bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
107-hr-5763,107,hr,5763,Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002,Taxation,2002-11-22,2002-11-22,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise collection procedures concerning the review of installment agreements for partial collection; (2) extend the time allowed to return property wrongfully levied; and (3) provide for a study of liens and levies.Increases funding for low-income tax clinics.Revises tax administration provisions to provide for the termination of the employment of an IRS employee upon a final administrative or judicial determination of misconduct. Permits the Tax Court to apply the doctrine of equitable recoupment to the same extent as in other Federal courts. Limits the right to appeal a levy determination to the Tax Court (currently, a U.S. district court may have jurisdiction).Provides a 15-day delay in due date for electronically filed individual income tax returns.Revises confidentiality requirements concerning: (1) the disclosure upon oral request of either spouse of collection activities with respect to a joint return; (2) compliance by contractors; (3) standards for requests for and consents to disclosure; and (3) notice to taxpayer of an administrative determination that a return was unlawfully inspected; and (4) expanded disclosure in emergency circumstances.Makes additional miscellaneous amendments including: (1) requiring an evaluation of alternative, technological means of communicating with taxpayers; (2) authorizing regulations for the conduct of enrolled agents; (3) charging  fees to the IRS by the Financial Management Service; and (4) procedures concerning Treasury auctions.Revises penalty and interest provisions concerning the treatment of penalties for failure by an individual to pay estimated income tax (converted to interest charge). Excludes interest on overpayments of tax from gross income. Abates interest on all erroneous refunds.  Waives certain penalties for first-time unintentional minor errors. Revises and increases the penalty for filing a frivolous tax return.",2025-08-19T17:29:53Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5763
107-hr-5764,107,hr,5764,To provide for the resolution of certain labor issues relating to the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road.,Transportation and Public Works,2002-11-22,2002-11-22,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2]",NC,D,E000226,0,Declares that the collective bargaining agreement between the Association of Commuter Rail Employees and the Metro-North Railroad shall be extinguished upon the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road. Deems employees of the entity resulting from such merger to be covered under the appropriate collective bargaining agreement of the Long Island Rail Road in compliance with the Railway Labor Act. Subordinates the appropriate seniority roster of Metro-North Railroad employees to the seniority roster of Long Island Rail Road employees. Subjects all disputes arising from the application of this Act to the jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board.,2025-01-02T16:53:55Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5764
107-hr-5765,107,hr,5765,Tongass Rain Forest Protection Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-11-22,2002-11-22,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]",NY,D,I000057,0,"Tongass Rain Forest Protection Act - Designates all roadless areas in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, including Duke Island, as the Tongass Rainforest Nature Preserve.Requires native animal and plant species within the Preserve to be protected in their natural and wild state. Prohibits activities in the Preserve that disturb native animal or plant species or their habitats, including the construction of roads or structures, logging, mining, and the use of any mechanized vehicle or equipment.Designates all of Duke Island and the Duke Inventoried Roadless Area as the Duke Island Trumpeter Swan Wilderness Area.Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire: (1) inholdings in the Tongass National Forest from willing sellers; and (2) an inholding of exceptional importance for biological or scenic reasons through eminent domain at full fair market value.",2025-08-19T17:30:06Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5765
107-hr-5766,107,hr,5766,"To create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business concerns, and for other purposes.",Government Operations and Politics,2002-11-22,2002-11-22,"Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-15]",MI,D,K000180,0,Requires each executive agency with procurement authority to: (1) take specified steps to ensure substantial participation in Federal advertising procurements by minority businesses; (2) develop a long-term comprehensive plan for implementing such requirement; and (3) assess efforts to increase the utilization of minority businesses in the advertising industry as prime contractors and subcontractors.Amends the Small Business Act to require current small business procurement contracting and subcontracting goals with the Government to apply separately to small businesses in the advertising industry.Directs the Administrators of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and General Services (GSA) to expand inclusion on GSA schedules of small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and other minority businesses in the advertising industry and to provide greater opportunities for such businesses to participate in orders under such schedules.Requires each executive agency to submit to the SBA Administrator for review any proposed bundling of contract requirements which includes Federal advertising requirements.Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the SBA Administrator to jointly carry out a feasibility study to determine the appropriateness of establishing an awards program for executive agencies for increasing minority business opportunity in Federal advertising procurement.,2025-02-04T16:54:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5766
107-hr-5767,107,hr,5767,To accelerate the effective date for the expansion of the adoption tax credit and the adoption assistance programs by 1 year.,Taxation,2002-11-22,2002-11-22,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]",CA,D,M000714,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the effective date for the expansion of the adoption tax credit and the adoption assistance programs by one year, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001.",2025-01-02T16:53:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5767
107-hr-5758,107,hr,5758,To extend the national flood insurance program.,Emergency Management,2002-11-19,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4]",OH,R,O000163,0,Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through 2004: (1) the authority under which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may issue notes and other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of carrying out the national flood insurance program; and (2) the authority to enter into new flood insurance contracts.,2025-01-02T16:53:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5758
107-hr-5759,107,hr,5759,To extend the national flood insurance program.,Emergency Management,2002-11-19,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4]",OH,R,O000163,0,Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through 2004: (1) the authority under which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may issue notes and other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of carrying out the national flood insurance program; (2) the authority to enter into new flood insurance contracts; (3) requirements for carrying out emergency implementation of the flood insurance program; and (4) the authorization of appropriations for carrying out studies under the Act.,2025-01-02T16:53:40Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5759
107-hr-5760,107,hr,5760,Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Commission Act,Crime and Law Enforcement,2002-11-19,2002-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]",MI,D,C000714,0,"Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Commission Act - Establishes the Internet Gambling Licensing and Regulation Study Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the existing legal framework governing Internet gambling and the issues involved with the licensing and regulation of Internet gambling.Includes within the matters to be studied by the Commission: (1) a review of existing laws governing various forms of wagering over the Internet; (2) assessments of the impact of Internet gambling with respect to problem gambling, the availability of gambling to minors, and its susceptibility to money laundering by terrorists or criminal enterprises; (3) the potential of regulatory measures to minimize adverse impacts of Internet gambling; (4) federalism issues; and (5) the problems of unregulated international Internet wagering and Federal options in seeking international cooperation.Requires the Commission to issue proposed changes to Federal laws and regulations providing for the licensing and regulation of Internet gambling in the United States which: (1) preserve the prerogatives of States and tribal sovereignty; (2) include measures to minimize adverse impacts of Internet gambling and to eliminate the disparate treatment of various forms of Internet gambling (with an exception); (3) provide for the appropriate taxation of Internet gambling enterprises (comparable to land-based gambling); (4) provide for the licensing of enterprises both within and outside of the United States; (5) remain consistent with U.S. goals, principles, and obligations in other international negotiations governing electronic commerce; and (6) include measures to discourage, prohibit, or prevent U.S. citizens from wagering with unlicensed Internet gambling operations outside the United States.",2025-08-19T17:30:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5760
107-hr-5761,107,hr,5761,"United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis,  and Malaria Act of 2002",International Affairs,2002-11-19,2002-11-19,Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.,House,"Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]",IL,R,H001022,1,"United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 - Requires the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, five-year strategy to combat the global spread of HIV and AIDS.Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a comprehensive plan to empower women to protect themselves against the spread of HIV/AIDS.Establishes within the Department of State a presidentially appointed Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.Authorizes the United States to participate in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and increases financial assistance for vaccine contributions.Authorizes the President to provide assistance and coordination between international organizations for the global prevention, treatment, monitoring, and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President to establish a program to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating services of American health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of USAID, to establish a program of assistance that would demonstrate the feasibility of providing care and treatment to orphans, other children, and young people affected by HIV/AIDS in foreign countries.Sets forth principles for U.S. firms operating in countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.",2025-08-19T17:30:53Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5761
107-hr-5762,107,hr,5762,"Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2002",Government Operations and Politics,2002-11-19,2002-11-19,Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.,House,"Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]",GA,D,M000523,0,"Martin Luther King, Jr., Records Collection Act of 2002 - Directs the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to commence establishment of a collection of all Government records relating to the life and assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Requires the Archivist of the United States to: (1) ensure the physical integrity and original provenance of all records; (2) prepare and publish a subject guidebook and index to the collection which will be available to the public and searchable electronically; and (2) enter into an agreement with an entity outside NARA for the establishment of a secondary location for a portion of the collection.Requires each Government office having possession or control of related records to: (1) identify and organize its records and prepare them for transmission to the Archivist; and (2) review, identify, and organize each related record in its custody or possession for disclosure to the public, review by the Review Board (established by this Act), and transmission to the Archivist.Sets forth grounds for postponement of public disclosure of related records. Establishes the Records Review Board to consider and render decisions on a Government office determination to seek to postpone disclosure.Authorizes the Board to request the Attorney General to petition any court to release information or physical evidence relevant to King's life or assassination that is held under court seal.Creates a private right of action for individuals aggrieved by a violation of this Act.",2025-08-19T17:28:51Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5762
107-hr-5728,107,hr,5728,Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002,Taxation,2002-11-14,2002-11-15,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 - Title I: Fairness in Tax Collection Procedures - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to stipulate that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may enter into installment agreements with taxpayers that do not provide for full payment of liabilities. Requires the IRS to review partial payment installment agreements at least every two years.(Sec. 102) Extends from nine months to two years the period in which proceeds errantly acquired by the IRS may be returned.(Sec. 103) Authorizes a taxpayer to deposit money in an IRA without regard to the normally applicable limits on IRA contributions and rollovers if the IRS has sent back the money being deposited due to a wrongful levy and it originally came from an IRA. Requires the contribution to be to the same type of IRA from which the amounts were withdrawn. Stipulates that in such a scenario any tax on the withdrawal from the IRA is abated. Interest paid by the IRS to the taxpayer is considered part of the original payment and is not counted as gross income.(Sec. 104) Modifies the suspension date of the statute of limitations for taxpayers suffering significant hardship by applying it only if the date of the decision by the National Taxpayer Advocate is at least seven days after the date of the taxpayer's application.(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to study IRS practices concerning liens and levies.(Sec. 106) Increases the limitation on the amount of grants for low-income taxpayer clinics. Excludes clinics providing routine tax return preparation unless in connection with a controversy with the IRS. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to promote the use of these clinics.Title II: Improved Administrative Efficiency and Confidentiality - Subtitle A: Efficiency of Tax Administration - Requires the Commissioner of the IRS to issue guidelines for discipline, including for firing employees, and to take action for certain violations. Removes certain acts from the list of violations, and adds others. Declares that a ruling by the Commissioner is final, with no possibility of review.(Sec. 202) Permits the Tax Court to apply the principle of equitable recoupment to the same extent that it may be applied in Federal civil tax cases by the U.S. District Courts or the U.S. Court of Claims.(Sec. 203) Consolidates all judicial review of collection due process hearings by the IRS Office of Appeals to the United States Tax Court.(Sec. 204) Establishes that written opinions by the Office of the Chief Counsel supporting offers-in-compromise are only required if the Secretary of the Treasury calls for them (previously all such offers of $50,000 or more required written opinions).(Sec. 205) Extends the filing deadline to April 30 for a taxpayer who files an electronic return and pays the entire balance owed electronically.Subtitle B: Confidentiality and Disclosure - (Sec. 211) Eliminates the requirement for former spouses to make a written request for disclosure of collection activities with respect to a joint tax return.(Sec. 212) Forbids an IRS employee conducting an examination of a taxpayer from conducting an examination of the taxpayer representative's return solely on the basis of the representative's relationship to the taxpayer.(Sec. 213) Requires a State or Federal agency to conduct annual on-site reviews of all of its contractors receiving Federal returns and return information to assess their performance in safeguarding such information. Requires the State or Federal agency to certify annually that its contractors are in compliance with requirements to safeguard such information.(Sec. 214) Invalidates a taxpayer's consent to supply return information to a third party if the form turned in to the IRS does not designate a recipient or is not dated at the time of execution. Requires taxpayers, under penalty of perjury, to verify when submitting a request to the IRS that the form contains the above information.(Sec. 215) Requires the IRS to notify a taxpayer upon the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's determination that a taxpayer's return or return information has been disclosed or inspected without authorization.(Sec. 216) Permits the IRS to disclose return information to local law enforcement authorities in response to imminent danger of death or physical injury (previously the IRS was allowed to disclose information only to Federal and State law enforcement).Subtitle C: Other Provisions - (Sec. 221) Obligates the  Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to submit a report to Congress on technological advances, such as e-mail and faxes, that may allow alternative means for the IRS to communicate with taxpayers.(Sec. 222) Permits the issuance of regulations as necessary to regulate the conduct of enrolled agents in regards to their practice before the IRS.(Sec. 223) Permits the Financial Management Service (FMS) to charge the IRS fees and the IRS to pay fees to the FMS to cover the cost of implementing a continuous levy program.(Sec. 224) Revises Treasury auction reforms.Title III: Reform of Penalty and Interest Provisions - (Sec. 301) Converts the failure to pay an estimated tax penalty to an interest charge on the accumulated unpaid balance. Establishes that the underpayment interest rate in effect on the first day of the quarter in which a pertinent estimated payment due date arises is the interest rate that will apply during the entire underpayment period. Determines that a 365-day year will be used for calculation of all individual, estate, and trust estimated tax interest calculations. Raises the figure of adjusted income below which no penalty is incurred for underpayment of estimated taxes. Includes equally-paid estimated tax in calculus of adjusted income as well as tax withheld, thus including in the ""safe harbor"" individuals who pay throughout the year only through estimated tax.(Sec. 302) Excludes from gross income for tax purposes interest paid on overpayments of income tax. Disqualifies a taxpayer from benefitting if the Secretary of the Treasury determines the taxpayer purposely overpaid to earn interest.(Sec. 303) Eliminates the $50,000 threshold for abatement of interest on erroneous refunds. Requires the Secretary to abate interest on underpayments in which the reason for the underpayment is erroneous information supplied in written form by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).(Sec. 304) Creates a system whereby a taxpayer can deposit sums with the IRS that may subsequently be used to pay an underpayment of income or other specified taxes. Establishes that no underpayment interest will be charged on the portion of an underpayment paid in this manner for the period the funds are on deposit. Allows withdrawals unless the amount has been used to pay tax or the Secretary believes that withdrawal will jeopardize tax payment. Specifies that interest will only be paid on withdrawals from deposits attributable to a disputable tax.(Sec. 305) Applies, for individual taxpayers, interest netting rules without regard to the 45-day period in which the Secretary may refund an overpayment of tax without the payment of interest.(Sec. 306) Permits the IRS to waive certain penalties for unintentional minor errors that are committed by a taxpayer with a history of tax compliance and the penalty for which would be grossly disproportionate to the action.(Sec. 307) Increases from $500 to $5,000 the penalty the IRS will impose for filing a frivolous income tax return, unless the Secretary deems it appropriate to lessen the penalty. Applies the penalty to all taxpayers and to all types of Federal taxes.(Sec. 308) Establishes that the 10 percent penalty on required Federal tax deposits applies only to cases where an individual has failed to deposit for more than 15 days.",2025-04-07T13:38:33Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5728
107-hr-5729,107,hr,5729,Medicare Reimbursement Equity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2002,Health,2002-11-14,2002-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]",TN,D,T000038,9,"Medicare Reimbursement Equity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to rural health care and: (1) enhanced disproportionate share hospital (DSH) treatment for rural hospitals and urban hospitals; (2) phased-in increase in the standardized amount in rural and small urban areas; (3) update in weights used in hospital market basket; (4) the critical access hospital program; and (5) a temporary increase for home health services.Amends SSA title XVIII provisions relating to: (1) part A (Hospital Insurance) and inpatient hospital services, covered skilled nursing facility services payments, and coverage of hospice services; and (2) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) and physicians' services. Revises requirements or provides for: (1) payment of ambulance services; (2) an extended moratorium on therapy caps; (3) renal dialysis; (4) coverage of an initial preventive physical examination; (5) modified payment for certain mammography services; (6) waiver of the part B late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees; and (7) part B coverage of cholesterol and other blood lipid screening tests.Amends SSA title XVIII provisions relating to parts A and B and home health services and direct graduate medical education.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and appoint an OASIS Task Force to examine the data collection and reporting requirements under the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS).Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on payment margins of home health agencies under the home health prospective payment system.Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects for: (1) the application of disease management to certain Medicare beneficiaries with diagnosed diabetes; and (2) medical adult day care services.Amends Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice) with respect to: (1) equalizing payments between fee-for-service and Medicare+Choice; (2) including Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs military facility service costs to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries in calculation of Medicare+Choice payment rates; and (3) providing specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries.",2025-08-19T17:32:06Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5729
107-hr-5730,107,hr,5730,To relocate the drydock vessel EX-COMPETENT.,Transportation and Public Works,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,"Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,"Requires the vessel EX-COMPETENT (also known as the AFDM-6) to be towed from its present location in Hawaii to a location specified by its transferee (a corporation that received such vessel as surplus Government property) within 12 months after funds are appropriated for such purpose. Allows  the transferee to use the vessel as a drydock in Hawaii until such time. Ratifies and confirms the 2001 transfer of the vessel.Reinstates the transferee to good standing and eligibility to participate in the General Service Administration's Federal Donation Program in Alaska.Establishes in the Maritime Administration a five-year pilot project under which the transferee, using such vessel as appropriate, shall remove and dismantle up to 20 vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet on the U.S. Pacific coast.Authorizes appropriations for an advance direct lump-sum payment to the transferee.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5730
107-hr-5731,107,hr,5731,To provide for additional benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.,Labor and Employment,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]",OR,D,W000793,0,"Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend temporary extended unemployment compensation (TEUC) program agreements through weeks of unemployment ending before April 1, 2003 (currently January 1, 2003).Sets an alternative trigger, based on total unemployment rate, for TEUC second-tier extended benefit periods for high unemployment States.",2025-01-02T16:53:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5731
107-hr-5732,107,hr,5732,Safe Highways and Roads Act of 2002,Environmental Protection,2002-11-14,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.,House,"Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]",TX,R,B000755,0,"Safe Highways and Roads Act of 2002 - Amends the Clear Air Act to permit the use of emissions estimates from motor vehicles and necessary emissions reductions contained in a submitted State implementation plan if an approved implementation plan is not available. Deems the estimates adequate if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not act within 90 days.Permits a transportation project to proceed during a conformity lapse of the applicable plan or improvement program if it was included in the first three years of the most recent conforming plan and program and its design concept and scope has not significantly changed.Requires the Administrator to revise criteria and procedures for determining plan, program, and project conformity.",2025-08-19T17:28:39Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5732
