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Record· Regierungserklärung15/175open

Regierungserklärung des Bundeskanzlers zur Ratifizierung der europäischen Verfassung - Für ein starkes und soziales Europa (G-SIG: 15001519)

Germany · German Bundestag · 1 January 2002

Erinnerung und Gedenken an den 60. Jahrestag des Endes des Zweiten Weltkrieges, Teilnahme des Bundeskanzlers an den Feierlichkeiten in Moskau, Ratifikation des EU-Verfassungsvertrages, Zuständigkeitsregelung, Entscheidungsmodus der doppelten Mehrheit, historischer Rückblick auf die Entwicklung in Europa vom Kriegsende bis zum Maastrichter Vertrag, Zusammenwirken des deutschen Bundeskanzlers mit dem französischen Staatspräsidenten, Europa als Wertegemeinschaft, Vertiefung der Europäischen Union, Garantie eines Lebens in Freiheit und Würde

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 30 (107th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the appointment of individuals to serve as Members of the House of Representatives in the event a significant number of Members are unable to serve at any time because of death or incapacity.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2001

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that if at any time 50 percent or more of the Members of the House of Representatives are unable to carry out their duties because of death or incapacity, each Governor of a State represented by such a Member shall appoint a qualified individual to take the Member's place as soon as practicable, but no later than seven days, after certification of the Member's death or incapacity. Requires an individual appointed to take the place of the Member to: (1) be a Member of the same political party as the Member who is being replaced; and (2) serve until a Member is elected to fill the vacancy by a special election to be held at any time during the 90-day period which begins on the date of the individual's appointment, in accordance with the applicable election laws of the State involved. Declares, however, that if a regularly scheduled general election for the office will be held during such period or 30 days thereafter, no special election shall be held and the Member elected in such regularly scheduled general election shall fill the vacancy upon election. Allows such appointed individual to be a candidate in such a special election or in such a regularly scheduled general election.

Record· Schriftliche Anfrage - BR1892/J-BR/2001schriftliche anfrage - br

Beeinspruchung von Landesgesetzen nach Art.98 B-VG

Austria · Federal Council · 6 December 2001

Anfrage der Bundesräte Jürgen Weiss, Christoph Hagen, Ilse Giesinger und Genossen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Beeinspruchung von Landesgesetzen nach Art.98 B-VG <i>(Aufhebung des Art. 98 B-VG)</i>

Question· oralPQ 52asked

52 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he has completed consideration of whether a referendum commission will be established for the forthcoming referendum regarding the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Bill, 2001; if an alternative method of providing financial assistance to promote the different sides in the campaign is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31110/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2001

52 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he has completed consideration of whether a referendum commission will be established for the forthcoming referendum regarding the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Bill, 2001; if an alternative method of providing financial assistance to promote the different sides in the campaign is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31110/01]

Question· oralPQ 7asked

52 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he has completed consideration of whether a referendum commission will be established for the forthcoming referendum regarding the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Bill, 2001; if an alternative method of providing financial assistance to promote the different sides in the campaign is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31110/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2001

52 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he has completed consideration of whether a referendum commission will be established for the forthcoming referendum regarding the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution (Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy) Bill, 2001; if an alternative method of providing financial assistance to promote the different sides in the campaign is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31110/01]

Question· oralPQ 6asked

6 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will comment on the reforms recommended by the Oireachtas All-Party Committee on the Constitution regarding the operation of the referendum commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30008/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2001

6 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will comment on the reforms recommended by the Oireachtas All-Party Committee on the Constitution regarding the operation of the referendum commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30008/01]

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 77 (107th)referred

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the appointment of individuals to serve as Members of the House of Representatives when, in a national emergency, a significant number of Members are unable to serve.

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2001

Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes Congress by law to provide for the appointment of temporary members of the House of Representatives to serve during any period in which 30 percent of more of the seats of the House are vacant due to death or resignation. Allows a temporary appointed member to serve until a member is elected to fill the vacancy in accordance with the applicable laws regarding special elections in the State involved.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 86 (107th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that women from all ethnic groups in Afghanistan should participate in the economic and political reconstruction of Afghanistan.

