Environment

Tiertransportgesetz-Straße - TGSt, Führerscheingesetz und Straßenverkehrsordnung 1960

Austria · National Council · 16 June 1999

Durchführung einer Volksbefragung gem. Art. 49b B-VG über ein Bundesgesetz zum Schutz der Tiere (Bundes-Tierschutzgesetz - TSchG)

Austria · National Council · 16 June 1999

Antrag der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz zum Schutz der Tiere (Bundes-Tierschutzgesetz - TSchG)

Umweltförderungsgesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 16 June 1999

Antrag der Abgeordneten Karlheinz Kopf und Genossen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Umweltförderungsgesetz (UFG), BGBl. Nr. 185/1993, zuletzt geändert durch BGBl. I Nr. 79/1998, geändert wird

Verbesserung der Tiertransportbedingungen

Austria · National Council · 16 June 1999

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Stefan Salzl und Genossen betreffend Verbesserung der Tiertransportbedingungen

Vollstreckung von Verwaltungsstrafen wegen Übertretung der Tiertransport-Bestimmungen

Austria · National Council · 16 June 1999

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen betreffend Schaffung eines Europäischen Abkommens über die Vollstreckung von Verwaltungsstrafen wegen Übertretung der Tiertransport-Bestimmungen

A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit a State to register a foreign pesticide for distribution and use within that State.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1999

Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to allow a State, on the request of an agricultural producer or on the State's initiative, to register a foreign pesticide for distribution and use in the State if registration is consistent with such Act and is approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Considers such registrations, on approval by the Administrator, as registrations under the Act. Bars the transport of such pesticides to, or use by, a person in another State unless the distribution and use is consistent with the registration by the original State. Sets forth requirements for foreign pesticide registration by a State and approval by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator, in carrying out this Act, to take into account the priority of harmonizing the registrations of foreign and comparable domestic pesticides in accordance with applicable agreements and treaties. Sets forth labeling requirements for foreign registered pesticides. Requires persons seeking to distribute such pesticides to provide to the State a report that: (1) identifies the person that will receive and use the pesticide in the State; and (2) states the quantity of the pesticide that will be transported into the State. Directs States registering foreign pesticides to prepare annual reports that identify such pesticides and the users of such pesticides and state the quantity of such pesticides used. Requires States, if the Administrator determines it necessary to terminate the distribution or use of a foreign pesticide, to recall the pesticide on the Administrator's request. Authorizes the Administrator to suspend the authority of a State to register foreign pesticides if a State is found incapable of exercising adequate controls to ensure that registration is consistent with the Act. Provides States with an opportunity to respond before suspension. Makes Federal patent law inapplicable to a foreign pesticide registered by a State that is transported into the United States or to any person that takes an action with respect to such pesticide in accordance with this Act.

Small Business Superfund Fairness Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1999

Small Business Superfund Fairness Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to absolve a small business concern of liability for response costs at a National Priority List facility under provisions governing arrangement for treatment, disposal, or transport, or acceptance for transport, of hazardous substances to the extent that the materials concerned consist of municipal solid waste or other materials that do not or would not contribute significantly to the cost of the response action. Defines a "small business concern" as an entity that on average over the previous three years has no more than 100 full-time employees. Makes this Act retroactively applicable to actions brought before its enactment in which there was no final judgment. Requires the President, as promptly as possible, to offer to reach a final administrative or judicial settlement with potentially responsible parties who are small businesses demonstrating an inability to pay response costs.

Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1999

Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 1999 - Declares that: (1) it is the policy of the United States to permit exploration, development, production and transportation of oil and gas resources in a designated area of the Coastal Plain Study Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; (2) such exploration, development, production and transportation should proceed with dispatch; and (3) such activities should be conducted in a manner consistent with the protection of the Coastal Plain's fish and wildlife resources and environment and the needs of the area's subsistence users. (Sec. 4) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will: (1) result in an environmentally sound program; (2) not result in significant adverse effects upon fish and wildlife; and (3) ensure the receipt of fair market value by the public for the mineral resources to be leased. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and any leasing or development leading to such production. States that Congress determines that the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program and activities authorized by this Act are compatible with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established, and that no further findings or decisions are required to implement this determination. States this Act is the sole authority for Coastal Plain leasing, and that such Plain is considered "Federal land" for purposes of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate a maximum total of Coastal Plain acreage as "Special Areas" and close them to leasing if the Secretary determines that these Areas require special management and regulatory protection; (2) permit leasing in those Special Areas by setting lease terms that limit or condition surface use and occupancy by lessees but permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from sites on leases located outside the designated Special Areas. Declares that this Act constitutes the Secretary's sole authority to close Coastal Plain lands to oil and gas leasing and to exploration, development, and production. (Sec. 6) States that lands may be leased to any person qualified to obtain a lease for oil and gas deposits under the Mineral Leasing Act. Requires the Secretary to prescribe lease procedures. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder by sealed competitive cash bonus bid any Coastal Plain lands upon payment of such bonus and a royalty which shall not be less than a certain amount. Prescribes lease terms and conditions. (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary to grant rights-of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for oil and gas transportation.

