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[Nettime-bold] LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE ATTACK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001




LEGISLATION

           RELATED TO THE ATTACK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001


                                  Bills & Joint Resolutions Signed Into
Law
                                      Other Resolutions Approved
                                      Legislation With Floor Action
                                     Legislation Without Floor Action


                     BILLS & JOINT RESOLUTIONS SIGNED INTO LAW

HR2882: Public Safety Officer Benefits bill

HR2888: 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from
and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the
United States

HR2926: Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act

HR3162: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
(USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001

S1424: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide
permanent authority for the admission of "S" visa
non-immigrants.

S1465: A bill to authorize the President to exercise waivers of foreign
assistance restrictions with respect to
Pakistan through September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

S.J.Res. 22: A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Senate and
House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks
launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.

S.J.Res. 23: Authorization for Use of Military Force



                              OTHER RESOLUTIONS APPROVED

H.Con.Res. 223: Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a
prayer vigil in memory of those who lost their lives in the
events of September 11, 2001.

H.Con.Res. 225: Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a symbol
of solidarity following the terrorist attacks on the
United States on September 11, 2001, every United States citizen is
encouraged to display the flag of the United States.

H.Con.Res. 227: Condemning bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans,
American Muslims, and Americans from South
Asia in the wake of terrorist attacks in New York City, New York, and
Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001.

H.Con.Res. 231: Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a
message from the President.

H.Res. 238: Condemning any price gouging with respect to motor fuels
during the hours and days after the terrorist acts of
September 11, 2001.

H.Res. 239: Terrorist Victims Flag Memorial Resolution of 2001

S.Con.Res. 76: A concurrent resolution honoring the law enforcement
officers, firefighters, emergency rescue personnel, and
health care professionals who have worked tirelessly to search for and
rescue the victims of the horrific attacks on the United
States on September 11, 2001.

S.Res. 170: A resolution honoring the United States Capitol Police for
their commitment to security at the United States
Capitol, particularly on and since September 11, 2001.

S.Res. 173: A resolution condemning violence and discrimination against
Iranian-Americans in the wake of the September 11,
2001 terrorist attacks.



                            LEGISLATION WITH FLOOR ACTION

HR2883: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

HR2884: Victims of Terrorism Relief Act of 2001

HR2899: War Bonds Act of 2001

HR2975: Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001

HR3004: Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001

HR3086: To provide the Secretary of Education with specific waiver
authority to respond to conditions in the national
emergency declared by the President of the United States on September
14, 2001.

HR3150: Secure Transportation for America Act of 2001

HR3160: To amend the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996 with respect to the responsibilities of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding biological agents and
toxins, and to amend title 18, United States Code,
with respect to such agents and toxins.

H.Con.Res. 233: Expressing the profound sorrow of the Congress for the
death and injuries suffered by first responders as they
endeavored to save innocent people in the aftermath of the terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on
September 11, 2001.

H.Con.Res. 243: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Public
Safety Officer Medal of Valor should be presented to the
public safety officers who have perished and select other public safety
officers who deserve special recognition for outstanding
valor above and beyond the call of duty in the aftermath of the
terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.

H.J.Res. 61: Expressing the sense of the Senate and House of
Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against
the United States on September 11, 2001.

H.J.Res. 64: Authorization for Use of Military Force

H.J.Res. 71: Designating September 11 as Patriot Day

S1426: 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from
and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the
United States

S1447: Aviation Security Act

S1450: Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act

S1510: Uniting and Strengthening America Act (USA Act of 2001)

S.Con.Res. 74: A concurrent resolution condemning bigotry and violence
against Sikh-Americans in the wake of terrorist
attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001.

S.J.Res. 25: A joint resolution designating September 11 as "National
Day of Remembrance".

H.AMDT. 361 to HR2883: Amendment revises Sec. 306 and establishes a
"Commission on National Security Readiness" to
identify structural readiness of the United States to identify
structural impediments to the effective collection, analysis, and
sharing of information on national security threats, particularly
terrorism.

