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United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2003
Requests the President to designate the week beginning September 14, 2003, as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 2003
Commends the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team for winning Super Bowl XXXVII.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 2003
Intelligence Community Leadership Act of 2003 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to be composed of: (1) a Director and Deputy Director of National Intelligence; (2) a Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Community Management; (3) a National Intelligence Council; (4) three Assistant Directors for National Intelligence for Collection, Analysis and Production, and Administration; (5) a General Counsel to the Director; (6) an Inspector General of the Intelligence Community; and (7) the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive. Includes among the Director's responsibilities: (1) providing national intelligence to the President, the heads of Federal departments and agencies, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military commanders, and, where appropriate, Congress; (2) developing an annual budget for intelligence and intelligence-related activities; and (3) establishing requirements and priorities to govern the collection of national intelligence by elements of the intelligence community. Recodifies provisions establishing the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), designating as its lead official the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (currently, the Director of Central Intelligence) and removing provisions which established specified CIA deputy and assistant director positions. Prohibits an individual from serving simultaneously as Director of National Intelligence and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director should be a cabinet-level official. Provides Executive Schedule pay levels for the newly-established Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Director positions.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 2003
Expresses strong support for the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case of Grutter v. Bollinger. Instructs the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in that case in the name of the Senate and to defend the constitutionality of the University of Michigan's admissions policy to ensure a diverse student body.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 2003
Declares that, if the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for a State for FY 2003 is less than the FMAP for FY 2002, the FY 2002 FMAP shall be substituted for the State's FMAP for the third and fourth calendar quarters of FY 2003. Declares similarly that if a State's FY 2004 FMAP is less than the FY 2003 FMAP, the FY 2003 FMAP shall be substituted for each calendar quarter of FY 2004. Requires each eligible State for the third and fourth calendar quarters of FY 2003 and each calendar quarter of FY 2004 to have its FMAP increased by 2.45 percentage points. Mandates a specified Medicaid payment cap increase for territories. Prohibits application of the FMAP increases for a State under this Act with respect to: (1) disproportionate share hospital payments under Medicaid; and (2) payments under SSA titles IV and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP). Amends SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services), for the purpose of providing State fiscal relief allotments to States and territories in accordance with a specified table, to make appropriations to be available for obligation by the State through June 30, 2005, and for expenditure by the State through September 30, 2005. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the most appropriate data and methodology to use to determine the Federal medical assistance percentage for purposes of programs authorized under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 2003
Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange specified land in Florida. Requires the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to the sale or exchange of certain parcels of such land.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 2003
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to conduct a special resource study and report to Congress on the national significance of the Miami Circle (a prehistoric Tequesta Indian site) as well as the feasibility and suitability of including it in Biscayne National Park in Florida.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 2003
Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange specified land in Florida. Requires the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to the sale or exchange of certain of such land.
