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Bill· HRH.R. 3929 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2002
Energy Pipeline Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Directs the heads of the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (participating agencies) to develop and implement a cooperative Federal research, development, demonstration, and standardization program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities. Establishes a Pipeline Integrity Technical Advisory Committee to advise participating agencies on the development and implementation of a five-year program plan to guide research, development, demonstration, and standardization activities under this Act. Requires participating agencies to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) detailing their respective responsibilities under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3923 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 2002
District of Columbia Fair Federal Compensation Act of 2002 - Establishes the Dedicated Infrastructure Account in the general fund of the District of Columbia, which shall consist of: (1) deposits of revenue obtained by the District which are attributable directly to the imposition and withholding of the nonresident wage tax under this Act; (2) such other amounts as may be deposited pursuant to D.C. law; and (3) interest earned on such deposits. Specifies the use of such funds. Subjects, with exceptions, every nonresident individual employed in the District to a tax equal to two percent of wages from such employment and two percent of net earnings from self-employment, so long as there is a corresponding Federal credit. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to determination of tax liability) to allow a credit against the imposed tax in an amount equal to the amount withheld at source under this Act. Prohibits a tax deduction for such tax credit. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, to the maximum extent practicable, to administer the tax credit in a way which provides its benefit without any requirement to claim the credit on the taxpayer's return.
Bill· HRH.R. 3900 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2002
Nullifies discretionary spending limit adjustments made by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to the highway category and to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (which limits obligation levels for such category) when the President submitted the budget for FY 2003.
Bill· SS. 1991 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2002
National Defense Rail Act - Authorizes appropriations for Amtrak security assistance. Requires studies or assessments of: (1) foreign rail transport security programs; (2) the feasibility of passenger, baggage, and cargo screening; (3) existing rail safety regulations; (4) security priorities; and (5) rail crossing delay security issues. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a national high-speed ground transportation policy; and (2) provide 100 percent financial assistance to develop and implement high-speed rail corridors according to designated priorities, including the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings. Requires such projects to comply with specified labor standards, including the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act. Defines the national rail passenger transportation system. Authorizes Amtrak to operate an intercity rail service or route not included in such system, as specified. Authorizes additional appropriations for Amtrak for principal and interest, and environmental and Americans With Disabilities Act compliance. Repeals the requirement that Amtrak be self-sufficient. Authorizes appropriations for the Northeast Corridor, long and short distance trains, and State-supported routes. Directs the Secretary to re-establish the Northeast Corridor Safety Committee. Revises requirements concerning the Amtrak board of directors. Requires an independent audit of Amtrak operations. Revises requirements of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 concerning loans and loan guarantees. Directs the Secretary to establish a rail passenger cooperative research program, including an advisory board.
Bill· SS. 1987 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2002
Corps of Engineers Modernization and Improvement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to specified congressional committees on deferred and inactive water resources construction projects, including regarding project purposes, costs, a cost-benefit analysis, and status. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to provide for the deauthorization of such projects. Provides for the decommissioning of underused waterways in the Inland Waterways System, using economic and national interest criteria. Requires the Water Resources Council to prioritize water resource projects within their particular type (flood damage, navigation, environmental restoration) using national benefits and cost-benefit ratio (1.5 or greater) criteria. Deauthorizes certain projects, including certain unfunded environmental infrastructure projects and those concerning municipal, industrial, or agricultural water supply, and school construction. Requires a cost-benefit ratio of 1.5 or higher for water resources projects subject to a cost-benefit analysis. Provides for the deauthorization of certain projects not meeting such criterion. Directs the Secretary to revise the principles and guidelines of the Corps of Engineers concerning cost-benefit analysis, regional impacts, environmental restoration costs, and the incorporation of new analytical techniques, including those for risk. Establishes criteria for the review of a water resource project's reports and statements by an independent expert panel, including criteria regarding cost and the likelihood of significant adverse environmental impact. Revises inland waterway project cost-sharing requirements, including those for construction, operation and maintenance, flood damage reduction, beach replacement, and the Inland Waterways Trust Fund. Requires public access to water resources project information.
