Defence

SBP Benefits Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2001

SBP Benefits Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends Federal provisions concerning the military Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to adjust the basic SBP annuity amount for surviving spouses age 62 or over of former military personnel to: (1) 35 percent of the retired pay of the decedent, for months beginning on or before the enactment of this Act (current law); (2) 40 percent of such pay, for months beginning after such date and before October 2004; (3) 45 percent, for months beginning after September 2004; and (4) 55 percent, for months beginning after September 2011. Adjusts similarly the authorized percentage amounts of SBP supplemental annuity authorized for such spouses. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure appropriate adjustments in the computation of retired pay deductions for such supplemental annuities made necessary by this Act.

Export Administration Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2001

Export Administration Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Commerce Control List. Specifies the kinds of export licenses the Secretary may require with respect to the export of an item on the Control List or otherwise subject to control under this Act. Provides, under specified circumstances, that a license shall not be required for the export of after-market service or replacement parts. Authorizes the President to prohibit, curtail, or require a license, or other authorization for the export of an item subject to the national security export control regimes under this Act. Sets forth the purposes of such controls, including restriction on the export of items (including weapons of mass destruction) that would contribute to the military potential of countries so as to be detrimental to the national security of the United States. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Security Control List as part of the Control List. Requires the Secretary (on a continuing basis, upon a request from the Office of Technology Evaluation, or upon receipt of a petition filed by an interested party) to review and determine the foreign availability and the mass-market status of any item for export control under this Act. Authorizes the President, subject to specified exceptions, to prohibit, curtail, or require a license, other authorization, recordkeeping, or reporting for the export of an item subject to the foreign policy export control regimes under this Act. Requires a license for the export to a terrorist-supporting country of any item that could make a significant contribution to the country's military potential, or could enhance its ability to support acts of international terrorism. Exempts agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical supplies from the foreign policy export controls imposed under this Act, except for any such items that are subject to the national security export controls of this Act or are listed on the U.S. Munitions List, or would otherwise be exported to a country against which an embargo is in effect under the Trading With the Enemy Act. Sets forth procedures for the processing of export license applications, including their screening, referral, approval or denial, and review. Declares it is U.S. policy to seek multilateral arrangements, and to continue to participate in existing and additional multilateral export control regimes, that: (1) support U.S. national security interests; and (2) establish fairer and more predictable competitive opportunities for U.S. exporters. Directs the President to issue regulations that prohibit, with specified exceptions, U.S. persons from supporting any boycott imposed by a foreign country against a country friendly to the United States that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides, with specified exceptions, for the imposition of certain sanctions against U.S. and foreign persons who violate a multilateral export control regime or missile proliferation control regime, or contribute to the efforts of a country to develop or acquire chemical and biological weapons.

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate an inequity in the applicability of early retirement eligibility requirements to military reserve technicians.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2001

Entitles to an annuity under either the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' 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.

Veterans' Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Veterans' Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2001 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to change the amount of monthly veterans' educational assistance allowance under the Montgomery GI Bill from a fixed amount adjusted for inflation to an amount equal to the average monthly costs of tuition and expenses for commuter students at public institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees (75 percent of such amount for veterans whose initial obligated period of active duty is two years). Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine such average monthly costs each year and to publish such amounts in the Federal Register.

A bill to terminate operation of the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System of the Navy.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to terminate operation of the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System while maintaining the infrastructure necessary for its resumption.

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Termination and Deficit Reduction Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Termination and Deficit Reduction Act of 2001 - Terminates the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

A joint resolution to provide for a Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment that prohibits the use of Social Security surpluses to achieve compliance.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year unless Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Bars any surplus of receipts (including interest) over outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds from being counted for purposes of this article. Requires any deficit of receipts (including interest) relative to outlays of such trust funds to be counted and to be completely offset by a surplus of all other receipts over all other outlays. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress. Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each House. Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.

A bill to terminate production under the D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile program and to prohibit the backfit of certain Trident I ballistic missile submarines to carry D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Directs the Secretary of Defense to terminate production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Allows funds obligated for such production to be used only for payment of termination costs. Prohibits the Secretary from modifying two Trident I submarines for deployment with Trident II D5 missiles currently scheduled to commence in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for such modifications. States that the above provisions shall not apply to D5 missiles in production on the date of enactment of this Act, or to the arsenal of such missiles on such date.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise certain provisions relating to the appointment of professional psychologists in the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Removes the requirement that psychologists appointed to the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs hold degrees in psychology from an approved accrediting authority. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to employ such psychologists on a temporary, full, or part-time basis, or on a fee basis.

