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Bill· HRH.R. 611 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Education for Democracy Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise and reauthorize provisions for Civic Education. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to or contracts with: (1) the Center for Civic Education (CCE) to carry out civic education activities under the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program, and under Cooperative Educational Exchange programs; and (2) the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) to carry out economic education activities under Cooperative Educational Exchange programs. Revises requirements for CCE implementation of the We the People... The Citizen and the Constitution program and The Project Citizen program. Sets forth requirements for the Cooperative Educational Exchange programs of civic education by CCE and economic education by NCEE. Makes eligible for such programs Central European countries, an Eastern European country, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Allows such program eligibility also for the Republic of Ireland, the province of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and any developing country as defined under the Education for the Deaf Act. Amends the Goals 2000: Educate America Act to repeal provisions for an International Education Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 630 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Teaching Children to Save Lives Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to State agencies to award grants to local agencies and targeted schools or school districts for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in targeted localities. Requires such training to use nationally recognized training courses, and to be in public schools which include students in any of grades six through 12. Requires such grants to be used to: (1) ensure, in conjunction with local efforts, that training sites have the ability to start up; and (2) foster community partnerships among public and private organizations to help provide such training.
Bill· HRH.R. 620 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
National Student Dropout Prevention and Recovery Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise, reauthorize, and rename title V part C (Assistance to Address School Dropout Prevention Problems, also currently known as the School Dropout Assistance Act) as School Dropout Prevention Grant Programs. Requires the Director of the Office of Dropout Prevention and Program Completion (established by this Act in the Department of Education) to carry out provisions for: (1) a model school dropout prevention grant program; (2) a national school dropout prevention grant program; and (3) a national clearinghouse on effective school dropout prevention, intervention programs, and reentry programs. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Office of Dropout Prevention and Program Completion, to be administered by the Director, who shall report directly to the Under Secretary of Education.
Bill· HRH.R. 637 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
English Language Acquisition Funding Fairness Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to eliminate a funding limitation applicable to grants for special alternative instructional programs for limited English proficient students, under ESEA provisions for bilingual education capacity and demonstration grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 613 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Character Learning and Student Success Act of 2001 - CLASS Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make: (1) a grant to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education; and (2) a grant to research character education.
Bill· HRH.R. 625 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Federal School Construction Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise and reauthorize provisions for school infrastructure improvement. Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants for the construction, repair, renovation, and modernization of public school facilities to eligible local educational agencies in specified categories based on numbers of students enrolled, and to set maximum award amounts for each such category. Requires reservation of one percent of program funds to provide assistance to schools operated predominantly for Native American or Alaska Native students. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited tax credit for holders of qualified public school modernization bonds. Repeals a restriction on zone academy bond holders. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to apply certain labor standards on construction projects financed under such public school modernization bond program and specified zone academy bond provisions. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish provisions concerning local employment and training activities related to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 633 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2001- Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through a competitive review process, to award grants to States to provide additional specified preventive health services, screenings, education, and referrals under PHSA provisions concerning preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 624 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to States, transplant centers, qualified organ procurement organizations, or other public or private entities for the purpose of providing payment for: (1) travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals toward living donations of their organs; and (2) such incidental nonmedical expenses that are so incurred as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Sets forth payment eligibility criteria and limitations, including that payments may be made for the qualifying expenses of a donating individual only if: (1) the State in which the donating individual resides is a different State than the State in which the intended recipient of the organ resides; and (2) the annual income of the intended recipient of the organ does not exceed $35,000. Directs the Secretary to (directly or through grants or contracts) carry out a program to educate the public with respect to organ donation, including the need to provide for an adequate rate of such donations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of carrying out studies and demonstration projects with respect to providing for an adequate rate of organ donation. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting States in carrying out organ donor awareness, public education and outreach activities and programs designed to increase the number of organ donors within the State, including living donors. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 619 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Wartime Parity and Justice Act of 2001 - Allows certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the United States from countries in Latin America and interned in the United States during World War II to be provided restitution under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Urges the President to transmit a letter of apology to each such individual. Makes the Attorney General responsible for identifying and locating individuals eligible for restitution. Authorizes judicial review of a denial of compensation. Permits an individual covered by this Act who has accepted payment on a related claim before this Act's enactment to receive an appropriately reduced payment. Directs: (1) individuals covered by this Act to not be considered to have been present in the United States unlawfully during the evacuation, relocation, or internment period; (2) each U.S. agency to correct any records indicating otherwise; (3) agencies to disclose all information relating to the removal and internment of such individuals; and (4) the President to share such information with other countries and encourage those countries to make that information available. Reestablishes in the Treasury the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund and establishes a board of directors for the Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 703 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Teacher Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an annual credit of up to $1,000 to public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school teachers, instructors, counselors, aides, and principals for: (1) qualified education expenses; (2) qualified professional development expenses; and (3) interest paid on any qualified education loan.
