Defence

Declaring that a state of war exists between the United States and any entity determined by the President to have planned, carried out, or otherwise supported the attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and authorizing the President to use United States Armed Forces and all other necessary resources of the United States Government against any such entity in order to bring the conflict to a successful termination.

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2001

Declares that a state of war exists between the United States and any entity determined by the President to have planned, carried out, or otherwise supported the attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. Authorizes the President to use U.S. armed forces and all other necessary resources of the U.S. Government against any such entity in order to bring the conflict to a successful termination.

Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001

Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2002 for operating expenses, capital equipment, and plant projects necessary in carrying out the following activities for national security programs: (1) weapons activities; (2) defense nuclear nonproliferation; (3) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (4) other defense activities in carrying out national security programs, including for intelligence, counterintelligence, and security and emergency operations; (5) defense environmental management privatization initiatives; and (6) defense nuclear waste disposal. Places programming limits on such funds. Places certain funding limits for general DOE plant and construction projects. Allows the transfer of authorized funds for the performance of related activities. Requires the Secretary of Energy to complete conceptual designs for authorized construction projects. Establishes the position of Deputy Administrator for Nuclear Security. Revises certain management authorities within the National Nuclear Security Administration. Provides for additional coverage under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. Requires a plan for conducting DOE counterintelligence polygraph examinations. Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Rocky Flats (Colorado) National Wildlife Refuge. Authorizes the establishment of a Rocky Flats Museum. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; and (2) naval petroleum reserves. Authorizes the President to dispose of certain obsolete and excess materials in the National Defense Stockpile.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2002, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) an accession bonus program for officers with critical skills; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) commissaries and nonappropriated fund instrumentalities; (2) active and reserve military personnel policy, including the discharge or retirement of reserve personnel for years of service or age; (3) military education and training, including medical training; (4) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (5) retirement and survivor benefits; (6) military health care; (7) acquisition policy and management, including acquisition workforce development; (8) general contracting procedures and limitations; (9) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management; (10) funds for combatant commands for combating terrorism; (11) reporting requirements, including a report on DOD policies, plans, and procedures for combating terrorism; (12) DOD civilian personnel authority, including authority for additional intelligence personnel; (13) matters relating to other nations, including cooperative threat reduction programs; (14) military construction, military family housing, military land conveyances, and defense base closures and realignment; and (15) Department of Energy national security authorizations. Authorizes the President to dispose of specified obsolete and excess materials in the National Defense Stockpile.

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001

Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) and the Secretaries of each military department to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes each department Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense and each military department for fiscal years after 2001 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions. Limits the total cost of authorized construction projects. Modifies certain prior-year construction projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2001 for such Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2001 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Terminates all authorizations contained in this Act on October 1, 2004, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2005, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Authorizes: (1) specified military land conveyances; and (2) the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to carry out Commission activities during 2003.

Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001

Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2002, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) an accession bonus program for officers with critical skills; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) commissaries and nonappropriated fund instrumentalities; (2) active and reserve military personnel policy, including the discharge or retirement of reserve personnel for years of service or age; (3) military education and training, including medical training; (4) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (5) retirement and survivor benefits; (6) military health care; (7) acquisition policy and management, including acquisition workforce development; (8) general contracting procedures and limitations; (9) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management; (10) funds for combatant commands for combating terrorism; (11) reporting requirements, including a report on DOD policies, plans, and procedures for combating terrorism; (12) DOD civilian personnel authority, including authority for additional intelligence personnel; and (13) matters relating to other nations, including cooperative threat reduction programs.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001

Amends veterans' benefit provisions to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of veterans rated totally disabled at the time of death who were former prisoners of war (currently, to the survivors of such veterans who died after September 30, 1999).

National Defense Emergency Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2001

National Defense Emergency Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 to the Secretary of Defense for Department of Defense (DOD): (1) infrastructure sustainment and restoration; and (2) acquisition of spare and repair parts. Treats such authorization as an additional authorization for DOD for FY 2002. States that amounts appropriated pursuant to such authorization: (1) may be designated as an emergency requirement for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act); and (2) shall be available only if an official budget request for the entire amount, that includes such emergency designation, is transmitted by the President to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts appropriated pursuant to such authorization among the various service branches and defense-wide activities as specified.

