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United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2000
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4733 (energy and water development appropriations).
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2000
Establishes the National Commission on Nuclear Security to review the efficacy of the organization of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and the organization and management of the nuclear weapons programs of the United States, under the current Presidential Administration and the Presidential Administration commencing in 2001, including: (1) whether the requirements and objectives of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act are being fully implemented by the Secretary of Energy and NNSA Administrator; (2) the feasibility and advisability of various means of improving the security and counterintelligence posture of NNSA programs; (3) the feasibility and advisability of various modifications of existing management and operating contracts for the laboratories under NNSA's jurisdiction; and (4) whether the national security functions of the Department of Energy, including NNSA, should be transferred to the Department of Defense, established as a semiautonomous agency within the Defense Department, established as an independent agency, or remain as a semiautonomous agency within the Energy Department. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to Congress and the Secretaries of Energy and Defense, including any recommendations for legislation and administrative action. Restricts the amount of certain previously authorized appropriations that shall be available for activities of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2000
Nuclear Secrets Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to specified congressional committees an inventory of each document or device at each national security laboratory that contains Restricted Data. Amends the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, with respect to procedures for ensuring that any individual is not permitted access to any classified area of a laboratory vault containing Restricted Data, to require such procedures, at a minimum, to provide that an individual shall not have access to any such vault unless, before each access, the individual's identity is verified by an attendant through direct visual observation. Requires the counterintelligence program at each such laboratory to include a polygraph program for individuals with access to any vault containing Restricted Data. Requires each such individual to undergo a polygraph examination within one year after having access to any such vault, in particular within 30 days after first access (or within 120 days after enactment of this Act, if first access occurred on or before enactment). Requires the Administrator for Nuclear Security to ensure that the combination of each lock to each laboratory vault containing Restricted Data is changed not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 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) Extends through FY 2001 the availability of certain appropriations to carry out the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act . (Sec. 102) Directs 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. 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) Bars the use of funds under this Act to pay salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico unless specified statutory purchase requirements have been met. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to assess and collect annually a certain amount from Central Valley Project water and power contractors, and remit it to the Trinity Public Utilities District. 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) maintenance and remediation of uranium processing facilities (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; (9) atomic energy defense and defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (10) naval reactors activities; (11) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (12) defense facilities closure projects; (13) defense environmental management privatization (14) other DOE defense activities; (15) defense nuclear waste disposal; (16) 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 (17) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of appropriations under under this Act to: (1) award a management and operating contract without competitive procedures unless the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis; (2) award, amend, or modify a contract in a manner that deviates from the Federal Acquisition Regulation unless the Secretary grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis; (3) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan for DOE employees, or to provide them with enhanced severance payments or other benefits; (4) augment specified funds made available for severance payments and other benefits and community assistance grants under specified law; or (5) prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for a program that has not been funded by Congress. (Sec. 307) Declares that no more than four percent of funds provided to government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories shall be available for Laboratory Directed Research and Development. (Sec. 309) Bars funds (with certain exceptions) to the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to enter into any agreement to perform energy efficiency services outside the legally defined Bonneville service territory, unless the Administrator certifies that such services are unavailable from private sector businesses. (Sec. 310) Prohibits the use of payments to the DOE Working Capital Fund for salaries and expenses of any Federal employee. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (4) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; and (5) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. Title V: Rescissions - Rescinds specified amounts previously appropriated for interim storage of nuclear waste. 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) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend from September 30, 2000, through September 30, 2001, NRC authority to assess annual charges. (Sec. 605) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for 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. 606) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to: (1) authorize appropriations for FY 2001; and (2) extend standby energy authorities from March 31, 2000 through September 30, 2001.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2000
Foreign Trust Busting Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit U.S. courts to make a determination on the merits under U.S. antitrust laws with respect to cases asserting the manipulation of energy supplies or prices by foreign entities.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 2000
International Energy Fair Pricing Act of 2000 - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to international organizations and international financial institutions that support or recognize the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Directs the President to report to Congress with respect to: (1) any loan, guarantee, or technical assistance provided by any international financial institution that directly or indirectly supports any OPEC program or country, or any other cartel, engaging in production cutbacks or other market-distorting practices; (2) energy sector loans of, technical assistance provided by, and policies of each international financial institution, including an analysis of the extent to which they promote the complete dismantlement of international oil price fixing arrangements and the development of a market-based system for the exploration, production, and marketing of petroleum resources; (3) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) efforts to review market-distorting practices of international cartels, including OPEC, and specific actions that OECD member countries can undertake to combat such practices; and (4) U.S. actions to ensure that the OECD expands upon its activities and programs regarding the operation of international cartels. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, in providing assistance for the development of indigenous energy resources in developing non-OPEC countries, to ensure that such assistance is not used to support, directly or indirectly, OPEC programs or countries, or any other cartel, if OPEC or such cartel engages in oil price fixing.
