Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8]

An amendment to prohibit the Department of Defense from awarding contracts to any foreign company that engages in discriminatory employment practices which would be illegal under the Equal Opportunity laws of the U.S.

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An amendment to modify the provisions of the bill relating to the amount of profit low-income homeowners may retain when selling a home purchased through the Community Housing Partnership Program. The amendment would allow homeowners under the program to keep their equity plus any increase in the value of the house, less the value of the public subsidy invested in the home, provided the home has been owned for five or more years. In succeeding years, the owner would be permitted to keep incrementally more of the increased value of the home until the 10th year, when the owner would be entitled to the entire profit from the sale.

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An amendment to require federal regulatory agencies to disclose the ratings and evaluations given banks and thrifts regarding lending to the communities they serve. The amendment would also require mortagage lenders to disclose the number of applications they receive by race, income and gender, and the number of applications approved by the same categories.

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Amendments en bloc sought to require banks which are authorized to branch interstate to demonstrate that they are meeting the existing credit needs of the community where they are currently established; prohibit banks with assets of more than $1 billion from expanding to adjoining states if those banks have exhibited a pattern of closing offices in low- and moderate-income locations; and require bank regulators to establish a system to test, detect, and correct violations of Fair Lending and Community Reinvestment laws.

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Amendment requires HUD to use family incomes to determine if Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) are serving low- and moderate-income families, rather than the size of the loan and the value of the property, as is the current practice.

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Amendment adds language expressing as the sense of Congress that salaries and compensation provided to executive officers of the Federal National Mortgage Association have been excessive, and encourages the Association to redirect parts of future compensation into strengthening capital and expanding affordable housing opportunities.

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An amendment to allow HUD to utilize grants from amounts available during FY 1995 for the purpose of implementing emergency shelter programs for the homeless. The amendment also requires the Secretary to publish final regulations to accomplish the goals set forth by the amendment.

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An amendment to grant jurisdiction for carrying out the studies called for in the bill to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, rather than the Department of Commerce, and to require that the results of the studies be transmitted to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, rather than to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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An amendment to prohibit any funds authorized in the bill to be used to operate the Army School of the Americas.

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An amendment to strike $2.9 million in funding for the Fort Benning, Georgia Army School of the Americas which trains Latin American military personnel.

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An amendment numbered 26 as printed in the Congressional Record to increase by $174 million (to $5.5 billion) the appropriation for HUD assisted housing programs. This increase would be used to fund about 30,000 incremental Section 8 rental assistance contracts for low income families. The offset for the increase would come from a $174 million reduction in funds for the space station. station.

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An amendment printed in the Congressional Record of July 12, as amendment No. 55 that reduces the appropriation from the Forest Service Construction account by $5 million; and reduces the appropriation for the National Forest System account by $13.5 million.

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An amendment to designate $500,000 in funds appropriated for the Customs Department to be used for enforcement of child labor statutes in foreign countries.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 24 in the Congressional Record of July 10, 1996, to delete the provisions of the bill that prohibit the National Institutes of Health from awarding grants under the Small Business Innovation Research program.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 65 in the Congressional Record of June 24, 1996 to increase funding appropriated in the bill for indoor air quality by $2 million.

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An amendment numbered 27 as printed in the Congressional Record of June 19, 1996, to increase by $297 million (to $1.1 billion) the appropriation for HUD programs for the homeless which would restore the funding to the pre-rescission FY 1995 level. The offset for this increase would come from a reduction in the funding for the space station by $297 million.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 18 in the Congressional Record of June 18, 1996, to eliminat the $42 million in funds appropriated in the bill for the Forest Service for construction of new timber logging roads in fiscal year 1997.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 10 in the Congressional Record of June 12, 1996 to prohibit funds for the Defense Department DNA Data Bank for any purpose other than those established in current policy.

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An amendment to restrict the use of any of the bill's funds to promote the sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages unless it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the promotion activities benefit a small-business concern.

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An amendment to restrict the use of any of the bill's funds to promote the sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 16 in the Congressional Record of June 4, 1996, to prohibit any funds appropriated in the bill from being used for the School of the Americas.

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An amendment to strike the bill's language prohibiting funds from being used to conduct indoor air pollution research.

