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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
65 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the progress of negotiations with worker representatives on public transport and the future of CIE. [23186/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
64 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport his plans in respect of the Red Cow roundabout; the timescale for this work; the implications for the commencement of the Tallaght Luas line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
63 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Transport when the attention of his Department was drawn to the plans to close the DART line at weekends; the alternative measures being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23404/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
117 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on a meeting with a delegation from ICTU on 15 July 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19684/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
109 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding his discussions with the CIE group of trade unions on the future of CIE; when the last meeting was held; when the next meeting is planned; the progress which has been made with regard to meeting concerns of the workers regarding security of employment, pensions and terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23115/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
71 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the discussions which have taken place in recent weeks between the transport unions in CIE and his Department officials regarding reform of CIE; and the timetable that he envisages for the break-up of CIE and the introduction of private bus operators on to the Dublin Bus market. [23150/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
69 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on his talks with ICTU leaders concerning Government plans for the future of CIE and Aer Rianta. [21999/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
157 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Transport his plans for bus competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23057/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
149 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Transport his plans for bus deregulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23054/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
112 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Transport the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the proposals contained in his statement to the public transport forum on 7 November 2002; the timetable for the legislation required to give effect to these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
84 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport further to his recent statement that his plans for bus deregulation in Dublin will provide choice for the consumer, the way in which this will be the case; and the reason he has not opted to franchise out new routes to private operators rather than 25% of existing routes, in order to increase the overall level of service in Dublin. [23093/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
68 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Transport his plans for bus deregulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23056/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
67 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for Transport the reason he has not given permission for the streamlining of the Bus Éireann service between Ballina and the Holyhead-Dún Laoghaire ferry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23429/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
66 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing an exemption from the high travel tax charges on domestic flights from Cork, Shannon and Dublin Airports, in view of the fact that the national carrier no longer serves the route with the exception of US flights, to make the routes more viable and attractive for new carriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23188/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
65 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the progress of negotiations with worker representatives on public transport and the future of CIE. [23186/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
64 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport his plans in respect of the Red Cow roundabout; the timescale for this work; the implications for the commencement of the Tallaght Luas line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/03]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2003
63 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Transport when the attention of his Department was drawn to the plans to close the DART line at weekends; the alternative measures being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23404/03]
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 2003
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2004 for military and foreign affairs operations concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, including for Iraqi relief and reconstruction. Makes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (4) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (5) procurement; (6) research, development, test and evaluation; (7) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (8) the Defense Health Program; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan; and (10) the Intelligence Community Management Account. Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to: (1) provide logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq; and (2) enhance the capability of the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to combat terrorism and support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Appropriates funds to DOD to be used only for recovery and repair of damage due to natural disasters, including Hurricane Isabel. Earmarks specified O&M funds for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent Iraqi humanitarian relief). Makes appropriations for: (1) the Department of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard for costs related to Hurricane Isabel damage; (2) military construction; and (3) military family housing O&M. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use O&M funds for military construction projects in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or the Global War on Terrorism. Makes appropriations for: (1) Department of Justice for general legal activities; (2) diplomatic and consular programs and emergencies in the diplomatic consular service; (3) embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (4) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; (5) international broadcasting operations; (6) the United States Agency for International Development; (7) the Economic Support Fund; (8) international disaster and famine assistance; (9) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (10) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs; (11) the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (12) peacekeeping operations to support the global war on terrorism. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund for security, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq; and (2) the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Requires: (1) public disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for the reconstruction of infrastructure in Iraq; (2) monthly reports from the Coalition Provisional Authority on Iraqi oil production and revenues; and (3) quarterly reports from the President on military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Austria · National Council · 13 October 2003
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Theresia Haidlmayr, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Vernichtung von Steuergeldern und die Vernichtung von Mitteln der Eisenbahnunternehmen und die Gefährdung von Menschenleben aufgrund der seit Jahren vom BMVIT <i>(Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie)</i> verschleppten Modernisierung der Eisenbahnkreuzungsverordnung
Austria · Federal Council · 9 October 2003
Mündliche Anfrage des Bundesrates Theodor Binna (SPÖ) an den Bundesminister für Finanzen Mag. Karl-Heinz Grasser betreffend Neuverschuldung im Bereich der Schieneninfrastruktur bis ins Jahr 2010
Austria · Federal Council · 9 October 2003
Anfrage der Bundesräte Jürgen Weiss, Christoph Hagen, Ilse Giesinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend Mineralölsteuerbefreiung für Flugzeugtreibstoffe
European Union · European Parliament · 8 October 2003
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2003
Border Economic Recovery Act for Health and the Environment - Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to authorize appropriations. Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 with respect to funding for State-furnished emergency health services for undocumented aliens in the United States-Mexico border area ("border area"). Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, with respect to the special supplemental nutrition program, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize partnerships for increased coordination of food and nutrition assistance for residents of colonias in the border area. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase funding for grants and loans for water and waste facilities in communities whose residents face significant health risks. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to selected colleges in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to provide community resource centers to serve colonias. Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to funding of: (1) tuberculosis prevention activities in the border area; and (2) interdisciplinary, community-based linkages and centers addressing unmet health care needs in such area and in the State of Florida. Authorizes funding for the Border Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (concerning youth substance abuse prevention in the border area). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make awards of grants or cooperative agreements to: (1) conduct cancer screenings in the border area and report diagnosis information to the appropriate State cancer registry; (2) expand a diabetes study; and (3) support community-based sexually transmitted disease control programs. Provides funding for the Department of HUD's Healthy Homes Initiative, reserving specified amounts for border area activities. Provides funding for: (1) the Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative; (2) the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy; (3) environmental infrastructure projects carried out by the International Boundary and Water Commission (and requires a long-range water supply strategic plan); (4) the U.S. contribution to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation; (5) innovative water conservation programs; (6) the International Consortium for the Environment established at Brooks Air Force Base; (7) the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission for environmental infrastructure projects; and (8) grants for high-priority projects carried out through the North American Development Bank's Border Environmental Infrastructure Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2003
Regional Comprehensive Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Coordination Act of 2003 - Requires each regional council to convene all local governments and Federal, State, and private sector stakeholders within its region to coordinate the development of a regional emergency and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery coordination plan. Directs the Governor, in States that do not have regional councils, to work with local officials to organize a regional approach involving local elected officials and establish a homeland defense regional planning advisory committee. Sets forth minimum elements of regional plans, including: (1) disaster, response equipment and personnel, and equipment needs assessments; (2) development of a regional communication system and a secure information repository; (3) emergency coordination information; and (4) specified elements regarding support facilities, infrastructure, transportation facilities, at-risk populations, potential targets, and debris disposal. Directs that planning activities include: (1) analyzing and documenting the possibility of a disaster and the potential consequences or impacts upon life, property, and the environment; and (2) planning for utilization of geographic information systems to assess hazards and evaluate the consequences of potential emergencies or disasters. Sets forth provisions regarding approval and updating of regional plans, the security of mapping and infrastructure information, and funding apportionment. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to withhold, reduce, or deny an apportionment if the Secretary determines that the State or regional council has not complied, or provided adequate assurances that it will comply, with this Act's requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2003
Amends Federal transportation law to expand the Federal flight deck officer program (providing for the arming of pilots of passenger aircraft) to include pilots of cargo aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2003
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act - Amends Federal law to protect specified disclosures by Federal employees or applicants without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure. Creates a rebuttable presumption regarding the performance of duty by employees with authority. Prohibits implementation or enforcement of nondisclosure documents absent a statement that the restrictions imposed are consistent with and do not supersede specified laws. Authorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board or any reviewing court to determine whether there was a violation of prohibited personnel practices in actions relating to security clearances and to provide specified relief. Authorizes the President to exclude agencies with certain intelligence functions from coverage under the whistleblower statute only if the exclusion decision, as it relates to a personnel action, is made before that personnel action. Includes compensatory damages in the list of authorized corrective actions the Board may impose. Authorizes the Board to impose a combination of discliplinary action and civil penalties. Permits representation by attorneys for the Office of the Special Counsel in specified civil actions. Authorizes the Office of Special Counsel to obtain judicial review of Board decisions. Allows petitions for review to be filed in any court of appeals of competent jurisdiction during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act (restricted to the Federal Circuit thereafter). Lengthens the appeal period. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that the disclosure of independently obtained critical infrastructure information is a protected disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2003
Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2003 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a State and Regional First Responder Grant Program under which the Secretary may make grants to States and eligible regional entities on the basis of the threat to a State or region's population and critical infrastructure, as determined by the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, to evaluate and prioritize grant applications, considering factors such as threats to the population, specific economic sectors, major communications nodes and transportation systems, specific elements of the food supply, the water and energy supplies, civic infrastructure and emergency response capabilities, and specific structures of symbolic national importance. Bars the use of grant funds to supplant State or local funds that would otherwise be available for homeland security or first responder projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the Advisory Council on First Responders, which shall report to the Secretary through the head of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination; and (2) revise the Homeland Security Advisory System to require that any designation of a threat level or other warning be accompanied by a designation of the geographic regions and economic sectors to which it applies. Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to conduct a study of whether there is a need to assign additional bands of frequencies of electromagnetic spectrum to assist first responders.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2003
HELP Commission Act - Establishes the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission to: (1) identify objectives and beneficiaries of U.S. development assistance; (2) evaluate cases in which assistance has been successful; (3) study ways of expanding educational opportunities and investments in people, coordinating U.S. assistance programs with those of other countries and international organizations, ensuring the safety of development assistance workers, strengthening indigenous nongovernmental organizations in grassroots development, placing conditions on governments receiving assistance, and measuring results of targeting U.S. assistance to the least developed countries; (4) assess infrastructure needs; (5) study whether additional resources are needed for tangible results; (6) compare the effectiveness of increased and open trade with development assistance; (7) analyze how political pressures affect the assistance decision making process and how assistance decisions can involve more people of the recipient countries; (8) recommend standards for graduating recipient countries from U.S. assistance; (9) analyze whether assistance should be used to achieve foreign policy objectives; and (10) analyze how to evaluate the performance of the U.S. assistance programs, including in democratization efforts.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2003
Recognizes the American Concrete Institute (ACI) for 100 years of service to the people of the United States as the technical society for the concrete industry. Encourages the designation of an ACI Centennial Day.
Austria · National Council · 3 October 2003
Bundesgesetz, mit dem im Zusammenhang mit der Erlassung des Außerstreitgesetzes die Notariatsordnung, das Gesetz betreffend die Einräumung von Notwegen, die Jurisdiktionsnorm, die Zivilprozessordnung, die Exekutionsordnung, das Gerichtsorganisationsgesetz, das Tiroler Höfegesetz, das Allgemeine Grundbuchsanlegungsgesetz, das Liegenschaftsteilungsgesetz, das Ehegesetz, das Todeserklärungsgesetz 1950, das Kraftloserklärungsgesetz 1951, das Eisenbahnenteignungsgesetz 1954, das Allgemeine Grundbuchsgesetz 1955, das Scheckgesetz 1955, das Anerbengesetz, das Aktiengesetz 1965, das Bundesgesetz über Notare als Gerichtskommissäre im Verfahren außer Streitsachen, das Personenstandsgesetz, das Gerichtsgebührengesetz, das Bundesgesetz zur Durchführung des Europäischen Übereinkommens vom 20. Mai 1980 über die Anerkennung und Vollstreckung von Entscheidungen über das Sorgerecht für Kinder und die Wiederherstellung des Sorgerechts, das Unterhaltsvorschußgesetz 1985, das Rechtspflegergesetz, das Bundesgesetz zur Durchführung des Übereinkommens vom 25. Oktober 1980 über die zivilrechtlichen Aspekte internationaler Kindesentführung, das Kartellgesetz 1988, das Jugendwohlfahrtsgesetz 1989, das Kärntner Erbhöfegesetz 1990, das Auslandsunterhaltsgesetz, das Firmenbuchgesetz und das Bundesgesetz zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie 93/7/EWG über die Rückgabe von unrechtmäßig aus dem Hoheitsgebiet eines Mitgliedstaates der Europäischen Gemeinschaft verbrachten Kulturgütern geändert werden (Außerstreit-Begleitgesetz - AußStr-BegleitG)
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2003
Keeping Families Together Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to States to establish systems of individualized mental health treatment and family support services for children who are in custody or in danger of entering the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires eligible States to: (1) have laws or policies in effect that ensure that children receive appropriate mental health services so that parents do not have to relinquish legal custody of such children; (2) provide matching funds; (3) establish infrastructure for interagency cooperation and cross system financing; and (4) expand public health insurance programs to cover these services after the grant expires. Establishes a Federal interagency task force to examine mental health issues in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and the role of their agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services. Amends the Social Security Act to permit the use of the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to provide mental health services to children and youths as an alternative to care in inpatient psychiatric hospitals.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2003
Keeping Families Together Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to States to establish systems of individualized mental health treatment and family support services for children who are in custody or in danger of entering the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires eligible States to: (1) have laws or policies in effect that ensure that children receive appropriate mental health services so that parents do not have to relinquish legal custody of such children; (2) provide matching funds; (3) establish infrastructure for interagency cooperation and cross system financing; and (4) expand public health insurance programs to cover these services after the grant expires. Establishes a Federal interagency task force to examine mental health issues in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and the role of their agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services. Amends the Social Security Act to permit the use of the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to provide mental health services to children and youths as an alternative to care in inpatient psychiatric hospitals.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2003
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor in Texas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2003
Responsible and Secure ID Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 25 percent of the apportionment of specified Federal highway funds to any State that does not have in effect laws that require: (1) as a condition of issuing or renewing a driver's license, proof that the individual is a citizen or national of, or an alien lawfully present in, the United States; and (2) that a driver's license issued to an alien must expire not later than the last day of the period during which the alien is authorized to be present in the United States, unless the alien is lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or the alien's lawful presence is not subject to termination on a date certain. Directs the Secretary to waive application of this Act to a State if the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the State's noncompliance does not pose a security risk to the United States. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the period of availability of withheld funds; (2) the apportionment of withheld funds after compliance; and (3) the availability of lapsed funds to the Secretary of Homeland Security for programs and activities to secure the borders of the United States and to enhance immigration enforcement activities.
