Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24]

An amendment preprinted in the Congressional Record of September 19 as amendment No. 19, to instruct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations permitting State highway departments to require contractors working on Federal-aid highway projects to provide warranties for the materials and work performed.

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An amendment to delete the provisions of the bill that requires the members of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to have experience or training in the laws to be applied to the legislative branch. The amendment would allow former congressional employees to serve on the Board, providing they have not been employed by Congress for four years prior to their appointment, and would require the Executive Director of the Board to have expertise or training in the laws referred to in the bill. The amendment prohibits any Member, former Member or congressional employee or former employee who has served in Congress within the preceding four years from serving as Executive Director of the Board.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 3 in House Report 104-483, to delete the provisions in the bill authorizing $12 million for the construction of a 14 mile triple fence on the Mexico-U.S. border near San Diego. The amendment would authorize $110 million for construction of various types of barriers, roads, and to remove obstructions along the border that impede detection of illegal aliens.

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An amendment to reduce the number of full-time Intelligence Community Staff authorized by the bill from 331 to 240.

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An amendment specifying that a point of order may only apply against legislation containing an unfunded mandate for which CBO has not published an estimate of the cost of the mandate. (Text of the amendment was printed as amendment No. 34 in the Congressional Record of January 19, 1995.).

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An amendment by asking unanimous consent to strike the requirement that the substitute amendment written by Mr. Phillip Burton be offered by him to be in order.

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An amendment to increase the funds appropriated in the bill for voluntary family planning assistance by $100 million. The increase would be offset by a .75% across-the-board cut in all other appropriations in the bill.

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An amendment to subject appropriations bills to the provisions of the bill requiring CBO cost estimates of legislation containing federal mandates. (Text of the amendment was printed as amendment No. 32 in the Congressional Record of January 19, 1995.).

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Amendment permits States to require contractors working on federal-aid highway projects to provide guarantees or warranties for materials and workmanship used in such projects.

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Act to Save America's Forests

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1996

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to Existing Land Management Laws Title II: Protection for Northwest Ancient Forests, Roadless Areas, and Special Areas Act to Save America's Forests - Title I: Amendments to Existing Land Management Laws - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (National Forest System), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (public lands), the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (National Wildlife Refuge System), the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (Indian lands), and Federal law relating to forest management on military lands to: (1) provide for native biodiversity conservation; and (2) restrict and prohibit certain logging practices. Title II: Protection for Northwest Ancient Forests, Roadless Areas, and Special Areas - Designates specified Special Areas which shall be subject to restrictions on road construction and logging in the following States: (1) Alabama; (2) Alaska; (3) Arizona; (4) Arkansas; (5) California; (6) Colorado; (7) Georgia; (8) Idaho; (9) Illinois; (10) Minnesota; (11) Montana; (12) New Mexico; (13) North Carolina; (14) Oregon; (15) South Carolina; (16) South Dakota; (17) Tennessee; (18) Texas; (19) Vermont; and (20) Wyoming. Restricts road construction and logging in Northwest Ancient Forests, Special Areas, and roadless areas on Federal lands.

California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1996

California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 through 2000 for the initial Federal share of the cost of developing and implementing: (1) a specified portion of an ecosystem protection plan for the San Francisco Bay Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Bay-Delta) in California; and (2) the ecosystem restoration elements of the long-term California-Federal Bay-Delta Program. Requires such appropriated funds to be administered in accordance with procedures established by such Program until the Congress authorizes an entity recommended by the Program to carry out this Act. Requires funds authorized to be appropriated to agencies that are currently or that subsequently become Program participants to be in addition to the baseline funding levels established in this Act for currently authorized projects and programs under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act and other currently authorized Federal programs for the purpose of Bay-Delta ecosystem protection and restoration. Authorizes agencies and departments that are or that become participants in the Program to undertake the activities and programs for which Federal cost sharing is provided by this Act. Requires the United States to immediately initiate coordinated consultations and negotiations with California to expeditiously execute a specified cost-sharing agreement signed by its Governor on July 11, 1996. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, as part of the President's FY 1998 Budget, an interagency budget crosscut that displays Federal spending for FY 1993 through 1998 on ecosystem restoration and other purposes in the Bay-Delta Region, separately showing funding provided previously or requested under pre-existing authorities and new authorities granted by this Act.

