Energy

Sicherheit von Gasverteilnetzen und Verantwortlichkeiten bei Störfällen (im Zusammenhang mit den Ermittlungen zur Gasexplosion eines Wohnhauses in Wilhelmsburg, NÖ)

Austria · National Council · 23 November 2000

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anton Heinzl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Justiz betreffend die Sicherheit von Gasverteilnetzen und Verantwortlichkeiten bei Störfällen <i>(im Zusammenhang mit den Ermittlungen zur Gasexplosion eines</i> <i>Wohnhauses in Wilhelmsburg, NÖ)</i>

Rinderwahn

Austria · National Council · 23 November 2000

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Helmut Dietachmayr, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Rinderwahn

Privatisierungspläne des Landes der Niederösterreich

Austria · National Council · 22 November 2000

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anton Heinzl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend <i>(Privatisierungspläne des)</i> Landes Niederösterreich <i>(hinsichtlich der)</i> NÖ Siedlungswasserbau GesmbH (NÖSIWAG)

EUROPEAN-RUSSIAN ENERGY CO-OPERATION

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 November 2000

at end add 'but warns against any strategic dependence on Russian oil supplies as might result from too close a relationship between Western Europe and an unstable and barely democratic former superpower.'.

Übernahme der Verteidigungskosten für die betroffenen bergbehördlich Bediensteten im Falle Lassing

Austria · National Council · 16 November 2000

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Dr. Udo Grollitsch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Übernahme der Verteidigungskosten für die betroffenen bergbehördlich Bediensteten im Falle Lassing

Verantwortung der früheren Bundesregierung für die Erteilung einer Unbedenklichkeitserklärung für das atomare Endlager Morsleben (G-SIG: 14001439)

Germany · German Bundestag · 16 November 2000

Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion B90/GR, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2000

at end add 'and energy from wave and tidal power.'.

EUROPEAN-RUSSIAN ENERGY CO-OPERATION

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2000

That this House notes the developing conflict between the high prices of oil maintained by the OPEC countries and the priorities of consumers and governments Europe-wide; notes that changes over the past decade have positioned the Russian oil industry ideally to provide a stabilising role in the global oil market and to assist European markets diversify their sources; and urges Her Majesty's Government to support the EU initiative towards a strategic energy agreement with Russia discussed at the Paris Summit on 30th October, which seeks to provide a secure strategic energy source to supplement OPEC and which would provide reciprocal benefits to the peoples and economies of Russia and the EU countries.

Haltung der Bundesregierung zur Rücknahme von deutschem Atommüll aus der Wiederaufbereitungsanlage La Hague nach dem deutsch-französischen Gipfel in Vittel (G-SIG: 14001432)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 November 2000

Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion der F.D.P., unabhängig von einer Fragestunde

Novellierung der Strahlenschutzverordnung (G-SIG: 14011553)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 November 2000

Verschlechterung des Strahlenschutzes insbesondere für Schwangere, stillende Mütter und Jugendliche; Rechtslage bis zur Verabschiedung der neuen Strahlenschutzverordnung

Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung auf dem Prüfstand (G-SIG: 14011547)

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 November 2000

Vorlage eines Berichts zur KWK-Ausbaustrategie der Bundesregierung mit folgenden Schwerpunkten: Alternativen zur KWK, Umsetzungsmodalitäten und institutionelle Erfordernisse bei der Einführung des geplanten Quotenmodells, Kosten der KWK-Förderung

Klärung übertriebener Ausbaupläne der Wasserstraßendirektion

Austria · National Council · 14 November 2000

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend die Klärung übertriebener Ausbaupläne der Wasserstraßendirektion (WSD) und fragwürdiger Praktiken bei Auftragsvergaben zur Projektierung des weiteren Donauausbaus östlich von Wien

wasserrechtliche Genehmigungsverfahren für das Bundesstraßenprojekt B 301 (Wiener Südrand Straße)

Austria · National Council · 14 November 2000

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend wasserrechtliche Genehmigungsverfahren für das Bundesstraßenprojekt B 301 <i>(Wiener Südrand Straße)</i>

Zukunft der nuklearen Entsorgung - Entsorgungskonzept jetzt vorlegen (G-SIG: 14011534)

Germany · German Bundestag · 14 November 2000

Rüge für den Bundesumweltminister wegen nicht fristgerechter Beantwortung der Großen Anfrage (CDU/CSU) zur Zukunft der Kernenergie (14/1365); verfassungspolitische Bedenklichkeit der Ausstiegsvereinbarung zwischen Bundesregierung und Kernkraftwerksbetreibern; Vorlage eines Entsorgungskonzepts; Stand der Projekte Gorleben, Schacht Konrad (Salzgitter), Stilllegung Morsleben

