Education

Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001

Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act and the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to reauthorize Federal Energy Conservation Programs and revise requirements with respect to: (1) Federal energy savings performance contracts; (2) State energy conservation plans, including energy conservation programs for schools and hospitals, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, and establishment of a High Performance Public Buildings grants program; (3) establishment of an Energy Star Program to promote energy efficient consumer products and buildings; and (4) energy-efficient vehicles. Establishes a Federal Energy Bank to make loans to Federal agencies to finance energy efficiency projects. Prescribes requirements for automobile fuel economy. Moves the Nuclear Waste Fund off-budget. Revises the Atomic Energy Act with respect to combined construction and operating licenses and depleted uranium hexafluoride. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to use certain funds: (1) to implement cold standby status and plan hot restart for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant; and (2) for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Prohibits Federal commercial sales of uranium (with certain exceptions) until 2009. Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize alternative hydroelectric project conditions and fishway prescriptions. National Electricity and Environmental Improvement Act - Prescribes guidelines for a clean coal power production program that incorporates cost and performance goals and establishes a Department of Energy (DOE) clean coal power initiative. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax credits (refundable for specified organizations and governmental units) with respect to emission reductions and efficiency improvements in existing coal-based electricity generation facilities and investment in and production from qualifying clean coal technology, including advanced technology. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence a rulemaking to determine the need for modified regulations regarding high ozone season reformulated gasoline and gasoline blendstock requirements. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to prohibit the Secretary from establishing criteria or procedures governing renewable energy production incentives that effectively assigns a different priority to incentive payment applications on the basis of the energy source proposed. Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and of Energy to implement an accelerated cooperative research and development program to ensure the integrity of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Prohibits Federal approval of a certain pipeline route that would: (1) transport natural gas from lands within the Prudhoe Bay oil and gas lease area; and (2) traverse specified submerged lands.

Tax Relief Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001

Tax Relief Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to reduce individual capital gains tax rates. Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to repeal title IX (Compliance with Congressional Budget Act). Makes permanent IRC provisions relating to: (1) the deduction for higher education expenses; (2) the nonrefundable credit to certain individuals for elective deferrals and IRA contributions; and (3) the increase in the alternative minimum tax exemption.

To amend the Act of March 3, 1875, to permit the State of Colorado to use land held in trust by the State as open space.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2001

Amends the Colorado Enabling Act to permit the State of Colorado to use land held in trust by the State for the support of common schools for open space, wildlife habitat, scenic value, or other natural value, regardless of whether the land generates income for such schools.

Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001

Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2001 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to: (1) include as functions of the Appalachian Regional Commission that it support local development districts and seek to coordinate economic development activities of, and the use of economic development resources by, Federal agencies in the Appalachian region; and (2) direct the President to establish the Interagency Coordinating Council on Appalachia. Authorizes the Commission to provide technical assistance and make grants, enter into contracts, and otherwise provide funds to persons or entities in the region for projects to: (1) increase affordable access to advanced telecommunications, entrepreneurship, and management technologies or applications in the region; (2) provide education and training in the use of telecommunications and technology; (3) develop programs to increase the readiness of industry groups and businesses in the region to engage in electronic commerce; or (4) support entrepreneurial opportunities for businesses in the information technology sector. Eliminates from criteria for programs and projects to be given assistance under the Act that an area have significant growth potential. Requires that, for each fiscal year, not less than 50 percent of the amount of grant expenditures approved by the Commission support activities or projects that benefit severely and persistently distressed counties and areas. Provides, at the Commission's discretion, for the modification of the limitation on administrative expenses of local development districts that have a charter or authority that includes the economic development of a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect.

Smaller Schools, Stronger Communities Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001

Smaller Schools, Stronger Communities Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to develop and implement plans to create smaller learning communities.

Minority Emergency Preparedness Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001

Minority Emergency Preparedness Act of 2001 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a minority emergency preparedness demonstration program to research and promote the capacity of minority communities to provide data, information, and awareness education by providing grants to or executing contracts or cooperative agreements with eligible nonprofit organizations to establish and conduct such programs. Allows such an organization to use a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement to: (1) conduct research into the status of emergency preparedness and disaster response awareness in African American and Hispanic households, particularly in those States and regions most impacted by natural and manmade disasters and emergencies; and (2) develop and promote awareness of emergency preparedness education programs within minority communities, including development of culturally competent educational and awareness materials that can be used to disseminate information to minority organizations and institutions.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to rename the education individual retirement accounts as the Coverdell education savings account.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to rename the education individual retirement accounts as the Coverdell education savings account.

