Rep. Jontz, Jim [D-IN-5]

Amendment sought to allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse public entities for interest expenses incurred while waiting for receipt of disaster assistance. \ A point of order was sustained against the amendment on the grounds that it constituted legislation on an appropriations bill.

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Amendment sought to establish an octane replacement program and require an increasing number of octane points of fuel sold in the U.S. to be derived from domestically produced, renewable, non-petroleum sources such as ethanol; and would have required oil companies to phase in such a program over 14 years.

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Amendment sought to increase the appropriation for the water quality incentive program by $23.2 million.

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Amendment directs the Secretary of the Interior to maintain and restore public lands to their natural productive capacity and to ensure that no action is taken to diminish the long-term productivity of the biological resources under their jurisdiction.

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Amendment reduces the appropriation for the Agricultural Conservation Program by $3.5 million.

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See Jontz amendment (A004) for description.

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Amendment directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study concerning the extent and severity of drought conditions on public rangelands, and steps that should be taken to protect range resources.

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Amendment originally sought to reduce the appropriation for the Forest Service timber program by $16.8 million. \ As amended by the Dicks amendment (A017), the appropriation was reduced by $8 million.

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An amendment to assure protection of riparian habitats by directing the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain a buffer zone of a minimum of 100 feet within which logging operations would be prohibited on each side of all anadromous fish streams and their tributaries in the Tongass National Forest, except those tributaries with no resident fish populations and which are intermittent in flow, or have flow of inadequate magnitude to directly influence downstream fish habitats.

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Amendment deleted language that would have exempted emergency drought assistance actions taken by the Bureau of Reclamation from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

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Amendment appropriates $3.5 million for the Agricultural Water Quality Incentive Program, and is identical to the Jontz amendment (A002) which had been withdrawn.

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An amendment specifying that $120,000 of the $952,000 appropriated in the bill for USDA Advisory Committees shall be made available for the National Organic Standards Board.

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Amendment sought to reduce the appropriation for watershed and flood prevention operations by $46.3 million.

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Amendment sought to reduce the appropriations in the bill for contracts and grants for agricultural research, and provide $2 million for the sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program. \ A point of order was sustained against the amendment on the grounds that it affected paragraphs in the bill not yet read and thus was not in order.

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Amendment sought to reduce the appropriation for special research grants awarded through the Cooperative State Research Service by $3.6 million; and increase the funding for sustainable agricultural research and education by $3.6 million.

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To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the American Discovery Trail for study to determine the feasibility and desirability of its designation as a national trail.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1992

Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the American Discovery Trail extending from Pt. Reyes, California, to Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, and the Ala Kahakai Trail in Hawaii for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.

Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1992

Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act to: (1) increase the maximum assessment rate from ten cents per case of commercial eggs to 30 cents per case; (2) authorize the Egg Board to increase assessments subject to producer referendum; and (3) increase the trigger level for assessment exemptions from (producers of) 30,000 laying hens to 50,000 laying hens.

Designating October 4, 1992, through October 10, 1992, as "National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1992

Designates October 4 through 10, 1992, as National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week.