Austria · Federal Council · 21 June 2000
Mündliche Anfrage von BR Mag. Christof Neuner an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Dr. Martin Bartenstein betreffend Strompreissenkungen
Austria · National Council · 21 June 2000
Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (66 d.B. und Zu 66 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem Neuregelungen auf dem Gebiet der Erdgaswirtschaft erlassen werden (Gaswirtschaftsgesetz - GWG), das Bundesgesetz betreffend den stufenweisen Übergang zu der im Gaswirtschaftsgesetz vorgesehenen Marktorganisation erlassen wird und das Preisgesetz 1992, die Gewerbeordnung 1994, das Rohrleitungsgesetz, das Reichshaftpflichtgesetz sowie das Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und -organisationsgesetz geändert werden
Austria · National Council · 21 June 2000
Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (195 d.B.): Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem die Eigentumsverhältnisse der österreichischen Elektrizitätswirtschaft geregelt werden, aufgehoben wird
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2000
Accountability to Congress for Nuclear Transfers to North Korea Act of 2000 - Amends the North Korea Threat Reduction Act of 1999 with respect to the prohibition against any agreement for cooperation between the United States and North Korea, or issuance of a license for the export, or approval for the transfer or retransfer, to North Korea of any nuclear material, facilities, goods, services, or technology that would be subject to such agreement, until the President reports to specified congressional committees that: (1) North Korea has come into full compliance with the Agreed Framework Between the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (signed in Geneva on October 21, 1994) and other specified nuclear nonproliferation agreements; (2) has permitted the International Atomic Energy Agency full access to certain nuclear sites and material; (3) does not have uranium enrichment or nuclear reprocessing facilities; and (4) does not have nuclear weapons and is making no effort to acquire them. Prohibits any such agreement, export license, or transfer of any such items unless Congress approves the President's report by enactment of a joint resolution. Subjects to the same prohibition and approval requirements any export license for, or transfer or retransfer to North Korea of, any nuclear material, facilities, goods, services, or technology controlled under the Export Trigger List of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Declares that in supporting the provision of nuclear reactors to North Korea pursuant to the Agreed Framework, neither the President nor any U.S. agency may enter into any international agreement, contract, or other arrangement to impose liability on the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at nuclear reactors provided to North Korea.