Teacher Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001

Teacher Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Act of 2001 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide that, subject to specified conditions, such Act is not violated if: (1) voluntary early retirement incentive plans (VERIPs), for employees of local educational agencies (LEAs) or institutions of higher education, reduce or eliminate supplemental benefits on the basis of the employee's age at retirement under certain conditions; or (2) retiree medical benefits of an employee benefit plan (including an LEA VERIP) are coordinated with Medicare or State employee benefit plans.

ADAM Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001

Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act - ADAM Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a health care organization to establish a national information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (PAD) in schools by providing: (1) timely information on PAD program implementation and development; (2) comprehensive program materials to establish a PAD program in schools; (3) support to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) training programs; (4) encouragement for community partnerships with and among public and private organizations to promote PAD in schools; (5) a database to gather information in a central location regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the pediatric population and identifying or conducting further research into the problem; and (6) assistance to communities that wish to develop screening programs for at-risk youth.

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to offer federally financed, interest-free loans to public schools, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric or other high-efficiency vehicles, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to offer federally-financed, interest-free loans to local educational agencies, public institutions of higher education, municipalities, and local governments for the purchase of hybrid electric vehicles (with a fuel-efficient gasoline engine assisted by an electric motor) or high-efficiency vehicles (that use a fuel other than gasoline or diesel fuel).

To amend the Act of March 3, 1875, to permit the State of Colorado to use land held in trust by the State as open space.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001

Amends the Colorado Enabling Act to permit the State of Colorado to use land held in trust by the State for the support of common schools for open space, wildlife habitat, scenic value, or other natural value, regardless of whether the land generates income for such schools, except that the amount of land used for natural value shall not exceed 300,000 acres.

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Programs Enhancement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001

Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs employee incentive scholarship program to: (1) repeal a provision requiring commencement of participation in the program prior to December 31, 2001; (2) reduce from two years to one the required period of continuous Department employment for program participation; (3) revise scholarship amounts; and (4) increase from three to six years the number of school years for which a scholarship may be paid while limiting the total payment to the cost of three years of full-time coursework. Repeals a provision terminating on December 31, 2001, the education debt reduction program. Increases the maximum debt reduction amount under such program and allows the annual adjustment of such amount. Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, until December 31, 2001, to expand the number of individuals eligible under such program. Authorizes additional pay for Saturday duty for health care professionals in the Department's Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Allows unused sick leave to be included in the annuity computation for VHA registered nurses. Directs the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the efficacy of the Department's nurse managed health care clinics; (2) establish a nationwide policy on the staffing of Department medical facilities; (3) report on the use of authorities for retaining experienced nurses; and (4) report on mandatory overtime required of licensed nurses and nurse assistants providing direct patient care.

Plant Pathogen Genome Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001

Plant Pathogen Genome Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a joint research program within the Agricultural Research Service and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service's National Research Initiative Grants Program to: (1) sequence the genomes of plant pathogens that have a significant agricultural, environmental, or health impact; (2) determine the function of individual genes and associated metabolic pathways for such sequenced plant pathogens; (3) enhance bioinformation capabilities in plant pathogen genomics; and (4) ensure that the information developed is accessible to the broader scientific, agricultural, and industrial communities.

Appalachian Regional Development Reauthorization Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2001

Appalachian Regional Development Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (the Act) to direct the President to establish the Interagency Coordinating Council on Appalachia. Authorizes the Appalachian Regional Commission to provide technical assistance and make grants, enter into contracts, and otherwise provide funds to: (1) increase affordable access to advanced telecommunications in the region; (2) provide education and training for people, businesses, and governments in the region in the use of telecommunications technology; (3) develop relevant technology readiness programs for industry groups and businesses in the region; and (4) support entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology in the region. Eliminates the growth center criteria with respect to factors in considering programs and projects to be given assistance under the Act. Directs that, for each fiscal year, at least half of the amount of grant expenditures approved by the Commission support activities or projects that benefit counties for which distressed county designations are in effect. Modifies Act provisions to direct that not more than 75 percent, for a development district that includes one or more counties for which a distressed county designation is in effect, of the costs of any activity eligible for financial assistance be provided from funds appropriated to carry out the Act. Adds Edmonson, Hart, and Metcalfe ( Kentucky), and Grenada, Montgomery, and Panola (in Mississippi), to the counties included in the Appalachian region. Reauthorizes appropriations and extends the Act until October 1, 2006.

Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2001

Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2001 - Requires the U.S. Government to: (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weapons and refrain from replacing them at any time with weapons of mass destruction; (2) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; (3) actively promote policies to induce all other countries to join in these commitments for world peace and security; and (4) redirect resources that are currently being used for nuclear weapons programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities and to address human and infrastructure needs such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, and environmental protection. Makes this Act effective when the President certifies to Congress that all foreign countries possessing nuclear weapons have established legal requirements comparable to those set forth in this Act.

Youth Service Scholarship Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Youth Service Scholarship Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Public Service Incentives college scholarship program to reward low- and moderate-income students who have, during high school, and who continue, during college, to make significant public service contributions to their communities. Requires 300 hours of public service by the student: (1) during each of two academic years of secondary school, to be eligible for a scholarship for the first year of college; and (2) during the preceding postsecondary academic year, to be eligible for a second, third, or fourth year. Requires such students to: (1) have been eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and (2) be eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants in the year in which the scholarships are awarded. Sets the scholarship amount at $5,000 for any academic year during a student's first four years of undergraduate education, and provides for adjustments of such amount in the event of insufficient appropriations.

Access to Higher Education Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Access to Higher Education Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate consideration of the amount of a student's tuition in determining the amount of a student's Federal Pell Grant. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand qualified higher education expenses and increase family income eligibility for Hope Scholarships and lifetime learning credits.

Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Tropical Cyclone Inland Forecasting Improvement and Warning System Development Act of 2001 - Requires the National Weather Service (NWS) to: (1) improve the capability to forecast accurately inland flooding associated with tropical cyclones; (2) develop, test, and deploy an inland flood warning index or system for use by the public and emergency management officials which clearly defines inland flood risks and dangers; (3) train such officials, NWS personnel, meteorologists, and others as appropriate regarding improved forecasting techniques for inland flooding, risk management techniques, and use of such flood warning index or system; and (4) conduct outreach and education activities for local meteorologists and the public regarding the dangers and risks associated with tropical cyclone-induced inland flooding and the use and understanding of such index or system.

Homemaker Employment Assistance and Lifeskills Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Homemaker Employment Assistance and Lifeskills Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make formula matching grants to States with approved plans for programs of vocational education, training, employment counseling, and related services for single parents, displaced homemakers, and individuals entering nontraditional employment. Requires States to assign at least one individual from the State vocational education agency to administer such programs and make competitive subgrants to eligible entities.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that schools should educate children about and organize community service projects related to the role of Native Americans in American history and culture, and that there should be a paid holiday in honor of Native Americans for all Federal, State, and local government employees.

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) schools in the United States should educate children about the role of Native Americans in American history and culture and organize community service projects that further that education; and (2) there should be a paid holiday in honor of Native Americans for all Federal, State, and local government employees.

