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Question· oralPQ 38asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
38 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the proposals, if any, he has to ensure that road accidents do not remain the biggest killer in the 15 to 24 age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
37 Mr Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will declare a housing crisis; the plans, if any, he has to establish a housing convention of all interested parties to establish an inclusive national crisis plan of action; if he will allow local authorities to establish land banks with special capital provision and substantially increase the capital programme for water and sewerage to bring these lands into housing use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
36 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the steps, if any, he proposes to take to give effect to the conclusions of the Fourth Pan-European Ministerial Conference, An Environment for Europe, held in Aarhus, Denmark in June 1998; if his attention has been drawn to the conclusions adopted by 84 parliamentarians from 36 European countries and Japan at that time; if so, his views on those conclusions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
43 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the date for the publication of a report on the implications of transferring the administration of rent and mortgage interests supplement under the social welfare assistance scheme to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
70 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he has received the report of the Dublin Taxi Forum; if so, his views on the implementation of the recommendations made in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 26asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
58 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the proposals, if any, he has to amend the taxi licensing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 25asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
42 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government when the next meeting of the Dublin Taxi Forum will take place; whether he has met recently with representatives from the taxi unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
104 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 23asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
100 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 22asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
90 Mr. Cosgrave asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 21asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
83 Mr. U. Burke asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 20asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
80 Mrs. Barnes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 19asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
79 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
73 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 17asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
72 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 16asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
60 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 15asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
55 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 14asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
53 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 13asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
50 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 12asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
47 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 11asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
44 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 10asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
41 Mr. Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a difference of opinion between his Department and the Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland) in relation to proposed terms for fixed price tendering; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these differences could seriously delay work on many important infrastructural projects funded through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
40 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of persons who currently hold a provisional driving licence and who are entitled to drive unaccompanied; the number of persons in this category for each of the years from 1995 to 1997; the number within this category who have failed a driving test during that period; if he will change the policy towards this category of persons in view of the appalling statistics concerning road deaths and accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 8asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
39 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans, if any, he has to change the national road speed limits to further assist the campaign to reduce road deaths and injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 7asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
38 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the proposals, if any, he has to ensure that road accidents do not remain the biggest killer in the 15 to 24 age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 6asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
37 Mr Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will declare a housing crisis; the plans, if any, he has to establish a housing convention of all interested parties to establish an inclusive national crisis plan of action; if he will allow local authorities to establish land banks with special capital provision and substantially increase the capital programme for water and sewerage to bring these lands into housing use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 5asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1998
36 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the steps, if any, he proposes to take to give effect to the conclusions of the Fourth Pan-European Ministerial Conference, An Environment for Europe, held in Aarhus, Denmark in June 1998; if his attention has been drawn to the conclusions adopted by 84 parliamentarians from 36 European countries and Japan at that time; if so, his views on those conclusions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill· SS. 2625 (105th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1998
Cigars Are Not A Safe Smoking Alternative Act - Prohibits any person from selling or distributing a cigar to any individual under 18. Requires that cigar retailers: (1) ensure that all cigars are located in areas where customers do not have direct access; and (2) sell cigars only in face-to-face exchanges. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose restrictions on the sale, advertising, distribution, and marketing of cigars directed at youth as appropriate to limit sale to individuals 18 or over. Prohibits advertising cigars on any form of electronic communication. Directs the Secretary to encourage cigar manufacturers to end the practice of paying for, or participating in, the placement of cigars in movies and on television where a substantial segment of the audience is under 18. Mandates health warnings on the labels of cigars, cigar packaging, and advertising and marketing materials and messages. Requires a study and report to the Congress and the President on: (1) the health effects of occasional cigar smoking, nicotine dependence demonstrated by cigar smokers, biological uptake of toxic and carcinogenic constituents of cigars, and environmental cigar smoke exposure; and (2) the yields of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and any other additive designated by the Secretary. Requires cigar manufacturers to report to the Secretary on those yields. Requires a study and report to the Congress and the President by the Federal Trade Commission on current cigar sales, advertising, and marketing practices. Directs the Secretary to monitor trends in youth access to and use of cigars and, if cigars are inappropriately accessible to, or becoming an attractive alternative to smoking cigarettes for, children and adolescents, to notify the Congress and make recommendations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4814 (105th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1998
Canola Pesticide Registration Harmonization Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the United States trade representative to the United States-Canada Technical Working Group to urge the Group to harmonize registration of certain pesticides used on canola. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish domestic and import tolerances for such pesticides.
