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United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2001
Honoring the Passengers and Crew of United Flight 93 Act - Authorizes the President to award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2001
Victims of Terrorism Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income taxes and the estate and gift taxes any individual who died as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, unless the individual was a perpetrator of the attacks.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) because of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the limit on the number of Public Safety Officer Medals of Valor should be waived and a medal should be awarded under the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 to any officer who was killed in the line of duty; and (2) the Medal of Valor Review Board should give strong consideration to the acts of bravery by other officers in responding to these events.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2001
Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay (within 30 days of employing agency certification) death or permanent disability benefits to qualified beneficiaries of public safety officers who were killed or who suffered a catastrophic injury as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in connection with the rescue or recovery efforts related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001
Condemns the terrorists who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, as well as their sponsors. Extends condolences to the victims and their families and commends the heroic actions of the rescue workers, volunteers, and State and local officials who responded. Declares that the United States is entitled under international law to respond to these attacks. Expresses: (1) thanks to those foreign leaders and individuals who have expressed solidarity with the United States in the aftermath of the attacks and asks them to continue to stand with the United States in the war against international terrorism; (2) a commitment to support increased resources in the war to eradicate terrorism; and (3) support for the determination of the President to bring to justice and punish the perpetrators of these attacks and their sponsors. Declares September 12, 2001, to be a National Day of Unity and Mourning.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001
Designates the month of October 2001 as Family History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001
Designates the week beginning September 16, 2001, as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2001
Middle East Peace Compliance Act of 2001 - Imposes specified sanctions with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or the Palestinian Authority if the President determines that such entities have not substantially complied with certain commitments made with Israel. Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions in the U.S. national security interest.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude stock options and employee stock purchase plans from the definition of wages for purposes of employment taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Persian Gulf War POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2001 - Amends the Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000 to direct the Attorney General to grant refugee status in the United States to any alien (and parent, spouse, or child thereof) who: (1) is a national of Iraq or a nation of the Greater Middle East Region; and (2) personally delivers into the custody of the United States Government a living American Persian Gulf War POW/MIA. Includes Iraq, Kuwait, and any other country of the Greater Middle East Region among the countries to which the International Broadcasting Bureau is required to broadcast information that promotes such refugee program.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
United States Independent Film and Television Production Incentive Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax credit for 25 percent of up to the first $25,000 of qualified wages paid or incurred by an employer with respect to employees in any qualified U.S. independent film and television production during a taxable year. Increases the credit to 35 percent if the production is located in an area eligible for designation as a low-income community or eligible for designation by the Delta Regional Authority as a distressed county or isolated area of distress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the week of November 11 through 17, 2001, should be designated as National Veterans Awareness Week for the purpose of emphasizing education efforts directed at elementary and secondary school students concerning the contributions and sacrifices of veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
States that Congress: (1) supports the purposes and objectives of Youth For Life: Remembering Walter Payton; and (2) encourages all young people to learn about the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donations and to discuss these donations with their families and friends.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
Breast Cancer Research Stamp Act of 2001 - Amends Federal postal law to provide that any limitation in the Semipostal Authorization Act relating to whether more than one semipostal (a postage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service, at a premium, in order to help provide funding for a national public interest) may be offered for sale at the same time, shall not apply to the breast cancer research special stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Extends the Service's authority to issue such stamps through July 29, 2008. Revises the differential amount of the special rate of postage for the breast cancer research stamp to not less than 15 percent of the regular first-class rate (currently, not to exceed 25 percent of first-class). Requires the special rate to be evenly divisible by five.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
Provides medical and dental care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) and TRICARE (a Department of Defense managed care program) for active and reserve military personnel called to or retained in active duty in support of a contingency operation for up to one year (currently 30 days) after their release from such duty.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2001
Liberty Dollar Bill Act - Amends Federal law to require that the design of the reverse side of one-dollar Federal reserve notes incorporate: (1) the preamble to the Constitution; (2) a list of the Articles of the Constitution; and (3) a list of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. States that such requirements do not limit the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) include other inscriptions or material on the reverse side of such notes; or (2) adopt other design features to deter counterfeiting of currency.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001