Energy efficiency: action plan

European Union · European Parliament · 13 November 2000

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001

United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2000

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense (DOD); (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); (6) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA); (7) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; and (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). (Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2001, for such activities are those specified in the Classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. (Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to authorize the employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2001 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees when such authority is exercised. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2001. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2001. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer or employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff. Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General to operate the Center. (Sec. 105) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to provide that, with respect to DOD, the authority to object to a transfer of funds or personnel within the National Foreign Intelligence Program may be delegated by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), but only to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. (Currently, the Secretary or the head of the military department involved may object to such a transfer.) Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title III: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Intelligence Community - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. (Sec. 302) Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. (Sec. 303) Expresses the sense of Congress that the DCI should continue to direct that elements of the intelligence community should competitively award contracts in a manner that maximizes the procurement of products properly designated as having been made in the United States. (Sec. 304) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish the National Security Agency Voluntary Separation Pay Act to authorize the DCI to establish a program under which NSA employees who are at least 50 years old and have completed 20 years of service or who have completed 25 years of service shall be eligible for early retirement, separation pay for voluntary separation, or both. Provides: (1) separation pay limits and certain reemployment restrictions; and (2) certain reporting requirements concerning the use of such authority. (Sec. 305) Empowers the DCI to authorize travel on any common carrier when such travel: (1) is consistent with intelligence community mission requirements; or (2) is required for covert purposes, operational needs, or other exceptional circumstances necessary for the successful performance of such a mission. (Sec. 306) Requires the DCI to update a report required under a prior intelligence authorization Act concerning the authority of DOD to engage in commercial activities in connection with intelligence collection activities. (Sec. 307) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the DCI to establish and maintain in the intelligence community an analytic capability with responsibilities for intelligence in support of U.S. activities relating to post-1990 unaccounted for U.S. personnel (military missing persons and U.S. nationals killed while engaged in activities on behalf of the United States). (Sec. 308) Prohibits any Federal law that implements a treaty or other international agreement from being construed as making unlawful an otherwise lawful and authorized intelligence activity of the U.S. Government or its employees, or other person acting on their behalf, unless such law specifically addresses such activity. (Sec. 309) Requires the DCI to certify to the intelligence committees whether or not each element of the State Department that handles, retains, or stores classified material (element) is in full compliance with all applicable directives relating to such materials. Requires a report to the intelligence committees when noncompliance is determined. Prohibits an element from retaining or storing classified information until full compliance is achieved. Authorizes the DCI to waive the applicability of this section in the national security interest, requiring a report to the intelligence committees upon the exercise of such waiver. (Sec. 310) Designates a portion of Woodrow Wilson Plaza in Washington, D.C., as Daniel Patrick Moynihan Place, in recognition of such Senator's promotion of architecture and urban planning in the Nation's capital. Subtitle B: Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTS-PO) - Reorganizes the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTS-PO) established under the Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 to: (1) state as a Program purpose the establishment and maintenance of a diplomatic telecommunications system and network capable of providing multiple levels of service at diplomatic facilities abroad; (2) establish the position of Chief Executive Officer of the DTS-PO, with specified duties; (3) establish Deputy Executive Officer positions; and (4) authorize the OMB Director to prescribe pay rates for DTS-PO employees. (Sec. 323) Establishes the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Oversight Board to perform specified DTS-PO oversight activities. (Sec. 324) Requires the OMB Director to report to specified congressional committees on DTS-PO program elements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 through 2006. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to require receipts for utility services and meals and for the rental of property and equipment to CIA employees and detailees to be deposited into the Central Services Working Capital Fund. (Sec. 403) Amends the above Act to require a report from the Inspector General (IG) to the intelligence committees when: (1) an investigation, inspection, or audit focuses on a current or former CIA official who holds or held a position subject to appointment by the President, or holds or held the CIA executive director or certain deputy director positions; (2) a matter requires a report from the IG to the Department of Justice (DOJ) concerning possible criminal conduct of a current or former CIA official; (3) the IG receives notice from the DOJ declining or approving prosecution of possible criminal conduct of any such official; or (4) the IG, after exhausting all possible alternatives, is unable to obtain significant documentary information in the course of an investigation, inspection, or audit. ( (Sec. 404) Authorizes the DCI to detail CIA employees to the NRO. (Sec. 405) Provides a three-year availability for obligation of CIA funds transferred after FY 2000 to another Federal department or agency for the acquisition of land. Requires an annual report from the DCI to the intelligence committees on such fund transfers. (Sec. 406) Authorizes the DCI to designate and reimburse CIA employees for one-half of the costs of professional liability insurance. Requires a report from the DCI to the intelligence committees on each designation. Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Activities - Directs NRO to negotiate, write, execute, and manage vehicle acquisition or launch contracts that affect or bind NRO and to which the United States is a party. (Sec. 502) Requires the Secretary to respond within 30 days to a request from the DCI to exercise the Secretary's authority under prior law to carry out a program of special personnel management at NIMA and NSA for the recruitment of experts in science and engineering. (Sec. 503) Requires the DCI, in coordination with the Secretary, to study and report to the defense and intelligence committees on the utility and feasibility of various options for improving the management and organization of measurement and signature intelligence. Title VI: Counterintelligence Matters - Counterintelligence Reform Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (the Act, for purposes of this title) to direct the Attorney General (AG), upon request from the FBI Director, the Secretary of Defense or State, or the DCI, to review an application for a court order approving the electronic surveillance of a foreign power or foreign agent suspected of espionage. Prohibits any requesting official from delegating such authority, except due to disability. Requires the AG to notify a requesting official of his determination, including any modifications needed before approving the application. Authorizes the issuing judge to consider past activities of the target (as well as facts and circumstances relating to current and future activities of such target) in determining whether or not probable cause exists for issuance of the order. (Sec. 603) Provides the same requirements, prohibitions, and authorities as above for requests from such officials for a court order for a physical search of a target under the Act. (Sec. 604) Requires information acquired under the Act to be included in required semiannual reports from the AG to the intelligence committees concerning all electronic surveillance conducted by the United States. Requires the AG to report to such committees on the authorities and procedures utilized by the DOJ for determining whether or not to disclose for law enforcement purposes information acquired under the Act. (Sec. 605) Requires the FBI Director to submit to the head of the Federal agency or department concerned a written assessment of the potential impact of the actions of that agency or department on an FBI counterintelligence investigation. Requires the agency or department head to use such assessment to determine whether their actions should be continued. Requires the Director and appropriate agency or department head to continue to consult in a timely manner with respect to such investigations. Requires the FBI to notify appropriate officials within the executive branch of the commencement of a full field espionage investigation of a Federal employee. Prohibits such official, after such notification, from taking any action with respect to such employee that would likely alert the employee to the FBI investigation. (Sec. 606) Authorizes appropriations to DOJ for FY 2001 through 2003 for certain activities of the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review for providing increased protection of national security at DOJ. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any such funds for FY 2002 and 2003 until the AG reports to the intelligence committees on the manner in which such funds will be used. Requires the AG to report to such committees concerning: (1) corrective actions concerning electronic surveillance; and (2) actions to be taken to promote quick and efficient responses to national security issues, as well as the appropriate dissemination of intelligence information within DOJ and the formulation of policy on national security issues. (Sec. 607) Amends the Classified Information Procedures Act to direct the Assistant AG for the Criminal Division of DOJ and the appropriate U.S. Attorney to brief senior agency officials with respect to any case involving classified information that originated in the agency of that senior official. Title VII: Declassification of Information - Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 - Establishes within the executive branch the Public Interest Declassification Board to: (1) advise the President and other appropriate executive officials on the systematic, thorough, coordinated, and comprehensive identification, collection, review for declassification, and release to Congress, interested agencies, and the public of records and materials that are of archival value, including those of extraordinary public interest; (2) promote the fullest possible public access to a documentary record of significant U.S. national security decisions and activities; (3) provide recommendations to the President for the identification, collection, and review for declassification of such information that does not undermine the U.S. national security interest; and (4) advise the President and other appropriate officials on policies deriving from the issuance of executive orders regarding the classification and declassification of national security information. (Sec. 704) Requires the head of any agency with authority to classify information to provide annually to the Board or one of the intelligence committees a summary briefing and report on their declassification of national security information. Requires the Board to then recommend to such agency ways in which their declassification program could be improved. Requires the Board to recommend to the President proposed initiatives to identify, collect, and review for declassification classified records and materials of extraordinary public interest. Requires the OMB Director to publish annually a description of the President's declassification program and priorities, and the funds requested to implement such program. (Sec. 705) States that nothing in this Act shall limit the authority of the: (1) head of an agency to classify information or to continue the classification of information previously classified, or to grant or deny access to a special access program; or (2) DCI to protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure. (Sec. 706) Requires the head of each agency with authority to classify information and the head of each Federal Presidential library to designate an employee to act as liaison to the Board for purposes of this title. Requires such agency or library head to notify the Board when he or she determines it necessary to deny or restrict Board access to information contained in a record or material held by such agency or library. Allows an agency head, at the conclusion of a declassification review, to determine either that the public interest in a disclosure outweighs its need for protection, or that the interest of the agency to protect the information outweighs the public's need for access. Requires the Board to report annually to specified congressional committees on Board activities under this title. Outlines procedures for agency notification to the Board that access to records or materials has been denied. (Sec. 707) States that this Act does not create any right or benefit subject to judicial review. (Sec. 708) Authorizes appropriations. Title VIII: Disclosure of Information on Japanese Imperial Governmen t- Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Act of 2000 - Directs the President to require the Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group, established under prior law, to remain in existence for three years. Requires the Group to: (1) locate, identify, inventory, recommend for declassification, and make available to the public all classified Japanese Imperial Government records of the United States relating to the experimentation and persecution by the Japanese Government or its allies of persons because of race, religion, national origin, or political opinion; (2) expedite the release of such records to the public; and (3) report to Congress. Redesignates such Group as the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 803) Requires the Group to release such records in their entirety, with certain confidentiality or national security exceptions. Provides a rebuttable presumption that the public interest will be served by the disclosure of such records. (Sec. 804) Provides for the expedited processing of Freedom of Information Act requests for such records for parties claiming to have been so persecuted.

