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Bill· HRH.R. 4722 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 2002
Lake Erie Western Basin International Wildlife Refuge Establishment Act - Establishes the Lake Erie Western Basin International Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), Michigan and Ohio. Includes the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and the Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge within it. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) revise Refuge boundaries to carry out its purposes or to facilitate the acquisition of property; and (2) acquire by donation, purchase, or exchange the lands and waters or interests within such boundaries. Provides for transfers from other agencies. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to conduct a study of fish and wildlife habitat and aquatic and terrestrial communities of the Maumee River. Directs the Secretary to: (1) administer all federally owned lands, waters, and interests within the Refuge; (2) ensure that hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, and environmental education and interpretation are the priority public uses of the Refuge; and (3) encourage Ohio to use existing authorities under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide funding for acquisition and development of trails within the Refuge. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements regarding non-Federal lands.
Bill· HRH.R. 4732 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the current dollar limitation on the deduction for interest on educational loans. Modifies the dollar amounts used in calculating the modified adjusted gross income limitation on the deduction for interest on educational loans.
Bill· HRH.R. 4728 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 2002
Teacher Education for Autistic Children Act of 2002 - TEACH Act of 2002 - Authorizes additional appropriations for: (1) training of special education teachers with expertise in autism spectrum disorders (ASD); and (2) improving results for children with ASD, under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a refundable tax credit for education and training relating to ASD. Amends IDEA to require local educational agencies receiving IDEA assistance to report on autism early intervention activities. Directs the Secretary of Education: (1) acting through the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, to establish and provide administrative support for a task force on ASD; (2) with the Secretary of Labor, to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of Federal vocational training programs in providing appropriate assistance to individuals with ASD; and (3) to make grants to each State that establishes and operates at least one State autism ombudsman office.
Bill· HRH.R. 4735 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 2002
Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002 - Amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to award state family assistance grants. Authorizes States to use grants for marriage promotion activities and requires the Secretary to make bonus grants to each state that has achieved formulated employment goals. Revises requirements for the consideration of certain child care expenditures in determining State compliance with contingency fund requirements. Revises State work participation requirements, incorporating a 40-hour work week standard, and creating a State superachiever participation rate credit. Revises requirements for the use of TANF grants. Repeals the Secretary's authority to make loans to State welfare programs and revises State work participation requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to establish TANF performance goals and plans. Makes appropriations for research, demonstrations, and technical assistance. Repeals waiver continuation authority. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit community entities for demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of various approaches to create a Fatherhood Program. Permits States the option to make TANF programs mandatory partners with one-stop employment training centers. Caring for Children Act of 2002 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to specify consumer education information States are required to collect and disseminate. Amends income tax benefits and reporting requirements. Reauthorizes funding for State child care entitlement programs and revises State requirements for child support payments. Amends SSA title XI (General Provisions) to eliminate specified limitations on the Secretary's authority to approve demonstration projects and grant waivers. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency blindness and disability determinations. Authorizes the administering Secretary to authorize innovative State demonstration projects involving individual programs, or integrating multiple public assistance, employment security, and other programs to support working families. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary to establish a program to make grants to States to provide food assistance and funds to operate employment and training programs for needy individuals. Extends abstinence education funding and reauthorizes transitional medical assistance.
Bill· SS. 2500 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2002
Authorizes use of certain funds appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to compensate the New York City Board of Education for operating and education-related expenses of New York City public schools, including mental health and trauma counseling and other appropriate support services, resulting from the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.
