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Austria · National Council · 7 July 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Monika Langthaler und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für Frauenangelegenheiten und Verbraucherschutz betreffend Bleikontamination im Wiener Trinkwasser <i>(durch Wasserleitungsanlagen aus Blei)</i> und Umsetzung der EU-Trinkwasserrichtlinie
Austria · National Council · 7 July 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Otmar Brix und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Abfallkontrollen zur Bekämpfung der Umweltkriminalität
Austria · National Council · 7 July 1998
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Prinzhorn und Genossen betreffend Neuorganisation der österreichischen Elektrizitätswirtschaft
Austria · National Council · 7 July 1998
Antrag der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Klara Motter, Dr. Stefan Salzl und Genossen betreffend Studie über den Vollzug der österreichischen Tierschutzgesetze
Austria · National Council · 7 July 1998
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic, Klara Motter, Dr. Stefan Salzl, Dr. Peter Kostelka, Maria Rauch-Kallat und Genossen betreffend ein EU-weites Verbot von Tierversuchen für Kosmetikprodukte
Austria · National Council · 1 July 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Herbert Haupt und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend mangelhafte Kontrolle der Abfall- und Schrottmengen auf radioaktive Kontamination
European Union · European Parliament · 1 July 1998
Austria · National Council · 30 June 1998
Entschließungsantrag des Umweltausschusses betreffend Untersuchung über die Auswirkungen der Verpackungsverordnung hinsichtlich der Kosten und umweltpolitischen Effizienz
Austria · National Council · 30 June 1998
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1201 d.B.): Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz-Novelle 1998
Austria · National Council · 30 June 1998
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1206 d.B.): Umweltkontrollgesetz
Austria · National Council · 30 June 1998
Entschließungsantrag des Umweltausschusses betreffend Neufassung des Abfallwirtschaftsgesetzes unter Berücksichtigung der Rahmenbedingungen des EU-Rechts
Austria · National Council · 30 June 1998
Entschließungsantrag des Umweltausschusses betreffend Erarbeitung einer Verordnung über den Stand der Technik für die Verbrennung von Abfällen sowohl in Abfallbehandlungsanlagen als auch in industriellen Anlagen
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Interior Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Title IV: To Amend the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act Title V: Land Between the Lakes Protection Act Subtitle A: Establishment, Administration, and Jurisdiction Subtitle B: Management Provisions Subtitle C: Transfer Provisions Subtitle D: Funding Title VI: Department of Commerce Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for FY 1999. 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. Amends Federal law to increase claim maintenance fees to be paid by holders of unpatented mining claims, mills, or tunnel sites for FY 1999 and subsequent years. Increases and permanently extends location fees for such claims. Makes fees available for mining law administration program operations. 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; (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 1999. 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 (BIA) for operation of Indian programs, construction, 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, the Offices of the Solicitor and the Inspector General; (7) trust programs for Indians; and (8) 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. 115) Sets forth provisions regarding voluntary separation incentives, severance pay, and continued health benefits for employees of the NPS Denver Service Center. (Sec. 117) Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to enter into an agreement with and provide funding to the National Academy of Sciences, the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, to conduct a study of the environmental and reclamation requirements related to mining of locatable materials on Federal lands and the adequacy of those requirements in preventing degradation of such lands in each State in which such mining occurs. Requires a report to appropriate Federal agencies, the Congress, and Governors of affected States. Bars the Secretary from promulgating any final regulations to change BLM surface management regulations until at least 90 days after publication of such report. (Sec. 119) Requires the Secretary to convey certain property in Nome, Alaska, to Kawerak, Inc., a nonprofit tribal organization. Subjects such conveyance to valid existing rights and specified rights of way. (Sec. 120) Bars the expenditure of funds made available in any Act by the Secretary to promulgate regulations affecting commercial or subsistence fishing in Glacier Bay National Park or to enforce any prohibition against such fishing if such fishing is conducted in accordance with the laws of the State of Alaska. (Sec. 122) Prohibits the expenditure of funds provided in this title for the administration, approval, or permitting, during FY 1999, of drilling of any kind on leases within the Manteo Exploration Unit and adjacent lease blocks of the Mid Atlantic planning area prior to completion of all State coastal consistency determinations pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act and conclusion of litigation and administrative appeals. (Sec. 123) Authorizes the renewal of grazing permits which expire during FY 1999, for the balance of FY 1999 or until the BLM completes permit processing, whichever comes first. Provides for modification of such permits, if necessary, and authorizes reissuance for a term of up to ten years. (Sec. 125) Requires the Secretary, acting through the BLM Director, to convey specified property to the town of Pahrump, Nevada, subject to valid existing rights and a specified right of way. Subjects such property to reversion to the United States if it is used for purposes other than that of a public fairground or related public purpose. (Sec. 126) King Cove Health and Safety Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary to grant the Aleutians East Borough a perpetual right-of-way of 60 feet in width through specified land in Seward Meridian, Alaska, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of certain utility-related fixtures and of a public road between the cities of Cold Bay and King Cove, Alaska, if the King Cove Corporation offers to transfer specified lands to the United States. Requires the lands transferred to the United States to be managed in accordance with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Includes such lands in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. Directs the Secretary and the Aleutians East Borough to jointly prepare a plan setting forth: (1) the times of the year a road may be reasonably constructed when there are not high concentrations of migratory birds in Kinzarof Lagoon; and (2) limitations on non-emergency road traffic during periods of the year when there are high concentrations of such birds in the Lagoon. Grants the Aleutians East Borough the right-of-way described in this Act if agreement is not reached with the Secretary within a specified time frame. (Sec. 127) Bars the use of funds provided by any Act by the Secretary to acquire State, private, or other non-Federal lands in the State of Alaska unless the Secretary seeks to exchange unreserved public lands before purchasing lands in Alaska. (Sec. 128) Designates the Charleston Public School complex in Charleston, Arkansas, as the Charleston National Commemorative Site in commemoration of the Charleston schools' role as the first public school district to integrate following the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. (Sec. 129) Requires the Secretary, through the BIA and prior to distribution of tribal priority allocations (TPA) for FY 1999, to identify the top ten percent of tribes in the lower 48 States in terms of tribal revenue measured on a per capita basis during FY 1997. Requires such tribes to receive 50 percent of their TPA funding in FY 1999 and distributes the remainder among the tribes in the bottom 20 percent of tribes in the lower 48 States in terms of tribal revenue measured during FY 1997. Directs the BIA to develop, and submit to the Congress, need-based distribution formulas for TPA funds. (Sec. 131) Prohibits the use of funds in any Act to issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to the valuation of crude oil for royalty purposes until FY 2000 or until there is a negotiated agreement on the rule. Incorporates provisions similar to those contained in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-83) concerning: (1) employees of BLM's Helium Operations; and (2) Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. 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) construction and reconstruction; (6) land acquisition; (7) range rehabilitation and improvement; and (8) forest and rangeland research. Limits the amount of funds to be made available to the Department of Energy in FY 2000, 2001, and 2002 that were made available in prior years for clean coal technology projects. Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for: (1) fossil energy research and development activities; (2) naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities; (3) energy conservation; (4) economic regulation activities of the Office of Hearings and Appeals; (5) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (6) the Energy Information Administration. 