United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service with access to specified criminal history extracts in order to determine whether or not a visa or admissions applicant has a criminal history. Directs the FBI to provide periodic extract updates. Provides for confidentiality and fines for the misuse of such information.
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
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
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the September 13, 2001, expiration of (thus granting permanent authority for) the provision of nonimmigrant "S" visas to aliens who possess, and will supply (or have supplied) to law enforcement agencies, critical information respecting criminal or terrorist organizations.
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 · 4 September 2001
TRICARE Benefits Modernization Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) terminate the individual case management program under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); and (2) integrate its beneficiaries and services into the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense managed care program). Makes limits on custodial care under the case management program inapplicable to domiciliary or custodial care incident to other authorized health care. Requires the Secretary to provide long-term health care benefits under TRICARE so as to integrate such benefits with those provided under TRICARE on a less than long-term basis. Allows post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility to continue for as long as is medically necessary and appropriate. Provides extended health care benefits for military dependents who have a serious physical disability or any extraordinary physical or psychological condition (currently limited to moderately or severely mentally retarded dependents). Outlines benefits provided and copayment requirements. Allows a dependent, in order to receive outpatient mental health services under a TRICARE contract in excess of the amount available in that year, to convert any unused period of inpatient mental health benefit still available. Makes a physician's determination that a service or supply is medically or psychologically necessary for a TRICARE patient conclusive, unless clearly erroneous. Prohibits such determinations from being subject to peer review. Includes orthotic devices, hearing aids, and rehabilitative therapy among the TRICARE services authorized for military dependents. Outlines types of durable medical equipment authorized to be provided.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2001
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the annual Medicare outpatient caps on certain physical therapy services and on certain occupational therapy services.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2001
Amends the Illegal Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the deadline requiring aliens to present a border crossing identification card that contains a biometric identifier.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001
Wartime Treatment of European Americans and Refugees Study Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans and Refugees to review the U.S. Government's: (1) wartime treatment of European Americans and European Latin Americans; and (2) refusal to allow European refugees fleeing persecution in Europe entry to the United States. Directs that such review include: (1) a comprehensive review of the facts and circumstances surrounding U.S. Government actions during World War II which violated the civil liberties of European Americans and European Latin American; (2) a review of U.S. Government action with respect to European Americans, including registration requirements, travel and property restrictions, establishment of restricted areas, raids, arrests, internment, exclusion, internee employment by American companies, exchange, repatriation, and deportment, and the immediate and long-term effect of such actions, particularly internment; (3) a brief review of the participation by European Americans, including those whose families were interned, repatriated, or excluded, in the U.S. armed forces; and (4) a recommendation of appropriate remedies, including how civil liberties can be better protected during war, an assessment of the continued viability of the Alien Enemy Act, and public education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001
Rare Diseases Act of 2001 - Amends the Pubic Health Service Act to: (1) establish an Office of Rare Diseases at the National Institutes of Health; and (2) provide for rare disease regional centers of excellence. Sets forth the duties of such Office and regional centers, including research and educational duties. Defines rare disease as any disease or condition affecting less than 200,000 persons in the United States. Amends the Orphan Drug Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2002 for grants and contracts for the development of drugs for rare diseases and conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001
Children's Firearm Access Prevention Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) define a "secure gun storage or safety device" to include one that is designed to prevent the firearm from being operated without first removing the device; and (2) prohibit any person from keeping a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition, within any premise under such person's custody or control if that person knows, or with criminal negligence should know, that a juvenile is capable of gaining access to the firearm without the permission of a parent or legal guardian and fails to take steps to prevent such access. Makes exceptions, such as in cases where: (1) the juvenile was supervised by a person older than 18 years of age and was engaging in hunting, sporting, or another lawful purpose; or (2) the juvenile gained the gun during a time that the juvenile was engaged in an agricultural enterprise. Sets penalties for violations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure that a copy of the prohibition under this Act appears on the form required to be obtained by a licensed dealer from a prospective transferee of a firearm. Requires each licensed dealer to post the following notice in his or her place of business: "It is unlawful and a violation of the Children's Firearm Access Prevention Act to store, transport, or abandon an uninsured firearm in a place where children are likely to be and can obtain access to the firearm."
