Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-7]

Amendment sought to permit commercial firms to acquire failing banks if no government assistance is provided, and if the FDIC determines that such acquisition is the least costly alternative to the taxpayer.

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An amendment to the Florio substitute amendment to increase felony penalty prison terms for violations under the provisions of the act. The amendment increases the two year penalty to five years and to increase the five year penalty to ten years.

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An amendment to include boarding homes in the definition of long term care facilities under the nursing home ombudsman program. (The amendment adds "any category of institutions regulated by a State pursuant to the provisions of sec. 1616(e) of the Social Security Act).

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An amendment to strike the language in the bill that could be construed to apply the "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to certain optional contracts" (the new definition of securities).

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An amendment to permit Amtrak's auto train to transport unattended vehicles when space is available.

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An amendment to the Miller (CA) amendment to require HHS, in conducting its study of elderly abuse to consult and coordinate with the Administration on Aging and the National Institute on Aging.

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Amendment sought to eliminate the bill's requirement that all signals of distant stations (superstations) retransmitted by a cable operator be included as part of the cable system's regulated basic tier of cable service.

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An amendment to include board and care homes in the mortgage insurance provisions of the National Housing Act.

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An amendment to establish a task force with respect to broadcasts to Soviet Jewry. The task force is to investigate the needs of the Jewish audience in the Soviet Union and study the practicality and desirability of establishing a special program of Russian language broadcasting to that audience. A report is to be made within six months to Congress by the Board for International Broadcasting.

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Amendment requires the FAA and NASA to conduct a joint research program to develop new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and airframes.

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Amendments en bloc to bar end-user common line charges to lifeline subscribers and those subscribers of an exchange with 50,000 or fewer subscriber lines. It also changes the percentages of entitlement under the Universal Service Fund to exchanges with more than 100,000 subscriber lines.

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An amendment to require the FAA to issue an environmental impact statement and conduct an air safety investigation on the FAA's expanded East Coast Plan and to issue such statements for all future route changes in which flights would travel at an altitude of 10,000 feet or less over urbanized areas.

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An amendment to exempt the Securities and Exchange Commission from the 2.45% reduction in discretionary spending imposed by the Armey amendment.

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An amendment to include in the bill's coverage older persons.

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Designating October 4, 1992, through October 10, 1992, as "National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1992

Designates October 4 through 10, 1992, as National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week.

Designating the week beginning November 8, 1992, as "Hire a Veteran Week".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates the week beginning November 8, 1992, as Hire a Veteran Week.

Designating May 2, 1993, through May 8, 1993, as "National Walking Week".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates May 2 through 8, 1993, as National Walking Week.

To award a congressional gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie.

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie in recognition of his accomplishments as a musician. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.

Designating February 4, 1993, and February 3, 1994, as "National Women and Girls in Sports Day".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates February 4, 1993, and February 3, 1994, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.

Designating November 30, 1992, through December 6, 1992, as "National Education First Week".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week.

Interstate Taxation Commission Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1992

Interstate Taxation Commission Act - Establishes the Interstate Taxation Commission to conduct a full and complete study and evaluation of proposed commuter taxes in the tristate area of Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, or their political subdivisions. Terminates such Commission on September 30, 1995. Authorizes appropriations as necessary for FY 1992 through 1994.

Designating October 1992 as "Polish-American Heritage Month".

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1992

Designates October 1992 as Polish-American Heritage Month.

Downed Animal Protection Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1992

Downed Animal Protection Act of 1992 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to market, transfer, or hold nonambulatory livestock that has not been humanely euthanized.

Supporting the planting of 500 redwood trees from California in Spain in commemoration of the quincentenary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus and designating the trees as a gift to the people of Spain.

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1992

Supports the planting of 500 redwood trees from California on the northwest coast of Spain in commemoration of the quincentenary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World. Designates such trees as a gift to the people of Spain made in the name of the people of the United States.