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 Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (3) the Smithsonian Institution, including amounts for repair and restoration of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian; (4) construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park; (5) construction; (6) the National Gallery of Art, including an amount for repair and restoration of facilities owned or occupied by the National Gallery; (7) operations, maintenance, and construction expenses of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (8) carrying out the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968; (9) the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); (10) the National Endowment for the Humanities; (11) the Institute of Museum and Library Services; (12) the Commission of Fine Arts; (13) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (14) the National Capital Planning Commission; (15) the Holocaust Memorial Council; and (16) the Presidio trust. Sets forth provisions regarding uses of, and limitations on, funds under this title. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of funds under this Act, including Buy American requirements. Incorporates provisions similar to those contained in the Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-83) concerning: (1) the sale of timber from giant sequoias; (2) the underground lunchroom at Carlsbad Caverns National Park; (3) funding for the Americorps program; (4) the bridge between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; (5) patents for mining or mill site claims; (6) land acquisition for the Wayne National Forest; (7) competition for watershed restoration project contracts in the Pacific Northwest; (8) designation of Biosphere Reserves; (9) restrictions on NEA grants; (10) watershed restoration and enhancement agreements; and (11) introduction of the grizzly bear in specified areas in Idaho and Montana. (Sec. 318) Reduces the budget authority made available in this Act by specified amounts in certain accounts. (Sec. 325) Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 to increase the number of Senators appointed by the Senate Majority Leader to serve on the National Council on the Arts from one to two. (Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to accept full title to specified real property in Skamania County, Washington, effective January 1, 1999. Requires the Secretary, for all identified property not acquired as of such date, to add to the agreed upon purchase price a timber growth adjustment equal to the adjustment made for the property on December 31, 1997. (Sec. 327) Adjusts the boundary of: (1) the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Washington, to exclude a certain parcel of land and waters; and (2) the Wenatchee National Forest, to include such parcel. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over Federal land and waters in the parcel from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture. Considers the boundaries of the Forest to be those as of January 1, 1965, for purposes of Federal provisions concerning allocation of Land and Water Conservation Fund monies for Federal purposes. (Sec. 328) Grants the Forest Service authority independent of the Department of Agriculture to obtain and implement a general ledger. Requires the Forest Service to report to the Appropriations Committees on information systems being considered for such purposes. (Sec. 329) Provides that current forest plans will remain in effect until revised, notwithstanding a provision of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. (Sec. 330) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct technology transfer and development, training, dissemination of information, and applied research in the management, processing, and utilization of the hardwood forest resource. Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) assume all rights, title, and interest of the Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technology Center, a nonprofit corporation operating under the laws of the State of West Virginia; and (2) operate and utilize Center assets as part of a newly formed Institute of Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied Research. Requires Institute revenues to be deposited in a special Treasury fund known as the Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied Research Fund. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 331) Requires the Forest Service to rescind its decision prohibiting the use of fixed anchors for rock climbing in wilderness areas of national forests. (Sec. 332) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by any Act to undertake prescribed burning until the Forest Supervisor certifies that every effort has been made to remove all economically viable, commercial wood products from the proposed burn area. (Sec. 335) Authorizes the Forest Service, until September 30, 2002, to enter into contracts with private persons to perform services to achieve land management goals for each national forest in Idaho and Montana and in the Umatilla National Forest, Oregon, that meet local and rural community needs. Permits the Forest Service, in connection with a contract, to apply the value of timber or other forest products removed as an offset against the cost of services received. (Sec. 336) Directs the Forest Service and the Federal Highway Administration to make a specified amount available to the State of Utah for construction of the Trappers Loop connector road. (Sec. 337) Sets forth reporting and other requirements with respect to the obligation of funds for the operation or implementation of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project. (Sec. 338) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare and offer for sale each year an economically viable supply of unharvested timber in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, which: (1) has been cleared through the National Environmental Policy Act process and meets requirements of other applicable Federal or State laws; and (2) is equal to at least 90 percent of the allowable sale quantity identified in the May 1997 Record of Decision for the Tongass Land Management Revision. Grants the U.S. District Court for Alaska jurisdiction: (1) over civil suits brought by a person economically dependent upon the Secretary's performance under this section and adversely affected by failure to prepare or offer for sale the required volume of timber; and (2) to enforce this section or otherwise provide relief. Requires the Chief of the Forest Service, in addition to any ordered relief, to make annual payments to local governments in southeast Alaska equal to 25 percent of the receipts that would have been received from required timber sales if such timber was not offered for sale. (Sec. 339) Prohibits, in the financing of any forest development road, amortization of road costs in any contract with, or the provision of credit for road construction to, any purchaser of national forest timber or products. Sets forth related provisions regarding the construction of roads by timber purchasers. (Sec. 340) Requires all timber sold in Region 10 in FY 1999 to be sold using a residual value appraisal system. Sets forth additional requirements for the sale of such timber, including those regarding the volume of western red cedar timber available for processors. (Sec. 343) Prohibits Federal or State agencies, unless specifically authorized by the Congress, from requiring, authorizing, funding, or undertaking any action that would remove or diminish the congressionally authorized uses of any dam on the Federal Columbia Power System or on the Columbia or Snake Rivers or their tributaries licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Title IV: To Amend the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act - Amends the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as sums are appropriated, to acquire the Elwha and Glines Canyon Projects (Clallam County, Washington, hydroelectric power projects) for a purchase price of $29.5 million. Conditions such acquisition on a release of the owner and local industrial consumer from liability to the United States arising from such Projects. Prohibits the United States from assuming or satisfying the liability of such owner or consumer to any federally recognized Indian tribe. Directs the Secretary: (1) after acquiring the Elwha Project and as soon as sums are appropriated for such purpose, to remove the Elwha dam, taking necessary action to ensure the continued availability of current water quality and quantity to specified areas and users; (2) during the removal phase, to thoroughly evaluate the removal's impact on fish runs; and (3) subject to appropriations, to pay specified compensation for a period of 12 years to the Clallam County Board of Commissioners for revenues lost due to such removal (with a specified condition). Directs the Secretary to continue operation of the Glines Canyon dam after the Elwha dam has been removed, subject to appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, subject to appropriations and after completion of removal of the Elwha Project and specified fisheries studies, to remove the Glines Canyon Project if the benefit to fisheries and natural restoration of the Elwha River exceeds the value of power and the desirability of the lake by a margin sufficient to warrant the expenditure of the removal cost. Directs the Secretary to: (1) complete a Glines Canyon engineering and design study concerning the reconfiguration of transmission lines and dam operational controls; and (2) evaluate the impact that managing such Project for fisheries restoration will have on future hydropower operations. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a comprehensive fish enhancement plan with the Elwha Citizens Commission, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other entities directly affected by management decisions on the Elwha River. Title V: Land Between the Lakes Protection Act - Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 1998 - Subtitle A: Establishment, Administration, and Jurisdiction - Establishes, after a specified transfer under this Act, the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee as a unit of the National Forest System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to manage the Area for multiple uses, including public recreation, fish and wildlife habitat conservation, plant and animal diversity, hunting and fishing, and environmental education. (Sec. 513) Provides for payments to States and counties in lieu of taxes, including payments by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). (Sec. 514) Considers all Area paved roads as forest highways. Subtitle B: Management Provisions - Directs the Secretary, as soon as practicable after the transfer, to prepare a land and resource management plan for the Area in conformity with the National Forest Management Act of 1976, allowing the existing TVA management plan to provide interim management direction. (Sec. 522) Establishes the Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board. (Sec. 523) Authorizes the Secretary to charge reasonable fees for admission to and use of designated sites, or for activities, within the Area, with receipts to be deposited into the Land Between the Lakes Management Fund and used for Area management expenses. (Sec. 526) Authorizes the Secretary to issue a special use authorization to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for management of facilities and land agreed on by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the charge of reasonable fees upon lands administered by the Service. Subordinates Service fish and wildlife activities to overall Area management. (Sec. 527) Designates the North-South Trail in the Area as a national recreation trail under the National Trails System Act. (Sec. 528) Directs the Secretary to maintain an inventory of and ensure access to all Area cemeteries for burial, visitation, and maintenance. (Sec. 529) Withdraws Area lands from operation under the Federal mining and mineral leasing laws. Authorizes the Secretary to permit the use of mineral materials for Area development and maintenance. Directs the Secretary to permit hunting and fishing within the Area, with exceptions for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment. (Sec. 530) Makes the TVA and the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for all Area dams, impoundments, and other water facilities. (Sec. 531) Establishes the Land Between the Lakes Trust Fund for: (1) public education, grants, and internships relating to Area recreation, conservation, and multiple use land management; and (2) regional promotion in the Area. Directs the TVA to deposit $1 million annually into the Fund for each of five fiscal years commencing in FY 2000. Subtitle C: Transfer Provisions - Transfers administrative jurisdiction over the Area from the TVA to the Secretary, effective on October 1 of the first year for which the Congress does not appropriate to the TVA at least $6 million for the Area. Calls for the transfer to be completed in an efficient and cost-effective manner, with due consideration to minimum disruption of the personal lives of TVA and Forest Service employees and others affected by such transfer. Directs the Secretary and the TVA to enter into a memorandum of agreement implementing the transfer. Provides the Secretary with access to all TVA Area management records. (Sec. 545) Directs the TVA to: (1) provide the Secretary with an inventory of all Area property and facilities; and (2) use existing funds and current TVA Area personnel (eligible employees) to facilitate the transfer of necessary property and facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to declare as excess any personal property that cannot be efficiently managed and maintained either by the Forest Service or by lease or permit to others. (Sec. 546) Requires transfer compliance with all applicable environmental laws, under specified procedures. (Sec. 547) Authorizes the Secretary to hire appropriate personnel and retain eligible employees. Directs the TVA to notify all eligible employees of openings in other TVA units before notifying other individuals of such openings. Requires the Secretary and the heads of the Office of Personnel Management and the Tennessee Valley Authority Retirement System to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the transition of all eligible employees with respect to compensation made available through such System. Sets forth other employee transition provisions. Limits funds from available TVA balances and nonpower proceeds to be used for the transfer. Subtitle D: Funding - Transfers a specified amount of TVA available balances and nonpower proceeds to the Secretary and makes funds available to the Secretary of the Interior available to the Fish and Wildlife Service for their Area administration. (Sec. 552) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior for Area administration and activities. Title VI: Department of Commerce - Makes funds available from the Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund for marine research activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Austria · National Council · 25 June 1998
Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über den Antrag 543/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Prinzhorn und Genossen betreffend Neuorganisation der österreichischen Elektrizitätswirtschaft
Austria · National Council · 25 June 1998
Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1108 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Organisation auf dem Gebiet der Elektrizitätswirtschaft neu geregelt wird (Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und -organisationsgesetz - ElWOG), das Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem die Eigentumsverhältnisse an den Unternehmen der österreichischen Elektrizitätswirtschaft geregelt werden, erlassen wird und das Kartellgesetz 1988 und das Preisgesetz 1992 geändert werden, über den Antrag 215/A der Abgeordneten Ing. Monika Langthaler und Genossen betreffend das Einspeisungsgesetz 1996,und über den Antrag 386/A(E) der Abgeordneten Mag. Thomas Barmüller und Genossen betreffend Regelungen zur Strompreisgestaltung, welche den europäischen Markterfordernissen entsprechen
Austria · National Council · 25 June 1998
Bericht und Antrag des Wirtschaftsausschusses betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Starkstromwegegesetz 1968 und das Bundesgesetz über elektrische Leitungsanlagen, die sich nicht auf zwei oder mehrere Bundesländer erstrecken, geändert werden
Austria · National Council · 25 June 1998
Entschließungsantrag des Wirtschaftsausschusses betreffend die Förderung der Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energieträgern
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1998
Atlantic Coast Toxic Microorganism Environmental Remediation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to evaluate, develop, and implement a watershed strategic master plan for each State on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to address problems associated with the degradation of ecosystems and their dependent activities resulting from toxic microorganisms in wetlands and waters. Limits to 75 percent the Federal share of the cost of evaluating, developing, and implementing such a plan for each such State. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1998
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit grants for public safety and community policing to be used to establish school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and local school systems by using school resource officers who operate in and around elementary and secondary schools to combat school-related crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug activities. Defines "school resource officer" to mean a career law enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in community-oriented policing, assigned by the employing police department or agency to work in collaboration with schools and community-based organizations to: (1) address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug activities affecting or occurring in or around an elementary or secondary school; (2) develop or expand crime prevention efforts for students; (3) educate likely school-age victims in crime prevention and safety; (4) develop or expand community justice initiatives for students; (5) train students in conflict resolution, restorative justice, and crime awareness; (6) assist in the identification of physical changes in the environment that may reduce crime in or around the school; and (7) assist in developing school policy that addresses crime and recommend procedural changes.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1998
Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Project Facilities Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Farwell and Sargent Irrigation Projects, Nebraska, to: (1) the Farwell Irrigation District, the Sargent Irrigation District, and the Loup Basin Reclamation District; (2) a combination of such districts; or (3) an organization established by one or more of such districts as an interlocal cooperation agency. Includes certain related property and facilities as part of such conveyance. Requires: (1) certain environmental compliance prior to such conveyance; (2) specified payment by project beneficiaries and power producers as satisfaction for outstanding obligations; and (3) current irrigation and related project purposes to be continued after such conveyance. Provides for payment by the United States for required drainage work on the conveyed facilities, such payment to be 100 percent of such costs for FY 2000, but reduced by five percent for each fiscal year thereafter to zero percent for FY 2020 and thereafter. Allows project facilities to be used for fish, wildlife, and recreation uses, as long as such uses are compatible with the primary project purposes. Requires project beneficiaries, as a condition to such conveyance, to establish the Nebraska-Middle Loup River Community Environmental Trust Fund to preserve, protect, enhance, and manage project property in a manner necessary to achieve project purposes. Prohibits such Fund from being used for routine maintenance and operation costs. Directs the Secretary to complete all investigation and preservation activities required under the National Historic Preservation Act at archaeological sites on project property. Modifies project purposes to exclude flood control.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1998
