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Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 727 (97th)passed

An amendment to require that at least 70 percent of the funds provided in the bill spent by the prime sponsor in the adult training program, youth preparatory programs (other than summer youth employment programs), and employment and training assistance for displaced workers, must be used for direct provision of employment and training services. The amendment lists types of expenditures which cannot be counted in the 70 percent such as wages of participants supportive services for participants, and administrative costs.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 720 (97th)passed

Amendments en bloc. The amendments are aimed at including energy conservation in the various programs of the bill. It adds to the list of programs in the definition of federal employment related programs "energy conservation improvements to dwellings occupied by low-income persons." The amendment also stipulates that national programs are to meet the need to develop a labor force with skills that promote the use of renewable energy technologies, energy conservation, and the weatherization of homes occupied by low-income families.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 348 (97th)passed

Two amendments en bloc to 1) exempt parents who receive supplemental security income or social security disability or blindness payments from the current requirement that parents and children living together be treated as a single household for food stamp purposes; and 2) exclude benefits received for work related or child care expenses from being considered reimbursements for purposes of determining food stamp benefits levels.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 302 (97th)failed

An amendment to the Frank amendment. The amendment strikes all of the language of the amendment which spells out the price support levels and conditions and substitutes that the minimum level of price support for milk shall be 70 percent provided that the minimum price support level be $13.10 per hundredweight. The Jeffords amendment removes the provision that permits a variable price support rate if purchase of milk exceed 750,000,000 dollars.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 624 (98th)passed

An amendment to delete the bill's requirement that state and local recipients submit progress reports every two years. The amendment also changes the bill's provisions for amendments to State Plans. The amendment provides that when changes in program conditions, funding, or other factors warrant substantial amendment to the state approved plan the State Board may submit amendments to the Secretary. These amendments are to be subject to review by the state job training coordinating council and the state advisory council. The bill left final disposal of the amendments in the hands of the secretary, only requiring hearings by the state board if the board requested them.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 652 (99th)passed

Amendments en bloc to 1) permit the Secretary to sell common stock of the College Construction Loan Insurance Corporation at the "market value of such shares determined by the Secretary on the basis of an independent appraisal, but not less than" the value of the stock as shown on the books of the Corporation (part in quotes added by this amendment); 2) strike language that allows the Corporation to provide such other programs and services or undertake activities it deems necessary in conjunction with issuance of letters of credit, and 3) change the authority of the Student Loan Marketing Association to permit it to purchase stock.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 647 (99th)passed

An amendment to add to the list of areas to be studied by the National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing the Costs of Postsecondary Education the following two areas: 1) Institutional Responsibility -- the most effective mechanisms of reinforcing and promoting the principle of institutional responsibility for providing need based aid to students attending postsecondary institutions and 2) Governmental Responsibility - the most efficient and appropriate mechanisms for providing student assistance from the various levels of government.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 648 (99th)passed

An amendment to specify that students applying for additional loans and therefore consolidating their loans may not apply for more than one simultaneously. The amendment also changes provisions dealing with issuance of certificates of comprehensive insurance coverage, limiting the issuance of the certificates to those lenders who have been denied a certificate of insurance by the guaranty agency which insures the preponderance of its loans (by value). The bill had prohibited such issuance if the lender had reasonable access in its state to a guaranty agency for such a certificate.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 636 (99th)passed

An amendment to the Ford (MI) substitute. The substitutes a new text for the Ford (MI) amendment which covers employers of 50 or more full time employees or 50 or more employers with a total week working time of 2000 hours. A 90 day notification of plant closings or mass layoffs is required when 100 employees or 30 percent of a work force (or 50 employees, whichever is higher) are so affected. This does not apply to seasonal or parttime employees. The penalty for employers failing to make notice is limited to back pay, other forms of remedy being denied. The amendment also has a provision for the National Task Force on Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 509 (99th)passed

An amendment to add provisions dealing with farmland protection. The amendment requires annual reports beginning with January 1, 1987 under the Farmland Protection Policy Act. It also permits states where a state policy or program exists for farmland protection to bring an action in the Federal District Court of the district where the federal program is proposed to enforce provisions of the Farmland Protection Policy Act.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 435 (100th)failed

An amendment in the nature of a substitute providing for more stringent enforcement of the current Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard Communication Standard, and requiring a two-year study of whether a risk notification program should be established. In more detail, the Jeffords substitute requires employers to notify employees who are or have been exposed to levels or concentrations of toxic materials which exceed OSHA standards. Within one year, OSHA would be instructed to update existing permissible exposure limits, increase penalties for willful violations of current law, and to direct agencies other than OSHA, which have jurisdiction over worker safety and health, to promulgate a health hazard notification standard. Further, the substitute directs GAO to evaluate the effectiveness of expanded Hazard Communication standards, and to provide for creation of a commission to study and report to Congress within two years on issues related to possible creation of a risk notification program. The substitue authorizes $20 million in FY 1988 and "such sums as may be necessary" thereafter for creation of an Office of Hazard Communications to review material safety data sheet information and to assist with employer compliance. It also authorizes $5 million in FY 1988 and "such sums" thereafter for an interim NIOSH program to provide risk information to workers who have participated in federal workplace health studies and to establish a hotline for notified workers. Finally, the substitute prohibits the introduction of information provided under the Hazard Communication.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 243 (100th)failed

An amendment to define a "single employer" as any two or more business entities engaged primarily in the building and construction industry, performing work within the geographical area covered by a collective bargaining agreement to which any of the entities is a party, performing building or construction work of the type described in such agreement, and having substantial commonality based upon the following four factors: 1) common management; 2) centralized control of labor; 3) interrelation of operations, and 4) common ownership. ? Further, such commonality will be presumed in cases where there are practices of; 1)transfer among the entities of employees performing work described in the collective bargaining agreement; 2) direct competition among the entities in submitting bids for the same work, or 3) deprivation of work by one entity against another.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 177 (100th)passed

An amendment to prohibit area agencies on aging from using federal funds to attempt to influence the outcomes of any federal, state or local election, referendum, initiative or similar procedure through in kind or cash contributions, endorsements, publicity or similar activity; to attempt to establish, administer, contribute to, or pay the expenses of a political party, campaign, political action committee, or other organization established for the purpose of influencing the outcomes of elections; and to attempt to influence the outcome of federal or state legislation through lobbying which would result in specific amounts of funds under the Older Americans Act being used solely to accomplish a lobbying objective other than affecting policy related to programs for the elderly.

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