Education

William Leidinger, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Management, Department of Education, vice Rodney A. McCowan, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 20 December 2001

Nurse Reinvestment Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Nurse Reinvestment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the service required by the Nursing Workforce Development Student Loan Repayment program to be performed in a nursing home, in a hospice, in a home health agency, in a nurse-managed health center, or in a public health department, in addition to facilities where such service may currently be performed. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Nurse Corps Scholarship program to provide scholarships to individuals seeking nursing education in exchange for service from such individuals in critical nursing shortage areas or facilities upon completion of such education. Sets forth eligibility, application, payment, and reporting requirements. Requires the Secretary to award grants to schools of nursing and/or health care facilities to develop and support: (1) educational outreach programs to encourage entry into the profession, targeting primary, secondary, and other schools, the disadvantaged, underrepresented minorities, and underserved rural and urban communities; (2) career ladder programs; (3) gerontology curriculum and competencies and efforts to encourage long-term care nursing services for the elderly as a career choice; (4) nurse internship and residency programs; and (5) demonstrations of models and best practices in nursing care, including retention strategies. Requires the Secretary to develop and administer a comprehensive national multi-media public education campaign to encourage pursuit of the nursing profession. Includes grants for similar State campaigns. Requires the Secretary to award grants to area health education centers to develop models of excellence for nurses or expand existing school mentoring programs to include one for nurses. Establishes for advanced degree nursing students: (1) a fast-track nursing faculty loan program, providing loan forgiveness in exchange for teaching services; and (2) a scholarship and stipend program. Establishes a National Commission on the Recruitment and Retention of Nurses to make innovative and creative recommendations concerning recruitment, retention, and advancement.

New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to repay a specified percentage (up to $3,000 per year) of certain education loans to an individual who completes a degree and both resides and is employed in a qualifying county outside a metropolitan statistical area which for 20 years has a net out-migration of inhabitants of at least ten percent of the county population. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for a specified portion of the purchase price of a qualified residence in such a rural county. Allows a capital loss deduction with respect to sale or exchange of principal residence in certain rural areas. Provides for the creation of tax-exempt individual homestead accounts, which shall receive matching Federal contributions according to a specified formula, whose tax-free distributions after five years are used for qualified higher education or medical expenses, first-time homebuyer or business capitalization costs, or rollovers. Establishes a rural investment tax credit of 70 percent of the present value of new buildings (including rehabilitation projects) or 30 percent of the present value of existing buildings. Provides for accelerated depreciation of property in rural investment projects. New Homestead Venture Capital Fund Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for establishment of new homestead venture capital funds, owned by private investors, which shall generate and provide equity capital to rural businesses.

United States/Mexico Border Health Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

United States/Mexico Border Health Improvement Act of 2001- Creates programs to improve health care for the residents of the United States-Mexico Border Area, which is considered to be United States territory within 100 kilometers of Mexico. Includes the following: (1) formation of an Office of Border Health to monitor health care delivery to Border Area residents and award grants to eligible entities and programs seeking to improve health care to such residents; (2) creation of a National Border Health Databank by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as a Border Health Surveillance Network within the CDC to grants for development of border health epidemiology training programs; (3) authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to Southwestern border States or localities for increasing resources available for community water fluoridation; and (4) creation of a United States Hispanic Nutrition Education and Research Center at a regional academic health center. Amends the Public Health Service Act by directing the Secretary to: (1) award grants to eligible entities to open community health centers in medically underserved parts of the Border Area; (2) initiate a higher education loan repayment program and recruit National Health Service Corps members to provide health services for Border Area residents in exchange for participation in the program; and (3) set aside certain grant funds for any State that proposes to increase screening of Border Area residents for breast and cervical cancer.

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Pipeline Infrastructure Protection to Enhance Security and Safety Act - Amends Federal transportation law "one-call notification system" provisions concerning notification to underground facility operators of excavations to: (1) require participation by government operators; and (2) encourage the adoption of the "Common Ground" report. Revises pipeline safety provisions to require the Secretary of Transportation: (1) when assessing the security and safety of pipeline facilities, to assess the vulnerabilities of such facilities to terrorist attacks; (2) when prescribing minimum safety standards for pipeline transportation and for pipeline facilities, to include in such standards a requirement that pipeline facility operators participate in a public safety program; and (3) to establish pipeline public education and safety standards. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to develop and implement a cooperative program of research, development, and demonstration to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities. Requires the establishment of a Pipeline Integrity Technical Advisory Committee to develop a cooperative pipeline facility integrity program. Establishes a pipeline controller certification qualification program. Requires a pipeline facility operator to provide: (1) geospatial data appropriate for use in the National Pipeline Mapping System; (2) identification of the person with primary operational control; (3) develop and implement terrorism security programs; and (4) with a condition deemed potentially unsafe condition to take necessary corrective actions. Authorizes to pipelines: (1) technical assistance; and (2) security recommendations. Requires a coordinated environmental review process for pipeline repair and rehabilitation projects. Permits withholding from the public certain pipeline information that could reveal the systemic vulnerability of a pipeline to attack.