Fehlen der Richtlinien für die Verwaltung des öffentlichen Wassergutes

Austria · National Council · 15 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Andreas Wabl und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft betreffend Fehlen der Richtlinien für die Verwaltung des öffentlichen Wassergutes insbesondere bei Direkteinleitung aus Kleinkläranlagen im ländlichen Raum

Small Business, Family Farms, and Constitutional Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1999

Small Business, Family Farms, and Constitutional Protection Act - Prohibits the use of Federal funds to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders or for programs to implement the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change before the date on which the Senate gives its advice and consent to Protocol ratification. Provides that no Federal agency has authority to promulgate regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions unless a law is enacted after this Act's enactment that specifically grants such authority. Prohibits the use of Federal funds to advocate, develop, or implement a program providing regulatory credits for early voluntary greenhouse gas emission reductions before the date on which the Senate gives its advice and consent to Protocol ratification.

A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue to the Landusky School District, without consideration, a patent for the surface and mineral estates of certain lots, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1999

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue to the Landusky School District, without consideration, a patent for the surface and mineral estates of certain lots in Montana. Provides that the Secretary, in carrying out this Act, shall not be required to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Historic Preservation Act of the State of Montana, and any executive order pertaining to flood plains or wetlands.

Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) concerning the financial instrument for the environment (Life)

European Union · European Commission · 14 June 1999

Tierversuchsgesetz 1988, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 10 June 1999

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Tierversuchsgesetz 1988 geändert wird

Umweltkontrollgesetz

Austria · National Council · 10 June 1999

Bericht des Umweltausschusses über den Antrag 1086/A der Abgeordneten Matthias Ellmauer, Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Keppelmüller und Genossen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Umweltkontrollgesetz, BGBl. I Nr. 152/1998, geändert wird

Bundesgesetz über den Verkehr mit Speisesalz

Austria · National Council · 10 June 1999

Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1774 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über den Verkehr mit Speisesalz geändert wird

Umweltinformationsgesetz (UIG-Novelle 1999)

Austria · National Council · 10 June 1999

Bericht des Umweltausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1652 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Umweltinformationsgesetz geändert wird (UIG-Novelle 1999)

Tiergesundheitsgesetz, Bangseuchen-Gesetzes, Rinderleukosegesetzes u.a.

Austria · National Council · 10 June 1999

Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1712 d.B.): Bundesgesetz über Maßnahmen zur Erhaltung der Gesundheit von Tieren in Betrieben (Tiergesundheitsgesetz - TGG) und über eine Änderung des Bangseuchen-Gesetzes, des Rinderleukosegesetzes und des IBR/IPV-Gesetzes

Older Americans Act Amendments of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1999

