Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]

An amendment to establish an office to be known as the Long Island Sound Conservancy to provide assistance to the States of Connecticut and New York in developing and implementing a program for coordinating the implementation of coastal zone management and water quality programs.

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An amendment directing the Secretary of HUD to determine or establish area median incomes and income ceilings and limits for Westchester County, N.Y. as if the county were an area not contained within the metropolitan statistical area in which it is located.

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An amendment expressing the sense of Congress that funding for the Department of Environmental Protection be increased to levels adequate to insure the proper administration and enforcement of the laws under its jurisdiction.

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An amendment to clarify that the alternative punishment programs provided for in the bill should include education and job training activities similar to the Job Corps program.

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An amendment to transfer $2,000,000 from the Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement account into the Women's Educational Equity account.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 5 in the Congressional Record of July 9, 1996, to delete the provisions in the bill which prohibit any funds appropriated in the bill to be used for human embryo research.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 4 in the Congressional Record of July 9, 1996, to increase funds appropriated in the bill for the Center for Deasease Control research activities by $2.6 million and reduce funds appropriated for Health Resources and Services Administration comensurately. The intent of the amendment is to fund research into firearm-related injuries.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 1 in House Report 104-474, to strike the provisions in the bill which would permit individual states to determine whether to use Medicaid funds to pay for abortions in cases of rape or incest. The effect of the amendment would be to maintain current law, which requires states to make Medicaid funds available for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the patient.

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An amendment preprinted in the Congressional Record of September 19 as amendment No. 21, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to withhold five percent of FY 1999 highway funds from any State that does not enact and enforce a law making illegal the operation of a motor vehicle by a minor with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or higher before October 1, 1998.

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An amendment to prohibit the use of funds appropriated in teh bill from being used to provide deficiency or land diversion payments to anyone with an annual adjusted gross income of $100,000 or more from non-farm income.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 30 in the Congressional Record of July 31, to increase the funds appropriated in the bill for the Perkins Student Loan program by $5 million.

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An amendment printed as amendment No. 27 in the Congressional Record of June 20, 1995, to ban expenditure of any funds appropriated in the bill for International Military Education and Training funds to Indonesia.

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An amendment to prohibit funding to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision providing prescriptive drug coverage except where the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage for Federal health plans.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 1 in part B of House Rept. 105-544 to to repeal the provisions of existing law which prohibit women serving in the military overseas from using their personal funds to obtain abortions in U.S. military hospitals.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 7 in the Congressional Record of September 16, 1997, to delete the provisions in the bill that prohibit any insurance plan within the Federal Health Benefits Plan from including coverage for abortion services.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 67 in the Congressional Record of September 16, 1997, to repeal the provisions of the Balanced Budget Act relating to certain tax benefits for tobacco companies.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 3 in the Congressional Record of July 15, 1997, to prohibit the use of any funds appropriated in the bill to subsidize crop insurance for tobacco crops.

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An amendment to strike "or moral convictions" from the material proposed to be inserted by the amendment offered by Mr. Smith of New Jersey.

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record to provide $150 million for the State and Local Gun Prosecutors program, for discretionary grants to State, local, and tribal jurisdictions and prosecutors offices to hire up to 1,000 prosecutors to work on gun-related cases.

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An amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record to appropriate $1.3 billion for school construction. Currently the bill provides no such funding.

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An amendment numbered 17 printed in the Congressional Record to increase the bill's appropriation for Pell Grants by $938 million in order to provide an increase in the maximum Pell Grant award from $3,500 provided in the bill to $3,800.

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An amendment to provide an additional $1.160 billion for temporary emergency unemployment assistance for the state of New York.

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An amendment numbered 20 printed in part B of House Report 109-178 to strike section 1014(c) of PL 107-56 as it applies to Homeland Security Grant Funding; and to add H.R. 1544, The Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2005 as it was passed in the House as a new section of the bill.

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An amendment to insert provisions to Section 622 to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions,and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; and to provide that no contract or grant for exclusive purpose of providing donated contraceptives in developing countries shall be denied to any nongovernmental organization solely on the basis of the policy contained in the President's March 28, 2001, Memorandum to the Administrator of USAID with respect to providing contraceptives in developing countries, or any comparable administration policy regarding the provision of contraceptives.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part A of House Report 111-193 to increase funding for safe water and sanitation programs ($25M); democracy programs ($10M); implementation of the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality ($300,000); maternal health programs ($10M); and oversight of Department of State and USAID programs ($8M). These additions are offset by reductions to the Department of State Capital Investment Fund and USAID's Capital Investment Fund. The amendment also restricts Foreign Military Financing Program funding for Sri Lanka and restrict first-class travel by employees of agencies funded by this Act.

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An amendment numbered 11 printed in part C of House Report 111-126 to direct the FAA to initiate a rulemaking process to determine the authorization of Westchester County Airport to reinstate limits on overnight aircraft operations.

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An amendment to provide for designated emergency funds for the State and Local Programs and for the Firefighter Assistance Grants.

