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A bill to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to clarify the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Central Utah Project , to redirect unexpended budget authority for the Central Utah Project for wastewater treatment and reuse and other purposes, to provide for prepayment of repayment contracts for municipal and industrial water delivery facilities, and to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001

Amends the Central Utah Project Completion Act to: (1) provide that the Secretary of the Interior is responsible for carrying out the responsibilities identified in the Act and the Colorado River Storage Project Act relating to the Central Utah Project, including oversight for all of the Project's phases, the administration of all prior and future contracts, and operation and maintenance of previously constructed facilities; (2) authorize the Secretary to utilize any unexpended budget authority provided with respect to Project construction for units of the Project; (3) authorize the Secretary to utilize such funds as may be provided by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission for fish and wildlife purposes to implement water conservation measures (currently), including use of reverse osmosis membrane technologies, water recycling, and conjunctive use; (4) direct the Secretary to allow for prepayment of any additional or supplemental repayment contracts providing for repayment of municipal and industrial water delivery facilities of the Project; and (5) repeal the existing requirement concerning the exercise by the Utah Water Conservancy District of its right to prepayment.

Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2001 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to calculation of annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates to: (1) give Medicare+Choice organizations the option to receive payment based on the annual area-specific Medicare+Choice capitation rate for the Medicare+Choice payment area involved; (2) permanently remove application of the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the calculation of the blended capitation rate; and (3) revise the formula used to calculate the national standardized annual Medicare+Choice capitation rate to reflect Medicare+Choice enrollment.

21st Century Retirement Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

21st Century Retirement Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to: (1) establish an individual security account (ISA) for each eligible individual in the Individual Security Fund (ISF); and (2) credit the contributions transferred from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (Trust Fund) that result from reduced Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rates (provided for in this Act), as well as other specified contributions involving certain tax overpayments treated as contributions and certain rollovers. Requires investment of an ISA in a manner similar to that under the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees. Establishes in the Treasury an Individual Security Fund composed of all established ISAs, and managed by an Individual Security Fund Board established in the Social Security Administration. Provides for an alternative ISA privately-administered by a certified institution. Prescribes rules for: (1) distribution of an eligible individual's ISA's funds; (2) off-budget treatment of the ISF and any federally-administered ISAs within it; and (3) privately-administered ISAs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce FICA tax rates on the income of every eligible individual, and to impose an ISA contribution on such income for crediting to the eligible individual's ISA. Entitles each eligible individual to a specified limited ISA tax credit for the taxable year involved, treated as a tax overpayment, to be transferred by the Secretary for crediting by the Commissioner, as a contribution equal to the tax overpayment, to such eligible individual's ISA for its sole use. Specifies related contribution incentives. Amends SSA title II to establish a new minimum monthly Social Security benefit for certain low-income beneficiaries. Amends SSA title II to prescribe formula changes for computation of the primary insurance amount, including cost-of-living increases, bend points, adjustments for changes in life expectancy, and coverage of disabled beneficiaries. Makes appropriations to the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics for specified research on the Consumer Price Index. Phases-in an increase in the Social Security normal retirement age to 67. Amends SSA title VII (Administration) to prescribe a mechanism for ensuring solvency in the Social Security trust funds.

A bill to require the Secretary of the Navy to report changes in budget and staffing that take place as a result of the regionalization program of the Navy.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report semiannually to Congress on changes in the budget and staffing of each Navy installation that occur as a result of the Navy regionalization program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify the congressional defense committees 30 days in advance of any modification of the budget, staffing, or functional area of responsibility of an installation by reason of such program; and (2) report on each Navy installation affected by the program. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should ensure that: (1) the allocation of funds and staff within each region of the program is distributed equally among the various installations in that region; and (2) no single installation becomes the focal point for funding or staffing.

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2001

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.

