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United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Strategic Arms Flexibility Act of 2001 - Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 which places specific limitations on the retirement or dismantlement of certain strategic nuclear delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Veterans' Memorials Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose penalties upon individuals who, in circumstances affecting interstate or foreign commerce, willfully injure or commit any degradation against any structure on public property commemorating the service of U.S. military personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Veterans Educational Opportunities Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to allow the basic pay reduction for entitlement to veterans educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to be taken over two years (currently one year). Allows the withdrawal of an election not to receive such assistance during a specified open period for an individual who: (1) first becomes a member or enters into active service on or after the enactment of this Act; (2) continues to serve the period of obligated service without a service break; (3) before completing such period, is discharged or released from duty for a service-connected disability, a preexisting medical condition, a hardship, a physical or mental condition that did not result from the individual's own willful misconduct, or for the convenience of the Government; (4) completes the requirements of a secondary school diploma or equivalency certificate or 12 semester hours toward a standard college degree; and (5) is discharged honorably or placed on one of specified retirement lists. Provides a basic pay reduction for entitlement to such assistance. Provides an opportunity for certain active-duty military personnel who first became a member of the armed forces before July 1, 1985, to enroll for such assistance during an open period under eligibility requirements very similar to those above, and requires a similar basic pay reduction for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2001
Entitles to an annuity under either the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employee Retirement System a military reserve technician who is separated from service as a technician after either: (1) becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 (currently, 25) years of such service; or (2) completing 25 years of such service.
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 May 2001
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 May 2001
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 May 2001
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 May 2001
United States · United States Senate · 24 May 2001
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition and construction; (3) research and development; (4) retired pay; (5) environmental compliance; and (6) bridge alteration or removal. Authorizes: (1) the Coast Guard end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and its average military training student loads; (2) appropriations for Coast Guard operation of the LORAN-C system; (3) the Secretary of Transportation to accept for Coast Guard drug interdiction activities up to seven PC-170 patrol craft from the Department of Defense; (4) suspension of retired pay of a service member or former member who willfully remains outside the United States to avoid criminal prosecution or civil liability; (5) compensatory absence from duty for military Coast Guard personnel serving at isolated duty stations in certain circumstances; (6) the Coast Guard to provide fishing vessel safety training; (7) conveyance and 30-year lease-back of the Naval Reserve Pier property in Portland, Maine, to the Gulf of Maine Aquarium Development Corporation; and (8) a student pre-commissioning assistance program. Adds the Secretary of Transportation (when the Coast Guard is not operating under the Department of the Navy) to the required members of the Board of Governors of the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO). Extends specified Coast Guard housing authorities. Allows a promotion selection board to recommend officers of particular merit for placement at the top of the list of selectees. Amends the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act to revise requirements regarding the waters on which vessels, dredges, and floating plants must carry a radiotelephone. Prohibits the Coast Guard from planning or implementing decommissioning of icebreaking vessels until replacements have been procured. Exempts certain passenger vessel service personnel from a requirement that a vessel employee have a merchant mariner's document. Extends time for recreational vessel and associated equipment recalls. Renames and extends the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Advisory Committee. Extends: (1) the Houston-Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee; (2) the Lower Mississippi River Waterway Advisory Committee; (3) the Navigation Safety Advisory Council; (4) the Towing Safety Advisory Committee; and (5) the National Boating Safety Advisory Council. Requires the Coast Guard to: (1) study existing local harbor safety coordinating committees regarding cooperation with interested groups, organizational models, technological assistance, and recurring resources; and (2) test the feasibility of expanding the harbor safety committee concept to ceratin small and medium-sized ports. States that Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service pilots shall not be liable for damages related to their official assistance unless such assistance constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct. Amends the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1998 to repeal certain endorsement revocation authority.