Nationales Klimaschutzprogramm Fünfter Bericht der Interministeriellen Arbeitsgruppe "CO2-Reduktion" (G-SIG: 14001537)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 November 2000

Eckpunkte des nationalen Klimaschutzprogramms zur Umsetzung des Klimarahmenübereinkommens und des Kyoto-Protokolls; Bericht der Arbeitsgruppe mit den Schwerpunkten: Entwicklung der CO2-Emissionen, Ziele des Klimaschutzprogramms der Bundesregierung, Energieträgerbezogene Aussagen, Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz seit 1998

Schließung des Kraftwerks Voitsberg III

Austria · National Council · 10 November 2000

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Sophie Bauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend beabsichtigte Schließung des Kraftwerks Voitsberg III der Verbundgesellschaft sowie das Vertragsverhältnis mit der Graz-Köflach-Bergbau

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 November 2000

That this House notes with alarm the unusually severe weather conditions in many parts of the UK; recognises that climate change is likely to play a large part in this as research confirms that the Arctic ice pack is melting so fast that within 50 years it may disappear each summer, and that an area of it the size of Texas has disappeared in the last 20 years; calls attention to the ongoing and probably increasing threat to the Arctic posed by BP's oil exploration activities, despite a vote by BP investors to cancel Northstar and to transfer the capital to BP's solar division, and to the fact that, despite BP's recent global rebranding exercise as an environmentally responsible multinational beyond petroleum, the company in fact is planning to expand its oil and gas investment by 40 per cent. and is spending more on the exercise than it spent on renewable energy last year; and calls on the Government substantially and rapidly to increase its support for renewable energy alternatives, including solar and biomass.

Gesellschaftliche Debatte zu den Energiepreisen für eine ökologische verkehrspolitische Wende nutzen (G-SIG: 14011513)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 November 2000

Maßnahmen zur Verlagerung der Verkehrsschwerpunkte von Straße und Luft auf Schiene und Wasser, vom Individualverkehr auf öffentliche Verkehrsmittel und - soweit möglich - vom motorisierten auf nicht motorisierten Verkehr; Tempolimit von 130 km/h auf Autobahnen und Regelgeschwindigkeit von 30 km/h in Ortschaften, Befreiung der Bahn von der Mineralölsteuer, Neugestaltung der Ökosteuer, Stärkung von Bahn und ÖPNV u.a. durch ein neues Tarifsystem, strengere Auflagen für den LKW-Verkehr, keine Ausweitung des Straßennetzes und des Luftverkehrs, Reform des Gemeindeverkehrsfinanzierungsgesetzes und des Regionalisierungsgesetzes

Entschließungsantrag zur Abgabe einer Erklärung der Bundesregierung zur Sechsten Weltklimakonferenz - Verpflichtung und Chance (G-SIG: 14001424)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 November 2000

Rücknahme der Kürzungen für das Entwicklungsressort, Unterstützung der Entwicklungsländer bei Erhalt und Weiterentwicklung ihrer forstlichen Ressourcen (Primärwälder), Schaffung von Rahmenbedingungen für den Emissionshandel und andere klimapolitische Instrumente, Einflußnahme der Bundesregierung auf die USA und Japan betr. Einhaltung von Reduktionsverpflichtungen, nationales Programm zur Einhaltung der Klimaschutzziele, Förderung der Altbausanierung, umweltorientiertes Verkehrskonzept, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit betr. Energiesparen

Kernfusionsforschung für eine zukünftige Energieversorgung (G-SIG: 14011508)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 November 2000

Förderung der Kernfusionsforschung mindestens in bisherigem Umfang, Unterstützung einer europäischen Bewerbung um den Standort des Fusionsreaktors ITER

Umweltmanagementgesetz

Austria · National Council · 3 November 2000

Bundesgesetz über begleitende Regelungen zur EMAS-V II (Umweltmanagementgesetz - UMG)

To amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authority to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential rates and charges for electricity, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 November 2000

Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with respect to any rate or charge in effect pursuant to a Commission rule or order providing for market-based prices for a transmission or sale of electric energy, to order a refund of that portion of charges which it finds to be in excess of a just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential rate or charge. Bars certain retroactive refunds.

To require an extension of the comment periods relating to certain proposed rules.

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 2000

Extends the comment periods on certain proposed rules related to: (1) clothes washers; and (2) residential central air conditioners and heat pumps.

Energieeffizienzverbesserung bei Bundesgebäuden

Austria · National Council · 31 October 2000

Bericht des Bautenausschusses über den Antrag 259/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Energieeffizienzverbesserung bei Bundesgebäuden

EU-Projekte zur Sanierung nuklearer Altlasten auf der Halbinsel Kola

Austria · National Council · 30 October 2000

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend eine österreichische Initiative für EU-Projekte zur Sanierung nuklearer Altlasten auf der Halbinsel Kola und in der Barents-See

National Electricity and Environmental Technology Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 2000

National Electricity and Environmental Technology Act - Title I: Accelerated Technology Research and Development Program for Advanced Clean Coal Technology for Coal-Based Electricity Generating Facilities - Subtitle A: National Coal-Based Technology Development and Applications Program - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) identify technology costs and associated performance goals that would permit continued cost-competitive use of coal for electricity generation, for chemical feedstocks, and for transportation fuel for designated time periods; and (2) implement research and development programs that include demonstration and commercial application of coal-based technologies. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Plant Technology Applications - Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application to develop economically and environmentally acceptable advanced technologies for utilization within current electricity generation facilities using coal as the primary feedstock; (2) transmit a detailed plan to Congress; and (3) solicit proposals for demonstrations designed to achieve such technical milestones. Authorizes the Secretary to use certain non-obligated funds. Title II: Credit for Emission Reductions and Efficiency Improvements in Existing Coal-Based Electricity Generation Facilities - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for investment in a qualifying clean coal technology unit; and (2) set forth the formula for determining a tax credit for production from such a unit. Title III: Incentives for Early Commercial Applications of Advanced Clean Coal Technologies - Sets forth: (1) a tax credit for investment in a qualifying advanced clean coal technology facility; and (2) a formula for determining a tax credit for production from such a facility. Exempts the installation of a qualifying system of continuous emission control from new source review requirements under the Clean Air Act. Grants a ten-year exemption from any new or increased emission control requirements for the specific pollutant controlled by such a system to any existing coal-based electricity generating unit on which it has been installed, if the system meets or exceeds the specified standard of performance for new stationary sources. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a financial risk pool for a limited time to offset the modification costs resulting from the failure of qualifying advanced clean coal technology to achieve its design performance. Title IV: Treatment of Certain Tax-Exempt Entities - Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to excessive credits to cite conditions under which credits for emission reductions and efficiency improvements in existing coal-based generating facilities may be treated as refundable credits. Entitles the Tennessee Valley Authority to aggregate certain clean coal technology credits and apply them as a credit against certain annual statutory payment obligations.

To amend the United States Enrichment Corporation Privatization Act to prevent the untimely sale of uranium hexaflouride.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 2000

Amends the United States Enrichment Corporation Privatization Act to repeal: (1) the deadline by which the Secretary of Energy must sell and receive payment for uranium hexaflouride transferred by the United States Executive Agent under the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, dated February 18, 1993 (Russian HEU Agreement); and (2) the mandate that such uranium be sold at any time for the purpose of overfeeding. Extends the deadline for such uranium to be sold for consumption by end users.

Directing the Speaker to certify the report of the Committee on Resources to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 2000

Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives to certify to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia a report of the Committee on Resources regarding the refusal of specified persons to produce papers and to answer questions under subpoena before the Subcommittee on Energy and Natural Resources and the refusal of the Project on Government Oversight to produce papers subpoenaed by the Committee.

