Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1]

An amendment to substitute new language for the Title I, Chapter I language ruled out of order. The new language changes the provision that required that "not less" than 50,000,000 dollars of the 5,000,000,000 dollars provided the Commodity Credit Corporation be available for export credit loans to that not "more than" that amount be provided for that purpose.

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An amendment to increase funds for the FDA. The increase is intended to increase funds for AIDS research. The increase is from $390,225,000 to $392,370,000.

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An amendment adding "For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects authorized by law; and detailed studies, and plans and specifications of projects (including those for development with participation or under consideration for participation by State, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made available for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction), to remain available until expended, $148,500,000 of Construction, General Funds and $1,500,000 of Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee funds".

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An amendment to the Jones (OK) substitute amendment. It limits the deferred enrollment provision so that it applies only to committee, rather than both to committee and subcommittee, allocations of budget authority and outlays.

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An amendment to add $50,000,000 for guaranteed operating loans of the Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund under the Farmers Home Administration.

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Amendments en bloc: (1) increase the appropriation for the Federal Emergency Management Agency by $250 million; (2) appropriate $50 million to carry out the Emergency Watershed Program of the Soil Conservation Service; (3) appropriate $15 million for operation and maintenance by the Army Corps of Engineers; (4) appropriate $15 million for operation and maintenance by the Bureau of Reclamation; (5) appropriate $5 million for the U.S. Geological Survey; and (6) appropriate $25 million for the Forest Service.

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An amendment to change the expiration dates for the resolution from December 5, 1985 to December 12, 1985.

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An amendment to the Aspin substitute amendment. It limits the deferred enrollment provision so that it applies only to the Committee, rather than both to Committee and Subcommittee, allocations of budget authority and outlays.

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Amendment deleted section 103 which gave the Secretary of Defense authority to accept burdensharing contributions in the form of money from a foreign country for the support of any element of the United States armed forces in the area of that country.

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An amendment to reduce new budget authority in the bill by a total of $1 billion to $3.7 billion by deleting or reducing certain appropriations in the bill and to provide funding for certain other programs by transferring or reprogramming existing funds. The amendment would not eliminate the bill's funding for anti-drug programs and it would not eliminate the bill's funding for veterans programs. In addition, the amendment would eliminate the appropriation of $153.5 million for homeless programs; provide $15 million by transfer for emergency food and shelter programs administered by FEMA; provide $88 million for payments for the operations of low-income housing projects by transfer; cut the amount for fighting forest fires by $258 million; eliminate the $70.7 million amount for the FAA; cut $75 million from the Conservation Reserve Fund; delete the amount of $250 million for payments to Japanese-Americans interned by the U.S. Government during World War II; Delete $32.2 million for NOAA; delete $43.2 million for various Justice Department activities, and delete $18.3 million for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Finally, the amendment provides $16.2 million for the Judiciary by transfer and $500,000 for the FEC by reprogramming.

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An amendment to change the expiration date from 2/28/83 to 12/15/82.

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An amendment to the Latta substitute amendment. The amendment limits the deferred enrollment provision so that it applies only to committee, rather than both to committee and subcommittee, allocations of budget authority and outlays.

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An amendment comprised of four amendments offered en bloc to change the date of duration of the continuing resolution from October 20 to October 5; to remove the authority for the President to call up the Selected Reserves; to provide $9 million for conduction of tissue typing and expansion of volunteer rolls for bone marrow donors; and to provide for additional Army procurement.

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An amendment to delete the provisions of the bill which would prevent the Army National Guard from transferring any land outside the State of Mississippi for land inside the state.

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To designate the bridge on United States Route 231 which crosses the Ohio River between Maceo, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana, as the "William H. Natcher Bridge".

United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1994

Designates a certain bridge which crosses the Ohio River between Maceo, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana, as the William H. Natcher Bridge.

Designating the months of March 1995 and March 1996 as "Irish-American Heritage Month".

United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1994

Designates the months of March 1995 and March 1996 as Irish-American Heritage Month.

Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1994

Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the scientific, educational, and cultural significance of the Smithsonian Institution. Mandates that: (1) all but a certain portion of surcharges received from coin sales be paid by the Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution to support programming related to the 150th anniversary and general activities of the Smithsonian Institution; and (2) a certain portion of such surcharges be dedicated to supporting the operation and activities of the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History.

United States China Policy Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1994

United States-China Act of 1994 - Declares that if nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) is not granted to China by reason of the enactment of a congressional disapproval resolution, such treatment shall continue to apply to goods that are produced by a person that is not a state-owned Chinese enterprise, but not apply to any goods that are produced by a state-owned Chinese enterprise. Provides that if nondiscriminatory treatment is granted to China for a 12-month period on July 3, 1994, such treatment shall not apply to: (1) any good that is produced by the People's Liberation Army or a Chinese defense industrial trading company; or (2) any nonqualified good that is produced by a state-owned Chinese enterprise. Provides that in order for such treatment to be granted to China, the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with American businesses that have significant trade with or investment in China, to encourage them to adopt a voluntary code of conduct that: (1) follows internationally recognized human rights principles; (2) ensures the employment of Chinese citizens is not discriminatory in terms of sex, ethnic origin, or political belief; (3) ensures that no convict, forced, or indentured labor is knowingly used; (4) recognizes the rights of workers to freely organize and bargain collectively; and (5) discourages mandatory political indoctrination on business premises. Requires the Secretary to determine, and publish in the Federal Register, which persons are state-owned Chinese enterprises and Chinese defense industrial trading companies. Authorizes the President to waive any condition or prohibition imposed under this Act if he determines and reports to the Congress that its continued imposition would have a serious adverse effect on vital U.S. national security interests. Declares that if the President recommends in 1995 that the waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment for China be continued, he shall state in a specified report to the Congress the extent to which China has made progress with respect to: (1) adhering to the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; (2) ceasing the exportation to the United States of products made with convict, forced, or indentured labor; (3) ceasing unfair and discriminatory trade practices which restrict and unreasonably burden American businesses; and (4) adhering to the guidelines of the Missile Technology Control Regime and the controls adopted by the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the Australia Group.

Designating September 16, 1994, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day" and authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1994

Designates September 16, 1994, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Requires the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at: (1) all national cemeteries and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1994 (Memorial Day), September 16, 1994 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day), and November 11, 1994 (Veterans Day); and (2) the White House and the buildings containing the primary offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Selective Service System on September 16, 1994 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day).

To require the head of any Federal agency to differentiate between fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils and greases, in issuing certain regulations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994

Requires the head of any Federal agency to differentiate between fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils and greases in issuing certain regulations.

To rescind the fee required for the use of public recreation areas at lakes and reservoirs under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1994

Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to allow user fees to be collected at lakes and reservoirs under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) only from users of highly developed facilities requiring continuous presence of maintenance and supervision personnel and to prohibit the collection of such fees for access to or use of water areas, shoreland, sites, drives, or boat launching ramps which are undeveloped or lightly developed or where no mechanical or hydraulic equipment is provided.

An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise and improve veterans' benefits programs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1994

Veterans' Persian Gulf War Benefits Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) develop and expeditiously implement a uniform case assessment protocol that will ensure thorough assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of all Persian Gulf War veterans suffering from illnesses attributed to service in the Persian Gulf theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War; (2) expedite efforts to develop case definitions or diagnoses for illnesses associated with such service; and (3) develop and implement a comprehensive outreach program to inform such veterans and their families of health-care services, including comprehensive medical evaluations, that may be available through the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary to pay compensation to Persian Gulf War veterans suffering from a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness that became manifest to a degree of ten percent or more within one year after completion of active duty in the Gulf War, with exceptions. Terminates compensation payments three years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for: (1) FY 1995 through 1997 for conducting research of the health risk and effects of service during the Gulf War and the treatment of such effects; and (2) FY 1995 for a survey of Persian Gulf veterans as to the incidence and nature of health problems occurring in such veterans and their families.

To designate October 1994 as "Crime Prevention Month".

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1994

Designates October 1994 as Crime Prevention Month.

Designating the week beginning February 12, 1995, as "National Random Acts of Kindness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1994

Designates the week beginning February 12, 1995, as National Random Acts of Kindness Week.