A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a certificate of service to Filipino nationals who the Secretary determines have performed any military service in the Philippine Islands during World War II which qualifies such a person or a survivor to receive any military, veterans', or other benefits under U.S. laws.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Increases the authorized grade of the heads of the: (1) Army and Air Nurse Corps from brigadier general to major general; and (2) Navy Nurse Corps and Navy Medical Service Corps to rear admiral (upper half) and rear admiral (lower half), respectively.

Gold Star Parents Annuity Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 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 button as a parent of a member of the armed forces who died while serving.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize certain disabled former prisoners of war to use Department of Defense commissary and exchange stores.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Authorizes use of Department of Defense commissary and exchange stores by former prisoners of war who have been honorably separated from service and have a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more.

Federal Elections Reform Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Federal Elections Reform Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to soft money to prohibit: (1) a national committee of a political party from soliciting or receiving contributions or making expenditures not subject to FECA; (2) a national, State, district, or local committee of a political party from soliciting or donating funds to a tax-exempt organization; and (3) a candidate or an incumbent for Federal office from soliciting or receiving funds not subject to FECA, and from soliciting, receiving, directing, transferring, or spending funds in connection with any election other than an election for Federal office, or disbursing funds in connection with such an election unless the funds meet specified requirements. Establishes an individual annual limit of $10,000 for State committee contributions. Increases the aggregate individual contribution limit to $30,000. Requires national and State committees to report all receipts and disbursements. Repeals the building fund exception to the definition of contribution. Adds requirements for reporting certain independent expenditures to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Prohibits a committee of a political party from making both independent and coordinated expenditures for a nominee. Requires coordinated activities to be considered as contributions to and expenditures by the candidate. Authorizes the FEC to conduct random audits to ensure voluntary FECA compliance. Prohibits false representation to solicit contributions. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to codify the U. S. Supreme Court decision in Communications Workers of America et al. v. Beck et al. Lists the permitted and prohibited uses of contributions received by a candidate or an incumbent. Amends Federal postal law to limit congressional use of the franking privilege. Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit campaign fundraising on Federal property. Amends FECA to: (1) increase penalties for certain violations; (2) revise restrictions on contributions and donations by foreign nationals in Federal, State, or local elections; and (3) protect equal participation of eligible voters in campaigns and elections. Establishes within FEC a clearinghouse of public information regarding the political activities of foreign principals and their agents. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to condition the receipt of amounts from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund in a presidential election upon the candidate's certification not to solicit any funds for influencing such election unless the funds are subject to FECA. Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit use of White House meals and accommodations for political fundraising. Amends FECA to require reimbursement for certain political fundraising involving use of Federal property. Amends IRC to ban coordination of soft money for issue advocacy by presidential candidates receiving public financing. Establishes the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations on matters such as election technology and systems, designs and uniformity of ballots, and voter education. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States to implement the Commission's recommendations. Military Voting Rights Act of 2001 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, with respect to voting, to require that a person 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; (2) acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or (3) become resident in or a resident of any other State. Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States, with respect to elections for State and local offices, to permit absentee voting by uniformed services members.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Directs the Secretary of Defense to permit any former member of the armed forces who is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability rated total by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to travel on military aircraft to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces.

Drug-Free America Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Drug-Free America Act of 2001 - Domestic Narcotic Demand Reduction Act of 2001 - Drug Treatment and Research Enhancement Act of 2001 - Key Professionals Education Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to: (1) help key professionals participate in antidrug coalitions and assist youth affected by familial substance abuse; and (2) assist local communities improve the quality of substance abuse services. Requires the Director of the Institute on Drug Abuse to establish a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. Adolescent Therapeutic Community Treatment Programs Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary to award grants to enable treatment providers to establish adolescent residential substance abuse treatment programs; (2) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to establish residential drug abuse treatment units in Federal prisons; and (3) the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center to study the number of individuals using heroin. Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act to authorize appropriations for the drug-free communities support program. Drug-Free Families Act of 2001 - Directs the Attorney General to make a grant to the Parents Collaboration (a tax-exempt entity aimed at helping parents prevent drug abuse) to conduct a national campaign. National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute Act of 2001 - Authorizes grants to provide for the establishment of a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute. Increases the number of National Guard members performing counter-drug activities. Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to establish up to five National Guard counterdrug schools. Customs Authorization Act of 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Customs Service for enhanced inspection, trade facilitation, drug interdiction, and specified related activities. Establishes within the U.S. Customs Service an Automation Modernization Working Capital Fund to fund a program for modernizing Customs Service computer systems. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish civil penalties for violations of country of origin marking requirements. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the 11 Tethered Aerostat Radar System network sites are placed under the policy direction of the Drug Enforcement Policy and Support office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.

