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101 records in 2002
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002
States that the United States consents to specified amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2002
HOPE VI Program Revitalization Act of 2002 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend and authorize appropriations for the HOPE VI revitalization program. Revises grant selection criteria.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income compensation for "covered service" in the U.S. military. Defines "covered service" as service outside the United States in a permanent change of station for which travel, transportation, and housing of dependents at Government expense would generally not be authorized under policies of the Secretary concerned, except in the case of service in such an assignment for which such travel, transportation, and housing is actually authorized as an exception to the applicable policy. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend customs user fees through October 31, 2008.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2002
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2003. Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities which were conducted in FY 2002 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority was made available in: (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002; (2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002; (3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002; (4) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002; (5) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002; (6) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002; (7) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002; (8) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002; (9) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002; (10) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2002; (11) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002; (12) the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002; and (13) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002. Provides funding under this resolution until enactment into law of any covered appropriation or the applicable appropriations Act (without any provision for the covered appropriation) or October 4, 2002, whichever occurs first. Authorizes continuation of other specified activities through such date.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002
Affordable Housing Expansion Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make funds available to State housing finance agencies for low-income housing rehabilitation and development. Obligates specified amounts for Indian tribes. Provides for: (1) a minimum State allocation; and (2) a 25 percent State matching requirement. Sets forth housing eligibility provisions. Requires State submission of an affordable housing expansion plan. Directs the Secretary to carry out a multifamily risk-sharing mortgage insurance program. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the use of section 8 project-based assistance for extremely low-income housing construction and rehabilitation. Limits assistance to: (1) 75 percent of the payment standard or applicable fair market rental; and (2) 25 percent of a building's units. Authorizes reallocation of certain underused section 8 vouchers. Directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to maintain existing section 8 project-based assistance for any Department-owned or -held multifamily project upon disposition, unless the project is determined to be not viable. Authorizes a public housing loan guarantee program.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2002
States that the United States consents to specified amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2002
Community Protection Against Wildfire Act of 2002 - Requires that at least 85 percent of the funds made available to implement the National Fire Plan go to hazardous fuels reduction projects and other wildfire control efforts on Federal lands in the wildland-urban interface (certain geographic areas conducive to wildfire that contain homes). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to States and Indian tribes for various purposes, including: (1) the promotion of optimal firefighting efficiency; and (2) the expansion of outreach and education programs. Requires the Secretaries concerned (the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior or appropriate Federal land managers) to promulgate regulations limiting the diameter of trees that may be removed as part of any wildfire control effort using Federal funds. Permits the Secretary concerned to grant an exception to such limitation for extraordinary circumstances. Allows the Secretary concerned to provide cost-share grants and cooperative agreements to establish Restoration and Value-Added Centers to augment community-based restoration projects on Federal lands. Prescribes that the Centers shall provide technical assistance to small enterprises or micro-enterprises in specified areas. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into partnerships and cooperative agreements with specified groups in creating and maintaining the Centers. Requires the Secretary concerned to provide cost-share grants and/or cooperative agreements equaling 75 percent of each Center's operating costs, not to exceed $1,000,000 annually per Center.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 2002
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) administration of employment and training programs, including welfare-to-work grants; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP); (5) the National Institutes of Health (NIH); (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs, low income home energy assistance, refugee and entrant assistance, payments to States for child care and development block grants, social services block grants, children and families services programs, promoting safe and stable families, and payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (10) the Administration on Aging; (11) the Office of the Secretary, for general departmental management; (12) the Office of Inspector General; (13) the Office for Civil Rights; (14) policy research; (15) medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers, and medical care for dependents and retired personnel; (16) health facilities construction and management funds for CDCP and NIH; and (17) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations. Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) English language acquisition; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) certain special institutions for persons with disabilities; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs; (11) specified higher education programs; (12) Howard University; (13) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (14) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (15) education research, statistics, and assessment; (16) departmental management; (17) the Office for Civil Rights; (18) the Office of the Inspector General; and (19) student aid administration. Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Council on Disability; (9) National Labor Relations Board; (10) National Mediation Board; (11) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (12) Railroad Retirement Board; (13) Social Security Administration; and (14) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act.