United States · United States Congress · 28 November 2001

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a portion of the humanitarian assistance provided to Afghanistan should be targeted to Afghan women; (2) Afghan women from all ethnic groups should be permitted to participate in the economic and political reconstruction of Afghanistan; and (3) any constitution or legal structure of a reconstructed Afghanistan should guarantee the human and political rights of Afghan women.

Bill· Selbständiger Antrag544/Aselbständiger antrag

Straßenverkehrsordnung, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 21 November 2001

Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Reinhard Firlinger, Mag. Helmut Kukacka, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem die Straßenverkehrsordnung 1960 geändert wird

Question· oralPQ 31asked

31 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach the recommendations of the all-party review committee on the Constitution which have been implemented; the recommendations which the Government has decided not to implement; and the recommendations which the Government is still considering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26414/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2001

31 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach the recommendations of the all-party review committee on the Constitution which have been implemented; the recommendations which the Government has decided not to implement; and the recommendations which the Government is still considering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26414/01]

Question· oralPQ 30asked

30 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement in respect of each of the individual recommendations of the all-party review committee on the Constitution; if the Government is broadly in favour of the recommendation or otherwise; if otherwise, the reasons therefor; if there are technical difficulties with the recommendation; if so, if he will identify these difficulties; the Government Departments to which the recommendation has been referred for further study and action; the study and action that has occurred so far; and his general approach regarding the taking of constitutional amendments arising from the report concerning the procedure to be adopted for putting them before people, either in composite form or individually. [24157/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2001

30 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement in respect of each of the individual recommendations of the all-party review committee on the Constitution; if the Government is broadly in favour of the recommendation or otherwise; if otherwise, the reasons therefor; if there are technical difficulties with the recommendation; if so, if he will identify these difficulties; the Government Departments to which the recommendation has been referred for further study and action; the study and action that has occurred so far; and his general approach regarding the taking of constitutional amendments arising from the report concerning the procedure to be adopted for putting them before people, either in composite form or individually. [24157/01]

Bill· HRH.R. 3342 (107th)referred

Access for Afghan Women Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2001

Access for Afghan Women Act of 2001 - Directs the United States to undertake a variety of measures to guard and enhance the quality of life of Afghan and other Central Asian women, including the following: (1) incorporating the perspectives of women's and human rights organizations in matters related to peace and the future governance of Afghanistan; (2) including significant numbers of women in drafting a new constitution for Afghanistan; (3) providing funding for education for all Afghans; (4) increasing Central Asian women's access to and ownership of productive assets and property; (5) providing funding for women-centered economic development programs in Central Asia; (6) assuring the safety and health of female Central Asian refugees; and (7) including women in peacekeeping and peace building measures in Central Asia. Defines Central Asia as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Report· Ausschussbericht875 d.B.ausschussbericht

Österreich und Deutschland über den Verlauf der gemeinsamen Staatsgrenze

Austria · National Council · 13 November 2001

Bericht des Außenpolitischen Ausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (741 d.B.): Vertrag zwischen der Republik Österreich und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland über den Verlauf der gemeinsamen Staatsgrenze im Grenzabschnitt "Salzach" und in den Sektionen I und II des Grenzabschnitts "Scheibelberg-Bodensee" sowie in Teilen des Grenzabschnitts "Innwinkel" samt Anlagen

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 268 (107th)referred

Expressing the sense of Congress that women from all ethnic groups in Afghanistan should participate in the economic and political reconstruction of Afghanistan.

United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2001

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a portion of the humanitarian assistance provided to Afghanistan should be targeted to Afghan women; (2) Afghan women from all ethnic groups should be permitted to participate in the economic and political reconstruction of Afghanistan; and (3) any constitution or legal structure of a reconstructed Afghanistan should guarantee the human and political rights of Afghan women.

Report· Ausschussbericht848 d.B.ausschussbericht

Erdöl-Bevorratungs- und Meldegesetz 1982

Austria · National Council · 7 November 2001

Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (815 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Erdöl-Bevorratungs- und Meldegesetz 1982 geändert wird

Report· Ausschussbericht846 d.B.ausschussbericht

Versorgungssicherungsgesetz 1992

Austria · National Council · 7 November 2001

Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (739 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Versorgungssicherungsgesetz 1992 geändert wird

Report· Ausschussbericht847 d.B.ausschussbericht

Energielenkungsgesetz 1982

Austria · National Council · 7 November 2001

Bericht des Wirtschaftsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (816 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Energielenkungsgesetz 1982 geändert wird

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 72 (107th)referred

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

United States · United States Congress · 6 November 2001

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that all U.S. citizens who are eighteen years of age or older shall have the right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides. Requires each State to: (1) administer public elections in the State in accordance with election performance standards established by the Congress; and (2) provide any eligible voter the opportunity to register and vote on the day of any public election. Requires each State and the District of Columbia to establish and abide by rules for appointing its respective number of Electors.

Bill· SS. 1611 (107th)open

Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 2001

Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends Federal patent law to prohibit the award of remedies in civil actions brought for infringement of a patent issued on or after January 1, 2002, if a State or State instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or beneficial owner of such patent, except upon proof that by the date the infringement commenced (or January 1, 2004, whichever is later) the State has waived its immunity from suit in Federal court for any infringement of intellectual property protected under Federal law. Exempts patents from such limitation if it would materially and adversely affect a legitimate contract-based expectation in existence before January 1, 2002, or the party seeking remedies was a bona fide purchaser for value of the patent, and, at the time of the purchase, did not know and was reasonably without cause to believe that a State or State instrumentality was once the legal or beneficial owner of the patent. Amends Federal copyright law and the Trademark Act of 1946 to apply the same condition of State waiver of immunity to suit under Federal law to the award of remedies in any civil action brought under such laws where a State or State instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or beneficial owner of the copyright or trademark involved. Provides that in actions against an officer or employee of a State or its instrumentality for violations of provisions of Federal copyright or patent laws, the U.S. Code, the Trademark Act of 1946, or the Plant Variety Protection Act, remedies shall be available against such individual in the same manner and to the same extent as they available in an action against a private individual under like circumstances. Imposes liability on States for violations of the fifth or fourteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution (takings or due process violations) involving intellectual property under such Federal laws.

Bill· HRH.R. 3204 (107th)referred

Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 1 November 2001

Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2001 - Amends Federal patent law to prohibit the award of remedies in civil actions brought for infringement of a patent issued on or after January 1, 2002, if a State or State instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or beneficial owner of such patent, except upon proof that by the date the infringement commenced (or January 1, 2004, whichever is later) the State has waived its immunity from suit in Federal court for any infringement of intellectual property protected under Federal law. Exempts patents from such limitation if it would materially and adversely affect a legitimate contract-based expectation in existence before January 1, 2002, or the party seeking remedies was a bona fide purchaser for value of the patent, and, at the time of the purchase, did not know and was reasonably without cause to believe that a State or State instrumentality was once the legal or beneficial owner of the patent. Amends Federal copyright law and the Trademark Act of 1946 to apply the same condition of State waiver of immunity to suit under Federal law to the award of remedies in any civil action brought under such laws where a State or State instrumentality is or was at any time the legal or beneficial owner of the copyright or trademark involved. Provides that in actions against an officer or employee of a State or its instrumentality for violations of provisions of Federal copyright or patent laws, the U.S. Code, the Trademark Act of 1946, or the Plant Variety Protection Act, remedies shall be available against such individual in the same manner and to the same extent as they available in an action against a private individual under like circumstances. Imposes liability on States for violations of the fifth or fourteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution (takings or due process violations) involving intellectual property under such Federal laws.

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage3000/Jschriftliche anfrage

Verfassungwidrigkeiten in der Geschäftsordnung und Geschäftseinteilung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung

Austria · National Council · 24 October 2001

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Heinz Gradwohl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend Verfassungwidrigkeiten in der Geschäftsordnung und Geschäftseinteilung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung <i>(Widerspruch zum Bundesverfassungsgesetz betreffend die</i> <i>Grundsätze für die Einrichtung und Geschäftsführung der</i> <i>Ämter der Landesregierungen außer Wien, BGBl. Nr. 289/1925)</i>

Law· HRH.R. 3162 (107th)enacted

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2001

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 - Establishes a counterterrorism fund. Condemns discrimination against Arab and Muslim Americans. Increases funding for the technical support center at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Authorizes the Attorney General to request military assistance to enforce laws related to any weapon of mass destruction. Requires the Director of the U.S. Secret Service to develop a national electronic crime task force. Grants the President authority to confiscate any property of any foreign person, country, or organization involved with an attack on or armed hostilities with the United States. Amends Federal criminal law to provide for authority to intercept wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to computer fraud and abuse offenses. Permits disclosure to specified Federal personnel of Federal grand jury matters pertaining to intelligence or counterintelligence. Allows sharing of electronic, wire, and oral interception information by Federal law enforcement and other specified Federal officials. Permits the similar sharing of foreign intelligence information. Requires the FBI Director to expedite the hiring of translators to support counterterrorism investigations and operations. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 with respect to roving surveillance authority and duration of surveillance of non-U.S. persons who are agents of a foreign power. Permits the seizure of voice mail messages pursuant to search warrants. Allows subpoenas for records of electronic communications to include temporarily assigned network addresses. Permits electronic communication and remote computing service providers to make emergency disclosures to a governmental entity of customer electronic communications to protect life and limb. Authorizes Federal district courts to allow a delay of required notices of the execution of a warrant if immediate notice may have an adverse result. Prohibits use of a pen register or trap and trace devices in any investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities that is conducted solely on the basis of activities protected by the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (or designee) to apply for an court order requiring production of certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations. Amends Federal criminal law to: (1) require a trap and trace device to restrict recording or decoding so as not to include the contents of a wire or electronic communication; (2) apply a court order for a pen register or trap and trace devices to any person or entity providing wire or electronic communication service in the United States whose assistance may facilitate execution of the order; (3) allow a trap and trace device to identify the source (but not the contents) of a wire or electronic communication; and (4) provide for nationwide service of search warrants for electronic evidence. Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to extend trade sanctions to the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for administrative discipline of Federal officers or employees who violate prohibitions against unauthorized disclosures of information gathered under this Act. Provides for civil actions against the United States for damages by any person aggrieved by such violations. Terminates specified provisions of this Act on December 31, 2005. International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 - Sunsets this Act after the first day of FY2005 if Congress enacts specified legislation to that effect. Prescribes special measures for jurisdictions, financial institutions, or international transactions of primary money laundering concern, including a proscription against United States correspondent accounts with foreign shell banks. Establishes Federal jurisdiction over foreign money launderers, money that is laundered through a foreign bank, and foreign and domestic bank records related to anti-money laundering programs. Provides for forfeiture of money laundering funds in U.S. interbank accounts. Authorizes Federal application for restraining orders to preserve the availability of property subject to a foreign forfeiture or confiscation judgment. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations to ensure that concentration accounts of financial institutions are not used to prevent association of the identity of an individual customer with the movement of funds of which the customer is the direct or beneficial owner. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations prescribing minimum standards for financial institutions regarding customer identity in connection with the opening of accounts. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require consideration of the effectiveness of a company or companies in combating money laundering during reviews of proposed bank shares acquisitions or mergers. Urges U.S. negotiations for international cooperation in investigations of money laundering, financial crimes, and the finances of terrorist groups. Establishes civil liability immunity for disclosures by a financial institution that reports suspicious activities. Mandates that financial institutions institute anti-money laundering programs. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize the inclusion of suspicions of illegal activity in written employment references . Mandates that securities brokers and dealers report suspicious financial transactions. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to share monetary instruments transactions records with any U.S. intelligence agency upon request. Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to furnish all information in a consumer's file to a government agency authorized to conduct investigations of or intelligence activities related to international terrorism. Places within the ambit of mandatory records and reports on monetary instruments transactions any person who engages as a business in the transmission of funds, including through an informal value transfer banking system or network (e.g., hawala) of people facilitating the transfer of value domestically or internationally outside of the conventional financial institutions system. Makes the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network a bureau in the Department of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to establish a highly secure network in the Network that allows financial institutions to file certain reports and receive alerts and other information regarding suspicious activities warranting immediate and enhanced scrutiny. Increases the civil and criminal penalties for money laundering. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to provide for uniform protection authority for Federal Reserve facilities, including law enforcement officers authorized to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests. Amends Federal law to require reports relating to coins and currency of more than $10,000 received in a nonfinancial trade or business. Establishes as a bulk cash smuggling offense the knowing concealment and attempted transport (or transfer) across U.S. borders of currency and monetary instruments in excess of $10,000, with intent to evade specified currency reporting requirements. Requires courts to order, as part of a criminal sentence, forfeiture of all property involved in certain currency reporting offenses. Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the prohibition of unlicensed (currently, illegal) money transmitting businesses. Increases the criminal penalties for counterfeiting domestic and foreign currency and obligations. Authorizes: (1) the Attorney General to waive certain Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) personnel caps with respect to ensuring security needs on the Northern U.S. border; and (2) appropriations for increased Border Patrol, Customs Service, and INS personnel along such border. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney General and the FBI to provide the Department of State and the INS with access to specified criminal history extracts in order to determine whether or not a visa or admissions applicant has a criminal history. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to develop a technology standard to identify visa and admissions applicants. Broadens the scope of aliens ineligible for admission and deportable for terrorist activities. Defines "terrorist organization" as: (1) a designated foreign or other terrorist organization; or (2) a group of two or more individuals which engage in specified terrorist-related activities. Provides for mandatory detention until removal from the United States (regardless of any relief from removal) of an alien certified by the Attorney General as a suspected terrorist or threat to national security. Requires release of such alien after seven days if removal proceedings have not commenced, or the alien has not been charged with a criminal offense. Authorizes detention for additional periods of up to six months of an alien not likely to be deported in the reasonably foreseeable future only if release will threaten U.S. national security or the safety of the community or any person. Limits judicial review to habeas corpus proceedings in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, in developing the integrated entry and exit data system, to focus on the use of biometric technology and the development of tamper-resistant documents readable at ports of entry. Directs the Attorney General to implement fully and expand the foreign student monitoring program. Requires audits and reports on implementation of the mandate for machine readable passports. Provides for: (1) special immigrant status for certain alien victims of terrorist activities; and (2) humanitarian relief for certain surviving alien spouses and children of U.S. citizens killed by such activities. (Excludes terrorists or family members from such benefits.) Authorizes the Attorney General and revises the Secretary of State's authority to pay rewards to combat terrorism. Qualifies a Federal terrorism offense for collection of DNA for identification Authorizes consultation among Federal law enforcement officers regarding information acquired from an electronic surveillance or physical search in terrorism and related investigations or protective measures. Allows the FBI to request telephone toll and transactional records, financial records, and consumer reports in any investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities only if the investigation is not conducted solely on the basis of activities protected by the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Revises U.S. Secret Service jurisdiction with respect to fraud and related activity in connection with computers. Amends the General Education Provisions Act and the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 to provide for disclosure of educational records to the Attorney General in a terrorism investigation or prosecution. Provides for expedited payments for: (1) public safety officers involved in the prevention, investigation, rescue, or recovery efforts related to a terrorist attack; and (2) heroic public safety officers. Increases Public Safety Officers Benefit Program payments. Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to establish an antiterrorism emergency reserve in the Victims of Crime Fund. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime to make supplemental grants for victims of terrorism to States, victim service organizations, public agencies, and nongovernmental organizations the provide assistance to crime victims. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend Bureau of Justice Assistance regional information sharing system grants to systems that enhance the investigation and prosecution abilities of participating Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in addressing multi-jurisdictional terrorist conspiracies and activities. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems. Prescribes penalties for harboring any person known to have committed or to be about to commit a terrorism offense. Establishes Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed at U.S. facilities abroad. Subjects to civil forfeiture all assets, foreign or domestic, of terrorist organizations. Extends the statute of limitations for certain terrorism offenses without limit. Provides for alternative maximum penalties for terrorism crimes. Makes the penalties for attempts and conspiracies the same as the penalties for terrorism offenses. Makes any term of years or life the supervised release terms for offenses with terrorism predicates. Makes specified terrorism crimes Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute predicates. Revises prohibitions and penalties with regard to fraud and related activity in connection with computers to include specified cyberterrorism offenses. Directs the Attorney General to establish regional computer forensic laboratories, and support existing laboratories, to develop specified cybersecurity capabilities. Prescribes penalties for knowing possession in certain circumstances of biological agents, toxins, or delivery systems, especially by certain restricted persons. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to establish requirements and priorities for foreign intelligence collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and to provide assistance to the Attorney General to ensure that information derived from electronic surveillance or physical searches is disseminated for efficient and effective foreign intelligence purposes. Requires the inclusion of international terrorist activities within the scope of foreign intelligence under such Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that officers and employees of the intelligence community should establish and maintain intelligence relationships to acquire information on terrorists and terrorist organizations. Provides temporary authority to defer the submission to Congress of certain reports on intelligence and intelligence-related matters. Requires the Attorney General or head of any other Federal department or agency to disclose expeditiously to the DCI any foreign intelligence acquired in the course of a criminal investigation. Requires the Attorney General, DCI, and Secretary of the Treasury to report jointly to Congress on the feasibility and desirability of reconfiguring the Foreign Asset Tracking Center and the Office of Foreign Assets Control to provide for the analysis and dissemination of foreign intelligence relating to the financial capabilities and resources of international terrorist organizations. Requires the DCI to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the establishment and maintenance of the National Virtual Translation Center for timely and accurate translations of foreign intelligence for elements of the intelligence community. Requires the Attorney General to provide a program of training to Government officials regarding the identification and use of foreign intelligence. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to designate one official to review allegations of abuse of civil rights, civil liberties, and racial and ethnic profiling by government employees and officials. Expresses the sense of Congress condemning acts of violence or discrimination against any American, including Sikh-Americans. Amends the Federal criminal code with respect to venue in money laundering cases. First Responders Assistance Act - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to State and local governments to improve the ability of State and local law enforcement, fire department, and first responders to respond to and prevent acts of terrorism. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make inadmissible to the United States any alien engaged in money laundering. Authorizes funds for Drug Enforcement Administration police training in South and Central Asia. Directs the Attorney General to conduct a feasibility study on the use of a biometric identifier scanning system with access to the FBI integrated automated fingerprint identification system at overseas consular posts and points of entry to the United States. Authorizes the use of Department of Defense funds to contract with local and State governments, during the period of Operation Enduring Freedom, for the performance of security functions at U.S. military installations. Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act of 2001 - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to cover fraudulent charitable solicitations. Amends the Federal transportation code to prohibit States from licensing any individual to operate a motor vehicle transporting hazardous material unless the Secretary of Transportation determines that such individual does not pose a security risk warranting denial of the license. Requires background checks of such license applicants by the Attorney General upon State request. Expresses the sense of the Senate on substantial new U.S. investment in bioterrorism preparedness and response. Directs the Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support of the Office of Justice Programs to make grants to enhance State and local capability to prepare for and respond to terrorist acts. Amends the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to extend it through FY 2007 and provide for antiterrorism grants to States and localities. Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 - Establishes the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center to serve as a source of national competence to address critical infrastructure protection and continuity through support for activities related to counterterrorism, threat assessment, and risk mitigation.

Report· Ausschussbericht826 d.B.ausschussbericht

gegenseitige Hilfeleistung bei Katastrophen oder schweren Unglücksfällen

Austria · National Council · 18 October 2001

Bericht des Ausschusses für innere Angelegenheiten über die Regierungsvorlage (549 d.B.): Abkommen zwischen der Republik Österreich und der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft über die gegenseitige Hilfeleistung bei Katastrophen oder schweren Unglücksfällen

Bill· Regierungsvorlage: Bundes(verfassungs)gesetz815 d.B.regierungsvorlage: bundes(verfassungs)gesetz

Erdölbevorratungsgesetz, Meldegesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 18 October 2001

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Erdöl-Bevorratungs- und Meldegesetz 1982 geändert wird

Bill· Regierungsvorlage: Bundes(verfassungs)gesetz816 d.B.regierungsvorlage: bundes(verfassungs)gesetz

Energielenkungsgesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 18 October 2001

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Energielenkungsgesetz 1982 geändert wird

Bill· Regierungsvorlage: Bundes(verfassungs)gesetz781 d.B.regierungsvorlage: bundes(verfassungs)gesetz

Bundeshaushaltsgesetz, Änderung

Austria · National Council · 18 October 2001

Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundeshaushaltsgesetz geändert wird

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