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101 records in 2002
Austria · National Council · 19 September 2002
Schriftliche Anfrage an den Präsidenten des Nationalrates der Abgeordneten Theresia Haidlmayr, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Umsetzung der Verfassungsbestimmung zur Gleichstellung von behinderten Menschen
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002
Recognizes and celebrates the origin and purposes of Constitution Week.
France · Senate · 18 September 2002
France · Senate · 17 September 2002
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 2002
Amends the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 to require a cooperative agreement entered into by the Secretary of the Interior with the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to: (1) authorize the Center to operate the Center, provide to visitors activities and services, and enter into arrangements with specified entities to carry out activities at the Center; (2) provide for revenues from facilities and services to be used to offset expenses for operating the Center; and (3) authorize the Center to occupy its site and necessary structures for a term not to exceed 99 years in accordance with such agreement.
Austria · National Council · 22 August 2002
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz und das Rechts-Überleitungsgesetz geändert, ein Bundesgesetz über das Bundesgesetzblatt 2003 erlassen, das Verlautbarungsgesetz 1985 und das Verfassungsgerichtshofgesetz 1953 geändert und einige Bundesverfassungsgesetze, Bundesgesetze und in Bundesgesetzen enthaltene Verfassungsbestimmungen aufgehoben werden (Kundmachungsreformgesetz 2003)
Austria · National Council · 20 August 2002
Bundesverfassungsgesetz über Änderungen des Verlaufes der Staatsgrenze zwischen der Republik Österreich und der Republik Ungarn in den Unterabschnitten C II und C IV (regulierte Pinka und regulierte Strem)
France · Senate · 20 August 2002
Austria · National Council · 19 August 2002
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz betreffend die Anschaffung von Kampfflugzeugen
Austria · National Council · 19 August 2002
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz betreffend die Anschaffung von Kampfflugzeugen
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2002
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the first article of amendment to the U.S. Constitution shall not be construed to prohibit the: (1) recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, which shall be, "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all;" nor (2) recitation or use of the national motto, which shall be, "In God we trust."
France · Senate · 30 July 2002
France · Senate · 30 July 2002
France · Senate · 30 July 2002
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States and the United Nations (UN) Security Council should insist on a complete program of inspection and monitoring to prevent the development of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; (2) Iraq should allow the UN weapons inspectors "immediate, unconditional, and unrestricted access to any and all areas, facilities, equipment, records and means of transportation which they wish to inspect" as required by UN Security Council Resolutions 707 and 1284; and (3) the United States should not use force against Iraq without specific statutory authorization or a declaration of war (except for any use of force in compliance with the existing Rules of Engagement used by coalition forces to exercise the right of self-defense or under the National Security Act of 1947).
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002
Commends Bosnia and Herzegovina for its progress during the past decade on implementing the Dayton Peace Agreement and the Constituent Peoples' Decision of its Constitutional Court. Calls for further strengthening of respect for human rights, the rule of law, and its free market economy. Urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to make all national institutions and state-level governmental bodies mandated by the Dayton Agreement fully operational. Expresses support for: (1) Bosnia and Herzegovina's aspiration to become a member of the Partnership for Peace; and (2) creating a joint military command as soon as possible. Urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to accelerate the return of refugees and displaced persons and to intensify its cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague, in particular with regard to surrendering to the Court individuals indicted for war crimes. Reaffirms the importance for Bosnia and Herzegovina's future of participation in the European integration process and welcomes the improvement in mutual cooperation among the successor states of the former Yugoslavia and the strengthening of cooperation within the region. Recognizes the important role of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian-American community in improving bilateral relations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the first article of amendment to the U.S. Constitution shall not be construed to prohibit the: (1) recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, which shall be, "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all;" nor (2) recitation or use of the national motto, which shall be, "In God we trust."
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
National Constitution Center Commemorative Coin Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one-dollar silver coins in commemoration of the opening of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, scheduled for July 4, 2003.
France · Senate · 17 July 2002
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2002
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that neither the U.S. Constitution nor any State constitution shall be construed to protect child pornography (defined as visual depictions by any technological means of minor persons, whether actual or virtual, engaged in explicit sexual activity).
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 12 July 2002
Reactie op een brief van het Presidium inzake de reikwijdte van artikel 68 Grondwet
Austria · National Council · 11 July 2002
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Austria · National Council · 10 July 2002
Austria · National Council · 9 July 2002
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2002
Pledge Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal judicial code to deny jurisdiction to any court established by Act of Congress to hear or determine any claim that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance violates the first amendment of the Constitution.
