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Austria · Federal Council · 7 October 2004
Mündliche Anfrage des Bundesrates Mag. John Gudenus (FPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Josef Pröll betreffend Förderung von Dieselpartikelfiltern
Austria · Federal Council · 7 October 2004
Mündliche Anfrage des Bundesrates Theodor Binna (SPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Dipl.-Ing. Josef Pröll betreffend Malussystem für Dieselautos ohne Partikelfilter
Austria · Federal Council · 7 October 2004
Anfrage der Bundesräte Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Technologiepolitik <i>(Wirtschaftsbereiche Umwelttechnik, Umwelttechnologie und</i> <i>Umweltwirtschaft)</i>
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
25 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address rising energy costs and the effect on competitiveness of firms here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/04]
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2004
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to address sustained petroleum product price increases in the United States that could have an adverse impact on the Nation's economy, regardless of whether there has been a supply interruption or shortage. Prohibits the Secretary from reducing the capacity of the SPR to less than 700 million barrels of petroleum product.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2004
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for up to 20 percent of the basis of qualified woody biomass energy property placed in service in any taxable year. Defines "qualified woody biomass energy property" as new property which is used to produce electricity from woody biomass (e.g., trees and woody plant debris) placed in service before January 1, 2010, and which has a useful life of not less than five years.
Austria · National Council · 6 October 2004
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Umweltinformationsgesetz geändert wird (UIG-Novelle 2004)
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2004
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation an easement to enlarge the diameter of a specified pipeline from 14 inches to not more than 20 inches, consistent with the recreational values and protection of the resources of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania. Authorizes the Superintendent of the Recreation Area to issue a permit to the Corporation for the use of the Recreation Area for temporary construction and staging areas required for the construction of the enlarged pipeline. Requires the Corporation to comply with all requirements for certification by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that are necessary to permit the increase in pipeline size. Prohibits the Secretary from granting additional increases in the diameter of, or easements for, the pipeline within the boundary of the Recreation Area after the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2004
Declares that Congress: (1) recognizes the essential role of nuclear power in the national energy policy of the United States; and (2) supports the increased use of nuclear power and the construction and development of new and improved nuclear power generating plants as a means of contributing to national energy independence and maintaining a clean environment.
Germany · Bundesrat · 6 October 2004
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 October 2004
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2004
64 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that Ireland complies with European directives to increase insulation standards in buildings; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that house prices are likely to be affected in the future according to their performance in terms of energy efficiency. [22635/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2004
43 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the response he has received to the proposal made jointly with New Zealand, Peru and Chile to the International Atomic Energy Agency seeking detailed information for coastal states on shipments of nuclear waste on international seas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22591/04]
Germany · German Bundestag · 30 September 2004
Ionisierende Strahlung: natürliche, zivilisatorisch veränderte natürliche und zivilisatorische Strahlenexposition, kerntechnische Anlagen, Anwendungen in der Medizin und anderen Bereichen, besondere Vorkommnisse im Anwendungsbereich der Strahlenschutzverordnung, Strahlenexposition durch den Reaktorunfall in Tschernobyl; nichtionisierende Strahlung: elektromagnetische Felder (u.a. Mobilfunk), UV-Strahlung (beim Bundesrat als BT-Drs 15/3889 verteilt)
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
680 Ms Cooper-Flynn asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it was a precondition of EU support for the three new midland peat stations (details supplied) to close the peat station at Bellacorick, County Mayo. [21255/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
695 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason it is necessary to let staff of a power station (details supplied) in County Mayo go in January 2005, when there is still bog at same to be used up; and if Bord na Móna will make sure that the employees are retained until the bog is finished. [22009/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
679 Ms Cooper-Flynn asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the criteria used in deciding to close the peat station at Bellacorick, County Mayo; and the Bord na Móna estimate of the peat reserves at this north Mayo area both in the ownership of Bord na Móna and otherwise. [21254/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
677 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposed to grant-aid or otherwise incentivise the use of non-fossil fuel energy at a domestic level here in view of the fact that uptake has been relatively low in comparison with other EU member states. [22661/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
317 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if VAT is applied to that part of the ESB charge which is used to generate resources to facilitate the generation of energy from reusable sources; the reason he views that this element which is itself paying tax for a designated purpose should also be used to generate additional VAT revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22547/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
276 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the suggestion coming from the UK that in the interests of energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions that buildings would have different stamp duty rates to correspond with varying energy ratings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22660/04]
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2004
Boutique Fuels Reduction Act of 2004 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily waive controls or prohibitions on the use of a fuel or fuel additive regulated under specified provisions of that Act or prescribed in an applicable State Implementation Plan (SIP) if the Administrator determines that: (1) extreme and unusual circumstances exist in a State or region that prevent distribution of an adequate supply of the fuel or fuel additive to consumers; (2) such circumstances are the result of a natural disaster, an Act of God, a pipeline or refinery equipment failure, or another unforeseeable event; and (3) it is in the public interest to grant the waiver. Permits such a waiver only if it: (1) applies to the smallest necessary geographic area; (2) is effective for 20 days or the shortest practicable time period; (3) permits a transitional period after the termination of the temporary waiver to allow wholesalers and retailers to blend down their inventory; (4) applies to all persons in the motor fuel distribution system; and (5) is preceded by public notice to all parties in the distribution system, local and State regulators, public interest groups, and consumers in the State or region covered by the waiver. States that the Administrator shall have no authority, when considering a SIP or SIP revision regarding State controls or prohibitions on motor vehicle fuel or fuel additives, to approve any fuel: (1) if doing so would increase the total number of approved and fully implemented fuels as of September 1, 2004, in all SIPs; and (2) unless that fuel was approved and fully implemented in at least one SIP in the applicable Petroleum Administration for Defense District (with the exception of fuels with a specified summertime Reid Vapor Pressure). Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy jointly to study and report to Congress on the effects on air quality, number of fuel blends, fuel availability, fuel fungibility, and fuel costs of SIPs adopted pursuant to CAA provisions regarding State controls or prohibitions on motor vehicle fuel or fuel additives.