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Linking Educators and Developing Entrepreneurs for Reaching Success Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to support business incubation at institutions of higher education that award associate or baccalaureate degrees. Directs the Secretary to make competitive, matching awards to: (1) a non-profit entity that manages or provides technical assistance to a degree-granting institution's affiliated incubator (or to the institution that manages in the absence of such an entity), for helping acquire or renovate space for incubators, and for developing curricula, providing services, or providing programming for entrepreneurs housed in an incubator; and (2) a degree-granting institution or a nonprofit local government or community development organization, for feasibility studies to determine the need for or siting of incubators. Requires the Secretary to reserve certain amounts for research regarding best practices for incubator programs, including the development of a benchmarking system based on uniform measures, and for dissemination of information regarding such practices. Authorizes contracts for such purposes with organizations with expertise in business incubation practices.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with respect to the research tax credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drugs), to change the qualifying date of such testing from the date of designation as an orphan drug by the Food and Drug Administration to the date such a designation is applied for. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish monthly in the Federal Register notice of requests and approvals concerning designation of orphan drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
Refugee Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to refugee provisions to limit summary inspection procedures to emergency migration situations in which numbers of arriving aliens substantially exceed inspection capacities. Grants the Attorney General sole authority to make such determination, which shall last 90 days unless extended after consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. Revises provisions respecting inspection of aliens seeking U.S. admission, including requiring: (1) an alien to be informed of certain rights prior to removal or withdrawal of his or her admission application, and (2) review of a removal order by an immigration judge, with the right of the alien to personally appear and be represented (at his or her expense). Exempts from expedited removal procedures certain Western Hemisphere nationals or unaccompanied children. Revises the procedure used to determine whether an applicant for asylum has a credible fear of persecution. Eliminates certain: (1) limitations on judicial review of exclusion orders or asylum claims; (2) time limits on asylum applications; (3) numerical limitations on asylee adjustments; and (4) numerical limitations on population control-related refugee admissions. Makes certain mandatory asylee detention provisions discretionary. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) develop alternatives to detention of asylum seekers, including supervised shelters and noninstitutional settings for minors; (2) enter into contracts with nongovernmental agencies for alternative detention programs; and (3) establish a National Legal Orientation Support and Training Center. Requires asylum seekers not eligible for parole or alternative detention to be detained only in Immigration and Naturalization Service or approved facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001
H-2A Reform and Agricultural Worker Adjustment Act of 2001 - Directs the Attorney General, upon completion of specified agricultural work and residency requirements, to adjust the status of a qualifying alien agricultural worker (and spouse and minor children) to that of a: (1) lawfully admitted temporary nonimmigrant; and (2) permanent resident nonimmigrant. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) adjustment of status applications, including penalties for false statements; (2) waiver of numerical limitations and certain grounds for inadmissibility; (3) temporary stay of removal and work authorization; (4) administrative and judicial review; and (5) dissemination of program information. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth registry application requirements for H-2A employers and employer associations, including assurances: (1) that the job opportunity is temporary or seasonal, and is not the result of a labor dispute, (2) that attempts have been made to hire U.S. workers; and (3) respecting required wages and benefits, and compliance with labor laws. Sets forth employment requirements with respect to: (1) wages; (2) housing; and (3) transportation reimbursement. Establishes the Commission on Agricultural Wage Standards under the H-2A program. Revises provisions respecting the admission and extension of stay of temporary H-2A workers. Provides special rules for alien sheepherders. Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Protection Act to provide coverage to H-2A agricultural workers, including the right to organize. Establishes in the Treasury the Agricultural Worker Account which, through the use of fees collected from H-2A employers, shall provide assistance for labor management committees, administrative expenses, and demonstration programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish demonstration programs to improve agricultural labor management practices.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act or DREAM Act - - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision prohibiting an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, certain (inadmissible or deportable) alien higher education students under the age of 21 with qualifying years of U.S. residency.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001
Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act of 2001 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to mandate State Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and supports for described Medicaid-eligible individuals. Outlines provisions for: (1) an enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage for ongoing activities of early coverage States that enhance and promote the use of community-based attendant services and supports; and (2) increased Federal financial participation for certain expenditures incurred by the State for the provision of community-based attendant services and supports. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants to eligible States which have established a Consumer Task Force to assist the State in its development of real choice systems change initiatives; and (2) conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of evaluating service coordination and cost-sharing approaches with respect to the provision of community-based services and supports to non-elderly dually eligible individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001