Germany · German Bundestag · 19 June 2000
Politische Lage im Tschad und in Kamerun, ökonomische und ökologische Auswirkungen des Pipeline-Projektes, Menschenrechte
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2000
Tennessee Valley Authority Power Competition Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to sell the fossil-fuel and nuclear power generation and electric power transmission facilities owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Prescribes procedural guidelines governing : (1) the sale of facilities; (2) competitive bidding; (3) cooperation of other Federal agencies; (4) retention of a financial and bid management advisor; (5) costs, proceeds and treatment of sales; and (6) legal obligations. Instructs the Secretary to report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) concerning the facilities to be sold under this Act. Places within FERC jurisdiction all rates and charges established for the wholesale sale of electric power from facilities sold under this Act. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement procedures to ensure that all power produced by TVA-owned hydroelectric dams is sold at market-based rates in the relevant bulk power supply market. Prescribes implementation guidelines governing: (1) bid and auction procedures; (2) use of revenue; (3) establishment of the Fund for Environmental Mitigation and Restoration; and (4) establishment of the Fund for Renewable Resources. Grants public bodies and cooperatives the right of first refusal to purchase power at market prices. Instructs TVA to terminate its long-term contracts with distributors and retail customers within one year after the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2000
Energy Efficient Buildings Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for a limited time period, deductions and credits for commercial and residential properties using specified energy efficient construction or reconstruction materials or technologies, including solar energy. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) allocation of deductions for public property; and (2) property financed by subsidized energy financing. Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish specified certification and compliance procedures. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2000
Declares that the Senate: (1) recognizes the need to encourage active involvement of fathers in the rearing and development of their children and that while there are millions of fathers who serve as a wonderful caring parent for their children, there are children on Father's Day who will have no one to celebrate with; (2) urges fathers to participate in their children's lives both financially and emotionally and to understand the level of responsibility required when fathering a child and to fulfill that responsibility; (3) encourages fathers to devote time, energy, and resources to their children; (4) is committed to assist absent fathers become more responsible and engaged in their children's lives; (5) designates June 18, 2000, as National Responsible Father's Day; and (6) calls on fathers around the country to use the day to reconnect and rededicate themselves to their children's lives, to spend such day with them, and to express their love and support for their children.
Austria · National Council · 8 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Dr. Udo Grollitsch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betreffend Verschärfung des Tierversuchsgesetzes
Germany · German Bundestag · 8 June 2000
Einsatz spezieller Druckentlastungsventile im Kernkraftwerk Gundremmingen, sicherheitstechnische Bedeutung des RDB-Ventings in Siedewasserreaktoren, Verwendung von Handarmaturen in sicherheitsrelevanten Bereichen, atomrechtliche Genehmigung für den Einbau des Ventingsystems durch die Bayerische Staatsregierung, Einsatz der Ventingtechnik in anderen Reaktoren
European Union · EUR-Lex · 8 June 2000
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend "Ennsnahe Trasse"
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend "Ennsnahe Trasse" <i>(Aufhebung eines Wasserrechtsbescheides durch den</i> <i>Verwaltungsgerichtshof)</i>
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2000
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Schlußoffensive gegen den Fertigbau des AKW <i>(Atomkraftwerkes)</i> Temelin
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2000
Antrag 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
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend BVD-Virus <i>(Bovine Virus Diarrhöe/Rindervirus)</i>
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2000
Austria · National Council · 7 June 2000
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung des Pestizidverbrauchs <i>(durch Verminderung des Pflanzenschutzmitteleinsatzes)</i>
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2000
Advanced Technology Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Act of 2000 - Title I: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a credit for hybrid vehicles; and (2) extend the credit for qualified electric vehicles. Title II: Amendments to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to provide for studies of: (1) voluntary, mandatory, and other measures used to conserve energy in the transportation of goods and people; and (2) lean burn technology. Extends the manufacturing incentives for dual fuel vehicles and the maximum fuel economy increase for alternative fueled automobiles.
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend BVD-Virus <i>(im Rinderbestand)</i>
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Bilateralpark Thayatal/Podyi
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen betreffend Salmonellenpolitik
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Traunverordnung und wasserwirtschaftliche Rahmenverfügung <i>(Verzicht auf die Kraftwerksprojekte Riesenberg und Saag)</i>
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend BVD-Virus <i>(im Rinderbestand)</i>
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend einen nationalen Klimaschutzplan
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2000
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Sima, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend einen österreichischen Klimaschutzmaßnahmenplan zur Erreichung des Kyoto-Ziels
Austria · National Council · 6 June 2000
Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem die Eigentumsverhältnisse der österreichischen Elektrizitätswirtschaft geregelt werden, aufgehoben wird
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 June 2000
leave out from 'recognises' to 'jobs' in line 7 and insert: 'notes that by removing the specific references to fuel poverty, the requirement for the Secretary of State to lay his findings before Parliament, the power to make regulations and the references to specific action to provide households with a comprehensive package of home insultation, the Government has severely limited the original intent and effect of the Bill; calls on the Government to reinstate these areas of the Bill so that the Bill can be an effective tool in reducing fuel poverty,'.
