Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]

Amendment sought to strike a provision relating to the use of the National Ocean Policy.

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Amendment redirects $5 million from the Operation and Maintenance Account, Defense-Wide to the STARBASE Youth Program.

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Amendment sought to prevent further evaluation or adoption of proposed project alternatives that do not adequately address risks associated with flooding, wildfire, and climate change.

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Amendment sought to strike section 440 to prohibit the use of funds to implement any changes to royalty rates or product valuation regulations under Federal coal, oil, and gas leasing programs.

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Amendment sought to eliminate additional DOE reporting requirements and restrictions on sound scientific processes to independently verify scientific results.

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Amendment sought to allow the Secretary of the Interior to continue to review actions that generally qualify for Categorical Exclusions to NEPA for possible Extraordinary Circumstances (e.g. Violations of a Federal law, or a State, local, or tribal law or requirement) which would then supersede the Categorical Exclusion and require further NEPA review.

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Amendment sought to strike section 505, which prohibits funds from being used for further implementation of the coastal and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based management components of the National Ocean Policy.

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Amendment sought to clarify that the definition of Strategic and Critical Minerals includes only the minerals identified by the National Research Council (NRC) as strategic and critical minerals (and any additional minerals added by the Secretary that meet the NRCs criteria). Amendment also sought to clarify that the definition of Mineral Exploration or Mine Permit in the underlying legislation refers only to mineral exploration or mine permit for strategic and critical minerals.

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An amendment to allow unobligated funds made available to a State in FY 2010 for the Interstate Maintenance Discretionary program under section 118(c) of title 23, U.S.C. as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act to be made available to the State upon request.

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Amendment sought to remove the "primary" designation as one of the ambient air quality standards for ozone subject to the limitation in section 438.

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An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part A of House Report 115-783 to increase the STARBASE fifth grade youth STEM education program found in Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, Civil Military Programs by $5 million, and to reduce Operations and Maintenance, Army, Other Servicewide Activities by the offsetting amount.

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An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 115-186 to exempt any dam projects from being fast-tracked by the bill if it could harm commercial fisheries.

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An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to issue any new Federal oil and gas leas or drilling permit to any person that does not commit to following Department of Commerce regulations.

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An amendment numbered 17 printed in House Report 114-429 to authorize the Department of Interior, after public comment and if approved unanimously by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, to raise the price of the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp ("Duck Stamp") by the rate of inflation, in order to preserve waterfowl habitat.

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Amendment requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or a designee to review covered whistleblower complaints quarterly.

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Amendment sought to increase funding to the STARBASE Youth Program by $5 million.

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Amendment sought to clarify that the National Ocean Policy is an important multiagency action that should be implemented.

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At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: SEC. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of Secretarial Order 3289, issued by the Secretary of the Interior on September 14, 2009, and addressing the impacts of climate change on America's water, land, and other natural and cultural resources.

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Amendment sought to require States to implement the June 30, 1983 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement stream buffer zone rule, unless a State has a program with greater stream protection.

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Amendment sought to strike section 10410 which prohibits BOEM and BSEE from coordinating coastal and marine spatial planning under the National Ocean Policy.

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Amendment sought to replace the bill's definition of "strategic and critical minerals" with the accepted definition from the National Research Council.

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Amendment sought to allow the National Ocean Council, operating under Executive Order 13547, to develop a process for decommissioning oil and gas rigs that eliminate harm to the red snapper stock and improve habitat.

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Refugee Protection Act of 2022

United States · United States Congress · 22 December 2022

Refugee Protection Act of 2022 This bill modifies provisions related to asylum seekers and addresses related issues. For example, the bill (1) eliminates the statutory time limit for applying for asylum (currently one year after arriving in the United States), (2) establishes stateless protected status for individuals who are not considered a national by any country under that country’s law, and (3) requires the goal for refugee admissions for any given fiscal year to be no fewer than 125,000.

Wildlife Disease Surveillance for Pandemic Prevention Act of 2022

United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2022

Wildlife Disease Surveillance for Pandemic Prevention Act of 2022 This bill establishes programs, grants, and activities to support surveillance of and response to diseases that affect wildlife (i.e., any animal that is not livestock or poultry).