France · Senate · 3 August 2002
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from an eligible employee's gross income amounts paid or incurred by the employer of such employee as part of a homeownership assistance program meeting specified criteria. Sets as a maximum exclusion for one eligible employee an amount equal to 10 percent of the maximum principal obligation for a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act with respect to the residence purchased. Limits participation to first-time homebuyers with incomes below specified levels. Prohibits the exclusion for employees buying residences with prices in excess of 90 percent of the maximum principal obligation for a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act with respect to the residence. Reduces the basis in a residence by the amount of the exclusion.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2002
FHA Multifamily Housing Loan Limit Improvement Act - Amends the National Housing Act to increase and index to the Bureau of the Census' annual construction cost index multifamily project mortgage loan limits for: (1) rental housing; (2) cooperative housing; (3) rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing; (4) housing for moderate income and displaced families; (5) housing for the elderly; and (6) condominiums. Increases loan limits in high-cost areas.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative should work to support a fair and expeditious review and assure that no delays occur in resolving current disputes before the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and World Trade Organization (WTO) trade dispute panels involving the imposition of special duties on imported softwood lumber from Canada; (2) U.S. antidumping and countervailing law is a rules-based system that should proceed to conclusion in WTO and NAFTA trade dispute panels; (3) the President should continue discussions with Canada to promote open trade between the two countries on softwood lumber free of trade restraints that harm consumers; and (4) the President should consult with all stakeholders, including consumers, in future discussions regarding such trade.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002
New Homestead Economic Opportunity Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to assume the obligation to repay specified portions of certain federally guaranteed education loans of borrowers who complete a degree and reside and are employed in a qualifying rural county. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a specified tax credit to an individual who purchases a qualified residence in a qualifying rural county. Allows a capital loss deduction with respect to the sale or exchange of a principal residence in certain rural areas. Provides for establishment of tax-exempt individual homestead accounts to which a qualified individual residing in a qualifying rural county may make cash contributions, matched annually to a specified extent by the Secretary of the Treasury, for use exclusively to pay qualified individual homestead expenses. Allows a rural investment tax credit for an applicable percentage of the eligible basis of a qualified rural investment building. Provides for accelerated depreciation for specified rural investment property. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to add a New Homestead Venture Capital Fund Act allowing private investors to establish a non-Federal New Homestead Venture Capital Fund to make needed investments in qualifying rural counties to reverse the impact of chronic outmigration and help such counties rebuild and grow.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002
Urban and Rural Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants and loans for the development of indoor centers for disease prevention and health promotion, specifically, indoor recreational facilities. Makes State and local government agencies and community development public authorities eligible for such grants and loans. Allocates funds according to population. Requires matching funds for grants. Requires compliance with the prevailing wage requirements of Davis-Bacon.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002
Children's Development Commission Act (Kiddie Mac) - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages for: (1) new or rehabilitated child care and development facilities, including mortgage insurance for fire safety equipment loans; and (2) purchase or refinance of existing child care and development facilities. Establishes the Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac) which shall: (1) issue facility standards and compliance certifications; and (2) make loans not in excess of $50,000 for facility rehabilitation or renovation. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study of the availability of child care facility secondary mortgage markets.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative should work to support a fair and expeditious review and assure that no delays occur in resolving current disputes before the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and World Trade Organization (WTO) trade dispute panels involving the imposition of special duties on imported softwood lumber from Canada; (2) U.S. antidumping and countervailing law is a rules-based system that should proceed to conclusion in WTO and NAFTA trade dispute panels; (3) the President should continue discussions with Canada to promote open trade between the two countries on softwood lumber free of trade restraints that harm consumers; and (4) the President should consult with all stakeholders, including consumers, in future discussions regarding such trade.