Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10]

An amendment to the Aspin substitute amendment to provide a nonbinding target of $273.1 billion in tax expenditures for FY '83.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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An amendment to allow Mr. Dickinson to offer two amendments to H.R. 2461, relating to F-14 aircraft and to V-22 aircraft, in lieu of the amendment numbered 25 now printed in part two of the report of the Committee on Rules. Said amendments are to be considered in part one of the report, are debatable for twenty minutes each and are not subject to further amendment.

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An amendment numbered 45 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds to delay the national primary drinking water regulation for Arsenic (published in the Federal Register) or to propose or finalize a rule to increase the levels of arsenic in drinking water permitted under that regulation.

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Amendment added language expressing as the sense of Congress that contracts for the reconstruction of Kuwait be awarded, first, to United States firms, using an American workforce, and, second, only to firms from allied nations that committed troops to the Persian Gulf conflict. It also required the President to report to Congress describing the country of origin of all business firms awarded Kuwaiti construction contracts and on the number and percentage of U.S. citizens in the work force of American firms that are awarded such contracts.

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An amendment to the Fauntroy substitute amendment to state that total tax expenditures for FY '82 at $273,135,000,000.

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An amendment to require the government of Japan to pay all costs associated with stationing U.S. troops in that country. Non-compliance would result in troop reductions of 5,000 per year, beginning at the end of FY 1991.

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An amendment to appropriate a total of $30.8 Million for assistance to the Contras in Nicaragua. The aid would be broken down as follows: $14.6 million in sustenance aid to the Contras, $14.6 million for treatment of children who have been injured in the conflict in Nicaragua, and $1.4 million for aid to the Miskito and other Nicaraguan Indian groups. Delivery of the aid will be transferred to the Defense Department. Additional aid will be considered only under the following conditions: (1) no cease-fire is in effect by June 1,1988 or (2) no cease-fire is in effect because the Sandinistas have not negotiated in good faith and the Contras have.

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An amendment to add a new section prohibiting funds from being expended to issue any permit or lease for the purpose of drilling to extract or explore for oil or gas from the land beneath the water in any of the 5 Great Lakes, Lake Saint Clair, the St. Mary's River, the Saint Clair River, the Detroit River, the Niagra River or the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to the 45th parallel of latitude.

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An amendment to express the sense of Congress that the United States should immediately provide medical assistance to Iraqi citizens (particularly those outside the UN protected area) through non-governmental and international organizations. The amendment also expresses the sense of Congress that the Administration should seek reimbursement from any Iraqi resources in a way that payments to veterans are not reduced or delayed.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute to require a balanced federal budget by Fiscal Year 2002, but would take Social Security off-budget. The amendment would require a constitutional majority (218) to raise the debt limit and contains no requirement for a supermajority to increase taxes, or to waive the balanced budget requirement in case of war or military threat. (The text of the amendment was printed in the Congressional Record on January 20, 1995 as amendment No. 29.).

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An amendment to designate a segment of Michigan Highway 59 as the "James G. O'Hara Memorial Highway.".

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An amendment to incorporate National Guard Civilian Technicians into the competitive service program. The effect of the amendment would be to allow civilian National Guard technicions to appeal conduct-related disciplinary action by the State Adjutant General to the Merit Systems Protection Board.

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An amendment to repeal the authorization of construction of binary nerve gas production facilities at the Army Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas. The amendment provides that contractors whose contracts have been terminated as a result of this repeal will be paid the cancellation liability of the U.S. under the contracts in question.

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An amendment to increase from $2 million to $10 million implementation assistance funds for each of the fiscal years 1984 through 1986.

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An amendment to prohibit expenditure of funds for the O'Neil irrigation unit, a bureau of reclamation project in Nebraska.

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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.

United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002

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.

Energy Markets Fraud Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Energy Markets Fraud Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Declares unlawful practices that are fraudulent, manipulative, deceptive, or a contrivance in contravention of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations governing: (1) transmission and sales of electric energy; or (2) transportation and sales of natural gas. Subjects such practices to certain Federal Power Act sanctions. Amends the Federal Power Act to require FERC to promulgate criteria governing waivers and exemptions from requirements regarding: (1) issuance of securities; (2) accounts and recordkeeping; and (3) officials dealing in securities (including any prospective blanket order). Places a moratorium upon such waivers and exemptions until the criteria mandated for promulgation become effective. Directs FERC to review previously issued waivers. Vitiates such waivers after a specified deadline unless they comply with such criteria. Amends the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act to expand reporting requirements for transactions regarding transmission or sales of electric energy and of natural gas. Sets forth prohibitions on the distribution or publication by an electric power or natural gas information processor of quotations and transactions of electric energy and natural gas in contravention of FERC rules. Prohibits any person who owns, controls, or is under the control or ownership of a public utility, a natural gas company, or a public utility holding company from owning, controlling, or operating any electronic computer network or other multilateral trading facility utilized to trade electricity or natural gas. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Mandates review by: (1) the Securities and Exchange Commission of certain exemptions granted under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to determine if they should continue in force and effect; and (2) the Financial Accounting Standards Board of accounting for contracts in energy trading and risk management activities. Amends the Federal Power Act to instruct FERC to adopt rules and procedures to protect electric consumers from harmful actions taken by persons owning or controlling public utilities. Mandates annual FERC review of market-based rates for electric energy sales by a public utility. Grants FERC revocation authority for violations and for rates found to be unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential.

To provide for expansion of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2002

Revises the boundary of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to include specified land when title to such land has vested in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire such land only by purchase from a willing seller. Instructs the Secretary to include a request for funds necessary for such land acquisition in the National Park Service budget submission for FY 2004.

Honoring Ernie Harwell.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2002

Honors and commends Ernie Harwell for the completion of his 55th year in baseball broadcasting. Wishes him good health and happiness in his future endeavors.

To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2002

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take specified land into trust for the benefit of the Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan (the "Community"), with such land becoming part of the reservation of the Community. States that the Secretary's action shall be considered part of the settlement and extinguishment of the Charlotte Beach land claims of the Community, in accordance with the agreement reached between the Community and the Governor of Michigan on August 23, 2002. Classifies the land taken into trust as land obtained in a settlement of a land claim under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Approves the Charlotte Beach land claim settlement on behalf of the United States, and incorporates the terms of the settlement into this Act.

To designate the Federal building located at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the "Joe Skeen Federal Building".

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002

Designates the Federal building located at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the Joe Skeen Federal Building.

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the importance of the United States working through the United Nations to assure Iraq's compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002

Calls for the United States to work through the United Nations to seek to ensure that Iraq is not developing weapons of mass destruction, through the resumption of weapons inspections, negotiation, enquiry, mediation, regional arrangements, and other peaceful means.

Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2002

Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Adjusts the basic Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity amount for surviving spouses, age 62 or over, of former military personnel to: (1) 35 percent of the retired pay of the decedent (current law), for months beginning on or before the enactment of this Act; (2) 40 percent of such pay, for months beginning after enactment of this Act until October 2005; (3) 45 percent of such pay for months beginning after September 2005 and before October 2012; and (4) 55 percent of such pay for months after September 2012. Adjusts similarly the percentage amounts of SBP supplemental annuity authorized to be provided for such surviving spouses. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure appropriate adjustments in the computation of retired pay reductions for such supplemental annuities.