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Bill· HRH.R. 2658 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
Health Care Account Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the exclusion from income of an employee of both the amounts contributed by the employee's employer to any health care expenditure account of such employee and amounts contributed by the employee to such an account. Limits contributions and requires employers to make comparable contributions. Provides for the creation of such accounts and permits expenditures from such accounts for qualified medical expenses which are not compensated for by insurance. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) with respect to ERISA coverage of such accounts.
Law· HRH.R. 2647 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 2002. Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for: (1) salaries and expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances. (Sec. 101) Transfers the following four majority positions from the Clerk of the House to the Speaker of the House: (1) the chief of floor service; (2) two assistant floor chiefs; and (3) one cloakroom attendant. Transfers the following four minority positions from the Clerk of the House to the minority leader: (1) the chief of floor service; (2) two assistant floor chiefs; and (3) one cloakroom attendant. (Sec. 102) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to require that: (1) receipts from disposal of used or surplus furniture and equipment by the Chief Administrator Officer of the House (CAO) be deposited in the Treasury for credit to the appropriate House account; and (2) in the case of receipts from the sale or disposal of any audio or video transcript prepared by the House Recording Studio, the appropriate House account shall be the account of the CAO. (Sec. 103) Makes amounts appropriated under this Act for "House of Representatives Salaries and Expenses - Members' Representational Allowances" available for FY 2002 only. Requires amounts remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for FY 2002 to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, if there is no Federal budget deficit, for reducing the Federal debt. (Sec. 104) Makes the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House the last day of each month, except that if the last day of a month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public holiday, the CAO shall pay such salaries on the first weekday which precedes the last day. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Police Board; (4) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) for salaries and expenses, minor construction, Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant; (8) the Library of Congress for Congressional Research Service (CRS) salaries and expenses; and (9) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds). (Sec. 106) Authorizes the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), by regulation, to apply Federal civil service training law as necessary to provide for training of CBO employees. (Sec. 107) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997 to allow the CBO to dispose of surplus or obsolete property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding (currently, only by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding). (Sec. 108) Establishes in the Treasury a minor construction account to be used by the AOC for land and building acquisition, construction, repair, and alteration projects resulting from unforeseen and unplanned conditions in connection with construction and maintenance activities under the AOC's jurisdiction (including the U.S. Botanic Garden). Requires the AOC to notify specified congressional committees at least 21 days before the AOC obligates any funds in the account with respect to a project. (Sec. 109) Authorizes the AOC to secure, under specified conditions, certain property and facilities located at 67 K Street Southwest in the District of Columbia. Requires such property and facilities to be under the control of the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police and to be used by the Chief for the care and maintenance of U.S. Capitol Police vehicles. Allows use of the secured property and facilities, subject to the approval of certain congressional committees, for other U.S. Capitol Police purposes, the House, the Senate, and the AOC. Makes the AOC responsible for the costs of the necessary expenses incidental to the use of the property and facilities, with the exception of the Chief, for the costs of any equipment, furniture, and furnishing used in connection with the care and maintenance of vehicles. Requires funds expended by the AOC for such costs in any fiscal year to be derived solely from AOC appropriated funds: (1) for the fiscal year for U.S. Capitol Police purposes; or (2) in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 under the heading "Architect of the Capitol - Capitol Buildings and Grounds - Capitol Buildings - Salaries and Expenses" for the design of police security projects. (Sec. 110) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to authorize the AOC to fix the rate of basic pay for not more than 11 positions (of whom one shall be the project manager of the Capitol Visitor Center and one shall be the project manager for the modification of the Capitol Power Plant) under AOC jurisdiction (excluding the Architect and Assistant Architect), at a rate not to exceed the highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service, for the locality involved. Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) study and report to the AOC and specified congressional committees on AOC management and operations; and (2) develop and submit to such committees a management improvement plan to address such study and which indicates how the salary adjustments made by this Act will support such plan. (Sec. 111) Prohibits the AOC from entering into or administering any construction contract with a value greater than $50,000 unless the contract includes a provision requiring the payment of liquidated damages in an amount that is equal to the product of the daily liquidated damage payment rate and the number of days by which the completion of the project is delayed in the event that completion of the project is delayed because of the contractor. Sets forth the formula for the daily liquidated damage payment rate. Allows, under specified conditions, adjustment of such rate by the contracting officer. (Sec. 112) Prohibits the AOC from reprogramming any funds with respect to any project or object class without approval of appropriate congressional committees. (Sec. 113) Provides that, with the exception of a temporary employee of the Senate Restaurant or a temporary employee who is hired for a total of 120 days or less during any five-year period, none of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act may be used by the AOC during FY 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year to employ a temporary employee within the category of temporary employment which does not provide employees with the same eligibility for life insurance, health insurance, retirement, and other benefits which are provided to temporary employees who are hired for a period exceeding one year in length. Applies Federal civil service allotment and assignment of pay law to the AOC Office. Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office for salaries and expenses, Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped for salaries and expenses, and for the expenses of furniture and furnishings; (3) the AOC for Library buildings and grounds; (4) salaries and expenses of the GPO's Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); and (5) the General Accounting Office for salaries and expenses. Specifies administrative provisions for the Library of Congress identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the Library from using funds appropriated in this Act to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which: (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time worked by such individual on another workday. (Sec. 206) Reduces the obligational authority of the Library from FY 2002 levels for reimbursable and revolving fund activities funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriation Acts for the legislative branch. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, under specified conditions, to temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the heading "Library of Congress Salaries and Expenses" to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000. (Sec. 208) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to extend until October 1, 2004, the early retirement and voluntary separation incentive payments authorities for Government Printing Office employees. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 305) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec, 308) Makes Federal civil service law relating to back pay due to unjustified personnel action applicable to AOC and U.S. Botanic Garden employees. (Sec. 309) Amends the House Employees Position Classification Act to provide that, for purposes of applying the adjustment made by the committee under this Act for 2002 and each succeeding year, positions under the CAO shall include positions of the U.S. Capitol telephone exchange under the CAO. (Sec. 310) Authorizes the AOC to maintain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I-395 tunnel on the southeast.
Bill· HRH.R. 2662 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other specified Federal law to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba. Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, including telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba; and (2) travel to and from Cuba by U.S. citizens or residents. Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba. Prohibits U.S. assistance to Cuba, including assistance by the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the Commodity Credit Corporation, and any exchange, reduction, or forgiveness of Cuban debt.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 210 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2001
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 2620 (FY 2002 Departments of Veterans Affairs and of Housing and Urban Development and independent agencies appropriations).
Bill· SS. 1243 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Spaceport Equality Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide the same treatment for spaceports as is provided for airports under the exempt facility bond rules.
Bill· HRH.R. 2633 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Veterans Equal Treatment Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) discontinue the funding allocation formula for the Department of Veterans Affairs medical care system known as the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation system at the end of the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted; and (2) develop a new formula for the allocation of funds to the national service regions, known as Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), that takes into account specified requirements, including additional costs incurred by a VISN because the age of veterans, or the number of veterans requiring complex care, in that VISN exceeds the median for all VISNs Authorizes additional appropriations to be allocated to VISNs that have experienced funding reductions.
Bill· HRH.R. 2641 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Save Money for Prescription Drug Research Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a deduction for any physician gift expense paid or incurred by any prescription drug manufacturer.
Bill· HRH.R. 2631 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001
Accelerates, by three years, the repeal of the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and the reduction in the maximum gift tax rate.
Bill· HRH.R. 2616 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2001
Forty Percent Funding of IDEA in Four Years Act - Forty-in-Four Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to require specified minimum levels of Federal grant payments to States for assistance for education of all children with disabilities in order to increase funding under the Act, by five percent increments per fiscal year, from 20 percent of the national current average for per pupil expenditure in FY 2002 to 40 percent in FY 2005 and afterwards.
Bill· HRH.R. 2606 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2001
Coal Gasification Commercial Demonstration Project Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make a grant for a project to demonstrate the commercial viability of a specified new coal gasification combined cycle technology plant, to be located in Kanawha County, West Virginia (or any adjacent county); and (2) provide loan guarantees to the grant recipient. Sets forth project approval and implementation guidelines to comport with the Clean Air Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow as an investment tax credit: (1) a qualifying coal gasification technology facility credit; and (2) a credit for production from a qualifying coal gasification technology facility. .
