Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]

Amendment sought to limit the impact of the underlying bill if the administration determined that the bill was likely to (1) increase the interstate movements of pollutants through surface waters; (2) increase the costs incurred by a downstream State to maintain or achieve approved water quality standards for that State; and (3) cause or contribute to the impairment of the surface or coastal waters of another State.

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An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 112-267 to provide states the authority to impose more protective operational requirements on the discharge of ballast water within state resource waters.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 112-291 to give the Board authority to impose sanctions on a party for presenting a frivolous or vexatious filing during pre-election proceedings.

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An amendment numbered 336 printed in the Congressional Record directing the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to study the effect of this Act not later than 90 days of its enactment.

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An amendment to redirect funding within the Science and Technology Research, Development, Acquistion, and Operations account by $75 million.

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An amendment numbered 13 printed in part C of House Report 111-143 to require a GAO study of the effects of USAID's use of waivers under the Buy America Act for HIV test kits on 1) United States-based manufacturers and 2) availability of and access to HIV testing for at-risk populations in low-income countries.

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An amendment to provide for continuing the ban on using humans for testing of pestcides.

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An amendment to increase the Army Corps of Engineers Operation and Maintenance account by 33,535,000 to improve and restore water infrastructure and reduce the Fossil Energy Research and Development account under the Department of Energy.

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An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 109-49 to help lower gas prices, increase energy efficiency standards, and eliminate special interest subsidies and instead invest those resources in new technology with the idea of creating a better energy future.

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An amendment numbered 9 printed in Part B of House Report 110-604 to require the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study, within 180 days of enactment, the role of state and local law enforcement in augmenting Coast Guard resources by enforcing Coast Guard-imposed security zones around vessels transiting to, through, or from U.S. ports and conducting port security patrols.

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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 112-404 to strike the prohibition on the Secretary of Education from ever promulgating or enforcing any regulation or rule defining the term "credit hour".

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Amendment requires the Congressional Budget Office to review and report on the accuracy of dynamic scoring estimates 5 fiscal years after any dynamically scored bill is enacted.

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An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 112-444 to allow for recreational fishing of Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island Sound transit zone.

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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 110-330 to clarify requirements on reverse mortgages for seniors who own permanent foundation homes on leased land.

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Amendment sought to provide policy provisions that the Secretary and Administrator would be prohibited from including in a final rule.

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An amendment to prohibit any of the funds made available in the Act from being used by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review the application for the Broadwater Energy proposal, dockets CP06-54-000, CP06-55-000, and CP06-56-000.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record to add a paragraph prohibiting use of funds for review of the application for the Broadwater Energy Proposal.

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An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to reimburse L.B. and B. Associates, Inc. or Olgoonik Logistics, LLC (or both) for attorneys fees related to pending litigation against Local 30 of the International Union of Operating Engineers.

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An amendment to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the crash of TWA Flight 800 by offering the condolences of the U.S. Congress to the surviving families and friends of the 230 passengers and crew who perished as a result of the crash and to recognize the imporatnce of continually upgrading aircraft technology, particularly with regard to the flammibility of fuel tanks, to safeguard the flying public.

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An amendment to increase funds for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants program.

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An amendment numbered 414 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas.

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An amendment numbered 9 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to prohibit oil and natural gas lease sales in the northeast U.S.

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Amendment sought to strike the $404 million in funding for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) planned for Manhattan, KS, and to apply the savings to the deficit reduction account.

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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014

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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Improvement Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to: accept a gift of money from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc. in order to renovate Melville Hall on the campus of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; and enter into a contract with the Foundation for the Hall's operation.