Older Americans Act Amendments of 1999 - Title I: Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Part A: Administration on Aging - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging to develop and operate, either directly or through contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, a National Eldercare Locator Service, providing nationwide toll-free information and assistance services to identify community resources for older individuals. (Sec. 103) Requires the Assistant Secretary to develop, in collaboration with a representative group of State and area agencies on aging, according to a specified procedure, and publish by December 31, 2000, a set of performance outcome measures to be used for planning, managing, and evaluating activities performed and services provided by such agencies under the Act. (Sec. 104) Requires the Assistant Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Labor under title I (Workforce Investment Systems) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to accept, on behalf of the United States, gifts (in cash or in kind, including voluntary and uncompensated services), which shall be available until expended, for: (1) design and implementation of demonstrations of innovative ideas and best practices in programs and services for older individuals; (2) planning and conduct of conferences for exchange of information on programs under this Act and other related programs and services; and (3) development, publication, and dissemination of pertinent informational materials. Requires the Assistant Secretary to establish written ethics guidelines for the acceptance of gifts or donations. (Sec. 106) Makes a permanent authorization of appropriations for the Federal Council on the Aging. Authorizes appropriations for the Administration on Aging through FY 2004. Part B: State and Community Programs on Aging - Restricts the use of Federal funds paid to States under the Act, and cash and in-kind contributions required as the non-Federal share of expenditures, for activities and services to benefit older individuals and other individuals as specifically provided in the Act. (Sec. 112) Revises and consolidates requirements for the area plans of area agencies on aging. Repeals specified procedures for area agencies to follow when requesting State waiver of required assurances that adequate proportions of the area allotment will be expended for priority services. (Sec. 113) Requires area plans to provide assurances that the area agency will coordinate services for older individuals with disabilities, especially severe disabilities, with agencies that develop or provide services for such individuals. (Sec. 114) Requires an area agency to make services under the area plan available to Native Americans age 60 or older to the same extent they are available to older individuals within the service area. (Sec. 115) Revises and consolidates State plan requirements. Requires area agencies to submit area plans for State agency approval in accordance with a uniform format. (Sec. 116) Requires State plans to assure that the State agency will make demonstrable efforts to develop and operate a system providing one or more specified services, or coordinate the provision of such services by other entities in the State, including health care information services, counseling, a health care ombudsman program, and needs identification assistance to nutrition and supportive service providers and acute and chronic health care providers. (Sec. 117) Allows States to elect to require cost sharing by service recipients, but limited to individuals with incomes above a low-income threshold. Requires the State plan to: (1) exempt from cost-sharing any individuals with incomes below the low-income threshold; and (2) waive cost sharing for information and assistance, outreach, or case management services, ombudsman or other protective services, and congregate or home-delivered nutrition services. (Sec. 118) Requires a State plan to specify whether (and if so, with respect to which supportive or nutrition services) the State elects to permit area agencies to provide: (1) services to older individuals through direct contracts with the individuals delivering such services; or (2) vouchers or cash to older individuals to permit them to contract with individuals or entities for the delivery of such (consumer-directed) services (and, if so, any requirements for the setting of payment rates or amounts). (Sec. 119) Requires a State plan to declare whether the State elects to operate a project or projects, in collaboration with one or more area agencies, to develop, test, and implement innovative, cost-effective methods of delivering to older individuals and their families services (service innovation development project). Provides for funding delivery of services but not administrative activities. (Sec. 120) Repeals the Assistant Secretary's discretionary authority to permit a State to transfer additional amounts between congregate and home-delivered meal programs. (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to make disaster relief funds available to tribal organizations. (Sec. 122) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make nutrition services incentive payments, according to a specified formula, to State agencies and tribal organizations with plans for delivering nutritious meals to older Americans. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 123) Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to waive one or more of certain requirements for State programs on aging that meet specified criteria. (Sec. 124) Revises and consolidates specified authorities for supportive services, senior centers, and nutrition services. (Sec. 126) Replaces the current program of in-home services for frail older individuals with a national family caregiver support program. Directs the Assistant Secretary to make grants to States under State plans for multi-faceted systems of support for families and other informal providers of in-home and community care to older individuals. Requires State family caregiver support services to include: (1) provision of information to caregivers about available services; (2) assistance to caregivers in gaining access to such services; (3) individual counseling, organization of support groups, and caregiver training to help families make decisions and solve problems relating to their caregiving roles; (4) respite care to enable families and other informal caregivers to be temporarily relieved from their caregiving responsibilities; and (5) provision of supplemental services, on a limited basis, to complement the care provided by families and other informal caregivers. Allows a State to elect to require cost sharing on a sliding-fee scale based on income (or to require or permit area agencies on aging to require such cost sharing) by service recipients, except those with incomes below the Federal poverty line. Provides for funding, with the Federal share of up to 75 percent of service costs. Declares that Federal funds under this program are in addition to, and may not supplant, any funds that are or would otherwise be expended under any Federal, State, or local law. Directs the Assistant Secretary to make innovation grants on a competitive basis to foster the development and testing of new approaches to: (1) sustaining the efforts of families and other informal caregivers of older individuals: and (2) serving particular groups of such caregivers, including minority caregivers and distant caregivers. Directs the Assistant Secretary, directly or by grant or contract, to carry out activities of national significance to promote quality and continuous improvement in the support provided to family and other informal caregivers of older individuals through program evaluation, training, technical assistance, and research. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 127) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004 for supportive services and senior centers, congregate nutrition services, home-delivered nutrition services, and preventive health services. Part C: State and Local Innovations and Programs of National Significance - Replaces current requirements for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs with new requirements for State and local innovations and programs of national significance. (Sec. 141) Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to make grants to States, public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, and institutions, and tribal organizations, and to enter into contracts with any agency, organization, institution, or individual for certain discretionary projects and programs, including: (1) education and training to develop an adequately trained workforce to work with and on behalf of older individuals; (2) applied social research and analysis to improve access and delivery of services for older individuals; (3) demonstration of new approaches to design, deliver, and coordinate programs and services for older individuals; (4) technical assistance in planning, development, implementation, and improvement of services and activities; (5) dissemination of information related to longevity and its ramifications for various segments of the elderly population; and (6) life course planning. Authorizes appropriations, making funds available for the national ombudsman and elder abuse centers as well. Part D: Community Service Employment For Older Americans - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary for this Part) to encourage projects to place participants in unsubsidized employment under the older American community service employment program. (Sec. 152) Requires a community service employment project to include among its methods of recruitment and selection arrangements with the local one-stop delivery system established under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Repeals the requirement that the project authorize funds for including individuals participating in it under the State unemployment insurance plan. Requires the project to: (1) provide appropriate services for participants through the local one-stop delivery system; and (2) be involved in the planning and operations of such system under a memorandum of understanding with the local workforce investment board. Repeals the Secretary's authority to establish a Senior Environmental Employment Corps. Requires the Secretary to evaluate such projects on a regular basis and monitor programs receiving financial assistance to determine whether the grantees are complying with requirements and regulations. (Sec. 154) Revises requirements for distribution of national grants or contracts and State allotments for projects. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on improvement in the formula for distributing funds for the older American community service employment program. (Sec. 155) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 157) Declares grantees in the older American community service employment program to be partners under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in the appropriate local one-stop delivery system. Authorizes the Secretary, upon grantee request, to waive any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of the program except its basic purposes, wage and labor standards, worker rights, participation and protection of workers and participants, grievance procedures, judicial review, and participant eligibility criteria. Requires the Secretary to establish performance measures appropriate to older worker activities, including specified indicators. Part E: Grants for Native Americans - Revises requirements for the Native American grant program to limit a federally recognized tribe to eligibility for only one grant per fiscal year. (Sec. 162) Requires the Assistant Secretary for Aging, in determining whether a tribal grant application complies with nutrition services requirements, to provide maximum flexibility that seeks to take into account subsistence needs, local customs, and other characteristics appropriate to the unique cultural, regional, and geographic needs of the Indian populations to be served. (Sec. 163) Authorizes appropriations. Part F: Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection - Consolidates the authorization of appropriations for specified vulnerable elder rights protection activities. Repeals minimum allotments for ombudsman and elder rights activities. (Sec. 171) Requires a State plan to assure that total State expenditures in any fiscal year for the long-term care ombudsman program shall not be less than total State expenditures for such programs in FY 1999. (Sec. 172) Redesignates the State outreach, counseling, and assistance program a State life course planning program. Defines life course planning as the identification and implementation by an individual of appropriate measures to prepare for the financial, health, and social aspects of longevity, and to ensure the protection of elder rights, including planning for: (1) economic security; (2) options for community participation and social activities; (3) housing options; (4) insurance benefits; and (5) consumer protection, especially defenses against telemarketing scams and fraudulent investment offers. Specifies minimum requirements for a program of outreach, information, counseling, and assistance related to life course planning. (Sec. 173) Authorizes a State to establish a demonstration project for outreach to assist older individuals with greatest economic need in life course planning. Part G: Definitions - Revises certain definitions used in such Act. Part H: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this title. Title II: White House Conference on Aging - Directs the President to convene by December 31, 2005, the White House Conference on Aging, under the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in cooperation with the Assistant Secretary and other Federal agency heads, to: (1) increase the public awareness of the interdependence of generations and the essential contributions of older individuals to society; (2) identify the problems facing older individuals and their commonalities with problems of younger generations; (3) examine the well-being of older individuals; (4) develop specific and comprehensive recommendations for executive and legislative action; (5) develop recommendations for the coordination of Federal policy with State and local needs; and (6) review the status and multigenerational value of recommendations adopted at previous White House Conferences on Aging. (Sec. 203) Establishes a Policy Committee to plan the Conference. (Sec. 206) Authorizes appropriations.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States citizens killed in terrorist attacks in Israel.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1999