Bill· HRH.R. 2618 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2001
Provides for the tax accounting treatment of amounts received by a tour operator using an accrual method of accounting from or on behalf of passengers in advance of the departure of a tour arranged by such operator.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 56 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2001
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the compensation paid to Members of Congress and to the President to be forfeited on a per diem basis at the conclusion of each fiscal year until such time as all of the general appropriations bills for the following fiscal year are enacted.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 206 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2001
Sets forth the rule (open) for the consideration of H.R. 2590 (FY2002 Treasury Department, United States Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies appropriations).
Bill· SS. 1219 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001
Providing Opportunities With Effluent Renewables (POWER) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include swine and bovine waste nutrients as a renewable energy resource for purposes of the renewable electricity production tax credit. Defines a qualified facility using such nutrients to produce electricity as one owned by the taxpayer which is originally placed in service after December 31, 2001, and before January 1, 2007. Exempts projects related to such a facility from tax credit reductions for certain grants, tax-exempt bonds, subsidized energy financing, and other credits. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide that the Secretary of the Interior may make cost-share and incentive payments to a producer under an environmental quality incentives contract to implement an anaerobic digestion system as a component of a nutrient management system during the two fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the contract is entered. (Currently, such payments are limited to the one fiscal year after the contract is entered.)
Bill· HRH.R. 2586 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) procurement, including 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. Authorizes the President to dispose of specified obsolete and excess materials in the National Defense Stockpile. Increases as of January 1, 2002, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) an accession bonus program for officers with critical skills; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) commissaries and nonappropriated fund instrumentalities; (2) active and reserve military personnel policy, including the discharge or retirement of reserve personnel for years of service or age; (3) military education and training; (4) military decorations, awards, and commendations; (5) educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill; (6) acquisition policy and management, including acquisition workforce development; (7) general contracting procedures and limitations; (8) military construction, military family housing, and the leaseback of defense base closure property; (9) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management; (10) matters relating to other nations, including the recognition of assistance from foreign nationals; and (11) DOD civilian personnel, including a pilot program for the payment of retraining expenses.
Law· HRH.R. 2590 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002 - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 2002 for: (1) departmental offices; (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs for development and acquisition of automatic data processing equipment, software, and services; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; (5) repair and restoration of the Treasury building and annex; (6) expanded access to financial services; (7) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (8) the counterterrorism fund; (9) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (10) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (11) the Financial Management Service; (12) the United States Customs Service; (13) the United States Mint; (14) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (15) the Internal Revenue Service; and (16) the United States Secret Service. Postal Service Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for payments to the Postal Service Fund for revenue foregone on free and reduced rate mail. Executive Office Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for: (1) compensation of the President and the White House office; (2) operating, maintenance, and reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the White House; (3) White House repair and restoration; (4) special assistance to the President and the official residence of the Vice President; (5) the Council of Economic Advisers; (6) the Office of Policy Development; (7) the National Security Council; (8) the Office of Administration; (9) the Office of Management and Budget; (10) the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (11) Federal drug control programs; and (12) unanticipated needs in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense. Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes FY 2002 appropriations for: (1) the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled; (2) the Federal Election Commission; (3) Federal Labor Relations Authority; (4) the General Services Administration; (5) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (6) the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation; (7) the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998; (8) the National Archives and Records Administration; (9) the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; (10) the Office of Government Ethics; (11) the Office of Personnel Management; (12) Government contributions for health and life insurance benefits for annuitants; (13) the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (14) the Office of Special Counsel; and (15) the United States Tax Court. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 2587 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001