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 June 2000
Vorlage eines Konzepts zur Sicherung einer preiswerten und umweltverträglichen Energieversorgung, Einhaltung internationaler Klimaschutzverpflichtungen, Reduzierung des Kohlendioxidausstoßes durch den Einsatz der Kernenergie, Erarbeitung eines Entsorgungskonzepts unter Beteiligung der Länder
Germany · German Bundestag · 2 June 2000
<b>Bezug:</b> Gesetz zu dem Gemeinsamen Protokoll vom 21. September 1988 über die Anwendung des Wiener Übereinkommens und des Pariser Übereinkommens (s. XN004) <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Änderung versch. §§ des Atomgesetzes als Voraussetzung für die Ratifizierung des Gemeinsamen Protokolls vom 21. September 1988 über die Anwendung des Wiener Übereinkommens und des Pariser Übereinkommens im nationalen Atomhaftungsrecht, Berücksichtigung neuer Entwicklungen im Haftungsrecht, insbesondere zur Verbesserung des Opferschutzes. Für den Bund, die Länder und die Gemeinden ergeben sich keine zusätzlichen Kosten. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Haftung für kerntechnische Anlagen/Änderung versch. §§ AtG betr. Umsetzung internationaler atomhaftungsrechtlicher Vereinbarungen * Opferschutz/Verbesserung des Opferschutzes im Atomhaftungsrecht
Germany · German Bundestag · 2 June 2000
<b>Bezug:</b> Pariser Übereinkommen vom 29. Juli 1960 über die Haftung gegenüber Dritten auf dem Gebiet der Kernenergie, Wiener Übereinkommen vom 21. Mai 1963 über die zivilrechtliche Haftung für nukleare Schäden Ausführungsgesetz siehe N005 <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Ratifizierung des von der Bundesrepublik Deutschland am 21.9.1988 in Wien unterzeichneten Gemeinsamen Protokolls: Regelung der Entschädigung für deutsche Opfer bei einem Nuklearunfall in einem Vertragsstaat des Wiener Übereinkommens, dem die Bundesrepublik nicht angehört. Für Bund, Länder und Gemeinden ergeben sich keine zusätzlichen Kosten. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Entschädigung/Entschädigung für deutsche Opfer bei einem Nuklearunfall in einem Vertragsstaat des Wiener Übereinkommens * Nuklearunfall/Entschädigung für deutsche Opfer bei einem Nuklearunfall in einem Vertragsstaat des Wiener Übereinkommens
Germany · German Bundestag · 2 June 2000
Festlegung der Stoffe, die als Biomasse im Sinne der Verordnung gelten, der technischen Verfahren zur Stromerzeugung aus Biomasse, die in den Bereich des EEG fallen, sowie der Umweltanforderungen, die bei der Erzeugung von Strom aus Biomasse einzuhalten sind
European Union · European Parliament · 1 June 2000
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 2000
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to the Department of Labor for: (1) training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (8) the Employment Standards Administration; (9) certain special benefits; (10) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (11) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); (12) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (13) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (14) departmental management; (15) the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training; and (16) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 103) Prohibits the use of funds available in this Act by OSHA to promulgate or enforce any proposed, temporary, or final standard on ergonomic protection. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (5) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including amounts for the John E. Fogarty International Center, the National Library of Medicine, the Office of the Director, and buildings and facilities; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (7) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (8) the Health Care Financing Administration for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and program management; (9) the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (10) the Administration for Children and Families for child support enforcement and family support programs; (11) low income home energy assistance; (12) refugee and entrant assistance; (13) the child care and development block grant; (14) the social services block grant; (15) children and families services programs; (16) promoting safe and stable families pursuant to a specified provision of the Social Security Act; (17) payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (18) the Administration on Aging; (19) the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management; (20) the Office of Inspector General; (21) the Office for Civil Rights; (22) policy research; (23) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (24) the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. Rescinds FY 2001 funds for a sample study of child welfare. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 209) Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being made available under title X (population research and voluntary family planning) of the Public Health Service Act unless the award applicant certifies to the Secretary of HHS that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and provides counseling to minors on resisting attempts to coerce them into engaging in sexual activities. (Sec. 210) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary of HHS denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions. (Sec. 211) Requires allotments for States for substance abuse prevention and treatment under the Public Health Service Act to be no less than the amount a State received for such purposes for FY 2000 increased by 33.33 percent of the percentage by which the amount allotted to the States for FY 2001 exceeds the amount allotted for FY 2000. (Sec. 213) Prohibits funds in any Act from being used to obligate funds for NIH in excess of the total amount identified for NIH for FY 2001 in the President's budget request. Bars funds made available for each institute, center, office, or buildings and facilities from being reduced below the amounts shown in the budget request column of the table printed in the report accompanying the bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies for FY 2001. Title III: Department of Education - Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to the Department of Education for: (1) education reform; (2) education for the disadvantaged; (3) impact aid; (4) school improvement activities; (5) reading excellence; (6) Indian education; (7) bilingual and immigrant education; (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) student financial assistance; (13) the Federal Family Education Loan program account; (14) higher education; (15) Howard University; (16) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (17) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (18) education research, statistics, and improvement; (19) departmental management; (20) the Office for Civil Rights; and (21) the Office of the Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. (Sec. 301) Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being used to: (1) transport teachers or students in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or to carry out a racial desegregation plan; or (2) prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in public schools. (Sec. 304) Bars the use of funds made available under title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to a local educational agency or elementary or secondary school to purchase computers used to access the Internet, or pay direct costs of accessing the Internet, unless the agency or school has in place technology on such computers which filters material that is obscene or hurtful to minors and child pornography. (Sec. 305) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to carry out activities related to any federally sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other subject that is not specifically and explicitly provided for in authorizing legislation enacted into law, with exceptions for specified international comparative assessments administered only to a representative sample of pupils in the United States and foreign nations. Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Office of 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, special benefits for disabled coal miners, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, administrative expenses, and the Office of Inspector General; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act. (Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for programs to distribute sterile needles or syringes for the injection of illegal drugs. (Sec. 506) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec. 508) Prohibits funds appropriated under this Act from being expended for abortions or for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion, except in cases where the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest or where a woman suffers from a physical condition that would, as certified by a physician, place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo is destroyed or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under Federal regulations and the Public Health Service Act. (Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for activities to promote the legalization of a controlled substance unless there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such substance or that federally-sponsored trials are being conducted to determine such advantage. (Sec. 514) Repeals a provision of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 that designates the delivery date for SSI benefit payments under the Social Security Act for October 2000. (Sec. 516) Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to limit the amount of the FY 2001 State TANF supplemental grant for population increases in certain States to the amount of such grant for FY 1998. (Sec. 517) Amends the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act to apply a certain schedule for the delivery of SSI supplementation payments to months after September 2001 (currently, 2009).
