Rep. Callahan, Sonny [R-AL-1]

An amendment to eliminate the bill's entire FY 1993 supplemental appropriation of $1.6 billion for assistance to Russia and the other former republics of the Soviet Union. The amendment leaves undisturbed the bill's FY 1994 appropriation of $904 million for such assistance.

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An amendment, offered as a substitute to the Klug amendment, to cut $10 million from the funds appropriated in the bill for OPIC direct and guaranteed loans.

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An amendment to provide $500,000 in funds appropriated for cooperative forestry research at selected colleges and universities.

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An amendment preprinted in the Congressional Record of August 3, as amendment No. 73, to require that funds appropriated for the purchase of vessel propellers be used only for products poured and made in the United States.

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An amendment to provide that notwithstanding the provisions of the Badham amendment, payments will be made to cover any losses incurred with regard to planned construction at the Norfolk Navy Steam plant if such losses occurred during the period beginning October 18, 1986, and ending at the close of the date of the enactment of this Act.

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An amendment to the Burton amendment to limit funds from the Development Assistance Fund for India to not more than $65 million.

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An amendment to reduce funding for the National Marine Fisheries Service by $29 million.

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An amendment to eliminate all funds appropriated in the bill ($348 million) for aid to Russia, except $42 million in humanitarian aid.

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An amendment, not preprinted in the Congressional Record, to increase funds appropriated in the bill for the Rural House Insurance fund by approximately $10 million.

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An amendment to transfer $20 million in appropriations in the bill from training and employment activities to the Coast Guard.

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An amendment printed in H. Rept. 105-641 to clarify that each of the States of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi has exclusive fishery management authority over all fish in the Gulf of Mexico within 3 leagues of the coast of that State, effective July 1, 1999.

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An amendment preprinted in the Congressional Record of August 3 as amendment No. 74, to require that none of the funds appropriated in this bill to be used for the housing expenses of any individual who was a member of the military forces of the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation.

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Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002

Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq - Expresses support for the President's efforts to: (1) strictly enforce through the United Nations Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions applicable to Iraq; and (2) obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion, and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions. Authorizes the President to use the U.S. armed forces to: (1) defend U.S. national security against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and (2) enforce all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq. Directs the President, prior to or as soon as possible (but no later than 48 hours) after exercising such authority, to make available to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate his determination that: (1) reliance on further diplomatic or peaceful means alone will not achieve the above purposes; and (2) acting pursuant to this resolution is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization for use of the armed forces, consistent with requirements of the War Powers Resolution. Requires the President to report to Congress at least every 60 days on matters relevant to this resolution.

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2002

Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes FY 2003 appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for: (1) civil functions relating to rivers and harbors, flood control; (2) river and harbor, flood control, shore protection; (3) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (4) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; and (5) the formerly utilized sites remedial action program. Makes FY 2003 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation for water and related resources; and (3) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund. Makes FY 2003 appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for: (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) uranium facilities maintenance and remediation; (4) general DOE science activities; (5) nuclear waste disposal; (6) DOE administration and its Office of the Inspector General; (7) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (8) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (9) naval reactors activities; (10) Office of the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; (11) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (12) defense environmental management cleanup reform (13) defense facilities closure projects; (14) defense environmental management privatization; (15) defense nuclear waste disposal; (16) geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams); and (17) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Makes FY 2003 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Office of the Inspector General; and (5) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.

Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2002

Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act - Allows the remains of the following persons to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery: (1) any member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty; (2) any retired member of the armed forces; (3) any member or former member of a reserve component of the armed forces who served on active duty, who was honorably discharged from active duty, who was under 60 years of age, and who, but for such age, would have been eligible for retired pay; (4) any former member who was separated for physical disability before October 1, 1949, who served on active duty, and who would have been eligible for disability retirement if such provisions had been in effect on such date; (5) any former member whose last active military service was terminated honorably and who has been awarded one of a number of specified military decorations; (6) any former prisoner of war who dies on or after November 30, 1993; (7) any reserve member who dies while on active duty for training or inactive duty training; (8) the President or any former President; (9) the spouse, surviving spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Cemetery's Superintendent, unmarried adult child of an interred member (but only if buried in the same gravesite); (10) the spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member on active duty if such person dies while the member is on active duty; (11) the individual whose spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) is eligible under (10), above, but only if buried in the same gravesite; (12) the parents of a minor child or unmarried adult child whose remains, based on the parent's eligibility, are already buried in the Cemetery, but only if buried in the same gravesite; (13) the surviving spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member who was lost, buried at sea, or officially determined to be permanently absent in a status of missing or missing in action; and (14) the surviving spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member buried in a cemetery under the jurisdiction of the American Battle Monuments Commission. Authorizes the President to deem an otherwise ineligible individual as eligible for such burial for extraordinary acts, services, or contributions to the armed forces.

Proposing a tax limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2002

See summary of: H.J.Res. 41

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan in Alabama as units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2002

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan in Alabama as units of the National Park System.

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center in Wichita, Kansas, as the 'Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center'.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002

Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Wichita, Kansas, as the Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

To reduce temporarily the duty on R118118 Salt.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, from December 31, 2003, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 4-(2-Chloro-4-(trifluoro-methyl)phenoxy) benzoic acid (R118118 Salt).

To reduce temporarily the duty on NMSBA.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, from December 31, 2003, through December 31, 2004, the duty on 4-(Methylsulfonyl)-2-nitrobenzoic acid (NMSBA). Increases the duty on such chemical from December 31, 2005, through December 31, 2007.

Syria Accountability Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002

Syria Accountability Act of 2002 - Prohibits the President from exporting any item on the United States Munitions List or Commerce Control List of dual-use items in the Export Administration Regulations, providing any U.S. assistance to U.S. businesses with respect to investment or other activities, or conducting Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Trade Development Agency programs in or with respect to Syria. Directs the President to impose two or more specified sanctions against Syria. Requires maintenance of such prohibition and sanctions until the President certifies that Syria meets specified requirements, including that it: (1) does not support international terrorist groups; (2) has withdrawn all of its military personnel from Lebanon; (3) has ceased the development and deployment of ballistic missiles and biological and chemical weapons; (4) is no longer in violation of United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 661 and subsequent relevant resolutions; (5) has made substantial progress in negotiations aimed at a peace agreement with Israel and a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon; and (6) is respecting the sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon as required under UN Security Council Resolution 520. Authorizes the President to provide development assistance to Syria and Lebanon if these six requirements are met.

To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,2 Cyclohexanedione.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend duty, through December 31, 2005, on 1,2 Cyclohexanedione.

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the establishment by the Hyundai Motor Company of its first automotive manufacturing facility in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002

Commends the Hyundai Motor Company for its decision to locate its first U.S. automotive manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. Recognizes that the new facility will result in the gainful employment of several thousand, as well as foster economic growth in the surrounding area, and that Hyundai's decision to locate in Alabama is a positive step in improving trade relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea.

Expressing the gratitude of the Congress for the service of the District of Columbia Army National Guard and the Capitol Police in protecting the Congress and increasing security around the Capitol complex.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002

Declares that Congress expresses its deepest gratitude for the service of the District of Columbia Army National Guard in protecting Congress and increasing security around the Capitol complex. Congratulates the National Guard and Capitol Police on the fine work they have done to increase security around the Capitol grounds since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.