United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2001
Arsenic Standard Reinstatement Act - Requires the final rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled "Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring" to have full force and effect. Provides that the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water of .01 milligrams per liter established by such rule shall not be subject to revision, except by Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 2001
Government Pension Offset Reform Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a Federal or State pension plan. Declares that such benefit reductions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 2001
Urges the President to undertake efforts to end restrictions on the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus. Expresses the intention of Congress to remain actively interested until such rights and freedoms are restored, respected, and safeguarded.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2001
No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2001 - States that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the community of American citizens who are residents of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall have full voting representation in the Congress. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax exemption to District of Columbia residents for years during which such residents do not have full voting representation in the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2001
Constitutional Amendment - States that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2001
Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to grant States the option of covering certain categories of eligible women and child resident aliens under the Medicaid and SCHIP programs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2001
Chile Fast Track Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President to enter into an agreement with Chile that provides for: (1) the accession of Chile to the North American Free Trade Agreement; or (2) the reduction and elimination of tariffs and other nontariff barriers to trade and the eventual establishment of a free trade area between it and the United States. Authorizes the inclusion of trade-related labor and environmental protection standards in any bills submitted to Congress implementing such agreements. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to apply fast-track procedures to implementing bills for agreements entered under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 2001
Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001 - Establishes the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study: (1) election technology and systems; (2) ballot design and uniformity; (3) ballot and polling place access; (4) voting systems capacity and election administration efficiency; (5) voter registration and maintenance of voter rolls; (6) alternative voting methods; (7) voter intimidation; (8) accuracy of voting, election procedures, and election technology; (9) voter education; (10) election personnel and volunteer training; (11) implementation of provisions of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act on registration and voting by absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters in elections for Federal office; (12) establishment of the date on which such elections are held as a Federal or a State holiday and on establishment of modified polling place hours; and (13) Federal assistance to State and local authorities to improve the administration of elections for Federal office. Directs the Commission to develop specific recommendations, consistent with certain uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements under this Act, regarding: (1) best practices in voting and election administration; (2) Federal assistance to State and local authorities to improve administration of Federal elections; (3) increased voter registration, accuracy of voter rolls, and participation and inclusion of legal voters, and (4) improved voter education and training of election personnel. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to approved State, territory, and locality applicants to pay the Federal share of the costs of activities to: (1) improve, acquire, or replace voting equipment or technology and improve the accessibility of polling places; (2) implement new election administration procedures to increase voter participation and reduce disenfranchisement, such as "same-day" voter registration procedures; (3) educate voters concerning voting procedures, voting rights or voting technology, and to train election personnel; and (4) implement Commission recommendations. Specifies certain uniform and nondiscriminatory requirements each voting system used in an election for Federal office must meet with regard to election technology and administration. Outlines requirements for provisional voting and sample ballot mailings to voters. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in an appropriate district court to enforce the requirements of this Act for election technology and administration through the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Justice.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 2001
Working Families Registry Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the admission date for permanent residence for certain aliens, including additional one-year extensions during specified time periods.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2001
Clean Power Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury from powerplants (electric generation facilities with a nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts or greater that use a combustion device to generate electricity for sale) by January 1, 2007. Sets forth additional compliance requirements for outdated powerplants.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2001
Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act, respectively, to prohibit certain employee group health plans or related insurances providing both medical-surgical and mental health benefits from imposing mental health treatment limitations or financial requirements unless comparable limitations and requirements are imposed upon medical-surgical benefits. Exempts specified small employers from such requirements. Requires a General Accounting Office study of such requirements' effects upon health insurance costs, access, and quality.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2001