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 for the: (1) Department of Veterans Affairs; (2) Department of Housing and Urban Development; (3) American Battle Monuments Commission; (4) Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (also addresses issues concerning the Board's Inspector General); (5) Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; (6) Interagency Council on the Homeless; (7) Consumer Product Safety Commission; (8) Corporation for National and Community Service, including transfer of funds; (9) U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (10) Department of Defense-Civil; (11) Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; (12) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; (13) Environmental Protection Agency; (14) Hazardous Substance Superfund, including transfers of funds; (15) Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality; (16) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (17) Federal Emergency Management Agency, including transfer of funds; (18) Federal Consumer Information Center Fund; (19) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including transfer of funds; (20) National Credit Union Administration; (21) National Science Foundation; (22) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (23) Selective Service System.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 - Designates specified Federal lands in Nevada as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Releases, and retains from release, certain Nevada lands as wilderness study areas. Transfers from the Secretary to the: (1) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service specified land for inclusion in the Desert National Wildlife Range; and (2) National Park Service specified land for inclusion in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary to manage the land located along the Interstate Route 15 corridor south of the Las Vegas Valley to the border between California and Nevada in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act and provisions of this Act for multiple use purposes. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act - Establishes in Nevada the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area to conserve, protect, and enhance the cultural, archaeological, natural, wilderness, scientific, geological, historical, biological, wildlife, education, and science resources of such Area. Authorizes the Clark County Department of Aviation to convey to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas certain land for the development of a technology research center. Directs the Secretary to convey specified Nevada land to: (1) the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for use as a shooting range; (2) Henderson, Nevada, for use as a campus for Nevada State College; (3) Las Vegas, Nevada, for affordable housing; (4) Henderson for an economic development zone; (5) Clark County, Nevada, for any purpose; and (6) Henderson for conservation, public recreation, regional trails, and flood control facility purposes. Directs the Secretary to relocate a specified right-of-way corridor in Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Community Partners Neighborhood Preservation Act of 2002 - Amends the National Housing Act to provide a 50 percent discount for teachers and public safety officers purchasing eligible asset properties for use as their primary residences. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should consult with other heads of Federal agencies that own or hold properties appropriate for use as housing to determine whether to include such properties in the Community Partners Next Door program and other programs that make housing available for law enforcement officers, teachers, or fire fighters.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) administration of employment and training programs, including welfare-to-work grants; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (5) the National Institutes of Health; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs, low income home energy assistance, refugee and entrant assistance, payments to States for child care and development block grants, social services block grants, children and families services programs, promoting safe and stable families, and payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (10) the Administration on Aging; (11) the Office of the Secretary, for general departmental management; (12) the Office of Inspector General; (13) the Office for Civil Rights; (14) policy research; (15) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (16) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations. Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) English language acquisition; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) certain special institutions for persons with disabilities; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs; (11) specified higher education programs; (12) Howard University; (13) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (14) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (15) education research, statistics, and improvement; (16) departmental management; (17) the Office for Civil Rights; (18) the Office of the Inspector General; and (19) student aid administration. Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Railroad Retirement Board; (14) Social Security Administration; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Directs the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the Poinciana Plaza Housing property, located in the City of Key West, Florida. Authorizes the Secretary to sell such property only to Key West or to the Monroe County Land Authority, Monroe County, Florida, for the purpose of providing low- and moderate-income housing.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Heritage Homes Tax Incentive Act of 2001 (sic) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant a deduction of 125% of residence interest paid or accrued on acquisition indebtedness for heritage homes (instead of the present 100%).