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An amendment, consisting the amendments printed in the Congressional Record of May 7, 1996 as amendment Nos. 14 and 18, to limit to 30% of income the maximum rent that veterans could pay for public housing.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 17 in the Congressional Record of May 8, 1996, to require that 75% of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers be reserved for low-income families with incomes at or below 30% of the median income of the area. The amendment would allow the remaining 25% of rental assistance vouchers would go to any eligible low-income family with incomes below 80% of median income.

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An amendment, printed in the Congressional Record of May 7, 1996 as amendment No. 16 to require HUD to set aside $195 million of the funds authorized for tenant-based rental assistance for homeless families with children, or families participating in programs related to welfare transition initiatives.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 8 in the Congressional Record of October 10, 1995, to strike the language bill prohibiting any funds authorized in the bill from being used to conduct indoor air pollution research.

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An amendment, printed in the Congressional Record of July 25 as amendment No. 12, to strike provisions that prohibit HUD from issuing or enforcing any rule that would apply the Fair Housing Act to the marketing or underwriting of property insurance.

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An amendment printed in the Congressional Record of July 26, as amendment No. 47, to strike $320 million for FEMA disaster relief and appropriates the same amount to the Department of HUD Housing Programs; and exempts elderly and disabled families from rent increases.

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An amendment preprinted in the Congressional Record of July 19, as amendment No. 64, that prohibits the use of funds in the bill to promote the sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages.

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An amendment printed in the Congressional Record of July 12, as amendment No. 56, that prohibits the use of funds made available to the Forest Service for construction of roads, or preparation of timber sales, in roadless areas comprising 3,000 acres or more.

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An amendment to eliminate funding for the School of the Americas.

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An amendment to include alcohol abuse in the national media campaign by the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy for the purpose of reducing and preventing drug and alcohol abuse among young people.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 81 in the Congressional Record of May 5, 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Education to administer grants to institutions of higher education to develop and implement alcohol and drug prevention, education, treatment, and counseling programs. The amendment also authorizes the secretary to administer a program to recognize and award 10 college programs which serve as national models of effective alcohol and drug prevention programs.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 80 in the Congressional Record of May 5, 1998 to express that it is the sense of the House that, in an effort to change the culture of alcohol consumption on college campuses, all colleges and universities should adopt a code of principles and practices by (1) appointing a campus task force on drug and alcohol abuse, (2) providing "dry" alternatives to students, (3) enforcing a zero tolerance for illegal use and abuse of drugs and alcohol, (4) setting sanctions and counseling for students, and (5) limiting alcoholic beverage promotion and sponsorship on campuses.

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An amendment to prohibit the Department of Defense specimen repository program from using DNA samples for any purpose other than described in current law.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 2 in the Congressional record of July 16, 1997 to allow local education agencies to use grant money to establish a workforce development coordinator who works with local businesses to develop voca-tional education curriculum.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute to increase domestic discretionary funding by $103 billion more than the budget resolution. The amendment would cut defense spending by $20 billion and limit the tax cut to $60 billion over five years targeted to middle-income families and small businesses and off-set by increases in other revenues.

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An amendment to provide for a workforce development coordinator on site at secondary and post-secondary educational institutions.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 19 in the Congressional Record of May 14, 1997 to transfer $2 million from Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief funding to the National Institutes of Hial th Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Insititute.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute, printed as amendment No. 10 in the Congressional Record of April 29, 1997 to reduce the minimum rents allowed to be charged by Public Housing Authorities from between $25-$50 per month to $0-$25 per month. Public Housing authorities would be required to reserve 40% of units for families with incomes below 30% of themedian income of the area, and make 90% of units available to families withincomes at or below 60% of the local median income and 10% of the availableunits would be reserved for families with incomes at or below 80% of the local median income. The amendment would require housing authorities to target 75% of its Section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to families withincomes at or below 30% of the local median income and authorizes the creation of a board HUD to determine improved methods of evaluating the performance of PHAs. The amendment would merge Section 8 certificate housing assistance and voucher programs into one tenant-based program. Drug elimination programs for public housing facilities would be funded on the basis of demonstrated need.