107-hr-5733,107,hr,5733,Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 2002,International Affairs,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.,House,"Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-27]",CA,D,S001150,0,"Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that certain projects and activities that are partly or wholly funded by the United States under the Act, including development assistance and assistance to the independent states of the former Soviet Union, be identified in English and the appropriate local language as ""American Aid"" or ""Assistance from the People of the United States"" (Current law requires programs under the Act to be identified appropriately overseas as ""American Aid""). Applies this Act to projects and activities under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.Specifies examples of methods of complying with this Act, including use of print or broadcast media at the local, national, and regional levels. Requires the relevant contractors or aid recipients to provide plans to the United States describing how they will comply with the identification requirement under this Act. Permits a waiver of the identification requirement if complying would have an adverse impact on the objectives of a project or activity.",2025-08-19T17:28:22Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5733
107-hr-5734,107,hr,5734,Retirement Security Act,Labor and Employment,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,0,"Retirement Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to create a new Individual Retirement Security Program (Program) involving an Interim Investment Fund (IIF), established in the Treasury by this Act and governed by the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes a participating individual and spouse, upon the attainment of a minimum deposit balance of $2,500 in the IIF to designate one or more personal retirement savings accounts, to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall make deposits from the IIF with respect to the individual according to prescribed formulae. Mandates that the Board divide the IIF into three accounts for investment in common stock and corporate bonds. Requires the Secretary to deposit into the IIF, from amounts otherwise available in the general fund of the Treasury, a total amount equal, in the aggregate, to 100 percent of the redirected social security taxes for such calendar year of each covered individual for such calendar year.Requires a reduction in Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance appropriations, according to a certain formula.Provides for adjustments to primary OASDI insurance amounts of such covered individuals with designated accounts in the IIF.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction in the case of an electing personal retirement savings account participant in an amount equal to 50 percent (up to $2,000) of the amount the individual contributed during the taxable year to a personal retirement savings account maintained, regardless of whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions; (2) exclude from gross income any amount deposited in a personal retirement savings account; (3) include distributions in gross income as if they were social security benefits; and (4) provide for Program refundable credit.Amends SSA title II to provide for: (1) transfers of budget surpluses to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund; (2) revisions in social security benefits, such as a gradual increase in retirement age and early retirement age; and (3) reimbursement of Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for certain costs of disability insurance benefits.Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to study and report to the Congress on the most appropriate and feasible means of providing for individuals to opt out of OASDI coverage.Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to make permanent its pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for accelerated phase-in of scheduled increases in individual retirement account and pension plan contribution limits, and to make changes concerning long-term care insurance contracts and dependent care and other matters affecting seniors.",2025-08-19T17:29:09Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5734
107-hr-5735,107,hr,5735,"To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for Social Security taxes paid on up to $25,000 of wages.",Taxation,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26]",NY,D,H000627,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a  refundable tax credit (up to $1,550) annually for social security taxes.",2025-01-02T16:53:46Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5735
107-hr-5736,107,hr,5736,To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the Administrator of General Services.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.,House,"Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]",FL,R,R000435,1,"Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey by sale to the City of Key West, Florida, or the Monroe County Land Authority in Monroe County, Florida, the Poinciana Plaza Housing property, located in Key West.Directs the Administrator to deposit the net proceeds received as payment for the sale into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990.Authorizes the property only to be used for the purpose of providing housing and housing assistance for low- and moderate-income individuals and families for at least the first 30 years after the conveyance.",2025-02-04T16:54:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5736
107-hr-5737,107,hr,5737,Cuban Victims of Torture Act,Immigration,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]",FL,R,R000435,8,Cuban Victims of Torture Act - Directs the Attorney General to (posthumously) revoke the naturalization of Eriberto Mederos based upon his illegal procurement of U.S. citizenship through concealment of his role in torturing political prisoners in Cuba.,2025-08-19T17:31:53Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5737
107-hr-5738,107,hr,5738,To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians.,Health,2002-11-14,2002-12-17,Became Public Law No: 107-360.,House,"Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20]",IL,R,S000364,4,"Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for the special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians through FY 2008. Extends until January 1, 2007, the date by which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a final report to Congress evaluating such programs.",2025-04-07T13:38:37Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5738
107-hr-5739,107,hr,5739,Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002,Agriculture and Food,2002-11-14,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]",CA,D,H001034,12,"Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in collaboration with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish an Office of Choking Hazard Evaluation to require warning labels on food products primarily consumed by children that pose a demonstrably high choking risk to them.Grants the Office mandatory recall authority over food products determined to pose a significant and unacceptable choking hazard to the general public.Mandates establishment of a Choking Hazard Evaluation Task Force whose staff shall be designated jointly by such agencies to establish criteria for determining whether a food product poses a significant and unacceptable choking hazard, using age-differentiated criteria for choking hazards.Directs the FDA to: (1) establish a national database of unusual food choking incidents; and (2) provide for an adequate reporting system throughout its field offices, which members of the health care profession and the general public can readily access to report new incidents.",2025-08-19T17:30:16Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5739
107-hr-5740,107,hr,5740,To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).,Health,2002-11-14,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3]",LA,R,T000058,3,"Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to revise the rule for redistribution and extended availability of FY1998 and 1999 allotments to States, permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2000 allotment, and permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2001 allotment.",2025-01-02T16:53:53Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5740
107-hr-5741,107,hr,5741,T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-11-14,2002-11-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.,House,"Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]",NM,R,W000789,0,"T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act - Establishes the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area (the ""Area"") within the Cibola National Forest and the Sandia Mountain Wilderness in New Mexico. Recognizes and protects in perpetuity the Pueblo of Sandia's rights and interests in such Area.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), acting through the Forest Service, to continue to administer the Area as National Forest System lands.Sets forth the rights and interests of the Pueblo in such Area, including free and unrestricted access for traditional and cultural uses (except as they conflict with the Wilderness Act and Federal wildlife protection laws).Requires the United States to compensate the Pueblo as if it held fee title interest in the affected portion if Congress: (1) diminishes the Wilderness and National Forest designation of the Area by authorizing a prohibited use in all or any portion of it; or (2) permanently denies the Pueblo access for any traditional and cultural uses in all or any portion of the Area.Limits the Pueblo's rights and interest in the Area to exclude certain activities, including any right to sell, grant, lease, convey, encumber or exchange lands in the Area.Specifies allocation of criminal and civil jurisdiction over such Area among the Pueblo, New Mexico, and the United States.Extinguishes all Pueblo claims not specifically recognized within this Act.Declares that the Pueblo, the County of Bernalillo, New Mexico, and any person who owns or has owned property inside the exterior boundaries of the Area, and incurred cost as a result of participating in the case of Pueblo of Sandia v. Babbitt, may apply for reimbursement.",2025-08-19T17:31:10Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5741
107-hr-5742,107,hr,5742,"To prohibit a State from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents, and for other purposes.",Taxation,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]",NJ,R,F000372,5,Prohibits a State from imposing a tax on the income earned in the State by nonresidents unless the tax is of substantial equality of treatment for the citizens of the State and the nonresidents so commuting.,2025-01-02T16:53:51Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5742
107-hr-5743,107,hr,5743,Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act,Commerce,2002-11-14,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]",FL,R,F000238,0,"Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers.Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers.Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval.Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services.Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions.",2025-08-19T17:31:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5743
107-hr-5744,107,hr,5744,Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002,Finance and Financial Sector,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,"Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]",PA,R,G000121,0,"Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) domestic support obligations; (4) consumer protections, including protection of personally identifiable information; (5) measures to discourage bankruptcy abuse, including reduction of the homestead exemption for fraud; (6) guidelines for general and small business bankruptcies, including appointment of a committee of retired employees; (7) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (8) ancillary and other cross-border cases to incorporate the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (9) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership.Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income.Brings family fishermen within the purview of Federal bankruptcy protection.Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and related patients' rights.Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Judicial Code to mandate appointments for additional temporary bankruptcy judgeships in designated States. (This provision does not appear in H.R. 5745, as inserted in H.R. 333).Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures, including open end credit plans and introductory rates.",2025-08-19T17:29:42Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5744
107-hr-5745,107,hr,5745,Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002,Finance and Financial Sector,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,"Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]",PA,R,G000121,0,"Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) domestic support obligations; (4) consumer protections, including protection of personally identifiable information; (5) measures to discourage bankruptcy abuse, including reduction of the homestead exemption for fraud; (6) guidelines for general and small business bankruptcies, including appointment of a committee of retired employees; (7) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (8) ancillary and other cross-border cases to incorporate the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (9) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership.Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income.Brings family fishermen within the purview of Federal bankruptcy protection.Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and related patients' rights.Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures, including open end credit plans and introductory rates.",2025-08-19T17:29:27Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5745
107-hr-5746,107,hr,5746,"To provide that the State and local income tax withholding provisions of section 11502 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to the Metro-North Railroad or its employees.",Transportation and Public Works,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,"Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9]",TX,D,L000043,0,Excludes Metro-North Railroad and its employees from otherwise applicable provisions requiring the withholding and reporting of State and local income taxes only for the State and locality where an employee actually resides (as opposed to works).,2025-01-02T16:53:43Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5746
107-hr-5747,107,hr,5747,Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act,Agriculture and Food,2002-11-14,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]",NY,D,L000480,20,"Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define "" major food allergen"" as any of the following: milk, eggs, fish, Crustacea, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, and soybeans. Includes spices, flavorings, colorings, or incidental additives that are or intentionally contain a major food allergen. Requires food that is not a raw agricultural commodity, and that is, or intentionally bears or contains, a major food allergen, to state that information on its label by January 1, 2006.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to increasing the number of inspections under the Act to ensure that foods comply with practices to reduce or eliminate cross-contact with major food allergen residues and to ensure that major food allergens are properly labeled on foods. Sets forth reporting requirements.Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a review of the science relating to glutens in food and celiac disease, and to issue a report to the Secretary and Congress on its findings. Directs the Secretary to issue a proposed rule followed by a final rule to define, and permit use of, the term ""gluten-free"" on the labeling of foods.Directs the Secretary, in the Conference for Food Protection, as part of its cooperative activities between the States under the Public Health Service Act, to pursue certain revisions of the Food Code to provide guidelines for preparing allergen-free foods in food establishments.Requires the Secretary to include assistance relating to the use of different modes of treatment for and prevention of allergic responses to foods when he or she provides technical assistance relating to trauma care and emergency medical services under the Public Health Service Act.",2025-08-19T17:33:09Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5747
107-hr-5748,107,hr,5748,Public Lands Forever Wild Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-11-14,2002-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.",House,"Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]",GA,D,M000523,0,"Public Lands Forever Wild Act - Prohibits, without exception, certain actions on Federal public lands, including: (1) tree cutting; (2) road building; (3) logging; (4) mining; and (5) drilling. Forbids the leasing, sale, or exchange of such lands or the sale, removal, or destruction of any resource from such lands, including timber and minerals.Requires that all roads on Federal public lands be inventoried, with unnecessary ones to be obliterated and revegetated. Directs the Federal agencies having jurisdiction over Federal public lands to inventory them by acre, roads, rivers, and streams by mile. States that such inventory shall include a recommendation of what can be done to restore natural conditions on the lands.Declares fires, insects, disease, and other natural destructive forces on Federal public lands to be considered acts of nature, with no further attempts to correct for them permitted.Allows any citizen harmed by a violation of this Act to bring suit in any district court of the United States. Permits the court to impose damages for findings of violation.Sets forth that the United States (including its agents and employees) waives its sovereign immunity in all respects in all actions with regard to court proceedings under this Act.",2025-08-19T17:30:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5748
107-hr-5749,107,hr,5749,Child Care Lending Pilot Act,Commerce,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.,House,"Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]",MA,D,M000627,0,"Child Care Lending Pilot Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow the proceeds of loans made through the Small Business Administration (SBA) to local development companies for plant acquisition, construction, or expansion to be used to assist small, nonprofit child care businesses, provided that: (1) the loan will be used for a sound business purpose approved by the SBA; and (2) each business receiving the assistance meets eligibility requirements applicable to for-profit businesses.",2025-08-19T17:28:52Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5749
107-hr-5750,107,hr,5750,Immigration Bond Fairness Act of 2002,Immigration,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17]",FL,D,M000628,0,"Immigration Bond Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the prohibition on judicial review of the Attorney General's discretionary authority governing apprehension and detention of aliens; and (2) provide an alien in a removal or summary removal proceeding with the right to a bond hearing before an immigration judge, except where the alien is a threat to security, danger to society, or likely to abscond.",2025-08-19T17:32:25Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5750
107-hr-5751,107,hr,5751,Haitian Immigrant Equitable Adjustment Act of 2002,Immigration,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17]",FL,D,M000628,0,Haitian Immigrant Equitable Adjustment Act of 2002 - Amends the Cuban Adjustment Act to apply its provisions to citizens and nationals of Haiti.,2025-08-19T17:30:08Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5751
107-hr-5752,107,hr,5752,"To provide for the use or distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, Docket Nos. 19 and 188, United States Court of Federal Claims.",Native Americans,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,0,"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to distribute the funds awarded to specified constituent bands of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States, together with all interest and investment income accrued on deposit in trust account JA1041696.Requires that 20 percent of such funds be set aside for social and economic development, education, reservation infrastructure needs, and other governmental purposes.",2025-01-02T16:53:55Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5752
107-hr-5753,107,hr,5753,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Yuma East Wetlands Project in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona.",Water Resources Development,2002-11-14,2002-11-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-2]",AZ,D,P000099,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and subject to specified cost-sharing requirements, to provide financial assistance and otherwise participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Yuma East Wetlands Project along the Colorado River in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona. Lists as project purposes: (1) restoration of wetlands and riparian habitat; (2) revegetation of riparian areas; and (3) providing river access and opportunities for recreation and environmental education.Prohibits the use of Federal funds to pay operation and maintenance costs associated with the Project, except those directly attributable to the responsibilities of the Secretary for long-term environmental restoration on the Colorado River.",2025-01-02T16:54:00Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5753
107-hr-5754,107,hr,5754,Foreign Tax Credit Revenue Enhancement Act of 2002,Taxation,2002-11-14,2002-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]",MN,R,R000033,0,Foreign Tax Credit Revenue Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to state that refunded accrued taxes relating to the foreign tax credit don't need to be redetermined by the Secretary of the Treasury if the refund was a result of a court determination that the imposed tax is unlawful.,2025-08-19T17:30:56Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5754
107-hr-5755,107,hr,5755,To authorize the establishment of a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor James Madison in recognition of his distinguished career in public service.,Commemorations,2002-11-14,2002-11-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3]",IN,D,R000385,0,Authorizes the establishment of a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor former President James Madison.,2025-01-02T16:53:55Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5755
107-hr-5756,107,hr,5756,"To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes.",Energy,2002-11-14,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.,House,"Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]",NM,D,U000039,0,Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe guidelines for a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard under which retail electric suppliers submit renewable energy credits to the Secretary.,2025-01-15T18:51:50Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5756
107-hr-5757,107,hr,5757,To extend temporarily waivers granted to States with respect to programs of aid to families with dependent children.,Social Welfare,2002-11-14,2002-11-15,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2074-2075),House,"Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]",OR,D,W000793,4,"Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that any waiver which relates to the provision of assistance under a State TANF plan which would otherwise expire in the period that begins on September 30, 2002, and ends on September 30, 2003, shall expire on the later of the date that is one year after the date the waiver would otherwise expire or one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.",2025-01-02T16:53:59Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5757
107-hr-5712,107,hr,5712,"To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve roadway safety for motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and workers in proximity to vehicle traffic.",Transportation and Public Works,2002-11-13,2002-11-14,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2005-2006),House,"Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3]",PA,D,B000644,0,"Amends Federal highway provisions to include within the definition of ""safety improvement project"" a project that installs or maintains fluorescent, yellow-green signs at pedestrian or bicycle crossings or school zones.Authorizes the payment from apportioned funds for the entire cost of construction projects involving the maintenance of protective devices at railway-highway crossings. Makes specified sums available for each fiscal year for that purpose.Provides for biennial (currently, annual) reports by each State to the Secretary of Transportation on progress being made to implement the railway-highway crossings program.Requires each State to identify roadway safety improvement needs for hazardous locations, sections, and elements which may constitute a danger to motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Authorizes the Secretary to approve as a project under the hazard elimination program any safety improvement project that reduces the likelihood of crashes involving road departures, intersections, pedestrians, bicycles, older drivers, or construction work zones. Makes funds available for: (1) police assistance for traffic and speed management in construction work zones; or (2) compilation and analysis of data.Directs the Secretary to: (1) transmit to specified congressional committees biennial reports on the results of the hazard elimination program; and (2) issue regulations to decrease the likelihood of worker injury and maintain the free flow of vehicular traffic by requiring workers whose duties place them on or in close proximity to a Federal-aid highway to wear high visibility garments. Authorizes such regulations to require other worker-safety measures.",2025-01-02T16:53:43Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5712