Florida Coast Protection Act of 1998 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from conducting any preleasing or lease sale activity in the following Areas ("covered areas"): (1) the Eastern Gulf of Mexico; (2) the Straits of Florida; and (3) the South Atlantic. Cites circumstances under which the Secretary may approve or permit an exploration, production, or drilling activity in such areas with respect to any existing lease. Establishes a Joint Federal-State Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Force to: (1) ensure acquisition and consideration of needed information in all relevant disciplines to understand environmental risks; (2) provide scientific expertise to the Secretary; (3) facilitate the resolution of conflicts between the State of Florida and Federal agencies with respect to OCS activities and environmental studies; and (4) participate in peer review of certain required studies and research. Subjects approval of oil and gas exploration plans in the covered areas to the detailed environmental impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Expands the scope of required oil and gas development and production plans to include analyses of the effects upon environmental, human, social and economic resources of the affected areas. Provides that a State's consistency response to the consistency certification accompanying such plans shall be considered preliminary and provisional until receipt and review of such expanded analyses. Requires State concurrence for any approval by the Secretary of either a Development and Production Plan or a Development Operations Coordination Document. Requires the Secretary to consult with and obtain the concurrence of each affected State in determining if the approval of a development and production plan constitutes a major Federal action for NEPA purposes. Requires the Secretary, upon a finding that such plan is a major Federal action, to ensure that each affected State receives the final environmental impact statement six months before determining concurrence or objection to the coastal zone consistency certification. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary's authority to apply the mandated oil and gas development and production plans to an oil or gas lease located in that area of the Gulf of Mexico which is adjacent to the State of Florida.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants to States for Development of Employment Programs Title II: Grants to States for Implementation of Employment Programs Subtitle A: State Activities Subtitle B: Local Activities Subtitle C: Activities in Outlying Areas Subtitle D: General Provisions Title III: Federal Grants to Local Areas for Implementation of Employment Programs Title IV: Grants to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations for Employment Programs Title V: Community Development Venture Capital Title VI: Revenue Provisions Strategic Transitional Employment Program Act - Title I: Grants to States for Development of Employment Programs - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to assist eligible States and outlying areas in developing strategic transitional employment programs that provide community employment, in local areas with identified communities. (Sec. 101) Defines outlying areas as the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. Sets the Federal share at two-thirds of such program development costs. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Grants to States for Implementation of Employment Programs - Subtitle A: State Activities - Directs the Secretary to make allotments to assist eligible States in making grants to local areas, in order to implement employment programs in the States. (Sec. 201) Bases such State allotments on numbers of unemployed individuals and individuals in poverty. Sets the Federal share at two-thirds of such program implementation costs. (Sec. 202) Sets forth requirements for: (1) State plans, including priorities for selection of local areas with identifiable communities; and (2) State administration and reports. Subtitle B: Local Activities - Requires States receiving such allotments to use them to make grants to local areas. (Sec. 212) Sets forth requirements for local plans. (Sec. 213) Requires local areas to use such grant funds to implement employment programs that provide community employment with eligible employers to eligible individuals. Requires such community employment to be entry-level employment that the local chief elected official, after consultation with local organizations' representatives, determines to meet: (1) the skills and needs of eligible individuals in the identified communities in the local area; and (2) the needs of the local area for affordable housing, human services, infrastructure, environmental conservation or restoration, and small business development. Allows such community employment to include employment related to directory assistance services, recreational equipment design and construction, removal of lead paint or asbestos, renovation of schools and community centers, after-school and summer recreational programs, child care and home health care services, elder care, teacher aide services, construction and renovation of affordable housing, and community crime prevention. Authorizes the chief local official to elect to include in such community employment paid participation in training and education programs for up to ten hours per week per participant. Requires paid participation in structured job search activity, as part of such community employment, in accordance with standards specified by the chief elected official. Limits to 12 months the period of a participant's employment under the program. Authorizes the Secretary, upon request and justification by the chief local elected official, to waive such limit and allow participant employment for up to 12 additional months, for not more than 20 percent of program participants. Sets forth individual eligibility requirements. (Sec. 214) Sets forth program requirements with respect to: (1) employee wages and other benefits; (2) labor standards; (3) grievance procedures; and (4) information on worker rights. Prohibits use of program funds for business relocation and related activities, and for other specified activities. Prohibits requiring any individual to participate in an employment program under this title as a condition of receiving any benefit under any Federal or State law. (Sec. 215) Sets forth requirements for nondiscrimination, local administration, and local reports. Subtitle C: Activities in Outlying Areas - Directs the Secretary to reserve up to one-quarter of one percent of appropriations under this title to make grants to eligible outlying areas to implement employment programs. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Sets forth requirements for Federal monitoring, reports, and administration. (Sec. 234) Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Federal Grants to Local Areas for Implementation of Employment Programs - Directs the Secretary, if the funds allotted to a State under title II for a fiscal year are not distributed to the State for such fiscal year, to: (1) first use the funds for competitive, direct grants to local areas in the State for implementation of employment programs; and (2) reallot any remaining funds to remaining eligible States. Sets the Federal share at two- thirds of such program implementation costs. Title IV: Grants to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations for Employment Programs - Directs the Secretary to reserve up to three percent of appropriations, under certain provisions of titles I and II, to make grants to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to develop and implement employment programs. Title V: Community Development Venture Capital - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make grants to one or more intermediary organizations to develop the capacity of community development venture capital organizations. Sets forth requirements for use and allocation of such assistance, and for matching funds. (Sec. 501) Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Revenue Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that no trade or business expense deduction shall be allowed for excessive compensation to a full-time employee. (Sec. 602) Revises the definition of part F income (earnings and profits of a controlled foreign corporation) to eliminate foreign base company income (including certain export trade corporation income) and the deferral of any income to another taxable year. (Sec. 603) Expresses the sense of the Senate that any additional sums necessary for the implementation of this Act not already offset by the other provisions of this title should be offset by reductions in the exclusion of income of Foreign Sales Corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1998
Prohibits the Secretaries of the Navy and of Transportation from disposing of any naval vessel or Maritime Administration vessel, respectively, for purposes of scrapping, dismantling, or breaking up such vessels outside the United States, unless: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency certifies to the Congress and the Secretary concerned that environmental standards imposed by law and enforced in the country in which the vessel is to be scrapped, dismantled, or broken up are similar to the environmental standards imposed under U.S. law; and (2) the Secretary of Labor certifies to the Congress and the Secretary concerned that such country recognizes internationally recognized worker rights. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to carry out a pilot program to: (1) gather data on the cost of scrapping U.S. vessels at U.S. locations; and (2) demonstrate cost effective technologies and techniques to scrap such vessels in a manner that is protective of worker safety and health and the environment. Requires the Secretary of the Navy, in selecting a contractor for any contract under the pilot program for the scrapping of a vessel, to award the contract to an offeror that will provide the best value to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1998
