Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20]

Amendment in the nature of a substitute: (1) exempted American Samoa from certain requirements under the minimum wage law; and (2) clarified application of the overtime exemption in section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act to certain skilled professionals in the computer industry.

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An amendment to specify that the terms "significant adverse effect on the values for which such national park system was established" and "degrade or threaten the natural or cultural resources of any such unit" shall not include the activity of hunting in areas adjacent to any unit of the National Park System where such activity is not in violation of state or federal law or regulation.

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technical amendments en bloc.

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An amendment to make technical changes.

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An amendment to the Miller (CA) amendment (HA586) to limit to 5 percent the total amount of state funds that can be used for state administrative purposes.

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Amendments en bloc to strike the requirement that states set up local medical review boards to review decisions of treatment of handicapped infants before qualifying for child abuse prevention and treatment grants. It also permits existing state protection program procedures to meet requirements for reporting and investigating withholding of medically beneficial treatment, nutrition, and other services. It strikes the requirement that HHS study handicapped infant care. It requires HHS to compile directories of doctors who have expertise in treatment of handicapped infants and provide health care professionals with a toll free number to contact them. And HHS is required to develop directories of community services and resources available to help parents with care of handicapped infants.

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A substitute for the Stenholm amendment that would increase the threshold for application of the Davis-Bacon Act from $2,000 to $50,000 for new federally funded construction projects and create a new threshold of $15,000 for all federally funded repair, alteration, renovation, rehabilitation or reconstruction projects. The amendment would also require that current wage surveys be continued as a means of determining the "prevailing wage" in an area and reduces existing payroll reporting requirements from weekly to bi-monthly.

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An amendment to the Bartlett amendment to limit authorizations to 1984.

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Amendment authorizes a $4 million grant to appropriate non-Federal interests for construction of a sewage treatment plant for the borough of Greensboro, PA, and the unincorporated village of Glassworks, PA.

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An amendment to strike a provision of the bill which states that it is Congressional policy that visitor facilities should not be developed or expanded within national parks if adequate facilities to serve the needs of visitors exist outside park boundaries or can feasibly be developed there by private enterprise.

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An amendment to strike part of section 112 and all of section 113 dealing with certain individuals employed abroad deemed to be employees of the U.S. for certain purposes.

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An amendment designating the procedures regarding computation of contract bid prices.

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An amendment to provide that current concession contractors shall continue to hold possessory interests in existing facilities that they have built or acquired in national parks, valued at "fair market value," even after their current contracts expire.

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An amendment to raise the threshold at which the "prevailing local wage" provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act apply to government contracts from $2,000 to $50,000 for all federal construction projects and from $2,000 to $15,000 for all federal renovation , alteration or repair projects and to make improvements in enforcement and administrative procedures.

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An amendment to raise the minimum wage to ten cents less per hour than the committee bill, while implementing each stage of the increase three months earlier than called for in the committee bill. The amendment creates a sub-minimum "training wage", but establishes a time limitation of sixty days during which such wages may be paid and restricts payment of such wages to those employees with no previous work experience. The amendment raises the "tip credit" provisions of the bill and extends the protections of the Act to certain House employees.

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An amendment to permit State and local governments to set age requirements for police officers and firefighters.

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An amendment to include funds provided by this Act under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act provisions against misuse of funds. The amendment sets out explicit misuse of funds that are to be prohibited such as nepotism, conflicts-of-interest, charging of fees in con- nection with participation in the program.

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To express my deep appreciation and gratitude to my current and former staff members for their loyalty, support and dedication to the Congress and the residents of the 20th and 22nd Congressional Districts of Pennsylvania during my 18 years as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

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Expresses appreciation to specified current and former staff members for their dedication to the Congress and to the residents of the 20th and 22nd congressional districts of Pennsylvania.

Designating the week of November 6, 1994 through November 12, 1994, "National Health Information Management Week".

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1994

Designates the week of November 6 through 12, 1994, as National Health Information Management Week.

Designating October 19, 1994, as "National Mammography Day".

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1994

Designates October 19, 1994, as National Mammography Day.

Designating the week beginning October 16, 1994, as "National Penny Charity Week".

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1994

Designates the week beginning October 16, 1994, as National Penny Charity Week.

Designating November 1, 1994, as "National Family Literacy Day".

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1994

Designates November 1, 1994, as National Family Literacy Day.

Designating October 29, 1994, as "National Firefighters Day".

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1994

Designates October 29, 1994, as National Firefighters Day.

George Washington Boyhood Home Commemorative Coin Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1994

George Washington Boyhood Home Commemorative Coin Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins emblematic of a profile of George Washington and a depiction of his xboyhood home. Declares that all surcharges received from coin sales shall be paid to the George Washington Boyhood Home Foundation.