Defence

Einsatzhäufigkeit für Soldaten in Einsatzgebiete der Bundeswehr aufgrund der Verkürzung des Einsatzzeitraums von sechs auf vier Monate (G-SIG: 15054468)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Zahl der im Durchschnitt einsatzbereiten Soldatinnen und Soldaten der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 15054476)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Einbindung der Bundeswehr in das Sicherheitskonzept zum Weltjugendtag in Köln (G-SIG: 15054548)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Haushalts- und Wirtschaftsführung 2005 Einwilligung in eine überplanmäßige Ausgabe bei Kapitel 0802 Titel 632 11 - Verwaltungskostenerstattung an Länder - (G-SIG: 15001721)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Überplanmäßige Ausgabe im Zusammenhang mit zusätzlichen Baumaßnahmen zur Modernisierung von Kasernenanlagen und Familienunterkünften von Gaststreitkräften in Höhe von bis zu 44,9 Mio. Euro

Frühjahrstagung der Parlamentarischen Versammlung der NATO vom 27. bis 31. Mai 2005 in Ljubljana (Laibach), Slowenien (G-SIG: 15001732)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Ablauf der Tagung, Kurzprotokolle der Ausschusssitzungen und der Plenarsitzung

Berücksichtigung einer Beteiligung mittelständischer, regionaler Anbieter bei der Gestaltung von Ausschreibungen zur Verpflegung der Soldaten durch die Bundeswehr; finanzielle Auswirkungen einer durch die Zusammenlegung von Standortverwaltungen europaweiten Ausschreibung (G-SIG: 15044257)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Anzahl der genehmigten Tiefflüge durch Bundeswehr-Jets über dem Murgtal, insbesondere über der Gemeinde Forbach; Kontrolle der Einhaltung der Mindesthöhe (G-SIG: 15044294)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Einsatz von Fahrzeugen bei Auslandsübungen der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 15054551)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Gesetz zur Änderung des Telekommunikationsgesetzes (G-SIG: 15019759)

Germany · Bundesrat · 1 January 2002

<b>Inhalt:</b> Änderung § 55 Telekommunikationsgesetz: Ermöglichung des Betriebs technischer Geräte zur Unterdrückung unerlaubten Mobilfunkverkehrs (sog. Mobilfunkblocker) in Justizvollzugsanstalten. Bund und Ländern entstehen keine zwingenden Kosten. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Mobilfunk/Ermöglichung des Betriebs von Mobilfunkblockern in Justizvollzugsanstalten * Justizvollzugsanstalt/Ermöglichung des Betriebs von Mobilfunkblockern in Justizvollzugsanstalten

Abfangjägerbeschaffung, Gegengeschäfte, Ausschreibung

Austria · National Council · 21 December 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Werner Kogler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Abfangjägerbeschaffung, Gegengeschäfte, Ausschreibung

Ausschreibung der Kompensationsgeschäfte bei der Abfangjägerbeschaffung

Austria · National Council · 21 December 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Werner Kogler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Ausschreibung der Kompensationsgeschäfte bei der Abfangjägerbeschaffung