United States Security (`USA') Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

United States Security (USA) Act of 2001 - Sets forth "Buy America" provisions permitting, subject to exception, Federal financial assistance under this Act for a project only if steel and manufactured goods used in the project are of U.S. origin. Authorizes appropriations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) design, construct, and equip new facilities and renovate existing facilities for defending against and combating bioterrorism and other public health threats; (2) establish a Scientific Communication Center; and (3) improve security at CDC facilities. Amends the: (1) Atomic Energy Act to provide for sufficient potassium iodide tablet stockpiles; and (2) Public Health Service Act to provide for a contingency bone marrow donor program. Requires national standards for the implementation of quarantines. Authorizes appropriations for sequencing the genomes of biological pathogens. Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to units of local government and emergency response units to plan, train, and equip emergency responders. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide staffing for adequate fire and emergency response. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies and institutions of higher learning to enhance security and emergency preparedness. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation to establish programs to: (1) address the lack of security on critical highway infrastructure; (2) improve interagency training for and communication among first responders to a terrorist attack; (3) provide real-time information and guidance for the traveling and non-traveling public; and (4) address the lack of adequate security for locks and dams, the lack of cargo information, and the inability to share information in a timely fashion with agencies such as the Coast Guard. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to assess the vulnerability of the 50 busiest U.S. seaports and establish: (1) in the Coast Guard the position of Assistant Commandant for Maritime Security; (2) a sea marshal program; (3) a national port security task force; (4) a maritime security institute; and (5) terrorism response plans for responding to a maritime terrorist attack. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for specified passenger rail and freight rail protection projects. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation with respect to public transit security, including installation of communications, surveillance, detection systems, and personal protective and detection equipment at public transit facilities. Requires a National Academy of Sciences energy pipeline security study. Authorizes appropriations for upgrading and expanding the current infrastructure of the Aviation Safety Reporting System of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out pilot projects with air carriers for real-time transmission to the FAA of cockpit voice and flight data and cabin video data from aircraft. Establishes a pilot program to deploy commercially available fuel cells at public use airports to ensure a reliable energy supply for new and emerging aviation security technologies, airport control towers, airport terminals, and other airport facilities. Requires the following officials to submit risk management assessment reports to Congress: (1) the Secretary of Energy regarding oil refineries, natural gas, and liquid natural gas storage facilities; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding chemical manufacturing facilities; (3) the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding nuclear facilities; (4) the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the domestic electric power grid; (5) the Secretary of Commerce regarding the Nation's fiber optic infrastructure; and (6) the Administrator of the General Services Administration regarding Federal buildings. Directs the Secretary of Energy to coordinate development and implementation of an interagency plan to prepare for and defend against terrorist attacks against high-level nuclear waste transportation facilities and infrastructure, interim storage facilities, intermodal transfer facilities, and central repositories. Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate and develop a plan to ensure that Federal, State, and local governments can respond adequately to the consequences of a terrorist attack against the transportation or storage of high-level nuclear waste. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the NRC to: (1) establish a system to ensure that transportation of nuclear materials under its jurisdiction meets certain requirements; and (2) commence a rulemaking to consider changes to the design basis threat for NRC-licensed facilities. Authorizes the President, whenever a state of war or national emergency exists, to: (1) deploy either the Armed Forces or the National Guard to defend NRC-licensed facilities from terrorist attack or threat from any foreign power; and (2) restrict air space in the vicinity of such facilities. Requires each Federal agency to take certain steps to enhance cyber security. Authorizes appropriations for State and local governments to do the same. Requires the Attorney General to update a specified study assessing the vulnerability of Federal facilities. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of Central Intelligence to investigate whether existing computer knowledge assessment technologies meeting specified criteria can be used to detect individuals with terrorist training. Directs the Attorney General to create a pilot program for establishing civilian supplemental incident response teams. Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. Postal Service to enhance its ability to detect and neutralize, or otherwise respond to, any dangerous matter entered into the mails without authorization. Directs the United States Customs Service to expedite the development and deployment of pulsed fast neutron analysis technology and authorizes appropriations for the development of scanners capable of sensing biological and chemical contaminants in microscopic airborne quantities. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) take specified measures for identifying individuals crossing U.S. Borders; and (2) increase to specified levels the number of U.S. Border Patrol personnel, U.S. marshals, and Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service inspectors at ports of entry by 2003. Requires the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to establish a border health inspectors corps to inspect individuals who may be intending to infect others for infectious disease. Requires the Director of Homeland Security to consider a program to improve aerial reconnaissance activities at U.S. borders, to include the use of unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Directs the President, acting through the Office of Homeland Security, to oversee the appropriate sharing of information among Federal, State, and local agencies involved in intelligence collection and law enforcement. Directs the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security to develop within such Office an entity to develop a system-wide information network to integrate existing watch lists of suspected terrorists. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the prompt assignment of specified channels for public safety purposes. Requires the Attorney General to establish regional emerging threat workspaces. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to maintain a secure database on select biological agents that pose a threat to public health by terrorist attack. Directs the President to establish within the Office for Homeland Security a center to develop an interagency clearinghouse for new counterterrorism technologies. States the policy of the United States to work with other nations, especially Russia, to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation of necessary materials and expertise. Authorizes appropriations for cooperative threat reduction programs. Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop an integrated plan for the use of technology to combat terrorism. Creates within the Executive Office of the President a Director of Homeland Security who shall conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of threat to the United States and develop a five-year homeland security strategy in response.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the ability of students at institutions of higher education to enroll in units of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Denies certain Federal funds to institutions of higher learning that prohibit establishment or operation of a Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit at such institution. (Current law denies funds for institutions that prohibit such on-site ROTC units or that prohibit a student from enrolling in an ROTC unit at another institution.)