Austria · National Council · 1 October 2003
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Heribert Donnerbauer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend ÖBB-Reform
European Union · European Commission · 1 October 2003
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2003
Defense Production Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to: (1) extend its expiration date and authorization of appropriations through FY 2008; (2) include in its declaration of policy that its authorities should be used to ensure the national security of the United States and its infrastructure against hostile attack and against other man-caused and natural hazards; (3) make permanent its provisions indemnifying persons for any act resulting from compliance with a rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to such Act; and (4) define ''critical infrastructure" as systems and assets, whether physical or cyber-based, so vital to the United States that their degradation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health or safety. Authorizes the President to take action to correct an industrial resource shortfall for radiation-hardened electronics to the extent that such action does not cause the aggregate outstanding amount of all such actions for industrial resource shortfalls to exceed $200 million. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense to specified congressional committees on the state of the domestic industrial base for, and Department of Defense requirements, intentions, and plans for, radiation-hardened electronics. Authorizes the President: (1) in allocating resources or requiring priority in the performance of contracts to promote the national defense, to directly assist a private sector critical infrastructure owner or operator in furtherance of critical infrastructure protection or restoration; and (2) to obtain information in order to perform industry studies assessing capabilities of the U.S.industrial base to support the national defense. .
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2003
Passenger Rail Investment Reform Act - Amends Federal transportation law to require the restructuring of Amtrak into successor corporations named the Passenger Rail Service Provider (Provider) and the Passenger Rail Infrastructure Manager (Manager). Reorganizes the Board of Directors into a transition board, which shall prepare the restructuring plan. Grants the Provider the exclusive right for three years to continue to provide intercity passenger rail service currently provided by Amtrak; but after three years only under a contract. Grants the Manager the exclusive right for six years to continue to provide the dispatching, maintenance, and infrastructure services currently provided by Amtrak; but after six years only under a contract. Authorizes the States and the District of Columbia that constitute the Northeast Corridor (NEC) to enter into a multistate Northeast Corridor Compact, subject to congressional approval, to provide passenger rail service and conduct related activities in the NEC. Establishes a Northeast Corridor Compact Commission to prepare such compact, which shall provide for full authority for 99 years to succeed to the responsibilities of Amtrak as NEC operator, subject to a 99-year lease from the Department of Transportation. Prescribes general requirements of the compact to protect employee interests. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to develop a program for employee transition assistance. Authorizes the Secretary, after the first fiscal year following enactment of this Act, to make grants for operating assistance, according to a specified formula, to reimburse operators of long-distance routes and corridor feeder routes for their intercity passenger rail operating expenses. Specifies conditions and limitations on the availability of grants to Amtrak, including preparation of a capital spending plan, before its successor corporations are established and commence operations. Prescribes procedures for redemption and disposition of Amtrak stock and the transfer of assets to the successor corporations and/or the Compact, as well as real estate, facilities, and secured debt. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to an applicant State, interstate compact, or public agency to assist in financing the capital costs of facilities and equipment necessary to provide intercity passenger rail transportation. Authorizes interested States to enter into interstate compacts for corridor development.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2003
Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2003 - Establishes the following regional commissions: (1) Delta Regional Commission; (2) Northern Great Plains Regional Commission; (3) Southeast Crescent Regional Commission; and (4) Southwest Border Regional Commission. Directs each Commission, in its region, to: (1) assess needs and assets; (2) develop comprehensive and coordinated economic infrastructure development strategies to establish and approve grants for economic development; (3) establish priorities in an economic and infrastructure development plan; (4) enhance capacity of and provide support for local development districts; (5) encourage private investment in industrial, commercial, and other economic development projects; (6) assist State governments with the preparation of economic and infrastructure development plans and programs for participating States; and (7) formulate and recommend to the Governors and legislatures of participating States forms of interstate cooperation and, where appropriate, international cooperation. Sets forth requirements for: (1) economic and infrastructure development