Comprehensive Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2001

Comprehensive Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2001 - Sets forth a statutory framework to implement U.S. policy for research, development, demonstration and commercial applications programs designed to enable 20 percent of domestic energy from stationary sources to be generated from nonhydropower renewable energy sources by 2020. Prescribes requirements for: (1) such programs in renewable energy, energy efficiency, biomass energy, and aeronautical system energy efficiency; and (2) a National Building Performance Initiative. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) provide private sector commercialization assistance for renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies; (2) establish a fuel cell technologies demonstration program; and (3) establish a National Electric System Public Benefits Board to administer a National Electric System Public Benefits Fund. Establishes the High Performance Schools grant program. Amends Federal transportation law to mandate: (1) increased vehicle fuel economy standards; and (2) a national tire fuel efficiency program. Establishes the Energy Star program to promote cost-effective energy-efficient products and buildings. Prescribes requirements for: (1) Federal electric power purchases; (2) Federal buildings energy efficiency; (3) guaranteed energy savings; and (4) Federal use of Energy Star standards. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) certain energy efficient business property; (2) the manufacture of energy efficient appliances; (3) construction of a new energy-efficient home; (4) energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; (5) residential solar, wind, and fuel cell energy property; and (6) purchase of Energy Star products. Allows a deduction for energy-efficient commercial building property expenditures. Prescribes depreciation requirements for: (1) distributed power property; and (2) property used in electricity transmission. Increases the credit rate for electricity produced from renewable and waste products. Treats facilities using bagasse to produce energy as solid waste disposal facilities eligible for tax-exempt financing. Grants an investment tax credit for additional plant capacity for existing renewable resources facilities producing electricity. Allows tax credits for: (1) alternative motor vehicles placed in service; (2) retail sales of alternative fuels for motor vehicles; and (3) installation of alternative fueling stations. Extends the deduction for certain refueling property.

Higher Education Assistance Improvement Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2001

Higher Education Assistance Improvement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to increase funds available for the provision of student financial assistance. Increases the maximum individual Pell grant amount to: (1) $7,500 for academic year 2002-2003; and (2) $7,900 for academic year 2003-2004. Increases amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 2002 and 2003 under the HEA student assistance provisions: (1) Federal TRIO programs; (2) Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP); (3) supplemental education opportunity grants; (4) graduate assistance in areas of national need; and (5) Thurgood Marshall legal educational opportunity program. Expresses the sense of Congress that appropriations for the following higher education programs should be increased by specified amounts for FY 2002 and as necessary for FY 2003: (1) Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP); (2) Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CAMPIS); (3) work-study; (4) National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs; (5) Perkins loans; and (6) Javits fellowships. Expands eligibility under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL), Federal direct loan, and Federal Perkins loan programs by: (1) eliminating certain new borrower restrictions; (2) expanding eligible service; and (3) eliminating delays in service benefit. Directs the Secretary of Education to repay or cancel certain amounts of loan obligations under those HEA student loan programs.

Comprehensive Energy Research and Technology Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2001

Comprehensive Energy Research and Technology Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the balance of funding priorities among programs authorized by this Act should remain as provided in this Act, regardless of the total amount of funding made available for this Act. Establishes an authorization of appropriations statutory scheme to fund the Department of Energy technology research and development programs designated below. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acceleration Act of 2001 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) establish an alternative fuel vehicle energy demonstration and commercial application of energy technology competitive grant pilot program for State and local governments and metropolitan transportation authorities; (2) develop an implementation program for research, demonstration and commercial application to ensure reliability efficiency, and environmental responsibility of distributed energy resources, including advanced energy technologies and advanced grid reliability technologies. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Authorization Act of 2001 - Cites limitations placed upon appropriations authorized by this Act for the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation. Robert S. Walker and George E. Brown, Jr. Hydrogen Energy Act of 2001- Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to revise its purposes to include: (1) research and demonstration leading to the use of hydrogen for commercial applications; and (2) the development of a hydrogen production methodology that minimizes adverse environmental impacts, including efficient and cost-effective production from renewable and nonrenewable resources. Instructs the Secretary to conduct a hydrogen technology transfer program to: (1) accelerate wider application in foreign countries; (2) increase the global market for hydrogen technologies; and (3) foster global economic development without harmful environmental effects. Amends the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to repeal the program relating to the integration of fuel cells with hydrogen production systems. Bioenergy Act of 2001 - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) bioenergy research and development programs; (2) biofuels energy systems; and (3) integrated bioenergy research and development. Department of Energy (DOE) University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act - Instructs the Secretary to: (1) support a program to maintain the nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in nuclear sciences and engineering; and (2) provide for designated university research and training reactor infrastructure maintenance and research activities. Authorizes appropriations that target: (1) graduate and undergraduate fellowships; (2) junior faculty research initiation grant programs; (3) nuclear engineering and education research programs; (4) communication and outreach related to nuclear science and engineering; (5) refueling research reactors and instrumentation upgrades; (6) re-licensing assistance; (7) a university reactor research and training award program; and (8) university-DOE laboratory interactions. Establishes the Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel Research within the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (DOE) to coordinate the participation of national laboratories, DOE facilities, universities and the commercial nuclear industry in research and development of technologies for the treatment, recycling, and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Instructs the Secretary to conduct: (1) an advanced fuel recycling technology research and development program to promote the availability of proliferation-resistant fuel recycling technologies; (2) a Nuclear Energy Research Initiative for nuclear energy research grants; (3) jointly with industry, a Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization research and development program; and (4) a study of Generation IV nuclear energy systems. National Electricity and Environmental Technology Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary to implement research and development programs pertaining to the commercial application of : (1) clean coal technologies; (2) petroleum-oil technology; (3) natural gas technologies; (4) unconventional and ultra-deepwater natural gas and petroleum exploration and production technologies; and (5) fuel cells. Fusion Energy Sciences Act of 2001 - Instructs the Secretary to develop a plan for: (1) U.S. construction of a magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment (and authorizes development of a plan for U.S. participation in an international burning plasma experiment); and (2) the Fusion Energy Sciences Program and to enable such experiments. Authorizes appropriations for the Spallation Neutron Source (at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee). Sets forth parameters within which the Secretary is instructed to develop and implement a least cost nonmilitary energy laboratory facility and an infrastructure strategy for such facilities. Mandates establishment of an Advisory Panel on the Office of Science.