Bill· HRH.R. 4700 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2002
Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002 - Amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to award state family assistance grants. Authorizes States to use grants for marriage promotion activities and requires the Secretary to make bonus grants to each state that has achieved formulated employment goals. Revises requirements for the consideration of certain child care expenditures in determining State compliance with contingency fund requirements. Revises State work participation requirements, incorporating a 40-hour work week standard, and creating a State superachiever participation rate credit. Revises requirements for the use of TANF grants. Repeals the Secretary's authority to make loans to State welfare programs and revises State work participation requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to establish TANF performance goals and plans. Makes appropriations for research, demonstrations and technical assistance. Repeals waiver continuation authority. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit community entities for demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of various approaches to create a Fatherhood Program. Permits States the option to make TANF programs mandatory partners with one-stop employment training centers. Caring for Children Act of 2002 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to specify consumer education information States are required to collect and disseminate. Amends income tax benefits and reporting requirements. Reauthorizes funding for State child care entitlement programs and revises State requirements for child support payments. Amends SSA title XI (General Provisions) to eliminate specified limitations on the Secretary's authority to approve demonstration projects and grant waivers. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency blindness and disability determinations. Authorizes the administering Secretary to authorize innovative State demonstration projects involving individual programs, or integrating multiple public assistance, employment security, and other programs to support working families. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary to establish a program to make grants to States to provide food assistance and funds to operate employment and training programs for needy individuals. Extends abstinence education funding and reauthorizes transitional medical assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 4697 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2002
Human Research Subject Protections Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require all human subject research conducted, supported or otherwise subject to Federal regulation to be conducted in accordance with the common rule and the vulnerable-population rules, as set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations. Defines such terms according to different regulations for human subject research subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review all such regulations to harmonize them where feasible with a subsequent proposed rule, explaining remaining differences. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to modify regulations. Requires informed consent, as specified. Requires an Institutional Review Board to approve all human subject research proposals. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria for identifying and monitoring high risk clinical trials. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for classified human subject research, as specified. Requires the Secretary to determine whether an entity has violated these requirements, as specified. Establishes an Office of Human Research Protections within the Office of the Secretary to make grants, conduct research and Institutional Review Board audits (requiring corrective action if necessary), and coordinate Federal efforts. Requires the Director to notify the relevant regulatory agency if deficiencies are found. Authorizes the Director of such Office to make grants for the development of a model education program. Requires coordination with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Continues the National Research Protections Act Advisory Committee. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations addressing the participation of people with diminished decisionmaking capacity in human subject research.
Bill· SS. 2483 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2002
National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through participating Small Business Development Centers (Centers). Requires the Administrator to enter into arrangements with participating Centers to provide: (1) access to regulatory information and resources; (2) training and education activities; (3) confidential counseling to owners and operators of small businesses regarding compliance with Federal regulations; (4) technical assistance; and (5) partnerships with Federal compliance programs. Requires the Administrator, giving substantial weight to the recommendations of the majority of the Centers, to select the Center programs of two States from each of ten groups of States for participation in the pilot program. Provides grant limits. Terminates the pilot program four years after disbursement of the first grant. Provides privacy requirements applicable to Centers, a consortium of Centers, or any Center contractor or agent with respect to regulatory compliance assistance provided to small businesses.
Bill· HRH.R. 4680 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 2002
Science Undergraduate Community College Education Enhancement Development Act - Amends the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 (the Act) to revise and reauthorize the national advanced scientific and technical education program (the Program) of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Requires Program grants to associate-degree-granting colleges also to be used to improve core science and mathematics education. Requires Program grants to articulation partnerships of associate- and bachelor-degree-granting institutions to be used to: (1) provide students with research experiences at bachelor-degree-granting institutions participating in the partnership, including summer program stipends; and (2) provide faculty mentors for such students, including summer salary support. Requires the NSF Director to establish an advisory committee to help guide and assess Program implementation.
Bill· SS. 2467 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 2002
Federal Pell Grant Eligibility Clarification Act of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise eligibility requirements for certain Pell Grant awards by modifying the formula for determining total income to include consideration of current year circumstances for students residing in States in extended benefit periods under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (Public Law 107-147).
Law· HRH.R. 4664 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 2002
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for FY 2003 through 2005, with specific allocations for: (1) Research and Related Activities; (2) Education and Human Resources; (3) Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction; (4) Salaries and Expenses; and (5) the Office of the Inspector General. Sets a limitation on the obligation of Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction funds. Requires the Director of NSF to submit to specified congressional committees annual plans for the allocation of funds authorized by this Act, including information on how the allocation for Research and Related Activities will affect research grants, trends in research support, and research opportunities in science, mathematics, and engineering. Requires the Director to: (1) develop, submit to the National Science Board for approval, and report annually to Congress on a list indicating the relative priority for funding under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account of each project the Board has approved for inclusion in a future budget request; and (2) include in the plan for construction and repair of national research facilities covered in the NSF annual budget request full life-cycle cost information. Prohibits the management of any national research facility project by an NSF temporary appointee. Directs: (1) NSF to assess and report to Congress on the Major Research Instrumentation Program; and (2) NSF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee.