H.AMDT. 362 to HR2883: Amendment sought to reduce the Presidential
appointments to 2; to remove the Commission's
ability to hold hearings and to administer oaths or affirmations to
witnesses appearing before it; to remove subpoena power; and
to strike the requirement for termination of the Commission.

H.AMDT. 383 TO HR3150: Amendment that makes various technical changes,
authorizes airlines to use technologies to create
a secure and expedited passenger screening process, and extends $1.5
billion authorized for airport security to 2003.

S.AMDT. 1560 to HR2500: To express the sense of the Senate regarding
discrimination against Arab Americans.

S.AMDT. 1562 to HR2500: Combating Terrorism Act of 2001

S.AMDT.1573 to HR2590: To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue War Bonds in support of recovery and
response efforts relating to the September 11, 2001, hijackings and
attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.

S.AMDT.1574 to HR2590: To authorize the issuance of Unity Bonds in
response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against
the United States on September 11, 2001.

S.AMDT.1583 to HR2590: To provide that the Postal Service may issue a
special commemorative postage stamp in order to
provide financial assistance to the families of emergency relief
personnel killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty in
connection with the terrorist attacks against the United States on
September 11, 2001.

S.AMDT.1661 to S1438: To authorize emergency supplemental appropriations
for fiscal year 2001 for recovery from and
response to terrorist attacks on the United States.

S.AMDT.1807 to S1438: To authorize the acceptance of contributions for
the repair of the damage to the Pentagon
Reservation caused by the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 or
establishment of a memorial of the attack at the Pentagon.

S.AMDT.1815 to S1438: To express the sense of the Senate that the
Secretary of the Treasury should immediately issue
savings bonds, to be designated as "Unity Bonds", in response to the
terrorist attacks against the United States on September
11, 2001.

S.AMDT.2067 to HR3061: To express the sense of the Senate concerning the
provision of assistance for airport career centers
to enable such centers to serve workers in the airline and related
industries who have been dislocated as a result of the
September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

S.AMDT.2068 to HR3061: To express the sense of the Senate concerning
assistance for individuals with disabilities who
require vocational rehabilitation services as a result of the September
11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

S.AMDT.2082 to HR3061: To make funding available under title V of the
Public Health Service Act for mental health
providers serving public safety workers affected by the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001.



                          LEGISLATION WITHOUT FLOOR ACTION

HR525: Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001

HR2886: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the award of
the Purple Heart to civilian employees of the
Department of Defense who are killed or wounded by a terrorist attack.

HR2891: To preserve the continued viability of the United States air
transportation system.

HR2894: To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to
increase the maximum amount of an award paid
under the Department of State rewards program in connection with the
attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001,
and for other purposes.

HR2895: Aviation Security Enhancement Act of 2001

HR2897: To provide for the granting of posthumous citizenship to certain
aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who
died as a result of the hijackings of 4 commercial aircraft, the attacks
on the World Trade Center, or the attack on the
Pentagon, on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.

HR2898: Federal Airports Security Enhancement Act

HR2900: Victory Bonds Act of 2001

HR2905: September 11th Heroes Stamp Act of 2001

HR2907: September 11th Families Stamp Act

HR2913: Aviation Security Improvement Act of 2001

HR2916: Honoring the Passengers and Crew of United Flight 93 Act

HR2917: To authorize the President to award gold medals on behalf of
Congress to the people aboard United Airlines Flight 93
who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash
prematurely.

HR2921: To authorize the President to award posthumously the
Congressional Gold Medal to Jeremy Glick of West Milford,
New Jersey, a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 for acts of
bravery, courage, and patriotism.

HR2927: To limit the amount of total compensation for top executives of
air carriers that receive certain Federal relief.

HR2928: Keeping America Safe Act of 2001

HR2938: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to
designate any portion of their income tax
overpayments, and to make other contributions, for the benefit of
victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and
for counter-terrorism efforts.

