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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
38 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Defence if he has additional decentralisation plans for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30623/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
37 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence the progress made to date in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the air accident investigation unit into the crash of an Air Corps helicopter in Tramore, County Waterford in July 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30655/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
36 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the situation regarding the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30590/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
81 Mr. G. Reynolds asked the Minister for Defence his plans to increase the Government's commitment to the Rapid Reaction Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30594/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
48 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence the proposals for funding the new European Union Rapid Reaction Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30246/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
35 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the situation regarding the readiness of the European Union's Rapid Reaction Force; the military capabilities the Government has pledged to this force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30248/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
169 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the circumstances under which live ammunition was used resulting in the injury of a member of the Defence Forces; if procedures will be put in place to prevent a recurrence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30882/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
34 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the circumstances surrounding the injury to a person (details supplied) in a shooting accident in the Glen of Imaal, County Wicklow on or around 27 November 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30859/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
33 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence if a request has been made to him by the Garda Síochána for additional assistance to protect the movement of cash during the period of the euro changeover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30858/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
32 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence his plans to replace the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30857/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
154 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the steps being taken to address the concerns raised at the recent annual conference of RACO that the Defence Forces were experiencing serious difficulties in holding on to well qualified young officers; if he will state in respect of each of the past five years the number of officers who took early retirement or bought themselves out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30547/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
31 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the steps being taken to address the concerns raised at the recent annual conference of RACO that the Defence Forces were experiencing serious difficulties in retaining well qualified young officers; the number of officers who took early retirement or bought themselves out in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter [30640/01]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2001
30 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the number of claims for post-traumatic stress which his Department has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30856/01]
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001
Designates the national cemetery in Saratoga, New York, as the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the placement therein of a suitable memorial to honor Solomon's service to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001
Urgent Counter-Terrorism Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002 - Appropriates additional funds for FY 2002 to the Defense Emergency Response Fund solely for upgrading critical defense and intelligence capabilities to fight the war on terrorism and recover from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Allocates such funds to the following categories: (1) anti-terrorism intelligence upgrades, including funds for the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) chemical and biological warfare defense capabilities, including funds for detection systems, vaccines, mobile laboratories, and public safety at chemical weapons storage facilities; (3) special forces counter-terrorism capability, including for survival radios, common missile warning systems, and nonstandard and unconventional weapons and equipment; (4) munitions and essential equipment replenishment and upgrades; (5) force protection and recovery activities, including renovations of the Pentagon Reservation; (6) essential aircraft upgrades; and (7) Operation Enduring Freedom operational costs. Designates all such funds as an emergency requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, limiting their availability unless Congress receives a presidential budget request for the entire amount in such category.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001
Honors Johnny Micheal Spann, a paramilitary officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, who was the first American killed in combat during the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, and recognizes him for his bravery and sacrifice. Extends the deepest sympathies of Congress to his family. Pledges the continued support of Congress for the men and women who risk their lives every day to ensure the safety of all U.S. citizens.
Germany · German Bundestag · 30 November 2001
Germany · German Bundestag · 30 November 2001
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2001
Nuclear Security Act of 2001 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to instruct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to: (1) establish a nuclear security force to provide for the security of sensitive nuclear facilities against the design basis threat; (2) develop and implement a security plan to ensure such facilities' security; and (3) periodically revise the design basis threat to address specified threats. Establishes the Nuclear Security Fund to administer such programs. Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish the Operation Safeguards and Response Unit to: (1) conduct operation safeguards and response evaluations; (2) conduct emergency response exercises; and (3) establish a Mock Terrorist Team comparable to special operations forces of the Armed Forces. Mandates establishment of: (1) an operation safeguards and response evaluation program to assess periodically the ability of each sensitive nuclear facility to defend against the design basis threat; and (2) an emergency response program to evaluate emergency response personnel ability to respond to a radiological emergency within a 50-mile radius of a sensitive nuclear facility. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Commission to: (1) ensure sufficient stockpiles of potassium iodide tablets to provide adequate protection to the affected population within a 50-mile radius of a sensitive nuclear facility; (2) develop stockpile distribution plans in the event of a release of radionuclides; and (3) in case of war or national emergency, request deployment of the National Guard and Coast Guard to such facilities, and restriction of air space in their vicinity.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2001