Reserve Component Tax Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a business or trade deduction the expenses of a member of the reserve component of the U.S. armed forces in connection with such service. Makes such deduction available to itemizers and non-itemizers. Establishes related reserve component business-related employment and self-employment credits.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 2001
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from making any reallocations of amateur radio service and amateur satellite service frequency bands, diminishing the secondary allocations of such bands, or making additional allocations within such bands that would substantially reduce their utility unless at the same time the FCC provides equivalent replacement spectrum.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2001
Andean Trade Preference Expansion Act - Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act to extend, for a specified transition period, treatment free of any duties, quantitative restrictions, limitations, or consultation levels to certain textile and apparel articles (including preferential tariff treatment under the North American Free Trade Agreement to certain non-apparel articles) imported into the United States from Andean Trade Preference Expansion Act (ATPEA) beneficiary countries (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru) designated under such Act. Sets forth penalties for exporters and countries that have engaged in the transshipment of such articles from an ATPEA beneficiary country.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2001
Justice for the Victims of Pan Am 103 Resolution of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the international community should condemn the Government of Libya and its leader, Muammar Qadhafi, for support of international terrorism, including the bombing of Pan Am 103; (2) such Government should make a complete accounting of its involvement in that bombing, accept responsibility, compensate the families of the victims, and renounce support for international terrorism; and (3) the President should instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) to use the voice and vote of the United States to maintain UN sanctions against Libya until all conditions in applicable Security Council resolutions are met, and to seek the reimposition of sanctions if Libya fails to comply. Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) oppose the removal of UN sanctions until the Libyan Government has taken such actions; (2) maintain such sanctions until the Libyan Government has fulfilled the requirements of UN Security Council Resolutions 731, 748, 883, and 1192, the President certifies that Libya no longer provides support for international terrorism, and such Government is not pursuing weapons of mass destruction or the means to deliver them in contravention of U.S. law.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) all Americans should take an active role in combating reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) by recognizing specified symptoms (which often follow an injury or surgery); (2) national and community organizations should be recognized and applauded for their work in promoting RSD awareness and for providing information and support to its sufferers; (3) health care providers should continue to increase their efforts to diagnose the disease in its earliest possible stages to increase the likelihood of remission; and (4) the Government has a responsibility to endeavor to raise awareness about the importance of the early detection and proper treatment of RSD, work to increase research funding so that the causes of, and improved treatment and cure for, RSD may be discovered, and continue to consider ways to improve access to, and the quality of, health care services for detecting and treating RSD.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2001
Eightmile River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2001 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Eightmile River in Connecticut for study by the Secretary of the Interior for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2001
Resolution to Expand Access to Community Health Centers (REACH) Initiative - Expresses the sense of the Senate that appropriations for consolidated health centers under the Public Health Service Act should be increased by 100 percent over the next five fiscal years in order to double the number of individuals who receive health care services at community, migrant, homeless, and public housing health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001
Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to restore the authority of States to transfer up to ten percent of TANF funds to carry out State programs pursuant to SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services). Amends SSA title XX to: (1) restore funds to States and territories for FY 2001 and 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter; and (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compile information on State activities carried out under SSA title XX and report it annually to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001
Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Defense should field currently available weapons, other technologies, tactics, and operational concepts that provide suitable alternatives to anti-personnel mines and mixed anti-tank mine systems; and (2) the United States should end its use of such mines and join the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 to make permanent (currently terminates on October 23, 2003) the prohibition on the transfer of anti-personnel landmines. Directs the President to establish an interagency working group to develop a comprehensive plan for expanded mine action programs, including victim rehabilitation, social support, and economic reintegration.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2001
