Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-At Large]

An amendment to specify that nothing in the bill shall be construed as a creation, recognition, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction of any water rights of the U.S. in the State of Montana existing before the enactment date of the bill.

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An amendment to increase funds for Indian health facilities from $46,739,000 to $62,239,000.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute inserting the text of H.R. 5654 as introduced.

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Amendment clarifies that programs that have been eligible in the past for substance abuse resources will continue to be eligible under this bill.

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An amendment to provide for the Secretary to waive the mining permit fee in the cases where such a permit application covers less than 10 acres of land. The amendment also provides that not more than one waiver may be granted to any one applicant.

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An amendment to postpone until January 21, 1985 a provision in the bill that prohibits the President from dismissing advisory council members without cause. (The advisory councils are those under section 443 of the General Education Provisions Act.).

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An amendment to the amendment offered by Mr. Johnson of Texas to prohibit the use of funds authorized under the bill by any state or school district that seeks to adopt policies that prevent voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.

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Amendment authorizes the Indian Health Service to enter into 6 demonstration projects with Indian tribes to share the costs of providing nursing home care for their elderly.

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An amendment to restrict the prohibition to removal of certain advisory council members except for cause to those appointed after the enactment of the act. (The advisory councils are those under section 443 of the General Education Provisions Act.).

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An amendment to reallocate unspent Title III formula funds of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Beginning on June 30, 1988, a state's unspent Title III formula funds that exceed its allotment by 20 percent will be reallocated to other states. In reallocating these funds, primary consideration will be given to states without excess unspent funds whose average unemployment rate for the previous 12 months is greater than the national average. Any remaining funds will be allocated to those states without excess unspent funds.

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An amendment to make technical corrections in the bill.

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An amendment to conform the bills National Defense and Security exemptions.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Regula amendment, consisting of the text of the National Endowment for the Arts Authorization (H.R. 4825) as passed by the House, which prohibits NEA funding of obscene works and changes the NEA grant-making process to ensure greater accountability.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute which mandates certain changes in the grant-making procedures of the National Endowment of the Arts to ensure greater accountability and to allocate a greater share of NEA funds to states. The amendment specifies that obscentity is without artistic merit and may not be funded by the Endowment, but leaves the final determination of obs cenity to the courts. The amendment also specifies that in the issuing of grants, the National Endowment for the Arts must take into consideration "general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the American public.".

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An amendment to provide that if public improvements are assisted by certain funds under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (section 106(d)), and if the improvements are required to comply with federal or state standards regarding water, sewage, air quality, or storm drainage, and if the costs are charged against property owned by low or moderate income people whose incomes exceed 50 per cent of the area's median income the funds received under section 106(d) are to be used to offset those charges so far as is practicable.

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Amendment requires the Secretary of Education to notify Congress when in any fiscal year the funds appropriated for Pell Grants are insufficient to satisfy fully all entitlements, and to identify the additional amount that would be required to fully satisfy all entitlements.

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An amendment, printed as amendment No. 25 in the Congressional Record to prvide that, in the development of state plans, the agency responsible under the state constitutions for education policy would assume the lead role in developing that portion of the plan.

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An amendment to strike the specified funding for vocational rehabilitation services for fiscal years 1985 through 1987, and insert instead provisions setting funding for those years under the same formula that is in the bill for FY'88. The amendment also provides a formula for additional funding for states under certain circumstances.

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Amendment sought to require the Secretary of Education to borrow from future years appropriations to cover any funding shortfalls for the Pell Grant loan program in a current year. \ A point of order was sustained against the amendment on the grounds that it violates clause 5(a) of the Rules of the House in that it proposes an appropriation during consideration of a bill reported by a committee not having jurisdiction over such appropriations.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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Technical amendments en bloc.

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An amendment to insert a complete new text.

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An amendment to provide that a maximum of 3 percent of the funds provided the states under provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act are to be provided to assure that each State has sufficient funds to provide staff and other resources necessary to carry out employment service activities and related activities on a statewide basis. It also provides that in providing funds for succeeding years states are not to receive more than 90 percent of the funds provided in 1983.

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Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996

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Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 - Prohibits any person from arranging, promoting, organizing, producing, or fighting in a professional boxing match held in a State that has no boxing commission unless the match is: (1) supervised by a commission from another State; and (2) subject to the most recent Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) guidelines, as well as any additional relevant professional regulations and requirements of such other State. Requires, for any professional boxing match: (1) a physical examination of each boxer to determine fitness to compete; (2) the presence of an ambulance or medical personnel and a physician on site; and (3) health insurance coverage for each boxer. (Sec. 6) Requires each professional boxer to register with the commission of the State in which such boxer resides or, in the case of a boxer who is a resident of a foreign country or a State in which there is no such commission, the commission of any other State. Directs a commission to issue to each registering boxer an identification card that contains a recent photograph, a social security or similar identification number, and a personal identification number assigned by a boxing registry. (Sec. 7) Directs each commission to establish procedures to: (1) evaluate the professional records and physician's certification of each boxer participating in a match in the State and to deny fight authorization where appropriate; (2) ensure that no boxer is permitted to box while under suspension from any commission due to a recent knockout or series of consecutive losses, an injury, a required medical procedure, a physician denial of certification, failure of a drug test, or use of false aliases, identification cards, or documents; (3) review a suspension when appealed by a boxer; and (4) revoke a suspension where appropriate proof is presented that a suspension was not, or is no longer, merited by the facts. Authorizes a commission to allow a boxer who is under suspension in any State to participate in a boxing match: (1) for any reason other than those listed above if such commission notifies the suspending commission in writing prior to its approval; or (2) if the boxer appeals to the ABC and the ABC determines that the suspension was without sufficient grounds, for an improper purpose, or not related to the boxer's health or safety or the purposes of this Act. (Sec. 8) Requires the supervising commission, within 48 business hours after the conclusion of a fight, to report fight results and any related suspensions to each boxer registry. (Sec. 9) Outlines conflict-of-interest requirements for commission members or employees, persons who administer or enforce State boxing laws, and members of the ABC. (Sec. 10) Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against persons in violation of this Act for appropriate relief, including match injunctions. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. (Sec. 11) Requires each promoter who intends to hold a match in a State that does not have a boxing commission, at least 14 days before such fight, to provide written notification to the supervising boxing authority containing: (1) assurances that the requirements of this Act will be met; and (2) the identity of any participating fighter who is under suspension from a boxing commission and the identity of such commission. (Sec. 12) Requires a study by: (1) the Secretary of Labor on the feasibility and cost of a national pension system for boxers; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop recommendations for health, safety, and equipment standards for boxers and matches. (Sec. 13) Authorizes an Indian tribal organization to regulate, or enter into a contract for a boxing commission to regulate, matches held on a reservation. Requires a tribal organization that regulates its own matches to establish and implement health and safety standards, licensing, and related requirements that are at least as restrictive as: (1) the standards of the State in which the reservation is located; or (2) the most recent ABC guidelines.