Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]

An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 112-138 to eliminate requirements to more broadly map areas considered to be residual risk.

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An amendent numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-71 to allow the Treasury Secretary to exempt financial institutions receiving TARP funds under a certain threshold.

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An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part A of House Report 111-209 to facilitate water transfers within the Central Valley Project and also transfers from outside the Central Valley Project.

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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-304 to expand the types of technology the Energy Secretary can consider from `solar thermal electric technology' to `solar thermal power technology.' It also would require the Secretary, in carrying out demonstration projects, to include at least 2 solar thermal technology projects, with thermal storage, that generate between 1 and 3 megawatts continuously for a 24-hour period from energy provided entirely by the sun.

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 110-167 to give judges the discretion to increase the sentence for public official convicted of bribery, fraud, extortion or theft of public funds greater than $10,000. If a public official was convicted of one of the enumerated crimes, a sentencing (up to two years) for those public officials.

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 110-261 to require USDA to transition Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) employees responsible for plant pest inspection duties back to USDA from the Department of Homeland Security in order to better serve the needs of American agriculture.

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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-503 to prioritize foreclosure counseling services to areas of the country that have been the hardest-hit by the housing crisis.

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An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce by $14.295 million in funding for the General Activities under the General Services Administration account.

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An amendmemt to provide $5 million for the Drug Endangered Children grant program.

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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-330 to raise the FHA single family loan limit, by establishing such limit in each area as the lower of (a) 125% of the local median area home price or (b) 175% of the national GSE conforming loan limit; retain the FHA loan floor provision in the reported bill of 65% of the GSE conforming loan limit; and also gives HUD authority to raise these resulting loan limit amounts by up to $100,000 by area and/or by unit size `if market conditions warrant.'.

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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 109-386 to provide for expedited consideration of state petitions that seek adoption of national warning requirements or exemptions from uniformity for state warning requirements in three cases: (1) where the requested warning relates to cancer-causing agents; (2) where the requested warning related to reproductive effects or birth defects; and (3) where the requested warning is intended to provide information that will allow parents or guardians to understand, monitor, or limit a child's exposure to cancer-causing agents or reproductive or developmental toxins.

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An amendment to reduce funding for the General Activites under the General Services Administration by $8 million and increase funding for the Office of Inspector General under the General Services Administration by $6 million.

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An amendment numbered 9 printed in the Congressional Record to require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of the extent of physician shortages in areas with significant shortages. The study should also examine the effects of expanding and establishing new medical graduate programs as directed by the health care overhaul law on the number of physicians were the funding not rescinded by the bill.

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An amendment printed in Part B of House Report 111-340 to require the Director to consider unemployment rates when awarding grants.

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An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-256 to direct the Secretary of Education to prioritize community colleges located in areas with high unemployment rates when awarding grants for community college reform.

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An amendment numbered 17 printed in House Report 110-136 to express the Sense of the Congress that efforts to achieve local, regional and national interoperable emergency communications in the near term should be supported and are critical in assisting communities with their local and regional efforts to properly coordinate and execute their interoperability plans.

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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-82 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the National Academy of Science to study the impact of changes to snow pack, including snow pack in the Sierra Nevadas, on water resources and its relation to water supply, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 110-351 to say that people forced to purchase flood insurance as a result of the new map who have lived in an area where the levees were previously certified, and have now been decertified, will receive a grace period of 5 years in which they will be entitled to a 50% reduction in their flood insurance premium while the levees are being recertified.

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To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2012

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing any rule imposing a standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until three of four specified officials (the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Comptroller General, the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology) publish and submit to Congress a report finding that carbon capture and storage is technologically and economically feasible for such units.

To designate the United States courthouse located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the "James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse".

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2012

Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 333 West Broadway Street in San Diego, California, as the "James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse."

Fast Help For Homeowners Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2012

Fast Help For Homeowners Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require the servicer of a federally related mortgage, upon request by the mortgagor for a short sale of the dwelling or residential real property under the mortgage, to notify in writing each holder of a subordinate lien on the property securing the loan of such request, together with a copy of it. Requires a subordinate lien holder that is so notified to respond in writing to the servicer within 45 days after receiving the notification. Considers the request approved by the holder if the holder does not respond within the 45 days.

Containing Risk, Offering Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2012

Containing Risk, Offering Protection Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to include coverage for losses to an insured commodity when, as a result of a federally-imposed quarantine, the commodity must be destroyed or is unable to be marketed or utilized for its intended purpose.

Honoring Catholic sisters for their contributions to the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2012

Recognizes and commends the nation's Catholic sisters, whose inspiring legacy of service continues to enrich our nation. Honors the contributions of Catholic sisters to this country. Stands in solidarity with Catholic sisters' mission to work toward a more just society for all of God's people.

Yosemite National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 2012

Yosemite National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the approximately 1,575 acres of identified land that is adjacent to Yosemite National Park in California for addition to the Park. Permits an acquisition of such land to be made by donation, purchase from a willing seller, or exchange and revises the boundary of the Park to reflect the acquisition. Requires the Secretary to administer any acquired land as part of the Park.