Defence

John P. Stenbit, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Arthur L. Money.

United States · United States Senate · 12 July 2001

Ronald M. Sega, of Colorado, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, vice Hans Mark, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 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.

Iraq Petroleum Import Restriction Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Iraq Petroleum Import Restriction Act of 2001 - Prohibits the direct or indirect importation of Iraqi-origin petroleum and petroleum products into the United States, notwithstanding action by the Committee established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 authorizing the export of petroleum products from Iraq in exchange for humanitarian assistance. Declares such prohibition shall remain in effect until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States is not engaged in certain active military operations with respect to Iraq; and (2) resuming the importation of Iraqi-origin petroleum and petroleum products would not be inconsistent with U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. Urges the President to take appropriate efforts to ensure that the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people are not negatively affected by this Act through the transfer to Iraq of food, medicine, and other humanitarian products.

Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act of 2001 - Modifies the boundary of the Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, to include Pemberton's Headquarters as part of the Park.

Help Is on the Way Military Pay Equity Act 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Help Is on the Way Military Pay Equity Act of 2001 - Prescribes increases in military basic pay rates as of January 1, 2002, of a minimum of 7.3 percent. Waives for FY 2002 any required adjustment in such pay based upon the General Schedule of Compensation for Federal employees.

Law Enforcement Officers' Training Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Law Enforcement Officers' Training Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award not to exceed 100 grants, on a competitive basis, to support seminars and training programs for the professional development of law enforcement officers in the areas of community policing, development of policing skills in a multi-cultural environment, officer survival and defense, the application of technology in law enforcement, supervision and mid-level management skills and techniques, and identification and management of officer fatigue and sleep deprivation.

To authorize the President to posthumously advance the late Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy.

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Authorizes and requests the President to posthumously advance the late Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance to the grade of fleet admiral on the Navy retired list. Prohibits any increase in compensation or benefits due to such promotion.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations should immediately transfer to the Israeli Government an unedited and uncensored videotape that contains images which could provide material evidence for the investigation into the incident on October 7, 2000, when Hezbollah forces abducted 3 Israeli Defense Force soldiers, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, and Omar Souad.

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations should immediately transfer to the Israeli Government an unedited and uncensored form of the videotape that contains images which could provide material evidence for the investigation into the incident of October 7, 2000, when Hezbollah forces abducted three Israeli Defense Force soldiers, as well as any other material it may possess.

A bill to amend section 1714 of title 38, United States Code, to modify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide dog-guides to blind veterans and authorize the provision of service dogs to hearing-impaired veterans and veterans with spinal cord injuries, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide: (1) a service dog to any veteran entitled to disability compensation who is hearing-impaired or has a spinal cord injury or dysfunction; and (2) travel and incidental expenses incurred in becoming adjusted to such dog.

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey the vessel USS SPHINX to the Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum for use as a military museum.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey, under specified conditions: (1) the USS SPHINX (ARL-24), to the Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum for use as a military museum; and (2) any unneeded equipment from other vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in order to restore such vessel to museum quality.

Combat Merchant Mariners Veterans Benefits Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2001

Combat Merchant Mariners Veterans Benefits Act of 2001 - Provides that: (1) qualifying service in the U.S. merchant marine during a period of war for a total period equal to at least 12 months shall be considered active duty in determining eligibility for veterans' benefits; and (2) such service may be verified by entries in a continuous discharge book, a certificate of discharge to merchant seamen, a certificate of substantially continuous service, or other documentation available from the Secretary of Transportation or the head of any other Federal agency.