Germany · German Bundestag · 29 September 2004
Stärkung des Standorts Deutschland und marktwirtschaftliche Ausrichtung der Energiepolitik: Umsetzung der EU-Strom-, Gas- und Steuerrichtlinie ohne zusätzliche Belastungen, schnellstmögliche Beratung der Verordnungen zum Zweiten Gesetz zur Neuregelung des Energiewirtschaftsrechts, Anreizregulierung, Überprüfung der Ölpreisbindung von Gas, Gesamtkonzept zum Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien entspr. bisher vorgelegten FDP-Anträgen, Steuerharmonisierung in der EU
Germany · German Bundestag · 29 September 2004
Zusatzvergütung nach § 8 EEG ausschließlich für bestimmte Biomassearten: Anzahl der betroffenen Anlagen und Beschäftigten, technischer und ökologischer Standard deutscher Anlagen, ökologische und kostensteigernde Wirkungen der Ungleichbehandlung
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2004
The 9-11 Commission Combating Proliferation Implementation Act - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office for Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Requires the Director to: (1) develop and advise the President on policies, goals, objectives, and priorities for preventing the proliferation of WMDs; (2) implement a comprehensive Strategy for Combating the Proliferation of WMDs (Strategy); and (3) direct development of an annual budget for programs and activities under the Strategy. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to carry out a program to undertake an accelerated, comprehensive worldwide effort to mitigate the threats posed by high-risk, proliferation-attractive fissile materials, radiological materials, and related equipment located at sites potentially vulnerable to theft or diversion. Requires the Secretary to submit classified interim and final reports on the program to Congress. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should strive to expand and strengthen the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI); and (2) the United States should engage the United Nations to develop a Security Council resolution authorizing the PSI under international law. Gives the President permanent waiver authority over legal provisions prohibiting the use of certain Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) funds for chemical weapons destruction facilities in Russia. Repeals a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 that limits CTR funds for activities outside the former Soviet Union. Requires the President to biannually report to Congress on liability concerns regarding, and impediments to, the renegotiation and implementation of specified nonproliferation agreements and programs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2004
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2005. Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities which were conducted in FY 2004 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (2) Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (3) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004; (4) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004; (5) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004; (6) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004; (7) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (8) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (9) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004; (10) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004; (11) Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; and (12) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004. Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 20, 2004. Authorizes continuation of other specified activities (including activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments) through such date.