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 2002. Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for: (1) salaries and expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances. (Sec. 101) Transfers the following four majority positions from the Clerk of the House to the Speaker of the House: (1) the chief of floor service; (2) two assistant floor chiefs; and (3) one cloakroom attendant. Transfers the following four minority positions from the Clerk of the House to the minority leader: (1) the chief of floor service; (2) two assistant floor chiefs; and (3) one cloakroom attendant. (Sec. 102) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to require that: (1) receipts from disposal of used or surplus furniture and equipment by the Chief Administrator Officer of the House (CAO) be deposited in the Treasury for credit to the appropriate House account; and (2) in the case of receipts from the sale or disposal of any audio or video transcript prepared by the House Recording Studio, the appropriate House account shall be the account of the CAO. (Sec. 103) Makes amounts appropriated under this Act for "House of Representatives Salaries and Expenses - Members' Representational Allowances" available for FY 2002 only. Requires amounts remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for FY 2002 to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, if there is no Federal budget deficit, for reducing the Federal debt. (Sec. 104) Makes the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House the last day of each month, except that if the last day of a month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public holiday, the CAO shall pay such salaries on the first weekday which precedes the last day. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Police Board; (4) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) for salaries and expenses, minor construction, Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant; (8) the Library of Congress for Congressional Research Service (CRS) salaries and expenses; and (9) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds). (Sec. 106) Authorizes the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), by regulation, to apply Federal civil service training law as necessary to provide for training of CBO employees. (Sec. 107) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997 to allow the CBO to dispose of surplus or obsolete property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding (currently, only by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding). (Sec. 108) Establishes in the Treasury a minor construction account to be used by the AOC for land and building acquisition, construction, repair, and alteration projects resulting from unforeseen and unplanned conditions in connection with construction and maintenance activities under the AOC's jurisdiction (including the U.S. Botanic Garden). Requires the AOC to notify specified congressional committees at least 21 days before the AOC obligates any funds in the account with respect to a project. (Sec. 109) Authorizes the AOC to secure, under specified conditions, certain property and facilities located at 67 K Street Southwest in the District of Columbia. Requires such property and facilities to be under the control of the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police and to be used by the Chief for the care and maintenance of U.S. Capitol Police vehicles. Allows use of the secured property and facilities, subject to the approval of certain congressional committees, for other U.S. Capitol Police purposes, the House, the Senate, and the AOC. Makes the AOC responsible for the costs of the necessary expenses incidental to the use of the property and facilities, with the exception of the Chief, for the costs of any equipment, furniture, and furnishing used in connection with the care and maintenance of vehicles. Requires funds expended by the AOC for such costs in any fiscal year to be derived solely from AOC appropriated funds: (1) for the fiscal year for U.S. Capitol Police purposes; or (2) in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 under the heading "Architect of the Capitol - Capitol Buildings and Grounds - Capitol Buildings - Salaries and Expenses" for the design of police security projects. (Sec. 110) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to authorize the AOC to fix the rate of basic pay for not more than 11 positions (of whom one shall be the project manager of the Capitol Visitor Center and one shall be the project manager for the modification of the Capitol Power Plant) under AOC jurisdiction (excluding the Architect and Assistant Architect), at a rate not to exceed the highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service, for the locality involved. Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) study and report to the AOC and specified congressional committees on AOC management and operations; and (2) develop and submit to such committees a management improvement plan to address such study and which indicates how the salary adjustments made by this Act will support such plan. (Sec. 111) Prohibits the AOC from entering into or administering any construction contract with a value greater than $50,000 unless the contract includes a provision requiring the payment of liquidated damages in an amount that is equal to the product of the daily liquidated damage payment rate and the number of days by which the completion of the project is delayed in the event that completion of the project is delayed because of the contractor. Sets forth the formula for the daily liquidated damage payment rate. Allows, under specified conditions, adjustment of such rate by the contracting officer. (Sec. 112) Prohibits the AOC from reprogramming any funds with respect to any project or object class without approval of appropriate congressional committees. (Sec. 113) Provides that, with the exception of a temporary employee of the Senate Restaurant or a temporary employee who is hired for a total of 120 days or less during any five-year period, none of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act may be used by the AOC during FY 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year to employ a temporary employee within the category of temporary employment which does not provide employees with the same eligibility for life insurance, health insurance, retirement, and other benefits which are provided to temporary employees who are hired for a period exceeding one year in length. Applies Federal civil service allotment and assignment of pay law to the AOC Office. Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office for salaries and expenses, Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped for salaries and expenses, and for the expenses of furniture and furnishings; (3) the AOC for Library buildings and grounds; (4) salaries and expenses of the GPO's Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); and (5) the General Accounting Office for salaries and expenses. Specifies administrative provisions for the Library of Congress identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the Library from using funds appropriated in this Act to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which: (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time worked by such individual on another workday. (Sec. 206) Reduces the obligational authority of the Library from FY 2002 levels for reimbursable and revolving fund activities funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriation Acts for the legislative branch. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, under specified conditions, to temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the heading "Library of Congress Salaries and Expenses" to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000. (Sec. 208) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to extend until October 1, 2004, the early retirement and voluntary separation incentive payments authorities for Government Printing Office employees. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 305) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec, 308) Makes Federal civil service law relating to back pay due to unjustified personnel action applicable to AOC and U.S. Botanic Garden employees. (Sec. 309) Amends the House Employees Position Classification Act to provide that, for purposes of applying the adjustment made by the committee under this Act for 2002 and each succeeding year, positions under the CAO shall include positions of the U.S. Capitol telephone exchange under the CAO. (Sec. 310) Authorizes the AOC to maintain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I-395 tunnel on the southeast.

Expressing the sense of Congress in opposition to the retirement of 33 B-1 Lancer aircraft as proposed by the Air Force.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001

Expresses opposition to the proposed retirement of 33 of the B-1 Lancer aircraft and consolidation of the operations of the remaining 60 such aircraft from five bases to two, as proposed by the Air Force, and calls for deferral of such actions during FY 2002 while Congress reviews the proposals. Expresses the sense of Congress that all procurement and research and development funds for the B-1 aircraft program in the FY 2002 budget for the Department of Defense should be reallocated to the Operations and Maintenance account for the Air National Guard, to be available for the continued operation of the 33 aircraft proposed to be retired.

Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001

Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002 - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 2002 for: (1) departmental offices; (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs for development and acquisition of automatic data processing equipment, software, and services; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; (5) repair and restoration of the Treasury building and annex; (6) expanded access to financial services; (7) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (8) the counterterrorism fund; (9) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (10) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (11) the Financial Management Service; (12) the United States Customs Service; (13) the United States Mint; (14) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (15) the Internal Revenue Service; and (16) the United States Secret Service. Postal Service Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for payments to the Postal Service Fund for revenue foregone on free and reduced rate mail. Executive Office Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for: (1) compensation of the President and the White House office; (2) operating, maintenance, and reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the White House; (3) White House repair and restoration; (4) special assistance to the President and the official residence of the Vice President; (5) the Council of Economic Advisers; (6) the Office of Policy Development; (7) the National Security Council; (8) the Office of Administration; (9) the Office of Management and Budget; (10) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (11) Federal drug control programs; and (12) unanticipated needs in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense. Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for: (1) the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled; (2) the Federal Election Commission; (3) Federal Labor Relations Authority; (4) the General Services Administration; (5) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (6) the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation; (7) the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998; (8) the National Archives and Records Administration; (9) the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; (10) the Office of Government Ethics; (11) the Office of Personnel Management; (12) Government contributions for health and life insurance benefits for annuitants; (13) the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (14) the Office of Special Counsel; and (15) the United States Tax Court. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds.

Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001

Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act and the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to reauthorize Federal Energy Conservation Programs and revise requirements with respect to: (1) Federal energy savings performance contracts; (2) State energy conservation plans, including energy conservation programs for schools and hospitals, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, and establishment of a High Performance Public Buildings grants program; (3) establishment of an Energy Star Program to promote energy efficient consumer products and buildings; and (4) energy-efficient vehicles. Establishes a Federal Energy Bank to make loans to Federal agencies to finance energy efficiency projects. Prescribes requirements for automobile fuel economy. Moves the Nuclear Waste Fund off-budget. Revises the Atomic Energy Act with respect to combined construction and operating licenses and depleted uranium hexafluoride. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to use certain funds: (1) to implement cold standby status and plan hot restart for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant; and (2) for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Prohibits Federal commercial sales of uranium (with certain exceptions) until 2009. Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize alternative hydroelectric project conditions and fishway prescriptions. National Electricity and Environmental Improvement Act - Prescribes guidelines for a clean coal power production program that incorporates cost and performance goals and establishes a Department of Energy (DOE) clean coal power initiative. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax credits (refundable for specified organizations and governmental units) with respect to emission reductions and efficiency improvements in existing coal-based electricity generation facilities and investment in and production from qualifying clean coal technology, including advanced technology. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence a rulemaking to determine the need for modified regulations regarding high ozone season reformulated gasoline and gasoline blendstock requirements. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to prohibit the Secretary from establishing criteria or procedures governing renewable energy production incentives that effectively assigns a different priority to incentive payment applications on the basis of the energy source proposed. Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and of Energy to implement an accelerated cooperative research and development program to ensure the integrity of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Prohibits Federal approval of a certain pipeline route that would: (1) transport natural gas from lands within the Prudhoe Bay oil and gas lease area; and (2) traverse specified submerged lands.

Tax Relief Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001

Tax Relief Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to reduce individual capital gains tax rates. Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to repeal title IX (Compliance with Congressional Budget Act). Makes permanent IRC provisions relating to: (1) the deduction for higher education expenses; (2) the nonrefundable credit to certain individuals for elective deferrals and IRA contributions; and (3) the increase in the alternative minimum tax exemption.

Votum der zuständigen Ethikkommission sowie Erlaubnis des Bundesinstituts für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte für das Projekt zur ambulanten heroingestützten Behandlung; Mittel aus dem Bundeshaushalt 2000 und 2001 (G-SIG: 14053364)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 July 2001

Eigenverbrauch-Tatbestand der heimischen Leasing-Firmen

Austria · Federal Council · 19 July 2001

Anfrage der Bundesräte Gottfried Kneifel und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend den Eigenverbrauch-Tatbestand <i>[bei betrieblich genutzten PKWs und bei Reparaturen]</i> zum Schutz der heimischen Leasing-Firmen und grenznahen Reparaturwerkstätten <i>(im Widerspruch zu den Mehrwertsteuerrichtlinien der EU)</i>

Inventarisierung von Bundesvermögen

Austria · Federal Council · 19 July 2001

Anfrage der Bundesräte Mag. Dietmar Hoscher und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Inventarisierung von Bundesvermögen <i>(insbesondere von Kunstgegenständen)</i>

österreichische Beitragszahlungen für die UNRWA

Austria · Federal Council · 19 July 2001

Anfrage der Bundesräte Albrecht Konecny und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend österreichische Beitragszahlungen für die UNRWA

