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Bill· SS. 2432 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any funds available to any Federal department or agency for FY 2003 for support of: (1) the Palestinian Authority (PA), any entity supported by it, or any successor thereof; or (2) any private, voluntary organization for projects related to the PA or located in Palestine that would otherwise be undertaken by it. Terminates this prohibition upon certification by the President that neither the PA nor any entity supported by it has engaged in planning or carrying out any terrorist act for the preceding six months. Includes as "support" for purposes of this Act direct and indirect support, whether financial or otherwise, including support for the Holst Fund of the World Bank and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Law· HRH.R. 4628 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) National Reconnaissance Office; (9) National Imagery and Mapping Agency; and (10) Coast Guard. Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2003, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President. Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2003 (by not more than two percent) when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees. Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY 2003, as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the DCI should continue to direct that elements of the intelligence community should competitively award contracts in a manner that maximizes the procurement of products properly designated as having been made in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 4626 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002
Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard deduction for the married filing jointly category beginning in calendar year 2003. Modifies the work opportunity credit by: (1) repealing the requirement that a "qualified ex-felon" be a member of a low-income (as specified) family; (2) increasing the maximum age for eligibility of food stamp recipients to 30 years; (3) adding "long-term family assistance recipients" (as defined) to the definition of "targeted groups"; and (4) increasing the maximum allowable credit for employment of long-term family assistance recipients.
Bill· HRH.R. 4632 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide written notice of the requirements to claim the earned income tax credit and for filing amended tax returns to taxpayers who the Secretary deems might be eligible for the credit but who have not claimed it on their return.
Bill· HRH.R. 4630 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002
Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission Act of 2002 - Establishes an independent Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission to: (1) identify Federal programs and tax laws that provide inequitable Federal subsidies; (2) review such subsidies; (3) conduct public hearings on agency recommendations regarding inequitable subsidies; and (4) report to the President recommendations for termination, modification, or retention of each subsidy reviewed. Requires each Federal agency to include in budget documents submitted in 2003 a list of programs or tax laws within that agency that provide inequitable Federal subsidies, together with recommendations for appropriate action. Provides a special review requirement for international trade programs. Requires the President to: (1) report to the Commission and Congress on his approval or disapproval of the entire package of Commission recommendations; and (2) certify the recommendations to Congress if the package is approved either initially or after being revised by the Commission after initial disapproval. Sets forth procedures for congressional implementation and consideration of recommendations certified by the President.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 403 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 2002
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2646 (continuation of agricultural programs through FY 2011).
Bill· SS. 2429 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a deduction from adjusted gross income of up to $500, whether a taxpayer itemizes or not, for certain expenses in connection with the determination, collection, or refund of any tax.
Bill· SS. 2339 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 2002
Tax Haven and Abusive Tax Shelter Reform Act of 2002 - 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. Requires Americans transferring money or property to a tax haven or to a resident of a tax haven to furnish information with respect to the transfer. Permits exceptions. Imposes a financial penalty where an individual fails to provide the information requested by the Secretary. Reduces certain specified tax benefits with respect to income from identified tax havens. Imposes a financial penalty of $5,000, in addition to any other penalty imposed by law, for failing to keep records or file a required report with respect to any foreign financial agency transaction.
Bill· SS. 2316 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
District of Columbia Fiscal Integrity Act of 2001 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to repeal the establishment of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the District of Columbia. Subjects the authority of the Mayor for administration of the financial affairs of the District of Columbia, and for accounting supervision and control of the District government, to the limitations provided under the Independence of the Chief Financial Officer Establishment Act of 2001 (thus, providing for enactment of such Act). Specifies interim rules regarding: (1) the CFO's authority over the Office's personnel and certain other financial personnel; (2) the CFO's authority over contract procurement of goods and services for the Office; and (3) the preparation and submission of the annual budgets of such Office and the Inspector General. States conditions under which reprogramming of amounts in the budget may occur after the adoption of the annual budget for control and non-control fiscal years. Repeals the requirement for D.C. Council approval of contracts exceeding $1 million during a one-year period. Amends the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 to direct the CFO to: (1) establish a reporting event notification system to monitor the financial performance of the District government, economic trends in the Washington metropolitan area, and other factors affecting the District's financial stability; (2) make a determination, based on such factors, as to whether an event is likely to occur which will result in the initiation of a control period if the District does not take certain actions to respond to the event; and (3) notify the Mayor and Congress upon such determination. Requires the Mayor to develop an action plan to respond to an event upon such a notification. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the enactment of the District's budget without congressional approval; (2) the hiring of employees if the positions are authorized by the D.C. Council (currently, only by an Act of Congress); and (3) repeal of specified Federal authority over the District's budget-making process.
