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301 records in 2002
Austria · Federal Council · 25 July 2002
Anfrage der Bundesräte Albrecht Konecny, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Daten zu den Mitgliedern des Vorstandes und der Aufsichtsräte der Unternehmungen, die der Kontrolle des Rechnungshofes unterliegen
Austria · Federal Council · 25 July 2002
Anfrage der Bundesräte Georg Keuschnigg, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Beiziehung von Ländervertretern in den Fachhochschulrat
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Commends Sail Boston for its excellence in the promotion of tall ship and maritime events in Boston and in ports throughout the United States, and its work with the American Sail Training Association for the promotion and encouragement of young cadets through training programs, seamanship, and education at sea. Urges all Americans and citizens of nations throughout the world to join in the international friendship and support Sail Boston and the American Sail Training Association during Sail Boston 2004.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Designates the week beginning September 15, 2002, as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Captive Wildlife Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to define "prohibited wildlife species" as any live lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, cougar, or bear. Declares it a prohibited act for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce any prohibited wildlife species. Exempts from this prohibition licensed zoos, circuses, accredited sanctuaries, federally-licensed breeders, State entities (universities, wildlife rehabilitators or veterinarians), animal shelters, persons transporting prohibited wildlife species to any such facility, and specified related organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Federal and State financial assistance for in-home care should be increased to an elderly patient once it is determined that the patient is in need of in-home nursing care; and (2) better treatment and guidelines are required for students and schools who train certified nurse assistants and home health aides.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Recognizes the importance of teaching U.S. history in elementary and secondary schools. Expresses concern regarding the lack of basic understanding of U.S. history among U.S. students at all levels. Supports efforts to promote education in U.S. history and to ensure U.S. students graduate from high school with a significant understanding of U.S. history.
United States · United States Senate · 24 July 2002
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 24 July 2002
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 - Designates specified Federal lands in Nevada as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Releases, and retains from release, certain Nevada lands as wilderness study areas. Transfers from the Secretary to the: (1) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service specified land for inclusion in the Desert National Wildlife Range; and (2) National Park Service specified land for inclusion in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary to manage the land located along the Interstate Route 15 corridor south of the Las Vegas Valley to the border between California and Nevada in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act and provisions of this Act for multiple use purposes. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act - Establishes in Nevada the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area to conserve, protect, and enhance the cultural, archaeological, natural, wilderness, scientific, geological, historical, biological, wildlife, education, and science resources of such Area. Authorizes the Clark County Department of Aviation to convey to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas certain land for the development of a technology research center. Directs the Secretary to convey specified Nevada land to: (1) the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for use as a shooting range; (2) Henderson, Nevada, for use as a campus for Nevada State College; (3) Las Vegas, Nevada, for affordable housing; (4) Henderson for an economic development zone; (5) Clark County, Nevada, for any purpose; and (6) Henderson for conservation, public recreation, regional trails, and flood control facility purposes. Directs the Secretary to relocate a specified right-of-way corridor in Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to extend through FY 2007 the authorization of appropriations to carry out the national security education program (NSEP). Establishes a National Flagship Language Initiative (NFLI) as part of NSEP. Provides that funds under current NSEP grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) may also be used for grants for NFLI programs in which IHEs train students in a range of disciplines with advanced levels of proficiency in those foreign languages that the Secretary of Defense identifies as being the most critical to U.S. national security interests. Requires IHEs receiving a grant for NFLI to give special consideration to applicants who are Federal employees. Allows NSEP scholarship and fellowship recipients to fulfill their service requirements in any Federal agency or department.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Education Savings and School Excellence Performance Act of 2002 - Makes the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 inapplicable to provisions of such Act relating to education savings incentives, thus making those provisions permanent. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for tax-free expenditures from education savings accounts for elementary and secondary education expenses at home schools (currently the Code provides for tax-free treatment of expenses at public, private, and religious schools only).
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) attempts to boycott Israeli scholars will neither advance truth nor achieve peace; (2) attempts to treat Israeli scholars as pariahs cannot fail to recall horrifying precedents such as the Nazi effort to "purify" German universities (make them "Judenrein") by expelling Jewish students and faculty and the Stalinist slaughter of Yiddish intellectuals; and (3) scholars in the United States and abroad are to be commended for their prompt and resolute defense of their Israeli colleagues and for their commitment to the free exchange of ideas.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Commends Sail Boston for its excellence in the promotion of tall ship and maritime events in Boston and in ports throughout the United States, and its work with the American Sail Training Association for the promotion and encouragement of young cadets through training programs, seamanship, and education at sea. Urges all Americans and citizens of nations throughout the world to join in the international friendship and support Sail Boston and the American Sail Training Association during Sail Boston 2004.
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 23 July 2002
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 23 July 2002
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Education Freedom Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax credit for 50 percent of certain cash contributions by a taxpayer to an education investment organization or to an elementary or secondary school. Sets a maximum credit of $50,000 for corporations and $250 for other taxpayers ($500 for a joint return). Provides other limitations on the amount of the credit in certain specified instances. Excludes from gross income any amount received as a grant for qualified elementary and secondary expenses from an education investment organization. Defines "qualified elementary and secondary expenses" and "education investment organization." Revises definition of "school" for purposes of defining qualified elementary and secondary education expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer whose adjusted gross income is $20,000 or less ($40,000 in the case of a joint return) to deduct up to $3,000 in qualified elementary and secondary education expenses. Defines qualified elementary and secondary education expenses and adjusted gross income.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Education Affordability Act of 2002 - Makes the sunset provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 inapplicable to provisions of such Act relating to educational assistance, thus making those provisions permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002
Agriculture Security Preparedness Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations Security Council should include agroterrorism in the definition of a terrorist act involving a weapon of mass destruction. Amends Federal criminal law to include under the rubric of terrorism the use of a weapon of mass destruction against private property, including property used for agricultural or livestock operations. Directs the Attorney General to report on the feasibility of establishing a national agroterrorism and ecoterrorism incident clearinghouse. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) report on international agricultural disease surveillance; (2) develop farm and ranch biosecurity guidelines and related education outreach; (3) develop a pilot program of biosecurity grants and loans to assist agricultural producers comply with such guidelines; (4) provide grants to universities for plant and animal disease research and vaccine development; (5) provide grants to States for geographic information systems for disease emergency epidemiological assessments; (6) develop a national public awareness campaign; (7) conduct a feasibility study respecting establishment of a national plant disease laboratory; (8) conduct a study of expanding laboratory sample screening capacities; (9) improve terrorist-related agricultural inspection abilities; and (10) establish a grant program to facilitate establishment of regional agricultural emergency response networks which shall serve as the basis for Federal, State, and local response plans. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) establish a senior level position for agricultural disease emergency management liaison; (2) revise the Emergency Support Functions of the Federal Response Plan to include the economic, environmental, and medical impacts of naturally-occurring agricultural disease outbreaks and agroterrorist acts; (3) provide grants to small communities to facilitate participation of State and local animal health care officials in emergency planning; and (4) establish a task force to identify and distribute best practices for State regional agricultural disaster exercise programs. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation to establish guidelines for transportation restrictions in response to an agricultural emergency; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services a senior level position for animal health liaison.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) administration of employment and training programs, including welfare-to-work grants; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (5) the National Institutes of Health; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs, low income home energy assistance, refugee and entrant assistance, payments to States for child care and development block grants, social services block grants, children and families services programs, promoting safe and stable families, and payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (10) the Administration on Aging; (11) the Office of the Secretary, for general departmental management; (12) the Office of Inspector General; (13) the Office for Civil Rights; (14) policy research; (15) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (16) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations. Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) English language acquisition; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) certain special institutions for persons with disabilities; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs; (11) specified higher education programs; (12) Howard University; (13) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (14) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (15) education research, statistics, and improvement; (16) departmental management; (17) the Office for Civil Rights; (18) the Office of the Inspector General; and (19) student aid administration. Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Railroad Retirement Board; (14) Social Security Administration; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2002
Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production of Methamphetamines Act of 2002 (CLEAN-UP Meth Act) - Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to carry out environmental cleanup and remediation on Federal lands contaminated from illegal methamphetamine manufacture. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate as hazardous byproducts of methamphetamine production; (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to list byproducts likely to cause long-term environmental harm; (3) the Secretary of Labor to provide grants to local law enforcement; (4) the EPA Administrator to study methamphetamine laboratory operation impacts on the environment; and (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study contamination issues. Amends: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for educational programs and treatment, respectively; (2) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit hiring police personnel and purchasing equipment; (3) the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the regulatory exemption for over-the-counter pseudoephedrine product sales; and (4) the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 regarding court consideration of good faith efforts to prevent sales violations. Urges the President to seek commitments from the Canadian Government regarding pseudoephedrine availability in Canada and its importation into the United States. Directs the Attorney General to study ephedrine product theft.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2002
Tobacco Livelihood and Economic Assistance for Our Farmers Act of 2002 - Amends, and repeals, specified agricultural Acts to eliminate tobacco quota and price support programs, including no net cost provisions. Sets forth transition provisions, including provision of compensation to eligible quota holders. Continues Federal crop insurance for tobacco producers. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to establish in the Department of Agriculture the Tobacco Quality Board; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to assess fees on tobacco product manufacturers and importers that sell tobacco products in U.S. domestic commerce. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority to tobacco products, with exceptions for certain health-or disease treatment-related uses. Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) adulterated and misbranded tobacco products; (2) required health information; (3) registration and recordkeeping; (4) control of tobacco products; (5) performance standards; (6) remedies; (7) premarket review; (8) judicial review; (9) reduced risk tobacco products; (10) access and marketing restrictions; (11) mandatory disclosures; (12) testing; and (13) examinations and investigations. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986, respectively, to revise cigarette and smokeless tobacco labeling and advertising warning provisions. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to: (1) revise the definition of "cigarette"; and (2) direct the Secretary to determine whether cigarette labeling and advertising shall be required to provide tar, nicotine, and other smoke constituent information.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Access to High Quality Child Care Act - 2002 ACCESS Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBGA) to extend the authorization of appropriations, and to revise or set forth provisions relating to: (1) lead agencies; (2) State plan requirements; (3) activities to improve the quality of child care; (4) increased reimbursement rates; (5) administration and enforcement; (6) data about families receiving subsidies; (7) child care research and data; (8) activities for infants, toddlers, and children in other special populations; (9) resource and referral services; and (10) funds for Indian tribes. Federal Employees Child Care Act - 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 a child care facility to comply with standards of a child care accreditation entity; and (3) establish an interagency council to facilitate cooperation and sharing of best practices. Prescribes accreditation requirements for child care services in the House of Representatives, the Library of Congress, the Senate, and the U.S. Courts. Revises the criteria for children permitted child care and related services in Federal buildings, extending eligibility to children of Federal employees or on-site Federal contractors, or dependent children who live with such employees or contractors. Authorizes agreements, where necessary, with non-Federal, licensed, and accredited child care facilities, or planned facilities 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. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants to assist eligible intermediaries to provide technical and financial assistance to eligible recipients to pay the Federal matching share of costs of acquisition, construction, or improvement of center-based or home-based child care facilities or equipment, or for the improvement of related management and business practices. Book Stamp Act - Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a grant program (based on certain State allocations under CCDBGA) to promote child literacy and improve children's access to books at home and in early learning and other child care programs, by making books available through such programs. Early Care and Education Act - Directs the Secretaries of Education and of HHS to: (1) allot incentive grants to States to develop or enhance high-quality systems of early child care and early education; (2) award bonus grants to States for demonstrated improvement in such care and education; and (3) establish an information clearinghouse.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Community Protection and Response Act of 2002 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to include a terrorist attack, dispersion of radioactive or other contaminants, dispersion of hazardous substances, or other catastrophic event as a "major disaster" eligible for relief under the Act. Includes as a "private nonprofit facility" for purposes of damages coverage in a major disaster private for-profit telecommunications, phone services, and utilities when losses occur during a homeland security event and are not covered by insurance. Authorizes the President, at the request of a State governor, to declare that a major disaster constitutes a homeland security event and is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capacity of the affected State and local government. Provides specified Federal assistance under the Act upon such a declaration, including reimbursement and grant assistance for lost compensation, sustained losses, and required repairs. Includes as critical services under the Act education systems, providers of counseling, and providers of assistance to the homeless. Removes the $5 million limit on community disaster loans provided under the Act. Requires or provides for: (1) standards for reporting information concerning disasters involving homeland security events; (2) a special commission to review air quality following a homeland security event; (3) guidelines concerning health risks associated with the release of materials following a homeland security event and associated monitoring and analysis; and (4) grants for data collection during public health emergencies, research on assisting victims, and advance preparation for public health emergencies.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2002
First Responders Support Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate in each State at least one employee of the Department of Homeland Security to serve as that State's Homeland Security Liaison Officer and to provide coordination between the Department and State and local first responders. Requires such an Officer to: (1) provide training, information, and education on homeland security for State and local entities; (2) identify homeland security functions in which the Federal role is duplicative of the State or local role and recommend ways to decrease or eliminate inefficiencies; and (3) assist the Department in identifying and implementing State and local homeland security objectives. Requires the Secretary to appoint a Chief Homeland Security Liaison Officer who shall: (1) coordinate the activities of such State Officers; and (2) prepare annual reports on State and local priorities, a needs assessment that identifies duplicative homeland security functions, recommendations regarding program creation, expansion, or elimination to assist State and local entities in carrying out functions under the Department, and proposals to increase the coordination of Department priorities within and between States. Establishes: (1) an Interagency Committee on First Responders that shall ensure coordination among the Federal agencies involved with State, local and community-based law enforcement, fire and rescue operations, and medical and emergency relief services.; and (2) an Advisory Council for such Committee.
