Education

LEGACY Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002

Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act of 2002 (Legacy Act of 2002) - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out: (1) a five-year pilot program in connection with the supportive housing program to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations for expanding the supply of intergenerational dwelling units for intergenerational families (families headed by an elderly person); and (2) a five-year demonstration program for section 8 rental assistance to families headed by a grandparent or relative who is raising a child. Makes grandparent-headed and relative-headed families eligible for: (1) family unification assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) Home program ECHO units under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and (3) fair housing initiatives education, counseling, and outreach under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to provide Department of Housing and Urban Development personnel with related training. Directs the Secretary and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to conduct a joint study of such families' housing needs.

J. Dennis Hastert Scholar Athlete Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002

J. Dennis Hastert Scholar Athlete Act of 2002 - Amends part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to award scholarships for one to four years of study at institutions of higher education to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding academic and athletic achievement and show promise of continuing that achievement. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with States to assure that the scholarship program is administered to comply with specified requirements. Specifies student eligibility requirements based on promise of academic and athletic achievement. Authorizes State educational agencies to establish selection criteria with an emphasis on sports that are a part of the Olympic Games or are not significant revenue generators at particular institutions.

Minority National Security Scholarship Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002

Minority National Security Scholarship Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program for awarding: (1) scholarships to minority American undergraduates (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Arab, African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic or Latino) to enable them to study, for at least one academic semester, in "critical" countries in which few minority students are studying; (2) fellowships to enable minority American graduate students to pursue education in the United States in the disciplines of foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields, and to enter into an agreement to work for a Federal agency or office in the field studied; and (3) grants to enable institutions of higher education to establish, operate, or improve programs in foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields in which minority students, educators, and Government employees are deficient in learning. Requires a recipient of any fellowship, or scholarship that provides assistance for periods that aggregate 12 months or more, to maintain satisfactory academic progress and to work for the Federal Government or in the field of education in the area of study for which the scholarship or fellowship was awarded for a period specified by the Secretary. Requires any recipient failing to meet those requirements to reimburse the United States for the amount of assistance provided under the program, with interest.

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002

Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), and the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, to make various technical revisions that incorporate the results of the Fed Up Initiative to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to access to student aid programs. Revises the definition of institution of higher education (IHE) to include one that admits as regular students those who have been home-schooled (as well as high school graduates or those with equivalency certificates), thus providing that such home-schooled students are eligible for HEA student aid. Makes students attending nonprofit foreign veterinary schools eligible for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) student loan program if the school does not meet certain requirements, but only if: (1) it was certified as eligible by the Secretary of Education; and (2) students complete their clinical training at an approved veterinary school in the United States. Allows IHEs to make mandatory reports on teacher preparation program quality by electronic means. Eliminates a requirement that new forbearance agreements between lenders and borrowers be in writing; but requires lenders to notify borrowers of their terms. Allows financial aid professionals to use professional judgment in reevaluating the student financial need of a ward of the court. Requires students withdrawing from an IHE to return only HEA title IV grant aid amounts exceeding 50 percent of the total (if more than $50). Permits Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to apply for Federal HSI grants without waiting two years between applications. Authorizes the use of HEA title VII funds for: (1) Federal scholarship aid to low-income and minority students for summer institutes to prepare for law school; and (2) Thurgood Marshall Fellowships to attend law school. Provides that an IHE is in compliance with requirements to provide students with certain information, including voter registration material, if it does so through an e-mail message or an Internet address. Extends through September 30, 2003, HEA exemptions, for IHEs having low student loan default rates, from requirements that the disbursement of loan proceeds be: (1) in multiple installments; and (2) delayed for 30 days after classes start for first-time undergraudate borrowers.

Medical Education Trust Fund Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 2002

Medical Education Trust Fund Act of 2002 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXII (Medical Education Trust Fund) establishing in the Treasury the Medical Education Trust Fund, consisting of various specified accounts. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make annual payments from the Fund to eligible medical schools and teaching hospitals applying for assistance to: (1) maintain and develop quality educational programs in an increasingly competitive health care system; and (2) meet the indirect and direct costs of graduate medical education. Amends SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) to provide for annual transfers to the Fund. Makes specified appropriations to the Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax equal to 1.5 percent of premiums received under accident or health insurance policies (including applicable self-insured plans), and equal to 1.5 percent of the amount received for certain health-related administrative services, payable by the policy issuer and the service provider, respectively. Makes specified appropriations. Establishes the Medical Education Advisory Commission to study and report on Fund operations and other specified matters, including recommendations for demonstration projects.

