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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 · 8 October 2002
Disapproves the rule submitted by the Federal Election commission relating to Prohibited and Excessive Contributions: Non-Federal Funds or Soft Money.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2002
Repeals the expiration date for provisions of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 governing Federal information security and designates such provisions as the Government Information Security Reform Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the Chickamauga Lock and Dam navigation project in Tennessee substantially in accordance with the plans and conditions described in the Report of the Chief of Engineers dated May 30, 2002..
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2002
Provides that certain ceiling fans imported from Thailand shall enter duty-free and without any quantitative limitations before July 30, 2003, if duty-free treatment under the Trade Act of 1974 would have applied to such items had the competitive need limitation been waived under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 2002
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 · 1 August 2002
Designates the year beginning February 1, 2003, as the Year of the Blues.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Designates the week beginning September 15, 2002, as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Judicial Improvements Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a new chapter regarding complaints against judges and judicial discipline. Authorizes any person alleging that a judge has engaged in specified prejudicial conduct, or is unable to discharge all the duties of office by reason of mental or physical disability, to file with the clerk of the court of appeals for the circuit a written complaint. Directs the chief judge to expeditiously review complaints. Authorizes: (1) the chief judge to conduct a limited inquiry; and (2) a complainant or judge aggrieved by a final order of the chief judge to petition the judicial council of the circuit for review. Makes denial of a petition for review final. Requires the chief judge, if not entering such an order, to form a special committee to investigate the allegations. Authorizes specified action by the judicial council. Provides for referral to the Judicial Conference of the United States. Directs the Judicial Conference, if it finds impeachment warranted, to certify and transmit the determination and record of proceedings to the House of Representatives. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) a judicial council's subpoena power; (2) judges' petitions for review of adverse orders and actions; (3) rules for the conduct of proceedings under this Act; (4) restrictions on individuals who are the subject of an investigation; (5) confidentiality of such proceedings; and (6) the effect of a felony conviction on a judge's continued service and creditable service.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Directs the U.S. Customs Service, upon request, to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries at the rate of duty that would have been applicable on the date of entry and the amount of the antidumping duty, as specified.
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 · 20 June 2002
Federal Workforce Improvement Act of 2002 - Chief Human Capital Officers Act of 2002 - Directs each executive agency to appoint or designate a Chief Human Capital Officer to: (1) advise and assist agency officials in selecting, developing, and managing a high-quality, productive workforce in accordance with merit system principles; and (2) implement the rules and regulations of the President and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and civil service laws. Establishes a Chief Human Capital Officers Council. Directs OPM to design a set of systems, including metrics, for assessing the management of human capital by Federal agencies. Requires each agency's: (1) performance plan to describe how its performance goals and objectives are to be achieved; and (2) program performance report to include a review of the goals and evaluation of the plan relative to the agency's strategic human capital management. Authorizes the President to prescribe rules which grant authority for agencies to appoint candidates directly to certain positions for which there exists a severe candidate shortage or a critical hiring need. Modifies authorities regarding voluntary separation incentive pay and voluntary early retirement. Repeals recertification requirements for senior executives. Adjusts the limitation on total annual compensation. Expands the senior executive service's limited appointment authority. Revises agency training programs and academic degree training criteria. Allows accrual of leave for certain qualified non-Federal service. Modifies: (1) the National Security Education Program; and (2) definitions and requirements regarding personnel management demonstration projects.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2002
Calls for Americans to observe a national moment of remembrance at 3:00 p.m. on Memorial Day, 2002, for members of the armed forces and civilian national security agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2002
Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to permit each Inspector General, any Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, and any special agent supervised by such an Assistant Inspector General to be authorized by the Attorney General to: (1) carry a firearm while engaged in official duties or as expressly authorized by the Attorney General; (2) make an arrest without a warrant while engaged in such duties (or as such expressly authorized) for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of such Inspector, Assistant Inspector, or agent, or for any felony; and (3) seek and execute warrants for an arrest, search, or seizure. Empowers the Attorney General to authorize the exercise of such powers only upon an initial determination that: (1) the affected Office of Inspector General is significantly hampered in the performance of such responsibilities as a result of the lack of such powers; (2) available assistance from other law enforcement agencies is insufficient to meet the need for exercising such powers; and (3) adequate internal safeguards and management procedures exist to ensure proper exercise of those powers. Exempts specified Offices of Inspector General from such an initial determination of eligibility. Directs such Offices to collectively enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish an external review process for ensuring that such safeguards and procedures continue to exist within each Office and any Office that receives such an authorization.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2002