107-hr-5713,107,hr,5713,Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2002,Taxation,2002-11-13,2002-11-13,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,T000188,1,"Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make technical corrections to the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 concerning: (1) the special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001 and before September 11, 2004; (2) the application of the temporary suspension of the 90 percent  alternative  minimum taxable income limit on certain carrybacks of net operating losses; (3) certain tax benefits for areas of New York City which sustained damage from the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001; (4) the interest rate range for certain additional funding requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); and (5) a technical correction to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.Makes technical corrections to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 concerning: (1) modifications to educational individual retirement accounts (IRAs); (2) an increase in benefit and contribution limits for defined benefit plans; and (3) a waiver of tax for nondeductible contributions to domestic and similar workers.Makes technical corrections to the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 concerning the disclosure of tax information in terrorism and national security investigations.Makes technical corrections to the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 concerning the tax treatment of securities futures contracts.Makes technical corrects to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 concerning constructive sales treatment for appreciated financial positions and the extension and modification of taxes funding the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.Redefines valid taxpayer identification number for the earned income credit.",2025-08-19T17:31:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5713
107-hr-5714,107,hr,5714,National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002,"Science, Technology, Communications",2002-11-13,2002-11-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.,House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,16,"National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for FY 2003 through 2005.Requires the NSF Director to: (1) carry out specified scientific research activities, including information technology, science, mathematics, and engineering, and plant genome research; (2) carry out the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; (3) award grants for mathematics and science education partnership programs and for recruiting and training mathematics and science teachers; (4) award grants to establish Centers for Research on Learning and Education Improvement; (5) take steps to avoid NSF duplicative programs; (6) award grants to expand previously implemented reforms of undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, or technology education; (7) assess gender differences in the careers of science and engineering faculty; and (8) assess any increases in the number and quality of students completing degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education.Instructs the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering to describe NSF policies and activities to encourage the full participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science, mathematics, and engineering fields.Directs NSF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to jointly establish an Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee.Authorizes the Director to establish a program to award grants to certain minority-serving institutions to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering education.Requires the Director to provide for a study to determine discrepancies in Federal reports on obligations and actual expenditures of Federal research and development spending.",2025-08-19T17:31:40Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5714
107-hr-5715,107,hr,5715,"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render inadmissible to the United States the extended family of international child abductors, and for other purposes.",Immigration,2002-11-13,2002-11-13,Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6]",IN,R,B001149,2,"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the U.S. admission of aliens supporting international child abductors and relatives of such abductors until the child is surrendered to the legal custodian and such child and custodian are permitted to return to the United States or the custodian's residence. (Currently such prohibition applies to relatives of abductors.) Expands the scope of ""relatives"" to include cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, and grandparents. Includes the spouse of the abducted child within such prohibition.Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) identify inadmissible aliens supporting child abductors and relatives of abductors; and (2) provide notice, upon request, to custodial parents and guardians if such an alien has been authorized to enter the United States.",2025-01-02T16:53:36Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5715
107-hr-5716,107,hr,5716,Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002,Health,2002-11-13,2002-12-02,Became Public Law No: 107-313.,House,"Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]",OH,R,B000589,3,Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to extend mental health parity provisions through 2003.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5716
107-hr-5717,107,hr,5717,"To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, as the ""Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic"".",Commemorations,2002-11-13,2002-11-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]",NY,D,C001038,30,"Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, as the Thomas P. Noonan, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.",2025-01-02T16:53:56Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5717
107-hr-5718,107,hr,5718,"To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand and improve the program of loan forgiveness for teachers, and to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to focus the expenditure of certain recruitment and professional development funds on high-need local educational agencies.",Education,2002-11-13,2002-11-13,Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.,House,"Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]",MO,R,G000546,0,"Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise student loan forgiveness for teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs. Expands forgiveness eligibility by: (1) eliminating requirements allowing only certain new borrowers to participate; and (2) increasing the types of eligible teaching locations and subjects. Includes, as separate bases for eligibility, full-time teaching in: (1) a school qualifying for Perkins loan cancellation; (2) a school in a high-need local educational agency; (3) special education; or (4) mathematics or science. Eliminates a service requirement that an individual teach at least five consecutive complete school years before being eligible for program benefits. Increases to $20,000 the aggregate amount of an individual teacher's student loan obligation which may be forgiven, and revises the rate of repayment.Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require State educational agencies to give priority to high-need local educational agencies, under a program of grants to States for preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers and principals.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5718
107-hr-5719,107,hr,5719,To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs under the Medicare Program.,Health,2002-11-13,2002-11-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]",PA,R,G000439,1,Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs under the Medicare program.,2025-01-02T16:53:46Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5719
107-hr-5720,107,hr,5720,"To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to foreign air transportation.",Transportation and Public Works,2002-11-13,2002-11-13,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3]",IL,D,L000342,2,Amends Federal law to prohibit a foreign air carrier from being granted a permit by the Secretary of Transportation authorizing it to transport passengers for compensation between the United States and a foreign country on any flight that does not stop in the country under the laws of which the carrier is organized. Allows the issue of such a permit for any flight that does not stop in such country if the right to perform such air transportation has been specifically granted by an applicable international agreement for both scheduled and charter service.Permits the Secretary of Transportation to exempt a foreign carrier from such prohibition only if no U.S. air carrier is willing and able to provide the equivalent air transportation at a commercially feasible price.,2025-01-02T16:53:55Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5720
107-hr-5721,107,hr,5721,San Isabel National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2002,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-11-13,2002-11-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.,House,"Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]",CO,R,M000477,0,"San Isabel National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land in the San Isabel National Forest, Colorado, to E. Michael Senter of Buena Vista, Colorado, in exchange for certain other land within the boundaries of the San Isabel National Forest. States that the lands exchanged shall be equal. Declares that the Secretary shall pay all direct costs associated with the conveyance. Directs that the land received by the Secretary shall become part of the San Isabel National Forest.",2025-08-19T17:29:04Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5721
107-hr-5722,107,hr,5722,To designate certain lands in Colorado as wilderness.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-11-13,2002-11-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.,House,"Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]",CO,R,M000477,0,"Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993, Public Law 96-560 (designating certain National Forest System lands in the State of Colorado for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System), and the American Wilderness Act of 1978 to designate specified lands in Acorn Creek, Gunnison, and Pitkin Counties, Colorado, as wilderness areas.Designates certain land in Eagle County, Colorado, as wilderness, the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area (the ""Area""). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to allow for the maintenance of rights-of-way and access roads located within the Area in order to operate a transmission line or electrical power line.Withdraws all Federal lands within the Area from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.Permits continued aerial navigation training exercises by the Colorado Army National Guard in the Area.Declares that Congress does not intend for the establishment of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the Area.States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) constitute a reservation of any water or water rights in lands designated as wilderness; (2) affect any conditional or absolute water rights in Colorado; (3) establish a precedent with regard to future wilderness designations; or (4) affect compacts and decrees apportioning water among and between Colorado and other States.Prohibits the Secretary from making instream flow permit conditions within or upstream of the Area on existing facilities on National Forest System lands.",2025-01-02T16:53:55Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5722
107-hr-5723,107,hr,5723,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain student loan financing businesses from treatment as personal holding companies.,Taxation,2002-11-13,2002-11-13,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]",CO,R,M000477,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain student loan financing businesses from treatment as personal holding companies.,2025-01-02T16:53:46Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5723
107-hr-5724,107,hr,5724,Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act of 2002,Commerce,2002-11-13,2002-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.",House,"Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]",MA,D,M000627,1,"Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act of 2002 - Regulates the transit sale of tobacco. Defines transit sale to mean any sale where the product is not delivered directly to the consumer at the time and place of purchase. Includes purchase by electronics, such as through the Internet, and by mail.Prohibits the transit sale of tobacco products to minors.Requires transit sellers of tobacco products to: (1) be authorized as a tobacco distributor by any State in which they make sales; (2) verify consumer age, identity, and address before a sale; (3) provide notice to addressee of intended tobacco delivery (and halting shipment if a notice is received in return that the sale is improper); (4) provide carriers with information concerning the product being shipped (transit tobacco sale) and the sellers' documentation of State authorization; and (5) accept payment only by debit, charge or credit card issued to the consumer where both the billing and residential address match.Requires a signature and proof of identity for delivery.Limits the frequency, content, and amount of transit tobacco sales.Establishes requirements for Internet websites offering tobacco products for sale, including proof of age, identity, and address before access.Excludes Indian tribe tobacco sales within the tribe from certain State authorization requirements.Sets forth duties of carriers and tobacco suppliers concerning their commercial dealings with transit tobacco sellers.Sets forth recordkeeping and database use requirements  Establishes civil penalties for violations. Grants enforcement authority to both Federal and State agencies.States that more stringent State laws are not superceded  by these requirements.",2025-08-19T17:29:39Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5724
107-hr-5725,107,hr,5725,World Trade Center National Memorial Act,Commemorations,2002-11-13,2002-11-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]",NY,D,N000002,0,"World Trade Center National Memorial Act - Authorizes the establishment as a unit of the National Park System of a national memorial at or near the site of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City to commemorate the significance to the Nation of the events of September 11, 2001. Requires the design and boundary of the memorial to be: (1) determined through a public planning process established by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (a public agency created to oversee the rebuilding of the WTC site and surrounding area); and (2) approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the Governor of New York, and the Mayor of New York City..Establishes the World Trade Center Memorial Advisory Board upon transfer of the completed memorial to the National Park Service.",2025-08-19T17:27:53Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5725
107-hr-5726,107,hr,5726,Health Care for Working Families Act of 2002,Health,2002-11-13,2002-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,0,"Health Care for Working Families Act of 2002 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a new title II, Health Benefits for Employees and Their Families.Requires each large employer to: (1) offer to each of its employees the opportunity to enroll in a qualifying health benefit plan that provides coverage for the employee and the employee's family; (2) contribute to the cost of such plan; and (3) withhold the employee share of the plan premium from the employee's wages.Defines a large employer as one that employed an average of at least 50 full-time employees (including contract workers) on business days during the preceding calendar year, and employs at least 50 employees on the first day of the plan year.Defines a qualifying health benefit plan as one that: (1) provides benefits for health care items and services actuarially equivalent to or greater in value than those offered as of January 1, 2002, under the Blue Cross-Blue Shield (BC-BS) Standard Plan provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP); and (2) meets applicable requirements under the Public Health Service Act. Sets the minimum required contribution by an employer at the same portion of the total premium as the Federal Government pays for such BC-BS Standard Plan under FEHBP.Requires any employee covered under a Federal health insurance program (including Medicare, Medicaid, FEHBP, and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services), with certain exceptions, to accept an employer's offer of health insurance coverage and agree to payroll withholdings, or request the Federal health insurance program to pay the employee share of the premium.Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a health insurance issuer that offers employee health insurance coverage to an employer to ensure that it complies with requirements of this Act.",2025-08-19T17:29:44Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5726
107-hr-5727,107,hr,5727,Medicare Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2002,Health,2002-11-13,2002-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]",MN,R,R000033,1,Medicare Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2002 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) allow specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries to be any type of coordinated care plan; (2) provide for specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries; and (3) restrict enrollment for specialized Medicare+Choice plans to individuals within one or more classes of special needs beneficiaries.,2025-08-19T17:32:08Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5727
107-hr-5707,107,hr,5707,"To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 141 Erie Street in Linesville, Pennsylvania, as the ""James R. Merry Post Office"".",Commemorations,2002-11-12,2002-11-12,Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.,House,"Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21]",PA,R,E000187,20,"Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 141 Erie Street in Linesville, Pennsylvania, as the James R. Merry Post Office.",2025-02-04T16:54:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5707
107-hr-5708,107,hr,5708,"To reduce preexisting PAYGO balances, and for other purposes.",Economics and Public Finance,2002-11-12,2002-12-02,Became Public Law No: 107-312.,House,"Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2]",IA,R,N000172,0,Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to reduce to zero any PAYGO balances of direct spending and receipts legislation for all fiscal years under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).,2025-04-07T13:39:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5708
107-hr-5709,107,hr,5709,"Life, Liberty, and Property Protection Act",Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-11-12,2002-11-12,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1]",UT,R,H000172,0,"Life, Liberty, and Property Protection Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exempt from required consultation with the appropriate Secretary any agency action affecting an endangered species that: (1) is authorized, funded, or carried out by the Department of Defense on land under its jurisdiction; or (2) occurs on privately owned land.Exempts from the prohibition against any act or omission considered a taking of any endangered species of fish or wildlife any act or omission that occurs on land that is either under Department of Defense jurisdiction or privately owned.Limits the application of the consultation requirement for actions involving plant species.",2025-08-19T17:28:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5709
107-hr-5710,107,hr,5710,Homeland Security Information Sharing Act,Government Operations and Politics,2002-11-12,2002-11-14,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26]",TX,R,A000217,9,"Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Title I: Department of Homeland Security - (Sec. 101) Establishes a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as an executive department of the United States, headed by a Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to: (1) prevent terrorist attacks within the United States; (2) reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism; (3) minimize the damage, and assist in the recovery, from terrorist attacks that occur within the United States; (4) carry out all functions of entities transferred to DHS; (5) ensure that the functions of the agencies and subdivisions within DHS that are not related directly to securing the homeland are not diminished or neglected except by a specific Act of Congress; (6) ensure that the overall economic security of the United States is not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland; and (7) monitor connections between illegal drug trafficking and terrorism, coordinate efforts to sever such connections, and otherwise contribute to efforts to interdict illegal drug trafficking. Vests primary responsibility for investigating and prosecuting acts of terrorism in Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies with proper jurisdiction except as specifically provided by law with respect to entities transferred to DHS under this Act.(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to appoint a Special Assistant to carry out specified homeland security liaison activities between DHS and the private sector.(Sec. 103) Creates the following: (1) a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; (2) an Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; (3) an Under Secretary for Science and Technology; (4) an Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security; (5) an Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response; (6) a Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services; (7) an Under Secretary for Management; (8) not more than 12 Assistant Secretaries; and (9) a General Counsel. Establishes an Inspector General (to be appointed under the Inspector General Act of 1978). Requires the following individuals to assist the Secretary in the performance of the Secretary's functions: (1) the Commandant of the Coast Guard; (2) the Director of the Secret Service; (3) a Chief Information Officer; (4) a Chief Human Capital Officer; (5) a Chief Financial Officer; and (6) an Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.Title II: Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection - Subtitle A: Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; Access to Information - (Sec. 201) Establishes in the Department: (1) a Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, headed by an Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; (2) an Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis; and (3) an Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection.Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) access, receive, and analyze law enforcement and intelligence information from Federal, State, and local agencies and the private sector to identify the nature, scope, and identity of terrorist threats to the United States, as well as potential U.S. vulnerabilities; (2) carry out comprehensive assessments of vulnerabilities of key U.S. resources and critical infrastructures; (3) integrate relevant information, analyses, and vulnerability assessments to identify protection priorities; (4) ensure timely and efficient Department access to necessary information for discharging responsibilities; (5) develop a comprehensive national plan for securing key U.S. resources and critical infrastructures; (6) recommend necessary measures to protect such resources and infrastructure in coordination with other entities; (7) administer the Homeland Security Advisory System; (8) review, analyze, and make recommendations for improvements in policies and procedures governing the sharing of law enforcement, intelligence, and intelligence-related information and other information related to homeland security within the Federal Government and between the Federal Government and State and local government agencies and authorities; (9) disseminate Department homeland security information to other appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies; (10) consult with the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and other appropriate Federal intelligence, law enforcement, or other elements to establish collection priorities and strategies for information relating the terrorism threats; (11) consult with State and local governments and private entities to ensure appropriate exchanges of information relating to such threats; (12) ensure the protection from unauthorized disclosure of homeland security and intelligence information; (13) request additional information from appropriate entities relating to threats of terrorism in the United States; (14) establish and utilize a secure communications and information technology infrastructure for receiving and analyzing data; (15) ensure the compatibility and privacy protection of shared information databases and analytical tools; (16) coordinate training and other support to facilitate the identification and sharing of information; (17) coordinate activities with elements of the intelligence community, Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, and the private sector; and (18) provide intelligence and information analysis and support to other elements of the Department. Provides for: (1) staffing, including the use of private sector analysts; and (2) cooperative agreements for the detail of appropriate personnel.Transfers to the Secretary the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the following entities: (1) the National Infrastructure Protection Center of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (other than the Computer Investigations and Operations Section); (2) the National Communications System of the Department of Defense; (3) the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Offices of the Department of Commerce; (4) the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center of the Department of Energy and its energy security and assurance program; and (5) the Federal Computer Incident Response Center of the General Services Administration.Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to include as elements of the intelligence community the Department elements concerned with analyses of foreign intelligence information.(Sec. 202) Gives the Secretary access to all reports, assessments, analyses, and unevaluated intelligence relating to threats of terrorism against the United States, and to all information concerning infrastructure or other vulnerabilities to terrorism, whether or not such information has been analyzed. Requires all Federal agencies to promptly provide to the Secretary: (1) all reports, assessments, and analytical information relating to such threats and to other areas of responsibility assigned to the Secretary; (2) all information concerning the vulnerability of U.S. infrastructure or other U.S. vulnerabilities to terrorism, whether or not it has been analyzed; (3) all other information relating to significant and credible threats of terrorism, whether or not it has been analyzed; and (4) such other information or material as the President may direct. Requires the Secretary to be provided with certain terrorism-related information from law enforcement agencies that is currently required to be provided to the DCI.Subtitle B: Critical Infrastructure Information - Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 - (Sec. 213) Allows a critical infrastructure protection program to be so designated by either the President or the Secretary.(Sec. 214) Exempts from the Freedom of Information Act and other Federal and State disclosure requirements any critical infrastructure information that is voluntarily submitted to a covered Federal agency for use in the security of critical infrastructure and protected systems, analysis, warning, interdependency study, recovery, reconstitution, or other informational purpose when accompanied by an express statement that such information is being submitted voluntarily in expectation of such nondisclosure protection. Requires the Secretary to establish specified procedures for the receipt, care, and storage by Federal agencies of critical infrastructure information voluntarily submitted. Provides criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of such information.Authorizes the Federal Government to issue advisories, alerts, and warnings to relevant companies, targeted sectors, other governmental entities, or the general public regarding potential threats to critical infrastructure.Subtitle C: Information Security - (Sec. 221) Requires the Secretary to establish procedures on the use of shared information that: (1) limit its re-dissemination to ensure it is not used for an unauthorized purpose; (2) ensure its security and confidentiality; (3) protect the constitutional and statutory rights of individuals who are subjects of such information; and (4) provide data integrity through the timely removal and destruction of obsolete or erroneous names and information.(Sec. 222) Directs the Secretary to appoint a senior Department official to assume primary responsibility for information privacy policy.(Sec. 223) Directs the Under Secretary to provide: (1) to State and local government entities and, upon request, to private entities that own or operate critical information systems, analysis and warnings related to threats to and vulnerabilities of such systems, as well as crisis management support in response to threats to or attacks upon such systems; and (2) technical assistance, upon request, to private sector and other government entities with respect to emergency recovery plans to respond to major failures of such systems.(Sec. 224) Authorizes the Under Secretary to establish a national technology guard (known as NET Guard) to assist local communities to respond to and recover from attacks on information systems and communications networks.(Sec. 225) Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002 - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend Federal sentencing guidelines and otherwise address crimes involving fraud in connection with computers and access to protected information, protected computers, or restricted data in interstate or foreign commerce or involving a computer used by or for the Federal Government. Requires a Commission report to Congress on actions taken and recommendations regarding statutory penalties for violations. Exempts from criminal penalties any disclosure made by an electronic communication service to a Federal, State, or local governmental entity if made in the good faith belief that an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure without delay. Requires any government entity receiving such a disclosure to report it to the Attorney General.Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit the dissemination by electronic means of any such protected information; (2) increase criminal penalties for violations which cause death or serious bodily injury; (3) authorize the use by appropriate officials of emergency pen register and trap and trace devices in the case of either an immediate threat to a national security interest or an ongoing attack on a protected computer that constitutes a crime punishable by a prison term of greater than one year; (4) repeal provisions which provide a shorter term of imprisonment for certain offenses involving protection from the unauthorized interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications; and (5) increase penalties for repeat offenses in connection with unlawful access to stored communications.Subtitle D: Office of Science and Technology - (Sec. 231) Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) an Office of Science and Technology whose mission is to: (1) serve as the national focal point for work on law enforcement technology (investigative and forensic technologies, corrections technologies, and technologies that support the judicial process); and (2) carry out programs that improve the safety and effectiveness of such technology and improve technology access by Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. Sets forth Office duties, including: (1) establishing and maintaining technology advisory groups and performance standards; (2) carrying out research, development, testing, evaluation, and cost-benefit analyses for improving the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of technologies used by Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies; and (3) operating the regional National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers (established under this Subtitle) and establishing additional centers. Requires the Office Director to report annually on Office activities.(Sec. 234) Authorizes the Attorney General to transfer to the Office any other DOJ program or activity determined to be consistent with its mission. Requires a report from the Attorney General to the congressional judiciary committees on the implementation of this Subtitle.(Sec. 235) Requires the Office Director to operate and support National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers and, to the extent necessary, establish new centers through a merit-based, competitive process. Requires such Centers to: (1) support research and development of law enforcement technology; (2) support the transfer and implementation of such technology; (3) assist in the development and dissemination of guidelines and technological standards; and (4) provide technology assistance, information, and support for law enforcement, corrections, and criminal justice purposes. Requires the Director to: (1) convene an annual meeting of such Centers; and (2) report to Congress assessing the effectiveness of the Centers and identifying the number of Centers necessary to meet the technology needs of Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the United States.(Sec. 237) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the National Institute of Justice to: (1) research and develop tools and technologies relating to prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of crime; and (2) support research, development, testing, training, and evaluation of tools and technology for Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.Title III: Science and Technology in Support of Homeland Security - (Sec. 301) Establishes in DHS a Directorate of Science and Technology, headed by an Under Secretary for Science and Technology, to be responsible for: (1) advising the Secretary regarding research and development (R&D) efforts and priorities in support of DHS missions; (2) developing a national policy and strategic plan for, identifying priorities, goals, objectives and policies for, and coordinating the Federal Government's civilian efforts to identify and develop countermeasures to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and other emerging terrorist threats; (3) supporting the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection by assessing and testing homeland security vulnerabilities and possible threats; (4) conducting basic and applied R&D activities relevant to DHS elements, provided that such responsibility does not extend to human health-related R&D activities; (5) establishing priorities for directing, funding, and conducting national R&D and procurement of technology systems for preventing the importation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and related weapons and material and for detecting, preventing, protecting against, and responding to terrorist attacks; (6) establishing a system for transferring homeland security developments or technologies to Federal, State, and local government and private sector entities; (7) entering into agreements with the Department of Energy (DOE) regarding the use of the national laboratories or sites and support of the science and technology base at those facilities; (8) collaborating with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Attorney General in the regulation of certain biological agents and toxins as provided in the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; (9) collaborating with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General in determining new biological agents and toxins that shall be listed as select agents in the Code of Federal Regulations; (10) supporting U.S. leadership in science and technology; (11) establishing and administering the primary R&D activities of DHS; (12) coordinating and integrating all DHS R&D activities; (13) coordinating with other appropriate executive agencies in developing and carrying out the science and technology agenda of DHS to reduce duplication and identify unmet needs; and (14) developing and overseeing the administration of guidelines for merit review of R&D projects throughout DHS and for the dissemination of DHS research.(Sec. 303) Transfers to the Secretary: (1) specified DOE functions, including functions related to chemical and biological national security programs, nuclear smuggling programs and activities within the proliferation detection program, the nuclear assessment program, designated life sciences activities of the biological and environmental research program related to microbial pathogens, the Environmental Measurements Laboratory, and the advanced scientific computing research program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; (2) the National Bio-Weapons Defense Analysis Center of DOD; and (3) the Plum Island Animal Disease Center of the Department of Agriculture.(Sec. 304) Requires the HHS Secretary, with respect to civilian human health-related R&D activities relating to HHS countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear and other emerging terrorist threats, to: (1) set priorities, goals, objectives, and policies and develop a coordinated strategy for such activities in collaboration with the Secretary to ensure consistency with the national policy and strategic plan; and (2) collaborate with the Secretary in developing specific benchmarks and outcome measurements for evaluating progress toward achieving such priorities and goals.Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) authorize the HHS Secretary to declare that an actual or potential bioterrorist incident or other public health emergency makes advisable the administration of a covered countermeasure against smallpox to a category or categories of individuals; (2) require the HHS Secretary to specify the substances to be considered countermeasures and the beginning and ending dates of the period of the declaration; and (3) deem a covered person to be an employee of the Public Health Service with respect to liability arising out of administration of such a countermeasure.Extends liability to the United States (with an exception) with respect to claims arising out of an administration of a covered countermeasure to an individual only if: (1) the countermeasure was administered by a qualified person for the purpose of preventing or treating smallpox during the effective period; (2) the individual was within a covered category; or (3) the qualified person administering the countermeasure had reasonable grounds to believe that such individual was within such category. Provides for a rebuttable presumption of an administration within the scope of a declaration in the case where an individual who is not vaccinated contracts vaccinia  Makes the remedy against the United States provided under such Act exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding against a covered person for any claim or suit arising out of the administration of a covered countermeasure.(Sec. 305) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, to establish or contract with one or more federally funded R&D centers to provide independent analysis of homeland security issues or to carry out other responsibilities under this Act.(Sec. 306) Directs the President to notify the appropriate congressional committees of any proposed transfer of DOE life sciences activities.(Sec. 307) Establishes the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency to be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary and who shall report to the Under Secretary. Requires the Director to administer the Acceleration Fund for Research and Development of Homeland Security Technologies (established by this Act) to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to public or private entities to: (1) support basic and applied homeland security research to promote revolutionary changes in technologies that would promote homeland security; (2) advance the development, testing and evaluation, and deployment of critical homeland security technologies; and (3) accelerate the prototyping and deployment of technologies that would address homeland security vulnerabilities. Allows the Director to solicit proposals to address specific vulnerabilities. Requires the Director to periodically hold homeland security technology demonstrations to improve contact among technology developers, vendors, and acquisition personnel.Authorizes appropriations to the Fund. Earmarks ten percent of such funds for each fiscal year through FY 2005 for the Under Secretary, through joint agreement with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to carry out R&D of improved ports, waterways, and coastal security surveillance and perimeter protection capabilities to minimize the possibility that Coast Guard cutters, aircraft, helicopters, and personnel will be diverted from non-homeland security missions to the ports, waterways, and coastal security mission.(Sec. 308) Requires the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, to: (1) operate extramural R&D programs to ensure that colleges, universities, private research institutes, and companies (and consortia thereof) from as many areas of the United States as practicable participate; and (2) establish a university-based center or centers for homeland security which shall establish a coordinated, university-based system to enhance the Nation's homeland security. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Under Secretary, to: (1) draw upon the expertise of any Government laboratory; and (2) establish a headquarters laboratory for DHS and additional laboratory units.(Sec. 309) Allows the Secretary, in carrying out DHS missions, to utilize DOE national laboratories and sites through: (1) a joint sponsorship arrangement; (2) a direct contact between DHS and the applicable DOE laboratory or site; (3) any ""work for others"" basis made available by that laboratory or site; or (4) any other method provided by law. Allows DHS to be a joint sponsor: (1) with DOE of one or more DOE national laboratories; and (2) of a DOE site in the performance of work as if such site were a federally funded R&D center and the work were performed under a multiple agency sponsorship arrangement with DHS Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of DOE to ensure that direct contracts between DHS and the operator of a DOE national laboratory or site for programs or activities transferred from DOE to DHS are separate from the direct contracts of DOE with such operator.Establishes within the Directorate of Science and Technology an Office for National Laboratories which shall be responsible for the coordination and utilization of DOE national laboratories and sites in a manner to create a networked laboratory system to support DHS missions.(Sec. 310) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer to the Secretary the Plum Island Animal Disease Center of the Department of Agriculture and provides for continued Department of Agriculture access to such Center.(Sec. 311) Establishes within DHS a Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee to make recommendations with respect to the activities of the Under Secretary.(Sec. 312) Directs the Secretary to establish the Homeland Security Institute, a federally funded R&D center. Includes among authorized duties for the Institute: (1) determination of the vulnerabilities of the Nation's critical infrastructures; (2) assessment of the costs and benefits of alternative approaches to enhancing security; and (3) evaluation of the effectiveness of measures deployed to enhance the security of institutions, facilities, and infrastructure that may be terrorist targets.(Sec. 313) Requires the Secretary to establish and promote a program to encourage technological innovation in facilitating the mission of DHS, to include establishment of: (1) a centralized Federal clearinghouse to further the dissemination of information on technologies; and (2) a technical assistance team to assist in screening submitted proposals.Title IV: Directorate of Border and Transportation Security - Subtitle A: Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security - (Sec. 401) Establishes in DHS a Directorate of Border and Transportation Security to be headed by an Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security. Makes the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, responsible for: (1) preventing the entry of terrorists and the instruments of terrorism into the United States; (2) securing the borders, territorial waters, ports, terminals, waterways, and air, land, and sea transportation systems of the United States; (3) carrying out the immigration enforcement functions vested by statute in, or performed by, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization immediately before their transfer to the Under Secretary; (4) establishing and administering rules governing the granting of visas or other forms of permission to enter the United States to individuals who are not citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; (5) establishing national immigration enforcement policies and priorities; (6) administering the customs laws of the United States (with certain exceptions); (7) conducting the inspection and related administrative functions of the Department of Agriculture transferred to the Secretary; and (8) ensuring the speedy, orderly, and efficient flow of lawful traffic and commerce in carrying out the foregoing responsibilities.(Sec. 403) Transfers to the Secretary the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of: (1) the U.S. Customs Service; (2) the Transportation Security Administration; (3) the Federal Protective Service of the General Services Administration (GSA); (4) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center of the Department of the Treasury; and (5) the Office for Domestic Preparedness of the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ).Subtitle B: United States Customs Service - (Sec. 411) Establishes in DHS the U.S. Customs Service (transferred from the Department of the Treasury, but with certain customs revenue functions remaining with the Secretary of the Treasury). Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint up to 20 new personnel to work with DHS personnel in performing customs revenue functions.(Sec. 414) Requires the President to include a separate budget request for the U.S. Customs Service in the annual budget transmitted to Congress.(Sec. 416) Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on all trade functions performed by the executive branch, specifying each agency that performs each such function.(Sec. 417) Directs the Secretary to ensure that adequate staffing is provided to assure that levels of current customs revenue services will continue to be provided. Requires the Secretary to notify specified congressional committees prior to taking any action which would: (1) result in any significant reduction in customs revenue services (including hours of operation provided at any office within DHS or any port of entry); (2) eliminate or relocate any office of DHS which provides customs revenue services; or (3) eliminate any port of entry.(Sec. 419) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to create in the Treasury a separate Customs Commercial and Homeland Security Automation Account to contain merchandise processing (customs user) fees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2005 for establishment of the Automated Commercial Environment computer system for the processing of merchandise that is entered or released and for other purposes related to the functions of DHS.Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 421) Transfers to the Secretary the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to agricultural import and entry inspection activities under specified animal and plant protection laws.Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary to enter into an agreement to effectuate such transfer and to transfer periodically funds collected pursuant to fee authorities under the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to the Secretary for activities carried out by the Secretary for which such fees were collected.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer to the Secretary not more than 3,200 full-time equivalent positions of the Department of Agriculture.(Sec. 423) Directs the Secretary to establish a liaison office within DHS for the purpose of consulting with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration before taking any action that might affect aviation safety, air carrier operations, aircraft airworthiness, or the use of airspace.(Sec. 424) Requires the Transportation Security Administration to be maintained as a distinct entity within DHS under the Under Secretary for Border Transportation and Security for two years after enactment of this Act.(Sec. 425) Amends Federal aviation law to require the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to take certain action, if, in his discretion or at the request of an airport, he determines that the Transportation Security Administration is not able to deploy explosive detection systems at all airports required to have them by December 31, 2002. Requires the Under Secretary, in such circumstances, to: (1) submit to specified congressional committees a detailed plan for the deployment of explosive detection systems at such airport by December 31, 2003; and (2) take all necessary action to ensure that alternative means of screening all checked baggage is implemented.(Sec. 426) Replaces the Secretary of Transportation with the Secretary of Homeland Security as chair of the Transportation Security Oversight Board. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to consult with the Secretary before approving airport development project grants relating to security equipment or the installation of bulk explosive detection systems.(Sec. 427) Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the head of each other department or agency determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, to ensure that appropriate information concerning inspections of articles that are imported or entered into the United States, and are inspected or regulated by one or more affected agencies, is timely and efficiently exchanged between the affected agencies. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the progress made in implementing this section.(Sec. 428) Grants the Secretary exclusive authority to issue regulations with respect to, administer, and enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and all other immigration and nationality laws relating to the functions of U.S. diplomatic and consular officers in connection with the granting or refusal of visas, and authority to refuse visas in accordance with law and to develop programs of homeland security training for consular officers, which authorities shall be exercised through the Secretary of State. Denies the Secretary authority, however, to alter or reverse the decision of a consular officer to refuse a visa to an alien.Grants the Secretary authority also to confer or impose upon any U.S. officer or employee, with the consent of the head of the executive agency under whose jurisdiction such officer or employee is serving, any of these specified functions.Authorizes the Secretary of State to direct a consular officer to refuse a visa to an alien if the Secretary of State deems such refusal necessary or advisable in the foreign policy or security interests of the United States.Authorizes the Secretary to assign employees of DHS to any diplomatic and consular posts abroad to review individual visa applications and provide expert advice and training to consular officers regarding specific security threats relating to such applications and to conduct investigations with respect to matters under the Secretary's jurisdiction.Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the role of foreign nationals in the granting or refusal of visas and other documents authorizing entry of aliens into the United States.Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to report to Congress on how the provisions of this section will affect procedures for the issuance of student visas.Terminates after enactment of this Act all third party screening visa issuance programs in Saudi Arabia. Requires on-site personnel of DHS to review all visa applications prior to adjudication.(Sec. 429) Requires visa denial information to be entered into the electronic data system as provided for in the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002. Prohibits an alien denied a visa from being issued a subsequent visa unless the reviewing consular officer makes specified findings concerning waiver of ineligibility.(Sec. 430) Establishes within the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security the Office for Domestic Preparedness to: (1) coordinate Federal preparedness for acts of terrorism, working with all State, local, tribal, county, parish, and private sector emergency response providers; (2) coordinate or consolidate systems of communications relating to homeland security at all levels of government; (3) direct and supervise Federal terrorism preparedness grant programs for all emergency response providers; and (4) perform specified other related duties.Subtitle D: Immigration Enforcement Functions - (Sec. 441) Transfers from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security all functions performed under the following programs, and all personnel, assets, and liabilities pertaining to such programs, immediately before such transfer occurs: (1) the Border Patrol program; (2) the detention and removal program; (3) the intelligence program; (4) the investigations program; and (5) the inspections program.(Sec. 442) Establishes in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the Bureau of Border Security, headed by the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Border Security who shall: (1) report directly to the Under Secretary; (2) establish and oversee the policies for performing functions transferred to the Under Secretary and delegated to the Assistant Secretary by the Under Secretary; and (3) advise the Under Secretary with respect to any policy or operation of the Bureau that may affect the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) administer the program to collect information relating to nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants; and (2) implement a managerial rotation program.Establishes the position of Chief of Policy and Strategy for the Bureau of Border Security, who shall: (1) make immigration enforcement policy recommendations; and (2) coordinate immigration policy issues with the Chief of Policy and Strategy for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.(Sec. 443) Makes the Under Secretary responsible for: (1) investigating noncriminal allegations of Bureau employee misconduct, corruption, and fraud that are not subject to investigation by the Inspector General for DHS; (2) inspecting and assessing Bureau operations; and (3) analyzing Bureau management.(Sec. 444) Authorizes the Under Secretary to impose disciplinary action pursuant to policies and procedures applicable to FBI employees.(Sec. 445) Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report on how the Bureau will enforce relevant INA provisions.(Sec. 446) Expresses the sense of Congress that completing the 14-mile border fence project near San Diego, California, mandated by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 should be a priority for the Secretary.Subtitle E: Citizenship and Immigration Services - (Sec. 451) Establishes in DHS a Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, headed by the Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, who shall: (1) establish the policies for performing and administering transferred functions; (2) establish national immigration services policies and priorities; and (3) implement a managerial rotation program.Authorizes the Director to implement pilot initiatives to eliminate the backlog of immigration benefit applications.Transfers all Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) adjudications and related personnel and funding to the Director.Establishes for the Bureau positions of: (1) Chief of Policy and Strategy; (2) legal adviser; (3) budget officer; and (4) Chief of the Office of Citizenship to promote citizenship instruction and training for aliens interested in becoming naturalized U.S. citizens.(Sec. 452) Establishes within the DHS a Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, with local offices, to: (1) assist individuals and employers resolve problems with the Bureau; (2) identify problem areas; and (3) propose administrative and legislative changes.(Sec. 453) Makes the Director responsible for (1) investigating noncriminal allegations of Bureau employee misconduct, corruption, and fraud that are not subject to investigation by the Inspector General of DHS; (2) inspecting and assessing Bureau operations; and (3) analyzing Bureau management.(Sec. 454) Authorizes the Director to impose disciplinary action pursuant to policies and procedures applicable to FBI employees.(Sec. 456) Sets forth transfer of authority and transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel provisions.(Sec. 457) Amends the INA to repeal the provision permitting fees for adjudication and naturalization services to be set at a level that will ensure recovery of the costs of similar services provided without charge to asylum applicants.(Sec. 458) Amends the Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2000 to change the deadline for the Attorney General to eliminate the backlog in the processing of immigration benefit applications to one year after enactment of this Act.(Sec. 459) Directs the Secretary to report on how the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services will efficiently complete transferred INS adjudications.(Sec. 460) Directs the Attorney General to report on changes in law needed to ensure an appropriate response to emergent or unforseen immigration needs.(Sec. 461) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish an Internet-based system that will permit online information access to a person, employer, immigrant, or nonimmigrant about the processing status of any filings for any benefit under the INA; (2) conduct a feasibility study for online filing and improved processing; and (3) establish a Technology Advisory Committee.(Sec. 462) Transfers to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) INS functions with respect to the care of unaccompanied alien children (as defined by this Act).Sets forth the responsibilities of the Office for such children, including: (1) coordinating and implementing the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children who are in Federal custody, including appointment of independent legal counsel to represent the interests of each child; (2) identifying and overseeing individuals, entities, and facilities to house such children; (3) family reunification; (4) compiling, updating, and publishing at least annually a State-by-State list of professionals or other entities qualified to provide guardian and attorney representation services; (5) maintaining related biographical and statistical information; and (6) conducting investigations and inspections of residential facilities.Directs the Office to: (1) consult with juvenile justice professionals to ensure such children's safety; and (2) not release such children upon their own recognizance.Subtitle F: General Immigration Provisions - (Sec. 471) Abolishes INS.(Sec. 472) Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary to make voluntary separation incentive payments, after completion of a strategic restructuring plan, to employees of: (1) INS; (2) the Bureau of Border Security of DHS; and (3) the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services of DHS.(Sec. 473) Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project to determine whether policy or procedure revisions for employee discipline would result in improved personnel management.(Sec. 474) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the missions of the Bureau of Border Security and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services are equally important and should be adequately funded; and (2) the functions transferred should not operate at levels below those in effect prior to the enactment of this Act.(Sec. 475) Establishes within the Office of Deputy Secretary a Director of Shared Services who shall be responsible for: (1) information resources management; and (2) records, forms, and file management.(Sec. 476) Provides for budgetary and funding separation with respect to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border Security.(Sec. 477) Sets forth reporting and implementation plan provisions.(Sec. 478) Directs the Secretary to annually report regarding: (1) the aggregate number of all immigration applications and petitions received, and processed; (2) regional statistics on the aggregate number of denied applications and petitions; (3) application and petition backlogs and a backlog elimination plan; (4) application and petition processing periods; (5) number, types, and disposition of grievances and plans to improve immigration services; and (6) appropriate use of immigration-related fees.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the quality and efficiency of immigration services should be improved after the transfers made by Act; and (2) the Secretary should undertake efforts to guarantee that such concerns are addressed after such effective date.Title V: Emergency Preparedness and Response - (Sec. 501) Establishes in DHS a Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response, headed by an Under Secretary.(Sec. 502) Requires the responsibilities of the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, to include: (1) helping to ensure the effectiveness of emergency response providers to terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies; (2) with respect to the Nuclear Incident Response Team, establishing and certifying compliance with standards, conducting joint and other exercises and training, and providing funds to the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency for homeland security planning, training, and equipment; (3) providing the Federal Government's response to terrorist attacks and major disasters; (4) aiding recovery from terrorist attacks and major disasters; (5) building a comprehensive national incident management system with Federal, State, and local governments to respond to such attacks and disasters; (6) consolidating existing Federal Government emergency response plans into a single, coordinated national response plan; and (7) developing comprehensive programs for developing interoperative communications technology and helping to ensure that emergency response providers acquire such technology.(Sec. 503) Transfers to the Secretary the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of: (1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); (2) the Integrated Hazard Information System of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which shall be renamed FIRESAT; (3) the National Domestic Preparedness Office of the FBI; (4) the Domestic Emergency Support Teams of DOJ; (5) the Office of Emergency Preparedness, the National Disaster Medical System, and the Metropolitan Medical Response System of HHS; and (6) the Strategic National Stockpile of HHS.(Sec. 504) Requires the Nuclear Incident Response Team, at the direction of the Secretary (in connection with an actual or threatened terrorist attack, major disaster, or other emergency in the United States), to operate as an organizational unit of DHS under the Secretary's authority and control.(Sec. 505) Provides that, with respect to all public health-related activities to improve State, local, and hospital preparedness and response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear and other emerging terrorist threats carried out by HHS (including the Public Health Service), the Secretary of HHS shall set priorities and preparedness goals and further develop a coordinated strategy for such activities in collaboration with the Secretary.(Sec. 506) Defines the Nuclear Incident Response Team to include: (1) those entities of the Department of Energy that perform nuclear or radiological emergency support functions,  radiation exposure functions at the medical assistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance functions, and related functions; and (2) Environmental Protection Agency entities that perform such support functions and related functions.(Sec. 507) Includes in the homeland security role of FEMA: (1) all functions and authorities prescribed by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and (2) a comprehensive, risk-based emergency management program of mitigation, of planning for building the emergency management profession, of response, of recovery, and of increased efficiencies. Maintains FEMA as the lead agency for the Federal Response Plan established under Executive Orders 12148 and 12656. Requires the FEMA Director to revise the Plan to reflect the establishment of and incorporate DHS.(Sec. 508) Directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, to use national private sector networks and infrastructure for emergency response to major disasters.(Sec. 509) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should: (1) use off-the-shelf commercially developed technologies to allow DHS to collect, manage, share, analyze, and disseminate information securely over multiple channels of communication; and (2) rely on commercial sources to supply goods and services needed by DHS.Title VI: Treatment of Charitable Trusts for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States and Other Governmental Organizations - (Sec. 601) Sets forth requirements a charitable corporation, fund, foundation, or trust must meet to designate itself as a Johnny Micheal Spann Patriot Trust (a charitable trust for the spouses, dependents, and relatives of military and Federal personnel who lose their lives in the battle against terrorism that is named after the first American to die in such service following the September 11th terrorist attacks). Requires at least 85 percent of each Trust corpus to be distributed to such survivors and prohibits more than 15 percent from being used for administrative purposes. Prohibits: (1) any Trust activities from violating any prohibition against attempting to influence legislation; and (2) any such Trust from participating in any political campaign on behalf of a candidate for public office. Requires: (1) audits of each Trust that annually receives contributions of more than $1 million; and (2) Trust distributions to be made at least once a year. Provides for the notification of Trust beneficiaries.Title VII: Management - (Sec. 701) Makes the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Management, responsible for the management and administration of DHS. Details certain responsibilities of the Under Secretary with respect to immigration statistics. Transfers to the Under Secretary functions previously performed by the Statistics Branch of the Office of Policy and Planning of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) with respect to: (1) the Border Patrol program; (2) the detention and removal program; (3) the intelligence program; (4) the investigations program; (5) the inspections program; and (6) INS adjudications.(Sec. 702) Requires a chief financial officer, a chief information officer, and a chief human capital officer to report to the Secretary. Requires the chief human capital officer to ensure that all DHS employees are informed of their rights and remedies under merit system protection and principle provisions.(Sec. 705) Requires the Secretary to appoint an Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties who shall: (1) review and assess information alleging abuses of civil rights, civil liberties, and racial and ethnic profiling by employees and officials of DHS; and (2) make public information on the responsibilities and functions of, and how to contact, the Office.(Sec. 706) Requires the Secretary to develop and submit to Congress a plan for consolidating and co-locating: (1) any regional offices or field offices of agencies that are transferred to DHS under this Act, if their officers are located in the same municipality; and (2) portions of regional and field offices of other Federal agencies, to the extent such offices perform functions that are transferred to the Secretary under this Act.Title VIII: Coordination With Non-Federal Entities; Inspector General; United States Secret Service; Coast Guard; General Provisions - Subtitle A: Coordination with Non-Federal Entities - (Sec. 801) Establishes within the Office of the Secretary the Office for State and Local Government Coordination to oversee and coordinate Department homeland security programs for and relationships with State and local governments.Subtitle B: Inspector General - (Sec. 811) Places the DHS Inspector General under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary with respect to audits or investigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, that require access to sensitive information concerning intelligence, counterintelligence, or counterterrorism matters; criminal investigations or proceedings; undercover operations; the identify of confidential sources; and certain matters of disclosure.Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to: (1) give such Inspector General oversight responsibility for internal investigations performed by the Office of Internal Affairs of the United States Customs Service and the Office of Inspections of the United States Secret Service; and (2) authorize each Inspector General, any Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, and any special agent supervised by such an Assistant Inspector General to carry a firearm, make arrests without warrants, and seek and execute warrants. Allows the latter only upon certain determinations by the Attorney General (exempts the Inspector General offices of various executive agencies from such requirement). Provides for the rescinding of such law enforcement powers. Requires the Inspector General offices exempted from the determinations requirement to collectively enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish an external review process for ensuring that adequate internal safeguards and management procedures continue to exist to ensure the proper utilization of such law enforcement powers within their departments.Subtitle C: United States Secret Service - (Sec. 821) Transfers to the Secretary the functions of the United States Secret Service, which shall be maintained as a distinct entity within DHS.Subtitle D: Acquisitions - (Sec. 831) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a five-year pilot program under which the Secretary may exercise specified authorities in carrying out: (1) basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects for response to existing or emerging terrorist threats; and (2) defense prototype projects. Requires a report from the Comptroller General to specified congressional committees on the use of such authorities.(Sec. 832) Permits the Secretary to procure temporary or intermittent: (1) services of experts or consultants; and (2) personal services without regard to certain pay limitations when necessary due to an urgent homeland security need.(Sec. 833) Authorizes the Secretary to use specified  micro purchase, simplified acquisition, and commercial item acquisition procedures with respect to any procurement made during the period beginning on the effective date of this Act and ending on September 30, 2007, if the Secretary determines that the mission of DHS would be seriously impaired without the use of such authorities. Requires a report from the Comptroller General.(Sec. 834) Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to include regulations with regard to unsolicited proposals.(Sec. 835) Prohibits the Secretary from entering into a contract with a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation. Sets forth requirements for such treatment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition in the interest of homeland security, to prevent the loss of any jobs in the United States, or to prevent the Government from incurring any additional costs.Subtitle E: Human Resources Management - (Sec. 841) Expresses the sense of Congress calling for the participation of DHS employees in the creation of the DHS human resources management system.Amends Federal civil service law to authorize the Secretary, in regulations prescribed jointly with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to establish and adjust a human resources management system for organizational units of DHS. Requires the system to ensure that employees may organize, bargain collectively, and participate through labor organizations of their own choosing in decisions which affect them, subject to an exclusion from coverage or limitation on negotiability established by law. Imposes certain requirements upon the Secretary and the OPM Director to ensure the participation of employee representatives in the planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system or system adjustments.Declares the sense of Congress that DHS employees are entitled to fair treatment in any appeals that they bring in decisions relating to their employment.Terminates all authority to issue regulations under this section five years after enactment of this Act.(Sec. 842) Prohibits any agency or agency subdivision transferred to DHS from being excluded from coverage under labor-management relations requirements as a result of any order issued after June 18, 2002, unless: (1) the mission and responsibilities of the agency or subdivision materially change; and (2) a majority of the employees within the agency or subdivision have as their primary duty intelligence, counterintelligence, or investigative work directly related to terrorism investigation. Declares that collective bargaining units shall continue to be recognized unless such conditions develop. Prohibits exclusion of positions or employees for a bargaining unit unless the primary job duty materially changes or consists of intelligence, counterintelligence, or investigative work directly related to terrorism investigation. Waives these prohibitions and recognitions in circumstances where the President determines that their application would have a substantial adverse impact on the Department's ability to protect homeland security.Subtitle F: Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility - (Sec. 852) Provides that the simplified acquisition threshold to be applied for any executive agency procurement of property or services that is to be used to facilitate the defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack and that is carried out in support of a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation or a contingency operation shall be: (1) $200,000 for a contract to be awarded and performed, or a purchase to be made, inside the United States; or (2) $300,000 for a contract to be awarded and performed, or a purchase to be made, outside the United States.(Sec. 854) Authorizes the head of each agency to designate certain employees to make such procurements below a micro-purchase threshold of $7,500 (currently $2,500) under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.(Sec. 855) Permits executive agencies to apply to any such procurement specified provisions of law relating to the procurement of commercial items, without regard to whether the property and services are commercial items. Makes the $5 million limitation on the use of simplified acquisition procedures inapplicable to purchases of property or services to which such provisions apply.(Sec. 856) Requires executive agencies to use specified streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures for such procurements. Waives certain small business threshold requirements with respect to such procurements.(Sec. 857) Requires the Comptroller General to review and report to specified congressional committees on the extent to which procurements of property and services have been made in accordance with requirements of this Subtitle.(Sec. 858) Requires each executive agency to conduct market research to identify the capabilities of small businesses and new entrants into Federal contracting that are available to meet agency requirements in furtherance of defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack.Subtitle G: Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 - Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 or SAFETY Act - (Sec. 862) Authorizes the Secretary to designate anti-terrorism technologies that qualify for protection under a risk management system in accordance with criteria that shall include: (1) prior Government use or demonstrated substantial utility and effectiveness; (2) availability for immediate deployment in public and private settings; (3) substantial likelihood that such technology will not be deployed unless protections under such system are extended; and (4) the magnitude of risk exposure to the public if such technology is not deployed. Makes the Secretary responsible for administration of such protections.(Sec. 863) Provides a Federal cause of action for sellers suffering a loss from qualified anti-terrorism technologies so deployed. Prohibits punitive damages from being awarded against a seller.(Sec. 864) Requires sellers of qualified anti-terrorism technologies to obtain liability insurance in amounts certified as satisfactory by the Secretary.Subtitle H: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 871)Authorizes the Secretary to establish, appoint members of, and use the services of advisory committees as necessary.