Rep. Hutto, Earl [D-FL-1]

An amendment directing the Secretary of Transportation to notify the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of any existing waivers of warranty requirements with respect to contracts made with prime contractors for major systems acquisitions for the Coast Guard, as well as the reasons for such waivers. Without this language, the Secretary need only notify the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress when such waivers are contemplated.

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An amendment to prohibit before 10/1/85 the Department of Defense from entering into contracts for firefighting or security guard functions at any military installation or facility. This prohibition is not to apply if it adversely affects division readiness or if the facility is civilian owned. The Secretary of Defense is to submit to Congress by 3/1/84 a report on the special needs of the Department of Defense with respect to firefighting and base security and how these are to be met by federal or contract employees.

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An amendment revising Section 109 Militarily Critical Technologies. The amendment requires that any disagreement between Secretaries of Commerce and Defense as to whether a good or technology should be integrated into the commodity control list shall be resolved by the President by November 1, 1984. The amendment leaves to the two Secretaries, not including GAO, the responsibility for reducing the list of militarily critical technologies. The Secretary of Defense shall establish a procedure for the reviewing the goods and technology on the list annually.

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An amendment to provide the Secretary with guidelines for the implementation of the reorganization of the Special Operations Forces. Such guidelines include the imposition of a ceiling of 120 civilian personnel positions broken down into engineering, scientific, and management categories, with oversight of such personnel being retained by the Secretary.

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An amendment to prohibit the contracting out of security guard functions at any military installation or facility.

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An amendment to make technical and conforming changes in the bill.

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An amendment to the Bonker substitute amendment for the Roth amendment that rewords the exception by which the Secretary may require an export license if the Secretary determines the exports "are likely to be diverted to a proscribed country. The amendment strikes language permitting proscription only on shipment to end users.

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An amendment revising the section on enforcement authority to provide that an officer of the U.S. Customs Service or other authorized person, rather than providing an officer or employee of the Department of Commerce, may be designated to stop, search and examine when there is reasonable cause for suspicion. Upon seizure of any goods or technology, the matter shall be referred to the Department of Commerce for further investigation and appropriate action.

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Amendments en bloc to terminate the land extension authority of the Secretary under section 808 of the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1983 on October 1, 1990. It also requires the Secretary of the Navy to transfer without reimbursement to the VA 15.31 acres of land at the Pensacola, Florida Naval Air Station. The land is to become part of the Barrancas National Cemetary.

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Amendment sought to limit the amount that the Defense Department pays to the General Services Administration for leasing administrative space and related services in the Washington, D.C. area.

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An amendment to Title X (General Provisions) extending for two years the prohibition on contracts for the performance of firefighting and security functions. It requires a written report assessing the special needs of DOD regarding firefighting and base security and how they may be met by both federal and contract personnel. The report is to be prepared in conjuction with the Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is to be submitted by 3/1/86.

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An amendment. The bill provides for American sponsored and financed education programs in Latin America. It also provides for conveing a conference on educational exchange programs sponsored by the U.S. in order to evaluate the effectiveness of such programs. The amendment adds that the conference should also "consider the possibility of planning for the establishment of U.S. sponsored educational institutions in one or more nations in Latin American and the Caribbean".

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An amendment to the English amendment to Title V, Defense Personnel Policy, to limit the period affected to October 1, 1985 to September 30, 1988.

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An amendment striking sec. 127 which limits to State Department any funds used on facilities of the Coordinating Committee on Export Controls and stipulates that members and permanent advisors of the Coordinating Committee must be State Department personnel. It also adds new language that limits assignment of members and advisors to the Coordinating Committee to those determined by the Secretary of State in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and Commerce.

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary school prayer.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1994

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions. States that no person shall be required by the United States or any State to participate in prayer. Provides that neither the United States nor any State shall compose prayers to be said in public schools.

Designating October 19, 1994, as "National Mammography Day".

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1994

Designates October 19, 1994, as National Mammography Day.

Commemorating the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1994

Declares that the Congress: (1) recognizes October 2, 1994, as the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi; (2) commends his unique role in establishing the state of India and its democratic institutions; and (3) congratulates his leadership, which has enhanced the friendship between the United States and India.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1994

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the limited deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.

Designating October 29, 1994, as "National Firefighters Day".

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1994

Designates October 29, 1994, as National Firefighters Day.

George Washington Boyhood Home Commemorative Coin Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1994

George Washington Boyhood Home Commemorative Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of a profile of George Washington and a depiction of his xboyhood home. Declares that all surcharges received from coin sales shall be paid to the George Washington Boyhood Home Foundation.