Military Voting Rights Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Military Voting Rights Act of 2001 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to require that a person who is absent from a State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence, for purposes of voting for an office of the United States or of a State, be deemed to have: (1) lost a residence or domicile in that State; (2) acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or (3) become resident in or a resident of any other State. Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States, with respect to elections for State and local offices, to permit absentee voting by uniformed services members.

Protecting Civil Rights for all Americans Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 2001

Protecting Civil Rights for All Americans Act - Title I: Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2001 - Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Attorney General (AG), at the request of a State law enforcement official or Indian tribe, to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or any other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence under the Federal criminal code; (2) constitutes a felony under the laws of a State or Indian tribe; and (3) is motivated by prejudice based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability, or is a violation of the hate crime laws of a State or Indian tribe. Requires assistance priority to be given to crimes committed by offenders who have committed crimes in more than one State and to rural jurisdictions that have difficulty covering the extraordinary expenses relating to the investigation or prosecution of the crime. Authorizes the AG to award grants to assist State, local, or Indian law enforcement officials with the extraordinary expenses associated with the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. Outlines grant application requirements and requires grant approval or disapproval within 30 days. Limits such grants to no more than $100,000 for any single jurisdiction within a one-year period. Requires a report from the AG to Congress on grant applications awarded. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 105) Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to award grants to State and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations to the Departments of the Treasury and Justice for FY 2001 through 2003 to increase the number of personnel preventing and responding to alleged violations of hate crime acts. (Sec. 107) Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for Federal violations of hate crime acts. (Sec. 108) Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to study the issue of adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes and, if appropriate, amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide sentencing enhancements for adult defendants who engage in such recruitment. (Sec. 109) Amends the Hate Crimes Statistics Act to require the AG to acquire and maintain statistics on gender-related hate crimes. Title II: Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act - Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 2001 - Directs the AG to conduct a nationwide study for traffic violations by law enforcement officers. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) perform an initial analysis of existing data, including complaints alleging and other information concerning traffic stops motivated by race and other bias; (2) gather specified data on traffic stops from a nationwide sample of jurisdictions; and (3) report the results to Congress and make such report available to the public. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the AG to provide grants to law enforcement agencies to collect and submit the data to the appropriate agency as designated by the AG. (Sec. 204) Prohibits information released pursuant to this title from revealing the identity of any individual who is stopped or any law enforcement officer involved in a traffic stop. (Sec. 206) Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Supporting Indigent Representation - Authorizes appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation. Title IV: Genetic Nondiscrimination of Health Insurance Discrimination on the Basis of Predictive Genetic Information - Subtitle A: Prohibition of Health Insurance Discrimination on the Basis of Predictive Genetic Information - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (regarding a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group insurance through a group plan) the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) (regarding such a plan or issuer, and with regard to an issuer offering health insurance in the individual market), the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (regarding a group health plan), and title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) (regarding Medicare supplemental policies) to prohibit, with respect to genetic information: (1) discriminating in individual enrollment; (2) discriminating in group eligibility or group premium or contribution rates; (3) requesting or requiring test performance; and (4) requesting, requiring, collecting, purchasing, or disclosing information, unless authorized by the individual. Allows a plan or issuer: (1) regarding payment for genetic services, to request evidence that the services were performed; and (2) regarding payment for other benefits, to request predictive genetic information in certain circumstances. Allows a court, for violations, to award any appropriate legal or equitable relief, attorney's fees and costs, and expert witness costs. Allows civil monetary penalties. Applies the requirements of this paragraph to plans that have fewer than two participants who are current employees. Amends ERISA and the PHSA to: (1) declare that the provisions of paragraph above do not preempt any provision of State law that protects genetic information confidentiality or privacy, or prohibits genetic discrimination, more completely than ERISA's and the PHSA's group health plan provisions; and (2) apply the requirements of the paragraph above to Medicare supplemental health insurance and similar supplemental coverage, if provided under a separate policy, certificate, or contract of insurance. Amends the PHSA to disallow nonfederal governmental group plans from electing to be exempted from the requirements of this title. Subtitle B: Prohibition of Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Predictive Genetic Information - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or training program to discriminate because of predictive genetic information, including making it unlawful to request, require, collect, or purchase such information. Allows an employer to request, require, collect, or purchase such information: (1) where used for genetic monitoring of biological effects of workplace toxic substances; or (2) with consent of the employee, if results are received only by the employee (or the employee's family). (Sec. 416) Requires employers possessing such information to treat and maintain the information as part of the employee's confidential medical records. Prohibits disclosure, subject to exception. (Sec. 417) Empowers one or more employees, labor organization members, or training participants to bring an action in Federal or State court for violations. Applies to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), for enforcement of this title, the powers, remedies, and procedures under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Allows a court to award any appropriate legal or equitable relief, attorney's fees and costs, and costs of experts. (Sec. 419) Authorizes appropriations to carry out this subtitle. Title V: Employment Nondiscrimination - Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2001 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities. Declares that a disparate impact does not establish a prima facie violation of this Act. Prohibits related retaliation and coercion. Declares that this Act does not apply to the provision of employee benefits for the benefit of an employee's domestic partner. Prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from: (1) collecting statistics on sexual orientation from covered entities; and (2) compelling covered entities to collect such statistics. Prohibits: (1) quotas and preferential treatment; and (2) an order or consent decree for a violation of this Act that includes a quota or preferential treatment. Declares that this Act does not apply to: (1) religious organizations (except regarding employment in a position the duties of which pertain solely to activities of the organization that generate unrelated business income subject to taxation under specified Internal Revenue Code provisions); (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces; or (3) laws creating special rights or preferences for veterans. Provides for enforcement. Prohibits the imposition of affirmative action for a violation of this Act. Disallows State immunity. Makes the United States or a State liable for all remedies (except punitive damages, with compensatory damages available to the extent specified in certain existing provisions of law) to the same extent as under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Allows recovery of attorney's fees. Requires posting notices for employees, applicants, and members. Title VI: Promoting Civil Rights Enforcement - Establishes, in the Department of Justice, a National Task Force on Violence Against Health Care Providers which shall: (1) coordinate the national investigation and prosecution of incidents of violence and other unlawful acts directed against reproductive health care providers; (2) serve as a clearinghouse of information, for use by investigators and prosecutors, relating to acts of violence against reproductive health care providers; (3) make available security information and recommendations to enhance the safety and protection of reproductive health care providers; (4) provide training to Federal, State, and local law enforcement on issues relating to clinic violence; and (5) support Federal civil investigation and litigation of violence and other unlawful acts directed at reproductive health care providers. Authorizes increased FY 2002 (as compared to FY 2001) appropriations to specified Federal offices involved in the enforcement of civil rights.

