Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]

Amendment sought to strike section 8100 regarding a prohibition on the use of funds to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee not a U.S. citizen or member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at Guantanamo Bay.

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Amendment redirects $500,000 within the Department of Defense Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Fund to provide funding for additional reporting on the immediate risks to U.S. national security posed by climate change and its impacts to the Department.

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An amendment no. 3 printed in the Congressional Record to strike provisions requiring the Corps of Engineers to conduct studies and report to Congress prior to the implementation of proposed replacement permits for the nationwide permit 26 under section 404 of the Clean Water Act and specifies that results of a single-level appeal of jurisdictional determinations shall be considered final agency action.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 116-461 as en bloc No. 4: Nos. 150, 153, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 178, 180, 182, 183, 184, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, 199, 200, 202, 204, 206, 212, 217, 220, 223, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 236, 238, 240, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 251, 252, 254, 255, 257, 258, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280, 281, 282, 285, 287, 289, 290, 291, 293, 294, 295, 300, 304, 305, 306, 310, 311, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 321, 324, 328, 329, 330, 336, 337, 338, and 340.

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An amendment to provide $2,806,675 for the reconstruction of an interchange on an urban high density project in Indiana.

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An amendment to increase the amount for the Operation and Maintenance account for the Corps of Engineers by $23,700,000.

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 116-461 as en bloc No. 5: Nos. 151, 152, 154, 155, 158, 165, 166, 167, 168, 173, 177, 179, 185, 186, 189, 194, 196, 198, 203, 205, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 215, 216, 218, 221, 222, 224, 228, 234, 235, 237, 253, 256, 259, 260, 264, 269, 270, 278, 283, 284, 286, 288, 292, 297, 298, 299, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 312, 313, 320, 322, 323, 327, 331, 332, and 339.

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An amendment to reduce the appropriations for U.S. Courts of Appeals, District Courts and other Judicial services for salaries and expenses by $6.7 million.

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Amendment no. 60 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce Export-Import Bank Subsidy Appropriations by $15 million and Administrative Expenses by $3 million and increase funding for Child Survival and Health Programs Fund by $5 million for vulnerable children programs and $13 million for HIV/AIDS programs.

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An amendment to create a Steel Industry Legacy Relief Program to help steel producers meet retiree health care costs. Such a program would be administered by the Labor Department and be funded over 3 years in the amount of $2.4 billion.

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Amendment increases funding for the Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technologies program by $9 million.

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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 110-678 to require a local educational agency to use American steel and iron for modernization, renovation, or repair projects at a public school facility. Includes waivers if iron and steel are not produced in the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and if iron and steel produced in the U.S. will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.

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An amendment numbered 16 printed in Part A of House Report 115-783 to increase Peer-Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program funding by $5,000,000.

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An amendment to increase funding in the bill by $1 billion for various projects. The increase would be offset by a reduction in the tax cut for taxpayers earning in excess of $1 million in calendar year 2007.

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An amendment to prohibit any of the funds made available in the Act from being used in contravention of the Federal buildings performance and reporting requirements of Executive Order 13123, part 3 of title V of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 2005 (including the amendments made thereby).

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Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 116-111 as en bloc No. 2: 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37, 42, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 62.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 52 in the Congressional Record of June 20, 1995, to delete the provisions of the bill that removes the current prohibition on direct government- to government aid between the U.S. and the government of Azerbaijan.

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An amendment numbered 22 printed in Part A of House Report 115-783 to bar the use of funds in contravention of existing federal requirements for meaningful consultation and engagement with tribal communities related to activities that will impact them.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 73 in the Congressional Record of June 4, 1996, to prohibit Turkey from receiving Economic Suppor Funds until that country agrees to lift its blockade of humanitarian assistance into Armenia.

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An amendment to increase the appropriation in the bill for jury fees by $6.6 million.

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An amendment to alter the bill's provisions restricting the use of funds for the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

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An amendment (printed as amendment No. 54 in the Congressional Record of May 9) to establish a National Clean Water Trust Fund.

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Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 2020

This resolution condemns the performance of unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their informed consent and recognizes the need for additional accountability, oversight, and transparency to protect individuals from such medical procedures while they are in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It also calls on the Department of Homeland Security to fully cooperate with investigations about, and take other actions related to, medical procedures in one of its detention centers.

Protecting Our Democracy Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 2020

Protecting Our Democracy Act This bill addresses issues involving (1) abuses of presidential power; (2) checks and balances, accountability, and transparency; and (3) foreign interference in elections. Specifically, regarding abuses of presidential power, the bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the President to submit to Congress specified materials relating to certain pardons; prohibits self-pardons by the President; suspends the statute of limitations for any federal offense committed by a sitting President or Vice President; prohibits the acceptance of foreign or domestic emoluments, authorizes civil actions by Congress concerning foreign emoluments, and requires the President to make certain disclosures; and sets forth provisions regarding enforcement authority of the Office of Government Ethics and Office of Special Counsel jurisdiction. To address checks and balances, accountability, and transparency, the bill, among other things authorizes specified actions to enforce congressional subpoenas, requires appropriations to be made available for obligation in a timely manner, imposes limits on presidential declarations of emergencies, requires DOJ to maintain a log of communications between it and the White House regarding certain investigations, requires cause for removal of inspectors general, increases whistleblower protections, reauthorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board, and establishes penalties for political appointees who engage in prohibited political activities. To protect against foreign interference in elections, the bill requires federal campaign reporting of foreign contacts, requires federal campaigns to establish a foreign contacts compliance policy, and specifies that foreign donations to political campaigns and candidates of nonpublic information relating to a candidate are prohibited.