Gesetz zur Anpassung der Personalstärke der Streitkräfte

Germany · Federal statute portal · 20 December 2001

Abkürzung: PersAnpassG · Status: InForce · eli/bund/bgbl-1/2001/s4019

Omnibus Mercury Emission Reduction Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Omnibus Mercury Emission Reduction Act of 2001 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to establish standards for mercury and mercury compound emissions applicable to: (1) electric utility steam generating units; (2) coal- and oil-fired boiler units of a specified capacity; (3) chlor-alkali plants that use the mercury cell production process; and (4) dust from Portland cement plants. Sets forth permit requirements. Requires the Administrator to authorize methods of emissions control. Establishes mercury emission baselines for electric utility and coal- and oil-fired boiler units. Requires the regulations to ensure that recovered mercury is disposed of in a manner that ensures that: (1) mercury hazards are not transferred between environmental media; and (2) there is no release of mercury into the environment. Directs the Administrator to establish a program of long-term disposal research and publicize emission data for each facility. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator to publish a list of mercury-containing items to be separated and removed from the waste streams that feed solid waste facilities. Requires mercury-content labeling by manufacturers. Requires persons that transfer solid waste that may contain a listed mercury-containing item to submit separation and removal plans. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations concerning measurement of mercury emissions from solid waste combustion flue gases. Requires permits for solid waste incineration units to specify inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance certification, and reporting requirements. Directs the Administrator to require incineration units that exceed the maximum emission rate to install measures that will result, within three years, in a rate below the specified maximum. Prohibits, three years after this Act's enactment, the sale of mercury-containing products unless the manufacturer has been granted an exemption. Requires reports on reductions of mercury emissions from medical and hazardous waste incinerators, military uses of mercury, the sources and extent of emissions in North America, sedimentation trends in water bodies of concern, and fish consumption advisories. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to report on the progress made in complying with this Act's amendments. Requires a study of mercury stockpiles and retirement. Increases funding for the National Atmospheric Deposition Program Mercury Deposition Network.

United States Security (`USA') Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