United States · United States Congress · 7 January 2003
Equal Rights and Equal Dignity for Americans Act of 2003 - Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Attorney General (AG), upon request, to provide assistance with the investigation or prosecution of any crime that constitutes: (1) a Federal crime of violence; (2) a felony under State or Indian tribal law; and (3) is motivated by prejudice based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability, or is a violation of State or Indian tribe hate crime laws. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for certain hate crimes. Authorizes funding for enforcing civil rights laws and for indigent defense. Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the American Indian Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 to expand the annual audit responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior. Prescribes guidelines for development and implementation of an Indian Trust Fund and Trust Asset Management and Monitoring Plan. Establishes the position of Deputy Secretary for Trust Management and Reform to oversee all trust fund and trust asset matters of the Department of the Interior. Establishes the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight, headed by the Deputy Secretary, to supervise activities of specified senior officials who administer Indian trust assets or funds. Instructs the Deputy Secretary to establish a Tribal Task Force on Trust Reform. Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation: (1) to ban the practice of racial profiling; and (2) to require law enforcement agencies to take steps to prevent the practice. Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revamp proscriptions against sex discrimination in wages. Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities. Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act - Amends the following Acts to prohibit specified discriminatory practices concerning genetic information: (1) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; (2) the Public Health Service Act; (3) the Internal Revenue Code; and (4) title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act . Protecting Americans' Medical Privacy Act - States that specified modifications made by the August 2002 medical privacy rule to the December 2000 medical privacy rule governing consent for uses or disclosures for treatment, payment, or health care operations shall have no force or effect. Prohibits the collection of information on U.S. citizens inside the United States for intelligence or law enforcement purposes by any member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense. Help America Vote Act of 2002 (sic) - Authorizes appropriations to implement the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the Help America Vote Foundation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award a grant to Neighborhood House of St. Paul, Minnesota, to finance the construction of a new community center in St. Paul, to be known as the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 2002
Expresses condolences for the deaths of Senator Paul Wellstone, members of his family, and others aboard the plane that crashed in Minnesota.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Health Insurance Fairness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health insurance issuers that provide individual coverage or coverage through an association from: (1) reclassifying an individual from the class such individual was in at the time of issuance of the contract for a health related factor; or (2) increasing the premiums assessed an individual for coverage for a health related reason. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a health insurance issuer from terminating or discontinuing coverage or a class of coverage in line with specified provisions of the Act, or from raising premium rates for all policy holders based on clams experience.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange specified land in Florida. Requires the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to the sale or exchange of certain of such land.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Patient Abuse Prevention Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for the screening of skilled nursing facility and nursing facility employee applicants with criminal background checks to prevent abuse of recipients of long-term care services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Amends SSA title XVIII part D (Miscellaneous Provisions) to provide for application of skilled nursing facility abuse prevention requirements to any provider of services or any other entity that is eligible to be paid under Medicare for providing home health services, hospice care, or long-term care services to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) or enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Amends SSA title XI to provide for inclusion of abusive workers in the database established as part of the national health care fraud and abuse data collection program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program to provide grants to develop information on best practices in patient abuse prevention training for managers and staff of hospital and health care facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Medicare Competitive Acquisition Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement programs and demonstration projects to purchase, on behalf of individuals enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), from entities under contract with the Secretary certain competitively priced items and services in competitive acquisition areas for which payment is made under such part. Provides for continuation of current demonstration projects for competitive acquisition of items and services. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on Medicare coverage of new and innovative durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, supplies, and equipment and the coding of such items for Medicare payment purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002
Approves the location for the commemorative work to honor former President John Adams and his legacy, as authorized by recently enacted Federal law, subject to a specified limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002
Allows the Seminole Tribe of Florida to mortgage, lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer, without further U.S. approval, all or any part of its interest in any real property held by the Tribe on September 1, 2002, that is not held in trust by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2002
Designates October 18, 2002, as National Mammography Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2002