Bill· HRH.R. 4665 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 2002
Nurse Education Promotion Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to: (1) associate degree schools of nursing for nursing student recruitment and scholarships and for nursing faculty hiring; and (2) professional nursing organizations, including nursing union chapters, for cooperative programs of continuing education for nurses with associate degrees to pursue baccalaureate degrees or receive training in understaffed and critical specialties.
Bill· SS. 2458 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 2002
Directs the Secretary of State to establish certain journalism, library, English language teaching, sister city partnership, youth ambassador, J. William Fulbright Education Exchange Program, and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship initiatives with countries with predominantly Muslim populations as part of the Department of State's educational and cultural exchange programs. Directs the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a database listing all American and foreign alumni of such program initiatives in order to encourage networking, interaction, and communication with alumni. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on implementation of certain provisions of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 directing the Director of the U.S. Information Agency to take appropriate steps to provide opportunities for participation of human rights and democracy leaders in educational and cultural exchange programs in countries whose people do not fully enjoy freedom and democracy (including but not limited to China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Tibet, and Burma).
Bill· HRH.R. 4663 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2002
Authorizes use of certain funds appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to compensate the New York City Board of Education for operating and education-related expenses of New York City public schools, including mental health and trauma counseling and other appropriate support services, resulting from the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.
Bill· SS. 2447 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002
Teaching Hospital Preservation Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to maintain the indirect medical education adjustment percentage at 6.5 percent.
Bill· SS. 2448 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002
Broadband Telecommunications Deployment Act of 2002 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish the Broadband Deployment and Demand Trust Fund to fund programs established in this Act. Directs the Rural Utilities Service to make loans to fund the construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment for the provision of broadband service in eligible rural areas and under served communities. Requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to: (1) make grants for planning and feasibility studies on the deployment of broadband services in different geographic areas; and (2) support up to seven pilot programs for conducting innovative applications of wireless, satellite, and other non-wireline technologies capable of delivering broadband service to an eligible rural or under served community. Requires a current Federal-State Joint Board and the National Exchange Carriers Association to report to the Federal Communications Commission and specified congressional committees on universal service and competition. Directs the: (1) Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program for the deployment of broadband technologies and services, particularly in rural and under served communities; (2) Comptroller General to study the facilitation of broadband deployment in other countries; and (3) NTIA to assess the role of broadband in rural and under served areas in addressing homeland security and public safety needs. Provides for: (1) research by the National Science Board and the Director of the Institute of Telecommunications Sciences of NTIA on faster broadband services; (2) grants to colleges and universities for such research; (3) grants to libraries and museums to digitalize collections; and (4) grants for digital television conversion and programming. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a digital network technologies program to strengthen the capacity of eligible institutions to provide instruction in digital network technologies; and (2) a community networking program to enable under served communities to deploy broadband capable networks, as well as broadband access for economic development, public safety, health care, and educational needs.
Bill· SS. 2445 (107th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002
Book Stamp Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program (based on certain State allocations under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990) to promote child literacy and improve children's access to books at home and in early learning, child care, literacy and nutrition programs, by making books available through such programs. Requires State agencies to use such grants to enter into contracts with local child care resource and referral agencies to: (1) provide payments for eligible early learning, child care, literacy and nutrition providers, on the basis of local needs, to make books available; and (2) improve children's access to books at home. Allows State agencies to reserve a portion of grant funds to support a public awareness campaign relating to program activities. Amends Federal law relating to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to require USPS to establish special postage stamps for child literacy, at the regular first-class rate plus a differential amount, for voluntary use by patrons. Requires USPS to pay certain amounts raised by stamp sales to HHS for child literacy promotion activities.