To require full cost pricing for irrigation water delivered by the Bureau of Reclamation from new projects under new long-term contracts, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1996

Requires any Bureau of Reclamation contract entered into by the Secretary of the Interior with a district after the enactment of this Act for the delivery of irrigation water for a period in excess of one year for a new project (or new unit of an existing project) to provide for the delivery of such water at full cost to the district (as defined under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982). Excepts from such requirements those project units: (1) for which water delivery has commenced prior to July 25, 1996; and (2) which have entered into a repayment contract or long-term water service contract for the delivery of water from such unit.

Sequoia Ecosystem and Recreation Preserve Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1996

Sequoia Ecosystem and Recreation Preserve Act of 1996 - Designates specified California lands within the Sequoia National Forest and the Inyo National Forest as wilderness areas to be administered as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. (Sec. 5) Establishes the Giant Sequoia National Forest Preserve as a unit of the National Forest System for the: (1) protection and maintenance of giant sequoia groves, their supporting ecosystems, and associated forests; and (2) preservation of the natural state and processes that have created and maintained such forests. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a Scientific Advisory Team for the Preserve. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to publish a final management plan for the Preserve for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of natural, scientific, and recreational values. Provides for interim Preserve management by the Secretary. (Sec. 9) Directs the Secretary, as part of the management plan, to designate and map the ancient forest reserves within the Preserve. (Sec. 10) Requires the management plan to include a comprehensive transportation plan that protects natural Preserve features while ensuring visitor safety and that includes a trail plan identifying which trails will allow motorized access. (Sec. 11) Allows all current campgrounds within the Preserve to remain in place, subject to evaluation by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to provide new camping opportunities. (Sec. 12) Authorizes the continued use of Preserve areas for hunting and fishing, firewood collection, and grazing, but prohibits new patents from being issued under the mining or geothermal laws. (Sec. 16) Directs the Secretary to establish a Community Assistance Task Force to oversee the provision of assistance to communities and workers in political subdivisions whose boundaries include Federal lands in the Preserve or contain facilities that milled timber from lands in the Preserve during any portion of the five-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act. (Sec. 17) Prohibits the Secretary, in preparing the Preserve budget proposal for each fiscal year, from targeting any of the budget to any commodity production in the Preserve. (Sec. 18) Authorizes appropriations.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage economic development through the creation of additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and to encourage the cleanup of contaminated brownfield sites.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1996

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Additional Empowerment Zones Title II: New Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Title III: Expensing of Environmental Remediation Costs Title I: Additional Empowerment Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from: (1) 9 to 11 the number of areas which may be designated as empowerment zones; (2) six to eight the number of such zones which may be in urban areas; and (3) 750,000 to 1,000,000 the aggregate population allowable in all urban area zones. Title II: New Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities - Permits, before January 1, 1998, the designation, in the aggregate of an additional: (1) 80 nominated areas as enterprise communities; and (2) 20 nominated areas as empowerment zones, subject to availability of eligible nominated areas. Modifies eligibility criteria. Prohibits: (1) applying the employment credit to the new empowerment zones; and (2) in certain developable sites, application of increased expensing provisions for certain depreciable business assets. Modifies provisions concerning: (1) enterprise facility zone bonds; and (2) the enterprise zone business definition. Title III: Expensing of Environmental Remediation Costs - Permits a taxpayer to expense any defined qualified environmental remediation expenditure which is not chargeable to capital account.

To improve the integrity of the Social Security card and to provide for criminal penalties for fraud and related activity involving work authorization documents for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1996

Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to improve the social security card for purposes of carrying out illegal alien employment provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Amends Federal law to provide criminal penalties for fraud and related activities concerning work authorization documents.

Landmine Removal Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1996

Landmine Removal Assistance Act - Directs the President to carry out a humanitarian program (including technical and financial assistance to foreign governments, the United Nations, and specified kinds of humanitarian and international organizations) to improve awareness, detection, and clearance of antipersonnel landmines and explosive ordnance. Requires an annual joint report of the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to the Congress with respect to such program. Prohibits the use of U.S. armed forces in: (1) the detection, lifting, or destruction of antipersonnel landmines or explosive ordnance (unless it is done to support a U.S. military operation); or (2) providing such assistance as part of a military operation that does not involve U.S. armed forces. Authorizes appropriations.

Condemning the recent rash of arson against African-American churches across the United States, pledging to assist law enforcement authorities in apprehending the persons responsible for such acts of arson, supporting bipartisan legislation which would facilitate the prosecution of arsonists and create more severe penalties for arson against houses of worship, and encouraging the people of the United States to work in their communities to prevent future acts of arson against African-American churches.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1996

Condemns the rash of arson against African-American churches across the United States during the past 18 months. Pledges to take steps to assist law enforcement authorities in apprehending the persons responsible. Supports the bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Conyers and Hyde to facilitate the prosecution of, and increase penalties against, arsonists who target houses of worship. Encourages the people of the United States to work within their own communities to prevent arson against African-American houses of worship.