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 1992 - Designates the following lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System): (1) Greater Glacier/Continental Divide Ecosystem; (2) Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; (3) Greater Salmon Ecosystem; (4) Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk Ecosystem; (5) Sky Island Wilderness; (6) Rattlesnake Wilderness; and (7) Rattlesnake Wilderness Area. Adds specified lands to the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area. Designates: (1) specified wild land areas as Biological Connecting Corridors (Corridors) to protect the life flow of the Northern Rockies Bioregion; and (2) the inventoried roadless areas identified as part of the Corridors as components of the System. Sets forth provisions for the management of those portions of the Corridor which are not designated as components of the System. Exempts specified roads and highways from the provisions of this Act. Requires that roadless lands (including uninventoried roadless lands and areas less than 5,000 acres in size) within the national forests in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming which have been studied for potential inclusion in the System, but have not been designated as such, shall be analyzed on an individual, case-by-case basis with full public involvement. Requires the results of each case-by-case analysis and associated environmental analysis to be submitted to specified congressional committees so that the Congress may decide whether these areas should become components of the System to be managed for other, nonwilderness, multiple uses. Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study the feasibility of: (1) creating a Hells Canyon/Chief Joseph National Park and Preserve; (2) creating a Flathead National Park and Preserve; and (3) designating such areas as units of the National Park System (NPS), including national park and national preserve designations to be administered by the National Park Service. Requires the national park and preserve study areas to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, until the Congress determines otherwise, to maintain their presently existing natural character and potential for inclusion in the NPS. Provides that, until the Congress determines otherwise, no new road construction or reconstruction, timber harvest (except firewood gathering), oil and gas leasing, mining, or other development which impairs the natural and roadless qualities of the study areas shall be allowed. Requires that special consideration be given to preserving scenery, water quality and fisheries habitat, biological diversity, and wildlife habitat for threatened and endangered species. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate: (1) segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (NWSRS); and (2) segments of specified rivers and creeks in Montana and Wyoming for study as potential addition to the NWSRS. Requires that: (1) such designated wild and scenic river areas be administered by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to maintain their presently existing wild and scenic character and potential for inclusion in the NWSRS at their highest level of eligibility; and (2) the streambed and the lands one half mile wide along either side of the streambed of any river or stream included in the study be managed to protect their presently existing suitability for inclusion into the NWSRS as wild rivers. Prohibits new road construction or reconstruction, bridges, dams, timber harvesting, mining, oil and gas leasing, or other developments from being allowed within the one half mile corridor along either side of rivers and streams under study. Establishes the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System (Recovery System) to: (1) restore National Forest System lands and surrounding areas to their native vegetative cover and species diversity; (2) stabilize slopes and soils to prevent or reduce further erosion; (3) recontour slopes to their original contours; (4) remove barriers to natural fish spawning runs; and (5) generally restore, as much as possible, such lands to their natural condition as existed prior to their entry and development. Authorizes appropriations to establish the National Wildland Recovery Corps (a special unit of the U.S. Forest Service) which shall hire necessary personnel and purchase necessary equipment to carry out its land recovery responsibilities. Designates certain lands within the Lewis and Clark National Forest known as Badger-Two Medicine Area as the Blackfeet Wilderness Area. Declares that the Congress recognizes that the Blackfeet Nation retains treaty rights in this area provided for in the 1896 treaty with the Federal Government. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review the wilderness area and report to the Congress. Requires that special consideration shall be given to the religious, wilderness, and wildlife uses of the area, taking into account any Federal treaties entered into with the Blackfeet Nation. Withdraws the Badger-Two Medicine Wilderness Area from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the mining laws and disposition under the geothermal and mineral leasing laws. Authorizes appropriations to purchase certain privately owned lands located within the Gallatin Range inventoried roadless area to become part of the Gallatin National Forest. Requires that, upon purchase, the former owners shall relinquish all title, rights, and interests in such lands, including all mineral leases, Federal oil and gas leases, and water rights. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into negotiations with private landowners within the greater boundaries of the Crazy Mountains Wilderness to determine a fair purchase price for the sections of private land located within the established Wilderness boundary. Requires the Secretaries to assure nonexclusive access by native people to Wilderness areas, National Park and Preserve Study areas, Wildland Recovery areas, and Biological Corridors designated by this Act by Native Americans for transitional cultural and religious purposes. Requires the Forest Service to enter into cooperative management agreements with the appropriate Indian tribes to assure protection of religious, burial, and gathering sites, and to work cooperatively on the management of all uses in the protected areas that affect Indian lands and people. Requires the Secretaries to give particular emphasis to the preservation and protection of cultural resources located within the areas.

Designating the week beginning October 18, 1992, as "National Radon Action Week".

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Designates the week beginning October 18, 1992, as National Radon Action Week.

To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing or modifying highway signs that are expressed only in metric system measurements.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing, erecting, or modifying highway signs expressed only in metric system measurements.

To prohibit the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of F-15 aircraft.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Prohibits the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of 72 F-15XP jet aircraft and related defense and construction services described in the certification submitted to the Congress on September 14, 1992 (transmittal number 92-42).

Amending the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for highway signs expressed solely in metric system measurements.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Amends the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to prohibit the Federal Highway Administration from expending Federal funds for highway signs expressed solely in metric system measurements.

Defense Nuclear Workers' Health Insurance Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Defense Nuclear Workers' Health Insurance Act of 1992 - Mandates payment to certain former Department of Energy employees for health care services incurred (through insurance or out-of-pocket) above a specified dollar amount. Sets forth eligibility requirements, including that a former employee have had certain exposure to ionizing radiation or have worked in a facility in which radioactive materials were regularly stored, handled, or disposed of.