A resolution congratulating the University of the Pacific, and its faculty, staff, students, and alumni on the University's 150th anniversary.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2001

Recognizes the University of the Pacific as a leader and pioneering innovator in higher education. Congratulates the University, and its faculty, staff, students, and alumni on the occasion of the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the granting of its charter by the California Supreme Court.

Improving Global Health Through Safe Injections Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2001

Improving Global Health Through Safe Injections Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) immunization and other programs for the prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, polio, and malaria, in connection with health programs for developing countries. Requires the Administrator of AID to develop and implement effective strategies to improve injection safety, including: (1) eliminating unnecessary injections; (2) promoting the availability and use of single-use auto-disable needles and syringes and other safe injection technologies; (3) strengthening procedures for proper needle and syringe disposal; and (4) improving the education and information provided to the public and to health professionals.

Carol D'Amico, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education, vice Patricia Wentworth McNeil, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 29 June 2001

A bill to amend the Act of March 3, 1875, to permit the State of Colorado to use land held in trust by the State as open space.

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2001

Amends the Colorado Enabling Act to permit the State of Colorado to use land held in trust by the State for the support of common schools for open space, wildlife habitat, scenic value, or other natural value, regardless of whether the land generates income for such schools, except that the amount of land used for natural value shall not exceed 300,000 acres.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 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. Authorizes the President to dispose of specified obsolete and excess materials in the National Defense Stockpile. 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 review of actions of personnel selection boards and the extension of certain military force drawdown transition authorities; (3) military education and training; (4) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (5) educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill; (6) acquisition policy and management, including acquisition workforce development; (7) general contracting procedures and limitations; (8) military construction, military family housing, and the leaseback of defense base closure property; (9) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management, including the operation of regional centers for security studies; (10) matters relating to other nations, including cooperative research and development projects with allied countries; and (11) DOD civilian personnel, including a pilot program for the payment of retraining expenses.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit against tax with respect to education and training of developmentally disabled children.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for up to $3,000 of the amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year for qualified child disability expenses for services and equipment related to education and training of a child of the taxpayer with a developmental disability, including behavioral therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, auditory therapy, assistive communication technology, and other related services. Phases out the credit by $500 increments per $1,000 of modified adjusted gross income over $150,000.

Global AIDS Research and Relief Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Global AIDS Research and Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise requirements for assistance for health programs in developing countries to require the agency primarily responsible for administering this Act to coordinate with specified organizations, including other Federal agencies, to develop and implement effective strategies to prevent vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to increase intervention programs and introduce voluntary counseling and testing, antiretroviral drugs, replacement feeding, and other strategies. Urges such agency to: (1) make HIV and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) a priority in the foreign assistance program for developing foreign countries; and (2) undertake a comprehensive, coordinated effort to combat HIV and AIDS, including providing programs to strengthen and broaden health care systems infrastructure and capacity to deliver HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals, prevention, and treatment to those afflicted with HIV/AIDS. Authorizes appropriations. Urges that priority be given to programs that address the support and education of orphans in sub-Saharan Africa, including AIDS orphans, and prevention strategies for vertical transmission of HIV.

