Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9]

An amendment to reduce the funds appropriated in the bill for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms by $2.1 million, reducing the total amount to be appropriated to the $364 million requested by the administration.

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An amendment to transfer $1 million from the Department of Education Administrative account to increase funding for Education for the Disadvantaged by a comparable amount.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute to transform the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program into a program that successfully moves recipients from welfare to work within a certain time limit. It significantly increases the funding for education, job training, employment services, and child care for welfare recipients--in order to help them move into the workforce. It creates a new "Work First" program and requires states to have an increasing percentage of their AFDC caseload participate in Work First and Workfare over seven years, rising from 16% in FY 1997 to 52% in FY 2003.

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An amendment to provide for expedited Judicial review of the constitutionality of the provisions of the bill. (Text of the amendment was printed as amendment No. 11 in the Congressional Record of February 1, 1995.).

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An amendment numbered 96 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds in this Act to be used to destroy any horse or mule belonging to the United States that has become unfit for service.

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An amendment to prohibit U.S. assistance to the government of any country that does not permit the extradition to the United States, for trial or sentencing in the United States, of individuals suspected of committing criminal offenses for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record to strike section 110 from the bill. Section 110 prohibits use of funds in the bill to revise the master control plans and master manuals of the Corps of Engineers for the Alabama, Coosa, Tallapoosa River basin in Alabama and Georgia or the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint River Basin in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

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An amendment printed in House Report 106-284 to add a new title which provides that none of the funds in the bill shall be available for immigrant or nonimmigrant visas to citizens of countries that the Attorney General determines engage in unreasonable delay in accepting return of their own criminal aliens.

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An amendment numbered 13 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the waiver authority in section 583 with respect to governments that have failed to permit certain extraditions.

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An amendment to prohibit any of the funds made available in the Act for the Department of State, other than funds provided under the heading "International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement", from being used to provide assistance to any country with whom the United States has an extradition treaty and whose government has notified the Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual accused of committing a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or a lesser term of imprisonment.

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An amendment numbered 9 printed in the Congressional Record to limit the use of funds with respect to granting birthright citizenship.

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Ensuring an up or down vote on certain health care legislation.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 2010

Prohibits the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order that provides for disposition of the Senate amendments to H.R. 3590 (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA]) unless it provides for: (1) at least one hour of debate, equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader; and (2) a requirement that the Speaker put the question on disposition of the Senate amendments and that the yeas and nays be considered as ordered thereon.

Expressing support for designation of a National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians.

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2010

Expresses support for the goals and ideals of, and the designation of, a National Day of Recognition for Long-Term Care Physicians.

Honoring the life of John H. "Jack" Ruffin, Jr.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 2010

Recognizes Jack Ruffin as a great jurist in Georgia and an important figure in the civil rights movement.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a mandate imposed by the Federal Government requiring individuals to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 2010

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) a federal government mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional; (2) any such mandate should be removed from pending national health care legislation; and (3) all states should pass legislation protesting any such mandate.

Expressing support for designation of April 2010 as "National Autism Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to devote resources to research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 2010

Expresses support for: (1) designation of a National Autism Awareness Month; and (2) devoting new resources to researching the root causes of autism, identifying the best methods of early intervention and treatment, expanding programs for individuals with autism, and promoting understanding of their special needs. Commends parents and relatives for providing for the special needs of children with autism. Stresses the need to begin early intervention services. Recognizes: (1) the shortage of appropriately trained teachers to teach, assist, and respond to special needs students; and (2) the importance of worker training programs tailored to the needs of developmentally disabled persons.

Detainee Transfer and Release Security Act of 2010

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 2010

Detainee Transfer and Release Security Act of 2010 - Prohibits the President from releasing or transferring an individual currently detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody of the individual's country of origin or to a third country unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) such country is not a designated state sponsor of terrorism; (2) such country's government can secure and exercise control over all of its territory; (3) no portion of such country's territory serves as a safe haven for terrorists or insurgent groups, particularly al Qaeda; and (4) there is no confirmed case of any individual who had been detained at Guantanamo who reengaged in terrorist activities subsequent to being transferred or released to such country.

Prevent Terrorists from Reuniting with Terrorist Cells Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 2010

Prevent Terrorists from Reuniting with Terrorist Cells Act - Prohibits the transfer or repatriation for release or detention of any individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a nation or region that is recognized by the Department of State or the Department of Defense (DOD) as a haven for terrorist activity or that has been classified as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2009

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Provides that, if there is a deficit in a fiscal year, then: (1) any pay adjustment (including a cost of living adjustment) for Members of Congress scheduled to take effect in the succeeding calendar year shall be null and void; and (2) rates of pay for Members shall be reduced by a specified percentage, but not below zero. Specifies the mandatory pay rate reduction at: (1) 5%, for the first year; or (2) 10%, for any consecutive subsequent year that expenditures exceed revenues. Specifies conditions for restoration of the original pay rate, together with otherwise scheduled adjustments. Vests authority in the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make determinations of whether or not a deficit exists in any fiscal year. States that, in making any such determination, the Director shall exclude any budget outlays which directly relate to a military conflict that lasts over 30 days or that is in direct response to a terrorist attack on the United States.

To designate the annex building under construction for the Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John C. Godbold Federal Building".

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2009

Designates the annex building under construction for the Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John C. Godbold United States Judicial Administration Building."

Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2009

Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expand the purposes of the Act to include providing for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of forest ecosystem components to protect infrastructure in rural communities. Expands federal land areas eligible for hazardous fuel reduction projects. Repeals the total federal land acreage limitation on authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects. Revises requirements regarding the alternative analysis process for authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects in the wildland-urban interface. Bars the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior from being required to study, develop, or describe more than the proposed agency action and a no action alternative in an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for specified proposed authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects.

Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2009

Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income in 2009 and 2010 long-term capital gains and dividend income; (2) reduce for a two year period the employment and self-employment tax rates; (3) reduce corporate income tax rates in 2009 and 2010; and (4) reduce the income tax rate for taxpayers in the lowest income tax bracket in 2009 and 2010. Rescinds all unobligated balances of the discretionary appropriations made available by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus funds).

Additional health insurance options for unemployed Americans Act of 2009

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 2009

Additional Health Insurance Options for Unemployed Americans Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to guaranteed availability of individual health insurance coverage for individuals with prior group plan coverage, to eliminate the requirement that such individuals have exhausted benefits under COBRA (health insurance continuation benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) or a similar state program after termination of employment.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to limit preexisting condition exclusions in the individual health insurance market to those permitted in the group health insurance market.

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 2009

Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow a health insurance issuer to impose a preexisting condition exclusion with respect to individual health insurance coverage only to the extent the issuer may impose such exclusion with respect to group health insurance coverage.