Designates the month of September as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Declares that the Federal Government has a responsibility to: (1) raise awareness about the importance of screening methods and treatment of prostate cancer; (2) increase research funding that is commensurate with the burden of the disease so that the causes of, and improved screening, treatments, and a cure for, prostate cancer may be discovered; and (3) continue to consider ways for improving access to, and the quality of, health care services for detecting and treating prostate cancer.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Solid Waste Interstate Transportation and Local Authority Act of 2001 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator (facility) from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste (MSW) for disposal or incineration unless the waste is received pursuant to a new or existing host community agreement or an exemption from this prohibition. Authorizes States to establish limits on the amount of out-of-State waste received annually for disposal at each facility and affected local governments to limit the amount received at a particular facility pursuant to an exemption. Prohibits State limits from conflicting with permits or host community agreements that set higher (or no) limits. Allows a State to: (1) provide that it will deny or refuse to renew a permit for the construction or operation of a facility (or a major modification thereto); (2) require that a permit issued for a new facility or an expansion include an annual limitation of not less than 20 percent on the total quantity of out-of-State MSW relative to the total waste received by the facility; (3) limit the amount of out-of-State MSW received annually at each facility to the amount received during 1995 if the State has enacted a comprehensive, statewide recycling program; and (4) impose cost recovery surcharges Requires owners or operators to annually report to Governors of the States in which the facilities are located the amount of out-of-State waste received during the preceding year. Requires the General Accounting Office to report annually on unauthorized disposal incidents. Authorizes States and political subdivisions to exercise flow control authority for municipal solid waste and recyclables, directing such waste and materials to particular waste management or recyclables facilities designated as of a specified suspension date. Prohibits a State or political subdivision from requiring any person to transport materials to any active portion of a MSW landfill unit if contamination of such portion is a basis for listing on the National Priorities List, unless the person has been indemnified. Imposes limitations on the use of revenues derived from the exercise of flow control authority. Lists additional conditions under which flow control authority may be exercised. Prohibits recovery of damages or costs in a claim against a State or local government, or official or employee thereof, based on the exercise of flow control authority on or before May 16, 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should use the Genoa summit meeting of the G-8 to condition future G-8 meetings upon a demonstration by the Government of the Russian Federation to adhere to the norms and standards of democracy and fundamental human rights that must include: (1) an end to Russian military operations in Chechnya and the initiation of negotiations with the democratically elected Government of Chechnya; (2) granting international missions access to Chechnya to provide humanitarian assistance and to investigate war crimes; (3) respect for a free and independent media; (4) religious freedom; and (5) equal treatment and respect for the human rights of all citizens. Calls for the President and the Secretary of State to: (1) take all necessary steps to suspend the participation of the Russian Federation in meetings of the G-8 countries after the Genoa summit meeting should that Government fail to adhere to such norms and standards; and (2) convey to appropriate Russian Federation Government and G-7 officials this expression of the views of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all Americans should keep abused and neglected children in their thoughts and prayers; (2) all Americans should seek to break the cycle of abuse and neglect and to give these children hope for the future; (3) the faith community, nonprofit organizations, and volunteers across America should recommit themselves and mobilize their resources to assist these children; and (4) the Senate supports the goals and ideas of the Day of Hope, (April 3, 2002) and commends Childhelp USA for its efforts on behalf of abused and neglected children everywhere.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2001
Condemns and deplores: (1) the continued detention of Li Shaomin, Gao Zhan, Wu Jianmin, Qin Guangguang, Teng Chunyan and other scholars detained on false charges by the Government of the People's Republic of China and calls for their release; (2) the lack of due process afforded to these detainees and the probable coercion of confessions from some of them; and (3) human rights violations by such 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 medical parole. Expresses the Senate's belief that human rights violations inflicted on U.S. citizens and residents will reduce opportunities for U.S.-Chinese cooperation. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) make release of the detained American scholars a top priority and continue to make every effort to assist such persons and their families while discussions are ongoing; (2) make it clear that the detention and violation of the human rights of U.S. citizens and residents is not in the Chinese Government's interests; and (3) send a special, high ranking representative to reiterate deep concern regarding continued imprisonment of such persons and to discuss their legal status and immediate humanitarian needs.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2001
Requires the U.S. flags on all Federal facilities to be lowered to half-staff each year on the day of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmittsburg, Maryland.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001
Entrepreneurs Risk Incentive Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to adjustments in computing alternative minimum taxable income, to repeal the denial of an exclusion from an individual's income of the transfer of stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an incentive stock option, which thus subjects the stock transfer to the alternative minimum tax (AMT). (This repeal exempts such a transfer from the AMT.)