Medicare Reform Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Medicare Reform Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish the Medicare Coverage Commission to make national Medicare coverage determinations. Amends SSA part A (General Provisions) of title XI to require nine presidential appointees in addition to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to serve in such Centers. Authorizes programs for care coordination services, disease management services, competitive acquisition of items and services, bundled items and services related to specific medical conditions and surgical procedures, and preferred participants. Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to revise the Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) competitive pricing demonstration project. Amends SSA title XVIII to establish: (1) a Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit Program; (2) a Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund; and (3) a Medicare Prescription Drug Advisory Committee. Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a Working Group on Disease Self-Management and Health Promotion. Authorizes the HHS Secretary to make healthy seniors promotion grants and conduct demonstration projects to promote disease self-management for certain conditions. Amends SSA title XVIII to outline Medicare coverage of various specified preventive services, including cessation of tobacco use, counseling for post-menopausal women, screening for diminished visual acuity and hypertension, and medical nutrition therapy services. Permits waiver of coinsurance and deductibles for certain preventive services, such as: (1) diabetes outpatient self-management training services; (2) colorectal and prostate cancer screening tests; and (3) bone mass measurement. Directs the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a national falls prevention and awareness campaign. Prescribes requirements for clinical depression screening demonstration projects. Directs the HHS Secretary to establish a Medicare health education and risk appraisal program. Outlines an informatics systems grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. Provides for indexing of the Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) deductible to inflation, and for an income-related reduction in the Medicare subsidy for the Medicare part B premium.

Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Remote Sensing Applications Act of 2001 - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to: (1) establish a program of grants for pilot projects to explore the integrated use of sources of remote sensing and other geospatial information to address State, local, regional, and tribal agency needs; (2) establish an advisory committee to monitor the program; (3) transmit to Congress an independent evaluation of program effectiveness; and (4) ensure that project results are retrievable through an Internet-accessible database. Requires the Administrator to seek opportunities to assist: (1) in the development of commercial applications potentially available from the remote sensing industry; and (2) State, local, regional, and tribal agencies in applying remote sensing and geospatial information technologies for growth management. Requires the Administrator to establish an educational outreach program to increase awareness at institutions of higher education and such agencies of the potential applications of remote sensing and geospatial information. Requires the Administrator to study the effect of remote sensing imagery costs on potential State, local, regional, and tribal agency applications.

Office of Correctional Health Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Office of Correctional Health Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Public Health Service the Office of Correctional Health. Requires the Office to carry out public health activities for employees in Federal or State penal or correctional institutions or for persons incarcerated in such institutions, including disease prevention, health promotion, service delivery, research, and health professions education activities.

To authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over specified property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, concurrently with the reversion of administrative jurisdiction over other specified property from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the State of Maine, or any political subdivision or tax-supported agency therein, the former facilities of such Security Group Activity, except for the real property transferred above. Requires the Secretary to maintain the facilities to be transferred until the earlier of the date of transfer or September 30, 2003. Authorizes the Secretary to lease such property to any appropriate entity in the interim. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary for the costs of any environmental assessment, study, or analysis. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior specified amounts for: (1) the development of a research and education center at Acadia National Park, Maine; and (2) operation and maintenance activities there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide financial assistance to Winter Harbor in each of FY 2002 through 2004 as reimbursement for costs incurred in making water and sewage system improvements for the benefit of the Group Activity there.

Hope Plus Scholarship Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Hope Plus Scholarship Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include qualified elementary and secondary education expenses within the definition of the term qualified tuition and related expenses for purposes of the Hope Scholarship Credit.

