Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14]

An amendment to remove the stipulation from the Foglietta amendment which requires businesses to display their fee schedules in English and Spanish.

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An amendment to strike the bill's provisions providing lump-sum payments of $20,000 to all Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps during World War II, and instead, limits restitution payments of $20,000 to adults who spent at least 3 years in internment; provides $18 per day for each adult who spent less than 3 years in internment; provides $1 per day times the age of any individual who was under 18 and who spent time in internment; and finally, specifically limits payments of any kind to persons who actually spent time in internment.

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An amendment to reduce from 191,000 acres to 38,000 lands in the Six Rivers, Klamath and Siskiyou National Forest; and from 60,000 acres lands in Eldorado, Stanislaus, and Toiyabe National Forests which was to be designated as wilderness in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

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An amendment to reduce the Mokelumne additions by 59,360 acres in the Eldorado, Stanislaus, and Toiyabe National Forests. The amendment removes two jeep trails from the wilderness designation areas.

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An amendment to direct the Interior Department to sell the Sly Park Unit of the Central Valley Project in California to the El Dorado Irrigation District. The sale price would be negotiated by the two parties based on certain factors specified in the bill, and would be paid in either a lump sum or semi-annual payments for a term of up to 20 years.

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An amendment to express the sense of Congress disapproving the failure of the U.N. General Assembly and the U.N. Human Rights Commission to place Cuba on its human rights agenda.

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An amendment to direct the Secretary to sell the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir to the El Dorado Irrigation District.

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An amendment to require the Coast Guard to reopen nine search and rescue stations and designates $4.8 million of appropriated funds from the acquisition, construction and improvement account to reopen such stations.

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An amendment to require persons seeking compensation from an oil spill to file claims either under state or federal law but not both.

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An amendment to provide that availability schedules would not apply to a check if the receiving depository institution reasonably believed that the drawer or drawee of the check had become, or was about to become, subject to bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceedings, or when the receiving depository institution reasponably believed that a situation involving fraud.

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An amendment provided that availability schedules would not apply to those instances in which there was a reasonable belief that bankruptcy, fraud or kiting might exist.

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An amendment to delete the $305.5 million appropriation for the Legal Services Corporation.

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An amendment to replace the Availability Schedules mandated in the bill with the requirement that all depository institutions disclose their hold periods to their customers. It directs the Federal Reserve to publish within 18 months after the bill's enactment a regulation to improve the check clearing system which would then go into effect within 36 months after enactment.

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An amendment to strike sections 1 through 12 and inset a new text. The amendment reduces the total acreage to be designated as wilderness by nearly half in addition to making other changes in the bill.

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An amendment to protect shipwrecks and their sites while allowing recreational exploration of such sites provided that no harm is done to the shipwreck and the surrounding environment. The amendment also requires that the rights of access contained in the bill's declaration of Congressional policy are considered to be binding on the States and provides for judicial review in the event that the States are not complying with those guidelines.

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An amendement to limit the scope of the bill by conveying to the states only those shipwrecks of historical importance in state submerged waters that are included in, or eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places.

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An amendment to add that port or harbor dues may be levied to "recover the market value at the time of contribution for non Federal contributions made in the form of lands, easement, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredge spoil disposal areas for port navigation projects constructed before enactment of this Act".

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Budget Process Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990

Budget Process Reform Act - Title I: Statement of Congressional Purpose - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to facilitate rational, informed, and timely decisions by the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal budget process should focus the attention of policymakers and the public on the aggregate impact of Federal spending on the economy, and on the tradeoffs that must be made among priorities in order to control overall levels of spending. Declares that the budget process should contain safeguards against delay and inaction, so that temporary shut-downs of the Government may be avoided. Title II: Binding Budget Law - Requires the Congress to enact a binding budget law, in the form of a joint resolution, by April 15 of the calendar year before that in which the fiscal period commences. Requires the budget law to fit on a single page, which sets forth specific budget ceilings in major functional categories. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any spending bill affecting spending in a major functional category unless and until a joint resolution on the budget is enacted. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit baseline budgeting. Requires the budget to include comparisons of current fiscal year and proposed subsequent fiscal year spending. Title III: Enforcement Mechanisms - Subtitle A: Super majority Required to Break Budget Law - Requires a two-thirds majority vote in the House and the Senate to consider any spending bill prior to the enactment of the budget law. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide to the Congress an estimate of the costs in each major functional category of any spending bill as soon as practicable after its introduction. Limits such estimates to those bills likely to result in costs of more than $10,000,000. Requires a two-thirds affirmative vote in the House and the Senate to consider over-budget spending bills. Requires a two-thirds affirmative vote in the House and the Senate to waive any provision of this Act. Subtitle B: Limited Enhanced Rescission Authority - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit the President's rescission authority to spending that is above the limits of the budget law. Subtitle C: "Blank Check" Appropriations Prohibited - Declares the intent of the Congress to end open-ended, "blank check" appropriations which typically authorize spending "such sums as may be necessary." Requires fixed-dollar appropriations for every account except social security and interest on the debt. Prohibits open-ended appropriations. Requires Executive agencies to adjust benefit levels to ensure that appropriations for entitlement programs are not exceeded. Subtitle D: "Pay As You Go" Requirement for New Spending - Prohibits the Congress from considering any legislation which exceeds the budget ceiling unless it offsets such increased spending with an equal amount of reductions. Requires a two-thirds affirmative vote in the House and the Senate to waive such prohibition. Title IV: Sustaining Mechanism - Makes appropriations to provide for an automatic continuing resolution if for any account an appropriation for a fiscal period does not become law before the beginning of such period. Restricts legislation providing funding to the Committees on Appropriations. Title V: Protection of Social Security - Provides that no reduction in benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act shall be made as a consequence of this Act. Title VI: Timetable - Revises the timetable for the congressional budget process. Title VII: Conforming Amendments - Makes various technical and conforming amendments, including changing references to a concurrent resolution on the budget to references to a joint resolution on the budget. Title VIII: Definitions and Rules of Interpretation - Sets forth definitions for specified terms. Title IX: Effective Date - Declares the effective date of this Act to be January 1, 1991, applicable to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1991.