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, as the Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 2002
Commends government employees for their outstanding contributions to this great Nation and salutes their unyielding dedication and spirit for public service, particularly during Public Service Recognition Week, May 6-12, 2002. Honors those public servants who have given their lives in service to their country and calls upon a new generation of workers to consider a career in public service as an honorable profession.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act - Amends the Organic Act establishing the Department of Commerce to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish and maintain a list of each person that notifies the Secretary that it is a manufacturer or seller that is: (1) licensed to engage in interstate or foreign commerce of a firearm (including antique firearm) or ammunition product; or (2) is a trade association representing such manufacturers or sellers. Declares that any lawful conduct carried out by a manufacturer or seller in interstate or foreign commerce of a firearm or ammunition product, or lawful conduct carried out by a trade association in the course of representing such manufacturers or sellers, shall not be the basis for imposing a restriction on such commerce (the award of civil damages, equitable relief, or any other specified limitation) as a result of harm caused by the criminal or other unlawful misuse of such firearm or ammunition product by any other person.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Private Security Officer Employment Standards Act of 2002 - Permits an authorized employer of private security officers to submit fingerprints or other means of positive identification of an employee or an applicant for a background check. Requires: (1) an employer to obtain an employee's written consent to submit the background check request; and (2) that an employee be provided confidential access to information relating to the employee provided to the employer. Directs the Attorney General, upon receipt of such a request submitted through the State identification bureau or other authorized entity, to search the appropriate records of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and to provide any identification and criminal history records. Limits requests to once every 12 months of continuous employment unless the employer has good cause to submit additional requests. Prescribes criminal penalties for falsely certifying compliance with applicable employer standards or for intentionally using information obtained for purposes other than determining suitability for employment as a private security officer. Authorizes: (1) the FBI Director to collect fees to process background checks; and (2) a State to opt out from participation in the background check system. Sets forth provisions regarding State notification of authorized employers.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning tax-exempt insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) to increase from $350,000 to $551,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) the maximum amount of premiums that may be written annually by such a company in order to remain tax-exempt. Raises the maximum amount of premiums that may be written annually by an insurance company (other than a life insurance company) to qualify for an alternative tax for small companies.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2002
Declares that the Senate expresses support for the democratically elected Government and people of Colombia and deplores the continuing criminal terrorist acts by U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia against U.S. citizens and Colombian civilians and authorities. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the President should transmit to Congress proposed legislation, consistent with U.S. law for the protection of human rights, to assist the Colombian Government in protecting its democracy from such terrorist organizations and the scourge of illicit narcotics.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 2002
Designates March 25, 2002, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2002
United States Marshals Service Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal judicial code to direct the Attorney General (currently, the President) to appoint U.S. marshals in accordance with provisions governing appointments, classification, and pay rates in the competitive civil service.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2002
Keeping Inspiration and Development Strong Act - KIDS Act - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the National Youth Sports Program through FY 2008.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments made by a Federal agency to discharge a student loan when such discharge was a recruiting and/or retention incentive offered to highly qualified personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001