State Voting Procedures and Administration Modernization Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

State Voting Procedures and Administration Modernization Act of 2001 - Establishes a program under which the Office of Election Administration of the Federal Election Commission shall make grants to eligible States for up to 75 percent of the costs of: (1) improving election technologies, systems, and designs; (2) facilitating voter registration and improving the verification and maintenance of the rolls of eligible and registered voters; (3) improving the accuracy and security of election procedures and vote counts; (4) promoting greater understanding among the public of the system of government and election procedures; (5) providing greater access to voter registration sites and polling places for individuals with disabilities, individuals residing in rural areas, and others; or (6) providing training and related education for poll workers and other election personnel.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an IRA for higher education expenses are exempt from the 10-percent early distribution tax even after annuitization of account.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the treatment of IRA distributions for higher education expenses after the annuitization of the account, to provide that distributions from an IRA for higher education expenses shall be exempt from the 10-percent early distribution tax even after annuitization of the account.

A bill to provide Federal Perkins Loan cancellation for public defenders.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for student loan forgiveness for public defenders under the Federal Perkins Loan program. Prohibits construing this Act to authorize refunding of any loan repayment.

Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prescribe composition requirements for the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, and direct it to make recommendations on: (1) a national plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States; and (2) a plan to guide U.S. involvement in global tuberculosis-control activities, with a focus on high incidence countries and on access to a comprehensive package of tuberculosis control measures. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants, to carry out tuberculosis research, demonstration projects, and public information and education programs. Requires the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make awards: (1) to faculty of schools of medicine, nursing, or osteopathic medicine for programs of information and education on preventing, managing, and controlling tuberculosis; and (2) to support the career development of clinically trained professionals committed to pulmonary infection research. Requires the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of NIH to work to develop a tuberculosis vaccine. Requires the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences to carry out an international training program regarding tuberculosis. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a portion of funds appropriated to repay the education loans of qualified health professionals, researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds, and pediatric researchers is reserved for contracts with individuals who research tuberculosis.

A bill to authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over specified property at the Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor, Maine concurrently with the reversion of administrative jurisdiction over other specified property from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the State of Maine, or any political subdivision or tax-supported agency therein, the former facilities of such Security Group Activity, except for the property transferred above. Requires the Secretary to maintain the facilities to be transferred until the earlier of the date of transfer or September 30, 2003. Authorizes the Secretary to lease such property to any appropriate entity in the interim. Requires reimbursement to the Secretary for the costs of any environmental assessment, study, or analysis. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior specified amounts for: (1) the development of a research and education center at Acadia National Park, Maine; and (2) operation and maintenance activities there. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide financial assistance to Winter Harbor in each of FY 2002 through 2004 as reimbursement for costs incurred in making water and sewage system improvements for the benefit of the Group Activity there.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit against tax with respect to education and training of developmentally disabled children.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer an income-based credit ($2,000 maximum) for qualifying child disability education and training expenses paid on behalf of a dependent under the age of 18.

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2001

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Act of 2001 - Declares that it shall be policy of the United States that its research, development, demonstration, and commercial applications programs be designed to enable 20 percent of domestic energy generated from stationary sources to be generated from nonhydropower renewable energy sources by the year 2020. Prescribes research and development program goals to implement such policy in connection with enhanced: (1) energy efficiency; (2) renewable energy; and (3) biomass energy and related chemical research. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) submit to Congress an assessment of renewable energy resources available for commercial application; (2) commission an independent assessment of innovative financing techniques to facilitate construction of new renewable energy and energy efficiency facilities that might not otherwise be built in a competitive market; (3) provide assistance to private sector entities for the commercial application of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies; and (4) establish an education and outreach program on renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to seek to develop: (1) technologies that will enable a 50 percent increase in aircraft engine energy efficiencies by 2010; and (2) air transportation management operational concepts and procedures that will enable a 25 percent increase in the energy efficiency of the overall air transport system on a per flight basis by 2010. Requires the Director of the Office and Science and Technology Policy to oversee a review of each Federal agency's regulations and policies for emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and processes.

Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2001

Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require: (1) the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a blood cancer research, information, and education program, particularly with respect to leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma; and (2) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a related public information program.

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 2001

Amends Federal provisions concerning the Montgomery GI Bill (educational assistance for veterans) to allow eligible veterans to elect to receive accelerated payment of such assistance for education leading to employment in a high technology industry. Makes eligible those veterans who are: (1) enrolled in an approved program of education leading to such employment; and (2) charged tuition and fees which, on a monthly basis, exceed 200 percent of the monthly rate of basic educational assistance allowance otherwise payable. Makes such accelerated payment the lesser of: (1) 60 percent of the established charges for such education; or (2) the aggregate amount of basic educational assistance to which such veteran remains entitled. Revises, generally, provisions concerning determinations by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of an individual's enrollment, pursuit, and attendance under an approved program. Includes within the definition of "educational institution" for purposes of eligibility for Montgomery GI Bill assistance any private entity that offers a courses to fulfill requirements for a license or certification for employment in a high technology occupation.