States that the Senate: (1) recognizes the contributions of the 4,500,000 immigrants and refugees served by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS); and (2) requests the President to recognize September 9, 2001, as the 120th anniversary of HIAS' founding.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2001 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities (including employment agencies, labor organizations, and training programs). Prohibits related retaliation and coercion. Declares this Act inapplicable to the provision of employee benefits for the benefit of an employee's domestic partner. Prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from: (1) collecting statistics on sexual orientation from covered entities; and (2) compelling covered entities to collect such statistics. Prohibits: (1) quotas and preferential treatment; and (2) an order or consent decree for a violation of this Act that includes a quota or preferential treatment. Declares this Act inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations; (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces; or (3) laws creating special rights or preferences for veterans. Prohibits the imposition of affirmative action for a violation of this Act. Disallows State immunity. Makes the United States or a State liable for remedies to the same extent as under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title (this title) covering stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) carry out a national education and information campaign to promote stroke prevention and increase the number of stroke patients who seek immediate treatment; and (2) make available, support, and evaluate a grant program to enable a State to develop statewide stroke care systems, foster the development of modern systems of stroke care, and provide technical assistance to State and local agencies. Requires the Secretary to: (1) maintain the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry and Clearinghouse; and (2) ensure the availability of published research on stroke or conduct research concerning best practices, barriers to access, the effectiveness of existing public awareness campaigns, and disparities in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation, regarding stroke. Directs the Secretary to award grants to States for the purpose of establishing statewide stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation systems. Requires the Secretary to develop standards of care for stroke patients in all phases of stroke that may be adopted for guidance by the State and a model plan for the establishment of statewide stroke care systems. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and non-profit private entities for the development and implementation of education programs for appropriate medical personnel in the use of newly developed diagnostic approaches, technologies, and therapies for the prevention and treatment of stroke.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001
Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop and implement public access defibrillation programs by: (1) training and equipping local emergency medical services personnel to administer immediate care, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillation (AED), to cardiac arrest victims; (2) purchasing AEDs, placing the defibrillators in public places where cardiac arrests are likely to occur, and training personnel in such places to administer CPR and AED to such victims; (3) setting procedures for proper maintenance and testing of such devices; (4) providing training to members of the public in CPR and AED; (5) integrating the emergency medical services system with the public access defibrillation programs; and (6) encouraging private companies to purchase AEDs and provide training for their employees to administer CPR and AED to cardiac arrest victims in their community. Directs the Secretary to award grants to States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop and implement innovative, comprehensive, community-based public access defibrillation demonstration projects that: (1) provide CPR and AED to cardiac arrest victims in unique settings; (2) provide training to community members in CPR and AED; and (3) maximize community access to AEDs. Directs the Secretary to award a grant to a health care organization to establish a national information clearinghouse that provides information to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.
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
Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2001 - Reauthorizes the health centers program under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Includes within: (1) "required primary health services" appropriate cancer screening (currently, screening for breast and cervical cancer), specialty referral when medically indicated, and specified housing-related services; and (2) "additional health services" the detection and remediation of lead exposures. Authorizes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants for translation services for clients for whom English is a second language. Rewrites PHSA provisions regarding rural health. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy to: (1) award rural health network development grants to promote the development of integrated health care networks; and (2) award grants for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities. Telehealth Grant Consolidation Act of 2001 - Establishes in HRSA an Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, headed by a Director. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible certified home care providers for the provision of tele-home care. Reauthorizes and rewrites PHSA provisions regarding the National Health Service Corps program. Prohibits an entity to which a Corps member is assigned from denying requested health services and discriminating in the provision of services because an individual is unable to pay. Establishes a Healthy Communities Access program to help coordinate services for uninsured and under-insured. Amends the Social Security Act to provide exemptions from copayment and deductible requirements for rural health clinics.