Medicare Beneficiary Assistance Improvement Act of 2002 - Names the programs of benefits under the Medicaid program (title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA)) that are commonly referred to as the "qualified Medicare beneficiary (QMB) program" and the "special low-income Medicare beneficiary (SLMB) program" as the Medicare Savings Programs. Amends SSA title XIX with respect to Medicare Savings Programs to: (1) increase the SLMB eligibility income level from 120 to 135 percent of the poverty line; (2) deem to be qualified Medicare beneficiaries in certain States individuals already receiving benefits under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI); (3) permit individual self-certification of income and use of a simplified QMB or SLMB application form; (4) provide for automatic reenrollment without need to reapply; (5) direct the Commissioner of Social Security to provide for QMB and SLMB outreach through local offices of the Social Security Administration; (6) eliminate the assets test; (7) prohibit estate recovery under QMB and SLMB; and (8) provide for three months retroactive eligibility with respect to Medicare cost-sharing for QMBs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Administrator of Social Security to enter into an arrangement for a demonstration project to identify Medicare beneficiaries who are likely, based on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data, to qualify for benefits under the OMB or SLMB programs. Requires the Secretary to enter into a demonstration project to provide States with funds to use such information to do ex parte determinations or other methods for identifying and enrolling potentially eligible individuals. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to send a notice and application for Medicaid benefits to individuals identified as likely to be eligible for QMB or SLMB benefits when notifying them that they are eligible for benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative should work to support a fair and expeditious review and assure that no delays occur in resolving current disputes before the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and World Trade Organization (WTO) trade dispute panels involving the imposition of special duties on imported softwood lumber from Canada; (2) U.S. antidumping and countervailing law is a rules-based system that should proceed to conclusion in WTO and NAFTA trade dispute panels; (3) the President should continue discussions with Canada to promote open trade between the two countries on softwood lumber free of trade restraints that harm consumers; and (4) the President should consult with all stakeholders, including consumers, in future discussions regarding such trade.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
United States-Uruguay Free Trade Agreement Act - Authorizes the President to enter into a free trade agreement with Uruguay.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Restore the Apalachicola River Ecosystem Act or the RARE Act - Modifies the project for navigation, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, and the project for the West Point Reservoir, Chattahoochee River, Georgia, to: (1) deauthorize the channel between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Apalachicola to Jim Woodruff Dam near Chattahoochee; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Army to develop a comprehensive plan to restore the Apalachicola River basin with the goal of reestablishing the ecological integrity of the Apalachicola River basin ecosystem.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Declares that the Senate strongly disapproves of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Newdow v. U.S. Congress. Authorizes and instructs the Senate Legal Counsel to seek to intervene in the case to defend the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2002
Maximum Economic Growth for America Through the Highway Trust Fund Act (or MEGA Trust Act) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (the "Fund"). Authorizes the transfer to the Fund from the general fund of the Treasury of the amount of money equal to the untaxed portion of gasohol containing ethanol, effective with respect to the removal or entry of any mixture after September 30, 2003. Eliminates provision of Code stating that obligations of the Fund shall not be interest bearing, thus allowing the Fund to earn interest, effective with respect to obligations held by the Fund after September 30, 2003. Extends various highway-related taxes, floor stock refunds, certain tax-free sales, exemption from tax for use of highway vehicles by States and local governments and for use of certain transit-type buses, deposits into and certain specified transfers from the Fund, transfers from the Fund for motorboat fuel taxes and small-engine fuel taxes, and refunds of certain specified funds from the land and water conservation fund into the general fund. Establishes a National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission (the "Commission"). Permits any department or agency to detail personnel to the Commission, and requires such bodies to furnish nonconfidential materials to the Commission upon request.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2002
Florida National Forest Land Management Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange specified land in Florida. Requires the concurrence of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to the sale or exchange of certain of such land.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2002
Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish: (1) a Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit Program under new part D; (2) a Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund; and (3) a Medicare Prescription Drug Advisory Committee. Provides for: (1) part D benefits under Medicare+Choice plans under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice); and (2) Medicare cost-sharing and other assistance for low-income individuals but only as it relates to benefits provided under new part D. Revises Medicare supplemental insurance policy (Medigap) benefit packages to conform to changes made by this Act, eliminating obsolete policies with no grandfathering. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of: (1) establishing a uniform format for pharmacy benefit cards provided to beneficiaries; and (2) developing systems to transfer electronically prescriptions under such program from the prescriber to the pharmacist. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct an ongoing study and analysis of the program established under this Act, especially: (1) the extent to which the competitive bidding process under it fosters maximum competition and efficiency; and (2) the savings to the Medicare program resulting from it, including the reduction in the number or length of hospital visits. Expands the membership and duties of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC).