Council Decision of 22 January 2001 on the establishment of the Military Staff of the European Union

European Union · EUR-Lex · 22 January 2001

2001/79/CFSP: Council Decision of 22 January 2001 setting up the Military Committee of the European Union

European Union · EUR-Lex · 22 January 2001

Donald Henry Rumsfeld, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Defense.

United States · United States Senate · 20 January 2001

Erhalt des Gerätehauptdepots der Bundeswehr in Kappeln (G-SIG: 14052462)

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 January 2001

Privatisierung des Systeminstandsetzungszentrums (SIZ) 800 der Bundeswehr in Jülich und Schaffung eines Pilotprojektes "Betrieb des SIZ 800 Jülich" (G-SIG: 14052443)

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 January 2001

Kooperationsunternehmen der Bundeswehr, insbesondere in den neuen Bundesländern (G-SIG: 14052616)

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 January 2001

mögliche Auswirkungen des sogenannten Balkonsyndroms

Austria · National Council · 18 January 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anton Gaál, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend mögliche Auswirkungen des sogenannten Balkansyndroms <i>(Krebserkrankungen im Kosovo eingesetzter Soldaten in</i> <i>möglichem Zusammenhang mit der Verwendung von Geschossen mit</i> <i>abgereichertem Uran als panzerbrechende Munition)</i>

Militärschießstätte Wien-Stammersdorf

Austria · National Council · 18 January 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Peter Pilz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Militärschießstätte Wien-Stammersdorf

Verkauf der Verdross-Kaserne Imst

Austria · National Council · 18 January 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gerhard Reheis, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Verkauf der Verdross-Kaserne Imst

Umfrage "Freiwilligenheer"

Austria · National Council · 18 January 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Peter Kostelka, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Umfrage "Freiwilligenheer"

Haltung der Bundesregierung zur Verwendung uranhaltiger Munition im Rahmen von NATO-Kampfeinsätzen (G-SIG: 14001554)

Germany · German Bundestag · 18 January 2001

Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion der PDS, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde

Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsdoktrin

Austria · National Council · 17 January 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anton Gaál, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsdoktrin

To provide for the establishment of a new Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility for veterans in south Texas.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) acquire a site in south Texas suitable for a medical facility; and (2) construct such a facility on such site.