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 · 27 July 2001
Children's Adjustment, Relief, and Education Act or the CARE Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal the provision prohibiting an unlawful alien's eligibility for higher education benefits based on State residence unless a U.S. national is similarly eligible without regard to such State residence. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status, certain (inadmissible or deportable) alien secondary or higher education students under the age of 21 with qualifying years of U.S. residency. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make such alien higher education students eligible for education assistance during the pendency of their application for cancellation of removal.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 2001
National Mathematics and Science Partnerships Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF Director) to establish the following programs of grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or, in some cases, eligible nonprofit institutions, in support of activities relating to elementary and secondary school mathematics and science teaching and education: (1) Mathematics and Science Education Partnerships with local educational agencies (LEAs); (2) a Teacher Research Stipend Program; (3) establishment of four multidisciplinary Centers for Research on Learning and Education Improvement; (4) education research teacher fellowships, to give research opportunities related to the science of learning to elementary and secondary school teachers of science and mathematics; (5) Robert Noyce Scholarships for teacher recruitment and training, with recipient service commitments; and (6) educational technology research centers. Requires the NSF Director to expand the National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library program to enable dissemination of elementary and secondary science, math, engineering, and technology educational resources, materials, practices, and policies through the Internet and other digital technologies. National Science Education Act - Requires the NSF Director to: (1) establish programs of grants to IHEs for training master teachers and assisting schools to establish master teacher programs, and for providing distance learning in mathematics or science for elementary or secondary school students; (2) disseminate information, jointly with the Secretary of Education, on required courses of study and licensing requirements for teaching careers in elementary or secondary school science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education; and (3) convene a conference for stakeholders in kindergarten-through-12th grade science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education. Requires the NSF Director to make demonstration grants to LEAs for mathematics and science proficiency partnerships with private sector entities. Authorizes the NSF Director to make grants for developing educational materials on energy production and use, energy conservation, and renewable energy for use in elementary and secondary schools. Amends the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to: (1) require the NSF Director to give priority, in making outreach grants for articulation partnerships between community colleges and secondary schools, to proposals involving secondary schools with a majority of students from groups underrepresented in the science, mathematics and engineering workforce; and (2) authorize the NSF Director to make grants for educational technology assistance enters for schools and for a learning community consortium of associate-degree-granting colleges to encourage women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities to enter and complete programs in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
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
Gun Sale Anti-Fraud and Privacy Protection Act - Amends Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act provisions regarding the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) to require the destruction of all records relating to the receipt of a firearm that would not violate State or Federal prohibitions, other than the identifying number and the date a call was assigned (current law), consistent with the Attorney General's responsibility under the Act to ensure privacy of the system and to prevent system fraud and abuse, but in no event fewer than 90 days after the licensee first contacts the system with respect to the transfer. Directs: (1) the Department of Justice and its divisions, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during the period that records are maintained, to make those records available to the Department of the Treasury and its divisions, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, for the purpose of conducting system audits to detect fraud and misuse, and to protect the privacy and security, of the system; and (2) the Department of the Treasury to maintain and destroy those records in accordance with all statutory requirements imposed on the Department of Justice.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