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2002
Youth Smoking Prevention and Public Health Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Food and Drug Administration, regulatory authority over tobacco products. Sets forth criteria by which tobacco products will be deemed adulterated and/or misbranded. Sets forth health information submission and annual registration requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to adopt performance standards. Provides for notification and other remedial measures, including recalls. Requires manufacturers and importers of such products to keep records as specified. Requires premarket review of new tobacco products, as specified. Provides a right of judicial review concerning the promulgation of regulations and the denial of premarket approval. Authorizes postmarket surveillance as necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to designate reduced risk tobacco products, as specified. Requires all retail outlets for tobacco products to be treated equally with regard to advertising restrictions. Requires coordination with the Federal Trade Commission, specifically retaining to the Commission the authority to enforce certain laws concerning the advertising, sale, or distribution of tobacco products. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) congressional review; (2) regulations; (3) preservation of State and local authority; (4) construction of current regulations; and (5) conforming amendments. Establishes a Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to revise tobacco and smokeless tobacco label and advertising warning requirements. Amends the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to revise smokeless tobacco warning label and advertising requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2002
Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make a grant to an eligible historically black college or university for the preservation and/or restoration of a building or structure listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places if the grantee agrees to provide funds derived from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to 30 percent (currently, a matching amount) of the total cost of the project. Authorizes additional appropriations for such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 2002
Congratulates: (1) the Government and people of Colombia for the successful completion of democratic elections held on May 26, 2002; (2) President-elect Alvaro Uribe Velez and Vice President-elect Francisco Santos Calderon; and (3) Colombian President Andres Pastrana for his commitment to democracy. Commends all Colombian citizens and political parties for working together to take risks for democracy, to pursue national reconciliation, and to strengthen democratic traditions. Supports Colombian attempts to: (1) ensure democracy, national reconciliation, and economic prosperity; (2) support human rights and the rule of law; and (3) abide by all the essential elements of representative democracy. Encourages such Government and people to continue: (1) their struggle against narcotics and terrorism; and (2) to promote the professionalism of the Colombian Armed Forces and National Police and judicial and legal reforms. Reaffirms the U.S. commitment to encouraging and supporting democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and peaceful development throughout the Americas.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 2002
Holocaust Restitution Tax Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-16) to make the sunset provisions inapplicable to section 803, which excluded from income, under the Internal Revenue Code, specified restitution payments received by persons (or heirs) persecuted by Nazi Germany, its allied or controlled countries, or any other Axis regime because of race, religion, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2002
Medicare Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2002 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries and the treatment of such plans as coordinated care plans under Medicare part C. Permits restriction on the enrollment of individuals in a specialized Medicare+Choice plan to special needs beneficiaries. Establishes additional requirements for specialized Medicare+choice plans for special needs beneficiaries.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002
Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2002 - Extends through FY 2013 the authority of a program for testing and improving the responses of Federal, State, and local governments to emergencies involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, or biological weapons and related materials. Directs the Administrator for Nuclear Security to carry out a program on technology for protection from nuclear or radiological terrorism. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) expand the International Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting program of the Department of Energy to include countries outside the Russian Federation and the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and (2) provide technical assistance to the Secretary of State in assisting other nuclear weapons states (countries) to review and improve their nuclear materials safeguards programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) build on efforts to accelerate the conversion or return to the country of origin of all weapons-usable nuclear materials located in research reactors and other facilities outside the country of origin; and (2) establish a program on the protection, control, and accounting of materials usable in radiological dispersal devices. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to pursue, with the Russian Federation and any other nation that possesses highly enriched uranium, options for blending such uranium so that the uranium's concentration of U-235 is below 20 percent. Authorizes the Secretary to assist the Russian Federation with its plutonium disposition program. Authorizes the Secretary to pursue in appropriate international areas options for accelerating programs to improve domestic export control programs for materials, technology, and expertise relating to the construction or use of a nuclear or radiological dispersal device. Requires the Secretary to work cooperatively with the Russian Federation to update and improve the Joint Action Plan for materials protection, control, and accounting programs. Provides for the utilization of Department of Energy national laboratories and sites in support of Federal, State, or local antiterrorism activities.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2002
Expresses support for the constitutional right of Cuban citizens who have signed the Varela Project to petition the Cuban National Assembly for a national referendum on civil liberties. Calls on the Cuban Government to accept the petition and hold such referendum and to provide its citizens with internationally accepted standards for civil and human rights and the opportunity to vote in free and fair elections. Urges the President to: (1) take steps to support the Project and any future efforts by the Cuban people to assert their constitutional right to petition the National Assembly in support of a referendum; and (2) pursue an action-oriented policy of directly assisting the Cuban people and independent organizations to strengthen the forces of change and to improve human rights in Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2002
Designates the week beginning May 19, 2002, as National Emergency Medical Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2002
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2002 - Establishes the National Drought Council which shall: (1) develop a national drought policy action plan; (2) evaluate Federal drought-related programs; (3) coordinate and prioritize enhancement of the national drought monitoring network; and (4) provide for the development of a drought information delivery system, drought planning models, and drought preparedness plans. Terminates the Council eight years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Director of the National Drought Council to establish the National Office of Drought Preparedness. Establishes within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) the Drought Assistance Fund, which shall be used to: (1) assist State, local, tribal, and critical service entities with drought-related activities; and (2) expand the technology transfer of drought and water conservation strategies. Requires: (1) the Director to publish guidelines for administering a national technical and financial drought assistance program; and (2) the Director, the Secretaries of Agriculture, the Interior, and the Army, and other appropriate Federal agency heads to implement integrated drought preparedness plans. Authorizes States, Indian tribes, local governments, and regional, water providers to develop and implement drought preparedness plans. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Director of FEMA to reimburse States for qualifying costs incurred in prepositioning wildfire suppression resources.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002
Work and Family Act of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) work participation rates; (2) child care funding; (3) competitive grants for public-private partnerships to provide educational opportunities for TANF recipients; (4) transitional jobs programs; and (5) prohibition against displacement of public employees by TANF recipients. Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) with respect to: (1) optional State media campaigns promoting responsible fatherhood; (2) a national marriage and responsible fatherhood information clearinghouse; and (3) policy reviews and demonstration projects to coordinate services for low-income, noncustodial parents. Amends SSA title IV part A with respect to: (1) a ban on stricter TANF eligibility criteria for two-parent families; and (2) court-supervised employment programs for noncustodial parents with a history of nonpayment of child support. Provides for teen pregnancy prevention grants and a national teen pregnancy prevention resource center. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) to direct the Secretary to establish a national goal of reducing teen pregnancy by at least 25 percent by January 1, 2013. Revises requirements for assignment of support rights to the State and child support distribution. Provides for demonstration projects involving establishment and enforcement of child support obligations by public non-SSA title IV part D child support enforcement agencies. Provides for: (1) a decrease in the amount of child support arrearage triggering passport denial; (2) use of the tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of children who are not minors; and (3) garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for service-connected disabilities in order to enforce child support obligations. Reauthorizes and extends State family assistance grants, supplemental grants for population increases, and grants for Indian tribes. Amends SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) to restore funding for the social services block grant. Provides for: (1) a one year extension and revision of the transitional medical assistance program under SSA title XIX (Medicaid); and (2) optional coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid program and SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP).
