Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]

An amendment to strike the congressional review and veto of state's disapproval of sites for storage of nuclear waste. This permits states to disapprove sites. The amendment also requires the passage of a resolution by the Congress to disapprove sited for federally provided interim storage facilities; thus giving the states the right to disapprove such site, subject to congressional review.

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An amendment to consolidate into a single authority three separate existing state and community grant authorities: social services, congregate nutrition programs, and home delivered meals.

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An amendment to extend for two years the Pilot Department of Defense Educational Loan Repayment Program.

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An amendment increasing the local cost sharing and financing requirements and capping federal construction and maintenance of the inland waterway system. The amendment sets the cap at $586 million for FY'86 and reduces it by $35 million annually through FY'97.

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An amendment to delete provisions relating to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. One provision would have changed a reference to the Attorney General to 'Administrator'. The other relates to proposed amendments to the Act, including a proposal to allow the House to fill vacancies if the President didn't act in 90 days.

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An amendment clarifying the terms "low- income person" and "person of low income".

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An amendment to make technical changes.

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An amendment to cut $83 million from the funds appropriated for construction of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project.

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An amendment to reduce by $83 million the funds appropriated for construction programs (including transfer of funds).

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An amendment to require local entities, when repaying the costs of Corps of Engineers hydroelectric projects, to make annual payments at a level not less than would be required if a straight line amortization schedule were in effect. The schedule may be phased in over several years and payments may be deferred in years with low hydro electric generation.

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An amendment to add a new title, Tobacco, to be known as the Tobacco Deregulation Act of 1985. The amendment repeals provisions of law concerning tobacco acreage allotments and marketing quotas, excludes tobacco from concessional export sales provisions, prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation for using its powers with respect to Tobacco, prohibits tobacco marketing orders, and withdraws consent grantes states to enter into compacts for regulating tobacco commerce and production. It is to be effective with respect to the 1986 crop and those thereafter.

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An amendment to restrict tobacco program benefits to persons who operate farms on which the crop is produced.

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An amendment to the Armey substitute amendment to the Bartlett amendment adding language that makes commodity assistance available for all lunches served in schools participating in the school lunch program.

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An amendment to decrease the Corps of Engineers construction funding from $846,958,000 to $826,958,000.

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An amendment to prohibit the acceptance by the U.S. of gift of any residence or other structure to provide an official residence for the Secretary of State or other official of the Department of State. If such an offer of a gift is made the Secretary of State is to conduct a study of its full cost to the U.S., including daily operating and security costs.

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An amendment to modify provisions of the bill relating to the continued availability of federal flood insurance in the Sacramento area by allowing only existing structures to be eligible for such insurance.

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An amendment to strike the bill's provisions allowing the Secretary of State to raise private tax-deductible funds for the acquisition of an offical residence.

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An amendment delete the provision allowing loan forgiveness of full-time professional employees engaged in drug counseling, prevention, intervention, treatment, or education employed by a public or nonprofit private agency or organization.

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An amendment to delete the provision of the bill specifying that increased costs incurred by the Western Area Power Administration resulting from bypass water releases for temperature control puposes to preserve anadromous fisheries in the Sacramento River be nonreimbursable.

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Amendment deletes language authorizing $698.2 million for construction of a dry dam on the North Fork of the American River near Auburn CA.

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Amendment authorizes the Secretary of Education to purchase the loans of borrowers likely to go into default and offer those borrowers income contingent or extended or graduated repayment so they can avoid default and repay their obligations as they can afford them.

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Amendment sought to open current student aid programs to less than half-time students. \ A point of order was sustained against the amendment on the grounds that it violates section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act in that it would create new entitlement authority in fiscal year 1993 notwithstanding the fact that the Congress has not agreed to the budget resolution for fiscal year 1993.

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Amendment sought to create a supplemental student loan system that would provide direct student loans with a repayment program based on the borrower's income after school, and collected as personal income tax by the Internal Revenue Service.

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Amendment authorizes the Department of Education to develop a program for the income contingent repayment of guaranteed student loans which have gone into default.

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An amendment to insert a complete new text.

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An amendment to reduce the funds appropriated in the bill for Bureau of Reclamation construction programs by $10 million. The intent of the amendment is to end funding for the Animas-La Plata irrigation project in Colorado and New Mexico.

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An amendment to add a new title to the bill, Title X, which would make state compliance with the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments optional, provided that the states opting out of the program had developed other programs to achieve the same goals and that the Administrator of the EPA had authorized such plans.

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An amendment to add a new title to the bill, Title X, which would make state compliance with the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments optional.

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An amendment to terminate congressional consent for the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact on April 4, 1999.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 53 in the Congressional Record of April 28, 1998 to establish an auction process under which banks would make bids, positive or negative, for the right to make blocks of guaranteed loans.

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An amendment to prohibit any of the funds appropriated in the bill from being used for the construction of the Animas-La Plata Progect in Colorado and New Mexico.

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Amendment no. 42 printed in the Congressional Record. to establish a pilot program in ten states to convert Title I funds into a portable benefit to be used by the parents or legal guardians for their children's education.

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An amendment made in order pursuant to a special of today which is technical in nature.

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An amendment to strike section 114 from the bill.

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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-590 to require the Secretary of Education to review and revise as necessary the regulations concerning prohibited guaranty agency inducements to eligible lenders.