Designates September 24, 2001, as Family Day - A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children. Recognizes that eating dinner as a family is an important step toward raising drug-free children.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2001 - Establishes the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury to promote the development, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable and safe low-income housing.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Foundations for Learning Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make formula grants to States to assist eligible children to become ready for school through specified kinds of: (1) screening; (2) family support initiatives; (3) consultations and support to providers of early childhood services; (4) services to eligible children and their families; and (5) development of community resources. Requires all services under this Act to be: (1) provided in the most culturally competent manner practicable; (2) free-of-charge for any child of a family whose income is below 200 percent of the poverty line (and, if a charge is imposed on other children it must be on a sliding scale based on ability to pay); (3) provided by or under the supervision of qualified professionals with expertise in early childhood development; and (4) intended to benefit eligible children. Makes eligible under this Act children, aged zero to six, to whom two or more of these characteristics apply: (1) low birth weight; (2) cognitive deficit or developmental disability; (3) parental substance abuse; (4) custodial parent with less than secondary school diploma; (5) parental depression or other mental illness; (6) abuse, maltreatment, or neglect; (7) family income below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line; (8) early behavioral and peer relationship problems; (9) exposure to violence; (10) homelessness; or (11) removal from child care, Head Start, or preschool for behavioral reasons or at risk of being so removed.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
FamilyCare Act of 2001 - Renames the State Children's Health Insurance program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act (SSA) as the FamilyCare program to provide for: (1) FamilyCare coverage of parents under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) as well as under new SSA title XXI; (2) optional FamilyCare coverage of parents of targeted low-income children; (3) automatic eligibility for FamilyCare coverage of children born to a parent on Family Care assistance; (4) optional coverage of legal immigrants and of children through age 20 under Medicaid and FamilyCare; (5) application of simplified FamilyCare procedures under Medicaid; (6) increased welfare-to-work transition (from six to 12 months) under Medicaid; (7) elimination of the 100 hour rule and other SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) related eligibility restrictions under Medicaid; (8) limitations on specified conflicts of interests under Medicaid and FamilyCare; (9) increased FamilyCare allotment for FY 2002 through 2004; and (10) authority to pay Medicaid expansion costs from the FamilyCare appropriation. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award demonstration grants to States to allow them to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative ways to increase access to health insurance through market reforms and other innovative means. Authorizes the Secretary to award demonstration grants to a limited number of States to conduct innovative programs designed to improve outreach to homeless individuals and families under specified programs for the homeless (including Medicaid and FamilyCare) with respect to enrollment of such individuals and families and the provision of services under such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act - Sets forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic or sexual violence. Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave. Authorizes State use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for emergency leave precipitated by domestic or sexual violence . Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to approval of State unemployment compensation laws to prohibit denial of compensation where an individual is separated from employment due to circumstances resulting from the individual's experience of domestic or sexual violence. Amends the Social Security Act to include training under this Act for unemployment compensation and TANF personnel. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a national victim services organization to develop and disseminate a model program for domestic and sexual violence training. Victims' Employment Sustainability Act - Prohibits certain discriminatory employer practices relating to terms or conditions of employment in connection with victims of domestic or sexual violence. Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits denial or restriction of insurance coverage based on the status of the applicant or insured regarding abuse or abuse-related claims. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business related credit for 40 percent of an employer's costs for implementing workplace safety and education programs relating to domestic and sexual violence. Authorizes the Attorney General to provide a grant for a clearinghouse and resource center to provide information and assistance to employers, labor organizations, and advocates on behalf of victims of domestic or sexual violence.