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 2002
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) National Reconnaissance Office; (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency; and (10) Coast Guard. Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2003, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2003 (by not more than two percent) when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Authorizes appropriations for the Community Management Account of the Director of Central Intelligence for FY 2003 as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the budget justification materials submitted to Congress for a fiscal year to set forth separate aggregate amounts requested for the National Foreign Intelligence Program for: (1) counterterrorism; (2) counterproliferation; (3) counternarcotics; and (4) counterintelligence. Requires the DCI to establish and maintain a Foreign Terrorist Asset Tracking Center and a Terrorist Identification Classification System. Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 2002 - Establishes the National Counterintelligence Executive. Establishes the National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 2002
Expresses profound gratitude for the faithful service provided by flight attendants to make air travel safe and honors their courage and dedication. Supports all flight attendants who continue to display heroism on a daily basis, as they had been doing before, during, and after September 11, 2001.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 2002
Requires the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to: (1) establish and maintain a list of individuals and organizations that are known or suspected to be international terrorists or terrorist organizations; and (2) ensure that pertinent information on such list is shared with such Federal, State, and local departments and such agencies and entities of foreign governments and international organizations as the DCI considers appropriate. Designates such list as the Terrorist Identification Classification System. Requires the DCI to: (1) review and update the System; (2) report to the congressional intelligence committees on the criteria used to determine which System information is shared; and (3) ensure the interoperability of the System with relevant information systems of appropriate departments, agencies, and foreign and international governments and organizations. Requires the Director of Homeland Security, in consultation with the DCI, to report to the intelligence committees on the status of the System, together with specified certifications.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002
National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002 - Establishes the Department of National Homeland Security to: (1) develop policies and plans for homeland security; (2) develop a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism and Homeland Security Response to counter terrorist threats; (3) plan, coordinate, and integrate Government border security, critical infrastructure protection, and emergency preparedness activities and act as the focal point regarding crises and emergency planning and response; (4) annually develop a Federal response plan for homeland security and emergency preparedness; and (5) implement a coordinating center with representatives from other Federal agencies with security responsibilities. Transfers to the Department the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Customs Service, specified law enforcement components of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Coast Guard, the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office of the Department of Commerce, the National Infrastructure Protection Center and the National Domestic Preparedness Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and a specified portion of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes: (1) within the Department Directorates of Border and Transportation Protection, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Emergency Preparedness and Response and an Office of Science and Technology (OST); (2) an Acceleration Fund for Research and Development of Homeland Security Technologies; (3) in OST a Homeland Security Science and Technology Senior Steering Group and Coordination Committee; (4) within the Executive Office of the President the National Office for Combating Terrorism; (5) a National Combating Terrorism and Homeland Security Response Council; and (6) a National Combating Terrorism Strategy Panel. Requires development of an annual consolidated proposed National Terrorism Prevention and Response Program Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002
Immigration Reform, Accountability, and Security Enhancement Act of 2002 - Abolishes the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish in the Department of Justice (Department) the Immigration Affairs Agency, which shall be headed by a Director of Immigration Affairs. States that the Agency shall perform the following functions: (1) policy, administration, and inspection; (2) service and adjudication; and (3) enforcement. Establishes within the Agency: (1) a General Counsel; (2) a Chief Financial Officer; (3) a Chief of Policy and Strategy; (4) a Chief of Congressional, Intergovernmental, and Public Affairs; (5) the Bureau of Immigration Services and Adjudications; and (6) the Bureau of Enforcement and Border Affairs. Sets forth Agency and Bureau offices and authorities. Establishes within the Department the Office of the Ombudsman. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish within the Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics the Office of Immigration Statistics. Provides for the transfer and allocation of functions, personnel, an other resources from INS and the Department to the Agency. Establishes in the Treasury the Immigration Affairs Agency Transition Account. Amends Federal law to set forth personnel flexibilities respecting the Agency, including voluntary separation incentives. Unaccompanied Child Protection Act of 2002 - Establishes within the Department the Office of Children's Services which shall: (1) not be an INS office; and (2) be responsible for coordinating and implementing law and policy, including foster care, for unaccompanied alien children. Establishes an Interagency Task Force on Unaccompanied Alien Children. Sets forth: (1) procedures for unaccompanied children found within the United States, or along the border or at ports of entry; and (2) a family reunification preference order. Prohibits, with an exception for violent children, detention in adult or delinquent children facilities. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Government should take efforts to ensure that alien children are not repatriated to unsafe settings. Directs the Office to provide that each unaccompanied child have counsel and guardian ad litem. Directs the Attorney General to establish a related pilot program. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a special immigrant juvenile visa (J Visa). Expresses congressional commendation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service' s issuance of its "Guidelines for Children's Asylum Claims." Provides related training for immigration officers. Amends the Act to exempt unaccompanied alien children from certain removal and asylum filing provisions. Provides for: (1) establishment of an Internet-based system for accessing immigration-related benefit filings; (2) conduct an on-line filing and improved processing feasibility study; and (3) establish a Technology Advisory Committee. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the utilization of alternatives to asylee detention.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2002