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2002
Free Housing Market Enhancement Act - Prohibits providing Federal funds to the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or any Federal Home Loan bank (Such entities are referred to as government sponsored enterprises, or GSEs.) Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act ( Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (Freddie Mac) to repeal: (1) the State tax exemption; (2) the requirement that the Treasury approve debt issues; (3) Treasury authority to purchase Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac obligations; (4) depositary authority; and (5) the designation of obligations as lawful investments. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to repeal: (1) the State tax exemption; (2) Treasury authority to purchase bank obligations; (3) depositary authority; and (4) the designation of obligations as lawful investments. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit Federal Reserve purchase of GSE debt. Repeals the eligibility of GSE obligations for unlimited investment by national banks, federally chartered thrifts, and credit unions.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence Act of 2002 - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to State and local governments, Indian tribes, and organizations to provide transitional housing and related support services (18-month maximum with a six-month extension) to individuals and dependents: (1) who are homeless as a result of domestic violence; and (2) for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Housing Voucher Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish a thrifty voucher component within the section 8 public housing program to assist public housing authorities (PHAs) increase housing availability for extremely low-income families. Permits PHAs to use unutilized section 8 funds, or reserve funds in cases of no such unutilized funds, to help families find housing. Establishes the Voucher Success Fund to assist certain PHAs with no unutilized funds. Authorizes PHAs to make limited increases in maximum rents. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide PHAs with lists of rental units in their metropolitan areas that were given low-income housing tax credits or were built under the HOME Investments Partnership Act. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate chronically unutilized section 8 vouchers through designated metropolitan administrators. Permits families in project-based section 8 units to participate in specified self-sufficiency programs. Sets forth grant and income exclusion work incentives. Authorizes a welfare-to-work housing voucher program. Authorizes PHAs to: (1) begin rental payments before inspection under specified circumstances; and (2) use technical assistance funds and other means to establish electronic transfer systems for rental payments. .
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Indian Programs Reauthorization and Technical Amendments Act of 2002 - Reauthorizes appropriations for specified programs under the following Acts: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act; (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing); (3) the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (including youth, urban Indians, and substance abuse programs); (4) the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 (including training, education, emergency shelters, and source eradication); (5) the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Detention Act; (6) the Native American Programs Act of 1974; (7) Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (including health scholarships); and (8) the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah). Allows any restricted lands on the reservation of, and held in trust for, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation to be leased by the Indian owners, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, for terms of not to exceed 99 years for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, or certain other purposes. Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning the treatment of land for trust purposes. Amends the Navaho-Hopi Relocation Settlement Act of 1974 to require an impact study. Amends the Ponca Restoration Act to designate Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie County, Iowa, as the Ponca Health and Wellness Clinic Service Unit. Changes the report which identifies which lands are declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Modifies the Pueblo de Cochiti settlement concerning the Cochiti Wetlands Solution. Amends the Chippewa Cree Tribe of The Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999 to extend from three to five years the period during which court approval must be final before the Compact by the United States is declared null and void. Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 concerning the disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2. Prohibits the transfer of specified lands in Riverside County, California, held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, until the Secretary of the Interior renders a final decision on a specified fee-to-trust application. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a water feasibility study for the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Waives repayment of expert assistance loans to the Pueblo of Santo Domingo. Declares that the Trinity River Mainstream Fishery Restoration record of decision, concurred to by the Hoopa Valley Tribe, is legally compliant. Revises the powers of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board concerning trademarks for Indian arts and crafts. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to specify an exemption for tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act concerning its relationship to the Equal Access to Justice Act. Revises the Indian Land Consolidation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 July 2002
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2003 - Appropriates funds for FY 2003 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force and defense-wide; (5) family housing, DOD; (6) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts. Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account. Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Round II EZ/EC Flexibility Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to: (1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for specified urban empowerment zones; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture for specified rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities. Permits: (1) use of such funds for zone or community strategic plan implementation; and (2) use of Federal funds to pay matching fund requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