To authorize appropriations for the payment of United States arrearages in assessed contributions to the United Nations for prior years and to authorize appropriations for the payment of assessed contributions of the United States for United Nations peacekeeping operations.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1996

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1997 through 2001 only for the payment of arrearages in assessed contributions to the United Nations for specified past fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1997 through 2001 for contributions to the United Nations for international peacekeeping activities, but only in an amount not greater than 25 percent of the total of all assessed contributions for any particular operation. Authorizes the President, after notification of the Congress, to withhold the payment of any appropriated funds authorized by this Act if the United Nations has failed to implement or to continue to implement consensus-based decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other member states that are the major financial contributors to the United Nations.

National Marine Sanctuaries Preservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1996

National Marine Sanctuaries Preservation Act - Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Act. Mandates a long-range, comprehensive plan for the management, stabilization, preservation, and recovery of artifacts and materials of the U.S. ship Monitor. Modifies national marine sanctuary advisory committee meeting notice requirements. Authorizes adoption of a symbol for the national marine sanctuary program (NMSP) or any individual sanctuary and the related designation of official sponsors, the collection of symbol use fees, and the selling of products to promote the NMSP. Makes it unlawful for a sponsor to try to influence any national marine sanctuary decision. Establishes the National Marine Sanctuaries Program Account and authorizes the use of Account funds, without further appropriations, for the NMSP or specific sanctuaries.

Water Quality Public Right-To-Know Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1996

Water Quality Public Right-To-Know Act of 1996 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require each community water system to report at least once annually to its consumers on the level of contaminants in the drinking water purveyed by that system (consumer confidence report). Allows a Governor of a State to exempt community water systems within the State serving fewer than 3,300 persons or other systems if such systems inform customers that they will not be complying with this Act and will make information available upon request to the public regarding their water quality. Authorizes a State exercising primary enforcement responsibility to establish alternative requirements with respect to the form and content of the report.

National Discovery Trails Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1996

National Discovery Trails Act of 1996 - Amends the National Trails System Act (the Act) to provide that national discovery trails established under the Act shall be components of the National Trails System. Provides that such trails shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. Designates the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail (established by this Act) as a national discovery trail. Provides that the Trail shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, traveling northern and southern routes from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Denver, Colorado. Exempts the Trail from comprehensive national scenic trail plan requirements under the Act, but requires the Secretary of the Interior to enter into arrangements with a nonprofit organization to submit to specified congressional committees, within three fiscal years after this Act's enactment, a comprehensive plan for the protection, management, development, and use of the Trail.

Congratulating the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone on the success of their recent democratic multiparty elections.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1996

Congratulates the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone for holding their first democratic multiparty presidential and parliamentary elections in nearly 30 years. Encourages them to continue to negotiate an end to the civil war and to work together. Reaffirms the commitment of the United States to helping nations move toward freedom and democracy and to encouraging peace, democracy, and economic development on the African continent.

Hippocratic Oath and Patient Protection Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1996

Hippocratic Oath and Patient Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits health carriers, in contracts with providers or enrollees, from: (1) preventing or limiting provider communications to a patient or the public; (2) operating an incentive plan that does not meet requirements of specified provisions of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; or (3) including a provision to indemnify a carrier against liability from an action brought by or for an enrollee or provider for damage caused to the enrollee or provider by the carrier. Requires carriers to disclose in plain English: (1) a list of all services and benefits offered; (2) procedures used by the plan; and (3) any existing incentive plan. Mandates a civil monetary penalty and authorizes a private cause of action for violations.

National Marine Sanctuaries Renewal Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1996

National Marine Sanctuaries Renewal Act of 1996 - Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) create, or participate in the creation of, nonprofit organizations to solicit donations to carry out the Act; and (2) recruit, train, and accept volunteer services and provide for incidental expenses such as transportation, uniforms, lodging, and subsistence of the volunteers. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Modifies national marine sanctuary advisory committee procedural requirements. Authorizes: (1) the development, marketing, and sale of symbols, including a symbol for the national marine sanctuary program (NMSP); (2) the designation of persons as official sponsors of the NMSP or individual sanctuaries; (3) the creation, marketing, and sale of products to promote the NMSP; (4) establishment of a revolving fund containing sponsor payments and product sale proceeds; (5) the use of in-kind sponsor proceeds; and (6) the expenditure of fund amounts, without appropriation, to designate and manage sanctuaries.