Energy Advancement and Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act and the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to reauthorize Federal Energy Conservation Programs and revise requirements with respect to: (1) Federal energy savings performance contracts; (2) State energy conservation plans, including energy conservation programs for schools and hospitals, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program, and establishment of a High Performance Public Buildings grants program; (3) establishment of an Energy Star Program to promote energy efficient consumer products and buildings; and (4) energy-efficient vehicles. Establishes a Federal Energy Bank to make loans to Federal agencies to finance energy efficiency projects. Prescribes requirements for automobile fuel economy. Moves the Nuclear Waste Fund off-budget. Revises the Atomic Energy Act with respect to combined construction and operating licenses and depleted uranium hexafluoride. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to use certain funds: (1) to implement cold standby status and plan hot restart for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant; and (2) for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Prohibits Federal commercial sales of uranium (with certain exceptions) until 2009. Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize alternative hydroelectric project conditions and fishway prescriptions. National Electricity and Environmental Improvement Act - Prescribes guidelines for a clean coal power production program that incorporates cost and performance goals and establishes a Department of Energy (DOE) clean coal power initiative. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax credits (refundable for specified organizations and governmental units) with respect to emission reductions and efficiency improvements in existing coal-based electricity generation facilities and investment in and production from qualifying clean coal technology, including advanced technology. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence a rulemaking to determine the need for modified regulations regarding high ozone season reformulated gasoline and gasoline blendstock requirements. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to prohibit the Secretary from establishing criteria or procedures governing renewable energy production incentives that effectively assigns a different priority to incentive payment applications on the basis of the energy source proposed. Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and of Energy to implement an accelerated cooperative research and development program to ensure the integrity of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. Prohibits Federal approval of a certain pipeline route that would: (1) transport natural gas from lands within the Prudhoe Bay oil and gas lease area; and (2) traverse specified submerged lands.
Bill· HRH.R. 2597 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001
Broadband Deployment and Telework Incentive Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a credit equal to the sum of an employer telework tax credit of $500 for each teleworking employee and a telework equipment tax credit of ten percent of qualified telework expenses paid; (3) a deduction for the cost of any qualified equipment capable of providing current generation broadband services to rural or urban subscribers; and (4) a broadband credit equal to 20 percent of the cost of qualified equipment capable of providing next generation broadband services to rural or urban subscribers.
Bill· HRH.R. 2599 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2001
Tax Relief Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to reduce individual capital gains tax rates. Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to repeal title IX (Compliance with Congressional Budget Act). Makes permanent IRC provisions relating to: (1) the deduction for higher education expenses; (2) the nonrefundable credit to certain individuals for elective deferrals and IRA contributions; and (3) the increase in the alternative minimum tax exemption.
Law· SS. 1210 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2001
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2001 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to extend through FY 2006: (1) the authorization of appropriations for block grants for Indian tribes to carry out affordable housing activities; (2) the aggregate fiscal year limitation on guarantees for tribal housing activities loans; (3) the authorization of appropriations for the estimated long-term cost to the Government of such loan guarantees; and (4) the authorization of appropriations for providing training and technical assistance for Indian housing authorities and entities.
Bill· SS. 1212 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2001
Smart Metering Promotion Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits, determined according to specified formulae, for qualified energy management devices and retrofitted qualified meters interconnected by the taxpayer with other devices in a manner that permits reading of energy price and usage signals on at least an hourly basis. Defines a qualified energy management device as equipment, systems, software, and related devices which allow electric energy or natural gas consumers, suppliers, and service providers to manage the purchase, sale, and use of electricity or natural gas in response to energy price and usage signals, in order to improve the efficiency of energy and energy facility utilization. Defines qualified retrofitted meter as an electric energy or natural gas meter or metering device that has been modified by the addition of such equipment.
Bill· SS. 1211 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 2001
Renewable Energy Production Incentive Reform Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to modify renewable energy production incentive payment guidelines to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from establishing criteria or procedures that have the effect of assigning to incentive payment applications a higher or lower priority for eligibility or allocation of appropriated funds on the basis of the energy source proposed. Redefines a qualified renewable energy facility as one: (1) owned by certain tax-exempt electricity-generating cooperatives, certain public utilities, governmental entities, or an Indian tribal government; and (2) which may involve electricity generation by landfill gas or incremental hydropower. Repeals the requirement that a facility be owned by a State or local government or instrumentality, or by a nonprofit electrical cooperative. Extends through FY 2013 the deadline for first use of a facility eligible for incentive payments.
