Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]

An amendment numbered 8 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the provision in the bill that prohibits conservation funding from being used for the American Heritage Rivers Initiative.

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An amendment to increase (by transfer) the amounts available for "Financial Crimes Enforcement Network--Salaries and Expenses" by $25,500,000.

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An amendment to prohibit any funding to be used to close any Department of Veterans Affairs medical center.

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An amendment to increase the appropriation for the public housing operating fund by $1,000,000. A corresponding offset is provided for by reducing the appropriation for salaries and expenses for management and administration by $1,000,000.

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An amendment numbered 26 printed in the Congressional Record to create a national child abuse registry within the Department of Justice. The amendment also requires the Attorney General to work in consultation with the Secretary of HHS in creating the database.

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An amendment to establish mandatory minimum sentences for any person who takes a child hostage in order to compel, resist, or oppose the Federal government.

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An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to insert a new subsection providing for regulatory authority to adjust report distribution schedules in times of request spikes.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 33 in the Congressional Record of April 28, 1998 to establish a memorial scholarship program to assist families of state and local public safety officers killed in the line of duty.

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An amendment to make clarifications in the bill.

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An amendment to increase funds for the Office of Inspector General by $700,000.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 108-145, which adds a new section 5 to the end of the bill consisting of a rule of construction clarifying that the bill should be read as leaving intact the substantive law with respect to gambling in the United States. It confirms that the bill does not change Federal, State or Tribal law in this regard.

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An amendment to prohibit any of the funds made available in the Act to provide assistance to the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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An amendment to reduce funds appropriated in the bill for the IRS by $3.6 million and to increase funding for salaries and expenses of the Customs Service by a similar amount.

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An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 108-439 to add a new title at the end of the bill that removes the prohibition on banks from paying interest on business checking accounts and would allow the Federal Reserve to pay interest on sterile reserves. The language of the amendment is similar to the text of H.R. 758, the Business Checking Freedom Act.

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An amendment no. 13 and printed in Part A of H.Rept. 106-186 to increase the penalties for those who take a child hostage in order to evade arrest or obstruct justice.

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Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan.

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Notes with sorrow the one-year anniversary of the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan, and condemns such attacks in the strongest terms. Expresses ongoing condolences to the families and friends of those who were killed in the attacks and sympathies to those who were injured. Reiterates support for the Jordanian people and its government. Values the strong U.S.-Jordan friendship. Expresses readiness to assist the Jordanian authorities in their efforts to pursue and dismantle the networks that carry out such terrorist attacks.

Special Agent Scott K. Carey Public Safety Officer Benefits Enhancement Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006

Special Agent Scott K. Carey Public Safety Officer Benefits Enhancement Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend: (1) educational benefits to public safety officers who become permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty and to their spouses and children; (2) allow payment of retroactive benefits to dependents of such disabled officers; and (3) establish a program of pension payments for certain survivors of deceased public safety officers. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to: (1) award a Public Safety Officer scholarship to disabled public safety officers, their spouses, and their children; and (2) enter into agreements with educational institutions to carry out such scholarship program. Amends federal personnel law to allow widows or widowers of federal employees killed on the job to continue to receive monthly compensation even if they remarry before reaching age 55.

EAT Healthy America Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2006

Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act or the EAT Healthy America Act - Amends provisions with respect to: (1) specialty crops; (2) the tree assistance program; (3) the conservation reserve program; (4) the wetlands reserve program; (5) the farmland protection program; (6) the grassland reserve program; (7) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (8) the environmental qualities incentives program; (9) air quality improvement; (10) integrated pest management initiative; (11) native plant habitat restoration; (12) agricultural trade; (13) invasive pests and diseases; (14) nutrition; (15) agricultural research; and (16) renewable energy, including crop biomass waste.

Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2006

Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act - Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Margaret Thatcher in recognition of her dedication to the values of free markets and free minds.

Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2006

Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states to carry out: (1) prostate cancer prevention programs (including screening and referrals for treatment); and (2) demonstration projects to provide preventive health services with respect to prostate cancer (including blood pressure and cholesterol screenings). Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to individuals who have been screened for prostate cancer under this Act and who need treatment for prostate cancer. Applies provisions related to breast and cervical cancer programs to programs under this Act.

Honoring New York State Senator John Marchi.

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2006

Honors the distinguished life and career of New York state Senator John J. Marchi.

Requesting the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for a comprehensive and permanent program to medically monitor individuals who were exposed to the toxins of 9/11 Ground Zero in New York City and to provide medical treatment for all such individuals who are sick as a result of exposure to the toxins.

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2006

Requests the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and submit to Congress by December 1, 2006, a plan for a comprehensive and permanent program to: (1) medically monitor all individuals who were exposed to toxins of the 9/11 Ground Zero in New York City; and (2) provide medical treatment for all such individuals who are sick as a result of the toxins.

Supporting the observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2006

Expresses support for the observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month to provide a special opportunity to offer education on the importance of monthly breast self-examinations and annual mammograms. Recognizes breast cancer survivors, the efforts of victims, volunteers, and professionals who combat breast cancer, and the work of national and community organizations in promoting breast cancer awareness, providing information, and offering treatment.

Supporting the goals and ideals of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2006

Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month.