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2004
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anton Heinzl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit bezüglich Umgehung von bergrechtlichen Genehmigungspflichten für Schottergruben
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2004
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Kurt Gaßner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Verdacht auf Manipulation beim Heizwert von Gas
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2004
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Karl Dobnigg, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend finanzielle Unterstützung an die Stadtgemeinde Eisenerz aus den Mitteln vom Verkauf des Erzberges
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2004
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Emissionszertifikategesetz, BGBl. I Nr. 46/2004, geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2004
Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesgesetz über die integrierte Vermeidung und Verminderung von Emissionen aus Dampfkesselanlagen (Emissionsschutzgesetz für Kesselanlagen - EG-K) erlassen wird
Germany · German Bundestag · 22 September 2004
Aktueller Sachstand, Kriterien für den Entsorgungsnachweis, weiterer Verfahrensablauf, befasste Gremien und deutsche Beteiligung, Beteiligung der Öffentlichkeit, insbes. auf deutscher Seite, Einsetzung einer deutschen Expertengruppe
Germany · German Bundestag · 22 September 2004
Wirtschaftlicher Druck für Betreiber von Tierkörperbeseitigungsanlagen, gesundheitliches Risiko durch Biogasanlagen, Kategorisierung, energetische Eigenschaften und Ungleichbehandlung tierischer Abfälle, Behandlungsaufwand, Technologien zur energetischen Nutzung organischen Materials, Substitution fossiler Energieträger, Marktchancen, Beitrag zur Tierseuchenbekämpfung
Austria · National Council · 21 September 2004
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Kurt Grünewald, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend geplante <i>(Wasser-)</i> Kraftwerke in Osttirol
Austria · National Council · 21 September 2004
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Kurt Grünewald, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend geplanten Parkplatz für 50 LKW der Fa. Augustin in Lienz
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2004
Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly producing, acquiring, transferring, possessing, using, or threatening to use: (1) an explosive or incendiary rocket designed as a weapon to seek an aircraft; (2) any device to launch or guide such rocket; (3) parts designed for use in assembling or fabricating such a rocket or device; (4) any weapon designed or intended to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life; (5) any object capable of and designed or intended to endanger human life; or (6) the variola virus. (Makes exceptions for specified governmental conduct.) Amends the Atomic Energy Act to expand the scope of provisions governing atomic weapons to prohibit transferring or receiving in interstate or foreign commerce, using, or possessing and threatening to use an atomic weapon. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) when such prohibited conduct shall be considered to have occurred within the jurisdiction of the United States; and (2) applicable criminal penalties, including the death penalty. Expands the scope of Arms Export Control Act licensing provisions and Federal criminal code provisions regarding interception of communications, acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, and money laundering to cover offenses under this Act.
Germany · German Bundestag · 21 September 2004
Wirtschaftliches Potenzial und jährliche Strommenge, Genehmigung für Offshore-Windparks, Auswirkungen auf Bürger und Gemeinden, Natur und Tierwelt sowie die Schifffahrt, Anträge und laufende Genehmigungsverfahren, Beteiligung deutscher Energieversorgungsunternehmen, jährliche Einspeisevergütung bis 2020, Nettobelastung für Stromverbraucher, Netzanbindung, Förderung in anderen europäischen Staaten, Stromerzeugungskosten, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Beitrag zur Klimavorsorge
Germany · German Bundestag · 21 September 2004
Einschätzung, Aktivitäten und Fördermaßnahmen: Energieverbrauch, Zuwachsraten und Wirtschaftswachstum, zukünftige Bedeutung der Energieträger, Energiepreise, Versorgungssicherheit, internationale Kooperation, neue Energieträger und Technologien, Klimaschutz und Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen, Wasserstoff und Brennstoffzelle, Forschungsaktivitäten, Energieeinsparung, Effizienzverbesserung in Privathaushalten, Gebäudesanierung, Investitionen bei Kraftwerken und Modernisierungen, weltweite Energieeffizienzsteigerung, Technologieexport, weltweite Reserven und zukünftige Energierohstoffe, Atomausstieg
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2004
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Weatherization Day to recognize the need for reducing home energy costs, particularly for low-income families, through the use of conservation technologies.
Austria · National Council · 16 September 2004
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen betreffend Blei im Trinkwasser
Austria · National Council · 16 September 2004
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für soziale Sicherheit, Generationen und Konsumentenschutz betreffend Blei im Trinkwasser
Austria · National Council · 16 September 2004
Bundesgesetz über das Verbot des Inverkehrbringens von kosmetischen Mitteln, die im Tierversuch überprüft worden sind
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2004
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds and transfers of funds. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Employee Benefits Security Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits, including ones for disabled coal miners; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; (19) the Office of Inspector General; and (20) a working capital fund for a new core accounting system. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration, for specified health resources and services activities; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), for disease control, research, and training; (5) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and the Office of the Director; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for substance abuse and mental health services; (7) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (8) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, program management, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs; (10) low-income home energy assistance; (11) refugee and entrant assistance; (12) payments to States for the child care and development block grant; (13) the social services block grant; (14) children and families services programs; (15) promoting safe and stable families, through family preservation and support; (16) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (17) the Administration on Aging; (18) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (19) the Office of Inspector General; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; (21) policy research; (22) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers, and medical care of dependents and retired personnel; and (23) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, for the Strategic National Stockpile, and for activities to ensure a year-round influenza vaccine production capacity and the development and implementation of rapidly expandable influenza vaccine production technologies, as well as any purchase of such vaccine the Secretary determines necessary. Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) innovation and improvement activities; (6) safe schools and citizenship education; (7) English language acquisition and language enhancement; (8) special education; (9) rehabilitation services and disability research; (10) special institutions for persons with disabilities, including the American Printing House for the Blind, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and Gallaudet University; (11) vocational and adult education; (12) certain student financial assistance programs, as well as Federal administrative expenses for such programs (and sets a maximum individual Pell Grant amount); (13) specified higher education programs; (14) Howard University; (15) the college housing and academic facilities loans program account; (16) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (17) the Institute of Education Sciences; and (18) departmental management and program administration; (19) the Office for Civil Rights; and (20) the Office of the Inspector General. Makes appropriations for FY 2005 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service, for domestic volunteer service programs and operating expenses; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Railroad Retirement Board for the dual benefits payments account, Federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts, administration, and the Office of Inspector General; (14) Social Security Administration for payments to the Social Security trust funds, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, and administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2004
Toy Gun Marking Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988 to exclude from the definition of "look-alike firearm" in imitation firearm marking requirements any toy replica of an antique firearm developed prior to 1898. Bars States from prohibiting the sale or manufacture of toy replicas of such antique firearms.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2004
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Bureau of Land Management; (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (3) the National Park Service (including transfer of funds); (4) the U.S. Geological Survey; (5) the Minerals Management Service; (6) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; (7) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (8) departmental offices for insular affairs; (9) departmental management (including transfer of funds); (10) the Office of the Solicitor; (11) the Office of Inspector General; (12) the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians; and (13) natural resource damage assessment and restoration. Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service; (2) the Department of Energy for specified activities, including fossil energy research and development activities and energy conservation activities; and (3) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service. Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for specified related agencies, including: (1) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (2) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (3) the Smithsonian Institution; (4) the National Gallery of Art; (5) the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (6) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (7) the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities; (8) the National Endowment for the Arts; (9) the National Endowment for the Humanities; (10) the Commission of Fine Arts; (11) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (12) the National Capital Planning Commission; (13) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; and (14) the Presidio Trust.
Austria · National Council · 13 September 2004
SAMMELBERICHT des Ausschusses für Petitionen und Bürgerinitiativen über die Petitionen Nr. 1, 8, 11, 12, 14 bis 16, 18, 22, 29, 31 und 34 sowie über die Bürgerinitiativen Nr. 5, 6, 8, 16 und 17
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the jurisdictional bases and scope of the prohibition against the use of, and threat, attempt, or conspiracy to use, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to cover such actions against property within the United States under specified circumstances, including property owned, leased, or used by a foreign government. Restores the coverage of chemical weapons under the prohibition. Expands the categories of restricted persons subject to prohibitions relating to select agents to cover persons acting for or on behalf of, or operating subject to the direction or control of: (1) a government or official of a country that Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; or (2) a terrorist organization. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit participation in the development or production of any special nuclear material or atomic weapon except as authorized by that Act. Prohibits anyone within the United States or subject to U.S. jurisdiction from willfully participating in or providing material support or resources to a nuclear weapons program or other WMD program of a foreign terrorist power (or attempting or conspiring to do so). Establishes extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over such offense.
United States · United States Senate · 10 September 2004
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 2004
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue an order revoking the authority granted to the Enron Corporation (and any Enron affiliate, bankruptcy trustee for the company, or any successor in interest to Enron or its affiliates) to sell electric energy at market-based rates. Declares such revocation of market rate authority effective retroactive to the date on which FERC determines that Enron initially engaged in price manipulation of electric energy sales or in any fraudulent activity regarding such sales. Requires FERC to issue an order prohibiting Enron (and any Enron affiliate, bankruptcy trustee for the company, or any successor in interest to Enron or its affiliates) from enforcing claims for monetary damages or otherwise enforcing contract provisions against the purchaser in the case of certain electric energy or natural gas sales contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 2004
Federal Hydroelectric and Environmental Enhancement Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to study and report to Congress on: (1) the potential for creating or increasing electric power production capability at facilities under their respective administrative jurisdiction; and (2) operational methods and water scheduling techniques to increase operational efficiencies at certain-sized hydroelectric power plants. Requires each Secretary to coordinate with the Administrator of each Federal power marketing administration in determining how the value of electric power produced by each hydroelectric power facility that produces power marketed by the administration can be optimized.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2004
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding relicensing criteria for nuclear facilities to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to evaluate a facility for health risks, vulnerability to terrorist attack, evacuation plans, population increases, ability to store nuclear waste, safety and security record, and the impact of a nuclear accident. Prohibits relicensing of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Station) until after the NRC has: (1) arranged with the National Academy of Sciences (Academy) to provide an independent assessment of safety performance and recommendations for relicensing; (2) transmitted those recommendations to Congress; and (3) given appropriate consideration to those recommendations. Directs the Academy to provide an independent assessment of: (1) conformance of the Station to its design and licensing bases; (2) operational safety performance and risk factors; (3) health risks, vulnerability to terrorist attack, evacuation plans, population increases, ability to store nuclear waste, safety and security record, and the impact of a nuclear accident; (4) the effectiveness of licensee self-assessments, corrective actions, and improvement plans; and (5) the cause of safety problems and overall performance.