Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16]

An amendment providing special consideration for current immigration judges in appointing administrative law judges.

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An amendment to the Frenzel amendment to exclude appropriations for U.S. Customs Service; Internal Revenue Service; Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, from the 2.65 percent cut.

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An amendment to require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of using computer terminals located at ports and other points of exit from the entry into the U.S. in order to facilitate relevant agency interaction and to reduce delays in the issuance of export licenses under the Export Administration Act of 1979.

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An amendment that clarifies that mass transit employees may collectively bargain under the provisions under State or Federal law notwithstanding any other provisions in this act.

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An amendment to require the President to establish appropriate accountability procedures to ensure that all funds made available to carry out this Act are used for the purposes intended.

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An amendment (no.20) expressing the "sense of Congress" that immigration laws should be enforced vigorously and uniformly with due respect for the rights, safety, and human dignity of citizens and aliens.

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An amendment (no. 11) to strike criminal penalties from the bill.

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An amendment to establish a U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Commission and to call for a bilateral summit on U.S.-Mexico economic relations.

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An amendment to cut $80 million in appropriated funds for state revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing and to earmark those funds for improvement of wastewater treatment in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and in Mexicali, Mexico. The effect of the amendment is to reinstate funds appropriated in the bill, to which a point of order was sustained.

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An amendment to appropriate up to 80% of the necessary expenses (up to $8 million) for a border highway project previously authorized by Public Law 89-795. The amendment restores funds previously deleted from the bill by a point of order.

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An amendment to reinsert the provisions contained in sec. 316 of the bill which would prohibit airports from applying passenger facility charges (PFC's) to tickets where the passenger did not pay for the air transportation.

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An amendment en bloc to permit small impoverished communities along the U.S.-Mexican border to receive small city Community Development Block Grants and to participate in FmHA programs.

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Amendment deletes language which repealed section 13(c) of the Federal Transit Act, which guarantees collective bargaining and other labor protections for transit employees.

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An amendment to insert a new section (a modification of the old section 336 which had been stricken by a point of order) which concerns the prohibition of airports applying passenger facility charges (PFC's) to tickets where the passenger did not pay for the air transportation.

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Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1996

Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of Jackie Robinson in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the color barrier in major league baseball; and (2) distribute surcharge proceeds to the Jackie Robinson Foundation to enhance its education and youth leadership programs, and increase the availability of scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths.

Act to Save America's Forests

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1996

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to Existing Land Management Laws Title II: Protection for Northwest Ancient Forests, Roadless Areas, and Special Areas Act to Save America's Forests - Title I: Amendments to Existing Land Management Laws - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (National Forest System), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (public lands), the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (National Wildlife Refuge System), the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (Indian lands), and Federal law relating to forest management on military lands to: (1) provide for native biodiversity conservation; and (2) restrict and prohibit certain logging practices. Title II: Protection for Northwest Ancient Forests, Roadless Areas, and Special Areas - Designates specified Special Areas which shall be subject to restrictions on road construction and logging in the following States: (1) Alabama; (2) Alaska; (3) Arizona; (4) Arkansas; (5) California; (6) Colorado; (7) Georgia; (8) Idaho; (9) Illinois; (10) Minnesota; (11) Montana; (12) New Mexico; (13) North Carolina; (14) Oregon; (15) South Carolina; (16) South Dakota; (17) Tennessee; (18) Texas; (19) Vermont; and (20) Wyoming. Restricts road construction and logging in Northwest Ancient Forests, Special Areas, and roadless areas on Federal lands.

To designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at the corner of Superior and Huron Roads, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse".

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1996

Designates the U.S. courthouse to be constructed at the corner of Superior and Huron Roads, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse.

Providing for the mandatory implementation of the Office Waste Recycling Program in the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1996

Requires each Member and employing authority of the House of Representatives to comply with the Office Recycling Program of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC). Directs the AOC to: (1) ensure that all House employees with custodial duties are adequately trained in Program implementation; and (2) require any House contractor carrying out the Program to ensure that all personnel are trained in Program implementation; and (3) report semiannually to the Committee on House Oversight on Program compliance.

Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the threat to the security of American citizens and the United States Government posed by armed militia and other paramilitary groups and organizations.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1996

Calls for aggressive prosecution by the Department of Justice of perpetrators of armed conspiracies against the Government and of the illegal possession of firearms, explosives, or any substances or devices of destruction.

George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1996

George Bush School of Government and Public Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a grant to assist in the establishment of the George Bush Fellowship Program, located at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service of the Texas A & M University. Authorizes appropriations.

Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1996

Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover ambulance services, diagnostic tests, and anticancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy services; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for hospice care programs in non-urbanized areas; (5) define coverage denial, with respect to the limitation on the liability of beneficiaries and providers, to mean a determination that an individual is not terminally ill; and (6) extend the period for physician certification of an individual's terminal illness.

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to apply the Act to a greater percentage of the United States workforce and to allow employees to take parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1996

Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to extend coverage to employees at worksites where the employer employs at least 25 (currently 50) employees at the worksite and within 75 miles of that worksite. Allows employees covered by such Act to take up to four hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's educational and extracurricular activities. Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same parental involvement leave allowance to Federal employees.

To extend the Medicare waiver of liability provisions for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1996

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, to extend the Medicare waiver of liability provisions (presumption of lack of knowledge of exclusion) for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities.

Bruce M. Bryan Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1996

Bruce M. Bryan Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 1996 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a police or fire department chaplain within the definition of a public safety officer for purposes of death benefit provisions.