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is the duty of the United States and every Administration to bring to justice those suspected of murdering U.S. citizens in acts of terrorism; (2) the Palestinian Authority has not taken adequate steps to undermine and eradicate terrorism and has not cooperated fully in detaining and prosecuting suspects implicated in the murder of U.S. citizens; (3) Yasser Arafat and senior Palestinian leadership continue to create an environment conducive to terrorism by releasing terrorist suspects and inciting violence against Israel and the United States; and (4) U.S. assistance to the Authority should be conditioned on full cooperation in combating terrorist violence and in investigating and prosecuting terrorist suspects involved in the murder of U.S. citizens.

Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1999

Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to revise additional grants requirements, providing for: (1) additional State entitlements to grants for designated qualified empowerment zones and qualified enterprise communities as well as for strategic planning communities (currently not provided for); (2) specified funding for such additional designated qualified empowerment zone State grants (according to urban or rural status) as well as for additional designated qualified enterprise community State grants and strategic planning community State grants; (3) direct grants to the governing bodies of eligible Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations, subject to certain conditions; (4) use of grant funds for revolving loan fund loans to residents, institutions, organizations, or businesses that hire disadvantaged adults and youths; and (5) environmental review to ensure that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable Federal law are most effectively implemented in connection with the expenditure of grant funds under SSA title XX additional grants provisions.

Tiertransportgesetz-Straße - TGSt

Austria · National Council · 9 June 1999

Bericht des Verkehrsausschusses über den Antrag 1092/A der Abgeordneten Rudolf Parnigoni, Georg Schwarzenberger und Genossen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über den Transport von Tieren auf der Straße (Tiertransportgesetz-Straße - TGSt), das Führerscheingesetz und die Straßenverkehrsordnung 1960 geändert werden

Verbot des Transportes von Kälbern bis zu einem Alter von 21 Tagen

Austria · National Council · 9 June 1999

Bericht des Verkehrsausschusses über den Antrag 677/A(E) der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen betreffend Verbot des Transportes von Kälbern bis zu einem Alter von 21 Tagen

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1999

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act - Establishes the Lake Tahoe National Scenic Forest and Recreation Area (as a National Forest System unit) to replace the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to develop an Area environmental restoration project priority list. Authorizes appropriations. Amends Federal law to permit Area payments to be used for: (1) wetlands restoration; (2) native vegetation and fish and wildlife enhancement; and (3) soil conservation. Authorizes additional appropriations and requires that each of the Lake Tahoe Basin political jurisdictions receives at least ten percent of appropriations. Requires the Secretary to coordinate with State, local, and organizational entities in carrying out urban fire risk reduction activities in the Basin. Authorizes appropriations.

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1999

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act - Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004 for research and development activities of the following departments and agencies in connection with the High-Performance Computing Program (establishing goals and priorities for, and engaging in, Federal high-performance computing research, development, networking, and related activities): (1) the National Science Foundation (NSF); (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (3) the Department of Energy; (4) the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (5) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (6) the Environmental Protection Agency. Earmarks specified amounts of such authorized funds for: (1) long-term basic research on networking and information technology, including grants for information technology research centers; (2) grants for the development of major research equipment; and (3) information technology internship grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 and 2002 for support by such departments and agencies of the Next Generation Internet Program (research, development, and demonstration of advanced networking technologies to increase Internet capabilities and performance). Requires a previously-established advisory committee on high-performance computing to: (1) conduct periodic evaluations of high-performance computing and networking and information technology research and development programs; and (2) report at least once every two fiscal years to specified congressional committees on its findings and recommendations. Directs the NSF to study and report to Congress comparing the availability of encryption technologies in foreign countries to such technologies subject to export restrictions in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent a credit allowed for increased research activities as compared to the prior taxable year.

Drinking Water Right-to-Know Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1999

Drinking Water Right-to-Know Act of 1999 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require a national primary drinking water regulation for radionuclides to require the testing of drinking water for the presence of radium 224 no later than 48 hours after taking a sample. Requires annual consumer confidence reports by community water systems to include a report on the level of each contaminant that may be difficult to detect in finished water and present at levels that present a public health concern in such water. Requires regulations regarding such reports to direct public water systems to mail such reports to residential consumers and such reports suitable for posting to customers providing water to non-residential consumers. Provides that certain procedures for systems serving smaller communities that are not required to mail such report to consumers shall require such systems to notify consumers of new contamination or a significant increase in contamination by a regulated contaminant that is above the maximum contaminant level goal for the contaminant or of such contamination or increase by an unregulated contaminant. Requires State source water assessment programs to assess the susceptibility of each public water system in the delineated areas to any contaminant that is: (1) subject to a national primary drinking water regulation; (2) included on a specified list of unregulated contaminants; (3) the subject of a health advisory published by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (4) monitored under such programs; (5) known or suspected to be from a pollution source; or (6) monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Water Quality Assessment program. Requires such programs to: (1) identify contaminants described in the preceding paragraph that the State determines present a public health threat; (2) require monitoring for such contaminants if a contaminant may have been released by a potentially significant source; (3) identify known or suspected sources of pollution that may threaten public health; (4) apply to wellheads, groundwater recharge areas, watersheds, and other areas determined to be appropriate; and (5) be developed, updated, and implemented in cooperation with the public served by the source water assessment areas included in such programs. Directs States to submit plans for such programs to the Administrator. Provides for plan updates every five years.