Presidential Appointments Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to set forth separate, revised financial disclosure reporting requirements for executive branch personnel that eliminate, raise the thresholds for, or reduce the categories of value under specified current requirements. Requires a person to file a financial disclosure report within 30 days of taking the oath of office of President or Vice President, unless the person is the incumbent in such position. Requires disclosure of the source, description, and category of income from any source aggregating more than $500 in a year. Revises, for disclosure purposes, the categories of value for reporting income investment, assets, and liabilities and the thresholds for reporting interests in property or in a trade or business. Raises from: (1) $10,000 to $20,000 the threshold for the reporting of liabilities; and (2) $5,000 to $25,000 the threshold for the reporting by non-elected individuals of compensation received for personal services. Requires reports to include the sources of income earned by the spouse which exceeds $500 (currently $1,000). Requires the Executive Clerk of the White House, within 15 days after a major party nominates its candidate for President, to transmit to that candidate an electronic record on presidentially appointed positions. Requires each Federal agency to submit to the President and specified congressional committees a plan providing for the reduction of the number of positions and the levels of positions within that agency that require an appointment by the President. Requires the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to review the conflict of interest laws relating to Federal employment and to report recommendations for legislation to improve coordination, uniformity, and efficiency in their administration.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001
Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a pilot program under which specified Federal agencies may agree to repay the student loans of their employees employed in national security positions. Requires the Director to coordinate such program with such agencies to recruit employees to serve in such positions. Requires the Director to establish a program for awarding National Security Fellowships to eligible graduate students who agree to employment with the Federal Government in national security positions. Establishes a National Security Service Board to: (1) develop criteria for awarding such Fellowships; (2) provide for the wide dissemination of information regarding the activities assisted under the program; (3) work with the Director in hiring and placing fellows in national security positions; and (4) develop and provide to Congress a strategic plan that identifies the skills needed by the Federal national security workforce. Provides that 20 percent of such Fellowships be set-aside for Federal employees who are working in such positions to enhance their education and training in areas important to national security. Creates a National Security Service Corps, under the direction of the Board, to provide rotational opportunities for mid-level employees in national security positions within and between specified agencies. Requires agencies' annual strategic and performance plans and program performance reports to evaluate the role of specific skills in accomplishing or failing to accomplish such agencies' goals.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001
Homeland Security Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to forgive interest payments on guaranteed and student loans for selected borrowers in repayment status who have obtained undergraduate degrees in science (except the social sciences), mathematics, engineering, or specified foreign languages, as an incentive for study of such subjects. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary to establish a demonstration program of grants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) for building or expanding mathematics and science programs, upgrading laboratories, and purchasing equipment. Directs the Secretary and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to assess long-term mathematics and science needs of the national security workforce and the larger Federal workforce. Amends ESEA to authorize the Secretary to make grants to eligible partnerships for various authorized activities to encourage early foreign language studies. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) that develop innovative programs for teaching foreign languages. Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to direct the Secretary of Defense, through the National Security Education Trust, to make grants to IHEs to produce graduates in a range of disciplines with advanced proficiency in languages most critical to U.S. national security. Directs the National Research Council to study the feasibility of establishing a National Language Foundation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2001
Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility Act of 2001 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to revise the definition of "simplified acquisition threshold" to mean $100,000 (currently) or an amount equal to five times such amount in cases of contracts to be awarded and performed, or purchases to be made, in support of military operations for the provision of humanitarian or foreign disaster assistance or for peacekeeping or contingency operations. Deems the micro-purchase threshold with respect to procurements of property and services by or for executive agencies for use to facilitate the defense against terrorism or a nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack against the United States or a technological attack against a national security system (NBCRT attack) to be $25,000 during FY 2002 and 2003 (currently $2,500). Permits executive agencies to apply to the procurement of property and services during FY 2002 and 2003 for such purposes specified provisions of law relating to the procurement of commercial items, including special simplified acquisition procedures, without regard to: (1) whether the property and services are commercial items; or (2) the $5 million limitation on the use of such procedures. Requires executive agencies to use streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures for acquisitions during FY 2002 and 2003 of property and services that would facilitate the defense against terrorism or NBCRT attack. Allows executive agencies to engage in necessary basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects that have the potential to facilitate defense against terrorism or NBCRT attack and to carry out prototype projects that meet such requirements. Directs executive agencies to conduct market research to identify the capabilities, including those of small businesses and new Federal contractors, that are available in the marketplace in furtherance of defense against terrorism or such an attack.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2001