To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to clarify the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Central Utah Project, to redirect unexpended budget authority for the Central Utah Project for wastewater treatment and reuse and other purposes, to provide for prepayment of repayment contracts for municipal and industrial water delivery facilities, and to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001

Amends the Central Utah Project Completion Act to: (1) provide that the Secretary of the Interior is responsible for carrying out the responsibilities identified in the Act and the Colorado River Storage Project Act relating to the Central Utah Project, including oversight for all of the Project's phases, the administration of all prior and future contracts, and operation and maintenance of previously constructed facilities; (2) authorize the Secretary to utilize any unexpended budget authority provided with respect to Project construction for units of the Project; (3) authorize the Secretary to utilize such funds as may be provided by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission for fish and wildlife purposes to implement water conservation measures (currently), including use of reverse osmosis membrane technologies, water recycling, and conjunctive use; (4) direct the Secretary to allow for prepayment of any additional or supplemental repayment contracts providing for repayment of municipal and industrial water delivery facilities of the Project; and (5) repeal the existing requirement concerning the exercise by the Utah Water Conservancy District of its right to prepayment.

Erroneous Payments Recovery Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001

Erroneous Payments Recovery Act of 2001 - Requires each executive agency that enters into contracts with a total value in excess of $500 million in a fiscal year to carry out a cost-effective program for: (1) identifying errors made in paying contractors; and (2) recovering amounts erroneously paid. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance for conducting such programs. Requires funds collected under such a program to be available to reimburse the agency for program expenses and to pay contractors for recovery services under the program. Requires remaining recovered amounts: (1) to be credited to the appropriations from which such payments were made that remain available for obligation; or (2) if no such appropriation remains available, to be disposed of by the affected agency head for carrying out a management improvement program (25 percent) with the remainder to be deposited in the Treasury.

Fiscal Integrity of Indian Settlements Protection Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001

Fiscal Integrity of Indian Settlements Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that if an appropriation bill or joint resolution is enacted for FY 2002 that includes an appropriation authorized previously by a law approving a negotiated settlement of disputes of Indian water rights or land claims, the adjustment to discretionary spending limits to be included in any sequestration report or subsequent budgets submitted by the President shall: (1) be the amount of budget authority in that measure and the outlays flowing in all fiscal years from that authority; and (2) not exceed $200 million in budget authority. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require adjustments to the discretionary spending limits, budget allocations, and budgetary aggregates for the new budget authority provided for FY 2002, not to exceed $200 million, by a measure reported from committee, amended, or reported from conference for payments authorized previously for such settlement, as long as the adjustments do not, when taken together with all other previously enacted legislation (except for any legislation enacted pursuant to a specified section of H. Con. Res. 83 (107th Congress), reduce the on-budget surplus below the level of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund surplus in any fiscal year covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.

Legal Tender Modernization Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001

Legal Tender Modernization Act - Mandates that: (1) during the five-year period beginning January 1, 2003, two-dollar Federal reserve notes placed into circulation by any Federal reserve bank shall have such designs and be in such form and tenor as the Secretary of the Treasury may select; and (2) a new design shall be selected during each year of such five-year period. Prohibits the portrait of any living person from being included in such designs. Prescribes guidelines for rounding cash transaction values to the nearest five cents. Exempts transactions for which payment is made by demand or negotiable instrument, electronic fund transfer, money order, credit card, or other like instrument. States that all coins and currencies of the United States shall continue to be legal tender. Amends Federal law relating to engraving and printing currency and security documents to authorize the Secretary to produce: (1) currency, postage stamps, and other security documents for foreign governments; and (2) security documents for States and their political subdivisions. Amends Federal law governing the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to provide that any amounts in such Fund determined to be excess shall be included as an estimated Government receipt in the President's annual submission of the budget to Congress. Prohibits the Secretary from selecting or approving any new design for, or implementing any change in the design of, one-dollar Federal reserve notes.

