Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1]

An amendment to permit the reimbursement of members of the Army deployed from the U.S. to Europe in support of operations in Bosnia for shipment of personal items to or from Europe.

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An amendment to provide that the Secretary may use up to $5,986,197 for rental assistance agreements.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 34 in Congressional Record of July 17, 1995, to reduce funding appropriated for Section 502 nonsubsidized guaranteed housing loans by $119,000 and increase funding for Section 515 rental housing loans by a similar amount.

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An amendment numbered 57 printed in the Congressional Record to increase by $7 million the bill's funding for the 1890 land grant educational institutions. The amendment offsets by reducing funding for the Agricultural Research Service by and equal amount.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 12 in the Congressional Recorde of July 16, to increase the appropriation in the bill for the Food Stamp program by $2.5 million. The amendment would reduce funding for all other programs in the bill by 5%.

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An amendment consisting of two amendments offered en bloc (printed in the Congressional Record of January 18, 1995 as Nos. 7 and 8) to exempt any statute, or regulatory finding pertaining to worker safety from the effects of the provisions of the bill.

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An amendment to provide up to $5,4000,000 for use in a demonstration program to be carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture to determine the timeliness, quality, suitability, efficiency, and cost of utilizing modular housing to re-house low-income elderly families who have lost their homes due to a major disaster or because they are unable to repay a direct housing loan.

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An amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding for rural strategic planning initiatives by $45 million annually; community water assistance grants by $45 million annually; and value-added agricultural product market development grants by $10 million annually.

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An amendment to provide $1,000,000 for implementation of the project known as the "Flood Water Mitigation and Stream Restoration Project--Princville, North Carolina".

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record to provide increased funding for outreach to disadvantage farmers.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 18 in the Congressional Record of April 28, 1998 to distribute mail voter registration applications during registration for enrollment, unless the student declines in writing to receive such a form.

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Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002

Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in collaboration with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish an Office of Choking Hazard Evaluation to require warning labels on food products primarily consumed by children that pose a demonstrably high choking risk to them. Grants the Office mandatory recall authority over food products determined to pose a significant and unacceptable choking hazard to the general public. Mandates establishment of a Choking Hazard Evaluation Task Force whose staff shall be designated jointly by such agencies to establish criteria for determining whether a food product poses a significant and unacceptable choking hazard, using age-differentiated criteria for choking hazards. Directs the FDA to: (1) establish a national database of unusual food choking incidents; and (2) provide for an adequate reporting system throughout its field offices, which members of the health care profession and the general public can readily access to report new incidents.

To commend former President Jimmy Carter for being awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize and for his lifetime of dedication to peace.

United States · United States Congress · 15 October 2002

Recognizes and congratulates former President Jimmy Carter for his receipt of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, and commends him for his tireless work for and dedication to peace.

Recognizing the importance and accomplishments of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) supports the goals and ideals of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund; (2) salutes the Fund, and recognizes the efforts in support of equal opportunity in higher education of its president, its board of directors, and the presidents, faculties, staff, and trustees of its member institutions; and (3) commends the students who benefit from the Fund for their pursuit of academic excellence.

Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney General (the "Secretaries"), in consultation with various other officials, to make a grant to one "demonstration facility" in each of ten areas to be selected by the Secretaries to implement screening to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth. Defines "demonstration facility" as a facility serving at-risk youth or performing outreach to school-age youth. Requires the selected areas to include various areas, including one that has a shortage of mental health professionals and one located in an Indian reservation. Prohibits grants from going to applicants that do not agree to report certain information to the Secretaries, including on: (1) demographics of the youth in the project; (2) the outcomes of the screening; (3) referrals based on outcomes; (4) treatment based on referrals; (5) suicide, including suicide attempts and rates, to the extent practicable. Prohibits the Secretaries from discriminating against an applicant due to the applicant's inability to collect information on suicide. Directs the Secretaries to convene an advisory panel to advise each of the Secretaries regarding the use or improvement of the screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth.

Supporting the goals and ideas of National Take Your Kids to Vote Day.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002

States that the Congress supports the goals and ideas of National Take Your Kids To Vote Day.

Rejecting Social Security Privatization Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002

Rejecting Social Security Privatization Act of 2002 - States that the Congress hereby commits to preserve the guaranteed, lifelong, inflation-protected benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to retirees, disabled workers, and their families, and the survivors of deceased workers, by rejecting plans to institute Personal Retirement Accounts, or any other forms of private accounts, which would divert or remove all or portions of monies from the Social Security trust funds and reduce the retirement security of current and future beneficiaries, and which would reduce guaranteed Social Security benefits for retirees, disabled workers, and survivors.

Center for International Human Rights Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002

Center for International Human Rights Act of 2002 - Declares that Congress finds that a private, nonprofit corporation known as the Center for International Human Rights has been established in the District of Columbia to: (1) establish programs to promote, monitor, and analyze the status of human rights throughout the world; (2) investigate allegations of human rights violations in conjunction with private and governmental organizations; (3) sponsor fellows to study international human rights issues at the Center; (4) carry out a conference series to bring together international human rights experts to discuss and disseminate information; and (5) make grants to and cooperative agreements with non-governmental organizations to promote human rights, giving priority to indigenous human rights organizations in countries the governments of which violate such rights. Authorizes the Secretary of State to make an annual grant to the Center.

Recognizing the contributions of Patsy Takemoto Mink.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002

Renames title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (prohibiting discrimination in education based on sex) the "Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act".

HOPE VI Program Reauthorization Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 2002

HOPE VI Program Revitalization Act of 2002 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend and authorize appropriations for the HOPE VI revitalization program. Revises grant selection criteria.

Apprenticeship Opportunity Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2002

Apprenticeship Opportunity Act - Requires the Federal Government, in awarding any contract for a construction project, to give a preference to entities participating in qualified apprenticeship programs.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring our Nation's small business concerns.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2002

Expresses the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of our Nation's small business concerns.

Medicare Beneficiary Skilled Nursing Protection Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002

Medicare Beneficiary Skilled Nursing Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to extend for three years the temporary increase in the nursing component of the Federal prospective payment rate. Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 to extend for three years the increase in the skilled nursing facility adjusted Federal per diem rate under the Social Security Act.