Academic Achievement Enhancement Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

See summary of: H.R. 1673

Coastal Resources Conservation Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Coastal Resources Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to reauthorize: (1) the coastal resources management improvement grant program, setting forth criteria for promoting equitable allocation of grants; and (2) the coastal resources improvement grant program, including coastal watershed, multistate, or regional coastal ecosystem management plans. Makes Coastal Zone Management Fund amounts available to offset costs of implementing coastal zone management programs. Permits (rather than requires) the Secretary of Commerce to provide training, education, and technical assistance for coastal zone management and authorizes the Secretary to receive assistance therein from other Federal agencies and qualified persons. Revises review requirements for coastal State management programs. Makes the Walter B. Jones Excellence in Coastal Zone Management Awards program discretionary. (Currently the Secretary of Commerce is required to implement the program.) Establishes the National Estuarine Reserve System (in lieu of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System). Sets forth System requirements, including the designation of other reserves and the promotion and coordination of coastal and estuarine research, education, and resource stewardship.

Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001 - Makes it the obligation of male citizens and residents between 18 and 22 to receive basic military training and education as a member of the armed forces unless otherwise exempt under this Act. Permits female citizens and residents between such ages to volunteer for enlistment in the armed forces, with acceptance at the discretion of the Secretary of the military department concerned. Limits the period of training to between six months and a year. Permits transfers after basic training of such conscripts/volunteers to national and community service programs to finish the term of service. Provides educational services and Montgomery GI benefits to persons upon completion of their national service. Uses the existing Selective Service System and local boards for induction. Sets forth criteria for deferments, postponements, and exemptions, including high school, hardship, disability, and health. Entitles inductees to request a particular service branch. Excludes conscientious objectors from combatant training, but otherwise requires them to take basic training before a permitted transfer to a national service program.

National Comprehensive Crime-Free Communities Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

National Comprehensive Crime-Free Communities Act - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make and monitor grants to grant recipients; (2) provide, through the offices of the National Crime Prevention Council, technical assistance and training, data collection, and dissemination of information on state-of-the-art research-grounded practices that the Attorney General determines to be effective in preventing and reducing crime, violence, and drug abuse; (3) provide for the general administration of programs authorized by this Act, the evaluation of this Act, and a comprehensive communication strategy to inform the public and State and local governments of such programs; (4) coordinate with other Federal agencies; and (5) establish a National Crime-Free Communities Commission, the National Center for Justice Planning, and a resource collection of best practices for State-wide community-based criminal justice planning. Requires that programs carried out by States and local communities under this Act include a specialized focus on neighborhoods and schools disproportionately affected by crime, violence, and drug abuse. Directs the Attorney General to award matching grants to: (1) at least 100 communities or the designee of a community of up to $250,000 per year for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a program designed to prevent and reduce crime, violence, and substance abuse; and (2) each State criminal justice agency, Byrne agency, or other agency as designated by the Governor of that State and approved by the Attorney General of up to $400,000 per year to develop State capacity to assist local communities in such efforts.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Constitutional Amendment - Permits prayer and recognition of religious beliefs on public property, including schools.

Child Development and Family Employment Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001

Child Development and Family Employment Act of 2002 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to increase and extend the authorization of appropriations. Revises State plan requirements to include preservice training for child care providers. Requires payment rates to: (1) ensure access to comparable quality and types of services; (2) be adjusted to reflect increases in cost of living, as determined by market surveys at least every two years; and (3) reflect cost variations for different ages of children and different types of care. Revises requirements for activities to improve child care quality services. Earmarks funds for: (1) services for children from birth through three years of age; and (2) a statewide system of local child care resource and referral organizations carrying out certain functions, including training, to assist parents and providers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make incentive grants to States to increase reimbursement rates for child care providers. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a national training and technical assistance center specializing in infant and toddler care and their families; and (2) a national data system on supply, demand, and quality of child care, early education, and non-school hours programs. Includes foster children among those who may be eligible for CCDBGA services if other conditions are met. Focus On Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake Act - FOCUS Act - Establishes: (1) the Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant Program; and (2) the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.

Reduced Asthma Through Air Quality Improvement Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001

Reduced Asthma Through Air Quality Improvement Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish programs to improve indoor air quality in schools and in buildings where there are private or public sector employees. Requires EPA to: (1) enter into an agreement with nongovernmental organizations to establish a permanent program to provide information to school administrators on methods of improving indoor air quality; or (2) publish notice of such an existing program or combination of programs. Requires NIOSH to implement a Building Health Assessment Program to provide building assessments, upon request, to employers and employees on measures to reduce significant indoor air health risks. Requires HHS to establish a grant program to assist schools and employers, respectively, to implement such indoor air quality recommendations from EPA and NIOSH.

Recognizing the courage and professionalism of the New York City public school community during and after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and supporting Federal assistance to New York City public schools.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2001

Recognizes the New York City public school community's courage and professionalism during and after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Supports Federal assistance for New York City public schools to ensure availability of critical support services for all students and staff affected by the attack.

International Student Responsibility Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2001

International Student Responsibility Act - Provides for: (1) foreign country assistance in ensuring that prospective foreign students are eligible for U.S. admission; and (2) U.S. entry prohibition of foreign students from a country that fails to provide such assistance, or from a country from which a substantial number of foreign students fail to comply with foreign student status conditions. Prohibits foreign student admissions from a country deemed a state sponsor of international terrorism unless it has been determined that an individual alien does not pose a threat to U.S. security. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to notify an institution of higher education of the U.S. entry of a foreign student admitted to study at such institution. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act to set forth additional requirements for educational institutions under the foreign student monitoring program, including providing notification of alien students who fail to register. Authorizes appropriations for operation of, and related enforcement activities under, the student and exchange visitors information system.