2. Euro-Umstellungsgesetz - Bund

Austria · National Council · 12 July 2001

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Verfassungsgerichtshofgesetz 1953, das Verwaltungsgerichtshofgesetz 1985, das Datenschutzgesetz 2000, das Parteiengesetz, das Mediengesetz, das Privatradiogesetz, das Fernsehsignalgesetz, das Bundesstatistikgesetz 2000, das Bundesgesetz über die Neuorganisation der Bundestheater, das Künstler-Sozialversicherungsfondsgesetz und das Bundesvergabegesetz 1997 geändert werden (Euro-Umstellungsgesetz für den Wirkungsbereich des Bundeskanzleramtes); mit dem das Fachhochschulgesetz, das Forschungsorganisationsgesetz, das Studienberechtigungsgesetz und das Tierversuchsgesetz geändert werden; mit dem das Bundes-Jugendförderungsgesetz, das Bundes-Jugendvertretungsgesetz und das Krankenanstaltengesetz geändert werden; mit dem das Außenhandelsgesetz 1995, das Handelsstatistische Gesetz 1995, das Chemiewaffenkonvention-Durchführungsgesetz, das Sicherheitskontrollgesetz 1991, das Akkreditierungsgesetz, das Bauproduktegesetz, das Beschussgesetz, das Dampfkesselbetriebsgesetz, das Elektrotechnikgesetz 1992, das ERP-Fonds-Gesetz, das Kesselgesetz, das Luftreinhaltegesetz für Kesselanlagen, das Maß- und Eichgesetz, das Normengesetz 1971, das Vermessungsgesetz, das Arbeitskräfteüberlassungsgesetz, das Arbeitsmarktförderungsgesetz, das Jugendausbildungs-Sicherungsgesetz, das Ausländerbeschäftigungsgesetz, das Arbeitsinspektionsgesetz 1993, das ArbeitnehmerInnenschutzgesetz, das Bauarbeitenkoordinationsgesetz, das Ziviltechnikergesetz 1993, das Ziviltechnikerkammergesetz 1993, das Ingenieurgesetz 1990, die Gewerbeordnung 1994, das Sonn- und Feiertags-Betriebszeitengesetz, das Bundesgesetz zur Verbesserung der Nahversorgung und der Wettbewerbsbedingungen, das Bundesgesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb 1984, das EU-Wettbewerbsgesetz, das Euro-Währungsangabengesetz, das Wohnungsgemeinnützigkeitsgesetz, das Heizkostenabrechnungsgesetz, das Stadterneuerungsgesetz, das Wohnhaus-Wiederaufbaugesetz, das Gaswirtschaftsgesetz, das Starkstromwegegesetz 1968, das Preistransparenzgesetz, das Berufsausbildungsgesetz, das Bundesgesetz über das Grubenwehrehrenzeichen, das Lagerstättengesetz, und das Allgemeine österreichische Berggesetz geändert werden (2. Euro-Umstellungsgesetz - Bund)

Resolution on the implementation of "human rights/democracy" budget lines relating to campaigns in favour of a moratorium on capital punishment

European Union · European Parliament · 12 July 2001

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for: (1) civil functions relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion; (2) river and harbor, flood control, shore protection; (3) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee; (4) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; and (5) formerly utilized sites remedial action program. (Sec. 102) Bars the use of funds to: (1) implement any activity relating to closure or removal of the St. Georges Bridge across designated routes; or (2) accelerate the schedule to finalize the Record of Decision for the revision of the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual and associated changes to the Missouri River Annual Operating Plan. Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation for water and related resources; (3) the Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; and (4) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund. (Sec. 201) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico unless such purchase or lease is in compliance with specified statutory purchase requirements. (Sec. 202) States that Drought Emergency Assistance funds under this title shall be made available primarily for leasing of water from willing lessors for specified drought related purposes subsequent to State approval. (Sec. 203 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to use up to $1 million to refund specified payments (including the amount of associated interest) to the United States for pre-1994 charges assessed for failure to file certification or reporting forms before receipt of irrigation water under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for: (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) uranium facilities maintenance and remediation; (4) general DOE science activities; (5) nuclear waste disposal; (6) DOE administration and its Office of the Inspector General; (7) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (8) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (9) naval reactors activities; (10) Office of the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; (11) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (12) defense facilities closure projects; (13) defense environmental management privatization projects; (14) defense nuclear waste disposal; (15) geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams); and (16) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act to award a management and operating contract unless it is awarded using competitive procedures, or the Secretary of Energy grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis. Prohibits delegation of such waiver authority. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act to: (1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan for DOE employees, or to provide them with enhanced severance payments or other benefits; or (2) prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a program that has not been funded by Congress. (Sec. 306) Declares that no more than six percent of funds provided to government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories shall be available for Laboratory Directed Research and Development. (Sec. 307) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to dispose of transuranic waste containing concentrations of plutonium exceeding 20 percent by weight in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. (Sec. 308) Permits the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration to authorize: (1) the plant manager of a covered nuclear weapons production plant to engage in research, development, and demonstration activities in order to maintain and enhance plant engineering and manufacturing capabilities; and (2) the manager of the Nevada Operations Office to engage in research, development, and demonstration activities regarding capabilities necessary for operations and readiness of the Nevada Test Site. (Sec. 309) Permits each Federal Power Marketing Administration to undertake actions relating to the formation and operation of a regional transmission organization. (Sec. 311) Amends Federal law to extend until one year after submission of the President's budget request for FY 2005 the moratorium upon the withdrawal from the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund of certain funds earmarked for construction and operation of an onsite facility at gaseous diffusion plants in Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, for the treatment and recycling of depleted uranium hexaflouride. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes FY 2002 appropriations to the: (1) Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) Delta Regional Authority; (4) Denali Commission; (5) Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Office of the Inspector General; and (6) Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. Title V: General Provisions - Expresses the sense of Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made. Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts. Bars contracts funded under this Act from being awarded to any person determined by a court or Federal agency to have falsely labeled products as made in America.