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, if in any year the maximum annual rate of pension for an eligible veteran is less than the applicable baseline income level (125 percent of the poverty income level) for that veteran, to apply the baseline income level in lieu of such maximum annual rate in determining such veteran's annual rate of pension.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2001
Nuclear Security Act of 2001 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to instruct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to: (1) establish a nuclear security force to provide for the security of sensitive nuclear facilities against the design basis threat; (2) develop and implement a security plan to ensure such facilities' security; and (3) periodically revise the design basis threat to address specified threats. Establishes the Nuclear Security Fund to administer such programs. Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish the Operation Safeguards and Response Unit to: (1) conduct operation safeguards and response evaluations; (2) conduct emergency response exercises; and (3) establish a Mock Terrorist Team comparable to special operations forces of the Armed Forces. Mandates establishment of: (1) an operation safeguards and response evaluation program to assess periodically the ability of each sensitive nuclear facility to defend against the design basis threat; and (2) an emergency response program to evaluate emergency response personnel ability to respond to a radiological emergency within a 50-mile radius of a sensitive nuclear facility. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Commission to ensure sufficient stockpiles of potassium iodide tablets to provide adequate protection to the affected population within a 50-mile radius of a sensitive nuclear facility.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 29 November 2001
France · Senate · 28 November 2001
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 2001
Prohibits any contract for which the time of performance exceeds three days from being awarded for work at a Department of Defense facility or installation unless the contractor implements procedures under which a background investigation, psychological assessment, and behavioral observation is conducted, and fingerprint cards are provided, for any individual performing such work.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 2001
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer jurisdiction over specified land in Park City, Utah, to the Secretary of the Air Force for development as a recreation facility.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 2001
Establishes a National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and United States National Security to evaluate, in light of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, threats to the United States and U.S. national security in order to assist the Federal Government in setting priorities in the national budget and in the organization of the relevant government departments to address those threats.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 2001
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to convey specified land at the site of former Department of Defense Nike Battery W-92 in Montgomery County, Maryland, transferred to the Department of Commerce in 1976 for use by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to the City of Gaithersburg for use as a public park.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 2001
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 3338 (FY 2002 Department of Defense appropriations).
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 2001
Recognizes the service of the crew members of the USS Enterprise Battle Group during its extended deployment for the war effort in Afghanistan.
Austria · National Council · 23 November 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung betreffend Starts und Landungen von Bundesheerhubschraubern
Austria · National Council · 21 November 2001
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Lunacek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend österreichischen Beitrag zu den Europäischen Streitkräften
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2001
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002 - Appropriates funds for FY 2002 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (including for the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and environmental restoration); (3) procurement(including for shipbuilding and conversion); (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; (5) revolving and management funds; (6) the Defense Health Program; (7) chemical agents and munitions destruction; (8) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; (9) the Office of the Inspector General; (10) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (11) the Intelligence Community Management Account; (12) payment to the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund; (13) the National Security Education Trust Fund; (14) the Counter-Terrorism and Operational Response Transfer Fund to prosecute Operation Enduring Freedom; (15) former Soviet Union threat reduction; (16) the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization;(17) DOD chemical and biological weapon defense programs; and (18) the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 - Appropriates funds for FY 2002 for emergency expenses to respond to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States for: (1) the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Justice, Commerce, State and related agencies, Defense, the Interior, Energy, Labor, Education and related agencies, Transportation and related agencies, the Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development; (2) the Judiciary; (3) the District of Columbia; (4) the Smithsonian Institution; (5) the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (6) the National Capital Planning Commission; (7) the Legislative Branch; (8) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; (9) the General Services Administration; (10) the Environmental Protection Agency: (11) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (12) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and (13) the National Science Foundation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2001
Directs the National Science Foundation to: (1) identify opportunities for collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other Federal agencies to increase the utilization and deployment of new technologies for the detection and prevention of, and improved response to, potential terrorist acts; (2) identify new research opportunities to advance the detection and prevention of, and response to, such acts; and (3) give priority to such research.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2001
Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the repair, restoration, or maintenance of veterans' memorials on public property. Establishes in the Treasury a Veterans' Memorial Restoration Fund consisting of appropriations, civil penalty amounts, and donations to fund such grants. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for the willful damage of such memorials. States that a veterans cemetery shall be treated as a site for which a supplemental guide sign may be placed on any Federal-aid highway.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 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 by such Committee on November 16, 2001, providing for consideration or disposition of a bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY 2002.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2001