Law· SS. 1206 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2001 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to: (1) include as functions of the Appalachian Regional Commission that it support local development districts and seek to coordinate economic development activities of, and the use of economic development resources by, Federal agencies in the Appalachian region; and (2) direct the President to establish the Interagency Coordinating Council on Appalachia. Authorizes the Commission to provide technical assistance and make grants, enter into contracts, and otherwise provide funds to persons or entities in the region for projects to: (1) increase affordable access to advanced telecommunications, entrepreneurship, and management technologies or applications in the region; (2) provide education and training in the use of telecommunications and technology; (3) develop programs to increase the readiness of industry groups and businesses in the region to engage in electronic commerce; or (4) support entrepreneurial opportunities for businesses in the information technology sector. Eliminates from criteria for programs and projects to be given assistance under the Act that an area have significant growth potential. Requires that, for each fiscal year, not less than 50 percent of the amount of grant expenditures approved by the Commission support activities or projects that benefit severely and persistently distressed counties and areas. Provides, at the Commission's discretion, for the modification of the limitation on administrative expenses of local development districts that have a charter or authority that includes the economic development of a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect.
Bill· SS. 1209 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Communities, and Firms Act of 2001 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements with respect to: (1) agreements between the United States and States for the provision of certain services for workers adversely affected by import competition; (2) certification of eligibility of a group of adversely affected workers for trade adjustment assistance; (3) payment of, and certain limitations on, trade adjustment allowances to such workers; (4) training programs for such workers; and (5) the maximum amount of job search and relocation allowances payable to an adversely affected worker. Provides for the eligibility certification of adversely affected secondary workers for trade adjustment assistance. Defines "adversely affected secondary worker" as a worker who is employed at a downstream producer (a firm that performs additional, value-added production processes to articles produced by another firm) or a supplier (a firm that produces component parts for the production process for articles). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a 50 percent refundable tax credit for COBRA continuation coverage premiums. Reauthorizes the trade adjustment assistance program for firms adversely affected by import competition. Revises program eligibility requirements. Reestablishes trade adjustment assistance for communities adversely affected by import competition. Authorizes: (1) such communities, because of import competition, to develop strategic plans for economic adjustment and diversification; and (2) the award of grants to carry out economic development projects under such plans. Authorizes a group of agricultural commodity producers to petition the Secretary of Agriculture for a certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance. Sets forth certain eligibility requirements for the payment of such assistance to agricultural commodity producers adversely affected by import competition.
Bill· SS. 1201 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Subchapter S Modernization Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning S corporations to, among other things: (1) allow certain members of a family to be treated as one shareholder of an S corporation; (2) prohibit treating qualified preferred stock as a second class of stock and treating a person as a shareholder by reason of holding such stock; (3) permit financial institutions to hold convertible (safe harbor) debt; (4) repeal the characterization of excessive passive investment income as a termination event; (5) permit certain losses on liquidation not exceeding ordinary income basis to be treated as ordinary losses; (6) permit the deductibility of interest expense incurred by an electing small business trust to acquire S corporation stock; (7) provide that shareholder basis is not increased by income derived from cancellation of S corporation's debt; (8) provide for the exclusion of investment securities income from the passive income test for bank S corporations; (9) provide relief from inadvertently invalid qualified subchapter S subsidiary elections and terminations on the same basis as is provided to invalid or terminated S corporation elections; and (10) provide for the elimination of all earnings and profits attributable to pre-1983 years.
Bill· SS. 1199 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for marginal domestic oil and natural gas well production during any taxable year in the amount of $3 per barrel of qualified crude oil production and 50 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of qualified natural gas production, reduced, but not below zero, as oil and gas prices increase. States that the limitation to the general business credit, based on the amount of tax, shall not be reduced by the amount of the marginal oil and gas well credit. Allows both geological and geophysical expenditures on domestic oil and gas exploration and development and delay rental payments, at the taxpayer's election, to be deducted from gross income at the time incurred.
Bill· HRH.R. 2569 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Customs Business Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing priority of creditors' claims to rank as the tenth priority allowed unsecured claims of customs brokers for duties, taxes, or other charges paid to the Customs Service of the United States on behalf of the debtor arising out of the importation of merchandise entered for consumption within one year before the bankruptcy petition filing date.