Bill· SS. 2271 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Post-Abortion Support and Services Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (Institute), to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to post-abortion depression and post-abortion psychosis. Requires the Director of NIH to also address the physical side effects of having an abortion, including infertility, excessive bleeding, cervical tearing, infection, and death. Requires the Director of the Institute to: (1) coordinate NIH activities related to post-abortion conditions; (2) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, post-abortion conditions; and (3) conduct a national longitudinal study to determine the incidence and prevalence of cases of post-abortion conditions, and the symptoms, severity, and duration of such cases, toward the goal of more fully identifying the characteristics of such cases and developing diagnostic techniques. Requires the Secretary to make grants of up to $100,000 per fiscal year to provide for projects for the establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with post-abortion depression or post-abortion psychosis.
Bill· HRH.R. 4595 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Amends Federal provisions concerning State participation in the National Guard Challenge Program (a civilian youth opportunities program conducted by the Secretary of Defense) to: (1) provide a permanent matching funds level of 75 percent of the costs of operating the State program during a fiscal year; and (2) authorize annual appropriations for the Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4604 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Securing Access, Value, and Equality in Health Care Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a tax credit in an amount equal to the amount paid for qualified health insurance, subject to stated limitations. Requires persons who receive payments for health insurance coverage of an individual to make certain information returns. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments to the provider of an individual's qualified health insurance equal to the Secretary's estimate of the amount of credit allowable for the eligible individual.
Bill· HRH.R. 4594 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Climbing Out of the Deficit Ditch Act of 2002 - Increases the public debt limit. Enforces such limit through a point of order. Provides for specified exceptions, including certification of a balanced budget by FY 2007 or a House-approved presidential plan. Sets forth certification procedures if a balanced budget in FY 2007 is projected by the Budget and Economic Outlook Update (for fiscal years 2003 through 2012), as reported by the Congressional Budget Office (CB0). Requires the President to submit a proposal to balance the budget by such year should the CBO report not project a balanced budget. Requires a separate annual report on a homeland security budget. Requires the House Budget Committee to report a revised concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 2003 (after the President's plan is submitted) instructing committees to reduce outlays or increase revenues or both to balance the budget. Provides for automatic discharge of the legislation implementing the President's proposal should the Committee fail to report. Makes this Act subject to the congressional budget process requirements of the Congressional Budget Act, except as specified.
Bill· HRH.R. 4603 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt flight segments of 30 miles or less beginning or ending on certain small islands from the segment tax on domestic air transportation.
Bill· HRH.R. 4593 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Assuring Honesty and Accountability Act of 2002 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend through FY 2007 the discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for defense and nondefense categories in new budget authority and outlays. Retains (eliminates the expiration of) certain budget enforcement mechanisms. Retains (eliminates the expiration of) pay-as-you-go. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 concerning legislation which: (1) evades specified budget enforcement mechanisms; (2) provides direct spending (to be included in the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis (scoring); and (3) is unreported by committee (for purposes of budget point of order rules). Limits the adjustment required to the discretionary spending limits in new budget authority for FY 2003 when new budget authority to prosecute the war on terrorism is enacted. Requires reports on legislation which provide new budget, spending, or credit authority or otherwise provide an increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures to include a projection by CBO of the cost of debt servicing (interest). Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to address issues of emergency spending through: (1) establishing criteria and guidelines; (2) the inclusion of a reserve fund in the President's Budget; and (3) requiring a separate House vote on an emergency designation. Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives concerning: (1) budget compliance statements (permitting inclusion of budgetary implications); and (2) justification for budget act waivers (inclusion required for bill consideration).
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 90 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
See summary of: H.J.Res. 85
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 397 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Amends rule XXI (restrictions on certain bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report the enactment of which would result in a deficit in the U.S. unified budget for any fiscal year from being considered as passed or agreed to unless by a vote of at least three-fifths of the Members voting, a quorum being present. Provides that the levels of outlays and revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget. Waives this act while a declaration of war is in effect or during a military conflict.