Bill· SS. 2620 (105th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1998
National Clean Water Trust Fund Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a National Clean Water Trust Fund to be composed of monies obtained through enforcement actions. Makes the Fund available for projects to restore waters from damages resulting from violations of such Act and from the discharge of pollutants. Authorizes the use of civil penalties obtained under such Act for mitigation, restoration, or other projects that enhance public health or the environment.
Bill· SS. 2617 (105th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1998
Credit for Voluntary Early Action Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the President to enter into legally binding early action agreements with any person under which the United States agrees to provide greenhouse gas reduction credit usable beginning in the first compliance period during which a domestic greenhouse gas regulatory statute takes effect if such person reduces greenhouse gas emissions or sequesters carbon before 2008. Requires a participant to receive greenhouse gas reduction credit under such an agreement if such participant takes an action that: (1) reduces such emissions or sequesters carbon before 2008; and (2) will result in an addition to the U.S. quantified emission limitation for the first compliance period under any applicable international agreement. Authorizes agreements to entitle a participant to receive credit for a reduction or sequestration that is not creditable under such requirements and is for a project accepted before 2000 under the U.S. Initiative for Joint Implementation. Limits the period in which credit may be earned to the earlier of the earliest date on which credit may be earned for a reduction, sequestration, or comparable project under an international agreement or December 31, 2007. Grants a participant credit if, during the 1999 through 2007 period, the participant's aggregate greenhouse gas emissions from domestic sources covered by the agreement are less than the sum of the participant's annual source baselines during such period. Treats the amount by which the aggregate net carbon sequestration for such period in a participant's domestic carbon reservoirs exceeds the sum of the annual reservoir baselines for such period as an emission reduction. Sets forth circumstances under which a participant is entitled to receive one ton of reduction credit for reductions or sequestration for 1991 through 1998. Authorizes an extension of the period during which credit may be earned if the Congress so permits by law. Entitles participants, on January 1, 2008, to one ton of reduction credit for each creditable ton. Establishes annual source or reservoir baselines equal to a participant's average annual greenhouse gas emissions from domestic sources or average level of carbon stocks in reservoirs during a 1996 through 1998 base period, with specified adjustments. Provides for alternative base periods if data is unavailable or unrepresentative. Authorizes participants to elect a base period earlier than 1996 through 1998 (excluding years earlier than 1990) to reflect voluntary reductions made before 1996. Requires agreements to cover all greenhouse gas sources that a participant owns on the date on which an agreement is entered into. Permits agreements to exclude small or diverse sources or sources owned by more than one person. Authorizes coverage for other owned sources and reservoirs. Permits the President to enter into agreements that do not meet this Act's requirements with participants that manufacture or construct for sale to end-users equipment or facilities that emit greenhouse gases if such requirements are infeasible and such agreements would achieve comparable tonnage reductions. Permits participants to purchase credit from and sell credit to other participants and sell credit to non-participants. Authorizes pooling arrangements under which a group of participants acts as a single participant for purposes of entering into an agreement. Requires agreements to provide that: (1) credit earned under an agreement shall be provided in addition to any otherwise available authorizations of the participant to emit greenhouse gases in the first compliance period under a domestic statute; and (2) if the allocation of authorizations under such statute is based on the level of a participant's emissions in a historic period later than the participant's base period under the agreement, any credit to which the participant was entitled during such historic period shall be added back to the participant's emissions level for such period.