Innocence Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize a person convicted of a Federal crime to apply to the appropriate Federal court for DNA testing to support a claim that the person did not commit: (1) the Federal crime of which the person was convicted; or (2) any other offense that a sentencing authority may have relied upon when it sentenced the person with respect to such crime. Sets forth: (1) guidelines for the court to use in ordering DNA testing; (2) post-testing procedures; (3) provisions regarding preservation of evidence; (4) criminal penalties for destroying or altering DNA evidence; and (5) provisions regarding post-conviction DNA testing in State criminal justice systems. Prohibits a State from denying an application for DNA testing made by a prisoner in State custody who is under sentence of death if specified conditions apply. Provides grants to prosecutors for DNA testing programs. Establishes the National Commission on Capital Representation. Withholds funds from States not complying with standards for capital representation. Provides for capital defense incentive grants and resource grants. Increases compensation in Federal cases, and sets forth provisions regarding compensation in State cases, where an individual is unjustly sentenced to death. Adds a certification requirement in Federal death penalty prosecutions. Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the execution of juvenile offenders and the mentally retarded.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2001
Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act of 2001 - Amends part B (Child Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible State and Indian tribe applicants to promote joint activities among Federal, State, and local public child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies that focus on families with alcohol or drug abuse problems. Requires such activities to: (1) increase the capacity of both the child welfare system and the alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment system to address the needs of such families to improve child safety, family stability, and permanence; and (2) promote recovery from alcohol and drug abuse problems.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Public School Repair and Renovation Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a School Renovation grants program. (This five-year program is similar to a program currently authorized for one year under the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2001.) Allots program funds, after certain reservations, to States for distribution through competitive grants to high-poverty LEAs, rural LEAs, and other LEAs. Requires: (1) 75 percent of program funds to be used for the urgent repair and renovation of public elementary and secondary schools in high-need areas, including renovations to comply with specified accessibility requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and (2) 25 percent for technology activities related to school renovation or for special education activities authorized under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Amends the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2001 to revise the authorization of appropriations for a charter school credit enhancement initiative program.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Helping Children Succeed by Fully Funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to authorize and make appropriations for FY 2002 through 2007 for IDEA part B programs of assistance for education of all children with disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Regional Skills Alliances Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make matching grants to improve the job skills necessary for employment in specific industries. Makes eligible for such grants regional consortia that: (1) must have representatives from not fewer than five businesses or a lesser number that employ at least 30 percent of workers in that industry in the region (or a nonprofit organization that represents such businesses); (2) may have representatives from labor organizations, State and local governments, and educational institutions; and (3) are established to serve one or more particular industries in a particular region. Gives grant priority to eligible entities that consist of a majority of representatives from small businesses. Requires the Secretary to provide matching grants to States to assist businesses, organizations, and agencies in planning to form regional consortia under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Entrepreneurial Incubators Development Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance, through grants, for the establishment and support of entities that provide business incubator services (services necessary for the initiation and initial sustainment of operations of a newly established business, including legal, intellectual property, and technology services and planning) for small- and medium-sized businesses.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Reauthorization Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize and revise provisions for Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (also known as the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994). Extends the authorization of appropriations for such provisions, including: (1) State grants for drug and violence prevention programs; and (2) national programs. Authorizes appropriations for a National Coordinator Program Initiative. Revises requirements relating to State and local educational agency (SEA and LEA) programs. Requires SEAs, LEAs, and Governors, when developing program applications, to consult with advisory councils established at the State and local levels. Requires the independent biennial evaluation to report on specified aspects of the performance of funded community and LEA programs. Revises requirements relating to national programs, including specified Federal activities as well as grants for local hate crime prevention. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Coordinator Program of grants to LEAs to hire drug prevention and school safety program coordinators. Establishes the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee to review regulations and standards.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Small Business Jobs Tax Credit Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include a "qualified small business employee" (an employee who is either hired by a qualified small business located in a development zone or who is hired by a qualified small business and who lives in such a zone) as a member of a targeted group for purposes of computing the work opportunity credit.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Technology Bond Initiative of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create a limited credit for the holder of a "qualified technology bond" (as defined).