Bill· SS. 2241 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for certain log forwarders with cranes, designed for off-highway use and certain parts of log forwarders. Applies certain staged rate reductions to such items. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into a written agreement allowing any taxpayer to make installment payments of any tax if the Secretary determines that such agreement will facilitate partial or full (currently only full) collection of such liability. Requires such agreements to be reviewed every two years.
Bill· HRH.R. 4585 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to extend abstinence education funding through FY 2007.
Bill· HRH.R. 4579 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2001 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the Act) to require the Secretary of the Interior or Commerce, as appropriate, to designate: (1) survival habitat concurrently with making a determination that a species is endangered or threatened; (2) critical habitat concurrently with adoption of a final recovery plan for a species; and (3) survival and critical habitat in the case of a highly migratory marine species. Requires the Secretary to designate survival habitat based only on biological factors, giving special consideration to habitat currently occupied by the species. Establishes a schedule for publishing species listing determinations. Provides for draft and final recovery plans for the conservation of endangered and threatened species. Requires Federal agencies to monitor the status and trends of endangered, threatened, and candidate species on lands or waters under their administration. Applies provisions regarding interagency cooperation and consultation to species in a foreign country or on the high seas. Requires the Secretary to: (1) undertake to conserve species where a permittee defaults on permit or plan obligations; and (2) implement a streamlined application and approval procedure for incidental take permits and plans determined to be low effect, small scale plans. Sets forth requirements for the deposit of performance bonds and other financial security by incidental take permit (other than low effect, small scale) applicants. Establishes the Habitat Conservation Plan Fund. Directs the Secretary to establish a Community Assistance Program to provide timely and accurate information to local governments or property owners. Makes persons who negligently damage any member or habitat of an endangered or threatened species liable to the United States and a State for the restoration or replacement costs. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into endangered species conservation agreements with owners or lessees of real property on which conservation measures for endangered, threatened, or candidate species or species proposed for listing are to be carried out. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that the value of a taxable estate be determined by deducting from the value of the gross estate the value of included real property subject to an endangered species conservation agreement. Allows an additional tax deduction for real property taxes imposed on State and local property subject to such agreements. Allows a tax credit for costs incurred in connection with such agreements. Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out the Act.
Bill· SS. 2225 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 2003 for: (1) armed forces 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. Increases, as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military retirement and survivor benefit matters; (2) military health care; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the authority to waive domestic source or content requirements; (4) DOD organization and management, including the designation of departmental accountable officials; (5) DOD budget and financial matters; (6) the repeal of various DOD reporting requirements; (7) the conduct of an Arctic and Western Pacific military environmental cooperation program; (8) expansion of a military readiness and range preservation initiative; (9) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (10) agreements with private organizations to address encroachment and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations. Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for military construction and military family housing.
Bill· SS. 2232 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Veterans Health Care Reimbursement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and of Veterans Affairs (VA), under a new Medicare Reimbursement Program for Veterans, to establish a program under which the HHS Secretary shall reimburse the VA Secretary from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for Medicare health care services furnished to targeted Medicare-eligible veterans who volunteer for such program. Directs the VA Secretary to establish and operate coordinated care health plans to provide benefits to the enrolled veterans consistent with the program under SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice). Expresses the sense of Congress that the amount of funds appropriated for the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care in any fiscal year beginning after the enactment of this Act should not be reduced because of the implementation of the Medicare Reimbursement Program for Veterans.
Bill· SS. 2229 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2002, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date. Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) the staffing and level of extended care services provided nationally in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities during any fiscal year are not less than that provided during FY 1998 (current law), excluding nursing home care; and (2) the average daily census of veterans in Department nursing homes, in community nursing homes pursuant to contract, and in State nursing homes for which the Secretary pays per diem to States for such care is not less in total than in FY 1998.
Law· HRH.R. 4546 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY 2003 for: (1) armed forces 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. Increases as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) the payment of distribution incentive pay for service in less-than-desirable locations or in difficult-to-fill positions; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military spouse, retirement, and survivor benefit matters; (2) military health care; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the authority to waive domestic source or content requirements; (4) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management, including the designation of departmental accountable officials; (5) general contracting and acquisition procedures and limitations; (6) the repeal of various DOD reporting requirements; (7) FY 2003 military construction and military family housing, including alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of such housing; (8) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (9) the authority to carry out environmental response projects necessitated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
Law· HRH.R. 4558 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 to extend, through FY 2006, the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program which provides for admission into the United States each fiscal year of up to 4,000 young disadvantaged aliens from designated counties in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland suffering from sectarian violence and high unemployment for the purpose of developing job skills and conflict resolution in a diverse and peaceful environment so that they can return to their homes better able to contribute toward economic regeneration and the Irish peace process.
Bill· HRH.R. 4547 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the armed forces for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, chemical agents and munitions destruction, and other procurement. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) the Defense Inspector General; and (3) defense health programs. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) research, development, test, and evaluation; (2) operation and maintenance, including working capital funds and the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (3) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Places specified FY 2003 limits on the number of Army and Air Force reserve non-dual status technicians.
Bill· HRH.R. 4555 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Tax Exemption for Military Student Loan Repayment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income repayments by the Department of Defense of certain student loans owed by members of the uniformed services.
Bill· HRH.R. 4545 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Amtrak Reauthorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for Amtrak for FY 2003 for: (1) capital expenditures; (2) operating expenses; (3) payment to the Treasury in an amount equal to the tax Amtrak must pay as an employer under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act that is more than the amount needed for anticipated benefits for Amtrak retirees and for their beneficiaries; and (4) certain rail security projects. Requires Amtrak to transmit to the Secretary of Transportation a comprehensive business plan, including targets for ridership, revenues, and capital and operating expenses, and quarterly assessments of the extent to which the business plan goals have been achieved.
Bill· HRH.R. 4550 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Small Business and Dislocated Worker Opportunity Act of 2002 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to declare that participation in self-employment assistance activities by certain adversely affected workers certified under the trade adjustment assistance program shall not affect their eligibility to receive trade adjustment assistance benefits. Prohibits the payment of a trade readjustment allowance to an adversely affected worker who engages in self-employment activities, or who has engaged in such activities during any part of the certification period, for any week occurring after the close of the 26-week period that begins on the date of the establishment of the small business or, if on the date of such establishment the worker has fewer than 26 weeks remaining of eligibility for receipt of trade readjustment allowances, the close of the remaining number of weeks. Prescribes a formula for calculation of such an allowance during the certification period. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) to provide that a self-employment assistance program shall not be considered to conform to IRC requirements solely because it expressly or in effect waives the requirement that eligible individuals be identified as likely to exhaust regular unemployment compensation in the case of individuals certified under the trade adjustment assistance program pursuant to the Trade Act of 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 4553 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the term "taxable vaccine" shall apply to any vaccine against hepatitis A manufactured or produced in the United States or brought into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing, thus providing that the vaccine excise tax shall apply to such vaccines.
Bill· SS. 2219 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 2002
Steve Grissom Relief Fund Act of 2002 - Establishes the Steve Grissom Relief Fund in the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make single payments to individuals infected with HIV or diagnosed with AIDS as a result of HIV- contaminated blood, blood components, human tissue or organs. Includes lawful spouses, as specified. Sets forth documentation, petition, determination, and payment procedures. States that such payments do not create or admit any claim or constitute income for income tax, supplemental security income benefits, and other purposes. Prohibits the assignment or transfer of rights under this title. Limits petitions to one per victim. Terminates the program after five years. Excludes payments from consideration as compensation or reimbursement for a loss as it concerns insurance or worker's compensation.
Bill· SS. 2214 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
1993 World Trade Center Victims Compensation Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide compensation for victims physically injured or killed as a result of the terrorist-related bombing of the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Special Master, to administer the compensation program and establish procedural and substantive rules. Establishes claimants' rights during the review process. Excludes punitive damages from compensation. Reduces compensation by the amount of collateral source compensation received, or expected to be received, by claimant as a result of the bombing. Determines submission of a claim to be a waiver of a claimant's right to file a civil action (or to be party to an action) in any Federal or State court for damages sustained as a result of the bombing. Directs the Attorney General and Special Master to promulgate certain regulations related to carrying out the Act including procedures for hearings and presentation of evidence. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include victims of the February 26, 1993, World Trade Center attack under Code provisions exempting terrorist victims from certain tax liabilities. Allows for a refund or credit which would otherwise be prevented before the close of the one-year period following enactment of the Act, provided the claim is filed before the close of such period.