Bill· HRH.R. 636 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit private educational institutions to maintain qualified tuition programs which are comparable to qualified State tuition programs. Revises provisions concerning distributions for qualified education expenses.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 53 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the maximum Pell Grant, for student aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965, should be increased to $4,350.
Bill· SS. 304 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2001 - Increases penalties for drug offenses involving juveniles, including trafficking in or near a school. Provides for: (1) grants to encourage drug-free prisons and jails; and (2) mandatory revocation of probation and supervised release for failing a drug test. Authorizes: (1) grants to develop, implement, or expand drug treatment alternative to prison programs; (2) a study of the effect of mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses; and (3) grants for substance abuse education and prevention efforts, residential and outpatient treatment programs for juveniles, and drug abuse research. Provides for a National Academy of Sciences study regarding youth violence and substance abuse. Provides for grants for: (1) alternative education for at-risk youth; and (2) counseling, training, and mentoring services in low-income, high-crime communities for children of prisoners. Authorizes: (1) the President to award to individuals under age 18 a National Character Achievement Award; and (2) grants for after school programs. Reestablishes drug courts. Prohibits participation by violent offenders. Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2001 - Establishes: (1) the Federal Reentry Center Demonstration project; (2) the Federal High-Risk Offender Reentry Demonstration project; (3) the District of Columbia and Federal Intensive Supervision, Tracking, and Reentry Training Demonstration projects; and (4) the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration project. Directs the Attorney General to make grants for: (1) adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects and programs; and (2) research, development, and evaluation. Requires that the Government consider religious organizations for assistance under Government programs funded under this Act.
Bill· SS. 311 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Strong Character for Strong Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to eligible entities in partnerships to design and implement State and local character education programs incorporating the elements of caring, civic virtue and citizenship, justice and fairness, respect, responsibility, and trustworthiness, as well as any other elements deemed appropriate by the members of the eligible entity, and any additional elements defined after consultation with the schools and communities served.
Bill· SS. 307 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Teacher Technology Training Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide classroom-related technology training to credentialed elementary or secondary school teachers, on the basis of the LEAs' demonstrated need. Requires an SEA to award at least one grant to an LEA that meets criteria established by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to award one grant to each SEA that applies, if appropriations reach a certain level for a fiscal year. Allows LEA use of grant funds to provide such training by LEA personnel on school premises.