HR2945: Ancillary Airline Industry Relief Act of 2001

HR2946: Displaced Workers Relief Act of 2001

HR2955: Displaced Workers Assistance Act

HR2956: Show Your Pride in the Military Act of 2001

HR2957: Secure Aviation Employment and Training Enhancement Act of 2001

HR2961: Terrorist Disaster Relief for Small Businesses Act

HR2976: To provide for the issuance of a special entrance pass for free
admission to any federally owned area which is
operated and maintained by a Federal agency and used for outdoor
recreation purposes to the
survivors, victims' immediate families, and police, fire, rescue,
recovery, and medical personnel directly
affected by the September 11, 2001, terrorist hijackings and the attacks
on the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon, and for other purposes.

HR2982: To authorize the establishment of a memorial within the area in
the District of Columbia referred to in the
Commemorative Works Act as "Area I" or "Area II" to the victims of
terrorist attacks on the United States, to provide for the
design and construction of such a memorial, and for other purposes.

HR2989: Airline Workers Fairness Act

HR2991: To direct the Architect of the Capitol to establish, as part of
the Capitol Visitors Center, a garden
designated as the "Spirit of America Garden" as a living memorial to the
victims of the terrorist attacks on the United States on
September 11, 2001.

HR3007: General Aviation Small Business Relief Act of 2001

HR3011: To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration to make loans to certain concerns that suffered
economic and other injury as result of the terrorist attacks against the
United States that occurred on September 11, 2001, and
for other purposes.

HR3026: Office of Homeland Security Act of 2001

HR3036: To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a memorial on
the Arlington Naval Annex to the
victims of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon.

HR3045: To provide assistance to employees who suffer loss of employment
in the aircraft manufacturing industry as a result of
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

HR3049: Afghanistan Freedom Act of 2001

HR3054: True American Heroes Act

HR3067: To direct the Secretary of Transportation give certain workers
who have lost their jobs as a result of the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, priority in hiring for aviation-related
security positions.

HR3073: American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act of
2001

HR3076: September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001

HR3157: Rediscover America Act of 2001

HR3220: To improve aviation security, and for other purposes.

HR3226: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to
conduct a study regarding children directly affected by the
terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.

HR3242: To ensure that the United States is prepared for an attack using
biological or chemical weapons.

H.Con.Res. 224: Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a symbol
of solidarity following the terrorist attacks on the
United States on September 11, 2001, every United States citizen is
encouraged to display the flag of the United States.

H.Con.Res. 228: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the children
who lost one or both parents or a guardian in the
September 11, 2001, World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies (including
the aircraft crash in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania) should be provided with all necessary assistance,
services, and benefits and urging the heads of Federal agencies
responsible for providing such assistance, services and benefits to give
the highest possible priority to providing such assistance,
services and benefits to those children.

H.Con.Res. 230: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the
establishment of a National Day of Remembrance.

H.Con.Res. 232: Expressing the sense of the Congress in honoring the
crew and passengers of United Airlines Flight 93.

H.Con.Res. 234: Expressing the sense of Congress relating to the
increased importance of the United States steel industry since
the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

H.Con.Res. 235: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the
establishment of a National Day of Remembrance.

H.Con.Res. 236: Expressing the sense of the Congress in support of the
"National Wash America Campaign".

H.Con.Res. 241: Expressing the sense of the Congress that trained
service dogs should be recognized for their service in the
rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on
the United States on September 11, 2001.

H.Con.Res. 259: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the relief
efforts undertaken by charitable organizations and the
people of the United States in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks
against the United States that occurred on September 11,
2001.

H.J.Res. 62: Declaring a state of war between the United States and
international terrorists and their sponsors.

