Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21]

An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 107-184 to reform the medical malpractice laws for health care providers to place time limits on lawsuits, cap damages, establish the collateral source rule, provide for several liability, and protect against lawsuits for products that meet FDA standards; and to grandfather existing laws and allow future state laws to supercede federal standards.

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HAMDT 1366

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An amendment to add a section requiring the nonseverability of provisions of the Act.

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An amendment to delete 640 acres from the Argus Range wilderness area in order to permit construction of a road for access to the site of a space energy laser facility being developed by the Navy on the China Lake Test Range.

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Amendment changes the effective date of the provision which restricts congressional mass mailings outside a Member's district from October 1, 1992 to the the date of the enactment of the bill.

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HAMDT 334

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An amendment to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to take measures he deems necessary to eradicate the infestation of a pest that is a threat to plant life and plant products and thus a burden to interstate or foreign commerce. The pest must be new to the U.S. or not previously known to be widely prevalent throughout the U.S. Such actions must be consistent with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Secretary must find that state programs are inadequate to meet the danger. The Secretary is to pay damages due to this program, and his determination of compensation is final. The program is to be carried out at U.S. expense.

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An amendment no. 13 printed in H.Rept. 106-311. to ban foreign contributions to all campaign-related disbursements; improve the reporting of information; strengthen the administration of the FEC; and simplify Federal election law.

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Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to authorize a $25 million matching block grant program to assist State voter registration programs. It would have given Federal prosecutors authority to investigate and prosecute Federal, State, and local public corruption, election fraud, and campaign violations.

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An amendment to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to charge fees for reports and publications prepared in the Department in carrying out agricultural economic research and statistical reporting functions authorized by law. The money is to be placed into an account to be used to pay for the preparation of such reports and publications.

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An amendment to the preamble.

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An amendment to provide that of the funds provided for Navy Military construction, $8,250,000 is to be available for land acquisition at China Lake, California. The intent is to provide for the purchase of a Naval target range at China Lake.

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Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to establish a new position of Chief Financial Officer of the House to be elected by a two-thirds majority; provide for an Inspector General, appointed by the Speaker and Minority Leader, with authority to investigate misconduct in the non-legislative operations of the House; establish an Office of General Counsel; make a number of other rules changes including changes in the party ratio of committees, reduction in committee staffing, eliminating proxy voting in committees, and eliminating the positions of Postmaster and Doorkeeper.

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An amendment to add a new section providing for the treatment of state of California claim regarding naval petroleum reserve numbered 1.

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Amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 107-184 to add Association Health Plans to the bill and strikes section 511 (Limitations on Number of Medical Savings Accounts(MSA's)), replacing it with fully expanded MSA's.

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An amendment to make technical changes to the effective date of the resolution.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute which eliminates the bill's spending limits, voter communication vouchers, and the overall $200,000 cap on political action committee and large contributions to each House candidate. Instead, the GOP substitute bans all PAC contributions, requires candidates to raise at least one-half of their funds from local residents, and prohibits soft money and bundling. The substitute also requires unions, corporations, and non-profit groups to disclose to the FEC all activities and spending that affect federal elections. In addition, the amendment requires labor unions to get written permission from members before dues can be used for political purposes.

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An amendment to prevent the mailing of Congressional Postal Patron mail which would be postmarked fewer than 60 days prior to an election.

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An amendment to provide for a trustee to advise the families.

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An amendment to delete section 2 of the concurrent resolution, relating to the printing of the transcript of the ceremony dedicating the statue of Jack Swigert in National Statuary Hall.

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An amendment to the Panetta amendment. The amendment strikes the text of the Panetta amendment and adds provisions for civil action. The amendment provides that an employee may bring an action in an appropriate U.S. District Court against his employer or applicator to prevent and restrain use of registered pesticides by them if the pesticide is misbranded, the applicator uses methods inconsistent with the labeling, or the use of the pesticide will cause physical injury to the employee. The amendment provides a definition of "employee".

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute

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Tax Exempt Hospitals Responsibility Act of 2006

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Tax Exempt Hospitals Responsibility Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny a tax exemption to medical care providers (i.e., tax-exempt charitable or teaching hospitals) that fail to adopt and carry out policies for providing medically necessary care to low-income individuals without health insurance; (2) deny a tax deduction for contributions to such providers; and (3) impose excise tax penalties on such medical care providers for failing to provide medically necessary care to low-income uninsured individuals, for overcharging for such care, and for failing to make certain disclosures to patients and the public relating to medical care and pricing.