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Bipartisan Federal Election Reform Act of 2001 - Establishes the Blue Ribbon Study Panel to study, with respect to Federal elections, methods of: (1) voting and counting votes, of ballot design, of voter registration, of maintaining secure and accurate lists of registered voters, and of ensuring that all registered voters appear on the polling list at the appropriate polling site; (2) provisional voting; (3) ensuring accessibility of voting, registration, polling places, and voting equipment to all voters; (4) registering members of the armed forces and overseas citizens to vote, and ensuring that they timely receive ballots that will be properly and expeditiously handled and counted; (5) recruiting and improving the performance of poll workers; and (6) educating voters. Requires the Panel also to study: (1) Federal and State voting eligibility laws; (2) matters relevant to voting and administering elections in rural and urban areas; and (3) how the Federal Government can assist State and local authorities to improve election administration and what levels of funding would be necessary for such assistance. Requires the Panel to make related recommendations. Establishes the Election Administration Commission to: (1) adopt or modify and periodically update Panel recommendations; (2) issue or adopt updated voting system standards; and (3) perform a variety of other specified duties. Establishes the Federal Election Reform Grant Program under which the Commission may award grants to applicant States and localities to pay the Federal share of costs associated with implementing any recommendation adopted or modified by the Commission. Establishes the Election Administration Advisory Board. Amends the Voting Act concerning maximum access to polls by absent uniformed services and overseas voters to replace the current recommendation imposed upon the States to achieve such maximum access with a requirement that each State, in each Federal election, perform certain tasks.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Designates May 28, 2001, as a special day for recognizing the sacrifice of the members of the armed forces killed in hostile action since the end of the Vietnam War and the sacrifices of their families, in light of the traditional Memorial Day recognition of the U.S. veterans who have given their lives in defense of our Nation. Recognizes that we live in a time of international unrest and that military service in such a time is inherently dangerous and requires the willingness to face the most extreme hazards at unexpected times and places. Acknowledges that the people of the United States owe a debt of gratitude to all members of the armed services who placed themselves in harm's way each day, and to their families.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Waives certain time limitations with respect to the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for acts of heroism during World War II as a member of the United States Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in the Colorado Springs, Colorado, metropolitan area.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Veterans Benefits Administration Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY 2001 for general operating expenses for costs associated with processing claims for compensation and pension benefits and claims for education benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Authorizes the Secretary of a military department to make a building located on a military installation available for use as a polling place in any Federal, State, or local election for public office. Requires such building to continue to be made available for such use unless the Secretary provides advance notification to Congress of the reasons for discontinuing such availability. Authorizes a State to make a facility of the reserves available for such purpose, with the same continuation or notification requirement. Amends the Revised Statutes to deem the use of military installations or reserve facilities for polling purposes to be consistent with Federal voting rights law. Requires an installation or facility that was made available for a Federal election during 1998 or 2000 to be made available for the general election for Federal office in November 2002.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Uniformed Services Former Spouses Equity Act of 2001 - Requires payment from the monthly disposable retired pay of a member to his or her former spouse in compliance with court orders (division of property) to terminate upon the remarriage of that spouse, effective as of the last day of the month in which the remarriage occurs. Provides that, in the case of a member to whom a final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation is issued before the member begins to receive retired pay, the disposable retired pay of such member, for purposes of such monthly payments, shall be computed based on the pay grade and length of service of the member while married. Increases such amount concurrently with retired pay increases. Requires a member's spouse or former spouse to obtain a court order for reapportionment of a member's monthly disposable retired pay by the later of the following dates: (1) two years of the date of the final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation; or (2) six months after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the court from treating as part of a member's disposable retired pay amounts which have been waived from such pay in order to receive veterans' disability compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 2001
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to: (1) advance to September 30, 2003 (currently November 18, 2005) the deadline for the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to manage the growth rate of the basic allowance for housing for military housing areas inside the United States; and (2) require the Secretary, under such plan, to ensure that out-of-pocket housing costs for military personnel entitled to such allowance do not exceed 7.5 percent of housing costs by the end of FY 2002.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Helping Our Professionals Educationally (HOPE) Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to permit a member who is entitled to basic educational assistance under the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP), has served at least six years, has a critical military skill or is in a military specialty designated as critical, and agrees to serve at least four more years to transfer such assistance to one or more dependents. Allows up to 18 months of entitlement to be transferred. Prohibits a spouse from using such assistance until the transferor has completed six years of service. Prohibits a child from using such assistance until the transferor has completed ten years of service and the child has completed secondary school requirements or is 18 years of age. Authorizes a VEAP-entitled individual to elect to receive an accelerated lump-sum payment of basic educational assistance, under specified conditions. Makes Montgomery GI Bill benefits available for training which leads to licensing or certification in technological occupations. Makes members who continue in the Selected Reserve beyond the ten-year period required for entitlement to educational assistance eligible for such assistance for five years after separation from such service (unless such separation is under other than honorable conditions).
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an otherwise qualifying child eligible for automatic U.S. citizenship if such child is residing abroad in the legal and physical custody of a citizen parent serving in a military or other Government position abroad.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
International Environmental Defense Act of 2001 - Mandates that the authority of the Secretary of Defense to transport humanitarian relief supplies shall include the authority to transport supplies intended for responding to, or mitigating the effects of, an event or condition, such as an oil spill, that threatens serious harm to the environment.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Terminates the entitlement to educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve on the date the member is separated from the Reserve. (Currently, such termination is the earlier of two conditional dates.) Provides a conditional date of such entitlement for a Selected Reserve member who ceases to be such a member during a ten-year period beginning on October 1, 1991, due to Reserve unit deactivation or the involuntary cessation of such Reserve member designation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Helping Our Professionals Educationally Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to permit a member who is entitled to basic educational assistance under the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP), has served at least six years, has a critical military skill or is in a military specialty designated as critical, and agrees to serve at least four more years to transfer such assistance to one or more dependents. Allows up to 18 months of entitlement to be transferred. Prohibits a spouse from using such assistance until the transferor has completed six years of service. Prohibits a child from using such assistance until the transferor has completed ten years of service and the child has completed secondary school requirements or is 18 years of age. Authorizes a VEAP-entitled individual to elect to receive an accelerated lump-sum payment of basic educational assistance, under specified conditions. Makes Montgomery GI Bill benefits available for training which leads to licensing or certification in technological occupations. Makes members who continue in the Selected Reserve beyond the ten-year period required for entitlement to educational assistance eligible for such assistance for five years after separation from such service (unless such separation is under other than honorable conditions).
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Authorizes Army arsenals, using working capital funds, to fulfill orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment from Federal agencies, persons fulfilling Government contracts, or persons supplying articles or services to foreign governments under specified provisions of the Arms Export Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2001
Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 2001 - Includes in the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected, in the case of radiation-exposed veterans, and therefore compensable for purposes of veterans' disability compensation and medical care, the following: lung, bone, skin, colon, ovarian, and rectal cancer; posterior subcapsular cataracts; non-malignant thyroid nodular disease; parathyroid adenoma; and tumors of the brain and central nervous system. Includes as a radiation-risk activity for purposes of such compensation: (1) service at Amchitka Island, Alaska, involving duty related to certain underground nuclear testing between October 23, 1965, and December 31, 1973; and (2) service at such other locations that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to be service comparable as a radiation-risk activity.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Prohibits the President from obligating or expending any appropriated funds for a covered deployment of the armed forces until the President submits to specified officials and committees of Congress a report on the deployment which addresses the national interests involved, the inadequacy of diplomatic and other means, policy objectives, and authority for such a deployment under the Constitution or international law. Makes an exception for a deployment in response to a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress that is caused by an attack on the United States, its territories or possessions, or on U.S. forces abroad, but requires the President to submit a report on such a deployment as soon as practicable after such deployment.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Korea Defense Service Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to issue a campaign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service Medal, to each member who served in the Republic of Korea or its adjacent waters after July 27, 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Mississippi Valley National Historical Park Act of 2001 - Establishes the Mississippi Valley National Historical Park on the former Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer, without reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior certain archaeological sites (including improvements) located at the former base, including an additional parcel of real property for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire for inclusion in the historical park, by donation or exchange, the archaeological site known as the Chickasawba Mound, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the park.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2001
Honors the service and sacrifice of military working dog teams that served during World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and Bosnia peacekeeping operations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Child Support Distribution Act of 2001 - Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for: (1) denial of assistance to families that do not assign certain support rights to the State; and (2) the distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children receiving certain welfare benefits. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop recommendations regarding the participation of public non-IV-D child support enforcement agencies in establishing and enforcing child support obligations. Prescribes requirements for ten demonstration projects involving establishment and enforcement of child support obligations by such public non-IV-D agencies. Reduces from $5,000 to $2,500 the amount of child support arrearage which shall trigger denial of a passport. Revises requirements for the use of the tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of non-minor children. Prohibits garnishment of certain compensation for a service-connected disability paid to a former member of the Armed Forces for: (1) alimony; or (2) child support less than 60 days in arrears. Permits no more than 50 percent of such compensation to be garnished to pay for such child support. Requires the Secretary to disclose new hire information to a State to assist in the administration of unemployment compensation programs. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a nonimmigrant alien more than $2,500 in arrears in legally obligated child support shall be: (1) ineligible to receive a visa ; and (2) excluded from admission to the United States. Provides for a payment rate increase to States for short term training of staff of State-licensed or State-approved child welfare agencies providing services.