Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2]

An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 106-562. This manager's amendment made in order by the rule, makes sundry improvements, changes and clarifications to the bill.

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An amendment to increase the funds appropriated in the bill for elderly and disabled housing assistance by $140 million and $40 million respectively. The amendment would reduce funds appropriated for the Annual Contributions to Assisted Housing (Section 8 multi-family housing) by a comparable amount.

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An amendment to strike out sections 301 and 302 of the bill, relating to the one year reauthorization of Section 8 Project-based Assistance contract renewal authority for federally assisted multifamily rental housing and the mortgage restructuring demonstration for FHA-insured multifamily housing.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 7 in the Congressional Record of April 27, 1998, to direct the Department of Education to forgive a percentage (20 percent after the second and third years of employment and 30 percent after the fourth and fifth years) of the total amount and interest of the Stafford and Direct Student Loans for each year a graduate with a degree in early childhood education works in a licensed child care facility.

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An amendment numbered 12 printed in the Congressional Record to add the text of H.R. 2, the Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act to the bill.

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An amendment, offered as an en bloc amendment and consisting of the following amendments printed in the Congressional Record of April 29 and 30, 1997: Knollenberg amendment No. 34, to require that applicants or recipients of public housing assistance to disclose the income information they provide to HUD; Vento amendment No. 22, to require Public Housing Authorities to include in the local housing management plan procedures for coordinating with entities that provide assistance to homeless families withing the jurisdiction of the agency; and the Smith (MI) amendment No. 38, to clarify the provisions of the bill relating to federal home ownership programs.

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An amendment made in order by the rule to make numerous technical and clarifying changes in the bill and to do the following: Increase from 25% to 30% the portion of public housing units to be reserved for families at or below 30% of the median income of the area; require that 50% of assistance provided under the rental assistance voucher program be reserved for families making at or less than 60% of the median income of an area; place a cap of 30% of income on the amount of rent charged to current residents; deregulate 300 local housing authorities over a three year period to remove restrictions on rental prices; allow local public housing authorities to convert their public housing assistance to tenant-based vouchers and to establish an independent National Commission on Housing Assistance Program Cost to analyze the total costs of federally assisted housing.

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An amendment consisting of 11 amendments printed in the Congressional Record of April 29-May 1, 1997 as follows: Smith (MI) amendment No. 48, to specify that certain specified tenant services may be considered as eligible "Resident Programs and Services; Klink amendment No 47, to require local housing authorities to notify local municipal officials of proposed development; DeGette amendment No. 1, to allow local housing authorities to use public housing block grants for child care services; Vento amendments Nos. 23 and 24, to create mandatory exemptions from the bill's minimum rent requirements for legal immigrants living in public housing or who lose their welfare benefits due to the welfare reform act; Taylor (MS) amendment No. 49, to prohibit owners of private housing complexes from receiving Section 8 rental assistance unless the owner agrees to allow local police enter common areas of the complex; Traficant amendment Nos. 20 and 21, relating to regional cooperation as a criteria for awarding Economic Development Initiative grants; Ensign amendment No. 28, to prohibit HUD from taking any action to decrease certain housing stock by the Las Vegas housing authority; Johnson (CT) amendment No. 33, to prohibit convicted sex offenders from receiving housing assistance; and the Holden amendment No. 45, as modified, to a.low the Secretary of HUD to require the public housing authority of Tamaqua Pennsylvania to convert certain housing from tenant-based assistance to project-based rental assistance.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 15 in the Congressional Record of April 29 and made in order by the rule, to make several technical and conforming changes to the bill. The amendment would also allow Public Housing Authorities to use any extra monies earned from rent increases to provide additional vouchers; clarify that the $15 million authorized for resident opportunity programs is authorized through the capital fund instead of through the operating subsidy fund; replaces the $1.86 billion authorization for choice-based housing assistance with such funds as may be appropriated; and clarify that the $50 million authorized for assistance to nonelderly disabled tenants may also be used for elderly tenants in housing facilities designated exclusively for elderly residents.

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An amendment to prohibit payment of U.S. arrearages to the UN until the UN complies with requirments that UN employees comply with child and spousal support orders issued by U.S. courts.

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An amendment to the Kennedy (MA) amendment

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An amendment no. 2 printed in H.Rept. 106-240 to encourage teacher mentoring programs, outline their essential components, and strengthen the alternative certification program for teachers.