Energy Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2001

Energy Security Act - Mandates : (1) a review and report by certain Federal agencies regarding whether rights-of-way for transportation across Federal lands of energy supplies or transmission of electricity can be authorized for new or additional capacity: (2) an inventory review of the energy production potential of Federal lands with respect to wind, solar, coal, and geothermal power production; (3) Federal agency review of regulations to determine barriers for emerging energy-efficient technologies; and (4) establishment of an administrative interagency task force to develop an interagency agreement to expedite environmental review and permitting of natural gas pipeline projects. Royalty Relief Extension Act of 2001 - Mandates: (1) use of a specified bidding system for certain oil and gas lease sales located in the Western and Central Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) a Federal assessment of existing Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas resources, including recommendations for their increased production. Federal Oil and Gas Lease Management Improvement Demonstration Program Act of 2001 - Mandates a study of regulatory impediments to oil and natural gas leases and operations on Federal onshore lands, including the elimination of restrictions on such lease issuance and operations. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize granting requests for the suspension of lease operations in order to further drilling objectives pertaining to offshore subsalt development. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) the payment in kind of oil and gas royalties to the United States; (2) the establishment of regional United States Geological Survey Oil and Gas Technology Centers; (3) royalty rate reductions for certain oil and gas wells production declines in order to spur marginal well production incentives. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to mandate Federal reimbursement of costs incurred by private entities to comply with documentation requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to: (1) prescribe royalty reductions; and (2) shield certain geothermal energy leases from royalty requirements (including certain leases for development and utilization of low temperature geothermal resources). Opens public lands under military jurisdiction for geothermal steam and associated resources development and utilization without the need for further Federal action. Mandates a Federal report to Congress on: (1) the applicability of moratoria and withdrawals from leasing in connection with geothermal resource areas; and (2) increasing the electric power production capability of existing facilities. Authorizes Federal installation of a powerformer at the Bureau of Reclamation Folsom power plant in Folsom, California. Prescribes implementation guidelines for: (1) a pump replacement program; (2) increased operational efficiencies in hydroelectric power projects; and (3) a shift of electric power consumption loads to off-peak periods. Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2001 - Prescribes implementation guidelines for the Secretary of the Interior to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for the exploration and production of oil and gas resources of the Arctic Coastal Plain.

Beschaffung von Radaranlagen für das österreichische Bundesheer beim französischen Rüstungskonzern Thomson CSF

Austria · National Council · 9 July 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Werner Kogler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Stand der Abwicklung der Kompensationsgeschäfte in Folge der Beschaffung von Radaranlagen für das österreichische Bundesheer beim französischen Rüstungskonzern Thomson CSF

Aktuelle Entwicklung in Südosteuropa und Lage in Mazedonien (G-SIG: 14001969)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 July 2001

Festnahme von Slobodan Milosevic, Gefahr eines Bürgekriegs in Mazedonien, europäische Perspektive für die Balkanstaaten, Stabilitätspakt, Grundprinzip für eine politische Lösung in Mazedonien, deutsche Beteiligung an der Operation "Essential Harvest", Gesamtlösung für die Region

Schaffung zusätzlicher Dienstposten im Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr; zukünftige Dienstposten in der Besoldungsgruppe B (G-SIG: 14043288)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 July 2001

Ausstattung der Bundeswehr mit Internet-Anschlüssen (G-SIG: 14043289)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 July 2001

Abzug der belgischen Streitkräfte vom Truppenübungsplatz Vogelsang; Nutzungskonzept (G-SIG: 14043371)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 July 2001

Prozentuale Anteile der Ausgaben für Verteidigung und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit im Verhältnis zum Bruttosozialprodukt seit 1960 (G-SIG: 14043373)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 July 2001

Kosten des am 16. Mai 2001 ausgehandelten Tarifvertrags über sozialverträgliche Begleitmaßnahmen im Zusammenhang mit der Umgestaltung der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14053255)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 July 2001

"Kampfanzug Neu" für das Bundesheer

Austria · National Council · 5 July 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Marianne Hagenhofer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend "Kampfanzug Neu" für das Bundesheer

Justice for United States Prisoners of War Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001

Justice for United States Prisoners of War Act of 2001 - Requires any Federal court in which an action is brought against a Japanese defendant by a member of the U.S. armed forces seeking compensation for mistreatment or failure to pay wages in connection with labor performed in Japan for such national as a prisoner of war during World War II to: (1) apply the applicable statute of limitations of the State in which the Federal court hearing the case is located; and (2) not construe a specified provision of the Treaty of Peace With Japan as a waiver by the United States of such claims. States that it is U.S. policy to ensure that any war claims settlement terms between Japan and any other country that are more favorable than terms extended to the United States under the above Treaty will be extended to the United States with respect to claims under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to secure information relating to chemical or biological tests conducted by Japan on members of the U.S. armed forces held as prisoners of war during World War II.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Authorizes the President to dispose of specified obsolete and excess materials in the National Defense Stockpile. Increases as of January 1, 2002, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) an accession bonus program for officers with critical skills; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) commissaries and nonappropriated fund instrumentalities; (2) active and reserve military personnel policy, including the review of actions of personnel selection boards and the extension of certain military force drawdown transition authorities; (3) military education and training; (4) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (5) educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill; (6) acquisition policy and management, including acquisition workforce development; (7) general contracting procedures and limitations; (8) military construction, military family housing, and the leaseback of defense base closure property; (9) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management, including the operation of regional centers for security studies; (10) matters relating to other nations, including cooperative research and development projects with allied countries; and (11) DOD civilian personnel, including a pilot program for the payment of retraining expenses.