Condemns the terrorist murders of 26 innocent people in Israel within 14 hours during December 1-2, 2001, and extends the deepest sympathies of Congress to Israel and to the families of the victims. Expresses outrage at the ongoing Palestinian terrorist campaign and insists that the Palestinian Authority take all necessary steps to end it. Urges the President to suspend all relations with Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority if they fail to take specified action to stop Palestinian terrorist groups from committing acts of terrorism. Urges the President to insist that countries harboring or materially supporting Palestinian terrorist groups end their support, dismantle the groups, and bring them to justice. Expresses U.S. solidarity with Israel in their struggle against terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001
Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add provisions granting additional authorities to the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning bioterrorism preparedness and responding to public health emergencies. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a plan which includes the development of specific criteria enabling measurements to be made of the progress made at the national, State, and local levels toward achieving the national goal of bioterrorism preparedness. Requires the maintenance of an adequate national pharmaceutical stockpile of vaccines (including a smallpox vaccine), therapies, and medical supplies for use at the Secretary's discretion in the event of a biological threat or attack or other public health emergency. Expands the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of a coordinated network of public health laboratories to assist with the detection of and response to a biological threat or attack. Provides for the appointment of an Assistant Secretary for Emergency Preparedness who shall head the Office for Emergency Preparedness. Provides for a National Disaster Medical System to provide appropriate health and social services to respond to a public health emergency, if the Secretary activates the System. Provides for enhanced regulatory control of biological agents and toxins. Establishes a State Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Block Grant Program to improve State and local preparedness and response capabilities. Amends the Clayton Act to provide for a limited antitrust exemption with respect to the development of new countermeasures against bioterrorism. Requires, under the Public Health Service Act, the development of a crisis communications and education strategy with respect to bioterrorist threats to the food supply. Expands animal and plant health inspection service activities and authorities. Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to expand the authority of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to food presenting a serious threat to humans or animals. Requires the registration of food manufacturing, processing, and handling facilities. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize existing authorities to expand Agricultural Research Service and Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service programs to protect the food supply of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 2001
Deems hospitals in Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Sevier, and Union Counties, Tennessee, to be located in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, effective for discharges occurring during FY 2002 through 2004, for purposes of disproportionate share payments and reimbursement of inpatient hospital services of a rehabilitation facility under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA).
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 2001
Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) timelines for publication of final regulations and compliance with substantive changes after notice; (2) timeframes for the completion of the record in the appeals process; (3) contracts with Medicare administrative contractors for determining payment amounts, making payments, and providing certain provider services; (4) coordination of funding for education of service providers; and (5) standardization of random prepayment review and recovery of overpayments from Medicare administrative contractors. Grants a one-year delay in the lock-in procedures for Medicare+Choice plans under SSA title XVIII part C. Provides a temporary moratorium on the requirement that home health agencies collect Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data from non-Medicare patients.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 2001
Medicare Physician Payment Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to set the conversion factor (update) for payments under the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2002 at 0.9 percent less than the conversion factor for 2001. Declares that this conversion factor and a specified update adjustment factor for a year after 2002 shall be applied as if this Act had not been in effect. Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in determining the update for such payments with a factor that more fully accounts for changes in the unit costs of providing physicians' services.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2001