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 2002. Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the Senate for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (10) official mail costs. (Sec. 1) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 to change the number of consultants: (1) from four to six that the Majority and Minority Leaders may appoint; and (2) from one to not more than two in the case of the President pro tempore. (Sec. 2) Allows the head of an employing office of the Senate to establish a program under which the office may agree to repay (by direct payments on behalf of a Senate employee) any student loan previously taken out by such employee. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 to change the fiscal year designation of the appropriation to which payment must be charged for local and long distance telecommunications services provided to a Senator, an Officer of the Senate, and any Senate entity the funds of which are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. (Sec. 5) Increases from $75,000 to $100,000 the payment from the Senate contingent fund for the Conference of Majority and the Conference of Minority expenses. (Sec. 6) Increases by $50,000 the allowance for administrative and clerical assistance. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Police Board; (4) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) for salaries and expenses, Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate and House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant; (8) the Library of Congress for Congressional Research Service salaries and expenses; and (9) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds). (Sec. 102) Authorizes the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), by regulation, to apply Federal civil service training law as necessary to provide for training of CBO employees. (Sec. 103) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 to allow the CBO to dispose of surplus or obsolete property by sale and trade-in (currently, only by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding). (Sec. 104) Authorizes the CBO to establish and maintain a program under which the Office may agree to repay (by direct payments on behalf of the employees) all or a portion of any student loan previously taken out by such employee in an amount not to exceed: (1) $6,000 for any employee in any calendar year; or (2) a total of $40,000 for any employee altogether. Prohibits CBO from reimbursing an employee for repayments made by such employee before CBO enters into an agreement with the employee under this Act. Requires any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual under this Act and its implementing regulations to be credited to the appropriation account available for CBO salaries and expenses at the time of repayment or recovery. Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and furniture and furnishings; (3) the AOC for a Capitol Visitor Center, the Congressional Cemetery, and for Library buildings and grounds; (4) salaries and expenses of the GPO's Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (5) the General Accounting Office; and (6) a payment to the Russian Leadership Development Center Trust Fund. Specifies administrative provisions for the Library of Congress identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the Library from using funds appropriated in this Act to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which: (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time worked by such individual on another workday. (Sec. 206) Reduces the obligational authority of the Library from FY 2001 levels for reimbursable and revolving fund activities funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriation Acts for the legislative branch. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, under specified conditions, to temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the heading "Library of Congress Salaries and Expenses" to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (the Act). (Sec. 209) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to extend until October 1, 2004, the early retirement and voluntary separation incentive payments authorities for Government Printing Office employees. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 305) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec. 311) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to authorize the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to fix the rate of basic pay for not more than 12 positions under AOC jurisdiction (excluding the Architect and Assistant Architect), at a rate not less than the minimum rate nor more than the maximum rate for the Senior Executive Service, for the locality involved.

Omnibus Maritime Improvements Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Omnibus Maritime Improvements Act of 2001 - Amends Federal law concerning Coast Guard housing authorities to double the amount of the total value in budget authority permitted for all contracts and investments undertaken using such authorities. Requires the use of U.S. vessels, as specified, for certain cable laying, vessel escort, and towing assistance. Requires the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of the minimum standards necessary for the safe operation of all Coast Guard search and rescue center facilities. Permits the Secretary of Transportation to allow a person providing commercial VHF communications services to place commercial VHF communications equipment on Coast Guard owned or controlled property (including towers) subject to any terms agreed to by the parties. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for lower Columbia River marine, fire, oil, and toxic spill response communications, training, equipment, and program administration activities conducted by the Maritime Fire and Safety Association. Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to ensure that all Coast Guard personnel are equipped with adequate safety equipment, including survival suits, while performing search and rescue missions.

E-Government Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2001

E-Government Act of 2001 - Establishes the Office of Information Policy in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to be administered by a Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) who shall provide direction, coordination, and oversight of the development, application, and management of information resources by the Government. Provides for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to retain information collection review functions. Establishes a Chief Information Officers Council as the principal interagency forum for improving agency practices related to the development, use, operation, and performance of Government information resources. Establishes in the Treasury an E-Government Fund to be used to fund interagency information technology projects and other innovative uses of information technology. Requires each executive agency to: (1) comply with standards established by the CIO and support the CIO's efforts to develop and maintain an integrated Internet-based system of delivering Government information and services to the public; (2) ensure compatibility of its methods for use and acceptance of electronic signatures; (3) publish an online agency directory; (4) establish a website and post all information required to be published on regulatory proceedings and electronic dockets for rulemakings; and (5) conduct a privacy impact assessment before developing or procuring an information system or initiating a new collection of personally identifiable information that will be processed electronically. Requires establishment of: (1) an online Federal telephone directory; (2) an online National Library; and (3) individual Federal court websites. Requires the CIO to: (1) study the feasibility of integrating Federal information systems across agencies; (2) convene an interagency task force to develop recommendations on standards for the collection and dissemination of essential information about federally funded research and development databases that address public availability and agency coordination and collaboration; (3) establish guidelines for privacy notices on agency websites; and (4) promulgate standards and criteria for agency websites. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of common protocols for geographic information systems. Provides for the use of the share-in-savings contracting approach for information technology projects. Requires studies on: (1) using information technology to enhance crisis response and consequence management of natural and manmade disasters; (2) best practices of federally funded community technology centers; and (3) disparities in Internet access across various demographic distributions. Provides for establishment of: (1) a Federal Information Technology Training Center; and (2) an Advisory Board on Government Information which shall recommend standards for establishing permanent public access to government information disseminated on the Internet, developing inventories of government information, and cataloguing and indexing government information. Requires the CIO and each agency to develop and post on the Internet a public domain directory of Government websites.