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An amendment, not preprinted in the Congressional Record, to increase funds appropriated in the bill for the Corporation for National and Comminity Service--Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses by $13.8 million.

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In honor of Henry B. Gonzalez.

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2000

Expresses the condolences of Congress on the death of the Honorable Henry Barbosa Gonzalez on November 28, 2000.

Justice for American Victims of Terrorism Act of 2000

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 2000

Justice for American Victims of Terrorism Act of 2000 - Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Department of Justice an office to: (1) monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinians or individuals acting on behalf of Palestinian organizations; (2) collect and offer rewards for information against individuals alleged to have committed such acts; (3) negotiate with the Palestinian Authority or related entities to obtain financial compensation for U.S. nationals or their families injured or killed by such terrorist acts; (4) establish and implement alternative methods to apprehend, indict, prosecute, and convict individuals who commit such acts; (5) contact victims' families and provide updates on the progress to apprehend, indict, prosecute, and convict the individuals who commit such acts; and (6) provide for the permanent stationing of an appropriate number of U.S. officials in Israel, in territory administered by Israel and by the Palestinian Authority, and elsewhere.

To prohibit United States assistance for the Palestinain Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza.

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 2000

Prohibits U.S. assistance (except humanitarian assistance) to the Palestinian Authority (or to any successor or related entity) or for programs, projects, and activities to the West Bank or Gaza unless the President determines and certifies to specified congressional committees that: (1) the leadership of the Palestinian Authority has publicly renounced violence as a means of political expression and has taken all actions to bring an end to the violence which commenced in early October 2000 in the West Bank and Gaza; and (2) the violence in the West Bank and Gaza has subsided.

Calling on the President to take all appropriate action within his power to provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and to immediately request the United States International Trade Commission to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 of those steel imports.

United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2000

Calls upon the President to: (1) take all appropriate action to provide relief from injury caused by steel imports; and (2) immediately request the U.S. Trade Commission to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment of such steel imports under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Concerning the violence in the Middle East.

United States · United States Congress · 12 October 2000

Expresses the solidarity of Congress with the state and people of Israel at this time of crisis. Condemns the Palestinian leadership for encouraging the violence and doing so little for so long to stop it. Calls upon the Palestinian leadership to: (1) refrain from exhortations to public incitement; and (2) vigorously use its security forces to act immediately to stop all violence, to show respect for all holy sites, and to settle all grievances through negotiations. Commends successive Administrations on their continuing efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East. Calls upon: (1) the current Administration to use its veto power at the United Nations Security Council to ensure that the Security Council does not again adopt unbalanced resolutions addressing the uncontrolled violence in the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority; and (2) all involved parties to make all possible efforts to reinvigorate the peace process.

Providing for corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 4461.

United States · United States Congress · 11 October 2000

Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4461 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations).

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2000

Renames the Stewart B.McKinney Homeless Assistance Act as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the current level of violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 2000

Condemns statements and actions by Palestinians designed to inflame and encourage violence. Demands that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat make a public appeal on Palestinian television for the public to cease further acts of violence. Urges the President to use all diplomatic means available to seek an end to the violence and return the Palestinians to the negotiating table. Supports Israeli Government actions designed to bring this current round of violence to a peaceful conclusion. Urges the Administration to oppose: (1) any United Nations effort to put forward one-sided anti-Israel resolutions or statements; and (2) the establishment of any international commissions of inquiry. States that the Congress will consider the response of Palestinians to the escalation of violence in their future relations with the United States.

Alternative Fuel Vehicles Intermodal Transportation Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 2000

Alternative Fuel Vehicles Intermodal Transportation Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a competitive grant program to assist States, localities, and governmental authorities to purchase, operate, and facilitate the use of alternative fuel vehicles in linked transportation systems. Sets forth grant program requirements. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the effectiveness of the pilot program, including an assessment of the benefits to the environment derived from the projects included in the program as well as an estimate of the potential benefits to the environment to be derived from widespread application of such intermodal transportation activities; and (2) the mechanisms used by the Secretary to ensure that the information and knowhow gained by program participants is transferred among them and to other interested parties, including other project applicants. Authorizes appropriations.

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 2000

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act- Establishes the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in the State of New York and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission. Provides for a comprehensive preservation and management Canalway Plan for the Corridor.

To authorize the Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass.

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2000

Authorizes Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in the District of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick Douglass.