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Austria · Federal Council · 6 April 2000
Mündliche Anfrage von BR Franz Koller an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft Mag. Wilhelm Molterer betreffend Auswirkungen eines Beschlusses der EU-Agrarminister zur Erleichterung der Einfuhr landwirtschaftlicher Rohstoffe zum Weltmarktpreis
Austria · Federal Council · 6 April 2000
Mündliche Anfrage von BR Leopold Steinbichler an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft Mag. Wilhelm Molterer betreffend Aktivitäten im laufenden UVP <i>(Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungs)</i> -Verfahren betreffend Atomkraftwerk Temelin
Austria · Federal Council · 6 April 2000
Mündliche Anfrage von BR Peter Rodek an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft Mag. Wilhelm Molterer betreffend klimarelevante Förderungen des Bundesministeriums für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
Austria · Federal Council · 6 April 2000
Dringliche Anfrage der Bundesräte Mag. Harald Repar und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Aufgabe der österreichischen Anti-Atompolitik durch die Bundesministerin für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
128 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority houses likely to be completed and occupied in 2000; the number occupied to date in 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10336/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
127 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to make a serious impact on the housing waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10335/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
47 Mr. U. Burke asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans, if any, he has to allow county councils reduce the interest rates charged on SDA loans to the current interest rate of approximately 4.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7869/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
18 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of local authority housing units completed in 1999; the number expected to be completed during 2000; the number of persons estimated to be on local authority waiting lists at the end of 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10032/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
47 Mr. U. Burke asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans, if any, he has to allow county councils reduce the interest rates charged on SDA loans to the current interest rate of approximately 4.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7869/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
11 Mr. D'Arcy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will allow county councils and corporations reduce the interest rates of 12% to 7% on fixed interest rates on SDA loans to the current rates of 4.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7864/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
14 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the support, if any, his Department will provide for the national spring clean campaign, sponsored by An Taisce, which is due to run for the month of April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10025/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
10 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government when he expects to receive the report of the anti-litter forum; the steps, if any, he will take to deal with the litter crisis, particularly in view of the serious litter problem experienced in the Dublin area over the St. Patrick's holiday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10024/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
9 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government when the report on the town renewal scheme, being undertaken by a special review group, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
8 Ms McManus asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government when he expects to receive the report of the Commission on the Private Rented Residential Sector; and the plans, if any, he has to provide additional protections for people in private rented accommodation pending the receipt of the report. [10059/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will give details of the electoral participation initiative to encourage maximum voter participation in elections as promised in the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness; the reason this initiative was first announced in the context of the programme rather than following consultation with the Oireachtas; and the budget available for the initiative. [9459/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
128 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority houses likely to be completed and occupied in 2000; the number occupied to date in 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10336/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
127 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to make a serious impact on the housing waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10335/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
18 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists at the latest date for which figures are available; the number of local authority housing units completed in 1999; the number expected to be completed during 2000; the number of persons estimated to be on local authority waiting lists at the end of 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10032/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
6 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of people on the local authority housing lists following the most recent assessment of housing needs; the number of local authority houses to be acquired or completed in 2000; the proposals, if any, he has to deal with those who will not be accommodated; and the average estimated time before they will be accommodated. [9763/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