Erklärung der Bundesregierung zu den Anschlägen in den Vereinten Staaten von Amerika (G-SIG: 14001956)

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 September 2001

Verurteilung der terroristischen Anschläge auf das World Trade Centre in New York und das Pentagon in Washington am 11.09.2001, Beileidsbekundungen, Zusicherung der Solidarität Deutschlands, Maßnahmen zur wirksamen Bekämpfung des Terrorismus, innere Sicherheit in Deutschland

Private Property Rights Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2001

Private Property Rights Act of 2001 - States that the policy of the Federal Government is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public in a manner that, to the extent practicable, avoids takings of private property. Directs each Federal agency to: (1) complete a private property taking impact analysis before taking any agency action (including the promulgation of a regulation) which is likely to result in a taking of private property, with specified exemptions, including for actions in which the power of eminent domain is formally exercised, law enforcement actions, military activities, and emergencies involving immediate threats to health or safety; and (2) fully consider alternatives described in this Act and, to the maximum extent practicable, to alter the agency action to avoid or minimize the taking of private property. Allows the owner of private property, if an agency action results in the taking of such property, to obtain appropriate relief in a civil action against the agency. Directs the Attorney General to provide legal guidance in a timely manner in response to a request by an agency to assist it in complying with this Act. Creates a rebuttable presumption that unmodified analyses five years or older are outdated for purposes of any agency action or administrative or judicial proceeding.

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the inherent right of self-defense.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2001

Declares that Congress: (1) reaffirms the inherent right of self-defense against armed attack, as embodied in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, for all nations, including Israel; (2) recognizes that preemptive measures used to prevent terrorist attacks on civilian populations are a recognized and legitimate use of state power in conformance with the inherent right of self-defense of all nations including Israel; and (3) supports Israel in its legitimate exercise of internationally recognized rights of self-defense.

Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center Transfer to Fitzsimons Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2001

Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center Transfer to Fitzsimons Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project for the transfer of the Denver Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Colorado, from its current location in Denver to the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora.

Veterans' Copayment Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2001

Veterans' Copayment Adjustment Act - Amends veterans' health care program provisions to conform income thresholds for copayment for outpatient medications to those in effect for hospital and nursing home care and medical treatment. Conditions increases in such copayments upon the collection of copayments for outpatient visits for medical services for certain veterans.

Freedom of Choice for Women in the Uniformed Services Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2001

Freedom of Choice for Women in the Uniformed Services Act - Limits the prohibition against the use of any medical treatment facility of the Department of Defense to perform an abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to full term or in the case of rape or incest to those facilities in the United States.

Social Security Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 September 2001

Social Security Protection Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require: (1) a sequestration of discretionary non-defense spending for FY 2002 equal to the size of any actual budget deficit for FY 2001; and (2) a final sequestration report by the Office of Management and Budget setting forth the receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit for FY 2001 and the sequestration percentage necessary in FY 2002.

To authorize the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who performed slave labor for Japan during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 September 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay compensation in an amount of $20,000 to veterans, civilian employees, or contractor employees (or their surviving spouse) who: (1) served in or with U.S. combat forces during World War II; (2) were captured and held as prisoners of war by Japan during such service; and (3) were required by Japan or a Japanese corporation to perform slave labor during such War.

Linton F. Brooks, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration. (New Position)

United States · United States Senate · 4 September 2001

Joseph E. Schmitz, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Defense, vice Eleanor Hill.

United States · United States Senate · 4 September 2001

TRICARE Benefits Modernization Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2001

TRICARE Benefits Modernization Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) terminate the individual case management program under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); and (2) integrate its beneficiaries and services into the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense managed care program). Makes limits on custodial care under the case management program inapplicable to domiciliary or custodial care incident to other authorized health care. Requires the Secretary to provide long-term health care benefits under TRICARE so as to integrate such benefits with those provided under TRICARE on a less than long-term basis. Allows post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility to continue for as long as is medically necessary and appropriate. Provides extended health care benefits for military dependents who have a serious physical disability or any extraordinary physical or psychological condition (currently limited to moderately or severely mentally retarded dependents). Outlines benefits provided and copayment requirements. Allows a dependent, in order to receive outpatient mental health services under a TRICARE contract in excess of the amount available in that year, to convert any unused period of inpatient mental health benefit still available. Makes a physician's determination that a service or supply is medically or psychologically necessary for a TRICARE patient conclusive, unless clearly erroneous. Prohibits such determinations from being subject to peer review. Includes orthotic devices, hearing aids, and rehabilitative therapy among the TRICARE services authorized for military dependents. Outlines types of durable medical equipment authorized to be provided.

Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002

United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2001

Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002 - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 2002 for: (1) departmental offices; (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs for development and acquisition of automatic data processing equipment, software, and services; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; (5) repair and restoration of the Treasury building and annex; (6) expanded access to financial services; (7) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (8) the counterterrorism fund; (9) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (10) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (11) the Financial Management Service; (12) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (13) the United States Customs Service; (14) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (15) the Internal Revenue Service; and (16) the United States Secret Service. Postal Service Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for payments to the Postal Service Fund for revenue foregone on free and reduced rate mail. Executive Office Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for: (1) compensation of the President and the White House office; (2) operating, maintenance, and reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the White House; (3) White House repair and restoration; (4) special assistance to the President and the official residence of the Vice President; (5) the Council of Economic Advisers; (6) the Office of Policy Development; (7) the National Security Council; (8) the Office of Administration; (9) the Office of Management and Budget; (10) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (11) Federal drug control programs; and (12) unanticipated needs in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense. Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for: (1) the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled; (2) the Federal Election Commission; (3) Federal Labor Relations Authority; (4) the General Services Administration; (5) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (6) the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation; (7) the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998; (8) the National Archives and Records Administration; (9) the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; (10) the Office of Government Ethics; (11) the Office of Personnel Management; (12) Government contributions for health and life insurance benefits for annuitants; (13) the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (14) the Office of Special Counsel; and (15) the United States Tax Court. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds.

Beteiligung privater Unternehmen an den Depots der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14043449)

Germany · German Bundestag · 31 August 2001

Nutzung des Truppenübungsplatzes Vogelsang nach Abzug der belgischen Streitkräfte (G-SIG: 14053422)

Germany · German Bundestag · 31 August 2001

Präsenzumfang der Bundeswehr und Zahl der Wehrpflichtigen in den Jahren 2001 bis 2006 (G-SIG: 14053468)

Germany · German Bundestag · 31 August 2001

Einschaltung der GEBB für den Verkauf von Fahrzeugen der Bundeswehr (G-SIG: 14053494)

Germany · German Bundestag · 31 August 2001

Auswirkungen des Urteils des Verwaltungsgerichts Göttingen vom November 1999 zur Beseitigung ehemals von der Bundeswehr genutzter Einrichtungen durch den Bund (G-SIG: 14053441)

Germany · German Bundestag · 24 August 2001

Strafanzeige von Soldaten wegen Gesundheitsschäden gegen die Bundeswehr, Strafverfahren, Entschädigungszahlungen (G-SIG: 14053448)

Germany · German Bundestag · 24 August 2001

Zahl der in den letzten drei Jahren häufiger als zweimal in einem länger als zwei Monate dauernden Auslandseinsatz der Bundeswehr eingesetzten Soldaten (G-SIG: 14053377)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 August 2001

Einsätze des Kommandos Spezialkräfte der Bundeswehr im Rahmen von SFOR und/oder KFOR seit Oktober 2000 (G-SIG: 14053391)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 August 2001

Wartime Treatment Study Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001

Wartime Treatment of European Americans and Refugees Study Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans and Refugees to review the U.S. Government's: (1) wartime treatment of European Americans and European Latin Americans; and (2) refusal to allow European refugees fleeing persecution in Europe entry to the United States. Directs that such review include: (1) a comprehensive review of the facts and circumstances surrounding U.S. Government actions during World War II which violated the civil liberties of European Americans and European Latin American; (2) a review of U.S. Government action with respect to European Americans, including registration requirements, travel and property restrictions, establishment of restricted areas, raids, arrests, internment, exclusion, internee employment by American companies, exchange, repatriation, and deportment, and the immediate and long-term effect of such actions, particularly internment; (3) a brief review of the participation by European Americans, including those whose families were interned, repatriated, or excluded, in the U.S. armed forces; and (4) a recommendation of appropriate remedies, including how civil liberties can be better protected during war, an assessment of the continued viability of the Alien Enemy Act, and public education programs.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the organization and management of the Department of Defense with respect to space programs and activities, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish in the Office of the Secretary the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Space, Intelligence, and Information to perform duties and exercise powers relating to Department of Defense (DOD) space, intelligence, and information programs and activities. Requires the Secretary to notify Congress after establishing such position. Requires two of the ten (currently nine) Assistant Secretaries of Defense to supervise activities relating to space, intelligence, and information. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to be the DOD executive agent for the planning and execution of DOD space-related acquisition programs, projects, and activities. Requires the Under Secretary of the Air Force to act as the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office. Directs the Under Secretary to establish and implement policies and procedures for developing an Air Force career field in space doctrine, operations, and systems. Requires the Secretary to create a major force program category for space programs for purposes of the future-years defense program. Directs the Comptroller General to carry out an assessment of the implementation of recommendations of the Space Commission applicable to DOD. Requires the officer serving as commander of the Air Force Space Command to have the grade of general. Prohibits such commander from serving simultaneously as commander of the U.S. Space Command. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should assign the best qualified officer with the grade of general or admiral to serve as commander of the U.S. Space Command.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the secretary of Veterans Affairs should request assistance from the Commissioner of Social Security in fulfilling the Secretary's mandate to provide outreach to veterans, their dependants, and their survivors.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 2001

