Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]

Amendment in the nature of a substitute is technical in nature.

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An amendment to reduce the appropriation for the Resource Management account of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service by $19,705,000 from $514,650,000 to $494,945,000.

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An amendment numbered 9 printed in the Congressional Record to require that funds in the bill are available only to the extent provided for in authorizing legislation enacted before the date of the enactment of the bill or on or after such date.

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An amendment comprised of 4 amendments offered en bloc which allows continued use of motorized vehicles on approximately 200 roads and trails (totaling over 1,000 miles) in the BLM and national park wilderness areas designated by the bill. The roads and trails are those that have been mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey and Auto Club of Southern California.

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An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 106-621 to prevent non-federal landowners, who become neighbors of the federal government resulting from an action authorized under the bill, from having those rights that allow the use and enjoyment of their property diminished.

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An amendment printed in Part A of House Report 108-540 to clarifies that the environmental review processes in H.R. 4513 do not apply to oil and gas leasing activities.

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An amendment to prohibit the Department of Defense from entering into contracts or grants with colleges and universities that ban ROTC programs at their schools or prevent their students from enrolling in ROTC programs at other institutions.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute considered as adopted pursuant to the order of the House of September 10, 2003.

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An amendment numbered 23 as printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to provide assistance to any housing program located in the City of Galt, California.

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An amendment to strike provisions of the bill which require the Forest Service to study and report to Congress on the potential for adding another 13,620 acre parcel of land in the Headwaters Forest area to the Six Rivers National Forest.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 3 in the Congressional Record of March 24, 1998, to increase to the maximum visa refusal rate from 2 to 3 percent for countries to participate in the non-immgrant Visa Waiver Program. The amendment would direct the Attorney General to ensure that national security interests is not compromised by allowing a country to participate in the program.

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Amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-540 to make a number of technical corrections and to address jurisdictional issues with the Committee on Science and the Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding section 23 of the bill by eliminating a kindergarten through grade 12 education component and by providing an authorization for a Department of Energy research, development and scholarship program.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-240 to make a number of technical changes to clarify certain provisions and address issues concerning science, definition of `jeopardy', consolidation of ESA related programs, and review of protective regulations; to allow actions authorized under an approved Section 10 permit to be carried out without duplicative consultation; to prevent water stakeholders from being held accountable for impacts due to State actions; to require the four Power Marketing Administrations to include ESA costs in their monthly billings; to direct the Secretary of Interior to survey certain federal lands to assess their value for report to Congress; and to clarify conflicting statutes to make ESA the governing statutory authority when receiving a dock building permit.

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An amendment to change the current temporary agriculture worker program by replacing the labor certification requirement with a labor attestation requirement. The end result is a three year alternative pilot program which would require employers to file a form with the state employment security agency in the area of intended employment. The amendment requires employers to offer temporary agriculture workers housing or to offer a "reasonable" housing allowance; directs the employer to hold 25% of the temporary worker's salary in a trust fund to be administered by the Justice Department and accessible only when guest workers return to their native countries; and requires that guest workers be issued an identification card including a picture and fingerprints that the employee must present to access the fund in the trust account.

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An amendment to reduce the appropriation for land acquisition by the National Fish and Wildlife Service by $1,000,000 from $61,610,000 to $60,610,000.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 2 in the Congressional Record of May 6, 1997, as modified, to limit the bill's exemption from the Endangered Species Act consultation and "takings" requirements. The amendment would only exempt from the provisions of ESA those flood control maintenance and repair projects that are necessary to protect human life or to prevent the risk of serious property damage.

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An amendment to provide $1,000,000 in funding for the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District Fish Screen Project in Tracy, California.

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An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the development or dissemination by FHA of any version of a programmatic agreement which regards the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2006

San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the terms and conditions of the Stipulation of Settlement dated September 13, 2006, in Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al. , in cooperation with the state of California, including measures to: (1) design and construct channel and structural improvements; (2) modify Friant Dam operations to provide Restoration Flows and Interim Flows; (3) acquire water, water rights, or options to acquire water from willing sellers; (4) implement terms and conditions related to recirculation, recapture, reuse, exchange, or transfer of water released for such flows; and (5) develop and implement the Recovered Water Account. Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into agreements with California to facilitate or expedite Settlement implementation; and (2) identify impacts associated with such actions and measures to mitigate impacts on adjacent and downstream water users and landowners. Provides that Settlement implementation and the reintroduction of Chinook salmon shall not result in the involuntary reduction in contract water allocations to Central Valley Project long-term contractors apart from Friant Division contractors. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) acquire through purchase from willing sellers property needed to implement the Settlement; and (2) dispose of such property. Requires proceeds from the disposal of such property to be deposited into the San Joaquin River Restoration Fund (established by this Act). Declares that the Settlement satisfies and discharges the Secretary's obligations under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992. Provides for the reintroduction of Chinook salmon into the San Joaquin River.

EAT Healthy America Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2006

Equitable Agriculture Today for a Healthy America Act or the EAT Healthy America Act - Amends provisions with respect to: (1) specialty crops; (2) the tree assistance program; (3) the conservation reserve program; (4) the wetlands reserve program; (5) the farmland protection program; (6) the grassland reserve program; (7) the wildlife habitat incentive program; (8) the environmental qualities incentives program; (9) air quality improvement; (10) integrated pest management initiative; (11) native plant habitat restoration; (12) agricultural trade; (13) invasive pests and diseases; (14) nutrition; (15) agricultural research; and (16) renewable energy, including crop biomass waste.

Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2006

Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act - Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Margaret Thatcher in recognition of her dedication to the values of free markets and free minds.

Supporting the goals and ideals of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2006

Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2006

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an inflation adjustment based upon the gross domestic product deflator to the adjusted basis of certain assets (including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business) held by a taxpayer for more than three years for purposes of determining gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of such assets. Sets forth rules for applying such inflation adjustment to short sales, regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-thru entities, and dispositions of assets between related persons.