Bill· SS. 2455 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002
National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through participating Small Business Development Centers (Centers), the Association for Small Business Development Centers (Association), and Federal compliance partnership programs. Requires the Administrator to enter into arrangements with participating Centers to provide: (1) access to regulatory information and resources; (2) training and education activities; (3) confidential counseling to owners and operators of small businesses regarding compliance with Federal regulations; and (4) technical assistance. Directs the Administrator to act as the repository of and clearinghouse for data and information submitted by Centers. Requires the Administrator, giving substantial weight to the Association's recommendations, to select the Center programs of two States from each of ten groups of States for participation in the pilot program. Provides privacy requirements applicable to Centers, a consortium of Centers, or any Center contractor or agent with respect to regulatory compliance assistance provided to small businesses.
Bill· HRH.R. 4653 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2002
Aeronautics Research and Development Revitalization Act of 2002 - Establishes an Office of Aeronautics responsible for planning, budgeting, and managing all aeronautics research, development, and demonstration activities undertaken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Directs the NASA Administrator to establish certain initiatives to develop technologies that would: (1) significantly reduce aircraft noise, harmful emissions, and fuel consumption; (2) make certain performance improvements to existing rotorcraft; and (3) enable overland flight of supersonic civil transport aircraft with certain performance characteristics. Directs the NASA Administrator to provide specified congressional committees a plan for the implementation of such initiatives. Directs the NASA Administrator to: (1) award grants to establish university-based Centers for Research on Aviation Training; and (2) establish NASA aeronautics scholarships for U.S. citizens enrolled in accredited Masters degree programs in aeronautical engineering at institutions of higher education. Authorizes appropriations for certain Federal Aviation Administration research and development projects and activities. Requires certain aviation-related studies and assessments.
Bill· HRH.R. 4637 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002
TRIO Education Access Act of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide definitions of different campus and different population for purposes of Federal TRIO programs for disadvantaged students.
Bill· HRH.R. 4639 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002
Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to eliminate a termination date for certain provisions, and thus continue to authorize schools with low default rates to make single disbursements of student loans.
Bill· SS. 2421 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2002
TRIO Education Access Act of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide definitions of different campus and different population for purposes of Federal TRIO programs for disadvantaged students.
Bill· SS. 2392 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 2002
School Service Act of 2002 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Community Corps (CC) for school-age youth. Authorizes the Corporation for National and Community Service to make competitive grants, to cover a Federal share of the cost of planning or operating CC programs, to qualified entities, including States, Indian tribes, local educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations acting in partnership with one or more of such entities. Requires CC programs to: (1) engage school-age youth in meaningful service that meets unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; (2) provide substantial structured opportunities for them to reflect on their service activities; and (3) be integrated into and enhance the school's academic curriculum or educational components of an after-school or summer program. Gives priority in awarding grants to qualified entities that: (1) demonstrate they will engage school-age youth in high-quality service programs; and (2) propose to serve jurisdictions with high numbers or percentages of low-income families.
Bill· SS. 2335 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Native American Small Business Development Act - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Native American Affairs, headed by an Assistant Administrator, to implement SBA programs for the development of business enterprises by Native Americans (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians). Requires the Office to assist Native American entrepreneurs to: (1) start, operate, and grow small businesses; (2) develop management and technical skills; (3) seek Federal procurement opportunities; (4) increase Native American employment opportunities; and (5) increase Native American access to capital markets. Requires the SBA to provide financial assistance to tribal governments, tribal colleges, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Alaska Native corporations to create Native American business centers. Requires each business center to conduct five-year projects for business education aid to such entities. Requires each assistance applicant to submit a five-year plan on proposed assistance and training activities. Establishes a four-year pilot program under which the SBA is authorized to award Native American development grants to provide culturally-tailored business development training and related services to Native Americans and Native American small businesses. Establishes a four-year pilot program under which the SBA shall award at least three American Indian Tribal Assistance Center grants to establish joint projects to provide culturally-tailored business development assistance to prospective and current owners of small businesses on or near tribal lands.