United States Toxic Mold Safety and Protection Act of 2002 or the Melina Bill - Directs: (1) the Centers for Disease Control, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to jointly study the health effects of indoor mold growth and toxic mold; (2) EPA to promulgate standards for preventing, detecting, and remediating indoor mold growth; and (3) EPA, NIH, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to sponsor related public education programs. Directs: (1) rental property lessors to conduct annual indoor mold inspections; and (2) the Secretary of HUD and the Administrator of EPA to promulgate mold hazard disclosure regulations with respect to housing offered for sale or lease. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish, with respect to indoor mold in public housing, inspection requirements for existing housing and construction standards for new housing; and (2) establish model construction standards and techniques for mold prevention in new buildings. Establishes an indoor/toxic mold inspection requirement with respect to federally made or insured mortgages. Amends the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 to provide for industry standards development with respect to building products that are designed to retard mold development. Directs the Administrator of EPA to make grants to States and local governments for mold growth remediation efforts in buildings owned or leased by such governments, including schools and multifamily dwellings. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an annual tax credit for 60 percent of non-reimbursed mold inspection and remediation expenses ($50,000 annual maximum) paid or incurred by a taxpayer. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) establish and carry out a toxic mold insurance program, with priority for one-to-four-family residential properties; and (2) establish in the Treasury a National Toxic Mold Hazard Insurance Fund. Authorizes the Director to assist qualifying insurers to form a federally-assisted toxic mold hazard insurance pool. Provides for Federal operation of such program under specified circumstances. Authorizes State waiver of income, resource, and other Medicaid requirements for an individual whose health has been adversely affected by toxic mold exposure, and who lacks adequate medical insurance coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Renewing the Dream Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a community homeownership tax credit based upon an applicable percentage of each qualified residence's eligible basis. Makes such credit available to residences located: (1) in a census tract with a median gross income not exceeding 80 percent of the greater area or statewide median gross income; (2) in a rural area; (3) on an Indian reservation; or (4) in an area of chronic economic distress. Prohibits a buyer's income from exceeding 80 percent (70 percent for families of less than three) of the area gross median income and requires owner occupancy. Specifies that the aggregate homeownership credit dollar amount which a homeownership credit agency (an "agency") may disburse is the portion of the "State homeownership credit ceiling" (the "ceiling") allocated to such agency. Allows "unused homeownership credit carryovers" to be allocated among qualified States. Sets aside at up to 90 percent least ten percent of a State's ceiling for certain housing projects in which a qualified nonprofit organization owns an interest and materially participates in the given project's development and operation throughout the credit period. Requires allocation of credit to residences to be in accordance with a "qualified allocation plan" of the agency issuing credit. Lists certain specified criteria such a plan must include and specifies that the plan must be approved by the governmental unit of which such agency is a part.
France · Senate · 26 June 2002
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 5011 (FY 2003 Department of Defense military construction appropriations). Lays H. Res. 421 on the table.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2002
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2003 - Appropriates funds for FY 2003 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; and (6) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts. Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account. Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies in the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. Prohibits any entity from expending funds appropriated by this Act unless such entity agrees to comply with the Buy American Act. Rescinds a specified amount of funds provided in previous military construction appropriations Acts to reflect savings from favorable foreign currency fluctuations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2002
Opportunity Passport Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to assist partnerships of public agencies or private nonprofit organizations in developing and implementing methods of providing financial security for youth in foster care and for youth aging out of foster care, including: (1) electronic opportunity passports, such as electronic cards or secure Internet databases containing vital information about medical records, legal identification, and school transcripts; (2) individual development accounts for educational, housing, medical, business, or automobile expenses; (3) debit accounts for short-term use to build credit histories and purchase essential items; and (4) youth leadership boards providing assistance to enable such youth to negotiate agreements, obtain expedited access to education and training programs, obtain pre-approval for student loans or other student financial assistance, and become entrepreneurs.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2002