Verwendungs- und Beförderungsstau in der Bundeswehr bei den Jahrgängen 1958 bis 1963 (G-SIG: 14052486)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 January 2001

Verbesserung der Altersteilzeit- bzw. Vorruhestandsmodelle für die Zivilbeschäftigten der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14052487)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 January 2001

Abschluß der Überprüfung der Depotstandorte der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14052489)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 January 2001

Schließung oder Verlagerung eines der am Bundeswehr-Standort Lorch am Rhein stationierten Depots (G-SIG: 14052488)

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 January 2001

Military Retirement Equity Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Military Retirement Equity Act of 2001 - Permits retired members of the armed forces to be paid retirement pay concurrently with compensation for any service-connected disability, with an exception for members retired with less than 20 years of creditable service. Reduces the retirement pay of individuals receiving both types of pay by a specified percentage of the disability compensation which decreases as the disability rating increases. Prohibits any reduction in the retirement pay of a disabled person when the disability rating is total. Provides retired pay amounts for members who retired with 20 years or more of service due to a physical disability.

Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Amends Federal employee provisions to include the following as an employee, for purposes of authorized enrollment under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: (1) a member of the armed forces who began service before June 7, 1956, and retired after a minimum of 20 years of such service or by reason of a service-connected disability; and (2) the surviving widow or widower of such member. Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide FEHB coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Includes within the definition of a "radiation-risk activity" for purposes of eligibility criteria for veterans' disability compensation the exposure to ionizing radiation due to residual contamination resulting from participation in a nuclear detonation, without regard to whether any particular level of radiation exposure was measured for that individual.

Help Equip Local Police Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Help Equip Local Police Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to expand current Department of Defense procedures for the procurement by State and local law enforcement agencies of law enforcement equipment suitable for counter-drug activities to include equipment that is not suitable or intended for counter-drug activities, but excluding any equipment that the Department does not procure for its own purposes.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that persons retiring from the Armed Forces shall be entitled to all benefits which were promised them when they entered the Armed Forces.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to ensure that any person becoming a member of the armed forces is provided a written statement of retirement benefits, excluding any reservation of the right to change any such benefit. Requires any such person who retires from the armed forces to receive the benefits as described.

Trident II (D-5) Missile Production Limitation Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Trident II (D-5) Missile Production Limitation Act - Prohibits funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal years after 2002 from being obligated or expended for production of additional Trident II (D-5) missiles. Allows amounts appropriated to the Department to be expended for such missile only to complete production of those missiles commenced with funds appropriated before FY 2003.

Military Retiree Health Care Task Force Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Military Retiree Health Care Task Force Act of 2001 - Establishes the Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force to study and report to the Congress on matters relating to health care coverage of retired military personnel and their families, Federal sharing agreements relating to such care, and proposals to provide a full continuum of such coverage to Medicare-eligible military retirees and their dependents.

Fairness to Immigrant Veterans Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Fairness to Immigrant Veterans Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (transitional rules) to make certain aliens who are on active armed forces duty or honorably discharged veterans eligible for: (1) release from (criminal alien) detention; (2) cancellation of removal; and (3) judicial review of certain orders of removal.

Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2001 - Declares that a person not prohibited under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act from receiving a firearm shall have the right to obtain firearms for security and to use firearms in defense of: (1) self or family against a reasonably perceived threat of imminent and unlawful infliction of serious bodily injury; (2) self or family in the course of the commission by another person of a violent felony against the person or a member of the person's family; and (3) the person's home in the course of the commission of a felony by another person. Authorizes persons whose rights under this Act have been violated to bring an action in U.S. district court against the United States, any State, or any person for damages, injunctive relief, and such other relief as the court deems appropriate. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the award of attorney's fees; and (2) the statute of limitations.

Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act - Amends: (1) the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable credit for premiums paid by military retirees for Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage; and (2) part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate, as specified, the ten percent part B premium penalty.

To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to determine and report to Congress an appropriate tax incentive to encourage individuals other than members of the Armed Forces to participate as members of honor guards at funerals for veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress a plan for an appropriate tax incentive to encourage individuals other than military personnel to participate as members of honor guards at funerals for veterans.

Armed Services Educational Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 2001

Armed Services Educational Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income certain payments on student loans of members of the armed forces.