Hanford Environmental Cleanup Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1999

Hanford Environmental Cleanup Act of 1999 - Declares that the State of Oregon shall have the same rights as the State of Washington to participate in decisions regarding the management, cleanup, and disposal of hazardous and radioactive wastes at the Hanford Reservation, including the right to participate as a party in negotiations, dispute resolution, and enforcement actions of the existing Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and the Hanford Tri-Party Agreement. Instructs the existing parties to such Agreements to provide the State of Oregon the right to participate fully in such negotiations, dispute resolution, and enforcement actions.

Opinion of Mr Advocate General Alber delivered on 8 June 1999. # ARCO Chemie Nederland Ltd v Minister van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer (C-418/97) and Vereniging Dorpsbelang Hees, Stichting Werkgroep Weurt+ and Vereniging Stedelijk Leefmilieu Nijmegen v Directeur van de dienst Milieu en Water van de provincie Gelderland (C-419/97). # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Raad van State - Netherlands. # Environment - Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC - Concept of "waste". # Joined cases C-418/97 and C-419/97.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 June 1999

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Single Market and Environment

European Union · European Commission · 8 June 1999

State and Local Government Participation Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1999

State and Local Government Participation Act of 1999 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require Federal officials, prior to making environmental impact statements on proposed actions and legislative proposals, to consult with and obtain the comments of Federal and State agencies and county and local governments (currently, Federal agencies) which have jurisdiction or special expertise with respect to involved environmental impacts.

Tax Relief for Working Americans Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1999

Tax Relief for Working Americans Act of 1999 - Title I: Marriage Penalty Relief - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set the basic standard deduction for married individuals at twice the deduction for unmarried individuals. Title II: Adjustment of Social Security Earning Limit - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase, for any taxable year ending after 1999 and before 2001, the monthly exempt amount for individuals who have attained retirement age. Title III: Incentives for Health and Long-Term Care Coverage - Provides a limited credit for the insurance costs of health and long-term care coverage for previously uninsured individuals and individuals with COBRA continuation coverage. Phases-in a deduction for the health insurance and long-term insurance costs of employees and the self-employed. Allows a limited credit for taxpayers with long-term care needs. Title IV: Expansion of Dependent Care Credit - Increases the percentage of employment-related expenses allowed as a credit. Establishes a limited credit for certain stay-at-home parents. Title V: Alternative Minimum Tax Relief - Provides that the aggregate amount of credits allowed under subpart A (Nonrefundable Personal Credits) of part IV (Credits Against Tax) of the Code shall not exceed the sum of a taxpayer's regular tax liability and the alternative minimum tax. Provides that income averaging for farmers shall not increase alternative minimum tax liability. Title VI: Elimination of 60-Month limit on Student Loan Interest Deduction - Eliminates the 60-month limit on the student loan interest deduction. Title VII: Increase in Low-Income Housing Credit State Ceiling - Increases, and links to the cost-of-living adjustment, the State low-income housing credit ceiling. Title VIII: Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts - Allows an individual engaged in an eligible farming (or ranching) business a deduction (in computing adjusted gross income) for any taxable year of up to 20 percent of taxable income attributable to the eligible farming business which was paid in cash by the taxpayer to a Farm and Ranch Risk Management Account (FARRM Account). Includes distributions from a FARRM account in the taxpayer's gross income, and subjects to a special ten percent surtax any distributions not made within five years of contribution. Establishes a tax on excess contributions, but exempts the taxpayer from the tax on certain prohibited transactions. Title IX: Incentives for Urban Revitalization and Open Space - Expands the areas eligible for the expensing of environmental remediation costs from qualified contamination sites within targeted areas only to qualified contamination sites anywhere within the United States. Sets forth provisions concerning the donation of capital gain real property for qualified conservation purposes. Title X: Extension of Expiring Provisions - Permanently extends the: (1) credit for increasing research activities; (2) work opportunity credit; and (3) subpart F exemption for active income financing. Modifies the placed-in-service rules for qualified facilities producing electricity from certain renewable sources. Makes the credit allowed for such production inapplicable to electricity sold to utilities under certain contracts.