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 2000
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for FY 2001. Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) wildland fire management; (3) remedial action of hazardous waste substances; (4) construction; (5) payments in lieu of taxes to local governments; (6) land acquisition; (7) Oregon and California grant lands; (8) range improvements; (9) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; and (10) miscellaneous trust funds. Appropriates funds for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for: (1) resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (5) the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (6) expenses related to carrying out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act; (7) the Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund; and (8) expenses related to carrying out the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994. Makes appropriations for the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the National Park System; (2) national recreation and preservation activities; (3) expenses related to carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996; (4) construction; and (5) land acquisition and State assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Rescinds specified contract authority to obligate funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for FY 2001. Makes appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research; (2) the Minerals Management Service for royalty and offshore minerals management and oil spill research; (3) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs for operation of Indian programs, construction, Indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, and Indian guaranteed loans; (5) assistance to U.S. territories and for carrying out the Compacts of Free Association with respect to Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau; (6) departmental management and the Offices of the Solicitor and the Inspector General; (7) trust programs for Indians; (8) a program for consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agreement; and (9) natural resource damage assessment. Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of specified funds. (Sec. 107) Prohibits the use of funds provided in this title for specified offshore leasing and related activities. (Sec. 112) Bars the NPS from developing a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-local travel through a unit. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide for and regulate local non-recreational passage through National Park System units, allowing each unit to develop guidelines and permits for activity appropriate to such unit. (Sec. 116) Requires the renewal of grazing permits and leases which expire or are transferred until the Secretary completes processing, at which time a permit or lease may be canceled, suspended, or modified to meet requirements of applicable laws and regulations. (Sec. 117) Provides that for purposes of reducing the backlog of Indian probate cases in the Department of the Interior, certain hearing requirements under provisions regarding descent and distribution of Indian lands are deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate judge appointed by the Secretary without regard to provisions governing competitive service appointments. (Sec. 118) Allows the Secretary to redistribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas, or inaccurate distribution methodologies. Bars any tribe from receiving a reduction in such funds of more than ten percent in FY 2001. Makes such percentage limitation inapplicable under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas, or inaccurate distribution methodologies. (Sec. 119) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kankakee River basin that is inconsistent with Army Corps of Engineers' efforts to control flooding and siltation in that area. Requires written certification of such consistency to be submitted to specified congressional committees prior to refuge establishment. (Sec. 120) Names the Great Marsh Trail at the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia the Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. Great Marsh Trail. (Sec. 122) Bars the use of funds in this Act by the Fish and Wildlife Service to establish a National Wildlife Refuge in the Yolo Bypass of California. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for: (1) forest and rangeland research; (2) State and private forestry; (3) the National Forest System; (4) wildland fire management; (5) capital improvement and maintenance; (6) land acquisition; and (7) range rehabilitation and improvement. Defers a certain amount of funds made available for obligation in prior years for Department of Energy (DOE) clean coal technology projects until FY 2002. Makes appropriations for DOE for: (1) energy conservation and fossil energy research and development activities; (2) naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities; (3) payment to the State of California for the State Teachers' Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills School Lands Fund; (4) economic regulation activities of the Office of Hearings and Appeals; (5) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (6) the Energy Information Administration. Rescinds a specified amount for alternative fuels production. Makes appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service and Indian health facilities. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (2) the Smithsonian Institution, including amounts for repair and restoration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian; (3) the National Gallery of Art, including an amount for repair and restoration of facilities owned or occupied by the National Gallery; (4) operations, maintenance, and construction expenses of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (5) carrying out the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968; (6) the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); (7) the National Endowment for the Humanities; (8) the Institute of Museum and Library Services; (9) the Commission of Fine Arts; (10) national capital arts and cultural affairs; (11) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (12) the National Capital Planning Commission; (13) the Holocaust Memorial Council; and (14) the Presidio trust. Sets forth provisions regarding uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of funds under this Act, including Buy American requirements. (Sec. 308) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for: (1) planning or offering timber from giant sequoias on BLM or Forest System lands for sale in a manner different than such sales were conducted in FY 2000; (2) entering into a concession contract (by the NPS) which provides for the removal of the underground lunchroom at Carlsbad Caverns National Park; (3) the AmeriCorps program unless the relevant agencies of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture follow appropriate reprogramming guidelines; (4) demolishing the bridge between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island or preventing pedestrian use of such bridge; and (5) accepting or processing applications for a patent for mining or mill site claims located under the general mining laws, unless the Secretary of the Interior takes specified actions. (Sec. 314) Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to limit competition for watershed restoration project contracts as part of the President's Forest Plan for the Pacific Northwest to individuals and entities in timber-dependent areas in Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands. (Sec. 317) Bars the use of funds made available in any Act to designate any portion of Canaveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as a clothing-optional area or area in which public nudity is permitted if such designation would be contrary to county ordinance. (Sec. 318) Requires the Chairperson of the NEA to: (1) award grants only for literature, National Heritage, or American Jazz Masters fellowships; and (2) establish procedures to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, except one made to a State or local arts agency or regional group, may be used to make a grant to any other individual or organization to conduct activities independent of the grant recipient. Prohibits NEA grants from being used for seasonal support to a group unless the application is specific to the contents of the season. (Sec. 320) Requires the Chairperson of the NEA to establish a grant category for programs that are of national impact or availability or are able to tour several States. Prohibits the Chairperson from making grants exceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of NEA funds appropriated by this Act, to any single State, excluding grants made under this section. (Sec. 329) Sets forth requirements for the sale of timber in Region 10 of the Forest Service, including those regarding the volume of western red cedar timber available for processors. (Sec. 330) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to propose or issue rules or orders for implementing the Kyoto Protocol. (Sec. 332) Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to pilot test joint permitting and leasing programs, subject to annual congressional review, and promulgate special rules to test the feasibility of issuing unified permits, applications, and leases. (Sec. 333) Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the Colorado State Forest Service to perform watershed restoration and protection services on National Forest System lands when similar and complementary watershed restoration and protection services are being performed by the State Forest Service on adjacent State or private lands. (Sec. 335) Prohibits the expenditure of funds provided in this Act, for agencies funded by this Act, for design, planning, or management of Federal lands as national monuments that are designated as national monuments under the 1906 Antiquities Act after 1999. Title IV: Fiscal Year 2000 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Makes additional FY 2000 appropriations for the BLM and the Forest Service for wildland fire management as emergency spending.
Austria · National Council · 31 May 2000
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz und das Wasserrechtsgesetz geändert werden (AWG-Novelle Deponien)
European Union · Council of the European Union · 30 May 2000
Austria · National Council · 26 May 2000
Bericht des Ausschusses für Wissenschaft und Forschung über die Regierungsvorlage (22 d.B.): Bundesgesetz über das Verbot des Inverkehrbringens von kosmetischen Mitteln, die im Tierversuch überprüft worden sind
Austria · National Council · 25 May 2000
Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (6 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über die veterinärmedizinischen Bundesanstalten geändert wird
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2000
China Nonproliferation Act - Directs the President to report annually to specified congressional committees on every person (with certain exceptions) with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that such person, on or after January 1, 2000, transferred, retransferred, sold, misused, or diverted from, or within, the People's Republic of China to a foreign person or Chinese national involved in the development or acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or ballistic or cruise missiles any goods, services, or technology: (1) listed on the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology and Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related Technology (both published by the International Atomic Energy Agency), the Missile Technology Control Regime Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 1996, the lists of items and substances relating to biological and chemical weapons the export of which is controlled by the Australia Group, the Schedules of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, or the Wassenaar Arrangement list of Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Munitions list of July 12, 1996; or (2) not identified on any of these lists, but would be if they were U.S. goods, services, or technology