Bill· HRH.R. 2576 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Subchapter S Modernization Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning S corporations to, among other things: (1) allow certain members of a family to be treated as one shareholder of an S corporation; (2) prohibit treating qualified preferred stock as a second class of stock and treating a person as a shareholder by reason of holding such stock; (3) permit financial institutions to hold convertible (safe harbor) debt; (4) repeal the characterization of excessive passive investment income as a termination event; (5) permit certain losses on liquidation not exceeding ordinary income basis to be treated as ordinary losses; (6) permit the deductibility of interest expense incurred by an electing small business trust to acquire S corporation stock; (7) provide that shareholder basis is not increased by income derived from cancellation of S corporation's debt; (8) provide for the exclusion of investment securities income from the passive income test for bank S corporations; (9) provide relief from inadvertently invalid qualified subchapter S subsidiary elections and terminations on the same basis as is provided to invalid or terminated S corporation elections; and (10) provide for the elimination of all earnings and profits attributable to pre-1983 years.
Bill· HRH.R. 2575 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for caregivers of individuals with long-term care needs in an amount equal to $1,200 for each such individual with respect to whom the taxpayer is an eligible caregiver for the taxable year.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 204 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2001
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2216 (FY 2001 supplemental appropriations).
Law· SS. 1190 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to rename the education individual retirement accounts as the Coverdell education savings account.
Bill· SS. 1192 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for expenditures for providing access to disabled individuals to half the cost, between $250 and $35,250, of modifications enabling inter-city buses to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
Law· HRH.R. 2559 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Amends Federal long-term care insurance provisions to: (1) include within the definition of "annuitant" any employee of the Government who satisfies all requirements for title to, and files an application for, an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees' Retirement System, or other retirement system for such employees (whether based on the service of such individual or otherwise), is at least 18 years old; and would not otherwise satisfy annuitant requirements; and (2) prohibit the imposition or collection of any tax, fee, or other monetary payment by any State, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or by any political subdivision or other governmental authority thereof on any premium paid for such a long-term care insurance policy.
Bill· HRH.R. 2545 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Flood Loss Mitigation Act of 2001 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) carry out mitigation activities that reduce flood damages to qualified repetitive loss structures; and (2) purchase such structures, but only for public or open space use that is consistent with sound land management and use policies. Requires the Director to determine for each fiscal year the portion of amounts in the National Flood Insurance Fund attributable to savings from such activities and purchases, which shall be available for such activities and purchases in that fiscal year. Allows the Director, after determining that 75 percent of such existing qualified repetitive loss structures have been provided mitigation that sufficiently reduces the risk of losses from flooding or have been purchased, to use up to 75 percent of the amount reserved for such activities and purchases for the costs of mapping activities. Allows the Director, in cases of such structures whose owners refused purchase or mitigation offers: (1) to deny the provision of new flood insurance coverage and to cancel existing coverage; or (2) to increase the chargeable risk premium rate for new coverage to an amount that is not more than the applicable estimated risk premium rate. Allows the Director to deny or cancel existing coverage for properties for which fraudulent claims have been made. Permits appeals by owners aggrieved by any such determinations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2547 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Erroneous Payments Recovery Act of 2001 - Requires each executive agency that enters into contracts with a total value in excess of $500 million in a fiscal year to carry out a cost-effective program for: (1) identifying errors made in paying contractors; and (2) recovering amounts erroneously paid. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance for conducting such programs. Requires funds collected under such a program to be available to reimburse the agency for program expenses and to pay contractors for recovery services under the program. Requires remaining recovered amounts: (1) to be credited to the appropriations from which such payments were made that remain available for obligation; or (2) if no such appropriation remains available, to be disposed of by the affected agency head for carrying out a management improvement program (25 percent) with the remainder to be deposited in the Treasury.
Bill· HRH.R. 2551 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 relating to the conveyance of the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant in Charlestown, Indiana, to eliminate the requirement that the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant Reuse Authority provide consideration for acquisition of the property.
Bill· HRH.R. 2548 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the tax increase on social security benefits enacted by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993. Provides a credit for the amount of 2000 taxes attributable to such increase.