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should request specified assistance from the Commissioner of Social Security in fulfilling the Secretary's mandate to provide outreach to veterans and their dependents and survivors, including the use of certain Social Security notices to publicize veterans' benefits information.

21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 to carry out the activities of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Authorizes: (1) appointment of 200 additional assistant U.S. attorneys; and (2) appropriations to hire an additional assistant U.S. attorney in each U.S. attorney office. Authorizes DOJ activities to be carried out through any means in the reasonable discretion of the Attorney General, including by sending or receiving details of personnel to or from other branches of the Government and through contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements with non-Federal parties. Lists permitted uses of funds. Requires the Attorney General to report on any instance in which the Attorney General or any DOJ officer: (1) establishes or implements a policy to refrain from enforcing any Federal statute on the grounds that it is unconstitutional, or from adhering to or enforcing a standing rule of decision established by a final court decision; (2) determines to contest the constitutionality of a Federal statute, regulation, or policy, or to refrain from defending its constitutionality; or (3) approves the settlement or compromise of certain claims or actions against or by the United States. Applies such reporting requirement to the President and the head of each executive agency or military department. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Attorney General to appoint officials to assist in the protection of the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to report annually on every grant, cooperative agreement, or programmatic services contract that, in the preceding fiscal year, was: (1) made or extended by or on behalf of the Office of Justice Programs; or (2) closed out or otherwise ended. Establishes a new reporting requirement regarding the criminal infringement of copyright. Establishes in the Treasury the Counter-terrorism Fund to reimburse DOJ for certain counter-terrorism activities and Federal agencies for the cost of detaining accused terrorists in foreign countries. Permits executive agencies to pay extended assignment incentives to employees in U.S. territories or possessions who would be difficult to replace. Repeals open-ended authorizations of appropriations for the National Institute of Corrections and the U.S. Marshals Service. Repeals provisions regarding the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund. Requires: (1) the Attorney General to report on: (1) the number of untested rape examination kits nationwide, (2) the use of DCS 1000; (3) U.S. and DOJ attorney funds, workloads, and cases; and whether there should be established, within the DOJ Office of the Inspector General or as a separate office within DOJ, an Office of Inspector General (or Deputy Inspector General) for the FBI. Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to allow the use of truth-in-sentencing and violent offender incarceration grant funds to provide: (1) separate correctional facilities for juveniles; (2) correctional staff responsible for supervising juveniles; and (3) ombudsmen to monitor the treatment of juveniles. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to revise special DOJ provisions regarding the investigation of allegations of criminal wrongdoing or administrative misconduct by DOJ employees. Violence Against Women Office Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish within DOJ a Violence Against Women Office.

A bill to require increases in the strengths of the full-time support personnel for the Army National Guard of the United States through fiscal year 2001 to support the readiness and training of the Army National Guard of the United States to meet increasing mission requirements, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Sets forth increasing end strengths, as of the end of FY 2002 through 2012, for: (1) members of the Army National Guard serving on full-time duty for purposes of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training reserve components; and (2) Army National Guard military technicians (both dual and non-dual status).

A bill to authorize the payment of a gratuity to members of the armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who performed slave labor for Japan during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a gratuity of $20,000 to veterans, civilian employees, or contractor employees (or their surviving spouse) who: (1) served in or with U.S. combat forces during World War II; (2) were captured and held as prisoners of war by Japan during such service; and (3) were required by Japan or a Japanese corporation to perform slave labor during such War.