5 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he has received proposals from a local authority seeking funding for a pilot project scheme to purchase land at a green field site in order to develop a planned town to cater for the individual needs of that local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9764/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
4 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of families and individuals who require housing from their relevant housing authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10378/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
3 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the percentage of landlords who have registered with their relevant local authority in order to comply with the provisions of the Housing (Registration of Rented Houses) Regulations, 1996. [10377/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
2 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will make a statement on the findings of the national waste database report for 1995-98 produced by the Environmental Protection Agency; the proposals, if any, he has to deal with the waste crisis in view of the fact the level of waste almost doubled in the period surveyed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10022/00]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2000
1 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will provide for motor dealers to have second-hand cars which they purchase as trade-ins undergo the national car test in advance of the due date in order that they can sell fully conforming second-hand cars to their customers, thereby supporting the road safety programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8708/00]
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2000
Saving Women's Lives Through International Family Planning Act of 2000 - Authorizes and makes appropriations for FY 2001 to carry out certain international family planning, population planning, and other population assistance programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973, including specified funds for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), in determining the eligibility of nongovernmental and multilateral organizations for population planning or other population assistance, from applying to them requirements more restrictive than those applicable to foreign governments for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2000
Methyl Bromide Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Clean Air Act that prohibit the production of certain substances to provide an exemption for the production, importation, and consumption of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities or articles or facilities where such commodities or articles may be processed or stored for purposes of compliance with Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service requirements or with any international, Federal, State, or local sanitation or food protection standard. (Current law provides for the use of methyl bromide to fumigate commodities entering or leaving the United States to the extent consistent with the Montreal Protocol.) Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating production of methyl bromide prior to January 1, 2015 (currently, January 1, 2005). Requires the Administrator to promulgate rules for reductions in, and terminate the production, importation, and consumption of, methyl bromide under a schedule that is in accordance with, but not more stringent than, the Montreal Protocol phaseout schedule for developing countries (currently, the Montreal Protocol phaseout schedule in effect on October 21, 1998).
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2000
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; (3) the Defense Health Program; and (4) the chemical demilitarization program. Subtitle B: Multi-Year Contract Authorizations - Authorizes the use of multiyear procurement contracts for the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the UH/60-CH/60 helicopter, and the DDG-51 (destroyer). Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the armed forces and specified activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (DOD). (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) working capital and revolving funds; and (2) the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the transfer of up to $150 million from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to specified military O&M accounts for FY 2001. Subtitle B: Environmental Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a specified amount for certain removal costs connected with the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Site in Suffolk, Virginia. (Sec. 312) Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to pay certain fines and penalties imposed by the EPA or a State in connection with environmental violations at specified sites. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to issue regulations requiring payment by civil air carriers for certain air and landing support provided at Johnston Atoll. (Sec. 322) Authorizes the Secretary, upon request from a department Secretary or defense agency director, to transfer excess titanium sponge from the National Defense Stockpile for use in manufacturing defense equipment. (Sec. 323) Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to extend through FY 2003 a pilot program for the acceptance and use of landing fees charged for the use of military airfields by civil aircraft. Extends a required implementation report date. (Sec. 324) Repeals a provision requiring a nonappropriated fund instrumentality to be considered as the most economical method of distribution of covered alcoholic beverages for resale on a military installation if the use of a private distributor would subject such beverages to direct or indirect State taxation. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY 2001. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2001 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth the authorized end strengths as of the end of FY 2001 for military technicians. (Sec. 414) Increases the number of certain officers and enlisted personnel authorized to serve on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 415) Exempts from the active-duty end strength limitation those members of the reserve: (1) or National Guard serving on active duty to prepare for and perform military funeral honor functions; and (2) on active duty for 181 days or more to perform special work in support of the armed forces and combatant commands. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy - Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to retain Medical Service Corps officers beyond the normal required retirement age. Withdraws the authority to so retain veterinary officers. (Sec. 503) Provides for the release to the military department concerned of the names of officers considered for promotion to a grade below brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) upon transmittal to the President of the report of such selection board. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Personnel Policy - Exempts certain reserve and general flag officers serving in joint duty assignments from the active duty list for promotion purposes. (Sec. 512) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, upon a determination that it is in the national security interest, to increase the number of certain officers and enlisted personnel serving on active duty or full-time National Guard duty. (Sec. 514) Exempts medical and dental officers from reserve end strength limitations. (Sec. 515) Includes under certain promotion authority an individual on the Reserve Active Status List who is ordered to active duty for a period of three years or less. Subtitle C: Education and Training - Repeals a provision which allows the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Program to be funded from certain excess National Guard Challenge Program funding. Removes an annual funding limit with respect to the latter program. Subtitle D: Medal of Honor Recipients - Waives certain time limitations with respect to the award of the Medal of Honor to: (1) Ed W. Freeman of Boise, Idaho, for acts of valor during the Vietnam conflict; and (2) Andrew J. Smith (posthumously) for acts of valor during the Civil War. Subtitle E: Joint Management - Revises provisions concerning the joint officer specialty program to: (1) provide for the designation of officers with the joint specialty officer identifier; (2) allow an officer to be designated with such an identifier after completing two full tours of duty in joint duty assignments; (3) allow the Secretary concerned to waive designation requirements for a particular officer for unusual circumstances, or for a critical need (the latter only in the case of a general or flag officer); (4) provide for joint specialty officer designations for general and flag officer positions; and (5) require accreditation by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) for any educational institution designated as a joint professional military education institution. Revises policy objectives and qualifications for joint duty officers. (Sec. 543) Repeals a provision requiring officers graduating from a joint professional military education school to be assigned to a joint duty assignment for that officer's next duty assignment. Reduces from three to two months the duration of the principal course of instruction offered at the Armed Forces Staff College. (Sec. 544) Requires the length of a joint duty assignment to mirror the standard tour length that the Secretary establishes for each installation or location at which joint duty assignments are authorized. Allows waivers from such required tour length only on a case-by-case basis. Repeals provisions providing for the initial joint duty assignment of officers with critical occupational specialties. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to request the joint activity to which an officer is assigned to curtail such officer's assignment. Repeals provisions concerning average joint duty tour lengths. Revises the criteria under which full tour credit will be recognized for promotion purposes. (Sec. 545) Makes the JCS (currently the Secretary) responsible for monitoring the personal issues (careers) of officers with the joint specialty designation as well as other officers who have served in joint duty assignments. (Sec. 546) Revises generally information required in an annual report from the Secretary to Congress concerning joint specialty duty assignments and experience. (Sec. 548) Repeals minimum joint duty completion requirements in the case of an officer selected by a promotion board for appointment to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) while serving in a joint duty assignment. Subtitle F: Selection Board Appeals - Provides exclusive remedies available to a person challenging the action or recommendation of a selection board. Bars any such person from entitlement to judicial relief unless he or she has first been considered by a special board or refused such consideration by the Secretary concerned. Provides for appropriate correction of military records or restoration of appropriate status, rights, and entitlements if consideration by a special board results in a decision favorable to the individual. Makes this section inapplicable to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy. Subtitle G: Other Matters - Exempts members of the Army, Navy, or Air Force Retiree Council from limits on the authorized number of recalled retirees. (Sec. 562) Mandates a three-year tenure requirement for the following positions (currently designated only as critical acquisition positions): program or deputy program manager for a significant nonmajor defense acquisition program; program executive officer, general or flag officer or civilian equivalent thereto; or senior contracting official. Title VI: Compensation and Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - Authorizes the Secretary concerned to delegate the authority to waive operational flying duty requirements for purposes of entitlement to incentive pay. (Sec. 602) Authorizes special pay (in lieu of any other special pay) for reserve medical and dental officers performing annual training, active duty for