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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 110-523 to require the existing Education-Treasury Study Group to evaluate the feasibility of an alternative market-based reform to the Federal Family Education Loan Program. The recommended alternative should reduce federal costs to taxpayers and use savings to increase need-based grant aid to low-income students.

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 110-523 to extend the new audit and reporting provisions applied only to the Direct Loan program to the Federal Family Education Loan Program.

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An amendment numbered 52 printed in House Report 112-485 to clarify that direct use solar energy technology is considered a renewable energy source for the purposes of the requirement that DOD obtain 25% of its facility energy from renewable sources by 2025.

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To establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern related to the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, to make recommendations for the resolution of the issues, and for other purposes.

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Establishes the Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics to review, analyze, and report to the President and Congress on the following issues related to intercollegiate athletics: the interaction of athletics and academics, the financing of intercollegiate athletics, the recruitment and retention of student athletes, oversight and governance practices, health and safety protections for student athletes, due process and other protections related to the enforcement of student athlete rules and regulations, and any other issues the Commission considers relevant to understanding the state of intercollegiate athletics.

Medicare CGM Access Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2014

Medicare CGM Access Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices furnished to a CGM qualified individual. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a fee schedule and ensure that CGM qualified individuals are furnished with appropriate device components.

To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings.

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2014

Allows railroad employees to remain or go on duty for a period in excess of the limitations established under hours-of-service requirements to the extent necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at a grade crossing.

Recreational Vehicle Certainty Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2014

Recreational Vehicle Certainty Act of 2014 - Amends the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of "manufactured home" covered by the Act any recreational vehicle designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use and built in compliance with consensus standards for such products, including: a self-propelled motorhome or recreational vehicle trailer towed by another vehicle without a special highway use permit and regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as a vehicle; and a park model recreational vehicle with a gross area of up to 400 square feet and meeting other specified criteria. (Currently, the definition excludes any self-propelled recreational vehicle.)

Recognizing the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory.

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2014

Honors the contribution that Gibraltar has made to advancing U.S. security interests in the Mediterranean region since 1801. States that the views and rights of Gibraltarians should always be imperative in any discussion of Gibraltar's status as a British Overseas Territory.

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2014

Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Commends the work of the individuals and organizations involved in building and maintaining the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Concrete Pump Tax Fairness Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2014

Concrete Pump Tax Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a vehicle mileage tax on owners of mobile mounted concrete boom pump vehicles. Defines "mobile mounted concrete boom pump vehicle" as a vehicle which is mobile machinery and on which the mounted machinery consists of a concrete boom pump and related subordinate parts. Directs that revenues from such tax be deposited into the Highway Trust Fund.

Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2014

Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act - Declares without force or effect Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Bulletin 2013-02 (Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act), published March 21, 2013. Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to direct the CFPB, when proposing and issuing guidance primarily related to indirect auto financing, to: provide for a public notice and comment period before issuing the guidance in final form; make publicly available all information relied on by the CFPB; redact any information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; consult with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ); and study the costs and impacts of the guidance to consumers and women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses.

Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 2014

Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Monday, August 4, 2014, through Friday, September 5, 2014, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 8, 2014. Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Monday, August 4, 2014, through Friday, September 5, 2014, it stand recessed or adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 8, 2014.

SCORE Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2014

Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures Act or the SCORE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each coeducational institution of higher education (IHE) that is participating in a title IV program and has an intercollegiate athletic program to include in its annual report on its intercollegiate athletic program: (1) the amount of revenue generated by each item on a list of categorized sources, disaggregated by each sports team; and (2) the expenses attributable to each item on a list of categorized activities or obligations, disaggregated by each sports team. Prohibits an IHE from being a member of any intercollegiate athletic association or participating in any national intercollegiate athletics competition organized by any person, unless such association or person annually reports and disaggregates by sport, athletic event, or contract, as applicable: (1) the total generated revenue and amount of revenue generated by each item on a list of categorized sources, (2) the amount of expenses attributable to each item on a list of categorized activities or obligations, and (3) executive compensation schedules. Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) define the categories of information that must be reported pursuant to this Act; and (2) biannually review and, as necessary, update each definition in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or significant changes in the national system of intercollegiate athletics. Directs the Secretary to appoint a task force, made up of representatives from division I, II, and III schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), with which the Secretary is to consult in defining or redefining each category.

Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2014

Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw the interpretive rule issued on March 25, 2014, entitled, "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Army Interpretive Rule Regarding the Applicability of the Clean Water Act Section 404(f)(1)(A)." Prohibits the Corps and the EPA from using the interpretive rule, or any substantially similar rule or guidance, as the basis for any rulemaking, decision, or action regarding the scope or enforcement of the Clean Water Act. Provides that the use of rule or a substantially similar rule or guidance as the basis for any rule, decision, or action is grounds for vacating the rule, decision, or action. Requires soil and water conservation practices to be treated as normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities under permits for non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material. Prohibits such practices from being treated as a new use of an area of navigable waters, an impairment of the flow or circulation of navigable waters, or a reduction in the reach of such waters under those permits. Applies this Act to activities occurring on or after March 25, 2014.

Expressing support for the network of experienced and accredited wildlife rehabilitation centers across the United States and honoring their important work in protecting native wildlife.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2014

Recognizes the importance of experienced and accredited wildlife rehabilitation centers and their contributions to the humane treatment of animals.