Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]

An amendment to exempt from the provisions of the bill all employees earning less than 2.5 times the minimum wage.

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An amendment (no.49) extending the application period for legalization from one year to 18 months, beginning the legalization program 6 months, instead of 3, after the bill's enactment.

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An amendment to strike the proviso in the bill which prohibits funds in the bill from enforcing annual fit testing (after the initial fit testing) of respirators for occupational exposure to tuberculosis.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute similar to the provisions of H. J. Res. 1, but without the requirement of a three-fifths vote to raise taxes. The substitute would instead require a three-fifths vote to raise the debt ceiling and increase deficit spending. These restrictions could be waived during times of war, military conflict, or upon the adoption of a joint resolution, upon notification by the President that the national rate of unemployment is projected to exceed 4%. (Text of the amendment was printed in the Congressional Record on January 17, 1994 as amendment No. 4.).

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 106-535 to recommend $255 billion in budget authority and $252 billion in outlays for national defense; provide $10.5 billion less in budget authority and $9.8 billion less in outlays for agriculture; call for $44.7 billion less in budget authority and $48.2 billion less in outlays for transportation; and to recommend $88.8 billion in budget authority ($16.2 billion more than the base bill) and $76.9 billion in outlays ($7.7 billion more than the base bill) for education, training, employment, and social services.

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An amendment printed in the Congressional Record of July 11, as amendment No. 35, that requires private companies that extract minerals from Federal lands to pay an 8% royalty on the value of the minerals produced.

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An amendment numbered 4 as printed in the Congressional Record to reauthorize such sums as necessary for summer youth employment training programs.

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An amendment to require the employee's consent to work any hours in excess of forty in any workweek or eight hours in any day.

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An amendment offered as a substitute to the Barrett amendment that would authorize $100 million in FY 1995, and such sums as may be necessary in FY 1996-1999, under the Drug-free Schools and Communities program for governors to use for community-based drug prevention and violence prevention programs. The provision to reserve 20% of funds to be used at the discretion of a state's governor would be eliminated.

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An amendment (comprised of amendments numbered 4 and 5 as printed in the Congressional Record) to provide that the bill would not apply to laws or regulations protecting the health of individuals with disabilities.

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An amendment to have the President seek to raise the agreement of the Committee on multilateral export controls (COCOM) to the level of a treaty.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 51 in the Congressional Record of April 28, 1998 to create a new Postsecondary Information Technology Education Recruitment Program to provide grant funds to institutions of Higher education.

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An amendment to impose penalties for the misuse or misexpenditure of federal job training funds due to willful disregard of statutory requirements, gross negligence, or failure to observe accepted standards of administration. The amendment would prohibit federal grant funds from being used to pay any financial penalty imposed.

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An amendment, consisting of a portion of the amendment printed as amendment No. 22 in the Congressional Record of July 13, 1995, to eliminate the $4.3 appropriation for the Rural Telephone Bank Program. The intent of the amendment would be to privatize the program.

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should express public support for the workers' rights and protection provisions of China's "Draft Labor Contract Law" and repudiate efforts by some United States corporations and their representatives in China to diminish such rights and protection provisions.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2006

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) instruct the U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and the U.S. Trade Representative to send a letter of support for the workers' rights and protection provisions of China's "Draft Labor Contract Law" to the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC); and (2) publicly repudiate the efforts of some U.S. corporations to weaken or obstruct the workers' rights and protection provisions of such Law.

To honor the memory of Arnold "Red" Auerbach.

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2006

Honors Arnold "Red" Auerbach as a basketball genius, a leader in the effort to removal racial barriers and allow merit to prevail in professional sports, and one of the greatest coaches and executives of all time.

Homeland Security Community Mobilization Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2006

Homeland Security Community Mobilization Act of 2006 - Establishes the Homeland Security Community Mobilization Program, under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make grants to local entities in 10 metropolitan areas (including New Orleans, Louisiana) to carry out pilot projects that provide: (1) emergency response training to prepare low-income adults and youth to provide emergency assistance in metropolitan areas during disasters; (2) job training and financial assistance to families with children in school, awarding priority to families with incomes under the poverty line; (3) community education and school support; (4) juvenile delinquency prevention programs and youth counseling; (5) entrepreneurial business development training for youth; and (6) family health care information and solutions.

To honor the contributions and life of Edward R. Bradley.

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 2006

Recognizes and honors the contributions of Edward R. Bradley as an award-winning American journalist. Expresses deepest condolences to his wife, Patricia Blanchet, surviving family members, and friends.