National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002 - Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to include an emphasis on management and collaboration between academia and the scientists and programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Requires the Secretary of Commerce's strategic plan to be developed at least every four years and integrate with the strategic plans of the Department of Commerce and of NOAA. Revises and expands the terms of membership for the sea grant review panel. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 2004 through 2008; and (2) zebra mussel, oyster, harmful algal bloom, and additional support to the fisheries extension program. Limits the percentage of funds available for administration.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Safe Motherhood Act for Research and Treatment or SMART Mom Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through either the Office of Woman's Health, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, or the Centers for Disease Control, to address the health issues of pregnant women. Establishes the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Safe Motherhood to evaluate and coordinate Federal research and information efforts and establish and implement the national Safe Motherhood Campaign. Requires the development and maintenance of a single Internet website. Requires expanded and intensified research activities concerning pregnancy-related illness, injury, and death and the impact of chronic conditions, physical impairments, and mental health problems on the health of women during pregnancy. Requires the establishment of a Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit Network. Awards research and demonstration project grants to address racial/ethnic disparities in pregnancy outcomes. Requires: (1) studies of the quality of maternal health care (from a patient's perspective) and the effects of pregnancy on women's health; and (2) surveillance of pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity data. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary to address issues concerning certain drugs and medical devices and their appropriate use by or effects on pregnant or lactating women and/or fetuses, through: (1) identification and study; (2) pharmacoepidemiological data bases; (3) biennial review and prioritization (drugs); (4) labeling; and (5) the Women's Health: Take Time to Care (or a new) program.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Ship, Seafarer, and Container Security Act - Requires certain vessels to be equipped with an automatic identification system when operating in U.S. navigable waters. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking to implement such requirement. Urges the Secretary to negotiate an international agreement (or amendments to such an agreement) that: (1) provides for a uniform, comprehensive, international system of identification for seafarers that will enable the United States and other countries to establish the identity of any seafarer aboard a vessel within the jurisdiction, including the territorial waters, of the United States or such other country; (2) provides greater transparency with respect to the registration and ownership of vessels entering or operating in U.S. territorial waters; and (3) establishes marine container integrity and anti-tampering standards for marine containers. Requires the Secretary to submit draft legislation to specified congressional committees if negotiations do not result in an agreement or the amendment process fails within a specified period after enactment of this Act. Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to establish: (1) a risk-based system for use in evaluating the potential threat to the national security of the United States of vessels entering U.S. territorial waters; and (2) a system of security zones for U.S. ports, territorial waters, and waterways.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Directs the U.S. Customs Service to reliquidate a certain entry of juice and to refund any amounts owed.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow a drawback (refund) of duties paid on certain articles imported into the United States and later exported to the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Guam, Canton Island, Enderbury Island, Johnston Island, or Palmyra Island.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to require the tariff-rate quota for the importation of specialty sugars to include a minimum quota for certified organic sugar.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
See summary of: S. 2324
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Directs the U.S. Customs Service to reliquidate a specified entry relating to juices at the full amount claimed and pay any amounts owed as a result of such liquidation within 90 days.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 2002
Declares that the Senate: (1) stands in solidarity with Israel as it takes necessary steps to provide security to its people by dismantling the terrorist infrastructure in the Palestinian areas; (2) remains committed to Israel's right to self-defense; and (3) will continue to assist Israel in strengthening its homeland defenses. Condemns Palestinian suicide bombings. Demands that the Palestinian Authority fulfill its commitment to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in the Palestinian areas. Urges: (1) all Arab states, particularly Egypt and Saudi Arabia, to declare their unqualified opposition to all forms of terrorism, particularly suicide bombing, and to act in concert with the United States to stop the violence; and (2) all parties in the region to pursue vigorous efforts to establish comprehensive peace in the Middle East.