Bill· SS. 1989 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2002
National Cyber Security Defense Team Authorization Act - Authorizes the Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security to establish the National Cyber Security Defense Team to: (1) identify segments of the Internet infrastructure that are vulnerable to terrorist attack; and (2) recommend to Federal, State, and local government agencies and private entities means of eliminating such vulnerabilities. Subjects the Team to the direction and control of the President, acting through the National Security Council.
Bill· SS. 1986 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2002
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (or SPIRIT Corridor) that passes through Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.
Bill· HRH.R. 3856 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2002
Exempts the LST-325, a historic amphibious landing ship owned by USS LST Ship Memorial, Incorporated, located in Mobile, Alabama, from inspection requirements, except Coast Guard permitting requirements..
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 355 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2002
Specifies goals for the U.S. Government to achieve in negotiations with the Governments of Mexico and Canada with regard to the North American Development Bank (NADB) and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (BECC), including: (1) maintaining NADB and BECC as separate entities; (2) devoting $150 to $200 million of NADB's paid-in capital to the low-interest financing facility to provide lower interest rates for border environmental infrastructure projects; (3) increasing the U.S. contribution to the Border Environmental Infrastructure Grant Fund; and (4) requiring a third party to conduct a comprehensive review of NADB and BECC to study where structural inefficiencies should be improved.
Bill· SS. 1980 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2002
Amends Federal Law to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and appropriate personnel to develop guidance for training of all airline personnel employed in commercial aviation charged with the responsibility of checking passenger identification. Directs each air carrier to develop and submit to the Administrator a training program in accordance with those guidelines. Requires air carriers to complete within 180 days after the Administrator's approval the training of all airline personnel charged with checking passenger identification. Amends Federal law to direct the Administrator to establish and carry out a program to require the installation and use at airports of appropriate identification verification technologies to assist in the screening of passengers.
Bill· HRH.R. 3788 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2002
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, with respect to abatement actions because of the release of recycled oil and liability for costs or damages resulting from such oil's release in the course of disposal or transport, to limit liability of a service station dealer with respect to any period before the effective date of certain corrective action regulations or standards promulgated under the Solid Waste Disposal Act if the dealer had complied with all applicable laws and regulations relating to such oil's disposal.
Bill· HRH.R. 3792 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2002
Clean Water Infrastructure and Security Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove certain requirements for States with respect to construction of treatment works under capitalization grant agreements. Requires architectural and engineering contracts to be awarded consistent with procedures under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 or an equivalent State qualifications-based requirement. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assist States in establishing simplified procedures for small water systems to obtain assistance under the Act. Requires revolving funds to be used only for providing assistance for activities which have as a principal benefit the improvement or protection of water quality of navigable waters. Makes revisions concerning uses of funds for: (1) innovative technologies; (2) administrative expenses; (3) small system technical, planning, and management assistance; and (4) financially distressed communities. Revises requirements related to consistency with plans and eligibility of treatment works not considered publicly owned. Requires States to make grants to financially distressed communities in any fiscal year in which the Administrator has more than $1.4 billion available for obligation and allows a State to give priority to such communities in making loans. Allows a recipient of assistance from a State revolving fund to use the design-build project delivery (single contract) method. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007 for the revolving fund program.