Declares that the Senate: (1) supports the goals of National Night Out (an event during which participants are urged to light up their homes and neighborhoods between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on August 6, 2002, to highlight the importance of community participation in crime prevention efforts); (2) recognizes that the fight against neighborhood crime and terrorism requires individuals, neighborhood crime watch organizations, schools, and community policing groups and other law enforcement officials to work together; (3) encourages neighborhood residents, crime watch organizations, and schools to participate in National Night Out activities; and (4) requests the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to participate and to make neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime important priorities of the Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that there should be established a National Community Health Center Week for the week beginning on August 18, 2002, to raise awareness of health services provided by community, migrant, public housing, and homeless health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2002
See summary of: H.Con.Res. 179
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2002
Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Protection and Enhancement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept an offer from the Howard Hughes Corporation to convey to the United States certain high-ground lands at the eastern edge of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in exchange for certain Federal lands in Nevada. Designates specified Federal lands in Nevada as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Releases, and retains from release, certain Nevada lands as wilderness study areas. Transfers from the Secretary to the: (1) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service specified land for inclusion in the Desert National Wildlife Range; and (2) National Park Service specified land for inclusion in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary to manage the land located along the Interstate Route 15 corridor south of the Las Vegas Valley to the border between California and Nevada in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act and provisions of this Act for multiple use purposes. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act - Establishes in Nevada the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area to conserve, protect, and enhance the cultural, archaeological, natural, wilderness, scientific, geological, historical, biological, wildlife, education, and science resources of such Area. Authorizes the Clark County Department of Aviation to convey to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas certain land for the development of a technology research center. Directs the Secretary to convey specified Nevada land to: (1) the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for use as a shooting range; (2) Henderson, Nevada, for use as a campus for Nevada State College; (3) Las Vegas, Nevada, for affordable housing; (4) Henderson for an economic development zone; (5) Clark County, Nevada, for any purpose; and (6) Henderson for conservation, public recreation, regional trails, and flood control facility purposes. Directs the Secretary to relocate a specified right-of-way corridor in Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada.
United States · United States Senate · 7 June 2002
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2002
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Night Out (an event intended to demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of community participation in crime prevention efforts by having people spend the period from 7 to 10 o'clock p.m. on August 6, 2002, with their neighbors in front of their homes with their lights on). Requests that the President: (1) issue a proclamation calling for appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs; (2) focus appropriate attention on neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime by delivering speeches, convening meetings, and directing the administration to make crime reduction an important priority; and (3) coordinate the efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the USA Freedom Corps, the Citizen Corps, the National Senior Service Corps, and AmeriCorps to participate by supporting local efforts, neighborhood watches, and local officials, including law enforcement personnel, to provide homeland security and combat terrorism in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002
Living Equitably: Grandparents Aiding Children and Youth Act of 2002 (Legacy Act of 2002) - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out: (1) a five-year pilot program in connection with the supportive housing program to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations for expanding the supply of intergenerational dwelling units for intergenerational families (families headed by an elderly person); and (2) a five-year demonstration program for section 8 rental assistance to families headed by a grandparent or relative who is raising a child. Makes grandparent-headed and relative-headed families eligible for: (1) family unification assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) Home program ECHO units under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and (3) fair housing initiatives education, counseling, and outreach under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to provide Department of Housing and Urban Development personnel with related training. Directs the Secretary and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to conduct a joint study of such families' housing needs.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002
American Dream Downpayment Act - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to participating jurisdictions for downpayment assistance to low-income, first-time home buyers. Amends the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations for the self-help housing homeownership program. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend, and authorize appropriations for, the HOPE VI program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 2002
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as of October 2, 2002, to give a higher priority in the provision of hospital care and medical services under the veterans' patient enrollment system to veterans who are eligible for treatment as a low-income family under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the area in which the veterans reside, regardless of whether such veterans are otherwise treated as single person families or families under such Act.