Federal Employee Management Reform Act of 2001 - Sets forth provisions governing voluntary separation incentive payments. Requires each agency to develop a plan setting forth the positions and functions affected, the timing and amounts of payments, and how the agency will subsequently operate. Reduces the number of employee positions by the number accepting such payments, except as specified. Continues existing voluntary separation incentives authority. Revises eligibility criteria for voluntary early retirement. Revises Federal employee recruitment, relocation, and retention bonus provisions, increasing the amount which may be paid for critical need employees. Revises and expands criteria for providing employees academic degree training, to include accomplishment of an agency's strategic plan. Authorizes an agency to pay for employee credentials. Revises provisions governing special pay authority, including by placing such authority with the Office of Personnel Management and by providing for pay conversion upon geographic movement. Revises annuity computation for part-time service. Permits all Federal employees, including members of the armed services, to keep their frequent travel program benefits resulting from U.S. paid travel. Makes certain student volunteers eligible under agency programs to encourage commuting by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles. Establishes a separate annual pay cap applicable to certain senior-level and senior executive positions (not to exceed the total annual compensation of the Vice President). Repeals the senior executive recertification requirement. Authorizes an annual leave credit for certain senior level and senior executive employees. Revises provisions concerning personnel management demonstration projects, permitting their modification and/or conversion to an alternative personnel system. Authorizes an agency to implement and modify an alternative personnel system according to an approved plan which includes how such system is consistent with merit system principles and relates to carrying out the strategic plan. Authorizes agencies to appoint certain critical employees outside the competitive service. Authorizes the use of a quality category rather than a numerical ratings selection system.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 2001
Managerial Flexibility Act of 2001 - Revises and establishes provisions concerning Federal employee management, Federal retirement funding, and Federal management of real and personal property. Sets forth provisions governing voluntary separation incentive payments. Revises: (1) eligibility criteria for voluntary early retirement; (2) Federal employee recruitment, relocation, and retention bonus provisions (increasing the amount which may be paid for critical need employees); (3) criteria for providing employees academic degree training; (4) provisions governing special pay authority; and (5) annuity computation for part-time service. Permits all Federal employees to keep their frequent travel program benefits resulting from U.S. paid travel. Makes certain student volunteers eligible under agency programs to encourage commuting by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles. Establishes a separate annual pay cap applicable to certain senior-level and senior executive positions. Repeals the senior executive recertification requirement. Authorizes an annual leave credit for certain senior level and senior executive employees. Revises provisions concerning personnel management demonstration projects, permitting their modification and/or conversion to an alternative personnel system. Authorizes agencies to implement and modify an alternative personnel system and to appoint certain critical employees outside the competitive service. Authorizes the use of a quality category rather than a numerical ratings selection system. Revises the requirements for agency contributions to Federal pension systems and funds paying post-retirement health benefits to require accrual funding, including an annual determination of the unfunded liability of such funds and the establishment of amortization and payment schedules to liquify such liability. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Administrator of General Services to establish, maintain, and apply current asset management principles to real and personal property and compile a single descriptive listing of all Federal real property interests. Authorizes landholding agencies to apply enhanced asset management tools, such as interagency transfers or exchanges, sales or exchanges with non-Federal sources, and subleases or outleases to other agencies or non-Federal entities, for real property. Revises provisions pertaining to the disposal of surplus property. Permits agencies to retain proceeds from the transfer or disposition of real or personal property as specified. Revises provisions concerning the disposal of surplus property, permitting conveyance to non-profits and for public airport use. Authorizes the abandonment of property when the cost of care and handling would exceed its fair market value. Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to revise procedures for consideration of surplus real property for homeless assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 2001
Freedom to Manage Act of 2001 - Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of legislative proposals from the President to: (1) repeal or amend existing law applicable to one or more agencies in order to eliminate or reduce barriers to efficient government operations; or (2) introduce new authorities to allow for more efficient operations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2001
Federal Human Capital Act of 2001 - Chief Human Capital Officers Act of 2001 - Places an agency Chief Human Capital Officer in specified Federal agencies. Requires such Officers to: (1) set the workforce development strategy of the agency; (2) assess current workforce characteristics and future needs based on the agency's strategic plan and mission; (3) align human resources policies with organization mission, strategic goals, and performance outcomes; (4) develop and advocate a culture of continuous learning to attract and retain employees with superior abilities; (5) identify best practices and benchmarking studies; and (6) create systems for measuring intellectual capital and identifying links of that capital to organizational performance and growth. Establishes a Chief Human Capital Officers Council. Requires a study on the feasibility and desirability of developing human capital metrics for use by the Federal Government. Permits certain agencies to evaluate applicants for competitive service positions according to a quality category rating system rather than numerical ratings. Permits appointment into the competitive service without competition