Amends the Clean Air Act to revise procedures regarding the inclusion of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) or consolidated MSAs in nonattainment areas. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the boundaries of all nonattainment areas that included such MSAs before this Act's enactment to exclude all counties within such MSAs that do not contribute significantly to a violation of the national ambient air quality standard concerned.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1998
Clean Air Common Sense Act - Sets forth provisions regarding the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to establish a requirement that States submit measures in State implementation plans under the Clean Air Act to ensure that emission reductions are achieved to mitigate transport of ozone pollution and oxides of nitrogen emissions across States included in the Ozone Transport Assessment Group Region (relating to the eastern portion of the United States). Prohibits: (1) the promulgation of a final rule to establish such requirement before the expiration of the one-year period beginning on the date the Administrator publishes notice that data described in this Act is publicly available; and (2) such rule from becoming effective before the later of May 1, 2005, or the expiration of the five-year period beginning on the date the rule is promulgated. Directs the Administrator, during the one-year period beginning on this Act's enactment, to collect data that the States in such region develop through air quality monitoring and modeling with respect to oxides of nitrogen and other pollutants to be regulated for purposes of a specified 1997 proposed rulemaking. Makes data publicly available after the expiration of such period. Establishes additional time frames with respect to the Administrator's findings, and denial of petitions, regarding sources that emit oxides of nitrogen or other pollutants to be regulated under the proposed rulemaking in violation of interstate pollution abatement requirements. Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to provisions regarding reclassification of an ozone nonattainment area upon failure to attain standards, to extend the deadline by which the Administrator is required to determine whether an area attained a standard by the applicable attainment date to two years (currently, six months) following such date.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1998
Airport Environmental and Community Fairness Act - Declares that the granting of additional slots for air service at LaGuardia Airport in New York shall be considered a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and requiring an environmental impact statement for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Declares invalid the Secretary of Transportation's orders 97-10-17 and 98-4-22 granting slot exemptions at LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports.
Germany · German Bundestag · 23 June 1998
Aufgaben des Energiebeauftragten für die umzugsbedingten Baumaßnahmen und erreichter Arbeitsstand, Minimierung des Energiebedarfs, Kraft-Wärme-Koppelungsanlagen, Nutzung regenerativer Energien, Einsatz umweltfreundlicher Baustoffe, Verbesserung des Kleinklimas im Umfeld der Bauten (u.a. Dachbegrünung, Landschaftsplanung), Wassereinsparung, keine Regenwasserversickerung, Wohnungsfürsorge des Bundes in Berlin
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Military Personnel Title II: Operation and Maintenance Title III: Procurement Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Title V: Revolving and Management Funds Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs Title VII: Related Agencies Title VIII: General Provisions Title IX: Emergency Appropriations for Information Systems Technology and Security Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1999 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1999 for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (including a transfer of funds in each case), the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund (including a transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, and Air Force and defense-wide (including a transfer of funds in each case); (4) environmental restoration at formerly used defense sites (including a transfer of funds); (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid programs; (6) former Soviet Union threat reduction; and (7) Department of Defense (DOD) real property maintenance. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1999 for procurement by the armed forces and reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for defense-wide procurement and for National Guard and reserve equipment. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1999 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the armed forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Directors of Test and Evaluation and Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Defense Working Capital Funds and programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund (including a transfer of funds in each case). Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) DOD medical and health care programs; (2) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (3) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense (including a transfer of funds); and (4) the Office of the Inspector General. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (2) the Intelligence Community Management Account; (3) payment to the Kaho'olawe Island Conveyance, Remediation, and Environmental Restoration Fund; and (4) national security scholarships, fellowships, and grants (using funds derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund). Title VIII: General Provisions - Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds. (Sec. 8008) Authorizes appropriated procurement funds to be used for multiyear procurement contracts for Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement vehicles and the AV-8B, E-2C, and T-45 aircraft programs. (Sec. 8010) Prohibits during FY 1999 the management by end strengths of DOD civilian personnel. (Sec. 8019) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish with host governments of NATO-member countries an account for the deposit of residual value amounts negotiated in the return of U.S. military installations to such countries. (Sec. 8032) Authorizes DOD to incur obligations of up to $350 million for DOD personnel compensation, military construction projects, and supplies and services in anticipation of receipts of contributions from the Government of Kuwait. (Sec. 8034) Prohibits the use of FY 1999 DOD funds to fund more than 6,206 staff years of technical effort for defense federally funded research and development centers. Directs the Secretary to control the number of such staff years so as to reduce the total amounts appropriated in titles II through IV by $62 million. Reduces the total amounts appropriated in such titles by such figure. (Sec. 8035) Provides Buy American requirements with respect to the DOD procurement of carbon, alloy, or armor steel plating. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the amount of DOD purchases from foreign entities in FY 1999. (Sec. 8052) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) by a DOD entity without compliance with the Buy American Act; (2) to establish additional field operating agencies of DOD elements or to hire additional personnel for such agencies, except for those funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Program; (3) for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea unless specifically appropriated; (4) to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 1998, level; or (5) to transport chemical munitions or agents to Johnston Atoll for storage or demilitarization, except during a period of war. (Sec. 8056) Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts. (Sec. 8071) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to specified congressional committees on all costs incurred by DOD during the preceding quarter in implementing or supporting United Nations (UN) resolutions. (Sec. 8072) Prohibits the use of FY 1998 funds to transfer to another nation or international organization any defense articles or services (other than intelligence services) for use in international peacekeeping or peace enforcement activities. (Sec. 8080) Directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to submit to the defense committees a report identifying any activity for which the FY 2000 budget request was reduced because the Congress appropriated funds above the President's budget request for that activity for FY 1999. (Sec. 8082) Authorizes the Secretary to waive reimbursement of certain educational costs of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for military officers and civilian officials of foreign countries if determined to be in the national security interest. (Sec. 8083) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to permit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learning Project on a space-available, reimbursable basis. (Sec. 8085) Appropriates during FY 1999 amounts necessary for the O&M of Fisher houses. (Sec. 8089) Directs DOD to submit to the defense committees a budget justification document for the active and reserve military personnel accounts which identifies the amounts requested by the President to be appropriated to DOD for military personnel in any budget request for FY 2000. (Sec. 8092) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) for approving the license or sale of the F-22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government; or (2) for the United States Man and the Biosphere Program or related projects. (Sec. 8101) Reduces by $201.1 million the total amount appropriated in this Act to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions, to be allocated among various DOD accounts. (Sec. 8102) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer: (1) on a grant basis under provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 specified naval vessels to Argentina, Greece, Portugal, and Turkey; (2) on a sales basis under the Arms Export Control Act specified naval vessels to Brazil, Chile, Greece, the Philippines, Spain, Turkey, Venezuela, and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States; and (3) on a combined lease-sale basis under the Arms Export Control Act specified naval vessels to Brazil and Greece. Provides lease-sale conditions. Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Vessels Transfer Program Account for lease-sale transfer costs. Amends various Acts to waive congressional notification requirements with respect to transfers under this section. Makes inapplicable certain limitations on the annual aggregate value of transferred excess defense articles. Requires transfer costs to be borne by recipients. Directs such Secretary to require, as a transfer condition, that any necessary pre- transfer vessel refurbishment be performed at a U.S. shipyard, including a Navy shipyard. Terminates all transfer authority two years after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 8104) Transfers specified O&M funds to the Defense Working Capital Funds to fund operations of the Defense Commissary Agency. (Sec. 8105) Appropriates funds for emergency and extraordinary expenses associated with the accident involving U.S. Marine Corps A-6 aircraft on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy. (Sec. 8106) Prohibits appropriated or otherwise available funds from being used to initiate or conduct U.S. offensive military operations, except in accordance with the war powers clause of the Constitution. Title IX: Emergency Appropriations for Information Systems Technology and Security - Appropriates funds for DOD emergency expenses relating to the year 2000 conversion of information technology and national security systems (systems), for information technology and computer security and information assurance programs, and related purposes. Prohibits such funds from being obligated or expended on the development or modernization of any such system if it does not meet certification level 1a, 1b, or 2, as specified under a DOD year 2000 management plan. Provides exceptions. Prohibits funding for mission critical systems from being subject to unallocated reductions of funds. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the certification requirements on a case-by-case basis, after congressional notification. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on DOD year 2000 conversion actions and plans. Requires the Secretary to have in place by December 31, 1998, contingency plans to ensure continuity of operations for every DOD critical mission or function that is dependent on such a system. Requires Inspector General evaluation of year 2000 compliance actions. (Sec. 9002) Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a plan for the execution of a simulated year 2000 as part of certain military training exercises. Authorizes the Secretary, after congressional notification, to exclude from such exercises a system which is incapable of performing reliably in year 2000 simulations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Treasury Title II: Postal Service Title III: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President Title IV: Independent Agencies Title V: General Provisions Title VI: General Provisions Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies. Title I: Department of the Treasury - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices; (2) the Office of Professional Responsibility; (3) automation enhancement; (4) the Office of Inspector General; (5) repair and restoration of the Treasury building and annex; (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (7) violent crime reduction programs; (8) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including amounts for acquisition of additional real property and facilities and maintenance and facility improvements; (9) interagency law enforcement with respect to organized crime drug trafficking; (10) the Financial Management Service; (11) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (12) the U.S. Customs Service, including amounts for operations and maintenance of marine vessels and aircraft and collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee; (13) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (14) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), including amounts for tax law enforcement, earned income tax credit compliance and error reduction initiatives, information systems, and information technology investments; and (15) the Secret Service, including an amount for construction and improvement of facilities. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds. Title II: Postal Service - Makes appropriations for payments to the Postal Service Fund for revenue foregone on free and reduced rate mail. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds. Title III: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for: (1) compensation of the President and the White House office; (2) operating, maintenance, and reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the White House; (3) special assistance to the President and the official residence of the Vice President; (4) the Council of Economic Advisers; (5) the Office of Policy Development; (6) the National Security Council; (7) the Office of Administration; (8) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); (9) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (10) Federal drug control programs, including amounts for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program and for a national anti-drug campaign for youth; (11) emergency expenses related to year 2000 conversion of Federal information technology systems; and (12) unanticipated needs in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for the: (1) Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled; (2) Federal Election Commission; (3) Federal Labor Relations Authority; and (4) General Services Administration (GSA), including amounts for the Federal Buildings Fund, Government-wide policy and operations, Office of Inspector General, and allowances and office staff for former Presidents. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds. (Sec. 409) Requires the GSA Administrator to convey all right, title, and interest in: (1) real property in Miami-Dade County, Florida, comprising the U.S. Naval Observatory-Alternate Time Service Laboratory to the University of Miami for use as a research facility; and (2) specified Army Reserve property in Racine, Wisconsin, to the city of Racine, Wisconsin, for use as a water and wastewater utility site. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry out activities under the Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1997; (2) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (3) the National Archives and Records Administration, including amounts for repairs and restoration of archives and presidential libraries; (4) the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; (5) the Office of Government Ethics; (6) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), including an amount for the Office of Inspector General; (7) Government contributions for health and life insurance benefits for annuitants; (8) the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (9) the Office of Special Counsel; and (10) the U.S. Tax Court. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of funds made available under this Act. (Sec. 511) Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the staff director and general counsel of the Federal Election Commission to be elected by at least four Commission members (currently, appointed by the Commission) and limits their terms to four consecutive years without reappointment. (Sec. 512) Provides for payment of attorney's fees, costs, and sanctions required to be made by the Federal Government in the case Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. v. Clinton from amounts made available for compensation of the President and the White House office. (Sec. 514) Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being available to pay for an abortion or for the administrative expenses of any Federal employee health plan which provides benefits for abortions. Makes such prohibition inapplicable if the mother's life would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in cases of rape or incest. (Sec. 516) Bars the expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act by OPM to enter into or renew any contract for a Federal employee health benefits plan which provides: (1) coverage for prescription drugs unless such plan also provides equivalent coverage for all prescription contraceptive drugs or devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration; or (2) benefits for outpatient services provided by a health care professional unless such plan also provides equivalent benefits for outpatient contraceptive services. Title VI: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated for Federal departments, agencies, and corporations. (Sec. 624) Requires the OMB Director to report to the Congress: (1) estimates of costs and benefits of Federal regulatory programs and of each rule likely to have a gross annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more in increased costs; (2) impacts of Federal rules on the private sector and all levels of government; and (3) recommendations for reform or elimination of inefficient regulatory programs. (Sec. 628) Provides that annual adjustments in rates of pay under the General Schedule shall not be considered to have taken effect in FY 1999 in the rates for the statutory pay systems for purposes of certain provisions of law amended by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. (Sec. 631) Bars the use of funds made available for the Customs Service in this Act to allow the importation of any good produced or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor. (Sec. 637) Provides that, for purposes of provisions of law relating to tort liability, certain Federal law enforcement officers and special agents in the Diplomatic Security Service of the Department of State shall be construed to be acting within the scope of their office or employment if they take any action, including the use of force, that is determined to be