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An amendment to provide a requirement that each adult owner of housing projects receiving section 8 assistance must contribute not less than 8 hours of work per month (not including political activities) within the community in which the housing is located.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 12 in the Congressional Record of April 29, 1997, to modify the provisions in the bill relating to assisted housing income targeting. The amendment would specify that 75% of the choice-based vouchers issued each year would have to be provided to families with incomes below 30% of the median income, and to require that all such assistant be reserved for families making less than 50% of median income.

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An amendment numbered 13 as printed in the Congressional Record, to strike Title IV of the bill, the "Home Rule Flexible Grants", under which local governments, if approved by HUD, could develop and administer their own flexible low-income housing programs, and receive all the federal public housing and assisted housing (except project-based) funding that would otherwise be provided to the local housing authority.

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An amendment to increase from $2.5 billion to $3.7 billion the bill's annual authorization for public housing capital grants, and increase from $2.9 billion to $3.2 billion the bill's FY 1998 authorization for operating grants, with "such sums as necessary" authorized to fully fund public housing operating costs each subsequent year. In addition, the amendment also seeks to extend for two additional years (through FY 2002) the bill's $500 million a year authorization for public housing demolition activities but it would restrict the use of that funding to demolition, site revitalization, and rebuilding activities only.

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An amendment to specify that no less than 40% of public housing units made available by a public housing agency shall be occupied by families whose incomes do not exceed 30% of the median income for the area; and that not less than 90% shall be occupied by families whose income does not exceed 60% of the median income of the area. The amendment would permit the Secretary of HUD to reduce that percentage to 80% if the public housing agency can demonstrate that the reduction would result in enhancement of the long-term viability of the housing development.

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Free Annual Credit Report Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1998

Free Annual Credit Report Act of 1998 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to provide a free annual credit report to any consumer upon request.

Nursing Home Residents Protection Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1998

Nursing Home Residents Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a person or entity having a controlling interest in a skilled nursing facility or a nursing facility that files for relief from debts under the bankruptcy code to provide written notice of such filing to the State agency responsible for licensing the facility. Requires similar written notification to the State agency of appointment of a bankruptcy trustee.

Veterans' Hepatitis C Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1998

Veterans' Hepatitis C Act of 1998 - Considers hepatitis C becoming manifest in a veteran to be service-connected, and therefore compensable under veterans' disability provisions, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such illness during the period of such service, as long as it is shown that during such service the veteran experienced: (1) a blood transfusion before December 31, 1992; (2) blood exposure on or through skin or mucous membrane; (3) hemodialysis; (4) a tattoo, body piercing, or acupuncture; (5) unexplained liver disease or abnormal liver function tests; or (6) working in a health care occupation.

Judicial Branch Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1998

Judicial Branch Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 1998 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employment discrimination in the judicial branch of the Government (currently, in the units of the judicial branch of the Government having positions in the competitive service) based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1998

Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities from using on a full-time or other paid basis as a feeding and hydration assistant any individual who has not completed a related, State- approved training and competency evaluation and is not competent to provide such services. Requires States to specify, and provide for review and reapproval of, approved programs meeting Federal requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish such requirements, as well as requirements respecting the minimum frequency and methodology a State shall use in reviewing compliance with them. Prescribes requirements for nursing facilities (under Medicaid) and skilled nursing facilities (under Medicare) to meet in mandatory screening of nursing facility workers for any conviction for a relevant crime or any findings of patient or resident abuse. Prohibits a facility from knowingly employing any individual convicted of a relevant crime or with respect to whom a finding of patient or resident abuse has been made. Allows 90-day probationary employment of an individual pending completion of a background check. Requires nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities to report to the State any instance of resident neglect or abuse or misappropriation of resident property by an employee. Expands the State registries under Medicare and Medicaid to collect information about nursing and skilled nursing facility employees other than nurse aides as well as employment applicants. Requires exhaustion of State records before a criminal record check request is passed on to the Attorney General for a search of Federal Bureau of Investigation records. Authorizes the Attorney General and the States to charge fees for criminal background checks. Amends SSA title XI to direct the Secretary to establish a national data collection program and database for the reporting of information collected under such expanded State registries, which shall constitute a national registry of abusive nursing facility workers. Requires States to report relevant information to such program. Grants database access to Federal and State agencies and participating nursing and skilled nursing facilities, for a reasonable fee.