(Sec. 872) Grants the Secretary limited authority to reorganize DHS by allocating or reallocating functions within it and by establishing, consolidating, altering, or discontinuing organizational units.(Sec. 873) Requires the Secretary to comply with Federal requirements concerning the deposit of proceeds from property sold or transferred by the Secretary. Requires the President to submit to Congress a detailed Department budget request for FY 2004 and thereafter.(Sec. 874) Requires each such budget request to be accompanied by a Future Years Homeland Security Program structured in the same manner as the annual Future Years Defense Program.(Sec. 876) Provides that nothing in this Act shall confer upon the Secretary any authority to engage in war fighting, the military defense of the United States, or other military activities or  limit the existing authority of the Department of Defense or the armed forces to do so.(Sec. 878) Directs the Secretary to appoint a senior DHS official to assume primary responsibility for coordinating policy and operations within DHS and between DHS and other Federal departments and agencies with respect to interdicting the entry of illegal drugs into the United States and tracking and severing connections between illegal drug trafficking and terrorism.(Sec. 879) Establishes within the Office of the Secretary an Office of International Affairs, headed by a Director, to: (1) promote information and education exchange on homeland security best practices and technologies with friendly nations; (2) identify areas for homeland security information and training exchange where the United States has a demonstrated weakness and another friendly nation has a demonstrated expertise; (3) plan and undertake international conferences, exchange programs, and training activities; and (4) manage international activities within DHS in coordination with other Federal officials with responsibility for counter-terrorism matters.(Sec. 880) Prohibits any Government activity to implement the proposed component program of the Citizen Corps known as Operation TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System).(Sec. 881) Directs the Secretary to review the pay and benefit plans of each agency whose functions are transferred to DHS under this Act and to submit a plan for ensuring the elimination of disparities in pay and benefits throughout DHS, especially among law enforcement personnel, that are inconsistent with merit system principles.(Sec. 882) Establishes within the Office of the Secretary the Office of National Capital Region Coordination, headed by a Director, to oversee and coordinate Federal homeland security programs for and relationships with State, local, and regional authorities within the National Capital Region. Requires an annual report from the Office to Congress on: (1) resources needed to fully implement homeland security efforts in the Region; (2) progress made by the Region in implementing such efforts; and (3) recommendations for additional needed resources to fully implement such efforts.(Sec. 883) Requires DHS to comply with specified laws protecting equal employment opportunity and providing whistle blower protections.(Sec. 885) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a permanent Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force, composed of representatives from military and civilian agencies, for the purpose of anticipating terrorist threats and taking actions to prevent harm to the United States.(Sec. 886) Reaffirms the continued importance of Federal criminal code proscriptions on the use of the armed forces as posse comitatus and expresses the sense of Congress that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter the applicability of such proscriptions to any use of the armed forces to execute the laws.(Sec. 887) Requires the annual Federal response plan developed by DHS to be consistent with public health emergency provisions of the Public Health Service Act . Requires full disclosure of public health emergencies, or potential emergencies, among HHS, DHS, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.(Sec. 888) Transfers to DHS the authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, which shall be maintained as a distinct entity within DHS. Prohibits the Secretary from substantially or significantly reducing current Coast Guard missions or capabilities, with a waiver of such prohibition upon a declaration and certification to Congress that a clear, compelling and immediate need exists. Requires the DHS Inspector General to annually review and report to Congress on performance by the Coast Guard of its mission requirements. Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard, upon its transfer, to report directly to the Secretary. Prohibits any of the above conditions and restrictions from applying to the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of accelerating the rate of procurement in the Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System from 20 to ten years.(Sec. 889) Requires the inclusion in the President's annual budget documents of a detailed homeland security funding analysis for the previous, current, and next fiscal years.(Sec. 890) Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, with respect to the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, to limit""agents"" of an air carrier engaged in the business of providing air transportation security to persons that have contracted directly with the Federal Aviation Administration on or after February 17, 2002, to provide such security and that had not been or are not debarred within six months of that date.Subtitle I: Information Sharing - Homeland Security Information Sharing Act - (Sec. 891) Expresses the sense of Congress that Federal, State, and local entities should share homeland security information to the maximum extent practicable, with special emphasis on hard-to-reach urban and rural communities.(Sec. 892) Directs the President to prescribe and implement procedures for Federal agency: (1) sharing of appropriate homeland security information, including with DHS and appropriate State and local personnel; and (2) handling of classified information and sensitive but unclassified information. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 893) Requires an implementation report from the President to the congressional intelligence and judiciary committees.(Sec. 895) Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to treat as contempt of court any knowing violation of guidelines jointly issued by the Attorney General and DCI with respect to disclosure of grand jury matters otherwise prohibited. Allows disclosure to appropriate Federal, State, local, or foreign government officials of grand jury matters involving a threat of grave hostile acts of a foreign power, domestic or international sabotage or terrorism, or clandestine intelligence gathering activities by an intelligence service or network of a foreign power (threat), within the United States or elsewhere. Permits disclosure to appropriate foreign government officials of grand jury matters that may disclose a violation of the law of such government. Requires State, local, and foreign officials to use disclosed information only in conformity with guidelines jointly issued by the Attorney General and the DCI.(Sec. 896) Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize Federal investigative and law enforcement officers conducting communications interception activities, who have obtained knowledge of the contents of any intercepted communication or derivative evidence, to disclose such contents or evidence to: (1) a foreign investigative or law enforcement officer if the disclosure is appropriate to the performance of the official duties of the officer making or receiving the disclosure; and (2) any appropriate Federal, State, local, or foreign government official if the contents or evidence reveals such a threat, for the purpose of preventing or responding to such threat. Provides guidelines for the use and disclosure of the information.(Sec. 897) Amends the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT ACT) of 2001 to make lawful the disclosure to appropriate Federal, State, local, or foreign government officials of information obtained as part of a criminal investigation that reveals such a threat.(Sec. 898) Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to allow Federal officers who conduct electronic surveillance and physical searches in order to acquire foreign intelligence information to consult with State and local law enforcement personnel to coordinate efforts to investigate or protect against such a threat.Title IX: National Homeland Security Council - (Sec. 901) Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Homeland Security Council to advise the President on homeland security matters.(Sec. 903) Includes as members of the Council: (1) the President; (2) the Vice President; (3) the Secretary; (4) the Attorney General; and (5) the Secretary of Defense.(Sec. 904) Requires the Council to: (1) assess the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United States in the interest of homeland security and make recommendations to the President; and  (2) oversee and review Federal homeland security policies and make policy recommendations to the President.(Sec. 906) Authorizes the President to convene joint meetings of the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council.Title X: Information Security - Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 - (Sec. 1001) Revises Government information security requirements. Requires the head of each agency operating or exercising control of a national security system to ensure that the agency: (1) provides information security protections commensurate with the risk and magnitude of the harm resulting from the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of the information; and (2) implements information security policies and practices as required by standards and guidelines for national security systems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007.(Sec. 1002) Transfers from the Secretary of Commerce to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the  authority to promulgate information security standards pertaining to Federal information systems.(Sec. 1003) Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to revise and expand the mandate of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop standards, guidelines, and associated methods and techniques for information systems. Renames the Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board as the Information Security and Privacy Board and requires it to advise the Director of OMB (instead of the Secretary of Commerce) on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal Government information systems.Title XI: Department of Justice Divisions - Subtitle A: Executive Office for Immigration Review - (Sec. 1101) Declares that there is in the Department of Justice (DOJ) the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), which shall be subject to the direction and regulation of the Attorney General under the INA.(Sec. 1102) Amends the INA to grant the Attorney General such authorities and functions relating to the immigration and naturalization of aliens as were exercised by EOIR, or by the Attorney General with respect to EOIR, on the day before the effective date of the Immigration Reform, Accountability and Security Enhancement Act of 2002.Subtitle B: Transfer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to the Department of Justice - (Sec. 1111) Establishes within DOJ, under the Attorney General's authority, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (the Bureau). Transfers to DOJ the authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), which shall be maintained as a distinct entity within DOJ, including the related functions of the Secretary of the Treasury.Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director and shall be responsible for: (1) investigating criminal and regulatory violations of the Federal firearms, explosives, arson, alcohol, and tobacco smuggling laws; (2) such transferred functions; and (3) any other function related to the investigation of violent crime or domestic terrorism that is delegated to the Bureau by the Attorney General.Retains within the Department of the Treasury certain authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of BATF relating to the administration and enforcement of the Internal Revenue Code.Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Tax and Trade Bureau, which shall retain and administer the authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of BATF that are not transferred to DOJ.(Sec. 1113) Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize special agents of the Bureau, as well as any other investigator or officer charged by the Attorney General with enforcing criminal, seizure, or forfeiture laws, to carry firearms, serve warrants and subpoenas, and make arrests without warrant for offenses committed in their presence or for felonies on reasonable grounds. Authorizes any special agent to make seizures of property subject to forfeiture to the United States. Sets forth provisions regarding seizure, disposition, and claims pertaining to property.(Sec. 1114) Establishes within the Bureau an Explosives Training and Research Facility at Fort AP Hill in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to train Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to: (1) investigate bombings and explosions; (2) properly handle, utilize, and dispose of explosive materials and devices; (3) train canines on explosive detection; and (4) conduct research on explosives. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 1115) Transfers the Personnel Management Demonstration Project to the Attorney General for continued use by the Bureau and to the Secretary of the Treasury for continued use by the Tax and Trade Bureau.Subtitle C: Explosives - Safe Explosives Act - (Sec. 1122) Rewrites Federal criminal code provisions regarding the purchase of explosives to create a new ""limited permit"" category. Prohibits a holder of a limited permit: (1) from transporting, shipping, causing to be transported, or receiving in interstate or foreign commerce explosive materials; (2) from receiving explosive materials from a licensee or permittee whose premises are located outside the holder's State of residence; or (3) on more than six separate occasions during the period of the permit, from receiving explosive materials from one or more licensees or permittees whose premises are located within the holder's State of residence.Requires license, user permit, and limited permit applicants to include the names of and identifying information (including fingerprints and a photograph of each responsible person) regarding all employees who will be authorized by the applicant to possess explosive materials. Caps the fee for limited permits at $50 for each permit. Makes each limited permit valid for not longer than one year.Modifies criteria for approving licenses and permits. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue to the applicant the appropriate license or permit if, among other conditions: (1) the applicant is not a person who is otherwise prohibited from possessing explosive materials (excluded person); (2) the Secretary verifies by inspection or other appropriate means that the applicant has a place of storage for explosive materials that meets the Secretary's standards of public safety and security against theft (inapplicable to an applicant for renewal of a limited permit if the Secretary has verified such matters by inspection within the preceding three years); (3) none of the applicant's employees who will be authorized to possess explosive materials is an excluded person; and (4) in the case of a limited permit, the applicant has certified that the applicant will not receive explosive materials on more than six separate occasions during the 12-month period for which the limited permit is valid. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect the storage places of an applicant for or holder of a limited permit only as provided under the code. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to approve or deny an application for licenses and permits within 90 days.Requires the Secretary: (1) upon receiving from an employer the name and other identifying information with respect to a person or an employee who will be authorized to possess explosive materials, to determine whether such person or employee is an excluded person; (2) upon determining that such person or employee is not an excluded person, to notify the employer and to issue to the person or employee a letter of clearance confirming the determination; and (3) upon determining that such person or employee is an excluded person, to notify the employer and issue to such person or employee a document that confirms the determination, explains the grounds, provides information on how the disability may be relieved, and explains how the determination may be appealed.(Sec. 1123) Includes among aliens who may lawfully receive or possess explosive materials any alien who is in lawful non-immigrant status, is a refugee admitted under the INA, or is in asylum status under the INA and who is: (1) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly government; (2) a person having the power to direct the management and policies of a corporation; (3) a member of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization or other friendly foreign military force; or (4) lawfully present in the United States in cooperation with the DCI and the shipment, transportation, receipt, or possession of the explosive materials is in furtherance of such cooperation.  (Sec. 1124) Requires: (1) licensed manufacturers, licensed importers, and those who manufacture or import explosive materials or ammonium nitrate to furnish samples and relevant information when required by the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary to authorize reimbursement of the fair market value of samples furnished, as well as reasonable shipment costs.(Sec. 1125) Sets penalties for the destruction of property of institutions receiving Federal financial assistance.(Sec. 1127) Requires a holder of a license or permit to report any theft of explosive materials to the Secretary not later than 24 hours after discovery. Sets penalties for failure to report.(Sec. 1128) Authorizes appropriations.Title XII: Airline War Risk Insurance Legislation - (Sec. 1201) Amends Federal aviation law to extend the period during which the Secretary of Transportation may certify an air carrier as a victim of terrorism (and thus subject to the $100 million limit on aggregate third-party claims) for acts of terrorism from September 22, 2001, through December 31, 2003.(Sec. 1202) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to extend through August 31, 2003, and authorizes the Secretary to extend through December 31, 2003, the termination date of any insurance policy that the Department of Transportation (DOT) issues to an American aircraft or foreign-flag aircraft against loss or damage arising out of any risk from operation, and that is in effect on enactment of this Act, on no less favorable terms to such air carrier than existed on June 19, 2002. Directs the Secretary, however, to amend such policy to add coverage for losses or injuries to aircraft hulls, passengers, and crew at the limits carried by air carriers for such losses and injuries as of such enactment, and at an additional premium comparable to the premium charged for third-party casualty under the policy.Limits the total premium paid by an air carrier for such a policy to twice the premium it was paying for its third party policy as of June 19, 2002. Declares that coverage in such a policy shall begin with the first dollar of any covered loss incurred.(Sec. 1204) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to specified congressional committees concerning: (1) the availability and cost of commercial war risk insurance for air carriers and other aviation entities for passengers and third parties; (2) the economic effect upon such carriers and entities of available commercial war risk insurance; and (3) the manner in which DOT could provide an alternative means of providing aviation war risk reinsurance covering passengers, crew, and third parties through use of a risk-retention group or by other means.Title XIII: Federal Workforce Improvement - Subtitle A: Chief Human Capital Officers - Chief Human Capital Officers Act of 2002 - (Sec. 1302) Requires the heads of Federal departments and agencies currently required to a have Chief Financial Officer to appoint or designate a Chief Human Capital Officer to: (1) advise and assist agency officials in selecting, developing, training, and managing a high-quality, productive workforce in accordance with merit system principles; and (2) implement the rules and regulations of the President and the Office of OPM and civil service laws.Requires such Officer's functions to include: (1) setting the agency's workforce development strategy; (2) assessing workforce characteristics and future needs; (3) aligning the agency's human resources policies and programs with organization mission, strategic goals, and performance outcomes; (4) developing and advocating a culture of continuous learning to attract and retain employees with superior abilities; (5) identifying best practices and benchmarking studies; and (6) applying methods for measuring intellectual capital and identifying links of that capital to organizational performance and growth.(Sec. 1303) Establishes a Chief Human Capital Officers Council (consisting of the Director of OPM, the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Chief Human Capital Officers of executive departments and other members designated by the Director of OPM) to advise and coordinate the activities of the agencies of its members on such matters as modernization of human resources systems, improved quality of human resources information, and legislation affecting human resources operations and organizations.(Sec. 1304) Directs OPM to design a set of systems, including metrics, for assessing the management of human capital by Federal agencies.Subtitle B: Reforms Relating to Federal Human Capital Management - (Sec. 1311) Requires each agency's: (1) performance plan to describe how its performance goals and objectives are to be achieved; and (2) program performance report to include a review of the goals and evaluation of the plan relative to the agency's strategic human capital management.(Sec. 1312) Authorizes the President to prescribe rules which grant authority for agencies to appoint candidates directly to certain positions for which there exists a severe candidate shortage or a critical hiring need.Allows OPM to establish quality category rating systems for evaluating applicants for competitive service positions under two or more quality categories based on merit rather than numerical ratings. Requires agencies that establish a quality category rating system to report to Congress on that system, including information on the number of employees hired, the impact that system has had on the hiring of veterans and minorities, and the way in which managers were trained in the administration of it.(Sec. 1313) Sets forth provisions governing Federal employee voluntary separation incentive payments. Requires each agency, before obligating any resources for such payments, to submit to OPM for modification and approval a plan outlining the intended use of such payments and a proposed organizational chart for the agency once such payments have been completed. Requires such plan to include the positions and functions affected, the categories of employees to be offered such payments, the timing and amounts of payments, and how the agency will subsequently operate. Limits voluntary separation incentive payments to the lesser of: (1) the amount of severance pay to which an employee would be entitled; or (2) an amount determined by the agency head, not to exceed $25,000. Sets forth provisions regarding the repayment and waiver of repayment of such incentive payments upon subsequent employment with the Government. Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to establish a substantially similar program for the judicial branch. Continues existing voluntary separation incentives authority until expiration.Amends Federal employee early retirement provisions to apply to employees who are: (1) voluntarily separated by an agency undergoing substantial delayering, reorganization, reductions in force, functions transfer, or workforce restructuring; or (2) identified as being in positions that are becoming surplus or excess to the agency's future ability to carry out its mission effectively; and (3) within the scope of the offer of voluntary early retirement on the basis of specific periods or such employee's organizational unit, occupational series, geographical location, and/or skills, knowledge, and other factors related to a position. Expresses the sense of Congress that the implementation of this section is intended to reshape, and not downsize, the Federal workforce.(Sec. 1314) Includes students who provide voluntary services for the Government as ""employees"" for purposes of provisions authorizing agency programs to encourage employees to commute by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles.Subtitle C: Reforms Relating to the Senior Executive Service - (Sec. 1321) Repeals recertification requirements for senior executives.(Sec. 1322) Changes the limitation on total annual compensation (basic pay and cash payments) from the annual rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive Schedule to the total annual compensation payable to the Vice President for certain senior level executive and judicial employees who hold a position in or under an agency that has been certified as having a performance appraisal system which makes meaningful distinctions based on relative performance.Subtitle D: Academic Training - (Sec. 1331) Revises agency academic degree training criteria to allow agencies to select and assign employees to academic degree training and to pay and reimburse such training costs if such training: (1) contributes significantly to meeting an agency training need, resolving an agency staffing problem, or accomplishing goals in the agency's strategic plan; (2) is part of a planned, systemic, and coordinated agency employee development program linked to accomplishing such goals; and (3) is accredited and is provided by a college or university that is accredited by a nationally recognized body.