KEST-Refundierung und Begründungen von Steuerbescheiden

Austria · National Council · 6 July 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anna Huber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend KEST <i>(Kapitalertragsteuer)</i> -Refundierung und Begründungen von Steuerbescheiden

ÖBV-Privatisierung und österreichische Literatur

Austria · National Council · 6 July 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christine Muttonen, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend ÖBV <i>(Österreichischer Bundesverlag)</i> -Privatisierung und österreichische Literatur <i>(Veräußerung der drei Literaturverlage Deuticke,</i> <i>Brandstätter und Residenz)</i>

EU-Mittel für Beitrittsländer, Kosten für den Bundeshaushalt (G-SIG: 14043345)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 July 2001

Leistungen aus dem Bundeshaushalt zur Wiedergutmachung nationalsozialistischen Unrechts 1987 bis 2000 (G-SIG: 14043407)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 July 2001

2. EURO-Finanzbegleitgesetz), (Euro-Anpassungsgesetz-BMI), (2. Euro-Justiz-Begleitgesetz - 2. Euro-JuBeG), (1. Euro-Umstellungsgesetz - Bund

Austria · National Council · 5 July 2001

Bedeckung der Folgekosten des Universitätslehrer/innen-Dienstrechts

Austria · National Council · 5 July 2001

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Kurt Grünewald, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Bedeckung der Folgekosten des Universitätslehrer/innen-Dienstrechts

2. EURO-Finanzbegleitgesetz), (Euro-Anpassungsgesetz-BMI), (2. Euro-Justiz-Begleitgesetz - 2. Euro-JuBeG), (1. Euro-Umstellungsgesetz - Bund

Austria · National Council · 5 July 2001

Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz - FMAG

Austria · National Council · 5 July 2001

Einführung einer Einwegabgabe

Austria · National Council · 5 July 2001

Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die Einführung einer Einwegabgabe

Report from the Commission to the budgetary authority on guarantees covered by the general budget - situation at 31 December 2000

European Union · European Commission · 5 July 2001

"Fackel"-Wörterbuch

Austria · National Council · 4 July 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Kurt Grünewald, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend "Fackel"-Wörterbuch <i>(gewährte Förderungen für das "Wörterbuch der Redensarten zu</i> <i>der von Karl Kraus 1899 bis 1936 herausgegebenen Zeitschrift</i> <i>Die Fackel"</i>

leerstehende Wohnungen in 8061 St. Radegund

Austria · National Council · 4 July 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ridi Steibl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend leerstehende Wohnungen im "Sonnhof", Kurweg 7, im "Birkenhof", Kurweg 5, im "Quellenhof" Kurweg 3, im "Schöcklhof", Kurweg 9, im "Scherbauernhof", Schöcklstraße 21 und in der "Villa Elisabeth", Kurweg 2, alle in 8061 St. Radegund

Gebarungsüberprüfung hinsichtlich Bestellung und Abberufung von Aufsichtsräten und Vorständen

Austria · National Council · 4 July 2001

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Josef Cap, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Gebarungsüberprüfung durch den Rechnungshof gem. § 99 Abs. 2 GOG betreffend Bestellung und Abberufung von Aufsichtsräten und Vorständen und die damit in Zusammenhang stehenden Vertragsgestaltungen (samt Pensionsregelungen, Abfertigungszahlungen, "stock options" und sonstiger Leistungen oder Nebenabreden) einschließlich der diesen Vorgängen zu Grunde liegenden Entscheidungen sowie deren Vorbereitung

Dämpfung des Zuwachses bei den Heilmittelkosten

Austria · National Council · 4 July 2001

Antrag der Abgeordneten Heidrun Silhavy, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Dämpfung des Zuwachses bei den Heilmittelkosten

projet de loi de règlement portant règlement définitif du budget de 2000

France · Senate · 4 July 2001

missbräuchliche Verwendung von Budgetmitteln (durch Versendung von Einladungen zu Veranstaltungen des Österreichischen Instituts für Internationale Politik durch das Expedit der Parlamentsdirektion)

Austria · National Council · 3 July 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage an den Präsidenten des Nationalrates des Abgeordneten Ing. Peter Westenthaler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend missbräuchliche Verwendung von Budgetmitteln <i>(durch Versendung von Einladungen zu Veranstaltungen des</i> <i>Österreichischen Instituts für Internationale Politik durch</i> <i>das Expedit der Parlamentsdirektion)</i>

Fördermittelzusagen aus dem Kunstbudget

Austria · National Council · 2 July 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Fördermittelzusagen aus dem Kunstbudget an Bundesländer zu deren Verwendung

Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2001

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.