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 · 20 July 2001
Child Care Facilities Financing Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to eligible intermediaries to deposit into child care revolving funds for technical and financial assistance to eligible recipients to pay the Federal matching share of costs of acquisition, construction, or improvement of center-based or home-based child care facilities or equipment, or for the improvement of related management and business practices.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Communities, and Firms Act of 2001 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements with respect to: (1) agreements between the United States and States for the provision of certain services for workers adversely affected by import competition; (2) certification of eligibility of a group of adversely affected workers for trade adjustment assistance; (3) payment of, and certain limitations on, trade adjustment allowances to such workers; (4) training programs for such workers; and (5) the maximum amount of job search and relocation allowances payable to an adversely affected worker. Provides for the eligibility certification of adversely affected secondary workers for trade adjustment assistance. Defines "adversely affected secondary worker" as a worker who is employed at a downstream producer (a firm that performs additional, value-added production processes to articles produced by another firm) or a supplier (a firm that produces component parts for the production process for articles). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a 50 percent refundable tax credit for COBRA continuation coverage premiums. Reauthorizes the trade adjustment assistance program for firms adversely affected by import competition. Revises program eligibility requirements. Reestablishes trade adjustment assistance for communities adversely affected by import competition. Authorizes: (1) such communities, because of import competition, to develop strategic plans for economic adjustment and diversification; and (2) the award of grants to carry out economic development projects under such plans. Authorizes a group of agricultural commodity producers to petition the Secretary of Agriculture for a certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance. Sets forth certain eligibility requirements for the payment of such assistance to agricultural commodity producers adversely affected by import competition.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001
Children's Confinement Conditions Improvement Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs to make grants for programs designed to: (1) alter existing correctional facilities, or develop separate facilities, to provide separate facilities for juveniles; (2) provide correctional staff responsible for supervising juveniles with orientation and ongoing training; (3) provide ombudsmen; (4) provide access to educational programs, vocational training, mental and physical health assessment and treatment, and drug treatment for juveniles; or (5) seek alternatives to housing juveniles with adult inmates. Authorizes the use of truth-in-sentencing and violent offender incarceration grants for purposes (1) through (3) above. Requires: (1) the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to report regarding the sentencing of juvenile offenders as adult criminal offenders; (2) the Assistant Attorney General to provide grants to provide custodial facilities appropriate for violent juvenile offenders in certain rural States and economically distressed communities; and (3) the General Accounting Office to study and report on the prevalence and effects of the use of electroshock, specified restraints, and solitary confinement against juvenile offenders. Directs that whenever a juvenile is taken into custody for an alleged act of juvenile delinquency, the arresting officer (current law) or another representative of the Attorney General immediately advise such juvenile of his legal rights, in language reasonably calculated to be comprehensible (currently, in language comprehensive) to a juvenile.
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 · 9 July 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) there should be established a National Community Health Center Week to raise awareness of health services provided by community, migrant, public housing, and homeless health centers; and (2) the President should issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States and interested organizations to observe such a week with appropriate programs and activities.
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
Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2001 - Requires the head of each Federal agency to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget specified certifications, including that the agency has established a centralized reporting system, is not managing Federal employees by any arbitrary limitations, and is reviewing work performed by contractors, re-competing or contracting in work when appropriate, and subjecting to public-private competition an approximate number of Federal employee and contractor positions. Sets forth provisions regarding public availability of certifications and the suspension of contracting for services pending satisfaction of the certification requirement. Allows the Director to waive the applicability of this Act to a contract for services where necessary in the interest of national security, extraordinary economic harm, or patient care. Requires any agency: (1) decision to privatize, outsource, or contract in or out for the performance of a function, after expiration of the prohibition enacted by this Act, to be based on the results of a public-private competition process meeting specified requirements; and (2) either to conduct a new public-private competition or to convert a function to performance by Federal employees if contracting out costs exceed costs of performance by Federal employees or contracting out fails to meet quality control standards. Directs the Secretary of Labor to survey and report on the wages and quantifiable benefits provided by contractors to non-Federal personnel working under contract.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, should remain firmly opposed to commercial whaling, should initiate and support efforts to ensure that all activities conducted under reservations to the Commission's moratorium or sanctuaries are ceased, should oppose the lethal taking of whales for scientific purposes unless it is specifically authorized by the Scientific Committee of the Commission, should seek the Commission's support for specific efforts by member nations to end illegal trade in whale meat, and should support the permanent protection of whale populations through the establishment of whale sanctuaries in which commercial whaling is prohibited; (2) at the 12th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, should oppose all efforts to reopen international trade in whale meat or to downlist any whale population; and (3) should make full use of all appropriate diplomatic mechanisms, relevant international laws and agreements, and other appropriate mechanisms to implement these goals.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001
States that the Senate: (1) recognizes the tragedy of the AIDS pandemic in human terms, as well as its economic, political and social effects; (2) supports the formation of a Global AIDS and Health Fund, and urges the Administration to encourage other nations to contribute; (3) calls for financial and other assistance from the United States, other nations, and international and private organizations; and (4) urges international assistance programs to emphasize science-based best practices and prevention the context of comprehensive care and treatment.
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