Anträge auf Verkürzung der Dienstzeit von Flugzeugführern der Bundeswehr; Attraktivität des Berufs (G-SIG: 14043396)

Germany · German Bundestag · 29 June 2001

Schaffung befristeter Arbeitsverhältnisse für Lehrkräfte an Bildungseinrichtungen der Bundeswehr durch Zusammenarbeit mit Zeitarbeitsfirmen; Übergabe der Ausbildungen in die Zuständigkeit der Länder nach Auflösung der Bundeswehrfachschulen (G-SIG: 14053292)

Germany · German Bundestag · 29 June 2001

Änderung des Rahmenvertrages "Innovation, Investition und Wirtschaftlichkeit in der Bundeswehr" zu Gunsten mittelständisch und handwerklich geprägter Unternehmen; Kosten für Veranstaltungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Rahmenvertrag (G-SIG: 14043395)

Germany · German Bundestag · 29 June 2001

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a study of the extent to the coverage of members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces under health benefits plans and to submit a report on the study of Congress, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Expresses the sense of Congress that steps should be taken to ensure that every member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and such member's family have health care benefits that are adequate to: (1) ease the member's transition from civilian to full-time military life during a mobilization; (2) minimize the adverse effects of a mobilization on the member's ability to provide adequate health care to his or her family; and (3) improve readiness and retention in the Selected Reserve. Directs the Secretary of Defense to contract with a federally funded research and development center to study the health care benefit needs of such members and their families and to issue a report that shall include recommended options for extending health care benefits under the Defense Health Program or the Federal Employee Health benefits program to cover such members.

Steel and National Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Steel and National Security Act - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend through FY 2004: (1) the authorization of appropriations for domestic industrial and technological productive capacity and supply, requiring no less than 50 percent of amounts appropriated to be used solely for purchase commitments; and (2) the authority of such Act. Establishes the National Defense Preparedness Domestic Industrial Base Board to: (1) undertake necessary actions to ensure the uninterrupted availability of national defense-related products, services, and industrial resources through long-term purchase agreements with domestic sources; and (2) study and monitor critical industries, including steel, to determine which are in danger of failing or otherwise losing the capacity to provide for national security. Requires mandatory review of any merger, acquisition, or takeover of any domestic steel company by a foreign person.

Military Spouse Employment Assistance Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Military Spouse Employment Assistance Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct a program to provide financial assistance, including tuition, to military spouses to assist them in gaining employment. Requires such program to be conducted on a pilot basis during its first three years in order to evaluate program options and effectiveness. Directs the Secretary to: (1) review and maximize Department of Defense (DOD) policies affecting employment opportunities for military spouses; (2) maximize the opportunity for military spouses to be employed in DOD facilities; (3) work with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies to facilitate the use of existing Federal programs and resources to support such employment; (4) seek to develop private-sector partnerships to enhance such opportunities; and (5) prescribe regulations to ensure that private sector entities, in hiring for work to be performed under a DOD contract, provide a preference to qualified military spouses and provide other employment opportunities for such spouses in the same manner as provided for DOD positions.

To authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over specified property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, concurrently with the reversion of administrative jurisdiction over other specified property from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the State of Maine, or any political subdivision or tax-supported agency therein, the former facilities of such Security Group Activity, except for the real property transferred above. Requires the Secretary to maintain the facilities to be transferred until the earlier of the date of transfer or September 30, 2003. Authorizes the Secretary to lease such property to any appropriate entity in the interim. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary for the costs of any environmental assessment, study, or analysis. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior specified amounts for: (1) the development of a research and education center at Acadia National Park, Maine; and (2) operation and maintenance activities there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide financial assistance to Winter Harbor in each of FY 2002 through 2004 as reimbursement for costs incurred in making water and sewage system improvements for the benefit of the Group Activity there.