Bill· SS. 1958 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2002
Rail Passenger Service Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to create an Office of Rail Passenger Development and Franchising to provide advice and support to the Secretary and the Federal Railroad Administrator on: (1) administration of rail passenger franchising responsibilities; and (2) undertaking capital improvements to the Northeast Corridor as authorized under this Act. Transfer from Amtrak to the Secretary or to an intercity rail passenger operator acting pursuant to a franchise granted by the Secretary, responsibility for making and implementing agreements with rail carriers or regional transportation facilities for facilities use. Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Corporation) to establish the following subsidiaries within one year: Amtrak Operations; Amtrak Maintenance; and Intercity Rail Reservations. Provides for: (1) the privatization of such subsidiary corporations through the sale of common stock; and (2) limited Amtrak operations from the beginning of FY 2003 until the stock sale. Requires: (1) development of a procedure to identify avoidable costs of Amtrak routes and services; and (2) annual Amtrak estimates of such costs. Requires the Corporation, before receiving any Federal rail programs funds, to transfer title to the Northeast Corridor to the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake certain Corridor capital improvements. Establishes the Amtrak Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Amtrak Control Board) to: (1) seek Amtrak operational and management efficiencies and direct Amtrak implementation of such efficiencies; and (2) promote options to improve Amtrak's financial condition and operational structure in order to enable Amtrak to be privatized within four years after enactment of this Act. Requires the Amtrak Reform Board, during the period prior to privatization, to develop and submit annually to the Control Board an Amtrak financial plan and budget. Requires: (1) Amtrak activities to be reviewed to ensure compliance with each plan and budget; and (2) annual Amtrak funding to be deposited with the Control Board for allocation. Authorizes the Control Board to provide specified assistance to Amtrak to achieve financial stability and management efficiency. Authorizes a State to use Federal highway trust funds to provide intercity rail passenger transportation service. Provides funding to Amtrak for rail passenger security upgrades, including additional requirements resulting since September 11, 2001.
Bill· HRH.R. 3779 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2002
Authorizes use of a passenger carrier to transport a Federal officer or employee between his or her place of employment and a mass transit facility. Requires a Federal agency that provides such service to: (1) absorb the cost; (2) when possible, use alternative fuel vehicles; and (3) coordinate such transportation with other Federal agencies.
Bill· SS. 1917 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2002
Highway Funding Restoration Act - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to require that obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for FY 2003: (1) meet a specified minimum level; and (2) be distributed in accordance with that Act.
Bill· SS. 1914 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2002
Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal transportation code to require any contract or agreement for truckload transportation or service regularly provided by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder subject to the Secretary of Transportation and the Surface Transportation Board to include a requirement to assess a payor of transportation charges a minimum surcharge based on mileage or percentage of revenue for fuel used in the transportation provided to such payor. Requires such a surcharge whenever an increase in the price of such fuel surpasses by $0.05 per gallon the benchmark price of $1.10 per gallon. Requires the surcharge to be the amount necessary to compensate the person responsible for paying for fuel for any increase in the price from the fuel price norm. Requires any motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder providing transportation or service using motor vehicles not owned by it and using fuel not paid for by it to pass any fuel surcharge through, with due notice in writing, to the person responsible for paying for fuel. Prohibits any reduction in compensatory transportation costs (other than the fuel surcharge) to the payor of fuel for the purpose of adjusting for or avoiding the pass through of the fuel surcharge.
Bill· HRH.R. 3694 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2002
Highway Funding Restoration Act - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to require that obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for FY 2003: (1) meet a specified minimum level; and (2) be distributed in accordance with that Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 3697 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2002
Monica Kristina Rodriguez Pier Safety Study - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to conduct a study to improve pier safety standards in navigable waters. Requires the Secretary to submit a report on the study's findings to appropriate Congressional committees.
Bill· HRH.R. 3690 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2002
Amends Federal aviation safety and security law provisions to replace language requiring airport security screeners to be U.S. citizens with a provision that any individual eligible to join in the United States Military is eligible to become a security screener.
Bill· SS. 1910 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2002
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2003, the duty on certain extruders, castings, TDO tenters, transport/winders, and slitters (certain manufacturing equipment).
Bill· SS. 1909 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 2002
Directs the President, through the Secretary of Defense, to establish a unified combatant command for homeland security of the United States (homeland security command) to prepare forces to carry out assigned missions for homeland security. Provides for: (1) a commander and deputy commander of such command; and (2) command headquarters to be located geographically central within the United States, away from any major population center, and in an area with existing infrastructure in use by the armed forces that is tailored to defend against asymmetric terrorist threats.
Bill· HRH.R. 3664 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 2002
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to authorize a rural access project involving improvements of the Wells Bypass (45th Street) in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
Bill· SS. 1901 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 2002
Cybersecurity Research and Education Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to award: (1) graduate fellowships for doctoral studies and research in cybersecurity; (2) grants to institutions of higher education to enable faculty members who are teaching cybersecurity subjects to spend a sabbatical working at the National Security Agency, the Department of Defense, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a research laboratory supported by the Department of Energy, or a qualified institution; and (3) grants to qualified institutions for activities related to acquiring cybersecurity infrastructure. Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to award grants to qualified institutions for cybersecurity awareness, training, and education programs, including centers for studies and centers for faculty development. Directs the Comptroller General to study, collect data, and report on the cybersecurity workforce and on academic cybersecurity research facilities.