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Condemns the brutal murder of Carlos Caceres, a U.S. citizen, in West Timor. Decries the inadequate sentences given by the Indonesian judicial system to the killers of Caceres and two other United Nations aid workers. Calls on the Indonesian Government to indict and bring to trial the senior military commanders described in a September 1, 2000, statement by that Government as suspects in the mass killings following the August 1999 East Timor referendum. Calls for the President: (1) at every appropriate meeting with officials of the Indonesian Government, to stress the importance of ending the climate of impunity which shields those individuals suspected of perpetrating, collaborating in, or covering up extrajudicial killings, torture, and other human rights abuses, especially senior members of the Indonesian military; and (2) to consider the willingness of such Government to make rapid and substantive progress in judicial reform when determining the level of financial support provided by the United States to Indonesia.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Federal Financial Aid Regulatory Relief Act - Amends the Military Selective Service Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the requirement that students must register with the selective service system in order to receive Federal student financial aid.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Native American Veterans Home Loan Act of 2001 - Extends through December 31, 2005, a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may make direct housing loans to Native American veterans. Authorizes the tribal organization with jurisdiction over such a veteran to enter into a memorandum of understanding with any Federal department or agency with respect to such loans.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a special pension to each person who has received a Gold Star lapel pin as a parent of a member of the armed forces who died while serving.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2001
Amends provisions of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (commonly referred to as the "Monroney amendment") to repeal a provision which requires the wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate employees of the Department of Defense to be established only on the basis of local private industry rates.
Germany · German Bundestag · 18 May 2001
Germany · German Bundestag · 18 May 2001
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2001 - Increases the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for deceased veterans who: (1) at the time of death were in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or veterans' pension benefits; or (2) were veterans of any war or were discharged or released from active military service for a service-connected disability and for whom there is no next of kin or sufficient resources to cover funeral and burial costs. Increases the burial plot allowance for veterans who, at the time of death, were receiving hospital or nursing home care in or through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Authorizes the annual adjustment of such allowances based on increases in the Consumer Price Index.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2001
International Commerce Enhancement Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to increase threshold values of major defense equipment or defense articles or related training or other defense services whose transfer or lease to foreign countries would require a presidential certification to Congress. Exempts from specified congressional oversight requirements any such transfers to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, Japan, Australia, or New Zealand.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
195 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the strength, male and female, of the Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14029/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
187 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Defence the progress made to date in upgrading barracks; the works that will be completed during the course of 2001; the estimated cost of same; and the moneys it is expected the State will receive during 2001 from the sale of barracks and adjacent property. [13885/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
105 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the position in McGee Barracks, County Kildare, in relation to the site which is leased to Kildare County Council; if his Department has met the council to discuss the unaffected areas of the barracks; if not, when it is intended that such a meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13803/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
73 Mr. McDowell asked the Minister for Defence the total number of claims for damages for deafness determined in court or settled out of court at the latest date for which figures are available; the total number of such claims outstanding; the progress being made with the Law Society regarding the pilot scheme to expedite hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
72 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the disposal of McGee Barracks, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13802/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
71 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the review of the Civil Defence; the number of full time officers; the number of members and units in each city and county; the value of equipment supplied to the Civil Defence in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13796/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
70 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Defence the progress made to date in upgrading barracks; the works that will be completed during the course of 2001; the estimated cost of same; and the moneys it is expected the State will receive during 2001 from the sale of barracks and adjacent property. [13860/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
69 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the steps which have been taken to date to honour those who died in the Niemba ambush in the Congo; if there are plans to further honour the survivors of the ambush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13778/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
68 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Defence the training courses which are available to retiring Defence Force personnel; the percentage uptake of such pre-retirement courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13654/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
67 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Forces have not been paid the 1 April 2001 2% wage increase under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness; if civil servants in the Department of Defence received this 2% payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13973/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2001
66 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Defence if the Government has yet concluded its consideration of the position of the Commission on Public Service Pensions regarding the inclusion of the military service allowance in calculating pensions of members of the Defence Forces who retired between 1974 and 1990, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13929/01]