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2001, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of National Service Life Insurance and United States Government Life Insurance proceeds to an alternate beneficiary when the first beneficiary cannot be identified, to improve and extend the Native American veteran housing loan pilot program, and to eliminate the requirement to provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a copy of a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Authorizes the payment of proceeds following the death of the insured under the National Life Insurance Program and the United States Government Life Insurance Program: (1) to another beneficiary designated by the insured, if the first beneficiary does not make a claim for such insurance within two years; or (2) to any person designated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be equitably entitled to such proceeds, if no claim has been filed by any designated beneficiary within four years. Extends through December 31, 2005, the Native American Veteran housing loan pilot program. Authorizes the Secretary to make a direct housing loan to such a veteran if the tribal organization having jurisdiction over such veteran has entered into a memorandum of understanding with any Federal department or agency with respect to such loans. Revises the loan assumption notice requirement. Eliminates the requirement of providing the Secretary with a copy of a notice of appeal of a decision by the Court of Veterans Appeals.

To prohibit any Federal agency from issuing or enforcing certain rules that may be applied to restrict the transportation or possession of a firearm on a public Federal road.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Prohibits a Federal agency from issuing or enforcing any rule that may be applied to restrict the transportation or possession of a firearm at a location on a public Federal road unless: (1) the rule is less restrictive than or equally restrictive as applicable State laws and rules; or (2) the Secretary of Defense, for reasons of national defense, determines that such prohibition should not apply (in which case the Secretary shall post signs that give conspicuous notice of the restrictions at the affected locations).

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of educational benefits for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Increases, for FY 2002 through 2004, the rates of veterans' basic educational assistance. Prohibits any rate increase during such period based on adjustments to the Consumer Price Index.

Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2001 - Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 which provides funding limits for retirement or dismantlement of the B52H bomber, Trident submarines, and Minuteman III and Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles. Declares it to be U.S. policy to: (1) reduce the number of nuclear warheads and delivery systems of the United States and Russia, through bilateral agreements, to the lowest possible number consistent with national security, requiring any warhead removed to be kept safe and secure, accounted for, and eventually destroyed or eliminated in a verifiable manner; (2) pursue with Russia formal arrangements to remove as many nuclear weapons of the two nations as possible from immediate, launch-ready status, beginning with those weapons earmarked for downloading, dismantlement, or elimination under the START II Treaty; and (3) work cooperatively with Russia to prevent the diversion from Russia of nuclear weapons, materials, and expertise. Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan for nonproliferation programs with Russia, as well as a related study.

A bill to amend section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of Medal of Honor Roll special pension, to provide for an annual adjustment in the amount of that special pension, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Increases from $600 to $1,000 the monthly special pension for individuals entered on the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase such amount by the same percentage that benefit amounts under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act are increased each year after 2001.

A bill to authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over specified property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine concurrently with the reversion of administrative jurisdiction over other specified property from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the State of Maine, or any political subdivision or tax-supported agency therein, the former facilities of such Security Group Activity, except for the property transferred above. Requires the Secretary to maintain the facilities to be transferred until the earlier of the date of transfer or September 30, 2003. Authorizes the Secretary to lease such property to any appropriate entity in the interim. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary for the costs of any environmental assessment, study, or analysis. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior specified amounts for: (1) the development of a research and education center at Acadia National Park, Maine; and (2) operation and maintenance activities there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide financial assistance to Winter Harbor in each of FY 2002 through 2004 as reimbursement for costs incurred in making water and sewage system improvements for the benefit of the Group Activity there.

Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2001 - Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 which provides funding limits for retirement or dismantlement of the B52H bomber, Trident submarines, and Minuteman III and Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles. Declares it to be U.S. policy to: (1) reduce the number of nuclear warheads and delivery systems of the United States and Russia, through bilateral agreements, to the lowest possible number consistent with national security, requiring any warhead removed to be kept safe and secure, accounted for, and eventually destroyed or eliminated in a verifiable manner; (2) pursue with Russia formal arrangements to remove as many nuclear weapons of the two nations as feasible from immediate, launch-ready status, concentrating on those weapons earmarked for downloading, dismantlement, or elimination under the START II Treaty; and (3) work cooperatively with Russia to prevent the diversion from Russia of nuclear weapons, materials, and expertise. Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan for nonproliferation programs with Russia, as well as a related study.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for expanded eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Makes a member of the Selected Reserve and his or her dependents eligible for health care under the TRICARE Standard. Requires the member to pay 40 percent of the premiums for such care, and the Government to pay the remaining 60 percent. States that participation in TRICARE Standard shall not effect enrollment of the member or dependent in TRICARE Prime if the member is called to active duty. Requires the Secretary to Defense to annually specify a period of at least 90 days for election to participate in TRICARE Standard. Terminates coverage upon termination of membership in the Selected Reserve.