United States Security (USA) Act of 2001 - Sets forth "Buy America" provisions permitting, subject to exception, Federal financial assistance under this Act for a project only if steel and manufactured goods used in the project are of U.S. origin. Authorizes appropriations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) design, construct, and equip new facilities and renovate existing facilities for defending against and combating bioterrorism and other public health threats; (2) establish a Scientific Communication Center; and (3) improve security at CDC facilities. Amends the: (1) Atomic Energy Act to provide for sufficient potassium iodide tablet stockpiles; and (2) Public Health Service Act to provide for a contingency bone marrow donor program. Requires national standards for the implementation of quarantines. Authorizes appropriations for sequencing the genomes of biological pathogens. Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to units of local government and emergency response units to plan, train, and equip emergency responders. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide staffing for adequate fire and emergency response. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher learning to enhance security and emergency preparedness. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation to establish programs to: (1) address the lack of security on critical highway infrastructure; (2) improve interagency training for and communication among first responders to a terrorist attack; (3) provide real-time information and guidance for the traveling and non-traveling public; and (4) address the lack of adequate security for locks and dams, the lack of cargo information, and the inability to share information in a timely fashion with agencies such as the Coast Guard. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to assess the vulnerability of the 50 busiest U.S. seaports and establish: (1) in the Coast Guard the position of Assistant Commandant for Maritime Security; (2) a sea marshal program; (3) a national port security task force; (4) a maritime security institute; and (5) terrorism response plans for responding to a maritime terrorist attack. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for specified passenger rail and freight rail protection projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation with respect to public transit security, including installation of communications, surveillance, detection systems, and personal protective and detection equipment at public transit facilities. Requires a National Academy of Sciences energy pipeline security study. Authorizes appropriations for upgrading and expanding the current infrastructure of the Aviation Safety Reporting System of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out pilot projects with air carriers for real-time transmission to the FAA of cockpit voice and flight data and cabin video data from aircraft. Establishes a pilot program to deploy commercially available fuel cells at public use airports to ensure a reliable energy supply for new and emerging aviation security technologies, airport control towers, airport terminals, and other airport facilities. Requires the following officials to submit risk management assessment reports to Congress: (1) the Secretary of Energy regarding oil refineries, natural gas, and liquid natural gas storage facilities; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding chemical manufacturing facilities; (3) the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding nuclear facilities; (4) the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the domestic electric power grid; (5) the Secretary of Commerce regarding the Nation's fiber optic infrastructure; and (6) the Administrator of the General Services Administration regarding Federal buildings. Directs the Secretary of Energy to coordinate development and implementation of an interagency plan to prepare for and defend against terrorist attacks against high-level nuclear waste transportation facilities and infrastructure, interim storage facilities, intermodal transfer facilities, and central repositories. Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate and develop a plan to ensure that Federal, State, and local governments can respond adequately to the consequences of a terrorist attack against the transportation or storage of high-level nuclear waste. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the NRC to: (1) establish a system to ensure that transportation of nuclear materials under its jurisdiction meets certain requirements; and (2) commence a rulemaking to consider changes to the design basis threat for NRC-licensed facilities. Authorizes the President, whenever a state of war or national emergency exists, to: (1) deploy either the Armed Forces or the National Guard to defend NRC-licensed facilities from terrorist attack or threat from any foreign power; and (2) restrict air space in the vicinity of such facilities. Requires each Federal agency to take certain steps to enhance cyber security. Authorizes appropriations for State and local governments to do the same. Requires the Attorney General to update a specified study assessing the vulnerability of Federal facilities. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of Central Intelligence to investigate whether existing computer knowledge assessment technologies meeting specified criteria can be used to detect individuals with terrorist training. Directs the Attorney General to create a pilot program for establishing civilian supplemental incident response teams. Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. Postal Service to enhance its ability to detect and neutralize, or otherwise respond to, any dangerous matter entered into the mails without authorization. Directs the United States Customs Service to expedite the development and deployment of pulsed fast neutron analysis technology and authorizes appropriations for the development of scanners capable of sensing biological and chemical contaminants in microscopic airborne quantities. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) take specified measures for identifying individuals crossing U.S. Borders; and (2) increase to specified levels the number of U.S. Border Patrol personnel, U.S. marshals, and Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service inspectors at ports of entry by 2003. Requires the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to establish a border health inspectors corps to inspect individuals who may be intending to infect others for infectious disease. Requires the Director of Homeland Security to consider a program to improve aerial reconnaissance activities at U.S. borders, to include the use of unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Directs the President, acting through the Office of Homeland Security, to oversee the appropriate sharing of information among Federal, State, and local agencies involved in intelligence collection and law enforcement. Directs the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security to develop within such Office an entity to develop a system-wide information network to integrate existing watch lists of suspected terrorists. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the prompt assignment of specified channels for public safety purposes. Requires the Attorney General to establish regional emerging threat workspaces. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to maintain a secure database on select biological agents that pose a threat to public health by terrorist attack. Directs the President to establish within the Office for Homeland Security a center to develop an interagency clearinghouse for new counterterrorism technologies. States the policy of the United States to work with other nations, especially Russia, to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation of necessary materials and expertise. Authorizes appropriations for cooperative threat reduction programs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop an integrated plan for the use of technology to combat terrorism. Creates within the Executive Office of the President a Director of Homeland Security who shall conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of threat to the United States and develop a five-year homeland security strategy in response.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the ability of students at institutions of higher education to enroll in units of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Denies certain Federal funds to institutions of higher learning that prohibit establishment or operation of a Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit at such institution. (Current law denies funds for institutions that prohibit such on-site ROTC units or that prohibit a student from enrolling in an ROTC unit at another institution.)

Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001 - Makes it the obligation of male citizens and residents between 18 and 22 to receive basic military training and education as a member of the armed forces unless otherwise exempt under this Act. Permits female citizens and residents between such ages to volunteer for enlistment in the armed forces, with acceptance at the discretion of the Secretary of the military department concerned. Limits the period of training to between six months and a year. Permits transfers after basic training of such conscripts/volunteers to national and community service programs to finish the term of service. Provides educational services and Montgomery GI benefits to persons upon completion of their national service. Uses the existing Selective Service System and local boards for induction. Sets forth criteria for deferments, postponements, and exemptions, including high school, hardship, disability, and health. Entitles inductees to request a particular service branch. Excludes conscientious objectors from combatant training, but otherwise requires them to take basic training before a permitted transfer to a national service program.

Keep America Secure Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Keep America Secure Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from purchasing any equipment that contains electronic components that are not manufactured in the United States. Allows the Secretary to waive this prohibition where its application would be inconsistent with the public interest or would result in unreasonable costs to the Department of Defense.