Bill· HRH.R. 4798 (105th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Federal Standards for Electricity Services Title II: State Standards for Electricity Service Electricity Consumer, Worker, and Environmental Protection Act of 1998 - Title I: Federal Standards for Electricity Service - Subjects electric utility industry workers to the jurisdiction of the 1994 National Skills Standards Act and title V of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Subjects all generating plants to State and Federal general industry requirements as established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and mandates periodic government inspection. (Sec. 101) Prescribes continuing employment guidelines for a specified transition period in the event of any transfer of ownership of any divisions or units within an electric utility. (Sec. 102) Establishes a right of privacy with respect to consumer billing, payment, specific usage and appliance information obtained by the seller in the normal course of business. Prescribes guidelines governing: (1) consumer privacy; (2) disclosures for retail electricity bills; (3) dispute resolution of billing complaints; and (4) quality standards for sellers and distributors of retail electric service. (Sec. 107) Mandates that each State create a not-for-profit membership corporation to be known as the "Citizens' Utility Board, Inc." (State CUB) to represent and promote the interests of a State's residential consumers of electricity. (Sec. 108) Amends the Federal Power Act to establish within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an Office of the Consumer Counsel (the Office) to represent energy consumers during FERC proceedings that may affect wholesale or retail electric or gas service, prices, and practices. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 109) Prohibits any Federal or State authority from requiring consumers to subsidize the costs of owning or operating any power plant owned by an investor-owned company, except any facility or power plant that qualifies for support from the National Electric Public Benefit Fund (established by this Act) or that produces renewable energy credits (established under this Act). Mandates that every investor-owned company licensed to operate a nuclear reactor place specified funds in escrow to cover costs for nuclear reactor decommissioning, and for low- and high-level radioactive waste disposal. (Sec. 110) Prohibits any State-regulated investor-owned electric utility company (or associated holding company) from: (1) owning a voting security of a company which provides either a nonregulated service, or service outside the United States; or (2) providing any nonregulated service. (Sec. 111) Prescribes antitrust guidelines governing electric utility mergers that fall within the purview of the Federal Power Act. (Sec. 112) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate regulations establishing nationwide pollution standards and generation pollution standards; and (2) establish a system for monitoring the amount of each pollutant annually emitted by a covered generation facility. (Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a National Electric Public Benefit Board which shall create the National Electric Public Benefit Fund to provide: (1) funding for State support of affordable electric service (universal electric service (UES)) for low- and moderate-income residential customers; and (2) matching funds for State-supported renewable energy sources and energy conservation programs, as well as programs to mitigate the impact of utility workforce reductions caused by electricity deregulation. Prescribes funding distribution guidelines. Requires the Secretary to provide a mechanism to ensure UES to qualifying low-income consumers in States without a State program or with a State program that does not qualify for funds under this Act. Prescribes criteria for State UES programs. Requires FERC to impose a nonbypassable wires charge for direct payment to the Fund by the operator of a wire on electricity carried through it. (Sec. 115) Mandates that each retail electricity supplier annually submit renewable energy credits to the Secretary according to prescribed formulae. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to issue such credits to renewable energy electric generators; and (2) impose a fee on electric generators awarded such credits in an amount equal to the reasonable costs of administering the Renewables Portfolio Standard program. Establishes a civil penalty for non-compliance with such mandate. (Sec. 116) Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to require that: (1) each retail electricity supplier make net metering service available upon the request of any retail consumer whom the supplier currently serves or solicits for service; and (2) each retail electricity distributor permit interconnection to its distribution system of an on-site generating facility that meets FERC safety and power quality standards. (Sec. 117) Imposes civil liability for non-compliance with this Act, including attorney's fees. Title II: State Standards for Electricity Service - Sets deadlines for State compliance with the requirements of this Act, contingent upon individual State enactment of deregulation of retail electricity sales. (Sec. 202) Proscribes consumer charges for transmission or distribution service in excess of a consumer class's proportional responsibility for the costs of providing such service. Requires each State regulatory authority to compute and, if necessary, adjust the rate differential for retail electric service between residential and industrial customers so that the respective access charges per kilowatt-hour are within three percentage points of each other. (Sec. 203) Requires a State's investor-owned utilities to transfer transmission and distribution assets to their regulated counterparts within one year of State deregulation of retail electricity sales. Prohibits any direct or indirect owner of a voting security of any company that owns, operates, or leases generation facilities, or of any company that sells electricity, from owning directly or indirectly any portion of a transmission company or a distribution company. (Sec. 204) Declares it shall be unlawful within one year after deregulation of retail electricity sales for an investor-owned generation company or associated holding company to control more than 20 percent of the following power plant categories: (1) baseload power plants; (2) peaking power plants; and (3) power plants providing primarily ancillary services. (Sec. 205) Sets forth post-deregulation requirements governing: (1) basic service for residential and small commercial customers; (2) nonprofit public aggregation of consumers, including nonprofit municipal electric systems, and buying cooperatives in unincorporated areas; (3) certain worker protections, including recovery by utilities of employee-related transition costs, and extended State unemployment benefits; (4) licensing and disclosure requirements for retail electricity suppliers; (5) unbundled rates and nondiscriminatory access to electric grids by distribution companies; (6) customer choice to change an electric supplier; and (7) distribution service disconnections and supply terminations. (Sec. 212) Prescribes billing and collections procedures for electricity sales by retail suppliers and distributors. (Sec. 213) Prohibits certain unfair trade practices including: (1) "slamming," or unauthorized changes of electricity suppliers; (2) misleading advertisements regarding electricity prices; and (3) "cramming," or billing for optional services without knowledgeable consent from the customer. (Sec. 214) Prescribes requirements for installation of a standard meter (or a qualified different meter) without separate charge at a previously unserved location for residential and small commercial customers. (Sec. 215) Declares that sales of electricity services in a deregulated market are subject to certain proscriptions of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act against discrimination in credit. (Sec. 216) Prescribes consumer remedies for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4797 (105th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1998
OCS Environmental Consistency Act of 1998 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to mandate State receipt of an environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as a prerequisite to State review of an exploration, development, or production plan.