Energy Independence Act of 2000

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2000

Energy Independence Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop and transmit to Congress a strategic plan to ensure that the United States is energy self-sufficient by the year 2010; and (2) develop a program for the acquisition of certain commercially available fuel cell power plants and power generated therefrom for use at federally owned or operated facilities. Directs the President, in coordination with designated Secretaries, to establish: (1) a demonstration program for fuel cell proton exchange membrane technology for commercial, residential, and transportation applications (including buses) within the Secretaries' respective areas; and (2) a comprehensive proton exchange membrane fuel cell bus demonstration program to address hydrogen production, storage, and use in transit bus applications. Mandates that each Federal agency that maintains a motor vehicle fleet develop a plan for fleet transition to vehicles powered by fuel cell technology. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a fuel cell technology grant program for State or local government to meet their energy requirements, including such technology as a motor vehicle power source. Authorizes appropriations.

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Jacobs delivered on 26 October 2000. # PreussenElektra AG v Schhleswag AG, in the presence of Windpark Reußenköge III GmbH and Land Schleswig-Holstein. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Landgericht Kiel - Germany. # Electricity - Renewable sources of energy - National legislation requiring electricity supply undertakings to purchase electricity at minimum prices and apportioning the resulting costs between those undertakings and upstream network operators - State aid - Compatibility with the free movement of goods. # Case C-379/98.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 October 2000

Home Energy Assistance Targeted for Seniors Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2000

Home Energy Assistance Targeted for Seniors Act - Redesignates the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, as the Low-Income and Senior Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Low-Income and Senior Home Energy Assistance program, respectively. Defines "low-income household" to include households with incomes which do not exceed the State median income with at least 50 percent of the household income attributable to persons who are at least 65 years old (thus extending home energy assistance under the Act to certain senior citizens).

New York Electricity Price Spike Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2000

New York Electricity Price Spike Relief Act - Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order establishing a specified temporary bid cap for wholesale power sales to the New York Independent System Operator. Mandates that such order remain in effect for a six-month period.

Expressing the sense of the House with respect to the release of findings and recommendations by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the electricity crisis in California.

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2000

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should make public its findings and recommendations regarding the electricity crisis in California.

Kapazitätsanpassungen in der Energiewirtschaft (G-SIG: 14011501)

Germany · German Bundestag · 25 October 2000

Aktuelle und geplante Stilllegungen von Kraftwerkskapazitäten (bzw. Verzicht auf Inbetriebnahme von Kraftwerken) insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit der Verabschiedung von Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetz und Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz; betroffene Arbeitsplätze; Kostenbelastung durch EEG, KWK-Gesetz und Stromsteuererhöhung für die Stromkunden; Folgen des Kabinetts-Beschlusses zur Verdopplung des Anteils von KWK-Anlagen an der Stromerzeugung; Konsequenzen der Liberalisierung des EU-Strommarktes vor dem Hintergrund europaweiter Überkapazitäten; Behandlung des Gesetzentwurfs zur Förderung der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung; Maßnahmen zur Emissionsreduzierung

Electricity Price Spike Act of 2000

United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2000

Electricity Price Spike Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the sale in the United States of any electricity equal to the applicable percentage of the windfall profit on such sale. Allows (until December 31, 2003), in the case of an individual, a limited tax credit for the amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer for qualified energy efficiency improvements installed during such taxable year. Requires each State to have or create a not-for-profit membership corporation to be known as the Citizens' Utility Board, Inc. Establishes an independent board to be known as the Reasonable Profits Board. Authorizes appropriations.