Draken-Kunstflüge in Oberösterreich

Austria · National Council · 26 June 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Draken-Kunstflüge in Oberösterreich

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring the members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the Postal Service to honor the members of the armed forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart; and (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued within one year after the adoption of this resolution.

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 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; (4) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; and (5) formerly utilized sites remedial action program. 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. 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; (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. Places restrictions upon specified fund uses. Makes FY 2002 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Office of the Inspector General; and (5) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

Military Pay Raise Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001

Military Pay Raise Act of 2001 - Increases, as of January 1, 2002, the rates of basic pay for military personnel by a percentage increase of 7.3 to 10.5 percent based upon the member's pay grade and years of service, with the highest percentage increase for grade E-9 enlisted personnel. Waives during FY 2002 any required adjustment in such rates in conformance with any adjustment in the General Schedule of compensation for Federal classified employees.

Military Spouse Physician Choice Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2001

Military Spouse Physician Choice Act - Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to eliminate the requirement that a covered military dependent obtain a nonavailability-of-health-care statement for the receipt of health care services related to pregnancy. Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to waive the requirement of such statement in the case of obstetrics and gynecological care related to the pregnancy of a covered beneficiary using TRICARE Extra (a Department of Defense managed health care program).

Veterans' Educational Assistance Restoration Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2001

Veterans' Educational Assistance Restoration Act of 2001 - Makes eligible for educational assistance benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill an individual who: (1) was not on active duty on October 19, 1984; (2) reenlists or reenters into active duty after such date; and (3) after July 2, 1985, either serves at least three years of continuous active duty or is discharged or released for a service-connected disability, preexisting medical condition, hardship, or a physical or mental condition for the convenience of the Government, as long as such individual completed not less than 30 months of continuous active duty on that date; or (4) is involuntarily released at the convenience of the Government due to a reduction in force. Makes eligible for such assistance a member of the Selected Reserve who: (1) was not on active duty on October 19, 1984, (2) reenlists or reenters active duty after such date; and (3) after July 2, 1985, serves at least two years of continuous active duty and at least four continuous years in the Selected Reserve during which the individual participates satisfactorily in required training.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that certain individuals who would be eligible for military retired pay for nonregular service but for the fact that they did not serve on active duty during a period of conflict may nevertheless be paid such retired pay if they served in the United States merchant marine during or immediately after World War II or the Korean Conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2001

Entitles to military retired pay certain persons who were members of the U.S. merchant marine during and immediately after World War II or the Korean Conflict. Directs the Secretary concerned, within 60 days after the enactment of this Act, to make lump-sum payments of accrued pay to such persons.

2001/496/CFSP: Council Decision of 25 June 2001 on the rules applicable to national military staff on secondment to the General Secretariat of the Council in order to form the European Union Military Staff

European Union · EUR-Lex · 25 June 2001

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2001

Amends Federal provisions concerning the Montgomery GI Bill (educational assistance for veterans) to allow eligible veterans to elect to receive accelerated payment of such assistance for education leading to employment in a high technology industry. Makes eligible those veterans who are: (1) enrolled in an approved program of education leading to such employment; and (2) charged tuition and fees which, on a monthly basis, exceed 200 percent of the monthly rate of basic educational assistance allowance otherwise payable. Makes such accelerated payment the lesser of: (1) 60 percent of the established charges for such education; or (2) the aggregate amount of basic educational assistance to which such veteran remains entitled. Revises, generally, provisions concerning determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of an individual's enrollment, pursuit, and attendance under an approved program. Includes within the definition of "educational institution" for purposes of eligibility for Montgomery GI Bill assistance any private entity that offers a courses to fulfill requirements for a license or certification for employment in a high technology occupation.

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2001

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2001, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date.

A bill to amend section 1116 of title 38, United States Code, to modify and extend authorities on the presumption of service-connection for herbicide-related disabilities of Vietnam era veterans, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2001

Repeals the requirement that, in order to be presumed service-connected and therefore compensable through the Department of Veterans Affairs, respiratory cancers of individuals who served in the Vietnam era must become manifest to a degree of ten percent or more within 30 years following such service. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reconsider each claim that was denied by reason of such requirement. Provides a retroactive effective date for the award of an otherwise valid claim. Extends from ten to 20 years the effectiveness of a determination by the Secretary of a presumption of service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents while serving in Vietnam during the Vietnam era.