Back-To-Basics Crime Control Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants for Correctional Facilities Title II: State and Local Law Enforcement Grants Title III: Protection Against Sexually Violent Predators Title IV: Eliminating Excessive and Redundant Appeals Title V: Reform of 'Exclusionary Rule' Title VI: Truth-In-Sentencing Title VII: Prison Work Required; Luxuries Abolished Title VIII: Improving Border Controls Title IX: Enhanced Gun Penalties Title X: Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund Title XI: Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Persons Convicted of Certain Felonies Back-To-Basics Crime Control Act of 1994 - Title I: Grants for Correctional Facilities - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to States to construct, expand, and improve prisons and jails. Authorizes specified sums to each State without conditions imposed by the Federal Government, except requirements to comply with this title and to use such funds exclusively for the construction of prisons and jails. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth formulas for the distribution of funds in FY 1995 and in FY 1996 through 1999 based on violent crimes reported by the States to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). (Sec. 102) Specifies that 25 percent of total funds appropriated under this title shall be allocated to each eligible State according to a formula which takes into account the percentage change in the time to be served by persons convicted of violent crimes. Directs that States which have achieved a truth in sentencing standard of violent criminals serving 85 percent of prison time assessed receive the incentive funds, subject to specified requirements. Title II: State and Local Law Enforcement Grants - Requires the Attorney General to make grants to States to increase the number of law enforcement officers in service. Authorizes specified funds, without conditions imposed by the Federal Government (except that the funds be used exclusively to increase the number of law enforcement officers in service). Requires States to allocate 80 percent of their grants to local government for use by local law enforcement, as nearly as possible in proportion to the populations served by such local law enforcement agencies (LEAs). Title III: Protection Against Sexually Violent Predators - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish guidelines for State programs to require a sexually violent predator to register a current address with a designated State LEA upon being released from prison or being placed on parole or supervised release; and (2) approve each State program that complies with the guidelines. Makes States that do not implement and maintain such programs ineligible to receive ten percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to the State in drug control and system improvement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Requires: (1) the determination that a person is, or is no longer, a sexually violent predator to be made by the sentencing court after receiving a report by a board of experts on sexual offenses; and (2) each State to establish a board composed of experts in the field of the behavior and treatment of sexual offenders. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) notification regarding the duty of an offender to register and to provide any new address to a designated State LEA and of a State prison official to obtain specified information; (2) the transfer of information to the State LEA and to the FBI; (3) quarterly verification of the released offender's address; (4) penalties for failing to register and keep the registration current; (5) termination of the obligation to register; (6) community notification concerning a predator required to register; and (7) immunity for good faith conduct by LEAs, their employees, and State officials. Title IV: Eliminating Excessive and Redundant Appeals - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. Vests authority to issue certificates for probable cause for appeal of habeas corpus orders exclusively in the courts of appeals. Permits denial on the merits of habeas corpus writs notwithstanding the failure to exhaust State remedies. Establishes a two-year statute of limitations for Federal prisoners filing for collateral relief. (Sec. 406) Sets forth special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases brought by prisoners in State custody who are subject to a capital sentence. Makes such procedures contingent upon: (1) a State establishing by rule of its court of last resort or by statute a mechanism for the appointment, compensation, and payment of reasonable litigation expenses of competent counsel in State post convictions and sentences have been upheld on direct appeal to such court or have otherwise become final; and (2) such rule or statute providing standards of competency for the appointment of counsel. Provides for a mandatory stay of execution during the post-conviction review initiated pursuant to this title. Details conditions which will cause such stay to expire. Prohibits a Federal court from entering a stay of execution or granting relief in a capital case unless specified conditions are met. Sets forth lime limits for determining petitions. Authorizes the State or Government to enforce such time limits by applying to the court of appeals or the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus. Title V: Reform of 'Exclusionary Rule' - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the exclusion of evidence obtained as a result of a search or seizure, in a proceeding in a court of the United States, on the grounds that the search or seizure was in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution if it was carried out in circumstances justifying an objectively reasonable belief that it was in conformity with such amendment. Makes the fact that evidence was obtained pursuant to and within the scope of a warrant prima facie evidence of the existence of such circumstances. Prohibits the exclusion of evidence, in a proceeding in a U.S. court, on the ground that it was obtained in violation of a statute, administrative rule or regulation, or rule of procedure unless exclusion is expressly authorized by statute or by a rule prescribed by the Supreme Court pursuant to statutory authority. Title VI: Truth in Sentencing - Amends the Federal criminal code to permit the Bureau of Prisons to add, in its discretion, additional time to a prisoner's sentence of up to 15 percent of the prisoner's term for unsatisfactory behavior. Prohibits a sentence from being reduced for satisfactory behavior to a term less than the original sentence nominally imposed. Title VII: Prison Work Required; Luxuries Abolished - Directs the Attorney General to implement and enforce regulations which: (1) mandate prison work for all able-bodied inmates in Federal penal and correctional institutions; and (2) prohibit the Government provision in inmates' cells of television, radio, telephone, stereo, or similar amenities. (Sec. 702) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit awards of Pell grants to prisoners in Federal or State penal institutions. Title VIII: Improving Border Controls - Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes and directs the Attorney General to use such funds to permit the commander of the Border Patrol to increase by at least 6,000 the number of border patrol agent positions above the number of such positions as July 1, 1994. (Sec. 802) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for expedited deportation and exclusion of criminal aliens. Prohibits reentry of an alien into the United States during the minimum period of confinement to which the alien was sentenced. Authorizes the Attorney General to prescribe special regulations for the registration and fingerprinting of aliens on criminal probation or parole. Expands the definitions of "aggravated felony." (Sec. 805) Sets forth deportation procedures for certain criminal aliens who are not permanent residents. Grants a U.S. district court jurisdiction to enter a judicial order of deportation at the time of sentencing against an alien whose criminal conviction causes such alien to be deportable under provisions relating to conviction of an aggravated felony if requested prior to sentencing by the U.S. Attorney. (Sec. 807) Restricts defenses to deportation for certain criminal aliens. Enhances penalties for failing to depart or reentering after a final order of deportation. (Sec. 810) Authorizes appropriations for a criminal alien information system. Title IX: Enhanced Gun Penalties - Amends the Federal criminal code to enhance penalties imposed upon persons convicted of using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to the commission of a felony. (Sec. 902) Sets a mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, fugitive from justice, addict or unlawful user of a controlled substance, or transferor or receiver of a stolen firearm. (Sec. 903) Increases the general penalty for violation of Federal firearms laws. Title X: Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund - Establishes a Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund as a separate account in the Treasury into which shall be transferred savings realized from implementation of provisions of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) transfers into, and appropriations from, the Fund; (2) annual reporting requirements on the status of the Fund; and (3) allocation of sums in the Fund. Extends authorizations of appropriations for fiscal years for which the full amount authorized is not appropriated. Title XI: Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Persons Convicted of Certain Felonies - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for mandatory life imprisonment for persons convicted in Federal court of a serious violent felony if: (1) the person has been convicted (and the conviction has become final) on separate prior occasions in a Federal or State court of two or more serious violent felonies, or one or more serious violent felonies and one or more serious drug offenses; and (2) each serious violent felony or serious drug offense used as a basis for sentencing under this title, other than the first, was committed after the defendant's conviction of the preceding serious violent felony or serious drug offense. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) persons subject to the criminal jurisdiction of an Indian tribal government; and (2) resentencing upon the overturning of a prior conviction. (Sec. 1102) Prohibits the court from reducing the sentence of a defendant unless specified conditions are met, including that defendant is at least age 70, has served at least 30 years in prison for the offense or offenses for which the defendant is currently imprisoned, and a determination has been made by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons that the defendant is not a danger to the safety of any other person or the community.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Presidential Medal of Freedom should be awarded to Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays.

