Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]

An amendment to transfer $5 million from the Intelligence Community Management Account's general funding to its account for programs and scholarships to increase language proficiency and workforce diversity in the intelligence community.

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An amendment comprised of two amendments offered en bloc to provide additional amounts for "Medical Services" and to add additional general provisions at the end of the bill.

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An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 111-256 to encourage community colleges to use grant money to increase the provision of training for members of the National Guard and Reserves, and men and women returning from active duty.

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An amendment to clarify that nothing in this section shall be construed as to authorize the deployment of the Armed Forces in contravention of United States law.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-137 to aid small businesses that have been included in the Small Business Subcontracting Plans of prime contractors that obtain federal contracts.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 2 in part C of House Rept. 105-544, to replace the provisions of the Traficant amendment with new language that would require the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a formal request to the Secretary of Defense prior to assigning Armed Forces personnel to assist INS and Customs Service personnel in monitoring and patrolling the borders.

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An amendment to increase funding (with no offset) for necessary detention bed space, personnel, and removal costs by approximately $2.1 billion in order to end "catch and release".

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-419 offered as a managers amendment to make technical and sundry changes.

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An amendment to add a new section urging the President and Secretary of State to continue to express concern to the Government of Mexico over the abductions and murders of more than 370 young women since 1993 in the Mexican cities of Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua.

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An amendment numbered 62 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the bill's provision that prohibits the use of funds for a "Colonias initiative" which is a program designed to improve the living standards of "colonias"--severely impoverished U.S. communities along the southwest border with Mexico.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-759 to add an exception to the alternative fuel procurement requirement, clarifying that the bill does not prohibit an element of the intelligence community from entering into a contract to purchase a generally available fuel that is not an alternative or synthetic fuel or predominantly produced from a nonconventional petroleum source when certain requirements are met. It also would add an assessment of the feasibility of employing foreign nationals lawfully present in the U.S. who have previously worked as translators for the Armed Forces or another department or agency of the Federal Government in Iraq or Afghanistan to meet the critical language needs of such element. Finally, it would require that the report required in section 412 on intelligence resources dedicated to Iraq and Afghanistan include resources dedicated to intelligence analysis.

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An amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative by $10,000,000.

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An amendment to add $1.950 billion (with no offset) to the Customs and Border Protection account.

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An amendment numbered 13 printed in Part B of House Report 111-479 to require the STEM coordinating committee under OSTP to describe the approaches that will be taken by each agency to conduct outreach designed to promote widespread public understanding of career opportunities in the STEM fields. It also requires the establishment and maintenance of a publicly accessible online database of all federally sponsored STEM education programs.

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An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 108-561 to withhold 25% of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency Program, the General Defense Intelligence Program, the Joint Military Intelligence Program, and the Army Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities Program until the appropriate congressional committees receive all documents related to the handling and treatment of detainees inIraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and elsewhere.

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Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2012

Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 50,000 visas available to qualified immigrants who: (1) possess a graduate degree at the level of master's or higher in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a qualifying U.S. research institution of higher education; (2) have an employment offer from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree; (3) are the subject of an approved labor certification; and (4) will receive a wage for such employment that is at least the actual wage paid by the employer to all other individuals with similar experience and qualifications. Makes unused STEM visas available for other employment-based visa categories. Requires: (1) employers of foreign STEM graduates to submit a job order for the position with the appropriate state workforce agency, (2) such agency to post the position on its website for at least 30 days, and (3) employers to demonstrate that the total amount of compensation to be paid to a foreign STEM graduate meets or exceeds the total amount of compensation paid by the employer to all other employees with similar experience and qualifications working in the same occupational classification. Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to make available on its website specified information regarding foreign STEM employers, the number of aliens granted STEM status, and their occupations. Repeals such STEM and related provisions two years after enactment of this Act. Eliminates the foreign residency requirement for certain foreign students. States that a determination of whether an alien is a child for purposes of: (1) a petition for immigrant status or a petition for adjustment of refugee status to immigrant status shall be made using the alien's age on the date on which the petition is filed with DHS, and (2) a petition for nonimmigrant admission or an application for adjustment of status from nonimmigrant to conditional (fiance) immigrant shall be made using the alien's age on the date on which the petition is filed with DHS to classify such alien's parent as the fiance of a U.S. citizen. States that the permanent priority date for any family- or employment-based petition shall be the date on which the petition is filed with DHS (or the Secretary of State, if applicable), unless such filing was preceded by the filing of a labor certification with the Secretary of Labor, in which case that date shall constitute the priority date. States that an alien who is the beneficiary of a family- or employment-based petition that was approvable when filed shall retain such petition's priority date in the consideration of any subsequently filed family- or employment-based petition.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 2012

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, the value of any medal awarded in, or any prize money received from the U.S. Olympic Committee on account of, competition in the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Congress should reject the provisions of H.R. 6083, as ordered reported by the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, that reduce the availability or amount of benefits provided under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) in effect under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 2012

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should reject the provisions of H.R. 6083, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture, that reduce the availability or amount of benefits provided under the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) in effect under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 2012

United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the struggle for civil rights in the United States, including alternatives for potential addition of some or all of the sites to the National Trails System. Requires submission of a report to Congress that contains the results of such study and recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the route.

Flight School Security Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2012

Flight School Security Act of 2012 - Revises federal flight training requirements authorizing a flight instructor, pilot school, or aviation training center to provide training in the operation of certain aircraft to an alien or any other individual specified by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). Prescribes the additional requirement that such training may occur only upon receipt of information from the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) that: (1) the individual has been checked against the terrorist watchlist, and (2) the Assistant Secretary has determined that individual is a non-threat to aviation.

Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2012

Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2012 - Directs the Postal Service to issue a special stamp, to be called the Victory for Veterans Stamp, at a cost of 25 cents each. Makes such Stamp invalid for postage. Requires Stamp sale proceeds to be used as follows: (1) one-third for funding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) veterans' vocational rehabilitation programs, (2) one-third to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction, and (3) one-third for the Postal Service for modernization and fiscal administration. Requires such Stamp to be made available to the public within six months after the enactment of this Act.

International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2012

International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2012 - Defines "child marriage" as the marriage of a girl or boy not yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in the country in which the girl or boy is a resident, or where there is no such law, under the age of 18. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) child marriage is a violation of human rights and its prevention and elimination should be a U.S. foreign policy goal; and (2) expanding educational opportunities for girls, economic opportunities for women, and reducing maternal and child mortality are critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and U.S. global health and development objectives, including efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS. Authorizes the President to provide assistance, including through multilateral, nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations, to prevent child marriage in developing countries and to promote the educational, health, economic, social, and legal empowerment of girls and women. Directs the President to establish a multi-year strategy to prevent child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls at risk of child marriage in developing countries, and should include addressing the unique needs, vulnerabilities, and potential of girls under age 18 in developing countries. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President and all relevant agencies should collect and make available data on the incidence of child marriage in countries that receive U.S. foreign or development assistance where the practice of child marriage is prevalent. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that Department of State country reports on human rights practices include a description of the status of child marriage for each country in which child marriage is prevalent.

FAST Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2012

Facilitating Access of Services and Trade Act of 2012 or FAST Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), upon request of any person, to enter into reimbursable fee agreements with that person to defray CBP costs for providing customs and immigration services for a 10-year period.

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 2012

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) expand the juvenile accountability block grant program with respect to programs for the prevention of bullying to include intervention programs, and (2) authorize appropriations for such grant program for FY2013-FY2017. Expresses the sense of Congress that the use of best practices in the effort to combat bullying should be encouraged.