Bill· SS. 2213 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income compensation for "covered service" in the U.S. military. Defines "covered service" as service outside the United States in a permanent change of station for which travel, transportation, and housing of dependents at Government expense would generally not be authorized under policies of the Secretary concerned, except in the case of service in such an assignment for which such travel, transportation, and housing is actually authorized as an exception to the applicable policy.
Bill· SS. 2200 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that the parsonage allowance exclusion from gross income cannot exceed the fair rental value of the home, including furnishings and appurtenances such as a garage, plus the cost of utilities. Sets forth effective date provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 4481 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Airport Streamlining Approval Process Act of 2002 - Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take action to encourage the construction of airport capacity enhancement projects at congested airports. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a coordinated review process for such projects, which shall provide that all environmental reviews, analyses, opinions, permits, licenses, and approvals that must be issued or made by a Federal agency or airport sponsor for such a project will be conducted concurrently in cooperation with specified Federal and State environmental agencies. Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of an airport sponsor for a congested airport, to approve a restriction on use of a runway to be constructed at the airport to minimize potentially significant adverse noise impacts from the runway, if certain criteria are met. Authorizes the Secretary, in specified circumstances, to allow an airport sponsor carrying out such a project to make payments, out of airport revenues (including local taxes on aviation fuel), for measures to mitigate the environmental impacts of the project, including aircraft noise. Permits the FAA Administrator to accept funds from an airport sponsor to hire additional staff or obtain the services of consultants in order to facilitate the timely processing, review, and completion of environmental activities associated with an airport development project. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary approve a project grant application only if the chief executive officer of the State in which the project will be located certifies that there is reasonable assurance that the project will be located, designed, constructed, and operated in compliance with applicable air and water quality standards. Revises the approval criteria without the requirement of an environmental impact statement for an airport development project that does not involve the location of an airport or runway, or a major runway extension, at an existing airport. Allows such a project without an environmental impact statement if completing the project would allow airport operations involving aircraft complying with the noise standards prescribed for "stage 3" aircraft (currently "stage 2" aircraft).
Bill· HRH.R. 4512 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Gun Safety Incentives Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a business tax credit for the incorporation of chamber load indicators and qualified chamber blocking devices in the manufacture of firearms.
Bill· HRH.R. 4487 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Sales Tax Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the deduction of State and local sales taxes by residents of States which do not impose income taxes.
Bill· HRH.R. 4482 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Universal and Portable Pension Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a limited deduction for an individual's qualified universal retirement contributions. Reduces deductible amount based on adjusted gross income. Sets forth special rules for calculating the maximum allowable deduction by certain married individuals. Defines the term "qualified universal retirement contribution." Limits deductions for: (1) persons over age 70 1/2; (2) rollover contributions; and (3) inherited accounts. Defines the term "Universal Retirement Savings Account." Includes Universal Retirement Savings Account distributions in gross income except when the distributions are part of an immediate annuity, rollover, qualified higher education expense, or first home purchase. Requires employers to offer programs which make payments to Universal Retirement Savings Accounts in exchange for salary reductions. Provides a general business tax credit to certain small employers who offer salary reduction arrangements for Universal Retirement Savings Accounts. Establishes a refundable Universal Retirement Savings Account contribution credit for individuals equal to a specified percentage of contributions. Caps such credits at $2,000 per year. Allows a $200 credit maximum for contributions made to Universal Retirement Savings Accounts of dependents. Repeals the $2,000 nonrefundable qualified retirement account credit.
Bill· HRH.R. 4488 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify rules regarding unrelated business taxable income for amounts received from controlled entities.
Bill· SS. 2181 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission Act of 2002 - Establishes an independent Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission to: (1) identify Federal programs and tax laws that provide inequitable Federal subsidies; (2) review such subsidies; (3) conduct public hearings on agency recommendations regarding inequitable subsidies; and (4) report to the President recommendations for termination, modification, or retention of each subsidy reviewed. Requires each Federal agency to include in budget documents submitted in 2003 a list of programs or tax laws within that agency that provide inequitable Federal subsidies, together with recommendations for appropriate action. Provides a special review requirement for international trade programs. Requires the President to: (1) report to the Commission and Congress on his approval or disapproval of the entire package of Commission recommendations; and (2) certify the recommendations to Congress if the package is approved either initially or after being revised by the Commission after initial disapproval. Sets forth procedures for congressional implementation and consideration of recommendations certified by the President.