Expresses: (1) gratitude to the Government and people of the Philippines for their sympathy and support since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States; (2) sympathy to the Filipino victims of terrorism and their families; and (3) support for the Philippine Government in its efforts to prevent and suppress terrorism. Affirms the U.S. commitment to the Republic of the Philippines pursuant to the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty. Declares that Congress acknowledges the economic and military needs of the Philippines and pledges to continue to assist in addressing those needs.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 2001
Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property known as Pemberton's Headquarters for inclusion in Vicksburg National Military Park.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2001
Help America Vote Act of 2001 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish programs under which the Administrator makes payments to each eligible State or local government to: (1) replace a punch card voting system with a voting system which does not use punch cards; or (2) make technical enhancements to the performance of its punch card voting system. Establishes: (1) an independent Election Assistance Commission to serve as a national clearinghouse and resource for the compilation of information and review of procedures with respect to the administration of Federal elections; and (2) the Election Assistance Commission Standards Board and the Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors to review any of the voluntary standards for engineering and procedural performance, for maintenance and enhancement of the accessibility and privacy of registration facilities, polling places, and voting methods, and for election management practices recommended by the Commission. Establishes the Technical Standards Development Committee to assist the Executive Director of the Commission by recommending standards to ensure the usability, accuracy, security, accessibility, and integrity of voting systems and voting equipment. Directs the Commission to: (1) provide for the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories; (2) make payments to States for voting system improvements, grants to entities for voting equipment and technology research and development, and grants for pilot programs to try out new voting systems and equipment technologies; and (3) develop the Help America Vote College Program to encourage college students to assist State and local governments in election administration. Amends Federal law to create the Help America Vote Foundation as a nonprofit charitable corporation to mobilize secondary school students to participate in the election process in a nonpartisan manner as poll workers or assistants. Outlines minimum standards for State election systems. Sets forth provisions regarding voting rights of military members and overseas citizens. Amends Federal postal service law to replace reduced rates for voter registration purposes with reduced rates for official election mail.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2001
Anti-Hypocrisy Act of 2001- Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to provide that uncompensated consensual sexual activity between adults and cohabitation by adults shall not be UCMJ violations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2001
Cleanup and Reconstruction Assistance Act of 2001 - Requires the President, if and when he vests and liquidates assets frozen pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, or subsequent Executive orders issued as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to: (1) deposit such assets in a separate account in the Treasury; and (2) distribute amounts in the account to the State of New York, the State of Pennsylvania, and the Department of Defense to cover costs associated with the removal of debris left as a result of the damage caused by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the crash of the hijacked airliner in Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001, including reconstruction on the damaged sites.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2001
Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide that duty performed with the National Guard mobilized by a State in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or otherwise at the request of the President shall qualify as military service under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2001
Military Homeowners Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to state that members of the Uniformed or Foreign Services on qualified official extended duty shall be considered to be using already owned and used property as a principal residence for purposes of determining exclusion of gain upon such residence's sale.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2001
Urges: (1) the Secretaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services and the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to improve interagency coordination to provide quality healthcare for veterans, particularly those needing long-term care; and (2) the President and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to act to protect veterans from the dangers of abuse and neglect and to ensure that they receive the highest quality of long-term healthcare.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2001
Reduces from 140 to 60 days the minimum length of a call or order to active duty before a member of a military reserve component will be entitled to the higher rate of basic allowance for housing established by the Secretary of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should direct: (1) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Department of Defense, the National Guard Bureau, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct a joint study to assess the present and future need for military and National Guard units to augment security at the 103 active nuclear facilities in the United States; (2) the NRC and National Guard Bureau to work with State law enforcement agencies to establish basic guidelines for the proper training and use of National Guard units deployed at such facilities; and (3) the NRC, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Food and Drug Administration to establish emergency reserves of potassium iodide tablets in communities within the emergency planning zones of each of the 64 U.S. nuclear power sites. Calls for Federal funding of the National Guard units protecting nuclear facilities.
Germany · German Bundestag · 9 November 2001
Germany · German Bundestag · 9 November 2001
Germany · German Bundestag · 9 November 2001
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 2001
Veterans Benefits Administration Improvement Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the congressional veterans' committees, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Speaker of the House (the entities) a comprehensive plan for the improvement of the processing of claims for veterans' compensation and pension. Requires such plan to include the training of claims adjudicators and the enhancement of accountability standards to improve the timeliness and accuracy of such claims processing. Allows for plan modifications, but requires prior notification to the entities followed by a 30-day waiting period. Provides plan funding.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 2001
Anti-Hoax Terrorism Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for knowingly engaging in any conduct that: (1) is likely to impart the false impression that activity that violates prohibitions regarding biological weapons, chemical weapons, nuclear materials, or weapons of mass destruction is occurring or will occur; and (2) may reasonably be expected to be believed to cause, or that causes, an emergency response by governmental agencies. Directs the court to order a defendant who has been convicted of such an offense to reimburse parties for any expenses incurred incident to the investigation of such offense, including the cost of any Federal military or civilian agency response to protect public health or safety. Makes such a defendant jointly and severally liable.