United States · United States Senate · 23 May 2002
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 2002
Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2002 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include the Commissioner of Social Security as a member of the Interagency Council on the Homeless. States that the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy within the Executive Office of the President shall oversee Council functioning. Provides for the establishment of community homeless assistance planning boards. Revises the emergency shelter grants program. Replaces the supportive housing program with a community homeless assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002
2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (3) the Department of Commerce and related agencies; (4) the Judiciary; (5) the Department of State and related agency; (6) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (7) the Department of Defense for military personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, and research, development, test and evaluation; (8) the District of Columbia; (9) the Department of Defense (civil); (10) the Department of Energy (atomic energy defense activities); (11) bilateral economic assistance, including the U.S. Agency for International Development and military assistance; (12) multilateral economic assistance, including international financial institutions; (13) the Department of the Interior; (14) the Smithsonian Institution; (15) the Department of Labor; (16) the Department of Health and Human Services; (17) the Department of Education; (18) the Legislative Branch; (19) the Department of Transportation, including the Coast Guard; (20) the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service and payments to the Postal Service Fund; (21) the Executive Office of the President; (22) the General Services Administration; (23) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (24) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (25) the Environmental Protection Agency; (26) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and (27) the National Science Foundation. Rescinds specified funds appropriated in previous Acts. Requires the transfer of specified funds for specified purposes. Limits the availability of certain supplemental appropriations to the extent they are designated as emergency requirements as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, for purposes of determining low-income housing assistance eligibility based upon median income or income ceilings, to consider Los Alamos County, New Mexico, as: (1) an area separate from the Santa Fe metropolitan statistical area; (2) part of such area with respect to such determinations for those parts of the Santa Fe metropolitan area that does not include Los Alamos County; and (3) a difficult development area for purposes of the low-income housing credit.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 2002
Elderly Housing Quality Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to authorize appropriations for capital repair grants under the supportive housing for the elderly program. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies to convert public housing units primarily occupied by elderly persons to assisted living or other supportive services facilities in order to enhance such persons' ability to maintain independent living; and (2) such grants to provide for service coordinators. Authorizes appropriations for elderly housing service coordinators and congregate services under specified federally-assisted and public housing programs. Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot program (up to five housing projects) to determine the effectiveness of providing assistance under the supportive housing for the elderly program for projects that are used for both supportive housing for the elderly and for other types of housing, including market rate housing.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 2002
2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Food and Drug Administration; (3) the Department of Justice; (4) the Department of Commerce and related agencies; (5) the Judiciary; (6) the Department of State and related agency; (7) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (8) the Department of Defense; (9) the District of Columbia; (10) the Department of Defense (civil); (11) the Department of Energy; (12) bilateral economic assistance (including the Agency for International Development); (13) military assistance; (14) multilateral economic assistance; (15) the Department of the Interior and the Smithsonian Institution; (16) the Department of Labor; (17) the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health; (18) the Department of Education; (19) the Legislative Branch; (20) the Department of Defense (military construction); (21) the Department of Transportation; (22) Department of the Treasury; (23) the Postal Service Fund; (24) Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President; (25) Federal Election Commission; (26) the General Services Administration; (27) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (28) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (29) the Department of Health and Human Services; (30) the Environmental Protection Agency; and (31) the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Makes specified budget rescissions. Limits the availability of certain supplemental appropriations to the extent they are designated as emergency requirements as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and transmitted by the President to Congress and/or are designated as such by Congress. American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 - Prohibits U.S. cooperation with the International Criminal Court, including a prohibition on transferring classified national security and law enforcement information. Restricts participation in certain United Nations peacekeeping operations and prohibits military assistance to parties to the International Criminal Court. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction and prohibition, as specified. Authorizes the President to use all means necessary to bring about the release of covered U.S. persons and covered allied persons held captive by, on behalf, or at the request of the Court. Urges an evaluation of U.S. military alliances to determine the degree of risk faced by members of the U.S. armed forces if placed under the command or operational control of foreign military officers subject to the jurisdiction of the Court. Authorizes the withholding and redirection of U.S. assessments to the United Nations or other international organizations as specified. Sets forth the relationship between the President's exercise of his constitutional authority as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, this Act, and actions taken with respect to a specific matters involving the Court, including congressional notification requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 2002
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2003. Authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) procurement, including for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) the payment of assignment incentive pay; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) active and reserve military personnel policy; (2) military education and training; (3) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (4) a national call to service program; (5) retirement and survivor benefits; (6) military health care; (7) acquisition policy and management, including major defense acquisition programs; (8) general contracting procedures and limitations; (9) DOD organization and management; (10) homeland defense activities; (11) DOD civilian personnel policy; (12) matters relating to other nations, including cooperative threat reduction programs; (13) military construction, military family housing, and military land conveyances, including the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; (14) the disposition of weapons-usable plutonium; and (15) authorizations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.