under specified conditions. Authorizes voluntary separation incentive payments. Revises voluntary early retirement criteria. Provides for phased retirement for certain specialized positions. Authorizes the use of a streamlined critical pay authority. Requires expedited approval for appointments to positions classified above GS-15. Reduces the notification period for reductions in grade or removal for unacceptable performance. Requires a study on the discipline and termination process. Authorizes an agency to assign a senior executive to a private entity to perform work of mutual concern. Repeals the recertification requirements for senior executives. Permits the waiver of certain qualifications and other requirements for specially qualified scientists and professionals and persons in critical positions. Revises agency training programs to require: (1) their evaluation and modification; (2) the hiring of a training officer; (3) establishment of a comprehensive management succession program; and (4) manager training on unacceptable performance issues. Revises academic degree training criteria. Allows accrual of leave for certain qualified non-Federal service. Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to expand: (1) the national security education program to include emphasis on the quality of teaching and learning in fields critical to national interests; and (2) the National Security Education Trust Fund to include repayment of student loans and payment for professional development instruction in critical national interest fields.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 2001
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should make a substantial new investment this year in bioterrorism preparedness and response, including: (1) improving State and local preparedness capabilities, hospital response capabilities, disaster response medical systems, and the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile program; (2) upgrading the capabilities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); (3) targeting research for therapeutics and vaccines for bioterrorist agents and food safety activities; and (4) increasing international cooperation in securing biological agents, increasing surveillance, and retraining biological warfare specialists.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 2001
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of Honorable Mike Mansfield, formerly a Senator from Montana.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 2001
Allows Federal employees, members of the foreign service or the uniformed services, their family members and dependents, and other individuals to retain promotional items (including frequent flyer miles, upgrades, and access to carrier clubs or facilities) received as a result of using travel or transportation services obtained at a Federal agency's expense or accepted by the agency from non-Federal sources for travel and related expenses, if such items are obtained under the same terms as those offered to the public and at no additional cost to the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 2001
Tour Operators Up-Front-Deposit-Relief (TOUR) Act - States that an accrual method of accounting for tour deposits is proper if such method is permitted by specified revenue procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2001
Declares that, in the quest to identify, locate, and bring to justice the perpetrators and sponsors of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the civil rights and liberties of all Americans, including Sikh-Americans, should be protected. Condemns bigotry and acts of violence or discrimination against any Americans, including Sikh-Americans. Calls upon local and Federal law enforcement authorities to: (1) work to prevent hate crimes against all Americans; and (2) prosecute to the fullest extent of the law all those who commit hate crimes.
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 · 12 September 2001
Condemns the terrorists who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, as well as their sponsors. Extends condolences to the victims and their families and commends the heroic actions of the rescue workers, volunteers, and State and local officials who responded. Declares that the United States is entitled under international law to respond to these attacks. Expresses: (1) thanks to those foreign leaders and individuals who have expressed solidarity with the United States in the aftermath of the attacks and asks them to continue to stand with the United States in the war against international terrorism; (2) a commitment to support increased resources in the war to eradicate terrorism; and (3) support for the determination of the President to bring to justice and punish the perpetrators of these attacks and their sponsors. Declares September 12, 2001, to be a National Day of Unity and Mourning.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001
Designates the month of October 2001 as Family History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001
Designates the week beginning September 16, 2001, as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 2001
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, annually, to publish in the Federal Register and make available on the Internet a list of the collections of information required by Federal agencies which are applicable to small businesses. Requires each Federal agency, with respect to the collection of information and the control of paperwork, to establish one agency point of contact to act as a liaison with small businesses. Requires each agency to make efforts to further reduce the paperwork burden for small businesses with fewer than 25 employees. Establishes a task force to study the feasibility of streamlining requirements with respect to small businesses regarding the collection of information. Amends the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 to require each agency to submit, biennially, to specified congressional committees information concerning regulatory enforcement actions taken and civil penalties assessed, including actions and assessments against small businesses.
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.