a national committee of a political party to file the same monthly reports designated for all political committees other than authorized committees of a candidate; (3) requiring the national committee of a political party, any national congressional campaign committee of a political party, and any subordinate committee of either, to report all receipts and disbursements during the appropriate reporting period; and (4) directing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to make report information available on the Internet and at FEC offices. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a licensee to maintain and make available for public inspection a complete record of certain requests to purchase broadcast time that are related to legally qualified candidates. Title II: Soft Money of National Political Parties and Contribution Limits - Amends FECA to limit to $60,000 aggregate (indexed for inflation) per calendar year per contributor the amount of soft money a national committee of a political party, a congressional campaign committee of a national party, or an entity directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled by such committee may accept. Places an aggregate limit on the soft money donor of $60,000 in any calendar year. Provides for judicial review with respect to such amendment. Increases individual, political committee, and multicandidate political committee contribution limits. Revises indexing provisions. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit solicitation of soft money in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof, or a person receiving any salary or compensation for service from the Treasury. Amends FECA to provide for the indexing of certain penalty and other amounts under enforcement provisions.
Bill· SS. 2928 (106th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2000
Consumer Internet Privacy Enhancement Act - Declares it unlawful for a commercial website operator to collect personally identifiable information online from a website user unless the operator provides both notice and opportunity for such user to limit its use and disclosure. Allocates enforcement authority among designated Federal agencies and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Establishes a civil penalty for violations. Permits similar civil actions by the States. Directs the FTC to contract with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences for a study of online privacy and response tools and strategies.
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