A bill to provide for the continuation of higher education through the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Alaska to the University of Alaska, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Entitles the University of Alaska to take up to 250,000 acres of Federal lands or interests in lands in or adjacent to Alaska as a Federal grant in exchange for specified University holdings. Provides for selection of lands by the University and the approval and conveyance of lands by the Secretary of the Interior. Entitles the University to take up to an additional 250,000 acres in Federal lands or interests in lands in or adjacent to Alaska, to be conveyed on an acre-for-acre basis as a matching grant for any lands granted to the University by the State of Alaska after enactment of this Act. Permits the University to select, and requires the Secretary to convey, land pursuant to this State matching grant provision in parcels of 25,000 acres or greater.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate commending the inclusion of women in the Afghan Interim Administration and commending those who met at the historic Afghan Women's Summit for Democracy in Brussels.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is critically important for the future of Afghanistan that women participated at the United Nations sponsored talks in Bonn and will be included in the Afghan interim administration; and (2) the Afghan Women's Summit for Democracy recommendations for health, education, political participation, and refugee programs for women should be strongly considered when shaping the future of Afghanistan.

Hospice Improvement Program Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Hospice Improvement Program Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish Hospice Demonstration Projects to increase the utility of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) hospice services for seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries. Includes a supportive and comfort care benefit within such program. Requires the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects in at least three, but not more than six, sites. Sets forth the criteria for selecting such sites, including geographic diversity and accessibility. Requires special rules for adjusting payment to any Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) organization offering a Medicare+Choice plan to reflect an enrolled member's participation in such a project. Directs the Secretary to establish a Hospice Education Grant program under which the Secretary awards education grants to entities participating in the demonstration projects for the purpose of providing information about the Medicare hospice benefit and the benefits available to Medicare beneficiaries under the demonstration projects.

Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1) to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1 (elementary and secondary education).

Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 2001

Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make specified technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 1 (elementary and secondary education).

Call to Service Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001

Call to Service Act of 2001 - Amends National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) to extend the authorization of appropriations for specified programs. Revises the Americorps program. Directs the Corporation for National and Community Service to: (1) increase the number of approved national service positions; and (2) ensure that half of any such increased number are for programs that address public safety needs, including homeland defense and public health. Allows the Corporation to allot a limited portion of national service positions to receive educational awards only. Allows releases of participants from completing service terms, and requires released participants to receive a portion of the educational award. Includes programs at veterans' facilities or in public health among national service projects. Requires consultation by the Corporation and State Commissions for National and Community Service, respectively, with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and State emergency management agencies to determine ways to promote homeland security and emergency management through national service programs. Authorizes the Corporation to make grants through the senior training programs and programs of national significance. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparent Program, and Senior Companion Program. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require that specified increasing percentages of HEA grants for college work-study programs be used to compensate students in community service. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude national service educational awards from gross income. Amends Federal law relating to the Armed Forces to provide for: (1) employment of retired military personnel as instructors in basic training programs; (2) improved access to institutions of higher education for military recruiting purposes; (3) increase the amount of basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill; and (4) allow use of entitlements to basic education assistance for contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires heads of institutions of higher education to provide the Department of Defense the same access to students for recruiting purposes provided generally to prospective employers. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of State to establish a Commission on Military Recruitment and National Service.

Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001

Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop and implement public access defibrillation programs by: (1) training and equipping local emergency medical services personnel to administer immediate care, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillation (AED), to cardiac arrest victims; (2) purchasing AEDs, placing the defibrillators in public places where cardiac arrests are likely to occur, and training personnel in such places to administer CPR and AED to such victims; (3) setting procedures for proper maintenance and testing of such devices; (4) providing training to members of the public in CPR and AED; (5) integrating the emergency medical services system with the public access defibrillation programs; and (6) encouraging private companies to purchase AEDs and provide training for their employees to administer CPR and AED to cardiac arrest victims in their community. Directs the Secretary to award grants to States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop and implement innovative, comprehensive, community-based public access defibrillation demonstration projects that: (1) provide CPR and AED to cardiac arrest victims in unique settings; (2) provide training to community members in CPR and AED; and (3) maximize community access to AEDs. Directs the Secretary to award a grant to a health care organization to establish a national information clearinghouse that provides information to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.

Family Life Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2001

Family Life Education Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for family life education, including abstinence and contraception. Expresses the sense of Congress that States should, but need not, provide matching funds. Requires the Secretary to provide for national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in changing adolescent sexual behavior, including the delay of sexual and high-risk activity, the prevention of pregnancy and disease (including HIV/AIDS), and the increase of contraceptive knowledge.

Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include pharmacist services within the National Health Service Corps program of scholarships, including first-year pharmacy studies, loans, and funding. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants and contracts to qualifying pharmacy schools for: (1) student and faculty recruitment and retraining, with scholarship preference for students with financial need; (2) computer-based pharmaceutical education systems; and (3) facilities construction. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program for qualifying individuals who become pharmacy school faculty.