training, and active duty for special work. (Sec. 603) Provides compensation rates for reserve and National Guard personnel performing funeral honors duty. (Sec. 604) Extends through FY 2002 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2000 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve armed forces. Subtitle B: Travel and Transportation Allowances - Authorizes the advance payment of allowances for temporary lodging expenses. (Sec. 612) Provides for the payment of a prorated amount for the transportation of baggage and household effects when less than the authorized weight limit is shipped. (Sec. 613) Authorizes the advance payment of per diem for temporary lodging expenses. (Sec. 614) Authorizes a member entitled to the transportation of a motor vehicle to instead be paid a prorated share of the savings achieved by the member in not sending the vehicle to the new duty station. Authorizes the storage of such motor vehicle in lieu of shipping. Subtitle C: Other Matters - Makes eligible for appointment to a military service academy the children of a member of the reserves who either: (1) have earned at least 2,880 military retirement credit points; or (2) are, or who died while they were, eligible for military retired pay, but had not yet reached age 60. (Sec. 632) Authorizes a personal money allowance of $2,000 annually for senior enlisted members of the armed forces. (Sec. 633) Increases the initial and annual uniform allowance. (Sec. 634) Authorizes the Secretary (and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when not operating under the Navy) to prescribe the quantity and kind of clothing to be worn by enlisted personnel. (Currently, the President has such authority.) Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Entitles Medal of Honor recipients to medical and dental care in the same manner and to the same extent as those entitled to military retired or retainer pay. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations - Eliminates: (1) the requirement that a contractor furnish written assurances that technical data furnished complies with contractual requirements; and (2) certain subcontract notification requirements. (Sec. 805) Redesignates major defense acquisition programs as major systems for purposes of applying operational test and evaluation requirements. Authorizes defense contractors to participate in certain phases of such test and evaluation, including analytical and logistic support. Requires certain steps to ensure the impartiality and integrity of contractor employees involved in such process. (Sec. 808) Allows the Secretary of Defense to utilize indefinite-delivery contracts for gloves, boots, humanitarian and operational rations, and toxicological agent protective clothing, upon request of a State or U.S. territory, Puerto Rico, an Indian tribe, the District of Columbia, or a qualified, nonprofit agency for the blind or severely handicapped. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Prohibits the suspension of defense procurement contract preferences for small disadvantaged businesses and historically black and other minority educational institutions if the President determines that contracts for a price exceeding fair market value cost are necessary to remedy demonstrated discrimination in that industry category. (Sec. 812) Revises the definition of "conventional ammunition" under the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to include ammunition managed by DOD's Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition. (Sec. 813) Provides a further exception to the technical data rights for items developed exclusively at private expense when operation, maintenance, or installation services are to be provided other than by the contractor or subcontractor. (Sec. 814) Authorizes the Secretary to waive the application of survivability tests to the MH-47E and MH-60K helicopter modification programs before full material release of such helicopters for operational use. Requires a report with any such waiver. (Sec. 815) Repeals the requirement that the Secretary certify to Congress that the future-years defense program fully funds support costs associated with the multiyear contracting program. Title IX: Department of Defense Organization and Management - Subtitle A: Department of Defense Organization - Redesignates Marine Corps Deputy and Assistant Chiefs of Staff as Deputy Commandants. Subtitle B: Other Matters - Consolidates the Naval Academy General Gift Fund and the Naval Academy Museum Fund into the United States Naval Academy Gift and Museum Fund. Repeals the Naval Academy Museum Fund and the Naval Historical Center Fund. (Sec. 912) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of the current cash value of previously accepted gifts to the Naval Academy Gift Fund by transfer to an entity designated by the donor. (Sec. 913) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a pilot program for the payment of retraining and relocation expenses to facilitate the reemployment of DOD employees who are being involuntarily separated due to a reduction-in-force or transfer of military functions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a non-Federal employer to pay the costs (for up to 12 months) of retraining such individuals for employment with that employer. Prohibits: (1) the total amount of retraining payments for each individual from exceeding $10,000; and (2) payment for training or relocations commenced after September 30, 2003. Title X: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Financial Matters - Provides for the offset of overpayments made to DOD contract carriers for transportation services. (Sec. 1002) Changes an annual date for submission of a report concerning the scoring of defense budget outlays. (Sec. 1003) Codifies provisions concerning O&M reimbursements for certain reserve intelligence or counterintelligence support. Subtitle B: Humanitarian and Civic Assistance - Includes underserved areas for the provision of defense humanitarian and civic assistance. (Sec. 1012) Increases from $5 million to $10 million the annual limit on costs of equipment, services, and supplies provided in connection with the clearance of land mines in foreign countries. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements and Repeals - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to repeal a B-2 bomber reporting requirement. (Sec. 1016) Requires an annual report concerning National Guard and reserve equipment to include information concerning Coast Guard Reserve equipment. Subtitle D: Other Matters - Requires a military will or codicil, executed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary (or Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when not operating under the Navy), to be recognized as a valid testamentary instrument. Outlines general requirements for such wills and codicils, including self-proof through testator acknowledgment and witnesses. Prohibits anything in this section from invalidating other testamentary instruments. (Sec. 1022) Repeals a provision which allows the Secretary to enter into cooperative military airlift agreements with allied countries only under authority of current provisions concerning such agreements. (Sec. 1023) Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 which prohibits FY 2000 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds from being used for a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia. Division B: Military Construction Authorizations - Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title XXI(sic): Army - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after: (1) 2000 for military construction, land acquisition, and family housing functions of the Army; and (2) 2001 for completion of certain previously-authorized military construction projects. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. (Sec. 2105) Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to increase the amount authorized for a project at Fort Hood, Texas. Title XXII: Navy - Provides, with respect to the Navy, authorizations paralleling those provided for the Army under the first paragraph of the previous title. Title XXIII: Air Force - Provides, with respect to the Air Force, authorizations similar to those provided for the Army under the first paragraph of Title XXI. Title XXIV: Defense Agencies - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. (Sec. 2402) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain energy conservation projects. (Sec. 2403) Authorizes appropriations to DOD for fiscal years after: (1) 2000 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions of DOD; and (2) 2001 for completion of a previously-authorized project. Limits the total cost of construction projects authorized by this title. Title XXV: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make contributions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program and authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2000 for such Program. Title XXVI: Guard and Reserve Forces Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after 2000 for the Guard and reserve forces for acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and construction of facilities. Title XXVII: Expiration and Extension of Authorizations - Terminates all authorizations contained in titles XXI through XXVI of this Act on October 1, 2003, or the date of enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for FY 2004, whichever is later, with exceptions. Extends certain prior-year military construction projects. Title XXVIII: General Provisions - Increases from $200,000 to $500,000 the minor real property transaction threshold before certain congressional notification and reporting is required from the Secretary concerned. (Sec. 2802) Includes a military readiness center within the definition of an armory. (Sec. 2803) Extends through February 10, 2006, the authority of the Secretary concerned to enter into contracts for the construction or acquisition of military family housing facilities. (Sec. 2804) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide utilities or services on a reimbursable basis as part of a project for the acquisition or construction of military family housing units located on a military installation. (Sec. 2805) Amends provisions concerning the leasing of military family housing at the United States Southern Command in Miami, Florida, to: (1) remove an annual $60,000 limit on individual housing lease costs; (2) allow such leases to extend for up to five years; and (3) allow the Secretary of the Army to adjust the maximum annual limit on such leases by the amount of the annual basic allowance for housing increase in the Miami area. (Sec. 2806) Removes certain limitations on housing space based on pay grade and allows the Secretary concerned to ensure that room patterns and floor areas are generally comparable to patterns and areas of similar housing units in that locality. (Sec. 2807) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to modify the authority for a land conveyance at the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2000
Air Quality Standard Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying out such Act (including establishing a new or revised air quality standard), to base any scientific or technical conclusions on: (1) the best available, peer-reviewed science and supporting studies conducted in accordance with sound and objective scientific practices; (2) data collected by accepted methods or the best available methods; and (3) data that have been made publicly available. Requires the Administrator to ensure that the presentation of information on public health effects concerning any new or revised air quality standard is comprehensive, informative, understandable, and available for public comment prior to the promulgation of any regulation under the Act. Directs the Administrator, in a document made available to the public in support of a regulation proposed or promulgated under the Act concerning an air quality standard to specify: (1) each population addressed by any estimate of public health effects; (2) the expected risk or central estimate of risk for the specific populations or resources and each upper-bound or lower- bound of risk; (3) each significant uncertainty