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Official portrait of Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]

Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]

United States · Official source

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  • · House of Representatives · present
  • D · D · present

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 398 (98th)passed

An amendment in the nature of a substitute, consisting of the text of H.R. 2174 as passed by the House, with addition of language providing a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or 3 years imprisonment for persons who intentionally cause serious injury by tampering with a consumer product, its container, or label. It also provides a fine of up to $25,000 and/or five years imprisonment for knowingly communicating false information that a consumer product has been tainted. Both provisions deal with interstate commerce.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 773 (99th)failed

An amendment to the Volkmer substitute amendment as amended by the Volkmer amendment. It prohibits the interstate sale of handguns and eliminates provisions which preempt state and local laws to permit individuals to carry handguns between states. It strikes provisions which alter current law regarding dealer licensing, and eliminates language which permits dealers to transfer firearms to and from their personal collections without keeping records of such transactions.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 834 (101st)passed

An amendment to make several changes to the racial discrimination provisions relating to the imposition of the death penalty. The amendment requires the court to examine the validity of statistics and whether they provide a basis for finding a significant discriminatory pattern. The amendment also reduces the case made out through statistics from a prima facie case to an inference and lessens the burden of proof necessary for the government to rebut the inference of racial discrimination, from "clear and convincing evidence" to "preponderance of the evidence" and further, removes limits in the bill relating to the grounds on which the government can rebut the statistical showing.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 822 (101st)failed

An amendment to authorize capital punishment for ten additional federal offenses, including transporting explosives that results in death, murder by sending a bomb through the mail, death that results in the course of bank robbery, and murder by federal prisoners under life sentence. The amendment also tightens the bill's provisions on death penalty procedure by specifying that only one aggravating factor must be proved in order to impose the death penalty in place of the bill's requirement that two such factors be proved. The amendment heightens the burden of proof required to establish a mitigating factor from "any evidence" to "a preponderance of the evidence", and also revises the bill's standards for appellate review of death sentences by providing that if the appeals court upholds a finding of at least one aggravating factor it must uphold the sentence if it determines that the aggravating factor outweighs any mitigating factors. The amendment strikes provisions in the bill designed to allow prisoners under sentence of death to raise claims in federal habeas corpus proceedings that their sentence was imposed because of racial bias even though the claims were not raised in any previous habeas corpus petitions filed by the prisoner.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 868 (103rd)passed

An amendment to require more thorough Coast Guard inspections of garbage disposal facilities along the coastline in order to improve enforcement of pollution prevention laws. Specifically, the amendment requires the Coast Guard to inspect port garbage disposal facilities before issuing operating certificates, to subsequently reinspect such facilities every five years, and to annually publish a list of enforcement actions taken against vessels for violating the act; requires the establishment of an interagency committee to coordinate further domestic and international efforts to reduce marine debris pollution problems; and expands public outreach and educational programs.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 415 (100th)passed

An amendment to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds for non-safety airway assistance at Pomona Airport near Atlantic City, N.J., until a regional airport development authority is established. The amendment would also prohibit the transfer of federal lands at the airport prior to establishment of the regional authority, and would create an incentive for the establishment of a regional authority for the purpose of facilitating the coordinated development of a major airport to serve Atlantic City.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 622 (99th)passed

An amendment dealing with the Deleware River, Philadelphia to sea navigation projection. It requires the Secretary to 1) monitor continuously materials disposed of at Penns Grove Disposal Area, Carneys Point, New Jersey, 2) monitor continuously to insure that the underground aquifers at the area are not contaminated, 3) limit the fill of the area to 10 feet, and 4) prohibit the use of any area adjacent to the Penns Grove area for disposal of dredged material.

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