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001

United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2000

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Export and Investment Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) direct loans, loan guarantees, tied-aid grants, insurance, and administrative expenses under Export-Import Bank programs; (2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) direct and guaranteed loans and credit and insurance programs, including administrative expenses; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency. Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) the Agency for International Development (AID) child survival and infectious disease programs, including basic education programs (earmarking amounts for child survival and maternal health, vulnerable children, HIV-AIDS, other infectious diseases, children's basic education, UNICEF, U.S. contributions to the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines and to an international HIV-AIDS fund, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative); (3) specified development assistance (allowing availability of limited amounts for the Inter-American Foundation and the African Development Foundation, agriculture and rural development programs (including plant biotechnology research and development), the International Fertilizer Development Center, AmeriCares for the construction, rehabilitation, and operation of community-based primary healthcare facilities in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute, the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and an international media training center); (4) specified projects aimed at reunification of Cyprus; (5) specified assistance for Lebanon for scholarships and direct support of the American educational institutions there; (6) democracy and humanitarian activities in Burma; (7) specified assistance for the preservation of habitats and related activities for endangered wildlife; (8) international disaster assistance; (9) international disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance to support transition to democracy and to long-term development of countries in crisis (provided AID reports to the Committees on Appropriations at least five days before the beginning of such program assistance); (10) micro and small enterprise development programs; (11) direct loans and loan guarantees under the development credit authority program for development assistance to foreign countries (provided such funds are made available only for urban and environmental programs); (12) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (13) operating expenses of AID and the AID Office of Inspector General; (14) Economic Support Fund (ESF) assistance (earmarking amounts for Israel, Egypt, Jordan, East Timor, Indonesia, Mongolia, and the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan); (15) the International Fund for Ireland; (16) ESF assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States (earmarking amounts for Kosova and Bosnia and Herzegovina, subject to specified conditions); (17) assistance for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union (earmarking amounts for the Southern Caucasus region, the Russian Far East, assistance to meet the health and other assistance needs of victims of trafficking in persons, Ukraine, Georgia, and child survival, environmental health, and to combat infectious diseases, subject to specified conditions); (18) the Peace Corps (but with a prohibition on the use of such funds for abortions); (19) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (20) migration and refugee assistance; (21) the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund; (22) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs and activities (including U.S. contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), subject to a specified condition, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), subject to specified conditions, and the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund); (23) international affairs technical assistance activities of the Department of the Treasury; and (24) debt restructuring of concessional loans, guarantees, and credits made to least developed countries. Bars the use of development assistance funds for: (1) coercive abortions or involuntary sterilizations (but allowing them for voluntary family planning projects in developing nations that meet specified requirements; and (2) U.S. private and voluntary organizations which obtain less than 20 percent of annual funding from sources other than the U.S. Government. Withholds 60 percent of funds appropriated to the Government of the Russian Federation until the President certifies to the Committees on Appropriations it has met certain conditions. Title III: Military Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) expanded international military education and training (IMET) to Indonesia and Guatemala (subject to a specified condition); (2) foreign military financing grants (earmarking amounts for Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Malta, Tunisia, and Georgia (including drawdowns of defense articles and services)); and (3) international peacekeeping operations (subject to a specified condition). Prohibits foreign military financing for Sudan, Liberia, and Guatemala. Title IV: Multilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for the U.S. contribution to: (1) the Global Environment Facility of the International Bank for reconstruction and Development (World Bank); (2) the International Development Association (IDA) (providing that in negotiating U.S. participation in the next replenishment of the IDA that the Secretary of the Treasury accord high priority to providing it with the policy flexibility to provide new grant assistance to countries eligible for debt reduction under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative); (3) the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; (4) the Inter-American Investment Corporation; (5) the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund; (6) the Asian Development Fund; (7) the African Development Bank; (8) the African Development Fund; (9) the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and (10) the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for international organizations. Earmarks a specified amount for the World Food Program. Prohibits the use of funds for the United Nations Fund for Science and Technology, KEDO, or the IAEA. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth limits on the use of appropriations, including that no more than 15 percent of such appropriations shall be obligated during the last month of availability. (Sec. 502) Prohibits: (1) the use of funds for bilateral funding of international financial institutions; and (2) the transfer of such funds by AID directly to such an institution for the purpose of repaying a foreign country's loan obligations to it. (Sec. 503) Sets forth limits on the use of appropriations, including no more than specified maximums for official residence expenses, entertainment expenses, and representation allowances for AID, and for entertainment and representation allowances for the Inter-American Foundation and the Trade and Development Agency. Limits the use of funds for entertainment expenses of the Peace Corps, and of entertainment and representation allowances under the Foreign Military Financing Program. (Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology (except for nuclear safety purposes); (2) direct assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria; (3) assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree; (4) certain transfers between appropriations accounts without prior presidential consultation with Congress; (5) assistance to any country in default in excess of a year on payments on a U.S. loan (except for any narcotics-related assistance for Colombia, Bolivia, or Peru); and (6) assistance (except in certain circumstances) for production of any commodity for export by a foreign country, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets when the resulting productive capacity is expected to become operative, and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a similar commodity. (Sec. 514) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose any assistance for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export if it is in surplus on world markets and such assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a similar commodity. (Sec. 516) Declares that funds appropriated for foreign operations, export financial, and related programs, that are returned or not made available for international organizations and programs, shall remain available for obligation through FY 2002. (Sec. 517) Prohibits the availability of assistance for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union to a Government of such an Independent State, unless such Government is making progress in implementing comprehensive economic reforms based on market principles, private ownership, respect for commercial contracts, and equitable treatment of foreign private investment. Prohibits the availability of assistance also: (1) if such a Government applies or transfers U.S. assistance to any entity for the purpose of expropriating or seizing ownership of assets, investments, or ventures (unless the President determines such assistance is in the national interest); (2) if such Government directs any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent State such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act; or (3) to enhance its military capability (except for demilitarization, demining, or nonproliferation programs). (Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of development assistance funds for abortions or involuntary sterilizations as methods of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions, or provide financial incentive to undergo sterilization. (Sec. 519) Limits to no more than five percent the amount of export financing funds (other than for administrative expenses) that can be transferred from one appropriation to another, with no appropriation being increased by more than 25 percent by such transfer. (Sec. 520) Prohibits the use of funds for Colombia, Haiti, Liberia, Serbia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or the Democratic Republic of Congo, except through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. (Sec. 522) Makes funds available to AID for child survival, basic education, infectious disease activities and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) research and control in developing countries. (Sec. 523) Bars funding for indirect assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or China unless the President certifies that the withholding of such funds is contrary to the U.S. national security interest. (Sec. 524) Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to notify the Committees on Appropriations before providing excess DOD articles to certain NATO and major non-NATO countries. (Sec. 526) Authorizes the availability of ESF funds to provide general support and grants for nongovernment organizations located outside China that have as their primary purpose fostering democracy and rule of law in that country (including earmarking amounts to such organizations to support activities which preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable development and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities). Earmarks ESF funds to the Jamestown Foundation (currently the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights) for a project to disseminate information and support research about China, and related activities. (Sec. 527) Prohibits bilateral assistance funds to any country which the President determines grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or group which has committed an act of international terrorism or otherwise supports such activities. Authorizes the waiver of this prohibition by the President for national security and humanitarian reasons, requiring notification to the Committees on Appropriations. (Sec. 528) Directs the Secretary of State to report quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations on the use of supplemental appropriations for ESF assistance and military asistance to certain countries. (Sec. 529) Requires all AID contracts and subcontracts to include a clause requiring that U.S. insurance companies have a fair opportunity to bid for insurance when insurance is necessary or appropriate. (Sec. 530) Directs the Secretary of State to determine, and report periodically to the Committees on Appropriations, whether Peru has made substantial progress in creating the conditions for free and fair elections, and in respecting human rights, the rule of law, the independence and constitutional role of the judiciary and national congress, and freedom of expression and independent media. Prohibits the use of funds for assistance to Peru unless the Secretary determines that it has made substantial progress with respect to such goals. Earmarks amounts to support the work of nongovernmental organizations and the Organization of American States in promoting free and fair elections, democratic institutions, and human rights in Peru. (Sec. 531) Authorizes nongovernmental organizations which are AID grantees or contractors to place funds made available to them under this Act in interest bearing accounts in order to enhance their participation in economic activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including endowments and debt-for-development and debt-for-nature exchanges. (Sec. 532) Directs the Administrator of AID to require foreign countries that receive foreign assistance which results in the generation of local currencies to deposit such currencies in a separate account to be used to finance foreign assistance activities. (Sec. 533) Prohibits payments to any international financial institution while the U.S. Executive Director to the institution is compensated at a rate in excess of that for Level IV of the Executive Schedule. (Sec. 534) Bars assistance to any country that is not in compliance with the United Nations (UN) sanctions against Iraq, unless the President certifies to Congress that such assistance: (1) is in the U.S. national interest; (2) will directly benefit the needy people in that country; or (3) will be humanitarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled Iraq and Kuwait. (Sec. 535) Declares that provisions under this or any other Act authorizing appropriations for foreign operations or export financing shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized by the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Development Foundation Act. Requires an agency to report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting or proposing activities in a country for which such assistance is prohibited. (Sec. 536) Prohibits the use of funds to provide: (1) any financial incentive to a business for purposes of inducing it to relocate outside the United States if it will reduce the number of employees in the United States; (2) assistance for establishing or developing in a foreign country an export processing zone or other designated area in which a country's tax, tariff, labor, environment, and safety laws do not apply to activities in the area, unless the President certifies that such assistance is not likely to cause a loss of U.S. jobs; or (3) assistance for any project that contributes to the violation of internationally recognized workers rights in the recipient country. (Sec. 537) Urges the export of U.S. clean coal technology. (Sec. 538) Declares that funds appropriated under this Act for Afghanistan, Lebanon, Montenegro, and for victims of war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law. Prohibits the use of funds made available to Cambodia for military or paramilitary purposes. Authorizes the use of foreign assistance funds to support tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation programs, and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, energy programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Authorizes the use of foreign assistance funds by AID to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in the United States for the purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed by it until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained. Authorizes the President to waive certain prohibitions with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) if the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the national interest. (Sec. 539) Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) immediate public renunciation by the Arab League countries of the boycott of Israel (reinstated in 1997) and of American firms having commercial ties with Israel; (2) normalization of relations with Israel by such Arab countries; and (3) steps the President should take to encourage such renunciation. (Sec. 540) Authorizes the use of ESF funds to strengthen the administration of justice in countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and in other regions. (Sec. 541) Declares that the restrictions on assistance to foreign countries contained in this Act or any other Act (except those relating to international terrorism or human rights violations) shall not be construed to restrict assistance: (1) in support of certain programs of nongovernmental organizations; or (2) under specified provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. (Sec. 542) Authorizes the reprogramming of earmarked appropriations for other programs within the same account, provided certain requirements are met. (Sec. 544) Prohibits the use of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States that were not authorized before the enactment of this Act. Earmarks specified amounts to private and voluntary organizations to deal with world hunger abroad. (Sec. 545) Declares that assistance under this Act should make full use of American resources, including commodities, products, and services, to the maximum extent possible. Declares the sense of Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all agricultural commodities, equipment, and products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be American-made. Requires Federal agency heads, in providing financial assistance to or entering into any contract with any entity using funds made available in this Act, to notify such entity of this intention. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually on the efforts of such agency heads and the U.S. directors of international financial institutions in complying with such requirements. (Sec. 546) Prohibits the use of funds to pay any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any UN member (including costs for attendance of another country's delegation at international conferences). (Sec. 548) Prohibits the provision of funds to a private voluntary organization that fails to provide any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of AID. (Sec. 549) Prohibits the provision of funds to any foreign government that provides lethal military equipment to a country that the Secretary of State has determined has a terrorist government, unless the President determines that the furnishing of such assistance is in the U.S. national interest. (Sec. 550) Withholds assistance from a foreign country in an amount equal to 110 percent of the total unpaid parking fines and penalties owed by the country to the District of Columbia. (Sec. 551) Prohibits the obligation of any appropriations for the PLO for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President has exercised certain authorities to suspend prohibitions on assistance to the PLO. (Sec. 552) Permits the President to provide up to a specified amount of commodities and services to the UN War Crimes Tribunal if doing so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other violations of international law in the former Yugoslavia. (Sec. 553) Authorizes disposal on a grant basis in foreign countries of demining equipment used in support of the clearance of land mines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes. (Sec. 554) Prohibits the obligation of appropriations to create in Jerusalem a new U.S. agency office for the purpose of conducting U.S. business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho (or any successor Palestinian governing entity) provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles. (Sec. 555) Prohibits the obligation of certain funds appropriated for Informational Program activities to pay for: (1) alcoholic beverages; or (2) entertainment expenses for recreational activities. (Sec. 556) Authorizes the President to reduce amounts owed to the United States by eligible countries as a result of: (1) housing guarantees made pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms Export Control Act; or (3) any obligation to pay for purchases of U.S. agricultural commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Permits the exercise of such authority only: (1) to implement multilateral official debt relief and referendum agreements known as the Paris Club Agreed Minutes; and (2) with respect to countries with heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from the IDA (but not from the World Bank) (IDA-only countries). Prescribes additional conditions for the exercise of such authority. (Sec. 558) Bars funds appropriated by this Act or any previous appropriations Act for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs to be made available for assistance for the Government of Haiti until: (1) the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that Haiti has held free and fair elections to seat a new parliament; and (2) the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such Government is fully cooperating with the U.S. efforts to interdict illicit drug traffic through it to the United States. Earmarks a specified percentage of funds appropriated under this Act for bilateral assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean region. (Sec. 559) Requires a specified annual report of the Secretary of State containing the voting record of each foreign member country of the UN to include a side-by-side comparison of each country's overall support for the United States at the UN and the amount of U.S. assistance provided to it in FY 2000. (Sec. 560) Prohibits the United States from paying any voluntary contribution to the UN, including the UN Development Program, unless the President certifies to Congress 15 days in advance of such payment that the UN is not engaged in any effort to implement or impose any taxation on U.S. persons in order to raise revenue for itself or any of its specialized agencies. (Sec. 561) Makes the Government of Haiti eligible to purchase U.S. defense articles and services for its Coast Guard. (Sec. 562) Prohibits the obligation of any appropriations for the PLO unless the President certifies to Congress that it is in the U.S. national security interests. (Sec. 563) Prohibits the use of funds for the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State believes they have committed gross violations of human rights, unless the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such country is taking steps to bring the responsible persons to justice. (Sec. 564) Provides for bilateral and multilateral assistance sanctions (with humanitarian, democratization, and certain infrastructure project exceptions) against countries harboring war criminals indicted with respect to the former Yugoslavia. Prohibits the provision of bilateral assistance for programs in which publicly indicted war criminals are known to have any financial interest or communities that are not in compliance with specified sections of the Dayton Agreement relating to war crimes and the Tribunal. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the location, if known, of publicly indicted war criminals, on country, entity and municipality authorities known to have obstructed the work of the Tribunal, and on sanctioned countries, entities, and municipalities. (Sec. 565) Prohibits the use of funds for the Government of the Russian Federation unless the President certifies to specified congressional committees that the Federation has not enacted laws or promulgated executive orders that discriminate against religious minorities in violation of international agreements on human rights and religious freedoms to which it is a party. (Sec. 566) Subjects the availability of funds in this Act to support programs or activities promoting country participation in the Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. (Sec. 567) Bars funds to the Central Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Sec. 568) Earmarks specified foreign assistance funds for Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, the Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group, the Multinational Force and Observers, the Middle East Regional Democracy Fund, Middle East Regional Cooperation, and Middle East Multilateral Working Groups. (Sec. 569) Requires the President to submit to specified congressional committees a plan for the distribution of assets of an Enterprise Fund before any distribution resulting from liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Fund. (Sec. 570) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of international financial institutions to oppose loans to Cambodia (except loans to support basic human needs). Prohibits the availability of funds under this Act for assistance for the Government of Cambodia. (Sec. 571) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of State to report jointly to Congress on all overseas military training provided to, and proposed to be provided to, foreign military personnel under programs administered by the Defense and State Departments during FY 2000 and 2001. (Sec. 572) Earmarks specified funds for KEDO for administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework (Joint Declaration on Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula). Earmarks other amounts to KEDO if the President certifies to Congress that North Korea is complying with the provisions of the Agreed Framework. (Sec. 573) Authorizes investment of funds made available to grantees of the African Development Foundation pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the President of the Foundation. (Sec. 574) Bars the use of funds appropriated under this Act to provide equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any other assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. (Sec. 575) Earmarks specified amounts of ESF funds for programs benefitting the Iraqi people, including for food, medicine, and other humanitarian assistance, and for a political transition in Iraq, Iraqi opposition groups for political, economic, humanitarian, and other activities, and for groups and activities seeking the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi government officials for war crimes. Bars the use of such funds for administrative expenses of the State Department. (Sec. 576) Directs AID to submit an annual budget justification consistent with certain requirements of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations. (Sec. 577) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol to the United States Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to the U.S. Constitution, and which has not entered into force. (Sec. 578) Directs the Secretary of State, 30 days prior to the initial obligation of ESF funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, to certify to the appropriate congressional committees that procedures have been established to assure that the Comptroller General will have access to appropriate U.S. financial information in order to review the uses of such funds for the Program. (Sec. 579) Makes foreign military financing program funds available for Indonesia if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Indonesian government and the Indonesian armed forces are taking specified actions to: (1) bring to justice, and cooperate with investigations and prosecutions of, members of the armed forces and militia groups with respect to human rights violations in Indonesia and East Timor; (2) allow safe passage for refugees returning home to East Timor from West Timor; and (3) not impede the UN Transitional Authority in East Timor. (Sec. 580) Bars the use of appropriated funds under this Act for the UN Man and the Biosphere Program or the UN World Heritage Fund for programs in the United States. (Sec. 581) Directs the President, not less than 30 days prior to the next round of arms talks between the United States and Taiwan, to consult with appropriate congressional leaders and committee chairmen and ranking members regarding: (1) Taiwan's requests for purchase of defense articles and defense services during the pending round of arms talks; (2) the Administration's assessment of the legitimate defense needs of Taiwan; and (3) the decision-making process used by the Executive branch to consider such requests. (Sec. 582) Urges funds appropriated by this Act for U.S. assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to the maximum extent practicable to be used for the procurement of articles and services of U.S. origin. (Sec. 583) Bars the use of funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for the government of any country that has been determined to have: (1) provided lethal or non-lethal military support or equipment, directly or through intermediaries, within the previous six months to the Sierra Leone Revolutionary United Front (RUF), or any other group intent on destabilizing the democratically elected government of the Republic of Sierra Leone; or (2) aided or abetted, within the previous six months, in the illicit distribution, transportation, or sale of diamonds mined in Sierra Leone. (Sec. 584) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000 to authorize voluntary separation incentive payments to AID employees who voluntarily separate (whether by retirement or resignation) on or before December 31, 2001, to eliminate AID positions and functions contained in a mandatory strategic plan outlining such payments. (Sec. 585) Earmarks a specified amount of international organizations and program funds for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) (except for any country program in China). Conditions the availability of such funds to UNFPA on specified requirements, including that it does not fund abortions. (Sec. 586) Makes any national of Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos who was paroled into the United States before October 1, 1997, eligible for adjustment of status. (Sec. 587) Requires information relevant to the December 2, 1980, murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador to be made public to the fullest extent possible. (Sec. 588) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold ten percent of the U.S. payment to any international financial institution until the Secretary certifies that such institution has implemented certain procurement and financial management reforms. (Sec. 589) Authorizes the commercial leasing of defense articles (instead of government-to-government sale) to Israel, Egypt, NATO, and major non-NATO allies if the President determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons. (Sec. 591) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000 to abolish the Inter-American Foundation in 2001. (Sec. 593) Extends the authorities of the General Accounting Office until all available funds appropriated under the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act are expended. (Sec. 594) Earmarks funds made available under this Act for Serbia, subject to specified conditions. (Sec. 595) Declares that the provisions of S. 3140 relating to the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over land of the Tennessee Valley Authority within the Daniel Boone National Forest to the Secretary of Agriculture are hereby enacted into law. (Sec. 596) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors at specified international financial institutions to oppose any loan of such institutions that would require user fees or service charges on poor people for primary education or primary health care, including prevention and treatment efforts for HIV-AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in connection with the institutions' lending programs. (Sec. 597) Makes certain foreign assistance funds available for basic education programs for Pakistan. (Sec. 598) Earmarks a certain amount of bilateral economic assistance funds for population planning activities or other population assistance. Title VI: Emergency Supplemental Appropriation - Authorizes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2001 to the President for: (1) the AID for international disaster assistance for rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance for Mozambique, Madagascar, and southern Africa; (2) operating expenses of AID; (3) bilateral economic assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States (earmarking amounts only for Montenegro, Croatia, and Serbia); (4) IMET and foreign military financing for grants to countries of the Balkans and southeast Europe; and (5) the Department of the Treasury for a contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund of the World Bank. (Sec. 601) Declares that amounts appropriated under this title or under any other provision of law for FY 2001 that are in addition to funds made available under title II of this Act shall be deemed to have been appropriated under such title and are subject to all limitations and restrictions contained in this Act. Title VII: Debt Reduction - Makes additional funds available for FY 2001 for the Bureau of the Public Debt for reduction of the public debt. Title VIII: International Debt Forgiveness and International Financial Institutions Reform - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2001 though 2003 for U.S. contributions to the HIPC Trust Fund of the World Bank. (Sec. 802) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to exert U.S. influence to strengthen each bank's procedures and management controls to ensure that funds disbursed by it to borrowing countries are used as intended and in a manner that complies with the conditions of the bank's loan to such country. (Sec. 803) Directs the Comptroller General to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on the sufficiency of audits of the financial operations of each multilateral development bank conducted by persons or entities outside of such bank. (Sec. 804) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the President's discretionary authority to transfer certain funds to certain international financial institutions for the purpose of bilateral funding. (Sec. 805) Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to declare that it is the policy of the United States to work to implement specified lending reforms in the International Monetary Fund.