National War Permanent Tribute Historical Database Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

National War Permanent Tribute Historical Database Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain the National War Permanent Tribute Historical Database for locating, identifying, and cataloging the permanent tributes that commemorate the military conflicts of the United States and the service and sacrifice of individuals in the armed forces. Requires the Database to be accessible through the Internet site of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to suspend for five years the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the copayment amount in effect for medication furnished by the Secretary on an outpatient basis for the treatment of non-service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

See summary of: H.R. 2671

Disabled Veterans Service Dog and Health Care Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Disabled Veterans Service Dog and Health Care Improvement Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide: (1) service dogs to veterans enrolled in the veterans' patient enrollment system who are hearing impaired or have a spinal cord injury or dysfunction; and (2) related travel and incidental expenses. Requires maintenance of the capacity to provide for the specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans in each geographic service area of the Veterans Health Administration. Revises the threshold used to determine a veteran's eligibility for health care to reflect locality cost-of-living variations. Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program: (1) to improve access to and coordinate inpatient care of eligible veterans; and (2) under which veterans receiving fee basis and contract hospitalization shall be provided such hospitalization through a managed care coordinator. Recodifies certain veterans' health-related authorities. Directs the Secretary to provide consultation, counseling, training, and mental health services to family members in connection with a veteran receiving treatment for a service-connected disability, and authorizes the Secretary to provide such services in connection with a veteran receiving treatment for a non-service-connected disability. Authorizes related travel and transportation expenses. Authorizes the Secretary to provide: (1) bereavement counseling to family members of veterans who die in the line of duty or veterans who were participating in a hospice program; and (2) humanitarian hospital or medical care in emergency cases (for a charge). Extends through FY 2007 the Secretary's authority to charge certain medical care copayments.

Uniformed Services Privacy Protection Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Uniformed Services Privacy Protection Act of 2001 - Applies the right to bring suit as well as any other right provided under the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act to members of the uniformed services to the same extent and in the same manner as such rights apply to any other covered individual. Includes within such rights the right to bring a claim arising incident to a member's service.

Defense Space Reorganization Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Defense Space Reorganization Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President to establish in the Department of Defense (DOD) the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Space, Intelligence, and Information, to perform duties and exercise powers relating to DOD space, intelligence, and information programs and activities. Requires the President: (1) to notify Congress after establishing such position; or (2) if he declines to establish such position, to report on how he has implemented the recommendations of the report of the Space Commission. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to be the DOD executive agent for the planning and execution of DOD space-related acquisition programs, projects, and activities. Requires the Secretary of Defense to create a major force program category for space programs for purposes of the future-years defense program. Directs the Comptroller General to carry out an assessment of the implementation of recommendations of the Space Commission applicable to DOD. Prohibits the commander of the Air Force Space Command from serving simultaneously as commander of the U.S. Space Command or as commander of the U.S. element of the North American Air Defense Command.. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to establish and implement policies and procedures to develop a cadre of technically competent officers to develop space doctrine, concepts of space operations, and management of space systems.

Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Homeless Veterans Assistance Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress urging Federal agencies to cooperate more fully to address the problem of homelessness among veterans. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, through FY 2003, to make grants for establishing programs, and for expanding or modifying existing programs, to furnish the following services to homeless veterans: outreach, rehabilitation, vocational counseling and training, and transitional housing assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide to grant recipients per diem payments for such services (authorizes the Secretary to provide in-kind assistance in lieu thereof). Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct programs of job training, counseling, and placement services to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Labor to set aside specified amounts for providing, through a supported housing program administered in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, rental housing assistance to homeless veterans with chronic mental illness or substance abuse disorders. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with community agencies to provide representative payee services for veterans unable to manage their own personal funds. Directs each Secretary to: (1) establish a joint methodology to monitor results of services furnished to homeless veterans; and (2) carry out a demonstration program to determine costs and benefits of providing referral and counseling services to certain veterans. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a demonstration program of grants for independent group homes for veterans recovering from alcohol or other substance abuse disorders.

National Missile Defense Deployment Criteria Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

National Missile Defense Deployment Criteria Act of 2001 - Amends the National Missile Defense Act of 1999 to allow deployment of a national missile defense system (system) only if: (1) the system is technologically feasible; (2) system cost in relation to other Department of Defense (DOD) priorities will not lead to an overall reduction in national security by reducing resources available for other defense priorities; (3) the system will not diminish overall U.S. national security; (4) the system will not threaten to disrupt relations with U.S. nuclear allies, U.S. European allies, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and other nations; and (5) the threat of a long-range ballistic missile attack from a nation of concern is clearly demonstrated. Prohibits the President from directing DOD to deploy a system unless and until: (1) the President certifies to Congress that the above deployment conditions have been met; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted concurring in the President's certification. Prohibits DOD procurement funds from being obligated for a system unless: (1) the President certifies to Congress that adequate system tests have been undertaken to meet identified threats against countermeasures; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted concurring in the President's certification. Requires the Secretary of Defense to direct the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization to: (1) include specified system countermeasures in system ground and flight testing conducted before the system becomes operational; and (2) determine the extent to which the exoatmospheric kill vehicle and the system can reliably discriminate between warheads and such countermeasures.

