Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13]

An amendment to provide that none of the funds in the bill may be used to offer a government loan to a sugar processor at a loan rate in excess of 17 cents per pound for cane sugar and 21.9 cents per pound for sugar beet.

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An amendment to strike the authorization for the National Writing Project.

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An amendment numbered 41 printed in the Congressional Record to add a section providing for an extension of the sugar program at reduced loan rates.

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An amendment to delete the funding provisions for the programs designed to aid states in achieving funding equality.

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An amendment to allocate $1 million of the funds appropriated in the bill for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to be used for Red Tide research.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 21 in the Congressional Record of July 22, 1997, to eliminate the nonrecourse loan program for sugar production.

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An amendment to eliminate the bill's authorization of $200 million in FY 1995, and such sums as may be necessary in FY's 1996-1999, for a new program to provide low-interest direct loans for school construction and renovation in poor school districts.

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An amendment numbered 43 printed in the Congressional Record to limit to $54 million the USDA expenditures for the purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets.

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An amendment to phase out the sugar price support program over five years.

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An amendment to eliminate certain technology assistance programs from the bill including the Technology Assistance, Technology Research and Development, Star Schools, and Educational Technology programs.

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An amendment printed as amendment No. 70 in the Congressional Record of June 22, 1995, to reduce the funds appropriated in the bill to the former Soviet states by $30 million, from $595 million to $565.

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To designate the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth Street in Ogden, Utah, as the "James V. Hansen Federal Building".

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002

Designates the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth Street in Ogden, Utah, as the James V. Hansen Federal Building.

Center for International Human Rights Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002

Center for International Human Rights Act of 2002 - Declares that Congress finds that a private, nonprofit corporation known as the Center for International Human Rights has been established in the District of Columbia to: (1) establish programs to promote, monitor, and analyze the status of human rights throughout the world; (2) investigate allegations of human rights violations in conjunction with private and governmental organizations; (3) sponsor fellows to study international human rights issues at the Center; (4) carry out a conference series to bring together international human rights experts to discuss and disseminate information; and (5) make grants to and cooperative agreements with non-governmental organizations to promote human rights, giving priority to indigenous human rights organizations in countries the governments of which violate such rights. Authorizes the Secretary of State to make an annual grant to the Center.

Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 2002

Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq - Expresses support for the President's efforts to: (1) strictly enforce through the United Nations Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions applicable to Iraq; and (2) obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion, and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions. Authorizes the President to use the U.S. armed forces to: (1) defend U.S. national security against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and (2) enforce all relevant Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq. Directs the President, prior to or as soon as possible (but no later than 48 hours) after exercising such authority, to make available to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate his determination that: (1) reliance on further diplomatic or peaceful means alone will not achieve the above purposes; and (2) acting pursuant to this resolution is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization for use of the armed forces, consistent with requirements of the War Powers Resolution. Requires the President to report to Congress at least every 60 days on matters relevant to this resolution.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action on H.R. 7, the Community Solutions Act of 2001.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action in the 107th Congress on the Community Solutions Act of 2001 and present it to the President for his signature before adjournment.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action on H.R. 3762, the Pension Security Act of 2002.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action in the 107th Congress on the Pension Security Act of 2002 and present it to the President for his signature before adjournment.

To designate the Federal building located at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the "Joe Skeen Federal Building".

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2002

Designates the Federal building located at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the Joe Skeen Federal Building.

Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2002

Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Adjusts the basic Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity amount for surviving spouses, age 62 or over, of former military personnel to: (1) 35 percent of the retired pay of the decedent (current law), for months beginning on or before the enactment of this Act; (2) 40 percent of such pay, for months beginning after enactment of this Act until October 2005; (3) 45 percent of such pay for months beginning after September 2005 and before October 2012; and (4) 55 percent of such pay for months after September 2012. Adjusts similarly the percentage amounts of SBP supplemental annuity authorized to be provided for such surviving spouses. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure appropriate adjustments in the computation of retired pay reductions for such supplemental annuities.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 107th Congress should complete action on and present to the President, before September 30, 2002, legislation extending and strengthening the successful 1996 welfare reforms.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2002

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that the 107th Congress should complete action on and present to the President, before September 30, 2002, legislation extending and strengthening the 1996 welfare reforms.

Expressing the sense of the House that Congress should complete action on the Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2002.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2002

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should complete action on the Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2002, and present it to the President before adjournment.

Expressing the sense of the Congress on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 2002

Recognizes September 11 as both a day to remember those taken from their families and a day for Americans to recommit to the Nation, to their freedom, and to each other. Extends deepest sympathies to the countless innocent victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, their families, friends, and loved ones. Honors the heroic actions of first responders, law enforcement personnel, State and local officials, volunteers, and others who aided the innocent victims. Expresses thanks and gratitude to the foreign leaders and citizens of all nations who have assisted and continue to stand in solidarity with the United States against terrorism. Remains resolved to pursue all those responsible for the terrorist attacks and their sponsors until they are discovered and punished.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Florida certain lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, for use as a State Park.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain property on Egmont Key, Florida, to the State of Florida, contingent on the land being used for a State park. Requires Florida to continue to preserve and manage wildlife on Egmont Key as part of the agreement. Allows the Secretary to require additional terms and conditions as deemed appropriate, except that the Secretary may not require Florida to restore or preserve any historic resource on the land conveyed. Requires the Secretary to provide written notification to Florida regarding any impending reversion of the land for a breaching of the terms of the conveyance, and allow Florida to take corrective action.

Veterans Prescription Drugs Access Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2002

Veterans Prescription Drugs Access Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish to a veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs patient enrollment system such drugs and medicines on the Department formulary as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of such veteran. (Currently, other requirements must be met before such veterans will be furnished drugs and medicines on private practitioner prescriptions.)

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplantation.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to establish or operate demonstration projects for increasing the supply of organs donated for human transplantation. Requires certain professional consultation. Allows such projects to establish appropriate financial incentives for organ donation, including the payment of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals making living donations. Requires such incentives to include one or more projects to provide payments for the purchase of life insurance policies or annuities, payable to a donor's designee. Limits evaluation costs to five percent of authorized funds.