Norman A. Wulf, of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Forty-fourth Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

United States · United States Senate · 19 October 2000

35 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Enterprise her views on whether Ireland can avert the serious environmental consequences of exceeding agreed quota limits on greenhouse gas emissions by developing our vast clean energy resources. [22530/00]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2000

35 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Enterprise her views on whether Ireland can avert the serious environmental consequences of exceeding agreed quota limits on greenhouse gas emissions by developing our vast clean energy resources. [22530/00]

35 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Enterprise her views on whether Ireland can avert the serious environmental consequences of exceeding agreed quota limits on greenhouse gas emissions by developing our vast clean energy resources. [22530/00]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2000

35 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Enterprise her views on whether Ireland can avert the serious environmental consequences of exceeding agreed quota limits on greenhouse gas emissions by developing our vast clean energy resources. [22530/00]

10 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the extent and cost of energy imports in volume and monetary terms; her views on whether Ireland has the best clean energy resources in Europe; and the plans she has for the major development of these resources. [22531/00]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2000

10 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the extent and cost of energy imports in volume and monetary terms; her views on whether Ireland has the best clean energy resources in Europe; and the plans she has for the major development of these resources. [22531/00]

Scheitern der österreichischen Stromlösung

Austria · National Council · 18 October 2000

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Georg Oberhaidinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Scheitern der österreichischen Stromlösung