Delaney-Levitow Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Delaney-Levitow Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary concerned to award a medal called the Crimson Cross to each individual who, while on active-duty as a member of the armed forces, suffered an injury or illness which required medical evacuation or hospitalization in connection with combatant activities during a period of war or as a result of hostile actions against the United States but who is ineligible to receive the Purple Heart as result of such injury or illness. Makes this Act inapplicable to any individual who suffered the injury or illness as a result of willful misconduct. Authorizes the issuance of the medal to the representative of an eligible individual who dies before receiving such medal.

Terrorism Tribunal Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Terrorism Tribunal Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President to convene a military tribunal to try an individual suspected of committing or supporting acts of international terrorism within the United States, its territories, or possessions absent a declaration of war by Congress or authorization by a subsequently enacted law. Directs the President, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Judicial Conference of the United States, to issue an executive order prescribing regulations, rules and procedures for such trials that should, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with those pertaining to trials under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. States that such trials may only be convened in accordance with the Act. Directs the President in such a case to submit to Congress certification that trying it in a district court would jeopardize intelligence sources and methods. Preserves the writ of habeas corpus, unless protections under those provisions compromise classified information or intelligence sources and methods.

To provide that American Samoa hold a primary election when more than 2 eligible individuals file for candidacy to be elected to the office of Delegate representing American Samoa in the United States House of Representatives, and to provide that active duty members of the military be able to fully pariticipate in Federal elections in American Samoa.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Declares that it is necessary to state that the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act supersedes American Samoa law and American Samoa must comply with it. Requires a primary election to be held in American Samoa on the first Tuesday of August of any general election year when three or more eligible individuals have filed by the first Tuesday of July as candidates for the office of Delegate representing American Samoa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Urging the President to negotiate a new base rights agreement with the Government of the Republic of Panama in order for United States Armed Forces to be stationed in Panama for the purposes of defending the Panama Canal.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) negotiate a new base rights agreement with the Government of Panama to permit stationing U.S. forces in Panama and to ensure that the Panama Canal remains open, secure, and neutral; and (2) ensure that U.S. military facilities which could be utilized for stationing such forces are fully maintained and secured if that Government is willing to enter into good faith negotiations for a continued U.S. military presence in Panama.

2002/34/EC: Council Decision of 20 December 2001 amending the Council Decisions of 25 June 2001, 22 December 2000, 25 June 1997 and 22 March 1999 with regard to the daily allowance received by national military staff and national experts on detachment to the General Secretariat of the Council

European Union · EUR-Lex · 20 December 2001

Posthumous Citizenship Restoration Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001

Posthumous Citizenship Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend until two years after the later of the date of enactment of this Act or the date of the person's death the deadline for the Attorney General to approve a request to grant posthumous citizenship to individuals who die while on active-duty military service.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enact into law eligibility of certain veterans and their dependents for burial in Arlington National Cemetery.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001

Makes eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery a member of the reserves (and dependents): (1) who at the time of death was under 60 years of age and who, but for such age, would have been eligible for military retired pay, on the same basis as a member of the armed forces who dies entitled to retired pay; or (2) who dies in the line of duty while on active duty for training or inactive duty training, on the same basis as a member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty.

To provide that, in establishing wage schedules for certain prevailing rate employees with respect to whom the Government is currently experiencing recruitment and retention problems, rates of pay for comparable positions in the nearest, most similar wage area shall be taken into account.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001

Provides that, in establishing wage schedules for prevailing rate employees of the Department of Defense within the Northern Mississippi Wage Grade Area, with respect to whom the Government is currently experiencing recruitment and retention problems, rates of pay for comparable positions in the nearest, most similar wage area shall be taken into account.

Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001

Waives the requirement under rule XIII of the House of Representatives of a two-thirds vote to consider a Committee on Rules report on the same day it is presented to the House, with respect to any resolution reported on December 20, 2001, providing for consideration or disposition of a conference report on H.R. 3338 (FY 2002 Department of Defense appropriations).

Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3338) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001

Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3338 (FY 2002 Department of Defense appropriations).

A bill for the relief of retired Sergeant First Class James D. Benoit and Wan Sook Benoit.

United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified amount to satisfy the claims for compensation and damages of James D. Benoit and Wan Sook Benoit for the wrongful death of David Benoit in military family housing supplied by the Army in Seoul, Korea, in 1983.

Verfassungskonformität der Verknüpfung der Vertrauensfrage nach Art. 68 GG mit dem Antrag zum Einsatz deutscher Streitkräfte in Afghanistan (G-SIG: 14043860)

Germany · German Bundestag · 14 December 2001

Entschädigung der Strahlenopfer der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14043827)

Germany · German Bundestag · 14 December 2001

WEU-Jahrestagung WEU (Westeuropäische Union)-Jahrestagung

Austria · National Council · 13 December 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage an den Präsidenten des Nationalrates des Abgeordneten Wolfgang Jung, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend WEU <i>(Westeuropäische Union)</i> -Jahrestagung <i>(Nichtteilnahme an einer Studie über die parlamentarische</i> <i>Kontrolle von Auslandseinsätzen)</i>

A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in the Republic of Korea shall be entitled to tax benefits in same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Extends the tax benefits available under the Internal Revenue Code for services performed in a combat zone to active duty performed by a member of the U.S. armed forces in the Republic of Korea in any area that qualifies such member for hardship duty pay.

A concurrent resolution recognizing and honoring the National Guard on the occasion of the 365th anniversary of its historic beginning with the founding of the militia of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Recognizes and honors the National Guard on the 365th anniversary of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony militia and recognizes the critical importance of the National Guard to U.S. national security. Salutes members of the National Guard for their service on September 11, 2001, and their continued role in homeland defense and military operations against the al Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Expresses support for providing the National Guard with necessary resources to ensure its continued readiness.

White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should establish the White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month to make recommendations to the President on the proclamation of National Military Appreciation Month to be celebrated each year; and (2) any such Commission should be composed of specified members. Expresses the sense of Congress that if such Commission is established, the President should also establish the Spirit of America Alliance to assist the Commission: (1) in the planning, organization, and conduct of an annual White House Conference on National Military Appreciation and other similar events; (2) in the promotion of the observance of such Month and other military commemorative events through appropriate means, subject to any guidelines developed by the Commission; (3) in the establishment of necessary incentives for Federal, State, and local governments and private sector entities to sponsor and participate in programs initiated by the Commission or the Alliance; (4) in the evaluation of the effectiveness of efforts by the Commission and the Alliance in carrying out this Act; and (5) by the performance of any other related duties that are assigned by the Commission.

To redesignate the position of the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Redesignates the position of the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps.

Military and Civilian Victims Payroll Tax Relief Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Military and Civilian Victims Payroll Tax Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income and employment taxes any individual who dies as a result of wounds, injury, or illness incurred as a result of terroristic or military action.

Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Information Sharing Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Information Sharing Act of 2001 - Directs the Attorney General to expeditiously carry out security clearance investigations for, and to grant appropriate security clearances to, specified persons, including: (1) every Governor who applies for a security clearance; (2) at least one senior law enforcement official for each State or territory; (3) law enforcement officers from State, territorial, and local agencies that participate in Federal counter-terrorism working groups or joint or regional terrorism task forces; and (4) the chiefs, commissioners, sheriffs, or comparable officials who head State, territorial, and local agencies that participate in such working groups or task forces. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) charge State, territorial, and local governments for the costs of carrying out security clearance investigations and granting security clearances, not to exceed the amounts charged for Federal employees; and (2) waive any charges that would otherwise apply to a State, territorial, or local government if such government agrees to promptly provide Federal officials, without charge, with access to criminal databases for the purpose of conducting personnel security background investigations for military, civilian, and contract employees. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) ensure that information systems, including databases, are configured to allow efficient and effective sharing of information among appropriate Federal, State, territorial, and local officials and agencies; and (2) conduct a study of methods to enhance the sharing of sensitive Federal law enforcement information with State, territorial, and local law enforcement officials.

Waiving points or order against the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 1438) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on S. 1438 (FY 2002 Department of Defense funding authorization)

Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a technical correction in the enrollment of S. 1438.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make specified corrections in the enrollment of S. 1438 (FY 2002 Department of Defense funding authorization).

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 13 December 2001.#Henri Mouflin v Recteur de l'académie de Reims.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunal administratif de Châlons-en-Champagne - France.#Reference for a preliminary ruling - Social policy - Equal treatment for men and women - Applicability of Article 119 of the EC Treaty (Articles 117 to 120 of the EC Treaty have been replaced by Articles 136 EC to 143 EC) or Directive 79/7/EEC - French civil and military retirement pension scheme - Entitlement to a retirement pension with immediate effect for women only.#Case C-206/00.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 December 2001

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 13 December 2001.#Krupp Thyssen Stainless GmbH and Acciai speciali Terni SpA v Commission of the European Communities.#ECSC Treaty - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Alloy surcharge - Price fixing - Rights of the defence - Duration of the infringement - Fine - Guidelines on the method of setting fines - Cooperation during the administrative procedure - Principle of equal treatment.#Joined cases T-45/98 and T-47/98.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 December 2001

Umstrukturierung der Heeresgebäudeverwaltung Salzkammergut

Austria · National Council · 12 December 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Rainer Wimmer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Umstrukturierung der Heeresgebäudeverwaltung Salzkammergut

projet de loi relatif au régime d'autorisation des opérations d'intermédiation et d'achat pour revendre et modifiant le décret loi du 18 avril 1939 fixant le régime des matériels de guerre, armes et munitions

France · Senate · 12 December 2001

A bill to name the national cemetery in Saratoga, New York, as the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001

Designates the national cemetery in Saratoga, New York, as the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the placement therein of a suitable memorial honoring Solomon's service to the United States.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to add the disease of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to the diseases presumed to be service connected when incurred by veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001

Includes amyotrophic lateral schlerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) among illness presumed to be service connected when incurred by veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

Call to Service Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001

Call to Service Act of 2001 - Amends National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) to extend the authorization of appropriations for specified programs. Revises the Americorps program. Directs the Corporation for National and Community Service to: (1) increase the number of approved national service positions; and (2) ensure that half of any such increased number are for programs that address public safety needs, including homeland defense and public health. Allows the Corporation to allot a limited portion of national service positions to receive educational awards only. Allows releases of participants from completing service terms, and requires released participants to receive a portion of the educational award. Includes programs at veterans' facilities or in public health among national service projects. Requires consultation by the Corporation and State Commissions for National and Community Service, respectively, with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and State emergency management agencies to determine ways to promote homeland security and emergency management through national service programs. Authorizes the Corporation to make grants through the senior training programs and programs of national significance. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparent Program, and Senior Companion Program. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require that specified increasing percentages of HEA grants for college work-study programs be used to compensate students in community service. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude national service educational awards from gross income. Amends Federal law relating to the Armed Forces to provide for: (1) employment of retired military personnel as instructors in basic training programs; (2) improved access to institutions of higher education for military recruiting purposes; (3) increase the amount of basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill; and (4) allow use of entitlements to basic education assistance for contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires heads of institutions of higher education to provide the Department of Defense the same access to students for recruiting purposes provided generally to prospective employers. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of State to establish a Commission on Military Recruitment and National Service.

