Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]

Amendment sought to require mitigation measures, previously adopted in P.L. 111-11, to ensure that impacts to migratory birds, wildlife, and wetlands are minimized.

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Amendment sought to strike section 425 which prohibits the use of funds to further implement coastal and marine spatial planning and management components of the National Ocean Policy.

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Add at the end the following: SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES. With respect to Federal funds received by an entity, other than a natural person, it shall be unlawful for such entity to -- ***.

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Amendment sought to preserve the ability of the President to declare as national monuments those that provide for the "protection or conservation of historic or cultural resources related to American military history," regardless of their size.

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Amendment sought to prohibit the application of section 3 if any part of a pipeline facility that is a subject of the application is to be located on lands required under Federal, State, or local law to be managed for purposes of natural resource conservation or recreation.

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Amendment sought to prevent a provision of the bill that would block BLM resource management plans from going into effect if failing to implement the plans would limit BLM's ability to meet its multiple use obligations, including providing opportunities for hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation.

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Amendment increases and then decreases the Centennial Challenge funding by $30 million in order to fund the program at the level requested by the President.

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Amendment sought to state FERC may not issue a certificate of crossing if any part of the oil or natural gas pipeline project is to be located on lands required under Federal, State, or local law to be managed for purposes of natural resource conservation or recreation.

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Amendment sought to insert language prohibiting use of funds to implement or enforce sections 117, 121, or 122 of the bill. Section 117 relates to Sage-Grouse; section 121 relates to reissuance of rules (wolves); and section 122 relates to the Northern Long Eared Bat.

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Amendment sought to increase funding to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for the purposes of offshore wind job training grants.

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 112-74 to require that all applicants for a drilling permit under a lease issued under H.R. 1231 would have to submit a worst-case scenario oil spill containment and clean-up plan.

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Congratulating the Boston Red Sox on winning the 2018 World Series.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2018

Congratulates the Boston Red Sox for winning the World Series and the Los Angeles Dodgers for winning the National League Championship.

Expressing the need for bold climate action in response to the release of the United Nations report titled "Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty".

United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2018

Recognizes and accepts the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the special report on the impacts of global warming. Expresses the sense that immediate action by Congress and the Administration is needed to reduce greenhouse gases.

Intern Opportunity Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 2018

Intern Opportunity Act This bill permits each Member of the House of Representatives to use the Members' Representational Allowance to employ up to four paid interns without affecting the number of other employees whom the Member may employ under such allowance.

Recognizing the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice on its 50th anniversary.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2018

Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice.

CECIL Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2018

Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act or the CECIL Act This bill restricts: (1) the importation or exportation of species that have been proposed to be listed as threatened or endangered species, or (2) the importation of sport-hunted trophy of a threatened species or endangered species. In addition, the bill abolishes the International Wildlife Conservation Council of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Coal Royalty Fairness and Communities Investment Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2018

Coal Royalty Fairness and Communities Investment Act of 2018 This bill addresses coal royalties and the economic vitality of coal communities, including by (1) requiring the coal lease royalty to be at least 12.5% of the assessment value of federal coal (currently, 12.5% of the value as defined by regulation); (2) establishing the Coal Area Economic Revitalization Fund; (3) providing grant assistance to impacted communities for economic and workforce development programs; (4) providing financial assistance for the design, construction, and operation of large-scale projects to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources; and (5) providing technical assistance and educational outreach to impacted communities.

Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2018

Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2018 This bill designates specified segments of the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit rivers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The bill excludes from such designation certain areas with respect to the Ice House and Pepperell hydroelectric projects and the Hollingsworth and Vose dam.

Pregnant Women in Custody Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2018

Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act or the Pregnant Women in Custody Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to limit the use of restraints and restrictive housing for prisoners who are pregnant or in postpartum recovery. Additionally, it requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to include, in the National Prison Statistics Program and Annual Survey of Jails, statistics on the health needs of incarcerated pregnant women. A Bureau of Prisons facility must provide appropriate services and programs to address the health and safety needs of women inmates related to pregnancy and childbirth. The Government Accountability Office must study the services and protections for pregnant incarcerated women in state and local correctional settings.

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2023 various programs and activities under the Violence Against Women Act that seek to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. Among other things, the bill also authorizes new programs, makes changes to federal firearms laws, and establishes new protections to promote housing stability and economic security for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018

Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act This bill establishes the National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund and requires 50% of all energy development revenues for FY2019-FY2023 to be deposited into such fund. Amounts deposited in the fund must not exceed $1.3 billion for any fiscal year and must be used for meeting high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service.

Secure America from Russian Interference Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2018

Secure America from Russian Interference Act of 2018 This bill sets forth provisions for countering specified subversive activities by the government of the Russian Federation against the United States and U.S. allies.

ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2018

America's Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act of 2018 or the ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018. This bill directs the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to administer each specified national monument under their joint or exclusive jurisdiction, including the Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Gold Butte, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monuments and the Rose Atoll and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments in accordance with: (1) the one or more presidential proclamations that apply to the applicable covered monument; (2) any Act of Congress enacted before December 4, 2017, that provides for an adjustment to the boundary or administration of such monument; and (3) this bill. The bill establishes the National Monument Enhancement Fund to furnish funding: (1) to such federal agencies to develop management plans for their national monuments that were designated under current federal law, (2) for federal acquisition and development of certain land and other areas, and (3) to develop and enhance recreational infrastructure on such designated lands. The bill designates: (1) specified BLM lands within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte National Monuments in New Mexico and in the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Nevada as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) approximately 100 acres of BLM land in New Mexico as a potential wilderness area and, when specified conditions have been met, for incorporation into the Robledo Mountains Wilderness.

Reunite Separated Families Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2018

Family Unity Rights and Protection Act This bill requires the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, State, and Defense to ensure that alien children (i.e., children under the age of 18 removed from their parents or legal guardians at or near a port of entry or within 100 miles of the U.S. border pursuant to a zero tolerance policy for criminal illegal reentry) are reunited at the earliest possible date with their parents and guardians from whom they were separated. It also requires notification of parents and guardians of procedures for reuniting with such children and for the location of such children. The bill requires the creation of an electronic registry for information used to locate such alien children and their parents and guardians. The information in such registry may only be used for locating such children and may not be used in any criminal prosecution or other immigration proceeding. The bill also sets forth conditions on the termination of parental rights in immigration proceedings and requires the consolidation of asylum and immigration proceedings involving alien children.