Bill· SS. 2334 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Mineral Hill Historic Mining District Preservation Act of 2002 - States that all terms and other provisions in the Donation Agreement between TVX Mineral Hill, Inc., and the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, are incorporated in this Act, ratified, and confirmed. Authorizes the Secretary, if certain conditions have been satisfied (including that the company has obtained pollution liability insurance), to accept non-Federal land and associated mineral rights on Federal land located in Gallatin National Forest in the Mineral Hill-Crevice Mountain Mining District in Park County, Montana (the donated land). Requires the Secretary to accept and meet the requirements of permits issued to the company that relate to the Mineral Hill Mine. Prohibits subjecting the donated land to location and entry under the mining laws. Allows access to the cemetery located on the donated land for visitation and maintenance. Prohibits any burials at such site after this Act's enactment. Allows the Secretary to convey such site to a local government or cemetery association for perpetual operation and maintenance. Establishes the Mineral Hill Historic Mining District Fund in the Treasury. Transfers to the Fund specified fees and receipts collected from oil, gas, timber, coal, and other natural resources on all Federal land for FY 2003 and 2004 to pay costs of: (1) acquiring the donated land; (2) restoration, maintenance, management, interpretation, or removal of buildings, structures, and other features; (3) response and restoration actions, (4) public education and interpretation; (5) grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for interpretive, administrative, environmental response, and environmental restoration activities; and (6) the insurance deductible.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 254 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Designates April 29 through May 3, 2002, as National Charter Schools Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 4596 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
National Cancer Act of 2002 - Provides a comprehensive Federal effort relating to treatments for and the prevention of cancer. Amends the Public Health Service Act to fund prevention and treatment programs of the National Cancer Institute, including translational cancer research (research needed to transform scientific discoveries into approaches and products to treat and cure cancer). Addresses issues of cancer care, including: (1) clinical trial participation; (2) workforce needs; (3) Medicare coverage; (4) protocols and guidelines; (5) National Program of Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans; (5) the supply of researchers; (6) environmental risk factors research; and (7) a colorectal cancer screening demonstration program. Requires health insurance plans covered by the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide: (1) coverage for clinical trials; (2) coverage of cancer screening, including tobacco and nutrition counseling and genetic testing; and (3) patient access to benefit information. Addresses issues of managing physicians and quality of care for cancer patients covered by such plans, including designating a lead managing physician. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to regulate tobacco products. Sets forth requirements pertaining to: (1) adulteration; (2) misbranding; (3) the submission of health information; (4) annual registration and biennial inspection of processors; (5) biannual reporting of product list changes; (6) good manufacturing practices; (7) product performance standards; (8) information, notification, and other remedies; (9) records and reports; (10) premarket review; (11) judicial review; (12) postmarket surveillance; (13) reduced risk tobacco products; (14) preservation of State and local authority; and (15) equal treatment of retail outlets. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to: (1) revise cigarette labeling, advertising, and marketing requirements; and (2) authorize the Secretary to require disclosure of tar, nicotine, and other smoke constituents on package labels and/or advertisements. Amends the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to revise smokeless tobacco warning label and advertising requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 4599 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
National Board-Certified Teachers in Low-Performing Schools Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot program of stipends for teachers in low-income, low-performing schools who: (1) are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; and (2) serve as resident facilitators at their schools and as liaisons with the Board to help encourage other teachers to become Board-certified. Authorizes base stipends and potential bonuses for up to 100 teachers annually under such five-year program.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 386 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Honors the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Nation's first charter school. Commends the charter school movement and charter schools, teachers, parents, and students across the Nation for their ongoing contributions to education and improving and strengthening the Nation's public school system. Supports the goals of National Charter Schools Week.