Unhaltbarkeit Prüfung auf anomale Toxizität für Impfstoffe, Sera und Immunglobuline

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Wissenschaft und Verkehr betreffend wissenschaftliche Unhaltbarkeit der tierexperimentellen Prüfung auf anomale Toxizität für Impfstoffe, Sera und Immunglobuline <i>(Verbot gemäß § 3 Abs. 4 Tierversuchsgesetz 1988)</i>

Atomausstiegskonzepte und Stillegung gefährlicher Reaktoren sowjetischer Bauart

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Helene Partik-Pablé und Genossen betreffend Atomausstiegskonzepte und Stillegung gefährlicher Reaktoren sowjetischer Bauart als Voraussetzung für eine EU-Osterweiterung

Abweichung von einer einheitlichen Länderstellungnahme

Austria · Federal Council · 2 June 1999

Anfrage der Bundesräte Jürgen Weiss, Dr. Reinhard Eugen Bösch und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie betreffend Abweichung von einer einheitlichen Länderstellungnahme gemäß Art. 23d Abs. 1 B-VG <i>(Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz)</i> hinsichtlich der Zoorichtlinie der EU

Unhaltbarkeit Prüfung auf anomale Toxizität für Impfstoffe, Sera und Immunglobuline

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales betreffend wissenschaftliche Unhaltbarkeit der tierexperimentiellen Prüfung auf anomale Toxizität für Impfstoffe, Sera und Immunglobuline <i>(Verbot gemäß § 3 Abs. 4 Tierversuchsgesetz 1988)</i>

Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs <i>(Atomkraftwerks)</i> Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundesminister für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten betreffend Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs <i>(Atomkraftwerks)</i> Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundesminister für auswärtige Angelegenheiten betreffend Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs <i>(Atomkraftwerks)</i> Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs <i>(Atomkraftwerks)</i> Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Studien der Food and Drug Administration; Schädigungen von Patienten/innen durch Arzneimittelnebenwirkungen;

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales betreffend Studien der Food and Drug Administration; schwere Schädigungen von Patienten/innen durch Arzneimittelnebenwirkungen; wissenschaftliche Haltlosigkeit von Tierversuchen

Studien der Food and Drug Administration; Schädigungen von Patienten/innen durch Arzneimittelnebenwirkungen;

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten MMag. Dr. Madeleine Petrovic und Genossen an den Bundesminister für Wissenschaft und Verkehr betreffend Studien der Food and Drug Administration; schwere Schädigungen von Patienten/innen durch Arzneimittelnebenwirkungen; wissenschaftliche Haltlosigkeit von Tierversuchen

Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Austria · National Council · 2 June 1999

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser und Genossen an die Bundesministerin für Frauenangelegenheiten und Verbraucherschutz betreffend Atomtransitverbot, Aktionspaket Baustopp des AKWs <i>(Atomkraftwerks)</i> Temelin und Stillegung des AKWs Bohunice