prohibited or controlled for export to China (or any tier IV countries as defined by the Bureau of Export Administration of the Department of Commerce), and have the potential to contribute to the development, improvement, or production of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons, or of ballistic or cruise missile systems, or advanced conventional weapons or munitions. (Sec. 3) Requires the President to include in the report information: (1) on any action taken by a person identified in a prior annual report that establishes that the person has discontinued, rectified, or mitigated a prior proliferation activity identified under this Act; (2) on measures taken against such persons or against China in response to proliferation activities; and (3) other specified information. Requires submission of such reports in unclassified form, with classified annexes as necessary. (Sec. 4) Directs the President to apply certain measures for at least 12 months to each person identified in the annual report. Includes among such measures: (1) those set forth Executive Order No. 12938; (2) prohibition of U.S. Government transfers or sales to such person of any item on the U.S. Munitions List, and termination of all sales and after-sale servicing to such person of any defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act; (3) denial of licenses, suspension of existing licenses, and termination of all transfers or sales and after-sale servicing for the transfer to such person of any item the export of which is controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the Export Administration regulations; (4) prohibition of U.S. Government procurement of any goods or services from such person; (5) prohibition of U.S. assistance to such person in the form of grants, loans, credits, guarantees, or otherwise; (6) immediate suspension of any agreements or efforts for the co-development or co-production with such person of any item on the U.S. Munitions List. Sets conditions for the lifting of such measures. (Sec. 5) Requires the President to apply additional specified tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 measures against China if certain circumstances exist. Requires one or more tier 2 measures if a person's proliferation activities are not rectified, or a person has engaged in additional proliferation activities, one year after imposition of section (4) measures, and one or more tier 3 measures if similar circumstances exist two years after imposition of section (4) measures. (Sec. 6) Sets forth procedures for congressional review of any presidential decision not to impose sanctions under this Act, or to exempt a person or China from such sanctions. Mandates imposition of such sanctions if Congress disapproves by joint resolution the President's decision. (Sec. 7) Requires transmittal to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the President's annual report under this Act. Requires the SEC to promulgate regulations to: (1) ensure that securities investors are notified of the identity of any person in the report the securities of which are listed, or authorized for listing, on a registered national securities exchange (or tier or segment) or by a registered national securities association; and (2) require each person included in such a report to provide notice of such inclusion in each written report, registration statement, or other filing or notice required from that person under the securities laws.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 2000
Steel and Metal Consumers Radioactivity Protection Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to establish a standard that controls the free release of radioactively contaminated scrap metal from the Department of Energy or nuclear fuel cycle facilities. Prohibits the NRC and agreement States from taking any action to facilitate, implement, promulgate, or issue any administrative guidance that would allow the free release into commerce of radioactively contaminated scrap metal until such standard has been established. Mandates that: (1) radioactively contaminated equipment, devices, commodities, and other materials approved for release to persons exempt from NRC licensing requirements be released only pursuant to regulations governing the release of byproduct and source material under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) the Departments of Defense and of Energy and all other agencies that oversee or control the release of radioactively contaminated metals adopt standards no less stringent than those established by the NRC. Directs the U.S. Customs Service to monitor and enforce such standards at U.S. borders. Instructs the Secretary of State to work with international standard-writing bodies to adopt standards consistent with those of the NRC. Sets forth interim certification guidelines governing scrap metal imported into the United States. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. Instructs the Secretary of Commerce to present an annual violations list to Congress.
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 May 2000
Unterschiedliche Entwicklung der Strompreise für Privat- und Industriekunden nach der Liberalisierung des Strommarktes; Zusammenhang mit spezifisch deutschen Modalitäten der Marktöffnung (verhandelter Netzzugang); mögliche Maßnahmen zur Erkennung und Verhinderung weiterer Benachteiligungen privater Stromkunden zugunsten der Industrie; Haltung der Bundesregierung zur Abschaffung der Genehmigungspflicht für Tarifstrompreise
Austria · National Council · 24 May 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Günther Kräuter, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit betreffend Verdacht auf Umgehung des MINROG <i>(Mineralrohstofgesetzes) (durch die Firma Lafarge</i> <i>Ziegelindustrie GmbH&Co.KG)</i>
Austria · National Council · 23 May 2000
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über den Antrag 74/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Maßnahmen zum Schutz der Wale und Delfine im Rahmen der 11. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz über das Washingtoner Artenschutzabkommen (CITES) im April 2000 in Nairobi