United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1994

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award Benjamin Elijah Mays the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in honor of his distinguished career as an educator, civil and human rights nonviolent leader, and public theologian and his many contributions to the improvement of American society and the world.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays.

United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1994

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative stamp should be issued in honor of Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, educator, civil and human rights nonviolent leader, and public theologian.

Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Retirement Savings Incentives Subtitle A: Restoration of IRA Deduction Subtitle B: Nondeductible Tax-Free IRAs Title II: Penalty-Free Distributions Title III: Aid to Families with Dependent Children Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1994 - Title I: Retirement Savings Incentives - Subtitle A: Restoration of IRA Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the limitation on the deductibility of contributions to individual retirement plans (IRAs) by active participants in employer-maintained plans, thereby restoring the IRA deduction. Provides an inflation adjustment after 1995. Allows certain spouses a full deduction for contributions to an IRA. Subtitle B: Nondeductible Tax-Free IRAs - Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus (IRA Plus) accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such accounts nondeductible. Title II: Penalty-Free Distributions - Allows distributions from certain retirement plans without penalty to purchase first homes, pay higher education expenses and financially devastating medical expenses, and assist certain unemployed individuals. Title III: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to exclude from AFDC eligibility determinations certain income and resources that are to be used for education, training, and employability purposes. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress on a revision of the AFDC limit on automobiles in order to increase the employability of AFDC recipients.