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An amendment numbered 334 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to be used to provide grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604).

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Amendment restores funding by $100 million to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, with offsets to the Department of Education Program administration funds by a similar amount.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 116-461 as en bloc No. 3: Nos. 19, 39, 47, 58, 65, 76, 77, 79, 85, 88, 98, 113, 162, 181, 188, 201, 207, 214, 225, 242, 248, 249, 268, 296, 309, 325, 326, and 333.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 116-461 as en bloc No. 2: Nos. 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 59, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 99, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 114, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, and 147.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 116-461 as en bloc No. 1: Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 18, 36, 37, 38, 44, 48, 53, 57, 60, 61, 62, 66, 75, 84, 93, 94, 95, 100, 103, 106, 109, 115, 117, 124, 125, 126, 127, 136, 139, 141, and 146.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in House Report 116-459 as en bloc No. 3: Nos. 15, 25, 36, 68, 74, 76, 77, 88, 89, 90, 95, 96, 101, 112, 120, and 124.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in House Report 116-459 as en bloc No. 2: Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 39, 58, 61, 64, 65, 70, 72, 78, 83, 84, 85, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 105, and 110.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in House Report 116-459 as en bloc No. 1: Nos. 2, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 26, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 63, 69, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 99, 100, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 116-111 as en bloc No.1: Nos. 1 and 3.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 116-109 as en bloc No. 1: Nos. 86, 88, 90, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102,103, 104, 105, and 106.

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Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 133.

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2020

This concurrent resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 133 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) to amend the title of the bill.

Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1520.

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2020

This concurrent resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1520 (Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021) to amend the title of the bill.

Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2020

Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 This joint resolution provides continuing FY2021 appropriations to federal agencies through December 21, 2020. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2021 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on December 20, 2020.

Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2020

Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 This joint resolution provides continuing FY2021 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2020. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2021 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on December 18, 2020.

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2020

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act This bill provides continuing FY2021 appropriations to federal agencies through December 18, 2020, and extends several expiring health programs. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2021 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on December 11, 2020. The bill includes provisions that extend several public health, Medicare, Medicaid, and Food and Drug Administration authorities and programs; require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to share Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug benefit enrollment information with liability insurers in response to Medicare secondary payer inquiries; and require the Drug Enforcement Administration to revise regulations so as to allow a practitioner to dispense up to a three-day supply of narcotic drugs to one person or for one person's use at one time for the purpose of initiating maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment, or both.

Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 December 2020

Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act This bill bans steel-jaw leghold traps and Conibear traps. Steel-jaw leghold traps are certain spring-powered devices with steel jaws that are designed to snap closed on animals. Conibear traps consist of metal frames hinged at the center point and powered by two torsion springs that create a scissor-like action designed to kill an animal by snapping its spine. Cage traps, box traps, suitcase-type live beaver traps, and mouse or rat snap traps are not included in the ban. The bill establishes penalties for violating this ban. The Department of the Interior must pay a reward for information that leads to a conviction of a violation of this bill, unless the information was provided by on duty officers or employees of federal, state, or local governments. The reward must be 50% of the fine paid.

Middle East Advanced Military Technology Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020

Middle East Advanced Military Technology Protection Act This bill requires the President to make specified certifications to Congress before transferring certain defense articles or defense services to any country in the Middle East other than Israel. The certifications must include, for example, that the recipient country has a peace agreement with Israel and that it will not use the articles or services to commit human rights violations.

Commemorating 20 years since the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) and reaffirming the United States commitment to the women, peace, and security agenda.

United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020

This bill commemorates the 20th anniversary of the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which urges member states to increase women's representation in institutions and mechanisms to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflict. Further, it reaffirms the U.S. commitment to serve as a global leader in increasing the participation of women in processes to prevent, manage, resolve, and recover from conflict, and it calls on countries to promote the participation of women at all decisionmaking levels as a critical foreign and domestic policy priority.

Honoring the World Food Program on the occasion of being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2020

This resolution expresses the House of Representatives' affirmation of and commitment to the mission of the United Nations World Food Programme on the occasion of its being awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

Honoring the life, legacy, and example of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the 25th anniversary of his death.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 2020

This resolution honors Yitzhak Rabin for his service to the Israeli people and extends the sympathy and condolences of the House of Representatives to his family and the people of Israel on the 25th anniversary of his death. Further, it expresses support for (1) the close ties and special relationship between the United States and Israel; (2) community leaders and government officials who work to encourage coexistence and cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians; and (3) a negotiated, two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2020

The Heroes Act This bill provides additional appropriations, modifies existing programs and requirements, and establishes new programs to address the continued impact of COVID-19 on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.

Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2020

This resolution condemns the performance of unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their informed consent and recognizes the need for additional accountability, oversight, and transparency to protect individuals from such medical procedures while they are in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It also calls on the Department of Homeland Security to fully cooperate with investigations about, and take other actions related to, medical procedures in one of its detention centers.

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2020

This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain and place in National Statuary Hall a statue or bust of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg.