Defence

Satellite Trade and Security Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2001

Satellite Trade and Security Act of 2001 - Requires all satellites and related items that were on the Commerce Control List of dual-use items (which can be used for civilian or military purposes) in certain Export Administration Regulations on October 16, 1998, and any other dual-use communications satellites and related items, to be controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 (in effect or as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act) or by the Secretary of Commerce under any successor Act to the Export Administration Act of 1979 (effectively giving the Secretary of Commerce (currently, the Secretary of State) jurisdiction over the export of commercial satellites and related items). Sets forth certain license procedure requirements with respect to the export of commercial satellites and related items to foreign countries. Imposes certain national security controls and requirements on the export of commercial satellites or related items for launch in, or by nationals of, any foreign country that is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or a major non-NATO ally of the United States. Amends specified Federal laws to make conforming amendments with respect to this Act.

A resolution honoring the "Whidbey 24" for their professionalism, bravery, and courage.

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2001

Expresses relief at the release from detention in the People's Republic of China and safe return of the Whidbey 24 (the crew members of an EP-3 aircraft stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Washington (State)) and shares in their families' joy. Applauds them for risking their lives to defend our Nation and praises them for their professionalism and bravery. Acknowledges the sacrifices made every day by the members of the Nation's armed forces as they defend and preserve our Nation.

To prohibit the destruction during fiscal year 2002 of intercontinental ballistic missile silos in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Prohibits any funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Defense from being used to carry out the destruction of any intercontinental ballistic missile silo in the United States during FY 2002.

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the right of all Americans to keep and bear arms in defense of life or liberty and in the pursuit of all other legitimate endeavors.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2001

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Constitution provides that all individual citizens have the right to keep and bear arms, which right supersedes the power and authority of any government.

Goedkeuring van het op 9 september 1998 te Farnborough totstandgekomen Verdrag tussen de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland, de Regering van de Franse Republiek, de Regering van de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland en de Regering van de Italiaanse Republiek tot oprichting van een Gezamenlijke Organisatie voor Samenwerking op Defensie-materieelgebied (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement) OCCAR (Trb. 1999, 174)

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 1 May 2001

Goedkeuring van het op 9 september 1998 te Farnborough totstandgekomen Verdrag tussen de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland, de Regering van de Franse Republiek, de Regering van de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland en de Regering van de Italiaanse Republiek tot oprichting van een Gezamenlijke Organisatie voor Samenwerking op Defensie-materieelgebied (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement) OCCAR (Trb. 1999, 174)

Douglas Jay Feith, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, vice Walter Becker Slocombe.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

David S. C. Chu, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, vice Bernard Daniel Rostker.

United States · United States Senate · 30 April 2001

Criminal Justice Integrity and Innocence Protection Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2001

Criminal Justice Integrity and Innocence Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish procedures for post-conviction DNA testing in Federal court. Requires the applicant to: (1) assert actual innocence of the offense for which the applicant was convicted or of uncharged conduct if exoneration of such conduct would result in a mandatory reduction in sentence; (2) identify the specific evidence to be tested and a theory of defense, not inconsistent with previously asserted theories, that the requested DNA testing would support; and (3) present a prima facie showing that the perpetrator's identity was at issue in the trial and that DNA testing would establish the applicant's innocence. Sets forth provisions regarding court order requirements, testing procedures, time limitations in capital cases, post-testing procedures, applicability of Federal habeas corpus, and appointment of counsel for an indigent applicant. Prohibits the Government from destroying biological material preserved if specified conditions apply. Authorizes the court to impose sanctions for intentional violations. Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to: (1) authorize the State Justice Institute to award grants to States to assist in the adoption of national minimum standards for competent counsel in non-Federal capital cases; and (2) direct the Institute to establish such standards and report annually to Congress and the Attorney General detailing the status of capital defense in each State that provides for capital punishment.

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 27 April 2001

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 and 2003 for: (1) the Department of State; and (2) U.S. international broadcasting activities. Sets forth certain Department of State authorities and activities, including: (1) diplomatic and consular activities; and (2) migration and refugee activities. Sets forth certain requirements with respect to: (1) the organization and personnel of the Department of State; (2) Department of State U.S. educational and cultural programs; (3) U.S. international broadcasting activities; and (4) international organizations and commissions. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) certain reports regarding the nonproliferation of goods and technology to Iran; (2) the adoption of an HIV/AIDS mitigation strategy as a component of United Nations peacekeeping operations; and (3) resolution of the Taiwan Strait issue. Security Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends Federal law to extend through FY 2003 Department of Defense (DOD) authority to transfer excess defense articles to countries eligible to participate in the Partnership for Peace program and eligible for assistance under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish education and training to foreign governmental and military personnel in order to enhance their nonproliferation and export control capabilities. Earmarks certain funds for FY 2002 and 2003 for the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State for salaries and expenses and certain other improvements. Authorizes the President to transfer specified naval vessels to certain foreign countries.

Zukünftiger Standort der HBV-West

Austria · National Council · 26 April 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend zukünftigen Standort der HBV <i>(Heeresbauverwaltung)</i> -West

A bill to amend section 3702 of title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for housing loans for members of the Selected Reserve.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Extends through September 30, 2015 (currently September 30, 2007) the eligibility of certain former members of the Selected Reserve for veterans' housing loans.

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to establish an education savings plan to encourage reenlistments and extensions of service by members of the Armed Forces in critical specialties, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to purchase U.S. savings bonds for military personnel who have completed certain periods of active duty and who enter into a commitment to perform at least six years of additional active-duty service in a specialty designated as critical by such Secretary. Makes such bond amounts: (1) $5,000, for members who enter into the agreement before completing three years of active duty; (2) the excess of $15,000 over the face amount of any bonds previously purchased for such members who have completed at least three years of active service but less than nine years; and (3) the excess of $30,000 over such face amount for members who have completed nine years of active service. Requires the pro rata repayment of such bond amounts for the non-completion of the required additional service, with a waiver when repayment is considered to be against equity and good conscience or contrary to the best interests of the United States.

Selective Service Standby Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Selective Service Standby Act of 2001 - Amends the Military Selective Service Act to limit the required registration under the Selective Service System (SSS) to periods in which a declaration of national emergency is in effect. Authorizes the President to declare such a period, requiring its prompt termination upon the termination of the emergency. Mandates the termination of such a declaration upon the expiration of the first ten-day period of continuous congressional session after such declaration, unless Congress enacts a ratifying law. Suspends: (1) any sanctions against persons failing to register under the SSS; and (2) the activities of SSS boards (except during a national emergency). Requires a report from the Director of Selective Service to Congress on a standby emergency manpower mobilization registration program for use during national emergencies. Expresses the sense of Congress that at least 50 percent of the difference between the amount appropriated to carry out the Military Selective Service Act for the fiscal year in effect on the date of enactment of this Act and the amount so appropriated for each of the first four fiscal years after the effective date of this Act should be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to support expanded health care services for veterans.

To repeal the Military Selective Service Act.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Repeals the Military Selective Service Act. Prohibits the Office of Selective Service Records from being reestablished upon such repeal. Transfers the assets, property, and records held by the Selective Service System (SSS), as well as unexpended balances, to the Administrator of General Services. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to assist officers and employees of the SSS to transfer to other positions in the executive branch. Prohibits any person from being denied a right, privilege, benefit, or employment position under Federal law on the grounds that the person failed to register under the Military Selective Service Act before its repeal.

Foreign Military Training Responsibility Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Foreign Military Training Responsibility Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States: (1) shares a responsibility for actions of those foreign military personnel for which it provides education and training; and (2) should evaluate the objectives, methods, and results of such education and training. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) require the Secretaries of Defense and State to include in a required annual foreign military training report information on U.S. and non-U.S. Government personnel, including contractors, involved in each military training activity; (2) require information concerning foreign military personnel provided training to be in unclassified form; (3) require the Secretary of State to prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on all foreign police training, advice, or financial support provided; and (4) require such Secretaries and the heads of each appropriate department or agency to jointly develop and maintain a database on each foreign military and law enforcement participant in education and training activities conducted by the U.S. Government after December 31, 2001. Establishes a task force to assess the kind of education and training that is appropriate for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of foreign countries.

Veterans' Citizenship Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2001

Veterans' Citizenship Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise provisions respecting naturalization through armed forces' service to provide that an alien who, after acquiring permanent resident status, serves on active duty status in the U.S. armed forces for at least three years of honorable service, or who is awarded the Purple Heart, may apply for naturalization without regard to other naturalization requirements. Permits such an application to be filed abroad.

Agent Orange Respiratory Cancer Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Agent Orange Respiratory Cancer Act of 2001 - Repeals the requirement that, in order to be considered service-connected and, therefore, compensable under veterans' disability compensation, respiratory cancers must have become manifest in a veteran within 30 years after the last date on which the veteran performed active military service in the Republic of Vietnam.

Andean Region Contractor Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Andean Region Contractor Accountability Act - Prohibits an officer or employee of the U.S. Government from entering into a contract under which the Government provides financing for a nongovernmental organization or individual to carry out military, law enforcement, armed rescue, or other related operations (except humanitarian activities) in countries of the Andean region (Republic of Bolivia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Ecuador, the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Panama, the Republic of Peru, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), including any narcotics control operations.

Honoring the services and sacrifices of the United States merchant marine.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Honors the service and sacrifice by members of the U.S. merchant marine. Recognizes: (1) the critical role played by vessels of the U.S. merchant marine fleet in transporting equipment, supplies, and personnel in support of the nation's defense; and (2) the historical significance of May 22 as National Maritime Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the first transoceanic voyage under steam propulsion. Encourages the American people and appropriate government agencies to recognize the services and sacrifices of the U.S. merchant marine through appropriate ceremonies and activities. Requests that all ships under the U.S. flag prominently display the flag on such day.

Commending the crew of the United States Navy EP-3 Aries II reconnaissance aircraft that on April 1, 2001, while flying in international airspace off the coast of China, was involved in a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter aircraft for their outstanding performance of duty and exemplary conduct and expressing the sense of Congress concerning continued United States reconnaissance and surveillance flights in the area.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Commends the 24 crew members of the Navy EP-3 Aries II reconnaissance aircraft that was struck on April 1, 2001, by a fighter aircraft of the People's Republic of China for the conduct of their mission, for the operation of the aircraft after the collision, for their actions in minimizing sensitive national security information, and for their conduct while being detained. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the incident should not be the basis for a reduction in, or cessation of, lawful reconnaissance and surveillance flights in that area; (2) the U.S. aircraft now on Hainan Island, China, should be immediately returned to the United States; and (3) continued interception and aggressive tactics by Chinese pilots toward such lawful flights may undermine important relationships between the two countries.

Expressing a declaration of space leadership.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2001

Declares that Congress supports the strongest possible commitment to space exploration and development as a national priority, and that the nation must give the highest commitment to: (1) policies that ensure economic opportunities in the market that space offers; (2) U.S. global leadership and competitive advantage in the development of commercial space products and services; (3) space defense systems that allow the armed forces the greatest advantage in guarding national security and defending American people and interests; (4) assurance that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration can guarantee American leadership in space exploration and the development of advanced technologies; and (5) policies that promote private investment in space products and services.

Affordable Education Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Affordable Education Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase, from $500 to $2,000, the maximum annual contribution allowed to an education individual retirement account. Renames such accounts as education savings accounts. Eliminates the contribution marriage penalty, with respect to such an account, by providing that the phase-out threshold dollar amounts on a joint return shall be exactly double the amounts on an individual return. Includes qualified elementary and secondary education school expenses within the definition of qualified education expenses. Renames an Education Individual Retirement Account a Coverdell Education Savings Account. Permits an eligible educational institution (currently, limited to a State or agency or instrumentality thereof) to maintain a qualified tuition program, provided such program has received a ruling that such program meets the applicable requirements for a qualified tuition program. Permanently extends the exclusion from gross income of employer provided educational assistance. Eliminates the 60 month limit on the student loan interest deduction. Increases the income limitation on the student loan interest deduction. Excludes from gross income certain amounts received under the National Public Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. Excludes from employee gross income employer contributions to Coverdell Education Savings Accounts on behalf of an employee. Increases the amount by which certain governmental bonds used to finance public school capital expenditures may be exempted from specified arbitrage bond provisions. Provides for the treatment of qualified public educational facility bonds as exempt facility bonds.

A bill to impose notification and reporting requirements in connection with grants of waivers of the limitation on certain procurements of the Department of Defense that is known as the Berry amendment, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report annually to Congress on waivers from the Buy American limitations for goods or services procured by or for the Department of Defense, as set forth under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993, that were granted for procurements made by the Defense Logistics Agency for the military departments. Requires, at least 14 days before granting each waiver, that the Secretary notify the Secretary of the military department concerned of the determination to waive such limitations. Allows the Secretary to waive such notification when a delay of the procurement is not consistent with the need to expedite the procurement in the U.S. national security interest. Requires the Secretary to establish a system for: (1) monitoring the granting of such waivers; and (2) recording the waivers and the reasons therefor.

Time Out for One Year: Osprey Safety Evaluation Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Time Out for One Year: Osprey Safety Evaluation Act of 2001 - Rescinds specified funds made available under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001 for Navy and Air Force aircraft procurement to be derived from V-22 Osprey aircraft. Allows remaining program funds for the Navy's V-22 (Medium Lift) program to be used only to maintain the program production base. Directs the: (1) Secretary of the Navy to submit to Congress an evaluation of Osprey research, development, test, and evaluation, as well as possible Osprey data falsification; and (2) Inspector General of the Department of Defense to submit to Congress the results of the investigation of such program.

Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) identify diseases occurring in children of Vietnam veterans or other veterans that have a positive association with parental exposure to an herbicide agent before the date of conception; (2) include myelogenous leukemia among such diseases; (3) provide needed health care for such children's covered diseases or any associated disabilities; and (4) pay a monthly allowance to such children for any disability resulting from a covered disease, to be based on the degree of disability. Authorizes the Secretary to provide vocational training to such children if the achievement of a vocational goal is reasonably feasible.

To establish a grant program in the Department of Defense to assist States and local governments in improving their ability to prevent and respond to domestic terrorism.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make grants to States and political subdivisions to assist grant recipients to improve their ability to prevent and respond to domestic terrorism through the purchase of suitable anti-terrorism equipment. Provides grant funding for FY 2002 through 2006 from proceeds of a competitive bidding system for licenses for television stations under provisions of the Communications Act of 1934.

To repeal export controls on high performance computers.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Amends subtitle B of title XII of division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to repeal the use of millions of theoretical operations per second (MTOPS) as a measurement of computer speed with respect to the application of certain export controls on high performance computers.

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 503) to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2001

Sets forth the rule (modified closed) for the consideration of H.R. 503 (unborn victims of violence).

Powell A. Moore, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice John K. Veroneau.

United States · United States Senate · 23 April 2001

William J. Haynes II, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense, vice Douglas A. Dworkin.

United States · United States Senate · 23 April 2001

Edward C. Aldridge, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, vice Jacques Gansler.

United States · United States Senate · 23 April 2001

Drogen-, insbesondere Alkoholmissbrauch bei der Bundeswehr 2000 (G-SIG: 14043108)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 April 2001

Reinigungsmittel für Waffen und anderes Gerät bei der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14052994)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 April 2001

Entsendung pensionierter Offiziere für Ausbildungs- und Reorganisationsprogramme oder Überlassung von Bekleidung und Sanitätsmaterial der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14043071)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 April 2001

Rechtsextremistische und fremdenfeindliche Vorfälle in der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14043109)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 April 2001

Ausgabe von sogenannten ID-Cards mit den damit verbundenen Vergünstigungen durch die US-Streitkräfte an bei US-Privatfirmen beschäftigte US-Staatsbürger (G-SIG: 14052919)

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 April 2001

Auslandseinsatzanpassungsgesetz - AuslEAG

Austria · National Council · 19 April 2001

Bericht des Landesverteidigungsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (536 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Wehrgesetz 1990, das Heeresgebührengesetz 2001, das Heeresdisziplinargesetz 1994, das Munitionslagergesetz, das Sperrgebietsgesetz 1995 und das Militär-Auszeichnungsgesetz geändert werden (Auslandseinsatzanpassungsgesetz - AuslEAG)

Auslandseinsatzgesetz 2001 - AuslEG 2001

Austria · National Council · 19 April 2001

Bericht des Landesverteidigungsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (535 d.B.): Bundesgesetz über die Entsendung von Soldaten zur Hilfeleistung in das Ausland (Auslandseinsatzgesetz 2001 - AuslEG 2001)

2001/309/CFSP: Council Decision of 9 April 2001 appointing the Chairman of the Military Committee of the European Union

European Union · EUR-Lex · 9 April 2001

La reconversion des stocks de plutonium militaire, l'utilisation des aides accordées aux pays d'Europe centrale et orientale et aux Nouveaux Etats Indépendants

France · Senate · 6 April 2001

La reconversion des stocks de plutonium militaire, l'utilisation des aides accordées aux pays d'Europe centrale et orientale et aux Nouveaux Etats Indépendants

Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2001

Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Assistance Act - Encourages all Federal, State, and local departments and agencies and other entities and individuals to work toward the national goal of ending homelessness among veterans within a decade. Establishes within the Department of Veterans Affairs the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) support the continuation within the Department of at least one center to monitor the structure, process, and outcome of Department programs addressing homeless veterans; and (2) assign veterans receiving specified services provided in, or sponsored or coordinated by, the Department as being within the "complex care" category. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants to Department health care facilities and to grant and per diem providers for the development of programs targeted at meeting certain special needs of homeless veterans; (2) require certain officials to initiate a plan for joint outreach to veterans at risk of homelessness; (3) carry out two treatment trials in integrated mental health services delivery; (4) ensure that each Department primary care facility has a mental health treatment capacity; (5) carry out a program of transitional assistance grants to eligible homeless veterans; and (6) make technical assistance grants to aid nonprofit community-based groups in applying for homeless program grants. Extends through FY 2006 the homeless veterans reintegration program.

Military Overseas Voter Empowerment Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2001

Military Overseas Voter Empowerment Act of 2001 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide that, for purposes of voting for any Federal, State, or local office, a person who is absent from a State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence, be deemed to have: (1) lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State; (2) acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or (3) become a resident in or a resident of any other State. Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to provide for: (1) extension of registration and balloting rights for absent uniformed services voters to State and local elections; (2) treatment of applications and absentee ballots submitted by absent uniformed services voters; and (3) coverage of recently separated uniformed services voters as absent uniformed services voters. Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a demonstration project under which absent uniformed services voters are permitted to cast ballots in the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office for November 2002 through an electronic voting system.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of a Chief of the Veterinary Corps of the Army in the grade of brigadier general, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2001

Establishes an Army Veterinary Corps, with a chief and an assistant chief. Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Army to appoint the chief, with the grade of brigadier general; and (2) the Army Surgeon General to appoint the assistant chief.

Armed Forces Voting Rights Protection Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2001

Armed Forces Voting Rights Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to: (1) require that every vote cast by an absentee or overseas member of the armed forces is counted; and (2) prohibit the disqualification of such a ballot for failures beyond the member's control (including absence of a postmark), if the ballot otherwise meets timely submission requirements. Sets forth criminal penalties for violation of this Act.

General Attempt Provision Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2001

General Attempt Provision Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish a general attempt offense providing that whoever, acting with the state of mind otherwise required for the commission of a criminal offense, intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of the offense, is guilty of an attempt and is subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, except the death penalty. Specifies that inability to commit the offense and failure to complete the offense are not defenses to a prosecution under this Act. Makes it an affirmative defense that the defendant prevented the commission of the offense under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of criminal intent. Specifies that if two or more persons conspire to commit any offense against the United States, and one or more of such persons commit any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be subject to the same penalties (except the death penalty) as those prescribed for the most serious offense the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.

Internet Voting Expansion Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2001

Internet Voting Expansion Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to States to enable them to expand the opportunity for citizens to vote over the Internet. Requires a State to use a portion of the payments received under this Act to expand the opportunity for military personnel to vote over the Internet.

Aufgabe des neuen Stabsstellenleiter für Controlling im Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (G-SIG: 14052846)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 April 2001

Kostenlose Nutzung von Liegenschaften der US-Streitkräfte durch US-Firmen; Präzisierung von Artikel IX Abs. 4 des NATO-Truppenstatuts (G-SIG: 14052892)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 April 2001

Victoria Clarke, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Kenneth H. Bacon.

United States · United States Senate · 5 April 2001

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the release of twenty-four United States military personnel currently being detained by the People's Republic of China.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2001

Expresses the Senate's regret at the damage and loss of life occasioned by the accidental collision of a U.S. military EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance aircraft and an F-8 jet fighter from the Air Force of the People's Republic of China. Calls for the Chinese Government to release the crew members of the EP-3E and return the aircraft and its equipment to the United States. Supports the President's continuing efforts to ensure the safe return of the crew and aircraft.