Security Assistance Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Security Assistance Act of 2001 - Mandates specified allocations of appropriations to the Bureau of Verification and Compliance of the Department of State, for activities related to verification of arms control and nonproliferation agreements, including the Key Verification Assets Fund. Requires use of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund for nonproliferation and counter-narcotics purposes. Authorizes appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Security Assistance Act of 2000 with respect to foreign military sales and financing, international military education and training (IMET), security assistance for Israel, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and specified other countries, antiterrorism assistance, nonproliferation and export control assistance, destruction of surplus weapons stockpiles, and demining programs. Authorizes funds for excess defense articles for certain countries. Amends the Arms Export Control Act's prohibition on transactions with countries that repeatedly support acts of international terrorism by providing access to nuclear explosive devices or material to include chemical, biological, and radiological agents as well. Authorizes the establishment of an interagency program of law enforcement designed to prevent the diversion of sensitive United States technology. Amends the Soviet Scientists Immigration Act of 1992 to expand the number of foreign scientists eligible for immigration. Expresses the sense of Congress favoring a gradual increase in the budget of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Russian Federation Debt Reduction for Nonproliferation Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President to engage in debt-for-nonproliferation exchanges and other specified transactions to reduce the amount of outstanding Soviet-era debt owed by the Russian Federation to the United States. Nonproliferation Assistance Coordination Act of 2001- Establishes the Committee on Nonproliferation Assistance to the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union to monitor U.S. nonproliferation efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet Union and coordinate the implementation of related U.S. policy. Prescribes requirements for expediting the munitions export licensing process. Directs the Secretary of State to establish and report to the appropriate congressional committees on a National Security Assistance Strategy for the United States. Declares U.S. policy regarding nuclear and missile proliferation in South Asia. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives regarding nonproliferation commitments and export controls in free trade agreements with foreign countries. Prescribes requirements with respect to: (1) real-time public availability of raw seismological data; (2) the detailing of U.S. Government personnel to international arms control and nonproliferation organizations; (3) establishment of a Counselor for Nonproliferation and Political Military Affairs in U.S. diplomatic missions overseas; (4) the fingerprinting of crop and livestock pathogens to enhance Government ability and research in pathogen epidemiology; (5) compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention; and (6) authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries.

Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a pilot program under which specified Federal agencies may agree to repay the student loans of their employees employed in national security positions. Requires the Director to coordinate such program with such agencies to recruit employees to serve in such positions. Requires the Director to establish a program for awarding National Security Fellowships to eligible graduate students who agree to employment with the Federal Government in national security positions. Establishes a National Security Service Board to: (1) develop criteria for awarding such Fellowships; (2) provide for the wide dissemination of information regarding the activities assisted under the program; (3) work with the Director in hiring and placing fellows in national security positions; and (4) develop and provide to Congress a strategic plan that identifies the skills needed by the Federal national security workforce. Provides that 20 percent of such Fellowships be set-aside for Federal employees who are working in such positions to enhance their education and training in areas important to national security. Creates a National Security Service Corps, under the direction of the Board, to provide rotational opportunities for mid-level employees in national security positions within and between specified agencies. Requires agencies' annual strategic and performance plans and program performance reports to evaluate the role of specific skills in accomplishing or failing to accomplish such agencies' goals.

American Family Economic Security and Stimulus Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

American Economic Security and Stimulus Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require employers to provide eligible employees with a simplified application for an earned income eligibility certificate. Extends eligibility for advanced payment of the earned income credit to employees without qualifying children. Makes the 25 percent individual income tax rate effective in calender year 2002 rather than 2006. Temporarily expands penalty-free retirement plan distributions for health insurance premiums for individuals receiving unemployment compensation, as specified. Increases the child tax credit to $1,000. Allows a tax credit of up to $500 for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses (computer technology or equipment). Allows for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, and before September 11, 2002: (1) an additional first year 10 percent depreciation allowance; and (2) an additional allowance against the alternative minimum tax. Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2001 - Provides for a program of temporary emergency unemployment compensation. Provides for a temporary reduction in the interest rate applicable to repayments of advances to State unemployment funds. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to temporarily expand the National Emergency Grant program to address employment needs resulting from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including: (1) assistance for employment and training and temporary health care coverage premiums for workers affected by major economic dislocations (2) personal/business income compensation to a dislocated worker/ independently owned business or proprietorship if such worker/business is unable to work/fully function; and (3) COBRA continuation coverage.

Homeland Security Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Homeland Security Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to forgive interest payments on guaranteed and student loans for selected borrowers in repayment status who have obtained undergraduate degrees in science (except the social sciences), mathematics, engineering, or specified foreign languages, as an incentive for study of such subjects. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary to establish a demonstration program of grants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) for building or expanding mathematics and science programs, upgrading laboratories, and purchasing equipment. Directs the Secretary and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to assess long-term mathematics and science needs of the national security workforce and the larger Federal workforce. Amends ESEA to authorize the Secretary to make grants to eligible partnerships for various authorized activities to encourage early foreign language studies. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) that develop innovative programs for teaching foreign languages. Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to direct the Secretary of Defense, through the National Security Education Trust, to make grants to IHEs to produce graduates in a range of disciplines with advanced proficiency in languages most critical to U.S. national security. Directs the National Research Council to study the feasibility of establishing a National Language Foundation.

Student Success Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Student Success Act of 2001 - Authorizes individuals to enter into human capital investment contracts (HCICs) to obtain funds for the payment of tuition and other related expenses of postsecondary education by agreeing to pay to the holder of the contract a specified percentage of the individual's future earned income. Makes any HCIC that complies with required terms and conditions under this Act a valid, binding, and enforceable contract notwithstanding any State law limiting or otherwise regulating assignments of future wages or other income. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that: (1) an HCIC shall not be treated as a debt instrument for specified purposes; and (2) amounts received by the student for entering into an HCIC shall be includible in such student's gross income for certain tax purposes. Sets forth conditions for allowable depreciation deductions with respect to HCICs. Allows a tax deduction, in determining adjusted gross income, for an individual's obligated payments under an HCIC. Deems income derived from, or gain from the sale or other disposition of, an HCIC as qualifying income which would exempt a publicly traded partnership from treatment as a corporation. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to provide for pooling of HCICs into investment companies. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to except from discharge in bankruptcy, under certain conditions, any payment owed by the debtor as a result of a payment made to or for the benefit of the debtor under an HCIC. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to provide that no portion of any amounts received by a student for entering into an HCIC shall be included as income or assets in the computation of expected family contribution for any program funded in whole or in part under HEA.