Foreign Terrorist Military Tribunal Authorization Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001

Foreign Terrorist Military Tribunal Authorization Act of 2001- Authorizes the President to convene military tribunals for the trial of individuals who are charged with offenses arising from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Permits such a trial to be held only at a location outside the United States. Makes this Act applicable to an individual who is not a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence and who is apprehended outside the United States. Treats as an offense arising from such attacks an offense relating to: (1) planning, authorizing, committing, or aiding those attacks; and (2) harboring any organization or individual that planned, authorized, committed, or aided those attacks. Bars any military order, executive order, regulation, or other directive of the executive branch from limiting the rights or privileges of any individual under provisions relating to habeas corpus. Allows the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus to be suspended only in cases of rebellion or invasion and only by law.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the continued importance of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) remain a signatory to the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty; (2) not encourage Russia to withdraw from the ABM Treaty to validate U.S. efforts to build a national missile defense system; and (3) continue to work cooperatively with Russia and other nuclear powers to prevent nuclear proliferation, reduce the number of weapons in current arsenals, and facilitate nuclear disarmament.

Security Assistance Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Security Assistance Act of 2001 - Mandates specified allocations of appropriations to the Bureau of Verification and Compliance of the Department of State, for activities related to verification of arms control and nonproliferation agreements, including the Key Verification Assets Fund. Requires use of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund for nonproliferation and counter-narcotics purposes. Authorizes appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Security Assistance Act of 2000 with respect to foreign military sales and financing, international military education and training (IMET), security assistance for Israel, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and specified other countries, antiterrorism assistance, nonproliferation and export control assistance, destruction of surplus weapons stockpiles, and demining programs. Authorizes funds for excess defense articles for certain countries. Amends the Arms Export Control Act's prohibition on transactions with countries that repeatedly support acts of international terrorism by providing access to nuclear explosive devices or material to include chemical, biological, and radiological agents as well. Authorizes the establishment of an interagency program of law enforcement designed to prevent the diversion of sensitive United States technology. Amends the Soviet Scientists Immigration Act of 1992 to expand the number of foreign scientists eligible for immigration. Expresses the sense of Congress favoring a gradual increase in the budget of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Russian Federation Debt Reduction for Nonproliferation Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President to engage in debt-for-nonproliferation exchanges and other specified transactions to reduce the amount of outstanding Soviet-era debt owed by the Russian Federation to the United States. Nonproliferation Assistance Coordination Act of 2001- Establishes the Committee on Nonproliferation Assistance to the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union to monitor U.S. nonproliferation efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet Union and coordinate the implementation of related U.S. policy. Prescribes requirements for expediting the munitions export licensing process. Directs the Secretary of State to establish and report to the appropriate congressional committees on a National Security Assistance Strategy for the United States. Declares U.S. policy regarding nuclear and missile proliferation in South Asia. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives regarding nonproliferation commitments and export controls in free trade agreements with foreign countries. Prescribes requirements with respect to: (1) real-time public availability of raw seismological data; (2) the detailing of U.S. Government personnel to international arms control and nonproliferation organizations; (3) establishment of a Counselor for Nonproliferation and Political Military Affairs in U.S. diplomatic missions overseas; (4) the fingerprinting of crop and livestock pathogens to enhance Government ability and research in pathogen epidemiology; (5) compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention; and (6) authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries.

Homeland Security Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Homeland Security Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to forgive interest payments on guaranteed and student loans for selected borrowers in repayment status who have obtained undergraduate degrees in science (except the social sciences), mathematics, engineering, or specified foreign languages, as an incentive for study of such subjects. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary to establish a demonstration program of grants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) for building or expanding mathematics and science programs, upgrading laboratories, and purchasing equipment. Directs the Secretary and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to assess long-term mathematics and science needs of the national security workforce and the larger Federal workforce. Amends ESEA to authorize the Secretary to make grants to eligible partnerships for various authorized activities to encourage early foreign language studies. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) that develop innovative programs for teaching foreign languages. Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to direct the Secretary of Defense, through the National Security Education Trust, to make grants to IHEs to produce graduates in a range of disciplines with advanced proficiency in languages most critical to U.S. national security. Directs the National Research Council to study the feasibility of establishing a National Language Foundation.