Report from the Commission to the Council on using the internet to develop twinning between European secondary schools

European Union · European Commission · 4 June 2002

die Befugnis zur Durchführung von Planungsleistungen im Hoch- und Tiefbau

Austria · National Council · 28 May 2002

Entschließungsantrag des Wirtschaftsausschusses betreffend Angleichung der Berufsausübungsrechte der Fachhochschul-Absolventen, an jene in den anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten (aus dem Bericht 1149 d.B.)

Education Bill

United Kingdom · House of Lords · 23 May 2002

Early Care and Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2002

Early Care and Education Act - Directs the Secretaries of Education and of Health and Human Services 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 on such care and education.

A resolution to modify the funding of the Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2002

Increases from $250,000 to $350,000 the limit on total compensation to participants in the Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program for each five-year period.

Southwest Regional Border Authority Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2002

Southwest Regional Border Authority Act - Establishes the Southwest Regional Border Authority to: (1) develop plans and programs for the economic development of the Southwest border region (specified counties in California, New Mexico, and Texas); (2) conduct and sponsor investigations, research, and studies of the resources of the region; (3) sponsor up to ten authorized demonstration projects; (4) review, study, and recommend appropriate modifications to Federal, State, and local development programs for the region; (5) formulate and recommend interstate compacts and other forms of interstate and international cooperation; (6) encourage private investment in the region; (7) provide a forum for the consideration of problems of the region; (8) establish and use citizens, special advisory counsels, and public conferences; and (9) provide for the avoidance of duplication of efforts among the border programs of Federal agencies and the programs established under the North American Free Trade Agreement. Authorizes the Authority to approve grants for regional infrastructure development and improvement, technology development, community development and entrepreneurship, and education and workforce development. Provides funding. Authorizes the Authority to: (1) increase the Federal share to up to 90 percent of a project's total cost (to aid communities that could not otherwise meet matching funds requirements); and (2) make grants to local development districts for administrative expenses. Directs the Authority, for purposes of grant assistance, to designate within the region distressed counties, economically strong counties, attainment counties, competitive counties, and isolated areas of distress. Requires each affected State to submit to the Authority an annual development plan for the appropriate State area within the region.

Senkung der Klassenschülerhöchstzahlen auf 25

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Senkung der Klassenschülerhöchstzahlen auf 25

Gewalt in der Schule

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Gewalt in der Schule

sozial gerechtes Schülerbeihilfensystem

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend sozial gerechtes Schülerbeihilfensystem

Einrichtung von Berufsfachschulen

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Einrichtung von Berufsfachschulen

geplante Auflösung der Höheren Internatsschule des Bundes in Graz-Liebenau

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Günther Kräuter, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend geplante Auflösung der Höheren Internatsschule des Bundes in Graz-Liebenau

Kooperationen zwischen verschiedenen Schularten

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Kooperationen zwischen verschiedenen Schularten

Abschaffung der Studiengebühren und Reform der Studienförderung

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Abschaffung der Studiengebühren und Reform der Studienförderung

Senkung der Klassenschülerhöchstzahlen auf 25

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Senkung der Klassenschülerhöchstzahlen auf 25 Schüler

Kooperationen zwischen verschiedenen Schularten

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Vorlage eines Gesetzentwurfes zur Ermöglichung von Kooperation zwischen den verschiedenen Schularten

Umsetzung der Forderungen des Bildungsvolksbegehrens

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dieter Brosz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Umsetzung der Forderungen des Bildungs-Volksbegehrens

Einrichtung von Berufsfachschulen

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Vorlage eines Gesetzentwurfes zur Einrichtung von Berufsfachschulen für Lehrlinge ohne Lehrstelle

sozial gerechtes Schülerbeihilfensystem

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Vorlage eines Gesetzentwurfes zur Ermöglichung der Gewährung der Schülerbeihilfe ab der 9. Schulstufe

Abschaffung der Studiengebühren und Reform der Studienförderung

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Abschaffung der Studiengebühren und Reform der Studienförderung zur Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für berufstätige Studierende