necessary to: (1) protect an individual in such an officer's presence from a crime of violence; (2) provide immediate assistance to an individual who has suffered or who is threatened with bodily harm; or (3) prevent the escape of any individual who such an officer reasonably believes to have committed, in his or her presence, a crime of violence. (Sec. 639) Amends Federal law to require compensation at time-and-a-half per hour for any hours worked in excess of 106 during a biweekly pay period or 53 in an administrative workweek by Federal fire fighters. Sets forth pay provisions with respect to Federal fire fighters. Grants fire fighters subject to such pay provisions whose regular tours of duty average at least 60 hours or less per week and exclude a basic 40-hour workweek an increase in basic pay equal to two step-increases of the applicable General Schedule grade. Provides that such increase shall not be an equivalent increase in pay. (Sec. 640) Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to conduct a review of Federal efforts and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to improve coordination among Federal agencies with responsibility to protect the borders against drug trafficking. (Sec. 641) Makes a minimum amount available to executive agencies for carrying out flexiplace work telecommuting programs. (Sec. 642) Revises Federal law to entitle a Senior Executive Service (SES) career appointee awarded the rank of Meritorious Executive to 20 percent of annual basic pay (currently, a lump-sum payment of $10,000). Grants appointees awarded the rank of Distinguished Executive 35 percent of annual basic pay (currently, a lump-sum payment of $20,000). (Sec. 643) Raises the fiscal year limit on the aggregate amount of performance awards for SES career appointees made by an agency. (Sec. 644) Requires the President to provide for alternative annual adjustments to Federal pay schedules where otherwise required adjustments are inappropriate because of a declared state of war or severe economic conditions (currently, because of national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare). Considers severe economic conditions to exist if, during the 12-month period ending two calendar quarters before the date the adjustment is scheduled to take effect, there occur two consecutive quarters of negative growth in the Gross Domestic Product. Makes conforming amendments to provisions regarding authority to make alternative levels of comparability payments. Provides for a 3.1 percent increase in rates of basic pay for Federal employees for FY 1999. (Sec. 646) Revises Federal provisions regarding international postal arrangements to make the U.S. Trade Representative responsible for the formulation and oversight of foreign policy related to international postal and delivery services. Prohibits the U.S. Trade Representative from negotiating any international agreement that would grant an undue or unreasonable preference to the Postal Service, a private service provider, or other person with respect to any class of mail or type of mail service. Authorizes the Postal Service to enter into commercial and operational contracts relating to international postal services but bars the Postal Service from entering into a contract with a foreign government agency if it would grant an undue or unreasonable preference to the Postal Service with respect to any class of mail or type of service.
European Union · European Parliament · 19 June 1998
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agricultural Programs Title II: Conservation Programs Title III: Rural Economic and Community Development Programs Title IV: Domestic Food Programs Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration Title VII: General Provisions Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 1999 for the following Department of Agriculture programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) executive operations (Chief Economist, National Appeals Division) (3) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (4) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (5) Chief Financial Officer; (6) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (7) Agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments; (8) hazardous waste management; (9) departmental administration; (10) outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers; (11) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; (12) Office of Communications; (13) Office of the Inspector General; (14) Office of the General Counsel; (15) Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics; (16) Economic Research Service; (17) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (18) Agricultural Research Service; (19) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; (20) Native American Institutions Endowment Fund; (21) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; (22) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (23) Agricultural Marketing Service; (24) funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply; (25) payments to States and possessions; (26) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; (27) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (28) Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; (29) Farm Service Agency; (30) State mediation grants; (31) dairy indemnity program; (32) Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund account; (33) Risk Management Agency; (34) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund; and (35) Commodity Credit Corporation Fund. Title II: Conservation Programs - Appropriates funds for the: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment; and (2) Natural Resources Conservation Service. Title III: Rural Economic and Community Development Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development; (2) Rural Housing Service; (3) Rural Business-Cooperative Service; and (4) Rural Utilities Service. Title IV: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) child nutrition programs; (2) special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) (3) food stamp program; (4) commodity assistance program; and (5) specified food donation programs. Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs - Appropriates funds for the Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager. Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration - Appropriates funds for the following: (1) Food and Drug Administration; (2) Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation; (3) Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and (4) Farm Credit Administration. Title VII: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Financial Support for Brownfield Site Remediation Title II: Financial Support for Brownfield Site Prevention and Redevelopment Brownfield Redevelopment and Environmental Revitalization Act of 1998 - Title I: Financial Support for Brownfield Site Remediation - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to provide grants to States and local governments to inventory and conduct site assessments of, and other pre-cleanup activities at, brownfield sites. (Sec. 102) Directs the Administrator to establish a program of grants to States and local governments for capitalization of loan programs for brownfield site cleanup by the locality or owner or prospective purchaser. (Sec. 103) Makes amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund (the Fund) available for carrying out such grant programs. Authorizes appropriations from the Fund. (Sec. 104) Imposes funding limitations. (Sec. 107) Authorizes appropriations to carry out the site assessment and loan capitalization programs. Title II: Financial Support for Brownfield Site Prevention and Redevelopment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit that is 50 percent of the costs: (1) paid or incurred by the taxpayer for environmental remediation of any qualified contaminated site which is owned by the taxpayer; and (2) incurred by the taxpayer pursuant to an environmental remediation plan for such site which was approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Prohibits the environmental remediation credit from being determined unless the Administrator certifies that the remediation plan has been completed. Requires the credit to be taken into account ratably over the applicable five-year taxable period if the Administrator certifies that such plan has been completed. Permits a taxpayer to cease such remediation if: (1) the cost of completing the remediation plan exceeds 200 percent of the estimated costs of completing such plan; and (2) the State or local official administering the remediation credit program agrees with such determination. Makes certain taxpayers ineligible for the credit. Makes the environmental remediation credit part of the sum of the current year general business credit and allows any unused portion as a deduction for certain unused business credits. (Sec. 202) Allows an income tax deduction for payments into a tax-exempt Hazardous Waste Remediation Reserve to be used exclusively to pay costs of the taxpayer to: (1) assess the extent of a site's environmental contamination and its expected remediation cost; and (2) remediate the contamination. (Sec. 203) Permits, as specified, the issuance of tax-exempt qualified contaminated site remediation bonds. (Sec. 204) Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to set aside a specified amount available for the development company program for local development companies to use to finance projects that assist existing or prospective new businesses in carrying out site assessment and cleanup activities at brownfield sites. (Sec. 205) Directs the SBA to promote the formation of small business investment companies (SBICs) devoted to: (1) brownfield site cleanup activities; or (2) projects that help existing companies clean up their facilities and adopt new, clean technologies. Waives filing fees for such companies. Requires the SBA to set aside a specified amount available for the SBIC program to provide leverage to such companies.