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001
Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to include Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania within the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. Eliminates: (1) the Compact's termination date; and (2) certain restrictive authority respecting non-Compact milk. States that only Ohio may join such Compact. Eliminates and revises specified provisions regarding Compact implementation, duration, restricting authority, and Commodity Credit Corporation compensation. States that Congress consents to the Southern Dairy Compact entered into by Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. States that only Florida, Nebraska, and Texas may join such Compact. Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk unless otherwise consented to by the Congress. Provides for Commodity Credit Corporation compensation. Sets forth the Southern Dairy Compact. States that Congress consents to: (1) the Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact proposed for California, Oregon, and Washington; and (2) the Intermountain Dairy Compact proposed for Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Limits price regulatory authority to Class I fluid milk. Provides for Corporation compensation. States that such Compacts shall be the same as the Southern Dairy Compact with specified differences.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations. States that for purposes of Federal motor vehicle safety standards a low-speed electric bicycle as defined by CPSA shall not be considered a motor vehicle under the jurisdiction of Federal transportation law.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001
Allows credit under the Federal Employees' Retirement System for temporary Government service which was performed abroad after December 31, 1988 and before May 24, 1998, at a U.S. diplomatic mission, consular mission, or other Foreign Service post. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to inform individuals entitled to have any service credited under this Act or to have any annuity computed or recomputed under this Act. Sets forth requirements for the computation or recomputation of annuities or survivor annuities as necessitated by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001
Provides that, when any comparability payment becomes payable with respect to General Schedule employees within the District of Columbia, the annual rate of pay for positions at each level of the Executive Schedule shall be adjusted by an amount equal to the percentage adjustment payable to such General Schedule employees. Revises the rate of basic pay for the Vice Chairman and other members of the Contract Appeals Board. Adjusts such pay rate after each adjustment under the General Schedule. Increases the maximum limit on bonuses, awards, or other similar cash payments that may be paid in a calendar year to contract appeals board members, certain senior-level employees, and individual senior executives. Increases: (1) the rate of basic pay payable for certain executive schedule positions; and (2) the highest rate of basic pay payable for the Senior Executive Service. Increases the maximum rates of basic pay allowable for circuit executives and certain personnel of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Provides for the salary of the Director of such Office to be the same as the salary of a circuit (currently, district) judge.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001
Trade Promotion Act of 2001 - Sets forth the principal U.S. trade negotiating objectives (generally similar to the principal Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (OTCA) negotiating objectives) regarding trade barriers, trade in services, agriculture, foreign investment, intellectual property, electronic commerce and information technologies, worker rights, the environment, trade agreement enforcement, dispute settlement, unfair trade practices, improvement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other multilateral trade agreements, transparency, and regulatory competition. Urges the President to ensure that trade agreements complement and reinforce specified other policy goals. Sets forth the authority of the President (generally similar to the authority under (OTCA)) to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries regarding tariff and non-tariff barriers. States that a trade agreement may be entered into (before December 31, 2005; or December 31, 2007, if trade negotiating authority is extended by Congress; or December 31, 2009, if a second extension is approved) only if it makes progress in meeting the principal trade negotiating objectives, and the President satisfies certain congressional notification and consultation requirements set forth in this Act. Applies trade agreement approval procedures (fast-track procedures) to bills implementing trade agreements only if they consist of provisions: (1) approving a trade agreement entered into under this Act and the statement of proposed implementing administrative action; (2) necessary to implement such agreement; (3) necessary for compliance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act); and (4) relating to certain points of order in the Senate. Prohibits implementing bills from containing any provision that changes the health, safety, labor, environmental, or essential security laws or standards of the United States. Authorizes both Houses of Congress to adopt, within 60 days of each other, a procedural disapproval resolution denying trade agreement approval procedures to any trade agreement if the President has failed or refused to notify or consult with Congress about it. Exempts from the notice and consultation requirements of this Act any tariff or non-tariff agreement (including the application of trade agreement approval procedures to such agreement) which results from negotiations commenced before enactment of this Act: (1) under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding trade in information technology products; (2) pursuant to a Uruguay Round Agreement; (3) with Chile, Singapore, Australia, or New Zealand; or (4) to achieve a free trade area of the Americas.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001
Designates the engineering and management building at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, as the Norman Sisisky Engineering and Management Building.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to States and municipalities to upgrade municipal wastewater treatment plants of a specified capacity and located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed with nutrient removal technologies.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001
Booker T. Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2001 - Modifies the boundary of the Booker T. Washington National Monument in Franklin County, Virginia, to include specified additional lands.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001