Bill· SS. 2616 (105th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1998
Medicare Home Health Fair Payment Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the computation formula of the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, in order to: (1) create a new formula for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998 with the agency-specific per beneficiary annual limitation calculated on a different basis which still makes use of the agency's census division; (2) revise the rules for new providers for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998; (3) provide for a five percent increase in per visit cost limits for such cost reporting periods; (4) provide for a one year delay in establishment of a prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services and in implementation of the mandatory 15 percent reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits under such interim system; and (5) adjust the home health market basket update for home health services under PPS and such interim system, reducing it by a specified percentage for any cost reporting period beginning in FY 2000 or 2001, and increasing it by another specified percentage for any cost reporting period beginning in FY 2004. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat: (1) a taxpayer as having omitted a correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) for purposes of mathematical error assessment if information provided by the taxpayer on the return with respect to the individual whose TIN was provided differs from the information the Secretary of the Treasury obtains from the person issuing the TIN; and (2) as a mathematical error the inclusion on a return of a TIN if it is of an individual whose age affects the amount of the tax credit involved and the computation of such credit reflects the treatment of such individual as being of an age different from the individual's age based on such TIN. Adds the vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis to the list of taxable vaccines for Federal sales tax purposes. Limits specified liability losses for purposes of the net operating loss deduction to those attributable to a liability under a Federal or State law requiring the reclamation of land, decommissioning of a nuclear power plant (or any unit thereof), dismantlement of an offshore drilling platform, remediation of environmental contamination, or payment of workmen's compensation. Limits the rule waiving the accrual method requirement for any portion of payment amounts which will not be collected to persons performing services in the fields of health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, or consulting. Applies to any organization a significant trade or business of which is the lending of money the requirement of filing a return relating to the cancellation of indebtedness.
Bill· SS. 2610 (105th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1998
Amends the Clean Air Act to require emissions standards of performance for new or modified fossil fuel-fired electric utility units to apply to grandfathered units (units that were not subject to standards set forth in Federal regulations pertaining to fossil fuel-fired steam generators for which construction is commenced after August 17, 1971, and certain other steam generating units or to subsequent standards for such units) that: (1) have the capacity to generate more than 25 megawatts of electrical output per hour; and (2) generate electricity that flows through transmission or connected facilities that cross State lines (including electricity in a transaction that for regulatory purposes is treated as an intrastate rather than an interstate transaction). Requires grandfathered units to comply with standards established before this Act's enactment within five years of this Act's enactment and within three years of enactment of any standard established after this Act's enactment. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to provide an alternative means of complying with such standards, to: (1) establish national annual limitations for calendar year 2003 and subsequent years for each pollutant subject to standards at a level equal to the aggregate emissions of each pollutant that would result from application of the standards to all affected electric utility units; (2) allocate transferable allowances for such pollutants to such units in an annual quantity not to exceed such limitations based on each unit's share of the total electric generation from such units in each year; and (3) require grandfathered units to meet standards by emitting no more of each regulated pollutant than the quantity of allowances held by such units for the year.