Bill· HRH.R. 2550 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Economic Revitalization Tax Act of 2001 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning investment of earnings in U.S. property to set forth a separate rule governing any foreign corporation which is a controlled foreign corporation and is created or organized under the laws of, or engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business within, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a possession of the United States. Provides that in the case of certain dividends received by a domestic corporation from such a corporation, there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to 85 percent of such dividend. Establishes a safe harbor rule for certain transfers or licenses of intangible property to such a corporation.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 199 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2001
Sets forth the rule (modified open) for the consideration of H.R. 2506 (FY 2002 foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations).
Bill· SS. 1186 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Fiscal Integrity of Indian Settlements Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that if an appropriation bill or joint resolution is enacted for FY 2002 that includes an appropriation authorized previously by a law approving a negotiated settlement of disputes of Indian water rights or land claims, the adjustment to discretionary spending limits to be included in any sequestration report or subsequent budgets submitted by the President shall: (1) be the amount of budget authority in that measure and the outlays flowing in all fiscal years from that authority; and (2) not exceed $200 million in budget authority. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require adjustments to the discretionary spending limits, budget allocations, and budgetary aggregates for the new budget authority provided for FY 2002, not to exceed $200 million, by a measure reported from committee, amended, or reported from conference for payments authorized previously for such settlement, as long as the adjustments do not, when taken together with all other previously enacted legislation (except for any legislation enacted pursuant to a specified section of H. Con. Res. 83 (107th Congress), reduce the on-budget surplus below the level of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund surplus in any fiscal year covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
Bill· HRH.R. 2538 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Native American Small Business Development Act - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize a Small Business Development Center in an eligible State to apply for an additional Small Business Administration grant to be used solely to provide services to assist with outreach, development, and enhancement on Indian lands of small business startups and expansions owned by Indian tribe members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians (members and Natives). Defines an eligible State as one in which at least one percent of its population is comprised of such members and Natives. Limits each grant to $300,000 in a fiscal year. Requires a State receiving such a grant to request the advice of local tribal councils on how best to provide assistance to such members or Natives and where to locate satellite centers to provide such assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 2511 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Energy Tax Policy Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to with respect to energy conservation credits and deductions, including: (1) a residential solar energy credit; (2) the credit for electricity from renewable sources; (3) a credit for stationary fuel cell powerplant expenditures; (4) an alternative motor vehicle credit; (5) the credit for electric vehicles; (6) an energy efficient appliance credit; (7) a credit for energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; (8) a business credit for construction of a new energy efficient home; (9) a deduction for energy efficient commercial building property; (10) a deduction for qualified energy management devices and retrofitted meters; and (11) an energy credit for combined heat and power system property. Sets forth provisions concerning energy suppliers and supply, including provisions relating to: (1) the treatment of natural gas gathering lines as seven-year property; (2) the treatment of petroleum refining property as seven-year property; (3) the expensing of capital costs incurred in complying with environmental protection agency sulfur regulations; (4) an environmental tax credit for every gallon of 15 parts per million or less sulfur diesel produced by a small business refiner; (5) tax-exempt bond financing of certain electric facilities; (6) special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs; (7) a marginal well production credit; (8) a deduction for delay rental payments for domestic oil and gas wells; (9) allowing an election to expense geological and geophysical expenditures; (10) the extension and modification of credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source; (11) an advanced clean coal technology credit; and (12) energy-related businesses on Indian reservations.
Bill· HRH.R. 2527 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Training for Closed Captioners Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide grants to no more than 20 eligible entities (approved and accredited court reporting programs) to promote the training of students to become realtime closed captioners. Limits to $1 million the amount of a grant provided to an entity in a fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 2520 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Abusive Tax Shelter Shutdown Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth general and special rules defining economic substance. Doubles the penalty for certain tax accuracy related underpayments. Penalizes the promoter of tax avoidance strategies which have no economic substance in an amount equal to 100 percent of the gross income derived. Modifies provisions concerning penalties for aiding and abetting understatement of tax liability, including adding provisions directed specifically at individuals who advise, represent, or procure certain tax shelters failing to meet legal requirements. Revises provisions concerning the failure to maintain lists of investors in potentially abusive tax shelters to set the penalty for certain violations at 50 percent of gross proceeds. Creates a new penalty, the penalty for failure to include tax shelter information with a return. Requires the registration of certain tax shelters without corporate participants. Revises provisions concerning the determination of the basis of corporations to state as a general rule that, with respect to property acquired by the issuance of stock or as paid-in surplus and transfers to corporations, if there would be (but for this paragraph) an importation of a net built-in loss, the basis of specified property acquired in such transaction shall be its fair market value immediately after such transaction. Revises provisions concerning partnerships with respect to: (1) the treatment of contributed property with a built-in loss; (2) the adjustment of partnership property on the transfer of a partnership interest if there is a substantial built-in loss; and (3) the adjustment to the basis of undistributed partnership property if there is a substantial basis reduction.