identified in the process of the assessment of public health effects and studies that would assist in resolving such uncertainties; and (4) peer-reviewed studies that support, are relevant to, or fail to support any estimate of public health effects and the methodologies used to reconcile inconsistencies in the scientific data. Requires the Administrator, as part of the process of proposing a new or revised air quality standard, to publish in the Federal Register and seek public comment on an analysis of specified factors, including: (1) quantifiable and nonquantifiable benefits that are likely to occur as the result of actions taken to comply with the standard; (2) quantifiable and nonquantifiable health benefits that are likely to occur from reductions in related pollutants that may be attributed to compliance with the standard; (3) quantifiable and nonquantifiable costs that are likely to occur as the result of actions taken to comply with or attain the standard; (4) incremental costs and benefits associated with each alternative standard considered; (5) effects of the affected air pollutant on the general population; and (6) risks that may occur as the result of compliance with or attainment of the standard. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator, for each new or revised air quality standard proposed, to conduct and publish for public comment a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether the benefits of the standard justify or do not justify the costs. Authorizes the Administrator to analyze the potential distributional effects of each such standard. Permits the Administrator, upon determining based on such analysis that the benefits do not justify the costs, to promulgate an alternative standard at a cost that is justified by the benefits. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2000
Dredged Material Reuse Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a program to allow the direct marketing of dredged material to public agencies and private entities, by authorizing each of the eight regional offices of the Corps of Engineers to market to such agencies and entities any dredged material from projects under its jurisdiction. Authorizes appropriations.
Germany · German Bundestag · 5 April 2000
Darstellung des Gutachtens: Klassifizierung der globalen Umweltrisiken nach sechs Risikotypen; Ausbau der Gefährdungshaftung; vorsorgliche Wissenserzeugung; Risikofeststellung- und -bewertung, Risikobewältigung, Risikomündigkeit; ökologische Kriterien in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit; internationale Zusammenarbeit zur Bewältigung globaler Umweltrisiken, insbesondere internationale Klimapolitik und Waldpolitik; Umwelt und internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
Austria · National Council · 4 April 2000
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 <br><br><br><br>Gesetz geworden als:<br><br>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, das Preisgesetz 1992, die Gewerbeordnung 1994, das Rohrleitungsgesetz, das Reichshaftpflichtgesetz, das Elektrizitätswirtschaft- und -organisationsgesetz geändert werden und das Bundesgesetz über die Aufgaben der Regulierungsbehörden im Elektrizitätsbereich und die Errichtung der Elektrizitäts-Control GmbH und der Elektrizitäts-Control Kommission sowie das Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Ausübungsvoraussetzungen, die Aufgaben und die Befugnisse der Verrechnungsstellen für Transaktionen und Preisbildung für die Ausgleichsenergie geregelt werden, erlassen werden (Energieliberalisierungsgesetz)
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 2000
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should: (1) exercise its oversight responsibilities and conduct hearings concerning the provision for school children of prescriptions for psychotropic drugs; (2) recommend that the National Academy of Sciences study the effects of such drugs on children's academic achievement and behavior; (3) acknowledge State and local education agency efforts, and support their conclusions and resolutions, regarding the prevalence among school children of such drugs and the growing crisis of classroom management; (4) encourage school personnel to use proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning difficulties; and (5) urge greater communication between and education of parents, educators, and medical professionals regarding the effects of such drugs on children's academic achievement and behavior and regarding the ability to provide a successful, safe, and civil learning environment.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2000
State and Local Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2000 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to implement a program to provide assistance to State, regional, and local governments in the remediation and restoration of brownfield sites in cases in which the remediation and restoration would contribute to the quality, conservation, and sustainable use of U.S. waterways and watershed ecosystems. Defines a "brownfield site" as a parcel of real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance. Permits assistance only for project sites that are publicly-owned. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 65 percent. Sets forth provisions regarding the non-Federal share of project costs. Requires the non-Federal interest to pay 100 percent of operation and maintenance costs of a remediated site. Limits the total amount of assistance for any one project. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2000
Exempts any migratory bird management carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (including regulations). Authorizes a Service employee acting under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to: (1) issue a depredation permit to a Service stakeholder or cooperator; and (2) manage and take migratory birds.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2000
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the expensing of environmental remediation costs: (1) for an additional six years; and (2) to include metropolitan statistical areas.
