Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-11]

An amendment to add a new section which specifies that only funds authorized by the Congress in accordance with section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947 may be obligated or expended for intelligence or intelligence-related activities, and that all intelligence and intelligence-related activities for which funds were appropriated in the Defense Appropriations Act, 1987 shall be considered specifically authorized by Congress pursuant to section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947.

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An enbloc amendment numbered 18 printed in the Congressional Record to increase section 8 housing vouchers.

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An amendment numbered 19 printed in the Congressional Record to strike language placing restrictions on the use of EPA brownfields funds,

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An amendment to change the rate at which interest on assistance to health care professionals is calculated.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 70 in the Congressional Record of July 31, 1995, to increase the funds appropriated in the bill for the School-To-Work program by $5 million, from $95 million to $100 million.

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An amendment of a technical nature, to increase by $80 million the total appropriation for 1994 capitalization grants for state revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing, reflecting the deletion of funds designated for wastewater treatment in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Mexicali, Mexico on which a point of order was sustained.

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An amendment, printed in the Congressional Record of July 26, as amendment No. 64, to add the Fair Housing Initiative Program, authorized by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as a program to receive funds appropriated in the bill for Fair Housing Activities.

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An amendment, printed in the Congressional Record of July 26 as amendment No. 65, to strike provisions directing local housing authorities to delay issuing new vouchers or certificates for Section 8 incremental rental assistance until the end of FY 1996; and allows HUD to slow work on projects over the course of FY 1996.

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An amendment to provide that the $100 million earmarked under the bill for EPA non-point source pollution control grants, as well as $1.8 billion of the total $2.7 billion appropriated for EPA water infrastructure and wastewater treatment grants, may not be spent until authorized.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 66 in the Congressional Record of July 26, 1995, to strike the provisions of the bill that prohibit or restrict the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce actions authorized under existing environmental laws.

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An amendment of a technical nature, reducing the total appropriation in the bill for 1993 capitalization grants for state revolving funds for water infrastructure financing by $35 million, reflecting the effects of the Filner amendment, which designated $35 million in funds to be spent for wastewater treatment facilities in the vicinity of San Diego.

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An amendment to eliminate the funds appropriated in the bill for Emergency Management Planning and Assistance by $60 million for plannng and construction costs of a full-scale windstorm simulation center.

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An amendment to require, to the fullest possible extent, the Secretary of Energy to ensure that at least 10 percent of the Federal funding for the development, construction, and operation of the Superconducting Super Collider be made available to businesses or organizations owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, as defined by the Small Business Act. The amendment specifically includes historically black colleges and universities and other colleges and universities which have a student body population comprised of at least 20% Hispanic Americans or Native Americans. The amendment would, for the purpose of this Act, deem women to be included as economically and socially disadvataged.

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An amendment composed of several amendments en bloc to make technical corrections providing for the Secretary of Defense to pay an allowance to certain civilian employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and to extend special termination authority for certain Defense Intelligence Agency employees up through fiscal year 1988.

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An amendment printed in the Congressional Record of July 26, as amendment No. 63, to permit the amount provided in the bill for voucher assistance to be reallocated by the Secretary of HUD to public housing modernization, drug elimination grants, and section 8 incremental rental assistance, if authorizing legislation is not enacted into law by December 31, 1995.

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An amendment to limit the extent to which the U.S. Government can exchange intelligence information with the Government of South Africa.

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Judicial Branch Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 1998

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1998

Judicial Branch Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 1998 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employment discrimination in the judicial branch of the Government (currently, in the units of the judicial branch of the Government having positions in the competitive service) based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Keep Kids Safe at School's Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1998

Keep Kids Safe at Schools Act - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to include elementary and secondary schools as qualified entities that are subject to such Act's requirements for a national system of child abuse crime information and background checks.

To make effective beginning in 1999 the empowerment zones designated after August 5, 1997, and before February 8, 1998.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1998

Amends the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 to make effective on January 1, 1999, the empowerment zones designated after August 5, 1997, and before February 8, 1998. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, with respect to such zones, the employment credit for 1999.

Calling on the President to take all necessary measures to respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1998

Calls upon the President to: (1) pursue enhanced enforcement of U.S. trade laws with respect to the surge of steel imports into the United States, including offsetting duties, quantitative restraints, and other authorized remedial measures; (2) pursue a more equitable sharing of the burden of accepting imports of finished steel products from Asia and the countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States; (3) establish a task force with responsibility for closely monitoring U.S. imports of steel; and (4) report to the Congress by January 5, 1999, with a comprehensive plan for responding to the import surge, including ways of limiting its deleterious effects on employment, prices, and investment in the U.S. steel industry.

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located at 543 Taylor Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, as the "Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic".

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1998

Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located at 543 Taylor Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, as the Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a national HIV surveillance system should be expeditiously implemented.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1998

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the States should move to implement human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) surveillance systems; (2) the Federal Government and the States should ensure that funds follow epidemiological HIV infection trends; (3) there are different approaches to carrying out HIV surveillance systems and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) should respect the right of each State to determine the best approach in that State; (4) a State that elects to implement an HIV surveillance system should assess HIV surveillance data security and confidentiality and change laws to ensure confidentiality; (5) HIV surveillance systems should not be developed that deter people from using anonymous HIV counseling and testing and other HIV prevention programs; (6) States should work with HIV community planning groups reflective of the demographics of HIV infection and with other local medical and public health institutions to develop their own HIV surveillance programs; and (7) the CDCP should provide comprehensive guidance to States and provide increased funds and technical assistance to ensure the quality and efficiency of HIV surveillance systems selected by the States and facilitate the transition from monitoring only acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases to monitoring both HIV cases and AIDS cases.

Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to government discrimination in Germany based on religion or belief, particularly against United States citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1998

Urges the Government of Germany to take necessary action to protect the right of freedom of religion or belief guaranteed to everyone in Germany by international human rights covenants. Declares that the Congress continues to hold the Government of Germany responsible for protecting the right of freedom of religion or belief of U.S. citizens, and for not barring such citizens from living, performing, doing business, or traveling in Germany because of their religious beliefs. Calls upon the President to assert the concern of the U.S. Government to the Government of Germany regarding government discrimination in Germany based on religion or belief.

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations of appropriations for that Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1998

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2001 for: (1) the Federal Council on the Aging; (2) administration; (3) grants for State and community programs on aging; (4) the availability of surplus commodities; (5) training, research, and discretionary projects and programs; (6) community service employment for older Americans; (7) grants for Native Americans; (8) allotments for vulnerable elder rights protection activities; and (9) the Native American Program. Revises guidelines governing the transfer between specified grant programs of certain Federal funds received by a State.