Bill· SS. 1900 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 2002
Cyberterrorism Preparedness Act of 2002 - Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to award a grant to a qualifying nongovernmental entity to conduct a program to support the development of appropriate cybersecurity best practices, long-term cybersecurity research and development, and related activities. Funds such grants for five fiscal years beginning with 2003. Requires the entity awarded a grant to: (1) carry out a national program to protect the U.S. information infrastructure against disruption; and (2) make recommendations for appropriate cybersecurity best practices and to update such recommendations every six months. Requires: (1) NIST to recommend to specified bodies and officials appropriate cybersecurity best practices for the Government; and (2) the President to carry out demonstration projects for the adoption of such practices.
Bill· HRH.R. 3621 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2002
Port Security and Terrorism Prevention Act - Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to establish a National Maritime Security Advisory Committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation on ways to enhance the security and safety of U.S. ports, including matters related to maritime and port security and safety. Directs the Secretary to develop standards and procedures for conducting initial security evaluations and port vulnerability assessments. Requires the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project to assist the Port of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the development of a security assessment methodology (SAM), and a training program to implement it, in order to assess the ability of a port to detect and prevent terrorist or criminal activity. Requires the establishment of local seaport security committees, among other things, to assist in the review of port vulnerability assessments and maritime security plans for each local port authority, waterfront facility operator, or operator of a public or commercial structure located within or adjacent to a marine environment. Sets forth requirements calling for: (1) the issuance of regulations establishing requirements for submission of maritime facility security plans that are adequate to safeguard the public and improve the response to threats of crime and terrorism, including designation of controlled access areas in maritime facility plans for waterfront facilities and restrictions limiting access to security-sensitive information; (2) screening of and background checks for persons having access to such areas and information; (3) enhanced maritime domain awareness; (4) an assessment of the effectiveness of security measures maintained at foreign ports that serve U.S. vessels, from which foreign vessels serve the United States, or that pose a high risk of danger to U.S. ports, U.S. citizens, U.S. vessels, or other U.S. interests; (4) dissemination of port security program information to port authorities and marine terminal operators in other countries, including the development of measures to protect the security of U.S. ports from risks related to vessels that arrive from foreign ports that do not maintain an acceptable level of security; (5) the development of maritime security professional training standards (including the establishment of a Maritime Security Institute in Louisiana); (6) the provision of grants to public and private entities for certain construction or acquisition of security infrastructure projects; and (7) other specified maritime safety and security related measures, including penalties for the destruction of or interference with vessels or maritime facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 3618 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2002
Establishes a SouthEast Crescent Authority for parts of the following southeastern states not already served by the Appalachian Regional Commission or the Delta Regional Authority: DC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Directs the Authority to perform various functions, including: (1) formulating plans and programs to spur economic development, and approving grants to States and public and nonprofit entities toward that end; (2) establishing priorities in a development plan for the region; (3) working with State and local agencies to craft appropriate model legislation; (4) encouraging private investment in the region; (5) supporting local development districts, and creating them where they do not exist; and (6) making recommendations to Governors and State legislatures on means of interstate cooperation. Authorizes the Authority to hold hearings, take testimony, receive evidence and require oaths as it deems necessary. Requires Federal agencies to cooperate with the Authority. Permits the Authority to request and receive Federal, State and local government personnel as employees. Stipulates that Authority grants for infrastructure development may be made only to State or local governments. Permits other Authority grants for job training, employment-related education, business development, assisting severely distressed and poor areas in improving basic services, or for other purposes in accordance with the Act. Allows the Authority to annually designate: (1) distressed counties; and (2) isolated areas of distress in nondistressed counties. Directs the Authority to garner public participation in the development, revision and implementation of its plans and programs.