H.J.Res. 63: Declaring that a state of war exists between the United
States and any entity determined by the President to have
planned, carried out, or otherwise supported the attacks against the
United States on September 11, 2001, and authorizing the
President to use United States Armed Forces and all other necessary
resources of the United States Government against any
such entity in order to bring the conflict to a successful termination.

H.Res. 236: Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from
the Committee on Rules.

H.Res. 237: Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from
the Committee on Rules.

H.Res. 241: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
should consider hiring an employee whose employment with an air carrier
was terminated as a result of the terrorist attacks that
occurred on September 11, 2001, for a position with the Federal Air
Marshal program of the Administration.

H.Res. 243: Honoring Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, the rescue workers, and the
residents of New York, New York, for their
valiant efforts in responding to the terrorist attack.

H.Res. 255: Condemning bigotry and violence against Sikh Americans in
the wake of terrorist attacks against the United States
on September 11, 2001.

H.Res. 260: Waiving clause 5(a) of rule XII of the rules of the House of
Representatives to permit introduction and
consideration of a bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to
designate September 11 as United We Stand Remembrance
Day.

S1422: Public Safety Officer Benefits bill

S1423: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax
relief for military or civilian employees of the United
Stats who are victims of terrorist attacks against the United States.

S1429: Airport and Seaport Terrorism Prevention Act

S1430: Unity Bonds Act of 2001

S1431:War Bonds Act of 2001

S1432: United States Defense of Freedom Bond Act of 2001

S1433: Victims of Terrorism Relief Act of 2001

S1434: Honoring the Passengers and Crew of United Flight 93 Act

S1440: Victims of Terrorism Relief Act of 2001

S1444: Federal Air Marshals and Safe Sky Act of 2001

S1448: Intelligence to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2001

S1449: A bill to establish the National Office for Combatting Terrorism.


S1454: Displaced Workers Assistance Act.

S1461: Airline Passenger Safety Enhancement Act of 2001

S1462: National Emergency Transportation Coordination Act of 2001

S1473: A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the
enhancement of security at airports in the United States.

S1479: Airline Workers Fairness Act

S1486: Biological and Chemical Weapons Preparedness Act of 2001

S1493: Small Business Leads to Economic Recovery Act of 2001

S1499: A bill to provide assistance to small business concerns adversely
impacted by the terrorist attacks
perpetrated against the United States on September 11, 2001, and for
other purposes.

S1500: Travel America Now Act of 2001

S1505: Rediscover America Act of 2001

S1508: A bill to increase the preparedness of the United States to
respond to a biological or chemical weapons attack.

S1512: A bill to report on any air space restrictions put in place as a
result of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that remain
in place.

S1518: Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2001

S1519: A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
to provide farm credit assistance for activated
reservists.

S1550: Rail Security Act of 2001

S1570: Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2001

S1622: A bill to extend the period of availability of unemployment
assistance under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

S1624: World Trade Center Attack Claims Act

S1627: Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001

S1637: A bill to waive certain limitations in the case of use of the
emergency fund authorized by section 125 of title 23, United
States Code, to pay the costs of projects in response to the attack on
the World Trade Center in New York City that occurred
on September 11, 2001.

S1653: A bill to provide loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses of
the victims of the September 11, 2001, tragedies.

S.Res. 165: A resolution establishing a Select Committee on Homeland
Security and Terrorism.

S.Res. 171: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning
the provision of funding for bioterrorism preparedness
and response.

S.Con.Res. 66: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the
Congress that the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
should be awarded to public safety officers killed in the line of duty
in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001.

S.Con.Res. 70: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the
Congress in support of the "National Wash America
Campaign".

S.Con.Res. 73: A concurrent resolution expressing the profound sorrow of
Congress for the deaths and injuries suffered by first
responders as they endeavored to save innocent people in the aftermath
of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

S.Con.Res. 75: A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the
Congress that the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
should be presented to public safety officers killed or seriously
injured as a result of the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the
United States on September 11, 2001, and to those who participated in
the search, rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath
of those attacks.





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