Bill· SS. 2246 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Instructional Materials Accessibility Act of 2002 - Directs Secretary of Education to: (1) develop and publish instructional materials accessibility standards for the national electronic file format to be used by publishers of instructional materials in the preparation of electronic files suitable for efficient conversion into specialized formats; (2) establish a National Instructional Materials Accessibility Advisory Committee to provide technical expertise and guidance in creating such national electronic file format; (3) periodically review and amend such standards to reflect technological advances or changes; and (4) establish a National Instructional Materials Access Center. Requires State educational agencies, as a condition for receiving Federal financial assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, to develop and implement statewide plans and make contracts with publishers to ensure that instructional materials for classroom use in elementary and secondary schools are made available in specialized formats to individuals who are blind or have other print disabilities at the same time such materials are provided to individuals without such disabilities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to provide or improve their capacity to prepare or obtain instructional materials in specialized formats, including the national electronic format. Provides for enforcement of rights of children and parents under this Act.
Bill· SS. 2236 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Domestic Violence Screening and Services Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to Federally-qualified health centers to improve the treatment of and screening for domestic violence. Earmarks funds for grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Requires that National Health Service health care professionals receive training in screening and treating victims of domestic violence. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants for up to four years to State and local governmental and nonprofit entities currently working in the field of domestic violence. Requires that such funds be used to develop strategies to improve the response of the health care system to domestic violence and promote education and awareness through professional training, policies and procedures, on-site access to services, education materials, and evaluation of practice.
Bill· HRH.R. 4582 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Instructional Materials Accessibility Act of 2002 - Directs Secretary of Education to: (1) develop and publish instructional materials accessibility standards for the national electronic file format to be used by publishers of instructional materials in the preparation of electronic files suitable for efficient conversion into specialized formats; (2) establish a National Instructional Materials Accessibility Advisory Committee to provide technical expertise and guidance in creating such national electronic file format; (3) periodically review and amend such standards to reflect technological advances or changes; and (4) establish a National Instructional Materials Access Center. Requires State educational agencies, as a condition for receiving Federal financial assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, to develop and implement statewide plans and make contracts with publishers to ensure that instructional materials for classroom use in elementary and secondary schools are made available in specialized formats to individuals who are blind or have other print disabilities at the same time such materials are provided to individuals without such disabilities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to provide or improve their capacity to prepare or obtain instructional materials in specialized formats, including the national electronic format. Provides for enforcement of rights of children and parents under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4581 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Academic Excellence in Environmental Sciences Act of 2002 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include programs to encourage academic rigor in scientific education in elementary schools through the environmental sciences, including the use of hands-on recycling, among local innovative education programs which may receive title VI assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 4585 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to extend abstinence education funding through FY 2007.
Bill· SS. 2234 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate research and related activities of the Department with respect to autoimmune diseases in women. Requires such efforts to examine: (1) disease prevalence in women; (2) the etiology and causes of such diseases; (3) epidemiology and gender and ethnic differences; (4) diagnostic approaches; (5) new treatments; and (6) prevention and education programs.
Bill· SS. 2228 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and operate up to 15 (currently five) centers for mental illness research, education, and clinical activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 4554 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Dual Incentive Education Act of 2002 - Permits the heads of legislative branch employing offices to make payments to employees of up to $3,000 for reimbursement of tuition and fees for a semester of graduate study. Requires beneficiaries to have been employed full-time for at least 12 consecutive months and to meet the student assistance eligibility requirements of the Higher Education Assistance Act of 1965. Excludes payments for any portion of tuition and fees covered by a scholarship or other type of financial assistance that does not consist of a student loan.
Bill· SS. 2218 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 2002
Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide coverage for kidney disease education services furnished, upon the managing physician's referral, to an individual with kidney disease who will require dialysis or a kidney transplant. Requires such services to: (1) impart comprehensive information regarding management, prevention, and options regarding treatment of kidney disease; and (2) ensure that such individuals have the opportunity to participate actively in the choice of therapy.
Bill· SS. 2195 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into cooperative agreements with States to establish State infrastructure banks and multistate infrastructure banks to make loans to: (1) local educational agencies for building or repairing elementary or secondary public schools; and (2) public libraries for building or repairing library facilities. Grants consent of Congress to States to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary, as well as an interstate compact, to establish a multistate infrastructure bank. Prescribes infrastructure bank requirements. Requires infrastructure bank loans to be used to supplement, not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds. Prohibits construing Federal contributions to such infrastructure banks as a Federal commitment, guarantee, or obligation to any third party. Directs the Secretary to review the financial condition of each infrastructure bank.