Tätigkeitsbericht (III-73 d.B.) des Rechnungshofes über das Verwaltungsjahr 1999

Austria · National Council · 28 June 2001

Bericht des Rechnungshofausschusses betreffend den Tätigkeitsbericht (III-73 d.B.) des Rechnungshofes über das Verwaltungsjahr 1999

A bill to amend section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide for a user fee to cover the cost of customs inspections at express courier facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide a customs user fee of $5.50 for the processing of merchandise that is informally entered or released at a centralized hub facility or an express consignment carrier facility (other than shipments valued at $200 or less, which shall not be subject to any fee). Defines "centralized hub facility" and "express consignment carrier facility" to mean a separate or shared specialized facility approved by a port director of the Customs Service for examination and release of imported merchandise carried by an express consignment carrier. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse from the fees collected for the services provided under this Act each appropriation for amounts paid out from it for the costs incurred by the Secretary in providing such services at centralized hub facilities and express consignment carrier facilities.

Medicare Reform Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Medicare Reform Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish the Medicare Coverage Commission to make national Medicare coverage determinations. Amends SSA part A (General Provisions) of title XI to require nine presidential appointees in addition to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to serve in such Centers. Authorizes programs for care coordination services, disease management services, competitive acquisition of items and services, bundled items and services related to specific medical conditions and surgical procedures, and preferred participants. Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to revise the Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) competitive pricing demonstration project. Amends SSA title XVIII to establish: (1) a Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit Program; (2) a Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund; and (3) a Medicare Prescription Drug Advisory Committee. Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a Working Group on Disease Self-Management and Health Promotion. Authorizes the HHS Secretary to make healthy seniors promotion grants and conduct demonstration projects to promote disease self-management for certain conditions. Amends SSA title XVIII to outline Medicare coverage of various specified preventive services, including cessation of tobacco use, counseling for post-menopausal women, screening for diminished visual acuity and hypertension, and medical nutrition therapy services. Permits waiver of coinsurance and deductibles for certain preventive services, such as: (1) diabetes outpatient self-management training services; (2) colorectal and prostate cancer screening tests; and (3) bone mass measurement. Directs the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a national falls prevention and awareness campaign. Prescribes requirements for clinical depression screening demonstration projects. Directs the HHS Secretary to establish a Medicare health education and risk appraisal program. Outlines an informatics systems grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. Provides for indexing of the Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) deductible to inflation, and for an income-related reduction in the Medicare subsidy for the Medicare part B premium.

Insular Areas Oversight Avoidance Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Insular Areas Oversight Avoidance Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to publish with respect to each covered statement issued by OMB (including executive orders and agreements, presidential proclamations or directives, treaties, and submitted legislation) that does not include any U.S. insular area in any definition of "United States," "United States of America," or "State": (1) an explanation of the reasons for that omission; and (2) a recommendation of whether the definition should include such insular area.

Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 2001 - Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each agency; (2) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new program to be carried out by an existing agency. Requires the abolishment of any agency within one year of the Commission's review, unless the agency is reauthorized by Congress. Authorizes the deadline for abolishing an agency to be extended for an additional two years by legislation enacted by a super majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of Federal programs within each agency for the purpose of advising and assisting Congress and the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this Act.

To require any amounts appropriated for Members' Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives for a fiscal year that remain after all payments are made from such Allowances for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Requires any amounts appropriated for a Representational Allowance for a Member of the House of Representatives which remain after all payments are made under such Allowance to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no Federal budget deficit, to reduce the Federal debt.

Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz - FMAG

Austria · National Council · 27 June 2001

Bericht des Finanzausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (641 d.B.): Bundesgesetz über die Errichtung und Organisation der Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde und über die Änderung des Bankwesengesetzes, des Wertpapieraufsichtsgesetzes, des Investmentfondsgesetzes, des Beteiligungsfondsgesetzes, des Sparkassengesetzes, des Bausparkassengesetzes, des Hypothekenbankengesetzes, des Pfandbriefgesetzes, des EGVG, des Börsegesetzes 1989, des Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetzes, des Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherungsgesetzes 1994, des Pensionskassengesetzes, des Kapitalmarktgesetzes, des Handelsgesetzbuches, des Aktiengesetzes, des GmbH-Gesetzes und des Nationalbankgesetzes 1984 (Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz - FMAG)

Schuldenerlass für die ärmsten Entwicklungsländer

Austria · National Council · 27 June 2001

Bericht des Finanzausschusses über den Antrag 434/A(E) der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Lunacek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Schuldenerlass für die ärmsten Entwicklungsländer