Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2]

An amendment expressing the sense of the Congress that U.S. business interests should not be placed above U.S. national security interests and that the U.S. should not enter into new agreements with the People's Republic of China involving space or missile-related technology. Amendment is numbered 92 and made in order as the first amendment of part A of House report 105-544.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment comprised of several amendments offered en bloc as follows: Part 2 amendments numbered 2; 3; 4 as modified; 5 as modified; 6-13; 14 as modified; 16; 17; 18 as modified; 19; 20 as modified; 21; 23; 24 as modified; 25; 26; 27 as modified; 28-30; 31 as modified; 32; 33 as modified; 36-38; 39 as modified; 40; and the amendment printed in sec. 8(d) of H. Res. 169.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment consisting of the text of H.R. 1778 with some modifications to incorporate into the bill only the non-environmental provisions of that measure. The amendment provides for several organizational, structural, defense business practice, and acquisition reforms---including a reduction of 25% in military headquarters staff by the year 2001; a 42% reduction in the acquisition workforce by 2001; the establishment of a commission on defense reorganization and streamlining; the expansion of streamlined acquisition procedures; and the institution of government purchase cards for items costing $2,500 or less.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in House Report 106-621 and offered en bloc: Nos. 5 (as modified), 6-9, 11 (as modified), 12, 14-19, 21-26 and 28-35.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment to limit the amounts authorized to be paid for the U.S. assessed share of UN peacekeeping costs to only those amounts expended by DOD for direct or indirect support of UN peacekeeping operations.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment, consisting of the text of several amendments made in order by the rule and printed in part II of House Rept. 104-136 as amendment Nos. 6, 7 (modified), 11, 13, 14, 15 (modified), 18, 21, 22, 23, 32 (modified), 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42 (modified), and 44.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment, consisting of the following amendments printed in House Report part B of House Report 104-570: Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (as modified), 15, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (as modified), 27, 29, 30, and 33.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment comprised of nine amendments offered en bloc to change the date in the bill so that all 7 Uniformed Service Treatments Facilities will change to a new program at the same time; require a DOD study of the impact of mergers on eliminating excess capacity and reducing defense dependency by defense contractors to be reported to Congress in six months; authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries pursuant to the Administration's request earlier this year; state that any country which engages in unfair trade practices with the U.S. will be denied its blanket waiver of the Buy American Act; to express the sense of Congress that it is in the security interests of the U.S. to provide assistance to countries to improve security of fissile materials; continue Congressional support for continuation of the South West Border States Anti-Drug Information System; to direct the Secretary of the Army to submit a plan for the reutilization or disposal of the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant to Congress not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the bill; to allow DOE to fund an already existing program to assist the Russian government in shutting down plutonium producing nuclear reactors out of unspent funds from prior years; and to designate $5 million to the Energy Department's Office of Environment, Sa.ety and Health to conduct annual inspections of compliance with nuclear safety requirements, to issue additional safety regulations, and to conduct investigations of potential safety violations involving occupational radiation hazards.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment to require that any export or re-export of U.S. supercomputers with a computing capability in excess of 2,000 million theoretical operatins per second (MTOPS) to countries of proliferation concern must receive the prior written approval of the Commerce, Defense, Energy, and State Departments and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The amendment also requires a report to Congress on all U.S. supercomputers above 2,000 MTOPS exported to any country since January 25, 1996.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H. R. 1530 as reported by the committee on conference on December 13, 1995, contained in H. Rept. 104-406.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment, consisting of the following amendments printed in House Rept. 105-544, offered en bloc: Part D amendments No. 1-12, 13 (modified), 14-18, 21, 22 (modified), 23-38, and the Everett amendment, made in order by unanimous consent on May 20, 1998.

United States · United States Congress

An en bloc amendment consisting of Part B amendments printed in H.Rept. 106-175 and numbered 22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35, 36,37,38 as modified, 39,40,41,42 as modified, 43,44,45 as modified, and 46.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment to make technical and conforming changes in the bill.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment consisting of several amendments printed in Part 2 of House Rept. 104-136 as amendment Nos. 2, 8, 9 (modified), 10, 12 (modified), 16 (modified), 17, 19 (modified), 20, 24, 25, 27 (modified), 28 (modified), 29 (modified), 31, 34 (modified), 41 (modified), 43 (modified), 45 (modified), and 46.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment (numbered 39 as printed in the Congressional Record) to express the sense of the Congress that negotiations bearing upon missile defenses and/or the viability of the ABM treaty should be suspended until the 104th Congress has had a chance to review the issue.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment to the Skelton amendment which would lift the restriction against higher expenditures for missile defense than the amount spent in 1995.

United States · United States Congress

Round II EZ/EC Flexibility Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2001

Round II EZ/EC Flexibility Act of 2001 - Authorizes appropriations to: (1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for specified urban empowerment zones; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture for specified rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities. Permits: (1) use of such funds for zone or community strategic plan implementation; and (2) use of Federal funds to pay matching fund requirements. States that an empowerment zone or enterprise community shall not loses Federal funding because of reclassification as a renewal community.

To authorize the President to posthumously advance the late Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy.

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2001

Authorizes and requests the President to posthumously advance the late Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance to the grade of fleet admiral on the Navy retired list. Prohibits any increase in compensation or benefits due to such promotion.

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 2001

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2001, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled adult children, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Requires each such increase to be the same percentage as the increase in benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, on the same effective date.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit against tax with respect to education and training of developmentally disabled children.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer an income-based credit ($2,000 maximum) for qualifying child disability education and training expenses paid on behalf of a dependent under the age of 18.

Conduit Contribution Prevention Act of 2001

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2001

Conduit Contribution Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase civil money and criminal penalties for knowing and willful violations of the prohibition against making or accepting contributions in the name of another. Sets both civil and criminal fines at not less than 300 percent of the amount involved in the violation and not more than the greater of $50,000 or 1,000 percent of such amount. Mandates imprisonment for two years, or the aforementioned criminal fine, or both, for criminal violations. Limits criminal penalties to violations involving an amount aggregating $1,000 or more during a calendar year. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate related sentencing guidelines. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the Federal Election Commission to refer to the Attorney General any instance of probable cause that a violation of such prohibition has occurred. Revises the current ban on contributions by foreign nationals to encompass all disbursements by foreign nationals, including any disbursement to a political committee of a political party and any disbursement for an independent expenditure.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to elect to use the completed contract accounting method with respect to an qualified naval construction contract (more than 24 months in duration).

Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2001

Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001 - Directs that in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the words "person," "human being," "child," and "individual" shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive (as defined in this Act) at any stage of development.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War era.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2001

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to issue Cold War service medals to military personnel who served honorably during the Cold War era (September 2, 1945, through December 26, 1991).