Bill· HRH.R. 4482 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Universal and Portable Pension Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a limited deduction for an individual's qualified universal retirement contributions. Reduces deductible amount based on adjusted gross income. Sets forth special rules for calculating the maximum allowable deduction by certain married individuals. Defines the term "qualified universal retirement contribution." Limits deductions for: (1) persons over age 70 1/2; (2) rollover contributions; and (3) inherited accounts. Defines the term "Universal Retirement Savings Account." Includes Universal Retirement Savings Account distributions in gross income except when the distributions are part of an immediate annuity, rollover, qualified higher education expense, or first home purchase. Requires employers to offer programs which make payments to Universal Retirement Savings Accounts in exchange for salary reductions. Provides a general business tax credit to certain small employers who offer salary reduction arrangements for Universal Retirement Savings Accounts. Establishes a refundable Universal Retirement Savings Account contribution credit for individuals equal to a specified percentage of contributions. Caps such credits at $2,000 per year. Allows a $200 credit maximum for contributions made to Universal Retirement Savings Accounts of dependents. Repeals the $2,000 nonrefundable qualified retirement account credit.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 391 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Designates majority membership on the House Committees on Education and the Workforce, and on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Bill· SS. 2182 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Cyber Security Research and Development Act - Authorizes appropriations, to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and to the Secretary of Commerce for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to establish new programs and to increase funding for certain current programs for computer and network security research and development and research fellowships. Requires the NSF Director to award grants for computer and network security through the following: (1) basic research in innovative approaches to the structure of their hardware and software; (2) multidisciplinary research centers, through institutions of higher education (IHEs) or their consortia which may partner with government laboratories or for-profit institutions; (3) undergraduate and master's degree programs, as well as education-related grants under the Scientific and Advanced Technology Act of 1992; (4) graduate traineeships; and (5) graduate research fellowships. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to include among NSF functions leading in supporting research and education activities to improve networked information systems' security. Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the NIST Director to establish a program of assistance to IHEs that enter into partnerships with for-profit entities to support research to improve the security of computer systems. Requires NIST to carry out specified types of intramural computer security research. Requires the NIST Director to arrange with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to Congress on critical infrastructure weaknesses.
Bill· SS. 2190 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Worker Investment Retirement and Education Act of 2002 (or the WIRE Act) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, with certain specified exceptions, an excise tax in cases where: (1) administrators of applicable defined contribution plans do not provide, at least once annually, information on basic investment guidelines to participants; and (2) a plan with at least 100 participants does not provide a personalized benefit statement to each participant at least annually. Establishes similar requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Sets forth diversification requirements for certain plans holding employer securities. Establishes a tax for failure of applicable plans to meet certain notice and data requirements, with certain specified exceptions. Permits a waiver of the taxes by the Secretary of the Treasury. Forbids trading of equity securities (other than exempted securities) acquired by an individual through employment (or other specified associations) with an issuer during blackout periods of an applicable plan. Establishes in the Internal Revenue Service an "Office of Pension Participant Advocacy."
Bill· SS. 2139 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Community Health Workers Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to promote positive health behaviors for women in target populations, especially racial and ethnic minorities in underserved communities. Permits the use of grant funds for the support of community health workers' education and outreach efforts concerning: (1) prevalent health problems; (2) learning opportunities targeting behavioral risk factors including poor nutrition, obesity, physical activity, and substance abuse; (3) health insurance enrollment, including the State Children's Health Insurance Program, Medicare, and Medicaid; and (4) health care agencies and community-based programs. Sets forth application procedures for State, local or tribal units, granting priority to experienced providers in geographic areas with high percentages of un-or under-insured families where English is the second language, and the U.S.-Mexico border region. Requires the Secretary to establish and monitor quality-control guidelines for community health workers.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 380 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that (1) physicians should screen all adolescents and all adult women presenting with severe menorrhagia for von Willebrand's disease; (2) hysterectomy for excessive menstrual bleeding should not be performed without the consideration of a bleeding disorder; (3) referral of women with bleeding disorders to a federally sponsored hemophilia treatment center is critical to comprehensive treatment; (4) physicians should be encouraged to conduct clotting factor assays for carrier diagnosis and to facilitate genotyping of the disorder and patients should be referred for genetic counseling when appropriate; (5) patient advocate organizations and medical specialty societies should continue to collaborate on public education campaigns to educate women about bleeding disorders; (6) the Federal Government has a responsibility to further research on von Willebrand's disease and improve access to hemophilia treatment centers for all individuals with bleeding disorders; (7) the Director of the National Institutes of Health should develop a 5-year research plan concerning women with bleeding disorders; and (8) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should continue to improve outreach, treatment, and prevention of the complications of women's bleeding disorders.