European Union · Council of the European Union · 30 March 2000
European Union · Council of the European Union · 30 March 2000
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2000
Safe Water and Clean Air Attainment Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to allow a State to waive, in whole or in part, the applicability of certain oxygen content requirements for reformulated gasoline to ozone nonattainment areas if the State implementation plan for national ambient air quality standards is revised to include other measures necessary to assure the plan's adequacy to attain and maintain the national standard for ozone.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2000
Corps of Engineers Civil Works Independent Investigation and Review Act - Directs the President to establish the Corps of Engineers Civil Works Independent Investigation and Review Commission to investigate and report to Congress on the Corps, with emphasis on: (1) the effectiveness of civilian control over civil works functions, particularly the effectiveness of the relationship between uniformed officers and the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works with respect to responsiveness, lines of authority, and coordination; (2) compliance through such functions with environmental laws in the design and operation of projects; (3) the quality and objectivity of scientific, environmental, and economic analyses; (4) the extent of coordination and cooperation with other Federal and State agencies in designing and implementing projects; (5) whether the size of the Corps is appropriate; (6) whether and how the management structure should be changed; (7) whether any of the civil works functions should be transferred from the Department of the Army to a civilian agency or should be privatized; (8) whether any segments of the inland water system should be closed; (9) whether any planning regulations should be revised to give equal consideration to economic and environmental goals of a project; (10) whether any currently authorized projects should be deauthorized; (11) whether all studies conducted by the Corps should be subject to independent review; and (12) the extent to which project benefits exceed costs or accrue to private interests. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2000
Mississippi Sound Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the: (1) Mississippi Sound Restoration Program within EPA; and (2) Mississippi Sound Executive Council. Directs the Administrator to assist the Council in developing a management plan for the restoration and protection of the Sound and to provide funding and oversight for voluntary restoration projects. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2000
Project SEARCH Act of 2000 - Establishes the SEARCH Grant (grants awarded for special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) Program. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to transfer $1 million annually to each State Governor for use by independent citizens' councils established by this Act. Directs councils to review applications for and award SEARCH grants from such funds to small communities that: (1) are unable to secure funding or are underfunded for environmental projects; (2) have incurred unexpected expenses during construction of such a project; or (3) need funds for initial feasibility or environmental studies before applying to traditional funding sources. Authorizes appropriations.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 27 March 2000
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2000
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight centers (each such center shall be known as a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center of Excellence) for the conduct of multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2006.
Germany · German Bundestag · 23 March 2000
Zielsetzungen und Strategien der Bundesregierung für die bevorstehende Konferenz; Schutz und nachhaltige Nutzung gefährdeter Tier- und Pflanzenarten
Austria · National Council · 22 March 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend Traunverordnung im Hinblick auf die Beschlüsse des Oberösterreichischen Landtags und der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung <i>(Wasserkraft-Nutzungsplan für die Traun)</i>
Austria · National Council · 22 March 2000
Antrag 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
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2000
Training and Knowledge Ensure Children a Risk-Free Environment (TAKE CARE) Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act with regard to: (1) payment for training of judges, attorneys, and other concerned persons in child abuse and neglect court proceedings; and (2) State standards for attorneys who represent the State or local agency administering the programs under SSA title IV parts B (Child and Family Services) and E. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance, training, and evaluations under this Act through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with other entities, including universities, and national, State, and local organizations. Authorizes appropriations.
Austria · National Council · 21 March 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales betreffend illegale Praktiken bei Futter- und Tierarzneimitteln
Austria · National Council · 21 March 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Auswirkung der Liberalisierung auf die Verbraucher/innen durch <i>Öffnung des Strom- und Gasmarktes</i>
Austria · National Council · 21 March 2000
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales betreffend Auswirkung der Liberalisierung auf die Verbraucher/innen durch <i>Öffnung des Strom- und Gasmarktes</i>