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1999

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Defense-Civil Department of the Army Title II: Department of the Interior Title III: Department of Energy Title IV: Independent Agencies Title V: Rescissions Title VI: General Provisions Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000 - Title I: Department of Defense-Civil Department of the Army - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for FY 2000 for: (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of authorized water development and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) water development projects operation and maintenance; (6) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; (7) formerly utilized sites remedial action program; and (8) general expenses. Authorizes use of the Revolving Fund to renovate certain office space for use by the Corps and the General Accounting Office. (Sec. 101) Bars application of a fully allocated funding policy to projects for which funds are identified in specified Committee reports. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake such projects using continuing contracts. (Sec. 102) States that agreements proposed for execution by the Assistance Secretary of the Army for civil works or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shall be limited to a single agreement per project. Limits credits and reimbursements per project, and total credits and reimbursements for all applicable projects, to specified amounts in each fiscal year. (Sec. 103) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual when it is made known to the pertinent Federal authority that such revision provides for an increase in the springtime water release program during the spring heavy rainfall and snow melt period in States with rivers draining into the Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam. Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY 2000 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, water and related resources; (3) Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; (4) Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; (5) California Bay-Delta Restoration; and (6) general administrative expenses. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2000 for: (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (4) general DOE science and research activities; (5) the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund; (6) DOE administration; (7) Office of the Inspector General; (8) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (9) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (10) defense facilities closure projects; (11) defense environmental management privatization; (12) other DOE defense activities; (13) defense nuclear waste disposal; (14) the various geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including specified costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams under the Western Area Power Administration); and (15) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) award either a management and operating contract without competitive procedures unless the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis; (2) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan for DOE employees, or to provide them with enhanced severance payments or other benefits; (3) augment specified funds made available for severance payments and other benefits and community assistance grants under specified law; (4) prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for a program that has not been funded by Congress; or (5) dispose of any transuranic waste containing specified plutonium concentrations in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Denali Commission; (3) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (4) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (5) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; (6) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (7) the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund. Title V: Rescissions - Rescinds specified amounts previously appropriated for designated projects under the aegis of: (1) Department of Defense-Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers; and (2) Department of Energy, Southeastern Power Administration. Title VI: General Provisions - Declares the sense of Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made. Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts. Bars contracts funded under this Act from being awarded to any person determined by a court or Federal agency to have falsely labeled products as made in America. (Sec. 603) Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California develop a plan, which shall conform to California water quality standards approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to classify the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Programs as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the "Cleanup Program--Alternative Repayment Plan" and the "SJVDP--Alternative Repayment Plan" described in a specified report. Makes San Luis Unit beneficiaries of drainage service or drainage studies responsible to reimburse the United States fully for any future obligations of Federal funds relating to, or providing for, such service or studies for the San Luis Unit. (Sec. 604) Prohibits the use of any funds to restart the High Flux Beam Reactor. (Sec. 605) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend from September 30, 1998, through September 30, 2000 the NRC's authority to assess annual charges. (Sec. 606) Extends from FY2000 to FY2002 the proscription against withdrawal of certain amounts from either the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund (USEC Fund), or the Working Capital Account, for specified gaseous diffusion plants. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in U.S. obligations such portion of the Fund as is not required to meet current withdrawals. (Sec. 607) Redesignates the "Cascade Reservoir" as "Lake Cascade". (Sec. 608) Amends the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act to decrease from $2 million in 1997 dollars to $500,000 in 1997 dollars the annual cost of implementing the Northwest Power Planning Council's mandate to establish an Independent Scientific Review Panel and Scientific Peer Review Groups, and their activities. Repeals the expiration date of such mandate and activities to make them permanent.

Second report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of the statement of conclusions from the intermediate ministerial meeting on the integration of fisheries and environmental issues, 13-14 March 1997 in Bergen

European Union · European Commission · 2 June 1999

proposition de loi relative à la chasse

France · Senate · 1 June 1999

24 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the types of infrastructure projects falling within the ambit of his responsibilities being considered as potential areas for public or private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14439/99]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 1999

24 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the types of infrastructure projects falling within the ambit of his responsibilities being considered as potential areas for public or private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14439/99]

23 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if the provision of a sewerage treatment plant at Ardmore, County Waterford, which is a strategic seaside resort will be treated as a matter of urgency. [14451/99]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 1999

23 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if the provision of a sewerage treatment plant at Ardmore, County Waterford, which is a strategic seaside resort will be treated as a matter of urgency. [14451/99]

24 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the types of infrastructure projects falling within the ambit of his responsibilities being considered as potential areas for public or private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14439/99]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 1999

24 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the types of infrastructure projects falling within the ambit of his responsibilities being considered as potential areas for public or private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14439/99]

22 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the measures, if any, in place to modernise the administration of local authorities in ways analogous to the strategic management initiative in the Civil Service; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14443/99]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 1999

22 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the measures, if any, in place to modernise the administration of local authorities in ways analogous to the strategic management initiative in the Civil Service; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14443/99]

21 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the extent to which he has evaluated the infrastructural needs between now and the year 2010; the areas to which he will provide funding to meet these needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14421/99]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 1999

21 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the extent to which he has evaluated the infrastructural needs between now and the year 2010; the areas to which he will provide funding to meet these needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14421/99]

23 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if the provision of a sewerage treatment plant at Ardmore, County Waterford, which is a strategic seaside resort will be treated as a matter of urgency. [14451/99]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 1999

23 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if the provision of a sewerage treatment plant at Ardmore, County Waterford, which is a strategic seaside resort will be treated as a matter of urgency. [14451/99]