(Sec. 1332) Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to modify service agreement requirements for recipients of scholarships and fellowships under the National Security Education Program to provide for recipients to work in other Federal offices or agencies when no national security position is available.Title XIV: Arming Pilots Against Terrorism - Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act - (Sec. 1402) Amends Federal law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security (in the Transportation Security Administration) to establish a two-year pilot program to: (1) deputize volunteer pilots of air carriers as Federal law enforcement officers to defend the flight decks of aircraft against acts of criminal violence or air piracy (Federal flight deck officers); and (2) provide training, supervision, and equipment for such officers.Requires the Under Secretary to begin the process of training and deputizing qualified pilots to be Federal flight deck officers under the program. Allows the Under Secretary to request another Federal agency to deputize such officers.Directs the Under Secretary to authorize flight deck officers to carry firearms and to use force, including lethal force, according to standards and circumstances the Under Secretary prescribes. Shields air carriers from liability for damages in Federal or State court arising out of a Federal flight deck officer's use of or failure to use a firearm. Shields flight deck officers from liability for acts or omissions in defending the flight deck of an aircraft against acts of criminal violence or air piracy, except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct.Declares that if an accidental discharge of a firearm results in the injury or death of a passenger or crew member on the aircraft, the Under Secretary: (1) shall revoke the deputization of the responsible Federal flight deck officer if such discharge was attributable to the officer's negligence; and (2) may temporarily suspend the pilot program if the Under Secretary determines that a shortcoming in standards, training, or procedures was responsible for the accidental discharge.Prohibits an air carrier from prohibiting a pilot from becoming a Federal flight deck officer, or threatening any retaliatory action against the pilot for doing so.Declares the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security, and that nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary from implementing and training Federal air marshals.(Sec. 1403) Directs the Under Secretary, in updating the guidance for training flight and cabin crews, to issue a rule to: (1) require both classroom and effective hands-on situational training in specified elements of self-defense; (2) require training in the proper conduct of a cabin search, including the duty time required to conduct it; (3) establish the required number of hours of training and the qualifications for training instructors; (4) establish the intervals, number of hours, and elements of recurrent training; (5) ensure that air carriers provide the initial training within 24 months of the enactment of this Act. Directs the Under Secretary to designate an official in the Transportation Security Administration to be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the training program; and (6) ensure that no person is required to participate in any hands-on training activity that such person believes will have an adverse impact on his or her health or safety.Amends the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to authorize the Under Secretary to take certain enhanced security measures, including to require that air carriers provide flight attendants with a discreet, hands-free, wireless method of communicating with the pilot of an aircraft.Directs the Under Secretary to study and report to Congress on the benefits and risks of providing flight attendants with nonlethal weapons to aide in combating air piracy and criminal violence on commercial airlines.(Sec. 1404) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report within six months to Congress on: (1) the number of armed Federal law enforcement officers (other than Federal air marshals) who travel on commercial airliners annually, and the frequency of their travel; (2) the cost and resources necessary to provide such officers with supplemental aircraft anti-terrorism training comparable to the training that Federal air marshals receive; (3) the cost of establishing a program at a Federal law enforcement training center for the purpose of providing new Federal law enforcement recruits with standardized training comparable to Federal air marshal training; (4) the feasibility of implementing a certification program designed to ensure that Federal law enforcement officers have completed aircraft anti-terrorism training, and track their travel over a six-month period; and (5) the feasibility of staggering the flights of such officers to ensure the maximum amount of flights have a certified trained Federal officer on board.(Sec. 1405) Amends Federal aviation law to require the Under Secretary to respond within 90 days of receiving a request from an air carrier for authorization to allow pilots of the air carrier to carry less-than-lethal weapons.Title XV: Transition - Subtitle A: Reorganization Plan - (Sec. 1502) Requires the President, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a reorganization plan regarding: (1) the transfer of agencies, personnel, assets, and obligations to DHS pursuant to this Act; and (2) any consolidation, reorganization, or streamlining of agencies transferred to DHS pursuant to this Act.(Sec. 1503) Expresses the sense of Congress that each House of Congress should review its committee structure in light of the reorganization of responsibilities within the executive branch by the establishment of DHS.Subtitle B: Transitional Provisions - (Sec. 1511) Outlines transitional provisions with regard to assistance from officials having authority before the effective date of this Act; details of personnel and services to assist in the transition; acting officials during the transition period; the transfer of personnel, assets, obligations and functions; and the status of completed administrative actions,  pending proceedings and civil actions, and Inspector General oversight. Prohibits DHS use of any funds derived from the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterway Trust Fund, or the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, with a specified exception for certain security-related funds provided to the Federal Aviation Administration.(Sec. 1514) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the development of a national identification system or card.(Sec. 1516) Authorizes and directs the Director of OMB to make additional necessary incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, and liabilities in connection with the functions transferred by this Act.Title XVI: Corrections to Existing Law Relating to Airline Transportation Security - (Sec. 1601) Amends Federal aviation law to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), along with the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, to each conduct research (including behavioral research) and development activities to develop, modify, test, and evaluate a system, procedure, facility, or device to protect passengers and property against acts of criminal violence, aircraft piracy, and terrorism and to ensure security.Directs the Secretary of Transportation (currently, the Under Secretary) to prescribe regulations prohibiting disclosure of information obtained or developed in ensuring security under this section if the Secretary of Transportation decides disclosing such information would: (1) be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; (2) reveal a trade secret or privileged or confidential commercial or financial information; or (3) be detrimental to the safety of passengers in transportation. Sets forth similar provisions requiring the Under Secretary to prescribe regulations prohibiting the disclosure of information obtained or developed in carrying out security under authority of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (PL107-71).(Sec. 1602) Increases the maximum civil penalty to $25,000 for a person who violates certain aviation security requirements while operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation (except an individual serving as an airman).(Sec. 1603) Revises certain hiring security screener standards to allow a national (currently, only a citizen) of the United States to become a security screener.Title XVII: Conforming and Technical Amendments - (Sec. 1701) Sets forth technical and conforming amendments.(Sec. 1706) Transfers from the Administrator of General Services to the Secretary of Homeland Security law enforcement authority for the protection of Federal property.(Sec. 1708) Establishes in DOD a National Bio-Weapons Defense Analysis Center to develop countermeasures to potential attacks by terrorists using weapons of mass destruction.(Sec. 1714) Amends the Public Health Service Act to define ""vaccine"" to mean any preparation or suspension, including one containing an attenuated or inactive microorganism or toxin, developed or administered to produce or enhance the body's immune response to a disease and to include all components and ingredients listed in the vaccine's product license application and product label.",2025-04-07T13:39:31Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5710
107-hr-5711,107,hr,5711,"For the relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan.",Private Legislation,2002-11-12,2002-11-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.",House,"Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]",NJ,D,H001032,0,"Makes Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.",2025-01-02T16:53:51Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5711
107-hr-5705,107,hr,5705,Health Care Freedom of Choice Act,Taxation,2002-11-08,2002-11-08,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47]",CA,R,C000830,0,Health Care Freedom of Choice Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a deduction any medical expenses not compensated by insurance.,2025-08-19T17:32:42Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5705
107-hr-5706,107,hr,5706,Family Heritage Preservation Act,Taxation,2002-11-08,2002-11-08,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47]",CA,R,C000830,0,"Family Heritage Preservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, gift tax, and tax on generation-skipping transfers.",2025-08-19T17:30:17Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5706
107-hr-5704,107,hr,5704,September 11th Aid Preservation Act of 2002,Taxation,2002-11-04,2002-11-04,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]",NY,D,N000002,6,"September 11th Aid Preservation Act of 2002 - Creates an exclusion from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code for certain community development grant funds received as part of the recovery effort from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.",2025-08-19T17:28:32Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5704
107-hr-5702,107,hr,5702,To provide for the privatization of the United States Postal Service.,Government Operations and Politics,2002-10-28,2002-10-28,Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.,House,"Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8]",IL,R,C000873,1,Provides for the transfer of the U.S. Postal Service to a private corporation.Directs the President to transmit to the Congress: (1) a comprehensive plan providing for the transfer of property subject to this Act; and (2) recommendations for legislation as necessary.Establishes the Postal Privatization Commission to: (1) carry out functions relating to the issuance of securities to postal employees; and (2) consult with the President on the transfer.,2025-02-04T16:54:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5702
107-hr-5703,107,hr,5703,Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2002,Health,2002-10-28,2002-10-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33]",CA,D,R000486,17,"Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants for newborn screening education and training, including followup.",2025-08-19T17:29:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5703
107-hr-5698,107,hr,5698,Klamath River Basin Restoration and Emergency Assistance Act of 2002,Water Resources Development,2002-10-24,2002-10-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]",CA,D,T000460,1,"Klamath River Basin Restoration and Emergency Assistance Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Restoration Program.Requires such program to provide loans, grants, and technical assistance for short- and long-term water conservation projects in the Klamath Basin.Covers projects which: (1) provide incentives for growing crops requiring less water; (2) acquire property interests; (3) restore habitat; and (4) feature tail-water recovery programs, lining of earthen irrigation channels and groundwater recharge and management systems.Prohibits the use of funds to bring newly irrigated lands into agricultural production.Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of costs, permitting in-kind contributions for the non-Federal share.Requires the Secretary to provide emergency financial assistance to persons in northern California and Oregon coastal communities adversely affected by the Klamath Basin salmon kill disaster of 2002.Directs the Secretary to modify the operation of the Klamath Project so that Klamath River flows meet a specified standard.Establishes the Klamath Basin Restoration Task Force.Requires the Secretary to implement the low release requirements for the Trinity River, permitting modifications as specified.Maintains existing tribal fishery, water, and other rights.",2025-08-19T17:31:03Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5698
107-hr-5699,107,hr,5699,California Missions Preservation Act of 2002,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-10-24,2002-10-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]",CA,D,F000030,46,"California Missions Preservation Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make matching grants to the California Missions Foundation to support its efforts to restore and repair the California missions, and to preserve associated artworks and artifacts.",2025-08-19T17:27:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5699
107-hr-5700,107,hr,5700,"Federal Employees, Uniformed Service and Foreign Service Members Humanitarian Travel Act of 2002",Government Operations and Politics,2002-10-24,2002-10-24,"Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8]",MD,R,M000941,0,"Federal Employees, Uniformed Service and Foreign Service Members Humanitarian Travel Act of 2002 - Authorizes the head of an agency to pay the travel expenses of family and agency representatives to support the needs of certain employees traveling on official business who abandon or interrupt their travel assignments prior to completion because of an incapacitating illness or injury.Authorizes an agency head, the Secretary of Defense or the military department concerned, or the Secretary of State with regard to members of the Foreign Service to pay the travel expenses of employees involved in a disaster or other catastrophic event, their family representatives, and agency representatives to, from, and at the site of such disaster or such catastrophic event, the site of a memorial service related to such disaster or event, and any other location as determined by the appropriate official.",2025-08-19T17:28:37Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5700
107-hr-5701,107,hr,5701,Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2002,Crime and Law Enforcement,2002-10-24,2002-11-12,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.",House,"Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]",OH,D,S001004,0,"Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award non-renewable grants to eligible applicants to prepare a comprehensive plan for and implement an adult or juvenile collaboration program, which targets adults or juveniles with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders in order to promote public safety and public health.Directs that grants be used to create or expand: (1) mental health courts; (2) programs that offer specialized training to the officers and employees of a criminal or juvenile justice agency and mental health personnel in procedures for identifying the symptoms of mental illness; and (3) programs that support cooperative efforts by criminal, juvenile justice, and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health and substance abuse treatment services.Requires the Attorney General: (1) to develop a procedure under which applicants may apply simultaneously for a planning grant and an implementation grant; (2) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an interagency task force to identify policies which hinder or facilitate local collaborative initiatives; and (3) to develop a list of best practices for appropriate diversion from incarceration of adult and juvenile offenders. Requires applicants for an implementation grant to meet specified requirements, including ensuring individualized, needs-based assessments and access to community-based mental health services.",2025-08-19T17:31:11Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5701
107-hr-5696,107,hr,5696,Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Funding Reform Act of 2002,Finance and Financial Sector,2002-10-21,2002-10-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.",House,"Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25]",TX,D,B000400,3,"Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Funding Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to make funding available for the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight without reference to ""the extent provided in appropriation Acts.""",2025-08-19T17:28:35Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5696
107-hr-5697,107,hr,5697,Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act,Crime and Law Enforcement,2002-10-21,2002-11-12,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.",House,"Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]",WA,D,L000560,0,"Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs, to carry out the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative to provide funds to reimburse eligible northern border States (or local governments thereof) for costs incurred for handling dispositions of: (1) eligible federally initiated criminal cases; and (2) Federal criminal cases referred to a State or local jurisdiction for investigation and possible prosecution.",2025-08-19T17:31:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5697
107-hr-5694,107,hr,5694,National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002,Energy,2002-10-17,2002-10-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.,House,"Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]",NV,D,B001231,0,"National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, to: (1) evaluate all Federal hydroelectric facilities on Federal lands and identify candidates for interconnection with potential renewable energy generation facilities; (2) evaluate and identify renewable energy production candidate sites on Federal lands; (3) complete an engineering feasibility analysis for such sites; and (4) expeditiously make the most promising of the candidate sites available for long-term lease pursuant to a competitive bidding process to qualified renewable energy development firms.Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to Congress on the existing impediments to construction of renewable energy projects on Federal lands and the measures necessary to expedite project development.",2025-08-19T17:30:36Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5694
107-hr-5695,107,hr,5695,Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2002,Families,2002-10-17,2002-10-17,"Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]",CA,D,M000714,0,"Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2002 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) screening; (3) training; (4) educational requirements; (5) Federal and non-Federal share of funds for the Program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds.Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a State.Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or Website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care.Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the Federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor.",2025-08-19T17:30:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5695
107-hr-5644,107,hr,5644,"To repeal certain provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act) that permit the President to intervene in strikes and lock-outs.",Labor and Employment,2002-10-16,2002-10-16,Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.,House,"Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]",OH,D,K000336,9,"Amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act) to repeal provisions that allow the President to intervene in strikes and lock-outs.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5644
107-hr-5645,107,hr,5645,Small Business Access to Credit Act of 2002,Economics and Public Finance,2002-10-16,2002-10-16,"Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]",IL,R,M001138,1,Small Business Access to Credit Act of 2002 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to use an approved econometric model to calculate the cost to the Small Business Administration for small business loans and loan guarantees and development company debentures authorized or issued under the Small Business Act.,2025-08-19T17:33:01Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5645
107-hr-5646,107,hr,5646,Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2002,Health,2002-10-16,2002-10-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]",MA,D,M000133,11,"Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2002 - Declares that modifications made by an  August 14, 2002, final rule affecting medical privacy to a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section concerning consent for uses or disclosures to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations shall have no force or effect. Directs that such CFR section shall be construed and applied to permit a health care provider to use or disclose an individual's protected health information without prior consent under specified circumstances, provided that the provider obtains written consent from the individual as soon as practicable.Declares that a CFR section dealing with uses and disclosures for which an authorization is required shall be construed and applied so that an authorization shall be invalid unless it meets specified criteria, including that it describes the specific marketing uses and disclosures authorized.States that the modifications made by the August 14 final rule dealing with permitted disclosures for public health activities shall have no force or effect.",2025-08-19T17:27:58Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5646
107-hr-5647,107,hr,5647,To authorize the duration of the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to be more than five years but not more than seven years.,Armed Forces and National Security,2002-10-16,2002-10-29,Became Public Law No: 107-254.,House,"Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]",VA,R,D000136,6,"Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to authorize the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to have a term in excess of five years, but not more than seven years.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5647
107-hr-5648,107,hr,5648,Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2002,Health,2002-10-16,2002-10-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,P000096,5,"Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2002 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purposes of: (1) providing comprehensive eye examinations for children, with priority to go to children under nine years old; and (2) developing and disseminating educational materials with regard to the need and benefits of comprehensive eye examinations for children.Directs the Secretary to coordinate the grant program, as appropriate, with other Federal and State programs that provide services to children. Prohibits a grant from being made unless the State involved agrees not to make payments from the grant for any item or service for which payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such item or service by an entity that provides health services on a prepaid basis or under any of the following: (1) any State compensation program; (2) an insurance policy; or (3) any Federal or State health benefits program.Requires a State to submit an annual evaluation of the operations and activities carried out under a grant to the Secretary.Requires a State to submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive a grant, which shall include a plan for the use of the grant.",2025-08-19T17:32:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5648
107-hr-5649,107,hr,5649,To allow North Koreans to apply for refugee status or asylum.,Immigration,2002-10-16,2002-11-12,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.",House,"Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]",IL,R,H001022,9,Considers North Korean nationals not to be nationals of South Korea for purposes of refugee or asylee status.,2025-01-02T16:53:36Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5649
107-hr-5650,107,hr,5650,Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2002,Foreign Trade and International Finance,2002-10-16,2002-10-17,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1919-1920),House,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20]",NY,R,G000212,6,"Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2002 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to allow specified apparel articles that are imported directly into the customs territory of the United States from Haiti to enter free of duty if Haiti has satisfied the requirements of this Act.Declares that such articles include apparel articles that are wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti exclusively from fabric components and yarns formed in: (1) the United States; (2) a  country that is party to a free trade agreement with the United States on January 1, 2002, that enters into a free trade agreement with the United States subject to trade promotion authority, or that has been designated as a beneficiary country; and (4) any country if the fabrics or yarns are designated as not being commercially available in the United States.Specifies the quantity of articles to which such preferential treatment shall extend.Declares that Haiti shall be eligible for such preferential treatment if the President determines and certifies to Congress that Haiti has met specified conditions, including: (1) establishing or making progress toward establishing a market-based economy that protects private property rights, the rule of law, the elimination of barriers to U.S. trade and investment, economic policies to reduce poverty, a system to combat corruption and bribery, and protection of internationally recognized worker rights; (2) not engaging in activities that undermine U.S. national security or foreign policy interests or gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; (3) not providing support for international terrorism; and (4) cooperating in international efforts to eliminate human rights violations and terrorist activities.",2025-08-19T17:29:10Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5650
107-hr-5651,107,hr,5651,Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002,Health,2002-10-16,2002-10-26,Became Public Law No: 107-250.,House,"Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]",PA,R,G000439,1,"Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 - Title I: Fees Related to Medical Devices - (Sec. 102) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a new program that subjects, beginning on October 1, 2002, each medical device manufacturer to a medical device fee for certain applications, reports, application supplements, and submissions sent to the Food and Drug Administration for evaluation. Grants exceptions, including for humanitarian devices and certain devices sponsored by State governments or the Federal Government. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive one premarket application, or one premarket report, where the applicant is a small business submitting its first premarket application, or its first premarket report, respectively, for review. Reduces fees for small businesses.Sets performance goals with respect to the amount appropriated for the Food and Drug Administration for devices and radiological products, providing that the appropriations reach a certain level.Restricts the medical device user fees collected to being used to defray increases in the costs of the resources allocated for the review of device applications. Authorizes appropriations. Exempts certain entities submitting premarket reports from being subject to a fee, including a person filing his first such report if before October 1, 2002, the person submitted a premarket application for the same device.(Sec. 103) Establishes requirements for reporting by the Secretary concerning performance goals and fees.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the postmarket surveillance of medical devices.Directs the Secretary to conduct a study regarding the medical device user-fee program established under this Act.(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to consult with the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and various other entities in: (1) developing recommendations to Congress for goals and plans related to the review of medical device applications for fiscal years after 2007; and (2) completing the reauthorization of parts of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.(Sec. 107) Sets a sunset date of October 1, 2007, for the amendments regarding fees related to medical devices, except that the reporting requirements shall cease to be effective January 31, 2008.Title II: Amendments Regarding Regulation of Medical Devices - (Sec. 201) Directs the Secretary to accredit persons who are not Federal employees to conduct the inspections required under the Act for establishments that manufacture, prepare, propagate, compound, or process class II or class III devices. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register criteria to accredit or deny accreditation to persons who request to perform such inspections. Sets forth minimum requirements for inspectors and qualifications establishments must meet to receive inspectors.Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to determine the amount obligated by the Secretary for FY 2002 for FDA compliance activities with respect to devices, and of such amount, the amount obligated for inspections of device establishments. Establishes reporting requirements for the Comptroller General. Sets a sunset date of October 1, 2012, for the provisions of this section.Considers it a violation of the Act for an accredited inspector to: (1) breach the standards of accreditation of this section; (2) pose a threat to public health; or (3) fail to act in accordance with this section. Prohibits certain acts of inspectors, including the knowing failure to include material facts in an inspection report.(Sec. 202) Sets a sunset date of October 1, 2007, for the third-party accreditation program authority. Establishes a requirement for the Secretary to report to Congress after conducting a study based on the experience under such program.(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to debar persons convicted of a felony from being accredited to conduct the inspections set forth in this Act and from carrying out certain other activities. States that the debarment shall last for between one and ten years, but that if a subsequent debarment occurs within ten years after a previous such instance, the inspector will be debarred permanently.Applies other provisions, including ones pertaining to judicial review and termination of debarment, to a person debarred under this section.(Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary to establish within the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs an Office to perform various functions, including to ensure the timely premarket review of combination products. Directs the Office to consult with the relevant component within the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs in performing its duties.Directs the Secretary, acting through the office, to review each agreement, guidance, or practice of the Secretary that is specific to the assignment of combination products to agency centers to verify compliance with the requirements of this Act. Establishes requirements for reporting by the Secretary.(Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the timeliness and effectiveness of device premarket reviews by centers other than the Center for Devices and Radiological Health.(Sec. 206) Allows labeling for prescription devices intended for use in health care facilities to be made available solely by electronic means, provided that a manufacturer furnishes a paper copy for free upon request by a health care facility.(Sec. 207) Requires that specified submissions regarding registration of producers of drugs and devices shall be made electronically, upon a finding by the Secretary that such action is feasible. Permits the Secretary to grant waivers of such requirement.(Sec. 208) Eliminates the sunset for certain provisions regarding intended (human) use for substantial equivalence determinations.(Sec. 209) Provides for modular review, by the Secretary, of applications and parts of applications for premarket approval of class III devices. Allows the Secretary discretion as to whether to accept and review such material under specified conditions.(Sec. 210) Revises review of premarket approval of certain class III devices provisions to direct the Secretary to ensure, after referring an application to the relevant panel for review, that such panel includes, or consults with, one or more pediatric experts where such consultation is appropriate..(Sec. 211) Requires the Secretary to publish on the Internet lists of each type of class II device not requiring a report in order to provide reasonable assurance of the devices' safety and effectiveness.(Sec. 212) Requires the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine to conduct a study to determine whether the system under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for postmarket surveillance regarding pediatric populations is adequate.(Sec. 213) Directs the Secretary to provide guidance on ensuring safety of pediatric devices and providing protections for pediatric subjects in clinical investigations into the safety and effectiveness of such devices.(Sec. 214) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study into breast implants, including to determine the number of adverse events that have been reported and whether such events have been adequately investigated. Establishes requirements for reporting by the Comptroller General.(Sec. 215) Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to submit to Congress a report describing the status of research on breast implants. Permits the Director to examine the long-term health implications of silicone breast implants, both gel and saline filled. States that such research may include: (1) developing and examining techniques to measure concentrations of silicone in body fluids and tissues; and (2) surveillance of recipients of silicone breast implants.Title III: Additional Amendments - (Sec. 301) Requires the identification of the manufacturer of a medical device to be displayed on the device or an attachment thereto, with exemptions allowed to be issued by the Secretary.(Sec. 302) Requires reprocessed single-use devices to carry prominently on the label a statement identifying the product as such, along with the name of the person responsible for reprocessing and the manufacturer. States that such provision shall cover devices introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce after the date 15 months following the passage of this Act.Amends provisions regarding registration of producers of drugs and devices, including with respect to: (1) certain reprocessed single-use devices that require reports preceding introduction into interstate commerce; and (2) such devices that do not require reports. Permits the filing with the Secretary of a report seeking premarket approval for certain class III devices, and sets forth elements that such a report for a class III device that is a reprocessed single-use device shall contain.(Sec. 303) Requires the Secretary to modify the MedWatch mandatory and voluntary forms to facilitate the reporting of information by user facilities or distributors as appropriate relating to reprocessed single-use devices.",2025-04-07T13:38:37Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5651
107-hr-5652,107,hr,5652,To designate a paid legal public holiday in honor of Native Americans.,Commemorations,2002-10-16,2002-10-16,Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.,House,"Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-42]",CA,D,B001234,2,Requests the President to designate a legal public holiday as Native American's Day.,2025-02-04T16:54:13Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5652
107-hr-5653,107,hr,5653,To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reasonable correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules.,Labor and Employment,2002-10-16,2002-10-16,"Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]",OH,R,B000589,3,Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow a correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5653
107-hr-5654,107,hr,5654,Colonias Gateway Initiative Act,Housing and Community Development,2002-10-16,2002-10-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23]",TX,R,B000617,2,"Colonias Gateway Initiative Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants through September 30, 2009, to regional organizations to enhance the availability of affordable housing, economic opportunity, and infrastructure in the colonias.Defines colonia as a recognized community: (1) along the United States-Mexico border region in Arizona, California, New Mexico; and  (2) lacking such services as potable water, adequate sewage systems, and safe and sanitary housing.",2025-08-19T17:30:20Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5654
107-hr-5655,107,hr,5655,"To name the Department of Veterans Affairs in Houston, Texas, as the ""Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center"".",Commemorations,2002-10-16,2002-11-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]",TX,D,J000032,27,"Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Houston, Texas, as the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.",2025-01-02T16:53:43Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5655
107-hr-5656,107,hr,5656,SCHIP Allotment Extension Availability Act of 2002,Health,2002-10-16,2002-10-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25]",TX,D,B000400,0,SCHIP Allotment Extension Availability Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide for extending the availability through FY 2006 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2002.,2025-08-19T17:31:43Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5656
107-hr-5657,107,hr,5657,Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act,Commerce,2002-10-16,2002-10-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5]",NC,R,B001135,8,"Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act - Requires a ""prescriber"" (a person permitted under State law to issue prescriptions for contact lenses) to provide to the patient a copy of the patient's contact lens prescription free of charge.Declares that a contact lens prescription shall expire one year after the date of completion of the contact lens fitting if a State's law regarding contact lens prescriptions specifies an earlier date or if the State has no such specified date. Permits an exception for a patient's ocular health.Prohibits advertising that lenses for which a prescription is required may be obtained without a prescription. Prohibits a prescriber from issuing certain waivers.States that any violation of this Act shall be treated as a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.Permits a State to bring a civil action in a district court of the United States for violations of this Act. Requires the attorney general of a State bringing suit to notify the Federal Trade Commission, unless such notification is unfeasible. Allows the Commission to intervene in cases in which it is notified, whereby it shall have the rights: (1) to be heard on any matter; and (2) to file a petition for appeal.",2025-08-19T17:28:22Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5657
107-hr-5658,107,hr,5658,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses.,Taxation,2002-10-16,2002-10-16,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]",MI,R,C000071,1,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to substitute, for the first part of the formula for determining the credit for increasing research activities, the following, a credit equal to 12 percent of so much of the qualified research expenses for the taxable year as exceeds 50 percent of the average qualified research expenses for the three taxable years preceding the taxable year for which the credit is being determined. Provides a special rule where there are no qualified research expenses in any of the three preceding taxable years.",2025-04-07T13:41:42Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5658
107-hr-5659,107,hr,5659,Obesity Prevention Act,Health,2002-10-16,2002-10-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]",DE,R,C000243,0,"Obesity Prevention Act - Amends the National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to State educational agencies to assist in creating model nutrition education and physical fitness programs. Lists activities that grant funds may be used for, including the development and implementation of State standards in health.Directs the Secretary to award grants to educational agencies, at least one per State, for the establishment of pilot projects for purposes of promoting healthy eating habits and increasing physical fitness. Lists activities that grant funds may be used for, including the development and implementation of nutrition education programs and curricula.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program that encourages States to implement plans to carry out activities to assist obese children or children at risk of becoming obese. Sets forth a matching requirement for Federal grants of at least 15 percent of the costs of such activities.Establishes a Commission on Obesity Treatment and Prevention to oversee research, policy formation, and other activities of the Federal Government regarding the prevention and treatment of obesity.Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education to establish the ""President's Health and Fitness Awards"" for elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretaries to establish ""President's Health and Fitness Teacher Achievement Awards"" for teachers, coaches, or related personnel and for local educational agencies.Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to include nutrition and health education programs in authorized local activities under 21st century community learning centers.",2025-08-19T17:29:41Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5659
107-hr-5660,107,hr,5660,Aviation Fuel Tax Relief Act of 2002,Taxation,2002-10-16,2002-10-17,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1895),House,"Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3]",GA,R,C000640,0,Aviation Fuel Tax Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax on aviation fuel by 4.3 cents.,2025-08-19T17:31:54Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5660
107-hr-5661,107,hr,5661,College Tuition Assistance Act of 2002,Taxation,2002-10-16,2002-10-16,"Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]",CT,D,D000216,1,"College Tuition Assistance Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the applicable dollar amount for the qualified tuition and related expenses deduction from $3,000 (for 2002 and 2003) and $4,000 (for 2004 and 2005) to $10,000.Increases the Lifetime Learning Credit percentage from 20 to 28 percent.Permits the student loan interest deduction on a per student basis.Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend and increase Pell grant maximum amounts ($6,500 for academic year 2003-2004 and $7,000 for academic year 2004-2005).",2025-08-19T17:29:43Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5661
107-hr-5662,107,hr,5662,Children First SCHIP Improvement Act of 2002,Health,2002-10-16,2002-10-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8]",WA,R,D000549,8,Children First SCHIP Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) extending the availability through FY 2003 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2000; and (2) SCHIP coverage of children whose family income exceeds the Medicaid applicable income level for eligible States.,2025-08-19T17:32:40Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5662
107-hr-5663,107,hr,5663,BLAST Act,Crime and Law Enforcement,2002-10-16,2002-11-12,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.",House,"Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]",CA,D,E000215,11,"Ballistics, Law Assistance, and Safety Technology Act (BLAST Act) - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require a licensed manufacturer or importer of firearms to: (1) test fire manufactured or imported firearms as specified by the Secretary of the Treasury; (2) prepare ballistics images of the fired bullet and cartridge casings; (3) make the records available to the Secretary for entry into a computerized database; and (4) store the fired bullet and cartridge casings.Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to assist firearm manufacturers and importers in complying with these requirements through: (1) the acquisition, disposition, and upgrades of ballistics equipment and bullet and cartridge casing recovery equipment; (2) the hiring or designation of personnel necessary to develop and maintain a ballistics database; (3) providing education about the role of ballistics; and (4) providing for the coordination among law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and the firearm industry to curb firearm-related crime and illegal firearm trafficking.Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary to: (1) establish a computer system through which State and local law enforcement agencies can promptly access ballistics records; (2) encourage training for ballistics examiners; (3) report to Congress on the impact of this Act on criminal investigations, arrests, indictments, and prosecutions; and (4) conduct mandatory ballistics testing of all firearms obtained by or in the possession of their respective agencies.Prohibits the use of ballistics information of individual guns for prosecutorial purposes unless officials have a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed and that ballistics information would assist in the investigation.",2025-08-19T17:29:05Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5663
107-hr-5664,107,hr,5664,Employee Retirement Preservation Act,Finance and Financial Sector,2002-10-16,2002-11-12,Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.,House,"Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]",TN,D,F000262,0,"Employee Retirement Preservation Act - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to bring within its purview a claim regarding a right or interest in equity securities of the debtor held in a pension plan for the benefit of an individual who is not an officer or director of the debtor, if such securities were attributable to: (1) employer contributions by the debtor; and (2) certain elective deferrals required to be invested in such securities under the terms of the pension plan.Bars claims regarding such securities during any period in which the individual or any beneficiary has the right to direct the plan to divest such securities and to reinvest an equivalent amount in other investment options of the plan.Includes within the fourth order of priorities in bankruptcy allowed unsecured claims regarding equity securities of the debtor that are held in a pension plan without regard to when services were rendered or limitation in amount, and measured by the market value of the stock at the time the stock was contributed to, or purchased by, the plan.Increases from $4,000 to $13,500 allowed unsecured claims for certain employee-earned benefits and compensation.",2025-08-19T17:31:39Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5664
107-hr-5665,107,hr,5665,Dandini Research Park Transfer Act,Public Lands and Natural Resources,2002-10-16,2002-10-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.",House,"Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]",NV,R,G000152,0,"Dandini Research Park Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain real property in Washoe County, Nevada, previously patented to the University of Nevada under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.Provides for the payment of compensation equal to the value of the property, not including any structures or improvements on the property as of the date it was originally patented to the University.",2025-08-19T17:31:52Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5665
107-hr-5666,107,hr,5666,Access to Diabetes Screening Services Act of 2002,Health,2002-10-16,2002-10-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]",TX,D,G000410,2,Access to Diabetes Screening Services Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of diabetes screening tests and services.,2026-02-10T13:37:26Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5666
107-hr-5667,107,hr,5667,Medicare Disability Eligibility Improvement Act of 2002,Health,2002-10-16,2002-10-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]",TX,D,G000410,0,Medicare Disability Eligibility Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits.,2025-08-19T17:29:14Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5667
107-hr-5668,107,hr,5668,Medically Accurate and Objective Sex Education Act,Education,2002-10-16,2002-10-17,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1919),House,"Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]",IL,D,G000535,16,Medically Accurate and Objective Sex Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit elementary or schools that receive ESEA funds from providing any factual information that is not medically accurate and objective in the course material or instruction for any sex education course.,2025-08-19T17:28:04Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5668
107-hr-5669,107,hr,5669,Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board Act of 2002,"Science, Technology, Communications",2002-10-16,2002-11-25,Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.,House,"Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]",CA,D,H001034,9,"Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board Act of 2002 - Establishes the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board which shall: (1) operate in coordination with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and (2) provide advice to the President and the National Science and Technology Council on research investment policy, strategy, program goals, and management processes relating to nanoscience and nanotechnology.Directs the President to establish a National Nanotechnology Coordination Office to provide necessary technical and administrative support to the Advisory Board and to coordinate Federal nanotechnology activities between Federal agencies, private sector industry, and academia.Requires the Advisory Board to: (1) advise the President and the Council, and inform the Congress, on matters relating to the National Nanotechnology Program; (2) consult with academic industrial entities, State and local governments and agencies, and other appropriate entities conducting research on and using nanotechnology; (3) ensure that such Program considers fully the societal implications of nanoscale science and technology; and (4) transmit an annual report, which shall include a technology transition study, to the President, the head of each agency involved in the Program, and specified congressional committees.",2025-08-19T17:28:39Z,https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5669