Joanne M. Wilson, of Louisiana, to be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education, vice Frederic K. Schroeder, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 21 June 2001

Robert Pasternack, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, vice Judith Heumann, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 21 June 2001

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes supplemental appropriations (with some offsetting rescissions) for FY 2001 for: (1) the Department of Justice for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund; (2) the Department of Defense (DOD) for military personnel, operation and maintenance (including funds for repair of the U.S.S. COLE), procurement, research, development, test and evaluation, Defense Working Capital Funds, and the Defense Health Program; (3) the Department of Energy (DOE) for certain defense-related activities; (4) DOD for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure; (5) the Department of Agriculture (DOA) for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (6) the Department of Commerce; (7) the Small Business Administration; (8) the District of Columbia for various programs and authorities; (9) DOD for certain activities of the Army Corps of Engineers; (10) DOE for certain energy programs; (11) the Agency for International Development for the Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund; (12) the Department of the Interior for the National Park Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs for Indian programs; (13) DOA for the Forest Service; (14) the Department of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration; (15) the Department of Health and Human Services for health resources and services, substance abuse and mental health services, and low income home energy assistance; (16) the Department of Education for education for the disadvantaged and for educational research, statistics, and improvement; (17) the Office of Compliance; (18) the Government Printing Office; (19) the Department of Transportation for the Coast Guard; (20) the Department of the Treasury for operational and perimeter security at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the Financial Management Service, and the Internal Revenue Service; (21) the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Benefits Administration; (22) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for community planning and development; and (23) the United States-China Security Review Commission.

Olympic Sports Revitalization Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Olympic Sports Revitalization Act - Amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to Former Members of Congress, a recognized District of Columbia corporation, to encourage participation by individuals under 18 years of age in the following Olympic sports: (1) women's gymnastics, fencing, field hockey, archery, badminton, team handball, synchronized swimming, and equestrian; (2) men's wrestling, tennis, gymnastics, rifle/shooting, fencing, outdoor track, swimming, skiing, ice hockey, water polo, and archery; and (3) any other Olympic sport determined by the Secretary of Education to be either an emerging sport or a sport the discontinuation of which by U.S. colleges and universities has resulted in a net decrease in the number of colleges and university teams in such sport nationwide. Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to provide funds to the United States Olympic Committee or the national governing body of the sport concerned for distribution to institutions of higher education for disbursement to students who: (1) participate intercollegiately in such an Olympic sport named above; and (2) are full-time students. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) require the reporting of Equity in Athletic Disclosure Act data; and (2) require institutions discontinuing or reducing funding for an intercollegiate athletic sport to notify participants and provide an internal process for the appeal of such decision.

To extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program for an additional 5 years, to authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Drug-free Communities Support Program and the Advisory Commission on Drug-free Communities through FY 2007. Authorizes additional grants and renewal grants to eligible coalitions and grant recipients. Authorizes supplemental grants for coalition mentoring activities. Authorizes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to make a grant to an eligible organization to provide for establishment of a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute to: (1) provide education, training, and technical assistance for coalition leaders and community teams; (2) develop and disseminate evaluation tools, mechanisms, and measures to better assess and document coalition performance measures and outcomes; and (3) bridge the gap between research and practice by translating knowledge from research into practical information.

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2001

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to assist States and local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, train, and hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers, including additional school counselors, psychologists, and social workers (in order to reduce the student-to-counselor ratios nationally, in elementary and secondary schools, to an average of one school counselor for every 250 students, one psychologist for every 1,000 students, and one social worker for every 800 students, as recommended in a report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences relating to schools and health). Directs the Secretary of Education, after reserving certain funds for schools in outlying areas and schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make program allotments to States according to a specified formula. Requires States to allocate funds from Federal and State shares of program costs to LEAs according to specified formulae.