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants to States for Development of Employment Programs Title II: Grants to States for Implementation of Employment Programs Subtitle A: State Activities Subtitle B: Local Activities Subtitle C: Activities in Outlying Areas Subtitle D: General Provisions Title III: Federal Grants to Local Areas for Implementation of Employment Programs Title IV: Grants to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations for Employment Programs Title V: Community Development Venture Capital Title VI: Revenue Provisions Strategic Transitional Employment Program Act - Title I: Grants to States for Development of Employment Programs - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make grants to assist eligible States and outlying areas in developing strategic transitional employment programs that provide community employment, in local areas with identified communities. (Sec. 101) Defines outlying areas as the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. Sets the Federal share at two-thirds of such program development costs. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Grants to States for Implementation of Employment Programs - Subtitle A: State Activities - Directs the Secretary to make allotments to assist eligible States in making grants to local areas, in order to implement employment programs in the States. (Sec. 201) Bases such State allotments on numbers of unemployed individuals and individuals in poverty. Sets the Federal share at two-thirds of such program implementation costs. (Sec. 202) Sets forth requirements for: (1) State plans, including priorities for selection of local areas with identifiable communities; and (2) State administration and reports. Subtitle B: Local Activities - Requires States receiving such allotments to use them to make grants to local areas. (Sec. 212) Sets forth requirements for local plans. (Sec. 213) Requires local areas to use such grant funds to implement employment programs that provide community employment with eligible employers to eligible individuals. Requires such community employment to be entry-level employment that the local chief elected official, after consultation with local organizations' representatives, determines to meet: (1) the skills and needs of eligible individuals in the identified communities in the local area; and (2) the needs of the local area for affordable housing, human services, infrastructure, environmental conservation or restoration, and small business development. Allows such community employment to include employment related to directory assistance services, recreational equipment design and construction, removal of lead paint or asbestos, renovation of schools and community centers, after-school and summer recreational programs, child care and home health care services, elder care, teacher aide services, construction and renovation of affordable housing, and community crime prevention. Authorizes the chief local official to elect to include in such community employment paid participation in training and education programs for up to ten hours per week per participant. Requires paid participation in structured job search activity, as part of such community employment, in accordance with standards specified by the chief elected official. Limits to 12 months the period of a participant's employment under the program. Authorizes the Secretary, upon request and justification by the chief local elected official, to waive such limit and allow participant employment for up to 12 additional months, for not more than 20 percent of program participants. Sets forth individual eligibility requirements. (Sec. 214) Sets forth program requirements with respect to: (1) employee wages and other benefits; (2) labor standards; (3) grievance procedures; and (4) information on worker rights. Prohibits use of program funds for business relocation and related activities, and for other specified activities. Prohibits requiring any individual to participate in an employment program under this title as a condition of receiving any benefit under any Federal or State law. (Sec. 215) Sets forth requirements for nondiscrimination, local administration, and local reports. Subtitle C: Activities in Outlying Areas - Directs the Secretary to reserve up to one-quarter of one percent of appropriations under this title to make grants to eligible outlying areas to implement employment programs. Subtitle D: General Provisions - Sets forth requirements for Federal monitoring, reports, and administration. (Sec. 234) Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Federal Grants to Local Areas for Implementation of Employment Programs - Directs the Secretary, if the funds allotted to a State under title II for a fiscal year are not distributed to the State for such fiscal year, to: (1) first use the funds for competitive, direct grants to local areas in the State for implementation of employment programs; and (2) reallot any remaining funds to remaining eligible States. Sets the Federal share at two-thirds of such program implementation costs. Title IV: Grants to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations for Employment Programs - Directs the Secretary to reserve up to three percent of appropriations, under certain provisions of titles I and II, to make grants to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to develop and implement employment programs. Title V: Community Development Venture Capital - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make grants to one or more intermediary organizations to develop the capacity of community development venture capital organizations. Sets forth requirements for use and allocation of such assistance, and for matching funds. (Sec. 501) Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Revenue Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that no trade or business expense deduction shall be allowed for excessive compensation to a full-time employee. (Sec. 602) Revises the definition of part F income (earnings and profits of a controlled foreign corporation) to eliminate foreign base company income (including certain export trade corporation income) and the deferral of any income to another taxable year.
Germany · German Bundestag · 19 June 1998
Gründe für Nichtzeichnung der Arhus-Konvention durch die Bundesregierung anläßlich der 4. Ministerkonferenz "Umwelt für Europa" vom 23. bis 25. Juni 1998 in Arhus
Germany · German Bundestag · 19 June 1998
Erfahrungen mit der Umsetzung des Umweltauditgesetzes, u.a. Organisationsstruktur für die Zulassung von Umweltgutachten und Umweltgutachterorganisationen und die Registrierung von geprüften Betriebsstandorten, Umweltgutachterausschuß, Wahrnehmung der Aufsicht durch das BMU, registerführende Stellen, Zulassungsanforderungen und Zulassungsverfahren, Erfahrungen der am System teilnehmenden Unternehmen
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundesminister für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Aktionsprogramm "Temelin"
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Aktivitäten im Zusammenhang mit dem KKW <i>(Kernkraftwerk)</i> Mochovce
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundesminister für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Aktivitäten im Zusammenhang mit dem KKW <i>(Kernkraftwerk)</i> Mochovce
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Aktionsprogramm "Temelin"
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Andreas Wabl und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend Bestimmung der Korrelation zwischen Kanalisierungsgrad und Grundwasserqualität bzw. -spiegel
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Monika Langthaler und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Altlastensanierungsprojekt Arnoldstein sowie Versuchsbetriebsgenehmigung für einen Wirbelschichtofen und zwei Dörschelöfen am Standort der ehemaligen Bleiberger Bergwerks Union im Bereich der Fa. ABRG
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Prinzhorn und Genossen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Prüfung der "Stranded Investments" in der E-Wirtschaft
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Karl Schweitzer und Genossen betreffend eine erhöhte Dotierung der Förderungsmittel für die Abwasserentsorgung in Kärnten
Austria · National Council · 18 June 1998
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Stefan Salzl und Genossen betreffend Verbesserung des Tierschutzes in der EU
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1998
Water Conservation and Quality Incentives Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the use of State water pollution control revolving funds for assistance to eligible recipients for construction of water conservation improvements and of water quality improvements or practices. Defines "eligible recipients," for purposes of assistance for water conservation improvements, as specified parties located in a State that has enacted laws that: (1) provide a water user who invests in such an improvement with a right to use water conserved by the improvement; (2) provide authority to reserve minimum flows of streams; and (3) prohibit transactions that adversely affect existing water rights. Bars the use of water conserved through such improvements for the irrigation of land that has not been previously irrigated.
Austria · National Council · 17 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Franz Koller und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Einkommensverlust durch Neuregelung der Familienbeihilfe
Austria · National Council · 17 June 1998
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Helene Partik-Pablé und Genossen betreffend Hebung der Sicherheitsstandards für Atomkraftwerke in den osteuropäischen Staaten und Stillegung des Atomkraftwerkes Mochovce
Austria · National Council · 17 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Manfred Lackner und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend den Felssturz "Breiter Berg" <i>(in Dornbirn-Hatlerdorf)</i>
Austria · National Council · 17 June 1998
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Umsetzung von EU-Störfallrecht und MVA <i>(Müllverbrennungsanlage)</i> Flötzersteig
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 17 June 1998