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2000

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for FY 2001 for: (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; (6) formerly utilized sites remedial action program; and (7) general expenses. States that amounts in the Revolving Fund are available for relocating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters to office space in the General Accounting Office headquarters building in Washington, D.C. (Sec. 101) Instructs the Secretary of the Army to enter into an agreement with the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, wherein the City agrees to assume certain contractual responsibilities of the Trinity River Authority of Texas. (Sec. 102) States that agreements proposed for execution by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shall be limited to specified credits and reimbursements per project, and total credits and reimbursements for all applicable projects. (Sec. 103) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers) to construct the locally preferred plan for flood control, environmental restoration and recreation, Murrieta Creek, California. (Sec. 104) Bars the use of funds to implement any activity relating to closure or removal of the St. Georges Bridge across the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Delaware. (Sec. 105 ) Directs the Secretary of the Army to provide specified amounts to replace and upgrade the dam which collapsed in Kake, Alaska, in order to provide drinking water and hydroelectricity. Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY 2001 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, water and related resources; (3) Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; (4) Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; and (5) general administrative expenses. (Sec. 201) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico unless such purchase or lease is in compliance with specified statutory purchase requirements. (Sec. 202) States that Drought Emergency Assistance funds under this title shall be made available primarily for leasing of water from willing lessors for specified drought related purposes subsequent to State approval. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) assess and collect annually from Central Valley Project water and power contractors specified sums to be remitted to the Trinity Public Utilities District; (2) continue funding from power revenues the activities of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program as authorized by the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992; and (3) use up to $1 million to refund specified payments (including the amount of associated interest) to the United States for pre-1994 charges assessed for failure to file certification or reporting forms before receipt of irrigation water under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982. (Sec. 206) Amends the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 to require the Canyon Ferry (Montana) Cabin Site appraisal to be consistent with the Universal Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition. Repeals the repeal of the limitation on reinvestment of interest earned on the principal of the Canyon Ferry-Broadwater County Trust (thus allowing reinvestment of the interest, and its consideration as part of the Trust corpus, only until $3 million, or a lesser amount as offset by in-kind contributions, is deposited as the initial corpus of the Trust). (Sec. 207) Declares that any amounts provided for the Newlands Water Rights Fund for purchasing and retiring water rights in the Newlands Reclamation Project shall be non-reimbursable as of FY 2000. (Sec. 208) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with the city of Loveland, Colorado, (and related entities) providing for the use of facilities of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado, for specified water uses. (Sec. 209) Amends the Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998 to extend from December 31, 2000, to December 31, 2003: (1) certain water service or repayment contracts for the Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project; and (2) certain contract extensions that are coterminous with a specified cooperative agreement. (Sec. 210) Amends Federal law to extend through FY 2001 the prohibition on the use of funds to further reallocate Central Arizona Project water until the enactment of legislation authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to make allocations and enter into contracts for the delivery of Project water. (Sec. 211) Amends the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to: (1) require the Secretary of the Interior permanently to furnish annually water, power capacity, and energy through the Yuma Arizona Area Power Managers on behalf of the San Luis Rey Bands and local entities;and (2) provide that certain annual repayment installments under the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act shall continue to be non-reimbursable during the period that the Indian Water Authority and the local entities receive specified amounts of water conserved by specified canal works and facilities. (Sec. 212) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the El Dorado Irrigation District, all Federal right, title, and interest in the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel, and certain conduits and canals. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2001: (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) uranium facilities maintenance and remediation; (4) general DOE science activities; (5) nuclear waste disposal activities; (6) DOE administration; (7) Office of the Inspector General; (8) atomic energy defense weapons activities (including immediate funds for the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory); (9) atomic energy defense and defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (10) naval reactors activities; (11) Office of the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); (12) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (13) defense facilities closure projects; (14) defense environmental management privatization; (15) other DOE defense activities; (16) defense nuclear waste disposal; (17) the various geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including specified costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams under the Western Area Power Administration); and (18) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Rescinds specified funds earmarked for: (1) interim storage of nuclear waste; and (2) the Tank Waste Remediation System at Richland, Washington. (Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act to award a management and operating contract unless it is awarded using competitive procedures, or the Secretary of Energy grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis. Prohibits delegation of such waiver authority. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act to: (1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan for DOE employees, or to provide them with enhanced severance payments or other benefits (unless the Department of Energy submits a reprogramming request); or (2) prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a program that has not been funded by Congress. (Sec. 306) Declares that no more than six percent of funds provided to government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories shall be available for Laboratory Directed Research and Development. (Sec. 307) Cites a maximum fund amount for the reimbursement of management and operating contractor travel expenses. (Sec. 308) Denies any funds for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to enter into any agreement to perform energy efficiency services outside the Bonneville service territory without certification that such services are not available from private sector businesses. (Sec. 309) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to dispose of transuranic waste containing concentrations of plutonium exceeding 20 percent by weight in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. (Sec. 310) Authorizes the NNSA Administrator to authorize the plant manager of a covered nuclear weapons production plant to engage in research, development, and demonstration activities in order to maintain and enhance plant engineering and manufacturing capabilities. (Sec. 311) Authorizes each Federal Power Marketing Administration to engage in activities and undertake studies and proposals relating to the formation and operation of a regional transmission organization. (Sec. 312) Makes specified funds available to DOE for interim waste storage activities for Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal upon certification by the Secretary of Energy that the Site Recommendation Report cannot be completed timely without additional funding. (Sec. 313) Establishes a three-year term of office for the first person appointed as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of DOE. (Sec. 314) Amends the National Nuclear Security Administration Act to set forth: (1) the scope of the Secretary of Energy's authority to modify NNSA organization; and (2) a prohibition on the pay of personnel engaged in concurrent service or duties inside and outside the NNSA. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (6) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; and (7) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. Title V: Fiscal Year 2001 Emergency Appropriations - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for expenses to remediate damaged DOE facilities and other expenses associated with the Cerro Grande fire. Mandates that a specified amount of such funds be made available to the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake immediate measures to provide erosion control and sediment protection to sewage lines, trails, and bridges in Pueblo and Los Alamos Canyons downstream of the Diamond Drive in New Mexico. Authorizes appropriations to implement programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, of which specified amounts are available only to the extent that the President transmits an emergency budget request for them to Congress. Title VI: General Provisions - Expresses the sense of Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made. Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts. Bars contracts funded under this Act from being awarded to any person determined by a court or Federal agency to have falsely labeled products as made in America. (Sec. 603) Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California have developed a plan, which conforms to California water quality standards approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to classify the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Programs as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the "Cleanup Program--Alternative Repayment Plan" and the "SJVDP--Alternative Repayment Plan" described in a specified report. (Sec. 604) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for: (1) promulgations to implement a certain 1997 Kyoto Protocol regarding climate change which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification. (Sec. 605) Extends from FY 2000 to 2009 funding for the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act. (Sec. 606) Redesignates: (1) a certain "Interstate Sanitation Commission" for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut as the "Interstate Environmental Commission"; and (2) a certain "Interstate Sanitation District" for those States as the "Interstate Environmental District." Title VII: Department of the Treasury - Makes a supplemental appropriation for FY 2001 to reduce the public debt. Title VIII: Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend to September 20, 2005, the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to assess and collect user fees and annual charges. Revises the formula and percentages used to determine the aggregate amount of annual charges collected from licensees and certificate holders. Reduces the fee recovery requirement from 100 percent to 98 percent in FY 2001 and by yearly increments down to 90 percent in FY 2005.

Electricity Windfall Profit Tax Act of 2000

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 2000

Electricity Windfall Profit Tax Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax equal to the windfall profit on the retail sale of electricity for use in Orange and San Diego Counties in California during June, July, or August of 2000. Appropriates revenues from such tax to Orange and San Diego Counties to provide relief to residents for the high costs of electricity incurred during the summer of 2000.

Mark J. Mazur, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, vice Jay E. Hakes, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 17 October 2000

Umfang der Hermes-Bürgschaften für das Atomkraftwerk Angra (Brasilien) (G-SIG: 14011492)

Germany · German Bundestag · 17 October 2000

Gesamtumfang der bereits gewährten Hermes-Bürgschaften, Voraussetzungen für eine erneute Bürgschaftsübernahme, Umfang ausländischer Lieferanteile, Sicherheitsstandard des geplanten Atomkraftwerkes Angra 3, Bewertung des deutsch-brasilianischen Nuklearabkommens, brasilianische Zahlungsrückstände

Offenbarung sicherheitsrelevanter Erkenntnisse in atomrechtlichen Planfeststellungsverfahren und berufliche Verschwiegenheitspflichten (G-SIG: 14011494)

Germany · German Bundestag · 16 October 2000

Einbeziehung der wegen Verpflichtung zur Wahrung des Betriebsgeheimnisses nicht offenbarten Kenntnisse des früheren Mitarbeiters V.E. der Gesellschaft für den Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern (DBE) in das Genehmigungsverfahren für die Endlagerprojekte Schacht Konrad und Gorleben

eines österreichischen Klimaschutzmaßnahmenplans zur Erreichung des Kyoto-Ziels

Austria · National Council · 13 October 2000

Bericht des Umweltausschusses über den Antrag 177/A(E) der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend eines österreichischen Klimaschutzmaßnahmenplans zur Erreichung des Kyoto-Ziels

Kernkraftwerks (KKW) Temelin

Austria · National Council · 13 October 2000

Bericht des Umweltausschusses über den Antrag 121/A(E) der Abgeordneten Karlheinz Kopf, Mag. Karl Schweitzer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungsverfahren (UVP) für ein Hilfsbetriebsgebäude des in Bau befindlichen Kernkraftwerks (KKW) Temelin in der Tschechischen Republik <br><br>und <br><br>über den Antrag 205/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Umsetzung der Abschlusserklärung der Delegation aller neun Landtage zur Verhinderung grenznaher Atomkraftwerke vom 9. Mai 2000 <br><br>und <br><br>über den Antrag 206/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Schlussoffensive gegen den Fertigbau des AKW Temelin