Bill· HRH.R. 2539 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the low-income housing credit when moderate rehabilitation assistance is provided with respect to a building.
Bill· HRH.R. 2529 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Individual Tax Simplification Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning nonrefundable personal credits to provide that the aggregate amount of such credits allowed shall not exceed the amount of normal taxes and surtaxes. Replaces the current three ranges for phaseout of the adoption, child, and Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a single, uniform phaseout of such credits. Mandates a deduction from gross income of 38 percent of a net capital gain for any taxable year for a taxpayer other than a corporation. Repeals the overall limitation on itemized deductions, the phaseout of personal exemptions, and the alternative minimum tax on individuals. Establishes an additional income tax, if the adjusted gross income of an individual exceeds specified thresholds, at a rate estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury which will result in the Individual Tax Simplification Act of 2001 being revenue neutral over the first 10 years after its enactment.
Bill· HRH.R. 2525 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Fair Tax Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal subtitle A (Income Taxes), B (Estate and Gift Taxes), and C (Employment Taxes) of the Internal Revenue Code. Imposes a tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the tax rate at 23 percent for the calendar year 2003. Sets the rate, for years after 2003, at the combined sum of the general revenue rate (14.91 percent), the old-age survivors and disability rate, and the hospital insurance rate. Sets forth provisions concerning, among other things; (1) imports and exports; (2) definitions; (3) credits and refunds; (4) a "family consumption allowance"; (5) Federal and State cooperative tax administration; (6) administrative matters; (7) collections, appeals, and taxpayer rights; (8) special rules (hobbies, gaming, government purchases, non-profits, and etc.); (9) financial intermediation services; and (10) additional matters. Sets forth provisions concerning the: (1) phase-out of administration of repealed taxes; (2) administration of other taxes (establishes an Excise Tax Bureau and a Sales Tax Bureau); and (3) sales tax inclusive social security benefits indexation.
Bill· HRH.R. 2526 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Internet Tax Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make the three-year moratorium on State and local taxation of the Internet permanent. Revises Federal law provisions concerning state taxation of income from interstate commerce to prohibit, as a general rule, a State or subdivision thereof imposing a business activity tax on any person relating to such person's activities that affect interstate commerce, unless such person has a substantial physical presence in such State or subdivision. Defines a substantial physical presence.
Law· HRH.R. 2506 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) the Export-Import Bank of the United States; (2) the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; (3) the Trade and Development Agency; (4) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (5) various bilateral economic assistance programs for foreign developing countries; (6) certain U.S. military assistance programs for foreign countries; (7) U.S. contributions to certain international financial institutions; and (8) international programs and organizations. Sets forth certain limits and prohibitions on the use of appropriations for: (1) abortions or involuntary sterilizations as methods of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions, or provide any financial incentive to undergo sterilization; (2) assistance to any country not in compliance with United Nations (UN) sanctions against Iraq, unless a specified certification is made to Congress; (3) payment of any U.S. contribution to the UN if the UN imposes any taxation on any U.S. persons; and (4) implementation of the Kyoto Protocol to the United States Framework Convention on Climate Change (which has not been ratified by the Senate). Earmarks funds for: (1) child survival activities or disease programs, including research on, and the prevention and treatment of, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); (2) reduction of amounts owed to the United States by certain eligible poor countries; and (3) immunization programs for the prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, polio, and malaria through implementation of strategies to improve injection safety.
Bill· HRH.R. 2515 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2001
Repeals: (1) the $62.5 million limit on the amount of defense funds that may be obligated in a fiscal year to carry out the National Guard civilian youth opportunities program; and (2) the authority of the Secretary of Defense to make funds in excess of such limit available for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.