Bill· SS. 303 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Public Education Reinvestment, Reinvention, and Responsibility Act (Three R's Act) - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to reauthorize and revise various ESEA programs. Revises and renames ESEA title I as Student Performance (currently Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards). Declares it to be U.S. policy to: (1) hold States, local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools accountable for increased student academic performance results; and (2) facilitate improved classroom instruction. Revises and reauthorizes title I: (1) part A, LEA basic program grants (I-A); (2) part B, Even Start; (3) part C, education of migratory children; (4) part D, prevention and intervention programs for youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk of dropping out; (5) provisions for capital expenses; (6) part E, Federal evaluations, demonstrations, and transition projects, including a new comprehensive school reform grants program; and (7) a part F, rural education development initiative. Revises I-A with respect to: (1) State educational agency (SEA) and LEA reservations of funds; (2) formulas for distributing funds to schools with the highest concentrations of poverty; (3) State and LEA plans; (4) priorities in providing school support and improvement assistance; (5) parental involvement; (6) qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals in I-A schools; (7) professional development; (8) LEA and Head Start services coordination; (9) reservation, allocation, and use of funds for basic, concentration, and targeted grants; and (10) school-wide programs. Penalizes States for failing to meet statutory deadlines for demonstrating that they have in place standards, assessments, a system for measuring and monitoring adequate yearly progress (AYP), and a statewide system for holding schools and LEAs accountable for making AYP with specified groups of students. Requires public school choice to be provided to families of students attending I-A schools deemed to be in need of corrective action. Requires LEAs to use I-A funds only to provide academic instruction and services directly related to instruction to students in preschool through grade 12 to assist eligible children to improve their academic achievement and to meet State achievement standards. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make education finance program grants to States. Revises and renames ESEA title II as Teacher and Principal Quality, Professional Development, and Class Size (currently Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program), with grants programs for: (1) Teacher and Principal Quality, Professional Development (II-A); and (2) Class Size Reduction (II-B). Establishes a new ESEA title III, Language Minority Students and Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States, subject to specified requirements, to help limited English proficient (LEP) students become proficient in English. Repeals the current ESEA title III, Technology for Education, including parts: (1) A, Technology for Education of All Students; (2) B, Star Schools Program; (3) C, Ready-to-Learn Television; (4) D, Telecommunications Demonstration Project for Mathematics; and (5) E, Elementary Mathematics and Science Equipment Program. Eliminates the Foreign Language Assistance Program. Reauthorizes the Emergency Immigration Education Program and Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education. Establishes a new ESEA title IV, Public School Choice program. Reauthorizes and redesignates certain parts of the current title IV, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities, under such new title IV. Reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) Magnet Schools Assistance; and (2) Public Charter Schools. Requires SEAs to hold assisted charter schools accountable for AYP in improving student performance. Declares it to be U.S. policy to: (1) support and stimulate improved public school performance through increased public school competition and increased Federal financial assistance; and (2) provide parents with more choices among public school options. Establishes a new title IV part C, Development of Public School Choice Programs, providing for competitive development grants. Sets forth a new title IV part D, Report Cards. Requires States to prepare and disseminate annual report cards on all elementary and secondary schools receiving funds under ESEA I-A or II-A. Reauthorizes and transfers ESEA Impact Aid provisions to a new title V (currently title VIII). Eliminates the current title V, Promoting Equity, including Women's Educational Equity, and Assistance to Address School Dropout Problems. Establishes a new title VI, High Performance and Quality Education Initiatives grants program (eliminating Innovative Education Program Strategies). Establishes a new ESEA title VII, Accountability, with sanctions and rewards based on meeting performance objectives. Directs the Secretary to make awards to States that ensure that all teachers teaching in their public schools are fully qualified or have exceeded certain student performance objectives, for distribution among high-performing LEAs for further distribution among high-performing schools, teachers, and principals. Repeals the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and the following ESEA titles: (1) V, Promoting Equity; (2) X, Programs of National Significance; (3) XI, Coordinated Services; (4) XII, School Facilities Infrastructure Improvement; and (5) XIII, Support and Assistive Programs to Improve Education.
Bill· SS. 316 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Liability Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a new title XV, Teacher Liability Protection. Preempts State law, except where it provides additional protection of teachers from liability. Makes ESEA title XV inapplicable to any civil action in State court against a teacher in which all parties are citizens of the State if such State enacts a statute electing that ESEA title XV not apply. Provides that no teacher in a school shall be liable for harm caused by an act or omission on behalf of the school if the teacher was acting within the scope of employment or responsibilities relating to providing educational services, subject to specified requirements and exceptions. Limits punitive damages and liability for non-economic loss.
Bill· SS. 308 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Excellence in Education Act of 2001 - Establishes a program of grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the construction of new public elementary and secondary school facilities. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such grants if the applicant LEAs: (1) reduce class and school sizes for their public elementary and secondary schools to specified limits for various grade levels; (2) terminate the practice of social promotion in their public schools; (3) require that students be subject to State achievement standards in the core curriculum at key transition points, to be determined by the State, for all kindergarten through grade 12 students; (4) use tests and other indicators, such as grades and teacher evaluations, to assess student performance in meeting State achievement standards; (5) provide remedial education for students who fail to meet State achievement standards, including tutoring, mentoring, and summer and before- and after-school programs; and (6) provide equal matching funds from non-Federal sources.