Filipino Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 2001 - Redesignates provisions of Federal law which authorize: (1) payment of compensation for the service-connected disability of members of the Philippine Commonwealth Army who served with U.S. armed forces during World War II and who now are U.S. citizens or lawfully reside in the United States; and (2) hospital and nursing home care and medical services for such veterans and new Philippine Scouts in the same manner as U.S. veterans. Limits the disability pension to $100 per month for such veterans who reside in the Philippines. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish care and services to veterans of World War II, Commonwealth Army veterans, and new Philippine Scouts for the treatment of service-connected disabilities and non-service connected disabilities of such veterans and scouts residing in the Philippines on an outpatient basis at the Manila VA Outpatient Clinic. Limits to $500,000 the amount to be expended during a fiscal year for such services.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to: (1) rename the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Resources Office as the Chesapeake Bay Office (the Office); (2) require that the Office be administered by the Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; (3) revise the functions of the Office; (4) require a five-year study concerning living resources of the Chesapeake Bay and a multiple species management strategy for the Chesapeake Bay; (5) require a community-based fishery and habitat restoration small grants and technical assistance program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (6) establish a coastal prediction center for the Chesapeake Bay; and (7) establish the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Education Program.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001
Honors the U.S. Army on its 226th birthday.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit: (1) Federal civilian and military retirees to pay Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and TRICARE supplemental premiums on a pretax basis; and (2) a deduction (available to itemizers and nonitemizers) for TRICARE supplemental premiums and enrollment fees.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2001
Designates the second Sunday in the month of December as National Children's Memorial Day and the last Friday in the month of April as Children's Memorial Flag Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2001
Iran and Libya Sanctions Extension Act of 2001 - Amends the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to extend it for another five-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2001
Korea Defense Service Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to issue a campaign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service Medal, to each member who served in the Republic of Korea or its adjacent waters after July 27, 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2001
Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of his or her right to make such request. Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge may refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Bipartisan Federal Election Reform Act of 2001 - Establishes the Blue Ribbon Study Panel to study, with respect to Federal elections, methods of: (1) voting and counting votes, of ballot design, of voter registration, of maintaining secure and accurate lists of registered voters, and of ensuring that all registered voters appear on the polling list at the appropriate polling site; (2) provisional voting; (3) ensuring accessibility of voting, registration, polling places, and voting equipment to all voters; (4) registering members of the armed forces and overseas citizens to vote, and ensuring that they timely receive ballots that will be properly and expeditiously handled and counted; (5) recruiting and improving the performance of poll workers; and (6) educating voters. Requires the Panel also to study: (1) Federal and State voting eligibility laws; (2) matters relevant to voting and administering elections in rural and urban areas; and (3) how the Federal Government can assist State and local authorities to improve election administration and what levels of funding would be necessary for such assistance. Requires the Panel to make related recommendations. Establishes the Election Administration Commission to: (1) adopt or modify and periodically update Panel recommendations; (2) issue or adopt updated voting system standards; and (3) perform a variety of other specified duties. Establishes the Federal Election Reform Grant Program under which the Commission may award grants to applicant States and localities to pay the Federal share of costs associated with implementing any recommendation adopted or modified by the Commission. Establishes the Election Administration Advisory Board. Amends the Voting Act concerning maximum access to polls by absent uniformed services and overseas voters to replace the current recommendation imposed upon the States to achieve such maximum access with a requirement that each State, in each Federal election, perform certain tasks.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Amendment Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for certain Medicare beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Designates May 28, 2001, as a special day for recognizing the sacrifice of the members of the armed forces killed in hostile action since the end of the Vietnam War and the sacrifices of their families, in light of the traditional Memorial Day recognition of the U.S. veterans who have given their lives in defense of our Nation. Recognizes that we live in a time of international unrest and that military service in such a time is inherently dangerous and requires the willingness to face the most extreme hazards at unexpected times and places. Acknowledges that the people of the United States owe a debt of gratitude to all members of the armed services who placed themselves in harm's way each day, and to their families.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Prohibits the importation into the United States of any Burmese products until the President determines and certifies to Congress that the State Peace and Development Council in Burma has made progress in: (1) reversing gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights and worker rights; (2) implementing democratic government; and (3) cooperating with U.S. counter-narcotics efforts.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received by a claimant on account of claims based on unlawful discrimination (as defined). Permits income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Designates the week beginning June 3, 2001, as National Correctional Officers and Employees Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage to all oral drugs prescribed for use as an anticancer agent for a medically accepted indication.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Instant Check Gun Tax Repeal and Gun Owner Privacy Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit a Federal, State, or local officer or employee acting on behalf of the United States from charging or collecting any fee for a required background check in connection with the transfer of a firearm. Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any such individual from: (1) performing a national instant criminal background check through the system established pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act if that system does not require and result in the immediate destruction o f all information about the person who is determined not to be prohibited by Federal or State law from receiving a firearm (with an exception); or (2) continuing to operate the system unless specified conditions are met. Establishes a private cause of action for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Congressional Responsibility Act of 2001 - Prohibits a regulation from taking effect before the enactment of a bill comprised solely of the text of the regulation. Requires an agency, whenever it promulgates a regulation, to submit to each House of Congress a report containing its text and an explanation. Sets forth expedited congressional procedures for consideration of bills to enact agency regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Designates the week of May 20, 2001, designated as National Emergency as Medical Services Week. States that the President should issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate programs and activities.