Gewalt in der Schule

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Dieter Antoni, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Bereitstellung von Konfliktlösungsmodellen mit Mediatoren/innen, Psychologen/innen und Psychagogen/innen an allen österreichischen Schulen zur Unterbindung der Gewalt in der Schule

Universitätsgesetz 2002; Organisation der Universitäten, Organisation der Universitäten der Künste, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 22 May 2002

Bundesgesetz über die Organisation der Universitäten und ihre Studien (Universitätsgesetz 2002) sowie Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über die Organisation der Universitäten und des Bundesgesetzes über die Organisation der Universitäten der Künste

2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (3) the Department of Commerce and related agencies; (4) the Judiciary; (5) the Department of State and related agency; (6) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (7) the Department of Defense for military personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, and research, development, test and evaluation; (8) the District of Columbia; (9) the Department of Defense (civil); (10) the Department of Energy (atomic energy defense activities); (11) bilateral economic assistance, including the U.S. Agency for International Development and military assistance; (12) multilateral economic assistance, including international financial institutions; (13) the Department of the Interior; (14) the Smithsonian Institution; (15) the Department of Labor; (16) the Department of Health and Human Services; (17) the Department of Education; (18) the Legislative Branch; (19) the Department of Transportation, including the Coast Guard; (20) the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service and payments to the Postal Service Fund; (21) the Executive Office of the President; (22) the General Services Administration; (23) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (24) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (25) the Environmental Protection Agency; (26) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and (27) the National Science Foundation. Rescinds specified funds appropriated in previous Acts. Requires the transfer of specified funds for specified purposes. Limits the availability of certain supplemental appropriations to the extent they are designated as emergency requirements as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Pathways to Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Pathways to Self-Sufficiency Act of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States that receive a TANF grant the option to: (1) use the grant to establish a program, including an undergraduate post-secondary or vocational education program, under which an eligible participant may be provided certain support services although the State may not use Federal TANF grant funds to pay the participant's tuition; and (2) credit months of program participation for disregard in calculation of the five year TANF assistance limitation.

Education Works Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Education Works Act of 2002 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand the vocational educational training work activity category, removing the time limitation on such training, and adding participation in postsecondary education, an English-as-a-second-language program, or an adult basic education program; (2) eliminate the limit on the number of TANF recipients enrolled in vocational education or high school who may be counted towards the State work participation requirement; and (3) provide for nonapplication of the five year limit on TANF assistance to individuals who receive child care or transportation benefits under the State TANF program and participate in a full-time educational program or are employed.

Right of Passage Community Service Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Right of Passage Community Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to add to the list of national service programs eligible for Federal assistance a community-based Right of Passage after school and summer service corps program. Establishes qualifications for participating students, including that they be between ages 12 and 16 at the time they begin serving. Specifies skills such as leadership and conflict resolution that the program will help students develop. Requires participants to spend at least 160 hours in the program during a period of between two months and one year. Rewards participants upon service completion with a national service education award of $500.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 title III part A (Strengthening Institutions) to direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants and related assistance to certain institutions of higher education for activities to improve their capacity to serve students who are Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Gives priority to eligible institutions with a significant percentage of enrollment made up of such students who are low-income individuals.

Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Chronic Wasting Disease Support for States Act of 2002 - Defines "chronic wasting disease" as a transmissible disease of the nervous system afflicting deer and elk. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and maintain the official national database for surveillance and monitoring data regarding chronic wasting disease. Makes the database available to Federal and State agencies, Indian tribes, foreign governments, institutions of higher education, and international wildlife authorities. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (through the U.S. Geological Survey) and the Secretary of Agriculture (through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) to develop surveillance and monitoring programs to identify: (1) the rate of infection; (2) the cause and extent of the spread of the disease; and (3) areas promoting spread of the disease. Requires the Secretaries to cooperate with State and tribal agencies in developing the monitoring programs. Authorizes the Secretaries to establish standards for the collection and assessment of data. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to allocate funds to State and tribal agencies for developing and implementing disease management strategies based upon: (1) the relative scope of incidence of the disease; (2) expenditures on disease management; (3) comprehensive and integrated programs for disease management between wildlife and agricultural agencies; and (4) rapid response to outbreaks. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (through the U.S. Geological Survey) to expand and accelerate research on the disease. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) to provide for the upgrading of Federal laboratories approved to process samples from the surveillance and monitoring programs; and (2) expand and accelerate research on the disease through the Agricultural Research Service and Cooperative State Research grant programs.

United States Weather Research Program Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

United States Weather Research Program Act of 2002 - States that the United States Weather Research Program's priorities shall be in the areas of: (1) hurricanes, to improve landfall location and hurricane strength forecasts; (2) heavy precipitation, to improve winter and rain storm forecasts; (3) floods, to improve flood forecasting and forecasting and warning systems for inland flooding related to tropical cyclones; (4) two-to-fourteen day forecasting, to improve weather predictions and warnings of high-impact weather events, to conduct the Hemispheric Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (THORpex) to fill observational gaps in the Northern Hemisphere, and to test and evaluate advanced data assimilation techniques in global models; (5) societal and economic impacts, to identify methods of delivering weather information effectively, to recommend ways to improve weather communications, to assess impacts of adverse weather, to evaluate what weather information is most useful, and to perform research on such impacts; and (6) testing research concepts at Program-sponsored test bed centers, to enable technology transfer to operational meteorologists. Directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop and annually update, and NOAA's Administrator to report to Congress on, a five-year plan: (1) describing how Federal agencies can best team with universities and other research institutions; (2) identifying social, economic, and military needs and requirements for weather information; (3) outlining methods for disseminating information to user communities; and (4) describing best practices for transferring Program research results to forecasting operations.

Honoring the American Zoo and Aquarium Association and its accredited member institutions for their continued service to animal welfare, conservation education, conservation research, and wildlife conservation programs.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002

Recognizes and honors the American Zoo and Aquarium Association and its member institutions of zoological parks and aquariums for their dedicated service in animal welfare, conservation education, conservation research, and wildlife conservation programs.

To amend the impact aid program under section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include children who are citizens of the freely associated states in the computation of the amount of basic support payments to local educational agencies under the program.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2002

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education, in computing the amount of basic support payments to local educational agencies under the impact aid program, to consider children who are citizens of the freely associated states (Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau).

225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemoration Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 2002

225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to be known as the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemoration. Requires the Secretary to: (1) produce and disseminate educational materials related to the Anniversary; (2) enter into appropriate cooperative agreements and memoranda of understanding to provide technical assistance to other Federal agencies, States, local governments, private entities, and the governments of the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and Canada; (3) assist in the protection of resources associated with the American Revolution; (4) enhance communications, connections, and collaboration among the National Park Service (NPS) units and programs related to the Revolutionary War; (5) expand the research base for American Revolution interpretation and education; and (6) create and adopt an official symbol or device for the theme "Lighting Freedom's Flame: American Revolution, 225th Anniversary." Requires the program to encompass: (1) all NPS units and programs determined to pertain to the American Revolution; (2) other governmental and nongovernmental sites, facilities, and programs of an educational, research, or interpretive nature directly related to the American Revolution; and (3) the participation of such foreign governments.

School Safety and Violence Prevention Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2002

School Safety and Violence Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to applicant States for antibullying programs that consist of: (1) antibullying educational, counseling, mentoring, and peer programs; (2) a statewide database for schools to report, in real time, school-related crimes, violence, and bullying; (3) a statewide hotline for anonymous reporting by students and staff of information on bullying; and (4) an emergency plan for responding to school-related crimes, violence, and bullying.

2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2002

2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Food and Drug Administration; (3) the Department of Justice; (4) the Department of Commerce and related agencies; (5) the Judiciary; (6) the Department of State and related agency; (7) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (8) the Department of Defense; (9) the District of Columbia; (10) the Department of Defense (civil); (11) the Department of Energy; (12) bilateral economic assistance (including the Agency for International Development); (13) military assistance; (14) multilateral economic assistance; (15) the Department of the Interior and the Smithsonian Institution; (16) the Department of Labor; (17) the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health; (18) the Department of Education; (19) the Legislative Branch; (20) the Department of Defense (military construction); (21) the Department of Transportation; (22) Department of the Treasury; (23) the Postal Service Fund; (24) Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President; (25) Federal Election Commission; (26) the General Services Administration; (27) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (28) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (29) the Department of Health and Human Services; (30) the Environmental Protection Agency; and (31) the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Makes specified budget rescissions. Limits the availability of certain supplemental appropriations to the extent they are designated as emergency requirements as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and transmitted by the President to Congress and/or are designated as such by Congress. American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 - Prohibits U.S. cooperation with the International Criminal Court, including a prohibition on transferring classified national security and law enforcement information. Restricts participation in certain United Nations peacekeeping operations and prohibits military assistance to parties to the International Criminal Court. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction and prohibition, as specified. Authorizes the President to use all means necessary to bring about the release of covered U.S. persons and covered allied persons held captive by, on behalf, or at the request of the Court. Urges an evaluation of U.S. military alliances to determine the degree of risk faced by members of the U.S. armed forces if placed under the command or operational control of foreign military officers subject to the jurisdiction of the Court. Authorizes the withholding and redirection of U.S. assessments to the United Nations or other international organizations as specified. Sets forth the relationship between the President's exercise of his constitutional authority as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, this Act, and actions taken with respect to a specific matters involving the Court, including congressional notification requirements.

Gerald Reynolds, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice Norma V. Cantu, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 16 May 2002

Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2002

Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish procedures under which the Secretary, and not the physician furnishing the service, is responsible for determining when a payment is required to be made under the Medicare incentive (bonus) payment program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish and implement an ongoing educational program to provide education to physicians under the Medicare program on the Medicare incentive payment program; and (2) conduct an ongoing study of such program for annual reports to Congress.

Congressional Act to Prioritize Spending

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2002

Congressional Act to Prioritize Spending - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend the discretionary spending caps through FY 2007, earmarking funds for the defense category. Requires an adjustment for FY 2003 if new budget authority for the Department of Defense to prosecute the war on terrorism is enacted and such funds are not designated as an emergency requirement. Provides for adjustments for FY 2003 though FY 2007 for new budget authority for grants to States under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act if certain budget thresholds are met or exceeded. Provides for adjustments if Federal agencies are charged for and receive new budget authority to implement the accrual accounting of the full cost of Federal retirement and health benefits. Provides for adjustments for FY 2003 through FY 2007 if the Higher Education Act is amended to make student aid administration subject to annual appropriations. Provides for an adjustment to the highway category for FY 2003 if a specified obligation limit is exceeded, subject to specified limitations. Extends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 through FY 2007 (currently set to expire after FY 2002).

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 May 2002. # Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic. # Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Directive 92/51/EEC - System for the recognition of professional education and training - Ski monitor. # Case C-142/01.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 16 May 2002

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2003. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) the payment of assignment incentive pay; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) active and reserve military personnel policy; (2) military education and training; (3) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (4) a national call to service program; (5) retirement and survivor benefits; (6) military health care; (7) acquisition policy and management, including major defense acquisition programs; (8) general contracting procedures and limitations; (9) DOD organization and management; (10) homeland defense activities; (11) DOD civilian personnel policy; (12) matters relating to other nations, including cooperative threat reduction programs; (13) military construction, military family housing, and military land conveyances, including the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; (14) the disposition of weapons-usable plutonium; and (15) authorizations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 2003 for: (1) procurement, including for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including for defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) the payment of assignment incentive pay; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) active and reserve military personnel policy; (2) military education and training; (3) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (4) a national call to service program; (5) retirement and survivor benefits; (6) military health care; (7) acquisition policy and management, including major defense acquisition programs; (8) general contracting procedures and limitations; (9) DOD organization and management; (10) homeland defense activities; (11) DOD civilian personnel policy; and (12) matters relating to other nations, including cooperative threat reduction programs.

Southwest Regional Border Authority Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

Southwest Regional Border Authority Act - Establishes the Southwest Regional Border Authority to: (1) develop plans and programs for the economic development of the Southwest border region (specified counties in California, New Mexico, and Texas); (2) conduct and sponsor investigations, research, and studies of the resources of the region; (3) sponsor up to ten authorized demonstration projects; (4) review, study, and recommend appropriate modifications to Federal, State, and local development programs for the region; (5) formulate and recommend interstate compacts and other forms of interstate and international cooperation; (6) encourage private investment in the region; (7) provide a forum for the consideration of problems of the region; (8) establish and use citizens, special advisory counsels, and public conferences; and (9) provide for the avoidance of duplication of efforts among the border programs of Federal agencies and the programs established under the North American Free Trade Agreement. Authorizes the Authority to approve grants for regional infrastructure development and improvement, technology development, community development and entrepreneurship, and education and workforce development. Provides funding. Authorizes the Authority to: (1) increase the Federal share to up to 90 percent of a project's total cost (to aid communities that could not otherwise meet matching funds requirements); and (2) make grants to local development districts for administrative expenses. Directs the Authority, for purposes of grant assistance, to designate within the region distressed counties, economically strong counties, attainment counties, competitive counties, and isolated areas of distress. Requires each affected State to submit to the Authority an annual development plan for the appropriate State area within the region.

WORK Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002 - Amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to award state family assistance grants. Authorizes States to use grants for marriage promotion activities and requires the Secretary to make bonus grants to each state that has achieved formulated employment goals. Revises requirements for the consideration of certain child care expenditures in determining State compliance with contingency fund requirements. Revises State work participation requirements, incorporating a 40-hour work week standard, and creating a State superachiever participation rate credit. Revises requirements for the use of TANF grants. Repeals the Secretary's authority to make loans to State welfare programs and revises State work participation requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to establish TANF performance goals and plans. Makes appropriations for research, demonstrations, and technical assistance. Repeals waiver continuation authority. Promotion and Support of Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Act of 2002 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act to authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit community entities for demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of various approaches to create a Fatherhood Program. Permits States the option to make TANF programs mandatory partners with one-stop employment training centers. Caring for Children Act of 2002 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to specify consumer education information States are required to collect and disseminate. Amends income tax benefits and reporting requirements. Reauthorizes funding for State child care entitlement programs and revises State requirements for child support payments. Amends SSA title XI (General Provisions) to eliminate specified limitations on the Secretary's authority to approve demonstration projects and grant waivers. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency blindness and disability determinations. Authorizes the administering Secretary to authorize innovative State demonstration projects involving individual programs, or integrating multiple public assistance, employment security, and other programs to support working families. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary to establish a program to make grants to States to provide food assistance and funds to operate employment and training programs for needy individuals. Extends abstinence education funding and reauthorizes transitional medical assistance.

Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Response Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002

Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Response Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, to establish and coordinate a national research program to assess chronic wasting disease (the transmissible animal disease that afflicts deer and elk). Includes among program elements requirements that the Secretary: (1) provide States with technical and financial assistance and timely information to prevent disease expansion; (2) design a national program for disease monitoring and surveillance; (3) conduct research to determine how the disease is transmitted; (4) develop new non-lethal detection and diagnostic methods to identify the disease in free-ranging cervid populations; (5) develop safe methods of disposal of infected carcasses; (6) instruct Federal land managers to determine the presence of the disease, the likelihood of transmission to adjacent non-Federal lands, and management options for infestations; and (7) develop a public outreach and education strategy for the hunting community and the public.

Education Bill

United Kingdom · House of Lords · 14 May 2002

Education Bill

United Kingdom · House of Lords · 14 May 2002

Mineral Hill Historic Mining District Preservation Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 2002

Mineral Hill Historic Mining District Preservation Act of 2002 - States that all terms and other provisions in the Donation Agreement between TVX Mineral Hill, Inc., and the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, are incorporated in this Act, ratified, and confirmed. Authorizes the Secretary, if certain conditions have been satisfied (including that the company has obtained pollution liability insurance), to accept non-Federal land and associated mineral rights on Federal land located in Gallatin National Forest in the Mineral Hill-Crevice Mountain Mining District in Park County, Montana (the donated land). Requires the Secretary to accept and meet the requirements of permits issued to the company that relate to the Mineral Hill Mine. Prohibits subjecting the donated land to location and entry under the mining laws. Allows access to the cemetery located on the donated land for visitation and maintenance. Prohibits any burials at such site after this Act's enactment. Allows the Secretary to convey such site to a local government or cemetery association for perpetual operation and maintenance. Establishes the Mineral Hill Historic Mining District Fund in the Treasury. Transfers to the Fund specified fees and receipts collected from oil, gas, timber, coal, and other natural resources on all Federal land for FY 2003 and 2004 to pay costs of: (1) acquiring the donated land; (2) restoration, maintenance, management, interpretation, or removal of buildings, structures, and other features; (3) response and restoration actions, (4) public education and interpretation; (5) grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for interpretive, administrative, environmental response, and environmental restoration activities; and (6) the insurance deductible.