To designate November 2, 1990, as a national day of prayer for members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held in the Middle East, and for their families.

United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.

To salute and congratulate the people of Poland as they commemorate the two-hundreth anniversary of the adoption of the Polish Constitution on May 3, 1991.

United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1990

Salutes and congratulates the people of Poland as they commemorate the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Polish Constitution on May 3, 1991. Directs the Library of Congress to commemorate the anniversary with appropriate ceremonies.

To designate November 16, 1990, as "National Federation of the Blind Day".

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1990

Designates November 16, 1990, as National Federation of the Blind Day.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the Province of Punjab in India should be given the opportunity to determine its political status.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the people of the province of Punjab, India, should have the right to self determination and should be afforded the opportunity to decide their future through a plebiscite sponsored by the United Nations.

Ocean and Coastal Programs Authorization Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1990

Ocean and Coastal Programs Authorization Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) relating to: (1) mapping, charting, and geodesy; (2) observation and assessment; (3) ocean and coastal management; and (4) Great Lakes research. Authorizes appropriations to the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research for research on methods to control and eradicate harmful exotic species in the Great Lakes, including the zebra mussel. Authorizes appropriations, pursuant to specified provisions of the National Sea Grant College Program Act, for priority oyster disease research. Authorizes appropriations to the National Sea Grant College Program for technical assistance to Pacific Island nations on marine-related problems in aquaculture, fisheries, coastal resource management, communications, and education, through the Pacific Island Network. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for NOAA activities relating to: (1) executive direction and administration; (2) acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities; (3) marine services; and (4) aircraft services. Prohibits using amounts appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under the Deep Sea Hard Mineral Resources Act, the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act, or the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Prohibits the Secretary from reprogramming amounts appropriated under the authority of this Act without advance notice to the House of Representatives and the Senate. Freezes prices, notwithstanding specified Federal law, on nautical charts or other nautical products of NOAA. Establishes within NOAA the Cooperative Institute of Fisheries Oceanography, in partnership with Duke University and the Consolidated University of North Carolina. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to acquire real property and improvements in the Newport News-Norfolk, Virginia, area for consolidation of NOAA. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the status and modernization needs of the NOAA fleet and the funding required to meet those needs; and (2) a plan for the movement of National Marine Fisheries Service facilities on Kodiak Island, Alaska, to an alternative location within Kodiak Island Borough. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and provide other financial and technical assistance to States to develop geographic information systems relating to lands and waters within the coastal zone. Directs the Secretary to develop a standard format and guidelines for such systems.

Four Percent Solution Budget Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1990

Four Percent Solution Budget Act - Title I: The Four Percent Solution - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to impose a a four-percent cap on increases in outlays from the preceding year. Extends certain provisions and the terminating date of such Act through FY 1997 (currently, FY 1993). Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Resolution Trust Corporation from the budget deficit or any other totals of the budget. Amends the Congressional Budget Act to adjust the allowable maximum deficit amounts until there is a zero deficit in FY 1997. Requires the President to issue a midyear sequester on March 15 necessary to meet deficit and outlay targets. Requires the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget to make specified preliminary reports to the President before the issuance of such sequester. Title II: Preparation of the Budget - Amends Federal law to revise required budget contents with respect to estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for the current fiscal year and the next fiscal year. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the starting point for deliberations in the Committees on the Budget in the House of Representatives and in the Senate on the concurrent resolution on the budget for the next fiscal year to be the estimated level of outlays for the current year in each function and subfunction. Revises content requirements for the report accompanying such resolution. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to include in the report to the Budget Committees the estimated budget outlays in all functions and subfunctions for appropriated accounts for the current fiscal year and estimated budget outlays under current law for all entitlement programs for the next fiscal year. Title III: Pay-As-You-Go Budget - Prohibits the concurrent resolution on the budget from causing: (1) total budget outlays (excluding outlays of the Resolution Trust Corporation) to exceed the outlays target for that fiscal year; and (2) the recommended level of Federal revenues (excluding revenues of the Corporation) to be less than the recommended level of Federal revenues for the preceding fiscal year (excluding revenues of the Corporation). Prohibits a concurrent resolution on the budget from: (1) providing for an outlay excess in a functional category unless it provides for a decrease in budget outlays in another functional category; or (2) providing for a reduction in the recommended level of Federal revenues below that set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the preceding year, unless it provides for a reduction in budget outlays below the appropriate level established for the preceding year. Allows a waiver of such prohibitions by a three-fifths vote of each House of Congress. Makes it out of order in the Senate and in the House to consider a concurrent resolution under which the recommended level of revenues for a fiscal year exceeds the appropriate level of total budget outlays for that fiscal year unless the resolution specifies the purposes for which the excess revenues are to be allocated. Makes conforming amendments to Federal law with respect to the President's budget.