MX Missile Stand-Down Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

MX Missile Stand-Down Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense, during FY 2002, to remove the warheads from the 50 Peacekeeper (MX) intercontinental ballistic missiles. Urges the Secretary to take measures to lengthen the time for launch of U.S. nuclear weapons while remaining consistent with national security. Requires an annual report from the Secretary on the inventory of Russian nuclear forces, their alert status, and the condition of Russian early-warning systems.

Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Omnibus Mercury Emissions 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. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to evaluate and address mercury-related health effects on high-risk populations. 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.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the automobile assistance program for disabled veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in providing automobile purchase assistance to certain service-disabled veterans, to: (1) make a payment to the lender of the automobile loan, rather than to the seller of the car; and (2) provide such assistance directly to a veteran after such veteran purchases a car if the Secretary determines the veteran did not apply in a timely manner due to a lack of knowledge of such assistance.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the military service of Filipinos during World War II and their eligibility for benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2001

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the regular and new Philippine Scouts, U.S. Army Forces of the Far East Guerrillas, and members of the Commonwealth Army of the Philippines deserve recognition for their valiant service during World War II; and (2) the new Philippine Scouts and Commonwealth Army veterans deserve to receive the same veterans' benefits to which other U.S. armed forces veterans are entitled.

A bill to require the Secretary of the Navy to report changes in budget and staffing that take place as a result of the regionalization program of the Navy.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report semiannually to Congress on changes in the budget and staffing of each Navy installation that occur as a result of the Navy regionalization program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify the congressional defense committees 30 days in advance of any modification of the budget, staffing, or functional area of responsibility of an installation by reason of such program; and (2) report on each Navy installation affected by the program. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should ensure that: (1) the allocation of funds and staff within each region of the program is distributed equally among the various installations in that region; and (2) no single installation becomes the focal point for funding or staffing.

Military Retiree Veterans Health Care Eligibility Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2001

Military Retiree Veterans Health Care Eligibility Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish hospital care and medical services, and authorizes the Secretary to provide nursing home care, to military retirees on the same basis as such services are provided to former prisoners of war.

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2001 - Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by covered entities (including employment agencies, labor organizations, and training programs). Prohibits related retaliation and coercion. Declares this Act inapplicable 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 this Act inapplicable to: (1) religious organizations; (2) the relationship between the United States and members of the armed forces; or (3) laws creating special rights or preferences for veterans. Prohibits the imposition of affirmative action for a violation of this Act. Disallows State immunity. Makes the United States or a State liable for remedies to the same extent as under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

POW Assistance Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001

POW Assistance Act of 2001 - Requires a Federal court, in an action brought by any U.S. prisoner of war (POW) against a Japanese person seeking money damages for mistreatment or failure to pay wages in connection with labor performed for the Japanese person by the POW during World War II, to apply the applicable statute of limitations of the State in which the action was brought. Terminates such requirement ten years after the enactment of this Act.

A bill to provide for the establishment of a new counterintelligence polygraph program for the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001

Directs the Secretary of Energy to submit to the congressional defense and appropriations committees a plan for conducting an interim counterintelligence polygraph program consisting of periodic polygraph examinations of Department of Energy employees, or contractor employees, who have or may have access to Restricted Data or Sensitive Compartmented Information. Requires the Secretary, within six months after obtaining the results of a polygraph review conducted by the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, to prescribe requirements for a Department counterintelligence polygraph program. Amends the Department of Energy Facilities Safeguards, Security, and Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 1999 to repeal the existing Department polygraph program. Directs the Administrator for Nuclear Security to submit to Congress recommendations for necessary legislative action to enhance the Department's personnel security program.

Veterans' Hospital Emergency Repair Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2001

Veterans' Hospital Emergency Repair Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers for improving, renovating, and updating patient care facilities. Requires the Secretary to use FY 2002 or 2003 appropriated funds for such purpose. Limits to $25 million the cost of any single project. Requires an independent board within the Department to review projects before their selection.