Austria · National Council · 4 July 2002
Bericht des Besonderen Ausschusses zur Vorberatung des Volksbegehrens (1065 d.B.) "Veto gegen Temelin"
Austria · National Council · 3 July 2002
Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1116 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Gaswirtschaftsgesetz, die Gewerbeordnung 1994 und das Bundesgesetz über die Aufgaben der Regulierungsbehörden im Elektrizitätsbereich und die Errichtung der Elektrizitäts-Control GmbH und der Elektrizitäts-Control Kommission geändert werden (GWG - Novelle 2002) <br><br>und <br><br>über den Antrag 524/A(E) der Abgeordneten Georg Oberhaidinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die Förderung erneuerbarer Energie im liberalisierten Markt <br><br>sowie <br><br>über den Antrag 525/A(E) der Abgeordneten Georg Oberhaidinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die Erstellung eines neuen Energieberichts
Austria · National Council · 3 July 2002
Bericht und Antrag des Wirtschaftsausschusses betreffend den Entwurf eines Bundesgesetzes, mit dem Neuregelungen auf dem Gebiet der Elektrizitätserzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energieträgern und auf dem Gebiet der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung erlassen werden (Ökostromgesetz) sowie das Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und -organisationsgesetz (ElWOG) und das Energieförderungsgesetz 1979 (EnFG) geändert werden
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2002- Extends Federal recognition to: (1) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia; (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern Division of Virginia; (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe of Virginia; (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., of Virginia; (5) the Monacan Tribe of Virginia; and (6) the Nansemond Tribe of Virginia. Sets forth the service areas of the various Tribes and requirements for the Tribes with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon certain land transfers, to take specified lands into trust for the various Tribes' benefit.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that it is not an establishment of religion for teachers in a public school to recite, or to lead willing students in the recitation of, the following pledge: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2002
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the first amendment to the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Austria · National Council · 26 June 2002
Bericht des Verkehrsausschusses über den Antrag 544/A der Abgeordneten Mag. Reinhard Firlinger, Mag. Helmut Kukacka, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Straßenverkehrsordnung 1960 geändert wird <br><br>und <br><br>über den Antrag 509/A(E) der Abgeordneten Kurt Eder, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend zusätzlicher Maßnahmen im Kampf gegen Alkohol am Steuer
Austria · National Council · 26 June 2002
Bericht des Justizausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1168 d.B.): Bundesgesetz über die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2002
Act to amend the Constitution
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that a reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance or on U.S. currency shall not be construed as affecting the establishment of religion under the first article of the Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the first article of amendment to the U.S. Constitution shall not be construed to prohibit the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2002
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, including the phrase `One Nation Under God', is constitutional under the First Amendment to the Constitution; and (2) the Supreme Court, accordingly, should uphold the constitutionality of such practices.
Austria · National Council · 25 June 2002
Bericht des Ausschusses für Arbeit und Soziales über die Regierungsvorlage (1142 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundessozialamtsgesetz und ein Bundesberufungskommissionsgesetz erlassen sowie das Kriegsopferversorgungsgesetz 1957, das Heeresversorgungsgesetz, das Impfschadengesetz, das Verbrechensopfergesetz, das Behinderteneinstellungsgesetz, das Bundesbehindertengesetz und das Bundespflegegeldgesetz geändert werden (Bundessozialämterreformgesetz - BSRG)
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2002
25 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Taoiseach the action he and his Department have taken, or will take, to implement the recommendations of the all-party committee on the Constitution, specifically in relation to representation in the Oireachtas of citizens in the Six Counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14771/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2002
23 Mr. Kenny asked the Taoiseach the position in respect of the implementation of the recommendations of the all-party committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13145/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2002
21 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach his proposals for further amendments to the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13120/02]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2002
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 2002
Expresses concern about the efforts by Kazakhstan's President Nazarbaev to remain in power indefinitely and his willingness to manipulate constitutions, elections, and legislative and judicial systems to do so. Urges: (1) the President of the United States and other U.S. officials to make a stronger effort to raise with President Nazarbaev concern about serious human rights violations; and (2) President Nazarbaev to bring Kazakhstan into compliance with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe commitments on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law by ensuring free and fair elections and allowing all citizens to participate equally in the political process, without intimidation or fear of reprisal. Calls on the Government of Kazakstan to make possible the return of exiled political leaders, most notably former Prime Minister Kazhegelden, as well as other activists and journalists. Expresses support for independent organizations which are qualified to review the Constitution of Kazakhstan and recommend amendments which would protect human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Calls on President Nazarbaev to establish conditions for independent and opposition media to function without constraint, limitation, or fear of harassment. Urges the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, to expand broadcasting into Kazakhstan.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2002
Commends the Republic of Croatia for its progress during the past decade and encourages its democratic orientation and further strengthening of respect for human rights, the rule of law, and the free market. Expresses support for Croatia's aspirations to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), welcomes and acknowledges the importance of its commitment to the reforms required for NATO membership, and congratulates it on its acceptance into the Membership Action Plan at the NATO Ministerial in Reykjavik, Iceland. Encourages Croatia's continued contributions in bringing peace, stability, and prosperity to South Central Europe and its cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Recognizes the important role of the Croatian-American community in supporting the strengthening of bilateral relations between the United States and Croatia.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 2002
Access for Afghan Women Act - Directs the United States to undertake a variety of measures to guard and enhance the quality of life of Afghan women, including: (1) incorporating the perspectives and advice of Afghan women's organizations and leaders in U.S. policymaking related to the governance of Afghanistan; (2) promoting the inclusion of a significant number of women in the Loya Jirga and future legislative bodies to ensure that women's human rights are included in any constitution for Afghanistan; (3) ensuring a significant portion of U.S. assistance is channeled to local and U.S.-based Afghan organizations, particularly Afghan women's organizations, and to high-quality comprehensive health care programs and education and training programs in Afghanistan; (4) training on the protection, rights, and the particular needs of women with respect to training for military and police forces in Afghanistan; and (5) ensuring that women refugees and those internally displaced in camps, urban areas, and villages are receiving food aid, health and medical services, and are free from sexual exploitation.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2002
See summary of: H.J.Res. 41