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add provisions directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services, building upon core public health capabilities, to carry out health-related activities to prepare for and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. Requires collaboration with States and local governments to ensure a national bioterrorism and public health emergency preparedness plan. Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Assistant Secretary for Emergency Preparedness. Expands the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of a coordinated network of public health laboratories. Provides for: (1) the education of health care personnel regarding recognition and identification of bioweapons; and (2) grants to train health professionals and register volunteers. Requires the maintenance of a national stockpile or stockpiles of drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, and other supplies adequate to meet the health security needs of the United States in the event of a bioterrorist attack or other public health emergency. Provides for countermeasure research, development, and evaluation. Provides for the waiver of certain Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP requirements during national emergencies. Provides for enhanced regulatory control of dangerous biological agents and toxins. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the protection of the food and drug supply against intentional adulteration. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the water supply against terrorist and other intentional acts.

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 - Revises various requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs employee incentive scholarship program, including by reducing the period of employment required for eligibility and by increasing the years for which a scholarship may be paid. Makes permanent the education debt reduction program. Authorizes: (1) additional pay for Saturday duty for health care professionals in the Department's Veterans Health Administration (VHA); and (2) unused sick leave to be included in the annuity computation for VHA nurses. Establishes the National Commission on VA Nursing. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide service dogs to veterans enrolled in the veterans' patient enrollment system. Provides the basis for maintenance of the Department's capacity to provide for the specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans who: (1) are seriously mentally ill; or (2) have spinal cord dysfunction, traumatic brain injury, blindness, or prosthetics and sensory aids. Directs the Secretary to provide chiropractic care and services to veterans enrolled in the veterans' patient enrollment system. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a major medical facility project at the Department's Medical Center in Miami, Florida. Urges the Secretary to assess the Department's provision of special telephone services for veterans. Directs the Secretary to provide consultation, counseling, training and mental health services to family members of a veteran receiving treatment for a service-connected disability and authorizes the Secretary to provide such services in connection with a veteran receiving treatment for a non-service-connected disability. Authorizes: (1) bereavement counseling to family members of veterans who die in the line of duty or were participating in a hospice program; and (2) humanitarian hospital or medical care in emergency cases.

Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 1291.

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2001

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 1291 (veterans education and benefits expansion).

Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2001

Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waive or modify certain requirements of student financial aid programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as necessary in connection with the national emergency declared by the President with respect to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, or any subsequent national emergency declared by reason of terrorist attacks (the emergency). Authorizes such waiver or modification of requirements in order to provide relief from certain financial and administrative burdens to affected individuals who: (1) are serving on active duty during the emergency; (2) are serving on National Guard duty during the emergency; (3) reside or are employed in a disaster area declared by any Federal, State, or local official in connection with the emergency; or (4) suffered direct economic hardship as a direct result of the emergency, as determined under a waiver or modification issued under this Act. Authorizes waiver or modification of certain reporting requirements for institutions of higher education, lenders, guarantee agencies, and other entities participating in such programs, if such entities are located in declared disaster areas connected to the emergency. Expresses the sense of Congress that institutions offering postsecondary education should provide refunds and waivers of certain requirements to students who are members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty during the national emergency.

Call to Service Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2001

Call to Service Act of 2001 - Amends National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) to extend the authorization of appropriations for specified programs. Revises the Americorps program. Directs the Corporation for National and Community Service to: (1) increase the number of approved national service positions; and (2) ensure that half of any such increased number are for programs that address public safety needs, including homeland defense and public health. Allows the Corporation to allot a limited portion of national service positions to receive educational awards only. Allows releases of participants from completing service terms, and requires released participants to receive a portion of the educational award. Includes programs at veterans' facilities or in public health among national service projects. Requires consultation by the Corporation and State Commissions for National and Community Service, respectively, with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and State emergency management agencies to determine ways to promote homeland security and emergency management through national service programs. Authorizes the Corporation to make grants through the senior training programs and programs of national significance. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparent Program, and Senior Companion Program. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require that specified increasing percentages of HEA grants for college work-study programs be used to compensate students in community service. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude national service educational awards from gross income. Amends Federal law relating to the Armed Forces to provide for: (1) employment of retired military personnel as instructors in basic training programs; (2) improved access to institutions of higher education for military recruiting purposes; (3) increase the amount of basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill; and (4) allow use of entitlements to basic education assistance for contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires heads of institutions of higher education to provide the Department of Defense the same access to students for recruiting purposes provided generally to prospective employers. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of State to establish a Commission on Military Recruitment and National Service.

Rural Safety Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2001

Rural Safety Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to make grants to rural local and tribal governments for the retention for one additional year of police officers funded through the cops on the beat (or COPS) Program; and (2) authorize the use of COPS grants on a matching funds basis to assist the police departments of such units in improving police communications, and in developing and improving access to crime-solving technologies. Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to make grants to such units to: (1) establish or improve 911 service in those communities; and (2) establish restorative justice programs for juveniles, such as victim/offender mediation and family and community conferences. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, to make grants to establish in rural areas substance abuse (particularly methamphetamine) prevention and treatment pilot programs and methamphetamine prevention education programs. Directs the Attorney General to provide for the cleanup of methamphetamine laboratories and related hazardous waste, and for the improvement of contract-related response time for cleanup of methamphetamine laboratories and related hazardous waste by providing additional contract personnel, equipment, and facilities, in rural areas. Establishes a Rural Policing Institute as part of the Small Town and Rural Training Program..

Yosemite National Park Education Improvement Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2001

Yosemite National Park Educational Facilities Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services and facilities necessary to assist the State of California or local school districts in providing educational services and facilities for students who: (1) are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of Yosemite National Park; or (2) live at or near the Park upon Federal property.

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2001

Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national education and information campaign promoting stroke prevention and immediate treatment. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry and Clearinghouse, including conducting and/or making available research concerning best practices for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation; (2) make grants to States to establish statewide stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation systems; and (3) develop a model curriculum for training emergency medical services personnel. Sets forth requirements for the State grant program, including matching funds, standards for care and facilities, central data reporting and analysis, special consideration for geographic areas with high rates of disability from stroke or significant need, and technical assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to develop and implement education programs for appropriate medical personnel with regard to newly developed diagnostics, technologies, and therapies for stroke prevention and treatment.

Agroterrorism Prevention Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2001

Agroterrorism Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit plant enterprise terrorism. Enhances penalties for animal enterprise terrorism and establishes penalties for plant enterprise terrorism. Prohibits the use of explosives or arson against the enterprise. Provides for the death penalty under specified circumstances. Makes animal and plant enterprise terrorism a predicate offense under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish and maintain a national clearinghouse for information on incidents of crime and terrorism committed against or directed at any: (1) animal or plant enterprise; (2) commercial activity because of the perceived impact of such activity on the environment; or (3) person because of such person's perceived connection with or support of any enterprise or activity. Requires the Director to: (1) award grants on a competitive basis to colleges and universities for technical assistance, threat and risk assessments, and other activities related to improving security at individual research universities; and (2) develop a comprehensive security report for universities, colleges, and nonprofit organizations which examines the threat posed by animal and plant enterprise terrorism on research activities and includes strategies for reducing such threat.

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers, to extend current law with respect to special allowances for lenders, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001

Amends of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to set fixed interest rates for new loans to students or parents on or after July 1, 2006. Extends current interest rate provisions for loans with a first disbursement (or a consolidation loan application received) before such date. Extends provisions for special allowances for lenders, but limits payment of special allowances for PLUS loans on or after such date.

Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001

Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add provisions granting additional authorities to the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning bioterrorism preparedness and responding to public health emergencies. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a plan which includes the development of specific criteria enabling measurements to be made of the progress made at the national, State, and local levels toward achieving the national goal of bioterrorism preparedness. Requires the maintenance of an adequate national pharmaceutical stockpile of vaccines (including a smallpox vaccine), therapies, and medical supplies for use at the Secretary's discretion in the event of a biological threat or attack or other public health emergency. Expands the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of a coordinated network of public health laboratories to assist with the detection of and response to a biological threat or attack. Provides for the appointment of an Assistant Secretary for Emergency Preparedness who shall head the Office for Emergency Preparedness. Provides for a National Disaster Medical System to provide appropriate health and social services to respond to a public health emergency, if the Secretary activates the System. Provides for enhanced regulatory control of biological agents and toxins. Establishes a State Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Block Grant Program to improve State and local preparedness and response capabilities. Amends the Clayton Act to provide for a limited antitrust exemption with respect to the development of new countermeasures against bioterrorism. Requires, under the Public Health Service Act, the development of a crisis communications and education strategy with respect to bioterrorist threats to the food supply. Expands animal and plant health inspection service activities and authorities. Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to expand the authority of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to food presenting a serious threat to humans or animals. Requires the registration of food manufacturing, processing, and handling facilities. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize existing authorities to expand Agricultural Research Service and Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service programs to protect the food supply of the United States.

Rural Safety Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001

Rural Safety Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Safe Streets Act) to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to make grants to rural local and tribal governments for the retention for one additional year of police officers funded through the cops on the beat (or COPS) Program; and (2) authorize the use of COPS grants on an matching funds basis to assist in improving police communications, and in developing and improving access to crime-solving technologies. Directs the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to make grants to: (1) establish or improve 911 service in those communities; and (2) establish restorative justice programs for juveniles, such as victim/offender mediation and family and community conferences.. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, to make grants to establish in rural areas substance abuse (particularly methamphetamine) prevention and treatment pilot programs and methamphetamine prevention education programs. Directs the Attorney General to provide for the cleanup of methamphetamine laboratories and related hazardous waste, and for the improvement of contract-related response time by providing additional contract personnel, equipment, and facilities, in rural areas. Establishes a Rural Policing Institute as part of the Small Town and Rural Training Program. Secure Storage of Firearms Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to carry out a five-year demonstration program to make grants to assist qualified law enforcement officers in the acquisition and installation of gun safes or gun storage racks in their residences. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for certain gun safe or storage rack acquisition expenses.

California Five Mile Regional Learning Center Transfer Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001

California Five Mile Regional Learning Center Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) convey to the Clovis Unified School District of California a specified parcel of National Forest System (NFS) land which has been utilized as the Five Mile Regional Learning Center by such school district since 1989 pursuant to a special use permit to provide natural resource conservation education to California youth; and (2) negotiate with the school district to enter into a new permit for the approximately 100 acres of NFS land that the school district is using pursuant to the present permit but that is not included in such conveyance.