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2001 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to research means of enhancing or facilitating: (1) the availability of broadband telecommunications services in rural and other remote areas; and (2) access to the Internet through such services. Requires the Director to make public the results of such research.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) make grants to eligible recipients to facilitate the deployment by the private sector of broadband telecommunications networks and capabilities to underserved rural areas; and (2) guarantee loans used for such purpose. Requires particular emphasis to be given to entities that use grant proceeds to: (1) provide underserved rural areas with access to Internet services by local telephone; (2) demonstrate models or technologies to bring broadband services to such areas; and (3) use broadband services to stimulate economic development in such areas. Limits to $100 million the total amount of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Technology Extension Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance, through grants, for the establishment and support of regional centers for the commercial use of advanced technologies by small- and medium-sized businesses. Allows a regional center to use grant proceeds to: (1) assist such businesses in addressing their most critical needs for the application of the latest technology, improvement of infrastructure, and use of best business practices; and (2) transfer technologies to such businesses in the region in order to create jobs and increase production.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Education for Democracy Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise and reauthorize requirements for Civic Education. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to or contracts with: (1) the Center for Civic Education (CCE) to carry out civic education activities under the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program, and under Cooperative Educational Exchange programs; and (2) the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) to carry out economic education activities under Cooperative Educational Exchange programs. Revises requirements for CCE implementation of the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program. Sets forth requirements for the Cooperative Educational Exchange programs of civic education by CCE and economic education by NCEE. Makes eligible for such programs Central and Eastern European counties, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Allows program eligibility also for the Republic of Ireland, the province of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and any developing country as defined under the Education for the Deaf Act. Amends the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to repeal provisions for an International Education Program.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize and revise provisions for the National Writing Project (NWP). Increases the maximum amount for any one contractor under limits on the Federal share of NWP teacher training programs. Repeals the classroom teacher grants program under NWP. Increases and extends the authorization of appropriations for NWP.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
College Fire Prevention Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to States, private or public colleges or universities, fraternities, or sororities for up to half the cost of providing fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories. Directs the Comptroller General to gather, and report to Congress, data on the number of college and university housing facilities and dormitories that have and do not have fire sprinkler systems and other forms of built-in fire protection mechanisms. Provides that any application for assistance under this Act, any negative determination on the part of the Secretary with respect to such application, or any statement of reasons for the determination, shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any court, agency, board, or other entity.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Recognizes the achievements and contributions of the Peace Corps over the past 40 years. Requests that the President honor Peace Corps volunteers and reaffirm the U.S. commitment to international peace and understanding.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Global Democracy Promotion Act of 2001 - Declares that, in eligibility determinations for certain assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be: (1) ineligible for such assistance solely on the basis of health or medical services (including counseling and referral services) provided by them with non-U.S. Government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided, and would not violate U.S. Federal law if provided in the United States; and (2) subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. Government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Energy Emergency Response Act of 2001 - Amends the following Acts to provide increased funding through FY 2005 for energy programs: (1) the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981(for home energy grants); (2) the Energy Conservation and Production Act (for weatherization assistance); and (3) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (for State energy conservation grants). Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize, during FY 2001 only, State payments to households with incomes up to and including 200 percent of the poverty level for such State. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to: (1) mandate that each Federal agency undertake a comprehensive review of practicable measures for increasing energy and water conservation, and for using renewable energy sources; (2) allow as an approved benefit ancillary to an energy savings or performance contract those savings resulting from reduced operation and maintenance costs at replacement facilities; and (3) repeal the termination dates governing the authority to enter into energy savings performance contracts (thus extending such authority indefinitely).
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to provide for grant programs for inventorying, characterizing, assessing, remediating, and conducting planning related to brownfield sites. Defines a "brownfield site," with exceptions, as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance or pollutant. Exempts from liability under CERCLA certain owners of real property contiguous to property on which there has been a hazardous substance release or threatened release and bona fide prospective purchasers. Provides for grants to States or Indian tribes for establishing or enhancing response programs. Restricts authority to take enforcement actions under CERCLA in cases of hazardous substance releases addressed by a State response plan.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should facilitate East Timor's transition to independence, support democracy and economic recovery there, and strengthen its security. Sets forth requirements with respect to the provision to East Timor of bilateral assistance, multilateral assistance, Peace Corps assistance, certain trade and investment assistance, scholarships for East Timorese students, and security assistance. Directs the Broadcasting Board of Governors to further the communication of information and ideas through increased use of audio broadcasting to East Timor.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the human rights legacy and leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the cancellation of a specified percentage of the total amount of any Federal Perkins loan, Federal Family Education loan, or direct student loan for each year of employment (up to five) as a full-time teacher at a tribal college or university if the borrower is not in default on such loan. Prohibits a borrower from receiving, for the same service, such a benefit and a national service educational award. Provides that the amount of any loan forgiven under this Act shall not be treated as gross income for Federal tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Amends the Animal Welfare Act to eliminate the provision permitting interstate movement of live fighting birds if the fighting venture is to take place in a State allowing such fights.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of assistance to school libraries to improve literacy through: (1) mandatory allotments to States for library media resources; and (2) discretionary grants for school library access during non-school hours.
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