Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]

An amendment to insert a complete new text.

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An amendment which denies eligibility for burial with military honors and burial in a national cemetery to any service member who is convicted of a crime punishable by the death penalty, and who is sentenced either to death or life imprisonment without parole.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record to add a new section providing for a prohibition on trading in U.S. capital markets.

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An amendment offered as a substitute to the Stearns amendment, to reduce by 4.99% the appropriation for the National Endowment for the Arts, rather than a 1.5% reduction as proposed by the Stearns amendment, as amended.

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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-127 to direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop and implement an expedited security screening program for members of the Armed Forces traveling on official orders while in uniform through commercial airports. Additionally, family members would be eligible to accompany the servicemembers through the expedited screening process onto the concourse.

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An amendment directing the Secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency to work in conjunction with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Small Business Ombudsman of the EPA to develop a legal definition of small business, for the purposes of the bill.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record.

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An amendment numbered 12 printed in the Congressional Record to strike section 139 pertaining to affordable housing fund.

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An amendment to require the State Department to report to Congress by March 1 of each year a listing of overseas U.S. surplus properties for sale and require the amounts received from such sales to be used for deficit reduction.

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An amendment numbered 36 printed in House Report 111-370 to provide an alternative bill that establishes a new chapter of the bankruptcy code to resolve certain non-bank financial institutions; creates a consumer protection council comprised of existing Federal regulators to revise and promulgate model regulations to enhance consumer protection and improve disclosure; strengthens anti-fraud provisions; regulates over-the-counter derivatives markets; addresses executive compensation; removes statutory reliance on credit ratings; reforms the Government Sponsored Enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac); and creates a Federal Insurance Office.

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An amendment to reduce the appropriation for NEA by $92,657,000 from $141,950,000 to $49,293,100.

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An amendment numbered 4, printed in the Congressional Record, to prohibit the use of funds to reinstall the Red Mountain sculpture on the plaza of the Hugo Black Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.

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An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to require the Secretary of Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each interational financial institution to use the vote and influence of the U.S. to adopt policies that prohibit providing financial assistance to any country deemed by the President to be engaged in oil price fixing harmful to the U.S. economy.

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An amendment which prohibits the use of federal funds by the RTC unless the Thrift Depositor Protection Board complies with legal requirements that it testify on certain RTC operations before the House and Senate Banking Committees.

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An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-98 to provide assistance to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for activities, in connection with servicers of residential mortgage loans, to inform borrowers under such loans who are delinquent with respect to payments due under such loans of the dangers of fraudulent activities associated with foreclosure.

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Amendment ensures that USDA will consider regulations in accordance with provisions in the Regulatory Flexibility Act so that small business impacts are covered in actions and alternatives that the USDA considers.

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An amendment numbered 17 printed in part B of House Report 108-456 to exempt motion picture and television production truck drivers from the new "hours of service" regulations that went into effect at the beginning of the year.

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An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 108-439 to strike section 614 relating to the liability standards applied to third-party independent contractors working for a bank.

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record to provide that up to $200 million shall be for necessary expenses authorized under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act related to disaster relief.

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Housing for Persons With AIDS Modernization Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2014

Housing for Persons With AIDS Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to revise the formula and terms for allocations of grants to states, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for housing programs for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (as under current law), as well as those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

To amend the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the Armed Forces of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 2014

Amends the federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to describe the organization as a national association of veterans (currently, an association of men) who, as soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, served this Nation in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign soil or in hostile waters. Expands its purpose of assisting widows to that of assisting surviving spouses.

Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 2014

Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014 - Amends federal bankruptcy law with respect to a "covered financial corporation" incorporated or organized under any federal or state law (other than a stockbroker, a commodity broker, or a domestic or foreign insurance company or financial institution meeting certain criteria) that is: (1) a bank holding company; or (2) a corporation that exists for the primary purpose of owning, controlling, and financing its subsidiaries, has total consolidated assets of $50 billion or greater, and whose annual gross revenues or consolidated assets meet specified tests. Adds "Subchapter V - Liquidation, Reorganization, or Recapitalization of a Covered Financial Corporation," setting forth requirements and prohibitions regarding: (1) commencement of a case concerning a covered financial corporation; (2) a special trustee and bridge company; (3) special transfer of the property of the estate in bankruptcy; (4) treatment of qualified financial contracts and affiliate contracts; (5) licenses, permits, and registrations; (6) exemption from securities laws; and (7) inapplicability of certain avoiding powers. Allows conversion to chapter 7 (Liquidation) of a case under subchapter V if certain conditions are met. Amends the Judicial Code to require the Chief Justice of the United States to designate: (1) at least three district judges in at least four circuits to serve on an appellate panel available to hear appeals in a bankruptcy case concerning a covered financial corporation, and (2) a panel of at least 10 bankruptcy judges. Prescribes requirements for the assignment of bankruptcy judges to subchapter V cases.

Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2014

Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act - Declares without force or effect Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Bulletin 2013-02 (Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act), published March 21, 2013. Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to direct the CFPB, when proposing and issuing guidance primarily related to indirect auto financing, to: provide for a public notice and comment period before issuing the guidance in final form; make publicly available all information relied on by the CFPB; redact any information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; consult with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ); and study the costs and impacts of the guidance to consumers and women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses.

Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and rejecting attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression of disapproval or frustration over political events in the Middle East or elsewhere.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 2014

Condemns: (1) all forms of anti-Semitism and rejects attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression of disapproval over political events, and (2) the comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating a Holocaust or genocide. Applauds those foreign leaders, especially in France, Italy, and Germany, who have condemned anti-Semitic acts, and calls on those who have yet to take firm action against anti-Semitism in their countries to do so. Reaffirms support for the mandate of the United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. Supports Holocaust educational programs at home and abroad. Urges the Secretary of State to: maintain the fight against anti-Semitism as a U.S. foreign policy priority, urge governments to ensure that adequate laws are in place to punish anti-Semitic violence and hate crimes as well as establish mechanisms to investigate and punish perpetrators, continue U.S. reporting on anti-Semitism as a human rights and religious freedom issue, provide training for diplomatic and law enforcement personnel posted abroad to report on anti-Semitic incidents, deepen engagement with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and support its specialized efforts to monitor and address anti-Semitism, and oppose efforts to prevent any individual from exercising his or her religion without fear of prosecution or violence.