Recidivism Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 2006

Recidivism Reduction Act - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to require the reinstatement upon release of an otherwise eligible disabled inmate for SSI benefits which were terminated owing to the inmate's incarceration in a jail, prison, penal institution, or correctional facility for a period of 12 or more consecutive months. Requires the inmate to apply for reinstatement and resumption of such benefits within 36 months after release. Allows application for reinstatement even before release. Permits provisional benefits to such an individual until the application is acted upon. Requires the reinstatement of SSI benefit eligibility for such an individual's spouse if the spouse was previously an SSI-eligible spouse. Amends SSA title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) (OASDI) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to develop a system for prerelease application for resumption of suspended OASDI disability insurance benefits, or other benefits based on disability. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide training and technical assistance to states regarding procedures to suspend, rather than terminate, medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) for individuals during the period they are inmates of public institutions. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on state actions to suspend Medicaid benefits. Increases from 90% to 95% the federal matching rate for any state implementing a Medicaid suspension system, under which medical assistance for an incarcerated individual is placed in an inactive instead of a terminated status.

Cost of Living Fairness Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006

Cost of Living Fairness Act of 2006 - Requires the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to develop and report to Congress and the Comptroller General on a methodology for determining the cost of living in each state which accounts for the costs of housing, goods, and services. Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on how federal benefits provided to beneficiaries in each state under certain programs would be distributed if: (1) the cost of living in each state, as determined under the methodology, were a factor in the determination of such benefits; and (2) the methodology were applied so that federal benefits vary only to the extent that such determination would result in an increase of benefits to beneficiaries in a state. Specifies such benefit programs as all those providing vouchers, coupons, cash grants, or cash reimbursements based on the beneficiary's income.

Recognizing the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities for 20 years of service to Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Hispanic higher education.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006

Recognizes the accomplishments of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, on its 20th anniversary, as an advocate and champion for Hispanic higher education. Applauds its member colleges and universities for providing quality educational opportunities for all Hispanic and other students attending their institutions. Urges those providing and supporting Hispanic higher education to continue to recruit, retain, educate, and graduate students who might not otherwise pursue higher education.

Urging the Government of Nigeria to conduct a thorough judicial review of the Ken Saro-Wiwa case.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006

Urges the government of Nigeria to conduct a thorough judicial review of the trial of the Ogoni 9 and to provide just compensation to the survivors of the Ogoni 9 if a miscarriage of justice is found. Urges the government of Nigeria, international donors, and international oil companies operating in the Niger Delta to increase assistance to improve the lives of the Ogoni and other affected communities and for pollution abatement and cleanup in the Niger Delta region. Urges the government of Nigeria to ensure that the security forces receive training in international standards on the use of force and firearms. Calls upon the Department of State to seek to ensure that American oil companies operating in the Niger Delta comply, at a minimum, with the Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights. Urges the Secretary General of the United Nations to institute a ten-year follow-up mission to Ogoniland.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States should grieve for the loss of life that defined the Third Reich and celebrate the continued education efforts for tolerance and justice, reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the fight against intolerance and prejudice in any form, and honoring the legacy of transparent procedure, government accountability, the rule of law, the pursuit of justice, and the struggle for universal freedom and human rights.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006

Expresses the sense of Congress that the people of the United States should grieve for the loss of life that defined the Third Reich and celebrate the continued education efforts for tolerance and justice. Reaffirms U.S. commitment to the fight against intolerance and prejudice. Urges all members of the international community to honor those individuals of all races, creeds, and colors who perished at the hands of the Nazis. Honors the primacy of the rule of law, the pursuit of justice, and the struggle for universal freedom and human rights.

Act to Save America's Forests

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2006

Act to Save America's Forests - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to revise eligibility criteria for members of the land and resource management scientific committee. Revises the committee termination date. Directs the Chief of the Forest Service, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to each prepare a continuous inventory of forest land administered by each agency head and to document whole-system measures that will be taken as a result of the inventory. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for conservation and restoration of native biodiversity in forested areas. Prohibits clearcutting or other even-age logging operations on any stand or watershed on certain federal land, National Forest System land, and National Wildlife Refuge System land. Provides for federal enforcement and a private right of action. Designates special areas which shall be subject to restrictions on road construction and logging in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Requires the Secretaries concerned to appoint a committee of independent scientists to recommend additional special areas. Restricts road construction and logging on federal land in ancient forests, special areas, roadless areas, and watershed protection areas. Provides for federal enforcement and a private right of action. States that this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not apply to federal wilderness areas designated under the Wilderness Act. Adds specified land to the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over the Monument from the Secretary to the Secretary of the Interior. Establishes the Giant Sequoia National Monument Advisory Board. Adds specified parts of Sequoia National Forest that are not included in the Monument to: (1) Sierra National Forest; and (2) Inyo National Forest.