Bill· SS. 306 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to education individual retirement accounts (IRAs), to: (1) permit distributions for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses; (2) increase annual contribution limits from $500 to $2,000, with annual inflation adjustments as of tax year 2003; (3) waive the beneficiary age limitation (18) for contributions on behalf of special needs beneficiaries; (4) permit corporations to contribute to education IRAs; (5) permit annual contributions to be made until the filing date (not including extensions) for a tax year; (6) extend the time for return of excess contributions; and (7) provide for coordination with Hope and lifetime learning credit and qualified tuition program provisions. Renames such educational IRAs as Coverdell education savings accounts. Excludes from gross income: (1) employer contributions to such accounts on behalf of an employee or employee family member; and (2) account distributions.
Bill· SS. 309 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Title I Integrity Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to specify the purposes for which funds provided under subpart 1 (Basic Program Requirements) of part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) of title I (Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards) (I-A funds) may be used. Requires local educational agencies to use I-A funds only to provide academic instruction and services directly related to the instruction of students in preschool through grade 12 to assist eligible children to improve their academic achievement and to meet achievement standards established by the State. Sets forth permissible and prohibited activities with respect to use of I-A funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 589 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Pell Grant Full Funding Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the full funding of the Pell Grant student aid program. Revises program requirements for adjustments for insufficient appropriations. Requires, for FY 2002 and 2003, if appropriations are insufficient to satisfy fully all Pell Grant entitlements, the amount paid with respect to each entitlement to be: (1) the full amount for any student whose expected family contribution is $400 or less; or (2) a percentage of that entitlement, as determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary of Education, for any student whose expected family contribution is more than $400. Requires any such schedule to: (1) contain a single linear reduction formula in which the percentage reduction increases uniformly as the entitlement decreases; and (2) provide no payment if an entitlement is reduced to less than $200. Requires each institution of higher education which has a specified type of agreement with the Secretary, for FY 2004 or any succeeding fiscal year, to: (1) make Pell Grant awards to its eligible students in the full amount to which such student is entitled; (2) credit the amounts of such awards toward the tuition, fees, room and board, and other expenses incurred by the eligible student, with specified exceptions for students who do not reside in institutionally owned or operated housing; and (3) submit vouchers to the Secretary for reimbursement of such awards.
Bill· HRH.R. 573 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Teacher Technology Training Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide classroom-related technology training to credentialed elementary or secondary school teachers, on the basis of the LEAs' demonstrated need. Requires an SEA to award at least one grant to an LEA that meets criteria established by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to award one grant to each SEA that applies, if appropriations reach a certain level for a fiscal year. Allows LEA use of grant funds to provide such training by LEA personnel on school premises.
Bill· HRH.R. 562 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2001 - Amends the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with Papa Ola Lokahi (an organization of public agencies and private organizations focused on improving the health status of Native Hawaiians) to support community-based initiatives that are reflective of holistic approaches to health. Makes Papa Ola Lokahi eligible to receive research endowments under the Public Health Service Act. Requires Papa Ola Lokahi to serve as a clearinghouse for data associated with the health status of Native Hawaiians. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to or contract with Papa Ola Lokahi for planning with Native Hawaiian health care systems or a Native Hawaiian Center to serve the health needs of Native Hawaiian communities on each of the islands of Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii, Lanai, Kauai, and Niihau. Adds to the services authorized the support of culturally appropriate activities enhancing health and wellness, including land-, water-, ocean-, and spiritually-based projects and programs. Allows the Secretary to provide funds: (1) to an appropriate Native Hawaiian organization or health care organization (currently, only to Kamehameha Schools) to provide scholarship and fellowship assistance (currently only scholarship assistance) to Native Hawaiian students enrolled in health professions courses or programs; and (2) to carry out Native Hawaiian demonstration projects of national significance, including the establishment of specified Native Hawaiian Centers of Excellence. Deems the Papa Ola Lokahi as a qualified Center of Excellence. Establishes a National Bipartisan Native Hawaiian Health Care Entitlement Commission to: (1) establish a study committee to collect and compile data concerning Native Hawaiian needs with regard to the provision of health services; and (2) make recommendations to Congress for the provision of such services as an entitlement.
Bill· HRH.R. 597 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Amends Federal highway provisions to direct that, if by specified dates (starting on October 1, 2004) a State has not enacted a child safety restraint law, the Secretary of Transportation shall transfer specified percentages of State highway funds to implement a statewide comprehensive child and other passenger protection education program to promote safety, including education programs about proper seating positions for children in air bag equipped motor vehicles and instruction that increases the proper use of child restraint systems.
Bill· HRH.R. 578 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free distributions, on account of the death or disability of the participant's spouse, from qualified retirement plans, including: (1) employee annuities purchased by charitable organizations or public schools; (2) custodial accounts for regulated investment company stock; and (3) Roth individual retirement accounts (Roth IRAs).
Bill· SS. 289 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Collegiate Learning and Student Savings Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit private higher educational institutions, in addition to currently permitted State institutions, to establish qualified tuition programs; and (2) exclude from gross income such program distributions used for qualified higher education expenses. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to exempt qualified tuition programs from the definition of an investment company.
Bill· SS. 297 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make competitive five-year grants to local educational agencies to establish master teacher programs that provide funding assistance to teachers to become board certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, including the provision of the board certification fee. Requires teachers receiving such assistance to: (1) enter and complete the board certification program; and (2) upon becoming board certified, teach in a public school system for at least two years.
Bill· SS. 300 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Quality Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) expand eligibility for student loan forgiveness for certain service as an elementary or secondary school teacher (by eliminating a current requirement that such service be in a school with a high concentration of low-income students); and (2) increase from $5,000 to $17,750 the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for such service, under specified guaranteed and direct student loan programs.
Bill· SS. 290 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Student Privacy Protection Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require State and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) that receive ESEA funds to: (1) develop policies regarding in-school commercialization activities in consultation with parents; and (2) provide notice to parents regarding such policies and any changes to such policies, including locally developed exceptions. Prohibits such SEAs and LEAs, unless they have given an explanation and obtained parents' written permission, from: (1) disclosing data or information gathered from a student to persons or entities that seek such disclosure to benefit their commercial interests; or (2) assisting or permitting by contract such persons or entities in gathering such information for such purpose. Allows locally-developed exceptions to such consent requirements. Allows SEAs and LEAs to use certain ESEA funds to enhance parental involvement in areas affecting children's in-school privacy.
Bill· SS. 299 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Pipeline Safety Enhancement Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to implement the oil and gas pipeline safety improvement recommendations in the Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General's Report (RT-2000-069). Amends Federal pipeline safety law to require, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, each operator of a natural gas transmission pipeline and of a hazardous liquid pipeline, or, in the case of an intrastate pipeline facility operator, the appropriate State regulatory agency, to submit to the Secretary a program designed to enhance the qualifications of pipeline personnel and reduce the likelihood of accidents and injuries. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations requiring operators of such pipelines to: (1) conduct an analysis of the risks to their pipeline facilities in environmentally sensitive areas and high-density population areas; and (2) adopt and implement an integrity management program for such facilities that reduces the risk of incident in those areas. Revises the public education program requirements for gas pipeline facility owners or operators, including specified items. Applies such requirements to owners or operators of a hazardous liquid pipeline facility. Requires an operator of a gas transmission or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to maintain liaison with the State emergency response commissions, and local emergency planning committees in the areas of pipeline right-of-way, established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (or, in the absence of a committee, local firefighting, police, and other emergency response agencies) in each State in which it operates. Establishes a program for making grants to State, county, and local governments in high consequence areas (as designated by the Secretary) for emergency response management, training, and technical assistance. Increases from $25,000 to $500,000 the civil penalty for each facility operator failure to: (1) mark accurately the location of pipeline facilities in the vicinity of a demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction; or (2) comply with safety standards, prepare and carry out an inspection and maintenance plan, allow access to records, or allow required entries or inspections. Increases the maximum civil penalty for a related series of violations from $500,000 to $1 million. Subjects an owner, operator, or person in charge of a hazardous liquid pipeline in which a hazardous liquid has been discharged to a civil penalty of at least $1,000 per barrel of oil or other hazardous liquid discharged, with a specified exception. Authorizes the Secretary, if a State pipeline safety program certification is accepted, to enter into an agreement authorizing a State authority to: (1) participate in the oversight of interstate pipeline transportation, including a plan for the State authority to participate in special investigations involving incidents or new construction, as well as other activities involving interstate pipeline transportation; or (2) assume additional inspection or investigatory duties. Requires any owner or operator of a hazardous liquid pipeline facility to report to the Secretary each release to the environment greater than five gallons of the hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide. Requires the DOT research and development program to include research directed toward the development of alternative technologies to: (1) expand the defect detection capabilities of internal inspection devices; (2) inspect pipelines that cannot accommodate internal inspection devices available on the date of enactment; and (3) develop innovative techniques measuring the structural integrity of pipelines. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a strategic plan to reduce the annual number of accidental releases from pipelines caused by damage by outside force by 25 percent below the number for the year in which this Act is enacted. Sets forth whistle blower protections prohibiting discrimination by pipeline operators or contractors or subcontractors against employees who: (1) provide information, directly or indirectly, to the employer or the Federal Government about any alleged violation of Federal law or regulations relating to pipeline safety; (2) file a related Federal proceeding; or (3) testify or otherwise assist or participate in such a proceeding. Directs the DOT Inspector General to analyze and report to specified congressional committees on whether DOT assessment of pipeline fines and penalties are an effective deterrent for reducing pipeline safety risks. Authorizes the Secretary to study how best to preserve environmental resources in conjunction with maintaining pipeline rights-of-way. Requires the Secretary to study land use practices and zoning ordinances that affect pipeline rights-of-way. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary, when issuing pipeline safety standards, must determine that the benefits of such standard justify its costs.
Bill· HRH.R. 537 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Establishes the National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence to make recommendations on how to deter youth crime and protect children from violence in schools.
Bill· HRH.R. 549 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Collegiate Learning and Student Savings Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) permit private higher educational institutions, in addition to currently permitted State institutions, to establish qualified tuition programs; and (2) exclude from gross income such program distributions used for qualified higher education expenses. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to exempt qualified tuition programs from the definition of an investment company.
Bill· HRH.R. 538 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Higher Education Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from income distributions from qualified tuition programs used for qualifying higher education expenses. Includes within the definition of "qualified State tuition program" programs maintained by eligible educational institutions.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 33 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Designates minority membership on the House Committees on Appropriations; Agriculture; the Budget; Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Government Reform; International Relations; the Judiciary; Resources; Science; and Small Business.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 26 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should instruct the United States Representative to the United Nations (UN) to use all appropriate means to prevent any Taliban-led government in Afghanistan from obtaining the seat in the UN General Assembly reserved for Afghanistan as long as gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against women and girls persist. Calls for the United States to refuse to recognize any government in Afghanistan which is not taking actions to achieve the following goals: (1) the effective participation of women in all civic, economic, and social life; (2) the right of women to work; (3) the right of women and girls to an education without discrimination; (4) freedom of movement for women and girls; and (5) equal access for women and girls to health facilities and humanitarian aid.
Bill· SS. 281 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act - Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to construct a temporary education center for educating people about the Memorial. Requires the center to remain for ten years, after which Congress may reevaluate the continuing need for the center. Sets forth conditions for the use of excess coin funds under the United States Veterans Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 in the construction of such center, including that the Fund provide detailed information with respect to the use of such funds.
Bill· SS. 269 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2001
Immigrants to New Americans Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to ten grants per fiscal year to local education agency and community organization based partnerships to implement model educational programs to assist immigrant students and their parents.
Bill· HRH.R. 510 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Act - Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., to construct a temporary education center for educating people about the Memorial. Requires the center to remain for ten years, after which Congress may reevaluate the continuing need for the center. Sets forth conditions for the use of excess coin funds under the United States Veterans Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 in the construction of such center, including that the Fund provide detailed information with respect to the use of such funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 501 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2001
United States Textbook and Technology Trust Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual to designate on a tax return that there shall be paid into the United States Textbook and Technology Fund (the Fund): (1) one dollar of a tax overpayment; and (2) any cash contribution which the individual includes in the return. Creates such Fund. Makes qualifying public elementary and secondary schools eligible to receive grants from the Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 490 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2001
Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to assist local educational agencies to develop or expand gifted and talented education programs through one or more of the following activities: (1) professional development programs; (2) technical assistance; (3) innovative approaches and curricula; and (4) emerging technologies, including distance learning.
Bill· HRH.R. 489 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2001
Math and Science Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish new programs of student guaranteed and direct loan forgiveness for middle and secondary school mathematics and science teachers in public or private nonprofit schools. Requires for eligibility: (1) at least three consecutive complete school years of such teaching; (2) an undergraduate or graduate degree in mathematics, life or physical sciences, technology, or engineering; and (3) State certification or license.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 12 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2001
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit voluntary individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions; (2) no person shall be required by the United States or any State to participate in prayer; and (3) neither the United States nor any State shall compose the words of any prayer to be said in public schools.
Bill· SS. 253 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to: (1) reauthorize the Rural Education Initiative (REI) which permits small, rural school districts to have flexibility in the use of funds from a limited number of Federal education programs under ESEA; and (2) extend the authorization of appropriations for supplemental grants to rural schools to improve student achievement, provide professional development opportunities for educators, or undertake education reform activities. Makes rural local education agencies which receive such supplemental grants, in any fiscal year for which appropriations for such grants exceed a specified amount, ineligible for certain competitive grant programs under ESEA. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waive School Locale Code requirements under certain conditions.
Bill· SS. 262 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Teaching Excellence in America's Classrooms and Homerooms Act (TEACH) - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NB) for: (1) helping States and local school districts provide fee support to teachers seeking NB certification; and (2) outreach and educational activities directly related to teachers' awareness and pursuit of such certification, with priority for districts in which there are a significant number of low-performing schools, or with low teacher participation rates in the NB certification process, or serving special populations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income any financial benefit, including incentive payment, received solely by reason of the successful completion by an eligible teacher of the requirements for NB advanced certification; and (2) make a two-percent floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions inapplicable to qualified NB advanced certification expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
Bill· HRH.R. 471 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each eligible institution participating in any program under title IV (Student Assistance) to: (1) prepare, publish, and distribute to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report which discloses specified types of information about that institution's campus fire safety standards and practices; (2) make periodic reports to the campus community on fires and false alarms that are reported to local fire departments, to aid in preventing similar occurrences; and (3) submit annually to the Secretary of Education a copy of statistics on campus occurrences of fires and false fire alarms. Directs the Secretary to: (1) review such statistics; (2) make copies available to the public; (3) identify exemplary fire safety policies, procedures, and practices, and disseminate information concerning those policies, procedures, and practices that have proven effective in the reduction of campus fires; and (4) report to the Congress analyses of the current status of fire safety systems in college and university facilities, and of the appropriate fire safety standards to apply to these facilities, as well as cost estimates and recommendations.
Bill· HRH.R. 477 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Holocaust Education and Awareness Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to carry out education and awareness programs about the Holocaust.
Bill· HRH.R. 469 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Amends of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise title XII (School Facilities Infrastructure Improvement). Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for elementary and secondary school construction, reconstruction, renovation, or modernization for information technology. Sets forth wage requirements for such projects, including Davis-Bacon Act compliance and overtime; but allows exceptions for certain workers who voluntarily donate their services without full compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 431 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize the use of local crime prevention block grants for voluntary, comprehensive, and culturally-appropriate home visitor systems that provide parenting education that focuses on parenting skills, child development and health, and support services for new parents to prevent or decrease the risk of child abuse.
Bill· HRH.R. 401 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Bryan's Law - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require institutions of higher education, if they participate in any program under title IV (Student Assistance) of HEA, to notify parents concerning missing person reports about their children. Requires each such institution, after its campus police or security authority receives a report that a resident student younger than age 21 is missing, to make a preliminary investigation and, if such authority cannot verify that the student is safe within 24 hours of receiving the report, to: (1) notify the student's parents, or if appropriate, any other individual listed as an emergency contact person for the student in its records, and the local police agency; and (2) cooperate with the local police agency regarding the investigation. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waive such requirements upon the request of a State that has enacted a law with similar requirements. Declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to: (1) create a cause of action against any institution of higher education or its employees for any civil liability; or (2) establish any standard of care.
Bill· HRH.R. 419 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2001
Afterschool Education Enhancement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend to five years the period for grants which the Secretary of Education may make under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. Sets maximum grant amounts for the fourth and fifth years that are 75 percent and 50 percent, respectively, of the amount received in the first year. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such program.
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