Cyber Security Research and Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001

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 (which may include government laboratories) with for-profit entities to support research to improve the security of computer systems. Requires such program to include: (1) multidisciplinary, long-term, high-risk research; (2) research directed toward addressing needs identified through computer security review, public meeting, and information activities of the Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board (with special funds authorized by this Act); and (3) support for graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and senior researchers. 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.

Networking and Information Technology Research Advancement Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001

Networking and Information Technology Research Advancement Act - Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to rename the National High-Performance Computing Program the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, expanding its focus beyond Federal high-performance computing research and coordination to include all Federal networking and information technology activities. Requires such program to address the issues of network information systems security as well as more general research goals, including network stability and the social and economic consequences of such technology. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy's annual report to include a detailed description of the Program Component Areas, including changes and activities contributing to network security improvement. Expands the role of the advisory commission to include program evaluation. Repeals provisions concerning the National Research and Education Network and the Next Generation Internet Program. Revises research activities of the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Departments of Energy and Commerce (including the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), and the Environmental Protection Agency to incorporate networking and information technology. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to: (1) arrange for an assessment of the state of research on networking and information technology in the United States; and (2) continually collect and arrange for the analysis of data on the information technology workforce, including size, occupation category, education, training, compensation, and the role of foreign workers.

Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2001

Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2001 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) a regular timeline for the publication of final regulations; and (2) contracts with Medicare administrative contractors. Outlines requirements for provider education and technical assistance under Medicare. Amends SSA title XVIII part D with respect to the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council to direct the Secretary to appoint a Medicare Provider Ombudsman to: (1) assist confidentially service providers and suppliers with respect to grievances and requests for information; and (2) submit recommendations to the Secretary for improvement in Medicare administration. Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to appoint a Medicare Beneficiary Ombudsman to assist Medicare beneficiaries with respect to grievances and requests for information. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program making certain technical assistance available, upon request on a voluntary basis, to small providers of services or suppliers to evaluate their billing and related systems for compliance with the applicable Medicare requirements. Outlines requirements with respect to provider appeals and recovery. Directs the Secretary to establish a process for expedited access to judicial review. Amends SSA title XVIII part D with respect to: (1) the Medicare Integrity Program to provide for the recovery of overpayments; and (2) agreements with service providers to direct the Secretary to establish a process for enrollment of Medicare service providers and suppliers. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing any documentation guidelines for evaluation and management physician services under Medicare unless the Secretary has, among other things, established a plan with specific goals and a schedule for improving the use of such guidelines.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes may be treated as tax exempt.

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that certain bonds issued by local governments in connection with delinquent real property taxes (delinquent tax bonds) may be treated as tax exempt. Requires: (1) such a bond to be issued (with a three-month maturity date) primarily to facilitate the collection or receipt of delinquent real property taxes levied for school districts that provide education primarily below the post-secondary level; and (2) that all delinquent real property taxes (and interest, fees, and penalties attributable to them) received by such governmental units after a specified date but before any maturity date are used, within three months of receipt, for the payment of principal, interest, or redemption price of the issue of which the bond is a part (to the extent that such taxes, interest, fees, and penalties do not exceed such principal, interest, and redemption price, in the aggregate).

Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 November 2001

Medicare Appeals, Regulatory, and Contracting Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) timelines for publication of final regulations and compliance with substantive changes after notice; (2) timeframes for the completion of the record in the appeals process; (3) contracts with Medicare administrative contractors for determining payment amounts, making payments, and providing certain provider services; (4) coordination of funding for education of service providers; and (5) standardization of random prepayment review and recovery of overpayments from Medicare administrative contractors. Grants a one-year delay in the lock-in procedures for Medicare+Choice plans under SSA title XVIII part C. Provides a temporary moratorium on the requirement that home health agencies collect Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data from non-Medicare patients.

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 27 November 2001

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends specified Acts to extend and revise agricultural and related programs with respect to: (1) commodities and price supports; (2) conservation; (3) agricultural trade; (4) nutrition; (5) agricultural credit; (6) rural development; (7) agricultural research, extension, and education; (8) forestry; (9) energy; (10) country of origin and quality grade labeling; (11) crop insurance; and (12) miscellaneous programs.

General Aviation Industry Reparations Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 27 November 2001

General Aviation Industry Reparations Act of 2001 - Directs the President to take certain actions to compensate general aviation entities for losses incurred by them as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, including to: (1) issue Federal credit instruments (including subsidy amounts for such instruments) to such entities; and (2) compensate them for direct losses incurred as a result of any Federal ground stop order issued by the Government and any incremental losses incurred as a direct result of such attacks. Authorizes the Air Transportation Stabilization Board to enter into agreements with one or more obligors to issue such instruments. Sets forth certain instrument and compensation requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide insurance or reinsurance, or reimbursement of insurance costs increases, to a general aviation entity against loss or damage arising from the operation of nonmilitary aircraft while in the United States. Defines "general aviation entity" to mean any person (other than an air carrier) that operates nonmilitary aircraft or provides aviation services directly related to nonmilitary aircraft or nonmilitary airport operations or relies on direct or indirect access to U.S. airspace to conduct its primary business as determined by the Secretary. Includes fixed based operators, flight schools, manufacturers of general aviation products, and persons engaged in nonscheduled commercial aviation enterprises.