European Union · European Commission · 17 July 2002
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Teacher Recruitment Act of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish new programs for teacher student loan forgiveness, under the guaranteed loan program and the direct loan program. Makes eligible for such student loan forgiveness any new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who is: (1) employed as a full-time teacher in a public elementary or secondary school in an economically disadvantaged or depressed and underserved rural area; (2) State-certified or State-licensed to teach, and in compliance with State or local accountability standards; and (3) not in default on the loan. Directs the Secretary to establish a formula that ensures fairness and equality for applicants in the selection of borrowers for such loan repayment under this section, based on the amount available. Limits the portion of the outstanding loan obligation which the Secretary may repay to 15 percent for the first or second year of such service, 20 percent for the third or fourth year, and 30 percent for the fifth year.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Living Well with Fatal Chronic Illness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Purchase of Medicare Benefits by Certain Caregivers Age 55-to-65 Years of Age). Makes eligible for both part A and part B Medicare benefits during a specified period certain individuals 55 or older who are caring on a full-time basis for family members who are Medicare beneficiaries requiring substantial supervision due to severe cognitive impairment or are unable to perform at least two activities of daily living. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine and to provide for payment and collection of a monthly premium. Creates in the Treasury the Medicare Caregiver Trust Fund to hold collected premiums. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an annual long-term care credit of $3000 per applicable person for whom a taxpayer is an eligible caregiver. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to carry out research, demonstration, and education programs toward improving the delivery of appropriate health and support services for patients with fatal chronic illnesses. Requires the Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the National Institutes of Health to expand activities with respect to fatal chronic illness. Requires the Secretary to develop pilot programs for the treatment for fatal chronic illness. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the delivery of appropriate treatment services to patients with fatal chronic illness under health care programs of the Department of Veterans Services.
Austria · Federal Council · 12 July 2002
Anfrage der Bundesräte Albrecht Konecny, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend automationsunterstützte Erfassung der Dienstzeit
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2002
Rural Health Training Incentive Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to award grants to accredited schools of medicine or nursing for demonstration programs to encourage more health professionals to practice in rural areas. Makes grants available on a matching basis for three years to five schools. Requires grants to address youth recruitment, training, and the expansion of the network of rural training tracks in the health professions. Earmarks one grant for a program for physicians in family medicine that includes a regional consortium of family medicine residency programs with a residency rural training program and one grant for nurses. Gives priority to schools with on-site rural training residencies or rotations and rural recruitment and placement programs.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2002
Expresses the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history.
Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002
Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002
Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002
Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Canceling Loans to Allow School Systems to Attract Classroom Teachers Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional amounts of student loan forgiveness for certain teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education, in making such additional repayments, to give priority to teachers of special education in elementary and secondary schools.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to instruct the Autoimmune Disease Coordinating Committee for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to include in the plan for NIH activities: (1) research concerning the etiology and causes of autoimmune diseases in all women, with priority given to environmental factors; (2) the development of information and education programs on risk factors for women, such as genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors; and (3) outreach programs at community health centers to historically underserved populations of women.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 11 July 2002
European Union · European Commission · 11 July 2002
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Korrektur der Anfrage 2234/J <i>(betreffend rassistische Nachrichten von Imadec)</i>
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Elisabeth Hlavac, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Fremdsprachenunterricht an Österreichs Schulen im Hinblick auf die bevorstehende EU-Osterweiterung
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Korrektur der Anfrage 2235/J
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christine Lapp, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend drohendes Aus für den Fachbereich Integrationspädagogik an der Universität Innsbruck
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dieter Brosz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Schul- und Lehrer/innendaten 2001/2002
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Antrag der Abgeordneten Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Einführung einer Schüler/innenanwaltschaft
Austria · National Council · 9 July 2002
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten DDr. Erwin Niederwieser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Härtefälle bei Studienbeiträgen
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance for Afghanistan through 2005 for the following activities: (1) urgent humanitarian needs; (2) repatriation and resettlement of refugees and internally displaced persons; (3) counternarcotics efforts; (4) reestablishment of food security, rehabilitation of the agriculture sector, improvement in health conditions, and the reconstruction of basic infrastructure; (5) reestablishment of Afghanistan as a viable nation-state through support for the development and expansion of democratic and market-based institutions; and (6) support for the establishment of a market economy, private financial institutions, the development of a telecommunications infrastructure, and trade and commercial links. Urges the President to: (1) designate within the Department of State a coordinator for such assistance and U.S. interests in Afghanistan; (2) utilize the expertise of Afghan-Americans; (3) encourage the donation of manufacturing equipment by U.S. businesses for the reconstruction of Afghanistan; and (4) utilize research conducted by U.S. land grant universities and the technical expertise of professionals at such institutions, particularly in the agricultural and rural development areas. Expresses the sense of Congress that, during the transition to fully representative government, the U.S. should support: (1) the development of a civilian-controlled and centrally-governed standing Afghanistan army that respects human rights and prohibits the use of children as soldiers; (2) the creation and training of a professional civilian police force that respects human rights; and (3) a multinational security force in Afghanistan. Authorizes the President to provide and direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education to the Government of Afghanistan. Prohibits U.S. involvement in poppy cultivation or illicit narcotics growth, production, or trafficking in Afghanistan.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Indian Programs Reauthorization and Technical Amendments Act of 2002 - Reauthorizes appropriations for specified programs under the following Acts: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act; (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing); (3) the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (including youth, urban Indians, and substance abuse programs); (4) the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 (including training, education, emergency shelters, and source eradication); (5) the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Detention Act; (6) the Native American Programs Act of 1974; (7) Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (including health scholarships); and (8) the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah). Allows any restricted lands on the reservation of, and held in trust for, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation to be leased by the Indian owners, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, for terms of not to exceed 99 years for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, or certain other purposes. Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning the treatment of land for trust purposes. Amends the Navaho-Hopi Relocation Settlement Act of 1974 to require an impact study. Amends the Ponca Restoration Act to designate Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie County, Iowa, as the Ponca Health and Wellness Clinic Service Unit. Changes the report which identifies which lands are declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Modifies the Pueblo de Cochiti settlement concerning the Cochiti Wetlands Solution. Amends the Chippewa Cree Tribe of The Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999 to extend from three to five years the period during which court approval must be final before the Compact by the United States is declared null and void. Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 concerning the disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2. Prohibits the transfer of specified lands in Riverside County, California, held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, until the Secretary of the Interior renders a final decision on a specified fee-to-trust application. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a water feasibility study for the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Waives repayment of expert assistance loans to the Pueblo of Santo Domingo. Declares that the Trinity River Mainstream Fishery Restoration record of decision, concurred to by the Hoopa Valley Tribe, is legally compliant. Revises the powers of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board concerning trademarks for Indian arts and crafts. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to specify an exemption for tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act concerning its relationship to the Equal Access to Justice Act. Revises the Indian Land Consolidation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Early Intervention Improvement Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to revise provisions for early intervention programs for children under age three (infants and toddlers with disabilities, part C). Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve certain funds for incentive grants to reward States meeting performance objectives under part C, as follows: (1) 75 percent of such grants for high-quality programs in general; and (2) 25 percent for high-quality programs that make at-risk infants and toddlers eligible and that provide such services to at least three and one-half percent of children under age three in the State. Revises provisions for transition from part C to part B (Assistance for Education of All Children with Disabilities). Makes permanent the authorization of appropriations for part C. (The current authorization ends after FY 2002). Revises part C eligibility conditions to include those in families where there is diagnosed serious maternal depression, confirmed parental substance abuse, or documented family violence (including child abuse). Requires all abused or neglected children under age three to be referred to the State's child find system for evaluation and, if appropriate, receipt of early intervention services. Includes parent-child and family therapy among part C services. Includes early intervention personnel training and professional development among State and national activities. Directs the Secretary to make grants for such pre- and in-service training and development. Requires the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council under IDEA to study and report on mechanisms for providing service coordination from birth through age five for infants, toddlers, and children served under part C and preschool grant provisions.