grants; (2) comprehensive economic and infrastructure development plans; (3) approval of applications for assistance for projects; (4) grants to local development districts for assistance in payment of development planning and administrative expenses; and (5) supplemental funding for other Federal grant programs (Federal grant programs to provide assistance in carrying out economic and community development activities). Declares that this Act does not require a State to engage in or accept a program under this Act without its consent. Requires each Commission to annually designate: (1) distressed, transitional, and attainment counties; and (2) isolated areas of distress in attainment counties that have high rates of poverty, unemployment, or outmigration. Provides for the appointment of Inspector Generals for the Commissions. Sets forth requirements for counties eligible to receive assistance from more than one Commission, including the Appalachian Regional Commission. Requires biannual meetings of all such Regional Commissions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2003
Exempts small trailer manufacturers from enhanced early warning reporting requirements under the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act and specified Federal regulations, which require manufacturers that produce, import, offer for sale, or sell 500 or more vehicles per year to provide the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with: (1) production information; (2) information on incidents involving death or injury; (3) numbers of property damage claims, consumer complaints, warranty claims, and field reports; and (4) copies of field reports. Applies this exemption to manufacturers of trailers with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2003
Amends Federal transportation law to expand the Federal flight deck officer program (providing for the arming of pilots of passenger aircraft) to include pilots of cargo aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2003
Predisaster Mitigation Program Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize through FY 2006 the program of technical and financial assistance to States and local governments for cost-effective predisaster hazard mitigation measures. Increases from 7.5 to 15 percent of the estimated aggregate amount of disaster assistance grants for a particular major disaster the total contributions the President may make to the cost of hazard mitigation measures with respect to such disaster (applicable to any major disaster declared after September 30, 2002). Authorizes the President to provide additional repair assistance to an individual or household that is unable, using insurance proceeds, loans, or other financial assistance, including Small Business Administration assistance, to complete repairs of an owner-occupied private residence, utilities, or residential infrastructure (such as a private access route) damaged by a major disaster declared after enactment of this Act. Amends the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 to extend until September 30, 2005, the deadline for completion by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office of a study estimating the reduction in Federal disaster assistance that has resulted and is likely to result from enactment of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2003
Geospatial Preparedness Act - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to direct the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Departments of the Interior and Justice, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, other appropriate Federal agencies, and members of the Federal Geographic Data Committee to use and enhance the National Spatial Data Infrastructure for homeland security purposes. Directs the CIO to establish security and policy guidelines for the acquisition, processing, and dissemination of geospatial data depicting critical infrastructure and strategic assets in the United States. Requires the: (1) Secretary to establish the Office of Geospatial Management within the Office of the CIO; and (2) Geospatial Manager to work with the CIO to design, manage, coordinate, and implement comprehensive geospatial initiatives.
Germany · German Bundestag · 25 September 2003
Aussprache auf Verlangen der Fraktion der CDU/CSU, unabhängig von einer Fragestunde
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 25 September 2003
Austria · National Council · 24 September 2003
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Position im EU-Rat zur TEN <i>(Transeuropäische Netze)</i> -Revision, insbesondere hinsichtlich Alemagna und Nordautobahn
Austria · National Council · 24 September 2003
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anita Fleckl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend die Aussagen von ÖVP-Delegationsleiterin MEP Ursula <i>Schweiger-</i> Stenzel zum Infrastrukturausbau im Zuge der bevorstehenden Osterweiterung
Austria · National Council · 24 September 2003
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Anita Fleckl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend "Korridoruntersuchung Ennstal" <i>(Studie für Ausbau der Verkehrsnetze)</i>
Austria · National Council · 24 September 2003
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gerhard Reheis, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend die Aussagen von ÖVP-Delegationsleiterin MEP Ursula <i>Schweiger-</i> Stenzel zum Infrastrukturausbau im Zuge der bevorstehenden Osterweiterung
Austria · National Council · 24 September 2003
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Evelin Lichtenberger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Umsetzung der Fahrradverordnung