Bill· SS. 2132 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain within the Veterans Health Administration four centers for research and activities on medical emergency preparedness, including the detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of injuries, diseases, and illnesses arising from the use of chemical, biological, radiological, or incendiary or other explosive weapons or devices, and related education and training. Requires: (1) each center to be established at an existing Department of Veterans Affairs medical center; and (2) the Secretary to select center sites from among competitive proposals, utilizing a peer review panel. Authorizes each center to provide assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies for investigations or inquiries intended to protect the public safety and health with regard to such weapons or devices. Allows Department established research corporations to use funds received by the Secretary for such research purposes. Considers employees of such research corporations to be Federal employees for purposes of Federal tort claims laws.
Bill· SS. 2122 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 2002
Uterine Fibroids Research and Education Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for National Institutes of Health uterine fibroid research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a related public awareness program.
Bill· SS. 2114 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002
Racial Profiling Education and Awareness Act of 2002 - Directs the Attorney General to establish an education and awareness program on racial profiling and its negative effects on individuals and law enforcement, to be offered at regional centers to State and local law enforcement agencies. Directs the Department of Justice to: (1) evaluate the performance of programs implemented under this Act to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in developing and implementing internal training programs to combat racial profiling and to foster enhanced community relations; (2) identify the programs that represent the best practices and that may be replicated and used to provide assistance to other law enforcement agencies; and (3) assist those State and local law enforcement agencies that would most benefit from the education program and materials developed in implementing a racial profiling prevention plan.
Bill· SS. 2117 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002
Access to High Quality Child Care Act - 2002 ACCESS Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to extend the authorization of appropriations, and to revise or set forth provisions relating to: (1) lead agency; (2) State plan requirements; (3) activities to improve the quality of child care; (4) parent access to quality child care; (5) child care research and data; (6) child care provider development; (7) activities for infants and toddlers; (8) technical and financial assistance grants; and (9) quality child care, development, and education incentive grants. Federal Employees Child Care Act - Establishes requirements for enhancing security at child care centers in Federal facilities. Directs the Administrator of General Services to: (1) establish health, safety, and facility standards and compliance requirements for child care in executive branch facilities; (2) issue regulations requiring any child care facility sponsor to comply with standards of a child care accreditation entity; (3) establish an interagency council to facilitate cooperation and sharing of best practices; and (4) confirm that at least 50 percent of aggregate enrollment in Federal child care centers Government-wide are children of Federal employees or on-site Federal contractors, or dependent children who live with such employees or contractors. Authorizes a Federal agency without a child care program, or the Administrator upon identifying a need for child care at a Federal agency, to enter into an agreement with a non-Federal, licensed, and accredited child care facility, or a planned facility that will become licensed and accredited. Permits a Federal agency to conduct a pilot project to test innovative approaches to providing more cost-effective alternative forms of child care assistance for Federal employees. Amends the Social Security Act's title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) with respect to child care assistance for TANF recipients.
Bill· HRH.R. 4214 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002
Military Education Extension Act of 2002 - Extends the period of entitlement to educational assistance under the All Volunteer Force Program to 15 (currently, ten) years after the date of an individual's last discharge or release from active or Selected Reserve duty. Extends similarly such entitlement period for members who serve a minimum period of active duty, are discharged or released, and subsequently reenlist or enter into an additional period of active duty. Allows individuals whose entitlement period had expired prior to such extension an additional five-year period following the enactment of this Act to use any unexpended entitlement portion.