Bill· SS. 2608 (105th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1998
Gila River Indian Community-Phelps Dodge Corporation Water Rights Settlement Act of 1998 - Ratifies, approves, and confirms the May 4, 1998, settlement agreement among Phelps Dodge Corporation, the Gila River Indian Community, and the United States (agreement). Directs the Secretary of the Interior or his lawful designee (Secretary) to execute, and perform all of the Secretary's duties under, the agreement. (Sec. 5) Directs that: (1) the Secretary take all actions specified in the agreement necessary on the Secretary's part to obtain title to Blue Ridge Reservoir from Phelps Dodge; and (2) title to the Reservoir be held by the Secretary in trust for the benefit of the Navajo Nation. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary, simultaneously with the transfer of the Reservoir to the United States, to: (1) reallocate to the Community 12,000 acre-feet of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water; (2) amend the Community's CAP Contract to include the reallocated water; and (3) extend the Community's CAP Contract to 100 years, plus such additional term as may result from the exercise of the option provided for in, or other extension of, the lease referred to in the agreement. Sets forth provisions regarding nonreimbursability of water service and other capital charges and operation, maintenance, and replacement charges to the Community. (Sec. 7) Ratifies, approves, and confirms a lease referred to in the agreement. Makes such lease ineffective as to the United States and directs the Secretary not to execute it, until environmental compliance has been completed and the exchange has been approved. Allows the Secretary and the Community to renew or extend the lease at the end of the initial or any extended term as the Community, the Secretary, and Phelps Dodge may agree, with a limitation. (Sec. 8) Authorizes the Secretary and the Community to enter into an exchange agreement under which CAP water leased to Phelps Dodge by the Community is delivered by Phelps Dodge to the Community in return for the right to divert water from the Gila River upstream of the Gila River Indian Reservation. Sets the term of any such exchange agreement at 100 years, plus any additional term occasioned by the exercise of the option contained in the lease or other authorized extension. Directs the Secretary to commence negotiations regarding the exchange agreement and to process all associated environmental compliance expeditiously. Prohibits the Secretary from executing the exchange agreement until: (1) all such environmental compliance has been finally concluded; (2) any necessary order approving the exchange, or any aspect of the exchange, has been obtained from the United States district court; and (3) the order is final and subject to no further appeal. (Sec. 9) Makes specified waivers of the agreement effective, and binding upon the Community and the United States, on behalf of the Community and the owners of beneficial interests in allotted land within the Reservation (allottees), after the date certain conditions set forth in the agreement occur. Directs the United States to execute the agreement on behalf of the allottees in its capacity as trustee of allotted lands on the Reservation. Makes the agreement binding upon the allottees. (Sec. 10) Authorizes the Navajo Nation, and the United States on its behalf, to enter into an agreement with: (1) the town of Payson, Arizona, or the unincorporated communities of Pine and Strawberry, Arizona (the towns) to subordinate water rights held in the Reservoir by the United States for the benefit of the Navajo Nation to rights to the use of up to 3,000 acre-feet per annum of water in the Reservoir acquired by the towns under Arizona law; and (2) Phelps Dodge to subordinate water rights held in the Reservoir by the United States on behalf of the Navajo Nation to water rights acquired by Phelps Dodge in the Reservoir subsequent to this Act's enactment under Arizona law for use on land owned by Phelps Dodge around the Reservoir identified in the agreement. Designates the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency with regard to environmental compliance. Authorizes any party to the agreement, and to the lease and exchange agreement, if approved, to bring suit in the U.S. district court for the district of Arizona for the interpretation and enforcement of this Act, the agreement, the lease, and exchange agreement and waives claims by the United States or the Community to sovereign immunity.
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage4990/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anna Elisabeth Aumayr und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Wassersituation in Wien
Resolution· Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag575/UEAunselbständiger entschließungsantrag
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Thomas Barmüller und Genossen betreffend Offenlegung des an die internationale Expertenkommission ergangenen Prüfungsauftrags zur Klärung aller Umstände im Zusammenhang mit dem Unfall im Bergwerk Lassing
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5019/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Edith Haller und Genossen an den Bundesminister für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Atomkraftwerk Marienberg <i>(Bayern)</i>
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5017/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Edith Haller und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Atomkraftwerk Marienberg <i>(Bayern)</i>
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5002/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Ermittlungen der Sicherheitsbehörden im Fall Lassing
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage4991/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anna Elisabeth Aumayr und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend Wassersituation in Wien
Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag915/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Thomas Barmüller und Genossen betreffend Offenlegung des an die internationale Expertenkommission ergangenen Prüfungsauftrags zur Klärung aller Umstände im Zusammenhang mit dem Unfall im Bergwerk Lassing
Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag918/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Maximilian Hofmann und Genossen betreffend Verdacht der "freihändigen" Vergabe von Bergbauförderungen
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5020/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Edith Haller und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für Frauenangelegenheiten und Verbraucherschutz betreffend Atomkraftwerk Marienberg <i>(Bayern)</i>
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5018/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Edith Haller und Genossen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Atomkraftwerk Marienberg <i>(Bayern)</i>
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5031/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
<i>(durch Trockenheit des Flußbettes)</i> Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend Fischsterben in der Krems <i>(durch Trockenheit des Flußbettes)</i>
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5012/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Bergung der Opfer von Lassing durch die Hauptverdächtigen eines Kriminalfalles unter Kontrolle möglicher Komplizen?
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5008/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Alpenkonvention - Energieprotokoll <i>(Verbot von Kernkraftwerken im Alpenraum)</i>
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage5003/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 8 October 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Raffinierie Schwechat und Luftreinhaltegesetz für Kesselanlagen