Bill· SS. 2190 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Worker Investment Retirement and Education Act of 2002 (or the WIRE Act) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, with certain specified exceptions, an excise tax in cases where: (1) administrators of applicable defined contribution plans do not provide, at least once annually, information on basic investment guidelines to participants; and (2) a plan with at least 100 participants does not provide a personalized benefit statement to each participant at least annually. Establishes similar requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Sets forth diversification requirements for certain plans holding employer securities. Establishes a tax for failure of applicable plans to meet certain notice and data requirements, with certain specified exceptions. Permits a waiver of the taxes by the Secretary of the Treasury. Forbids trading of equity securities (other than exempted securities) acquired by an individual through employment (or other specified associations) with an issuer during blackout periods of an applicable plan. Establishes in the Internal Revenue Service an "Office of Pension Participant Advocacy."
Bill· HRH.R. 4474 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from "gross income" income derived by a nonresident alien individual from a legal wagering transaction initiated outside the United States in a parimutuel pool with respect to a live horse race in the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 4470 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Small Business Expensing Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the expensing of depreciable business assets (section 179) to: (1) increase the maximum amount which may be expensed to $40,000 (eliminating the current phase-in of annual increases) and the phase-out threshold to $325,000; and (2) make certain computer software and property used for lodging eligible for section 179 expensing.
Bill· HRH.R. 4475 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
District of Columbia Tax Incentives Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to designate the entire District of Columbia as an enterprise zone which shall be treated as an empowerment zone. Excludes from gross income capital gains on sale or exchange of District assets held for more than two years (presently the figure is five years). Defines what constitutes a District business. Nullifies the exclusion of any trade or business from counting as a District business for reason of consisting predominantly of dealing in intangibles if: (1) at least 30 percent of the employees of such a business are District residents; and (2) at least 50 percent of the wages are paid to District residents. Extends time line for which provisions of enterprise zone treatment will last. Makes permanent provisions of law pertaining to the first-time homebuyer credit (currently, they last through December 31, 2003). Extends classification of "first-time homebuyer" to certain individuals buying residences due to divorce or separation, and directs the Secretary of Treasury to prescribe regulations to prevent abuses of such provision. Removes the limitation on the amount of tax-exempt enterprise zone facility bonds that can be issued. Exempts certain bonds and notes issued by the District Council and the interest thereon from all taxation (except for estate, inheritance, and gift taxes) by the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, the District, or any possession of the United States.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 390 (107th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 586 (fairness for foster care families and tax relief guarantee).
Bill· HRH.R. 4394 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002
Tax Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide regional cost-of-living adjustments in individual income tax rates. Directs the Secretary of Labor to produce a regional cost-of-living index.
Bill· HRH.R. 4374 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002
Frequent Flyer Tax-Free Liability Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that if an individual receives frequent flyer mileage for purchase of property or services: (1) no part of such a benefit shall count as part of gross income; (2) no deduction otherwise allowable for the purchase of such property or services shall be reduced by reason of the resulting benefit; and (3) no deduction shall be permitted for any portion of travel-related service purchases for which such a benefit is utilized. Defines "frequent flyer benefit."
Bill· HRH.R. 4373 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002
Keep America Working Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the circumstances under which employment compensation is available to provide coverage due to the following, among other, circumstances, part-time employment, seasonal work, loss of employment due to sexual harassment, loss of child care, leaving work due to domestic violence, and base period employment of less than 20 hours per week. Redefines the term "wages" for purposes of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Repeals provisions: (1) allowing past Internal Revenue Service audits to act as the basis for current employment status determinations; (2) prohibiting regulations and rulings on employment status; and (3) outlining the determination of an employer's liability for certain employment taxes. Permits unemployment compensation where separation from work is due to a spouse or domestic partner's change in residence. Specifies manner for computation of wage replacement ratios. Amends the Social Security Act to require increases and decreases in the earnings allocated to State accounts when States meet or fail to meet funding goals. Lowers the threshold for triggering an extended benefit period. Eliminates special Federal eligibility requirements for individuals seeking compensation in an extended benefit period. Defines contents of unemployment compensation reports submitted by States. Establishes a review panel to compare States' unemployment compensation systems.
Bill· SS. 2131 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the credit for the elderly and the permanently disabled to adjust for inflation.
Bill· SS. 2130 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 2002
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing the tax on self-employment income.