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An amendment add $4,270,000 for distribution of surplus commodities under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983. Amendment Offered by Representative Dorgan.

An amendment to delete a provision under the Maritime Administration barring use of funds for repayment of construction differential subsidy for the permanent release of vessels from the restrictions in Sec. 506 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, except that...

An amendment barring use of any funds by the Federal Communications Commission for disposing of Federal lands and facilities for relocation of the Fort Lauderdale, FL, monitoring station before the FCC chairman and the General Services Administrator shall join...

An amendment to appropriate $4 million to the Legal Services Corporation to establish the Gillis Long Poverty Center in New Orleans. Amendment Offered by Representative Breaux.

An amendment permitting use of funds for modification of the A-6E aircraft only after enactment of appropriate authorizing legislation. Amendment Offered by Representative Dicks.

An amendment to the Whitten amendment to decrease from $148,500,000 to $50,000,000 of Construction, General funds and from $1,500,000 to $1,000,000 of Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Misso...

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 c...

A substitute amendment to impose sanctions on South Africa if significant progress has not been made in eliminating apartheid in two years. U.S. businesses are required to adhere to the Sullivan principles. It permits the Export Import Bank to extend credit to...

A substitute amendment prohibiting any U.S. person, business, or organization from making or holding any investment in South Africa. It requires complete withdrawal of all U.S. assets from South Africa, prohibits the export of U.S. goods or technology to South...

An amendment adding Section 15 to prohibit the importation of coal, uranium ore, and uranium oxide to the United States. It allows the President to waive this prohibition under conditions specified in the bill (sec. 6). The President shall include the status o...

An amendment to insert a section for future anti-apartheid measures stating that Congress urges the President to consult with other countries, particularly the major allies of the United States, with respect to the implementation in the future of any anti-apar...

An amendment to add that the ban on importation of krugerrands into the U.S. is to apply only to the extent it is not inconsistent with the obligations of the United States under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Amendment Failed of Passage in Commit...

An amendment providing that the restrictions on new investment in section 4 of the bill shall not apply if the Secretary of State determines on the basis of polling substantial numbers of non-white South Africans that they oppose the divestiture by U.S. person...

An amendment to prohibit any kind of nuclear assistance to South Africa. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

An amendment to require registration of krugerrands sold in the United States and to impose a tariff with receipts going toward the education of black South Africans. Point of Order Sustained Against Amendment in Committee of the Whole.

An amendment providing that Sec. 4 of the bill ceases to be effective if (1) an internationally supervised referendum has been conducted which demonstrates that a majority of non-white South Africans oppose the ban on new investment, and (2) the Secretary cert...

A Substitute amendment. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 108 - 310 (Record Vote No: 137).

A substitute amendment providing a one year freeze in non-defense discretionary programs and additional programs reductions, terminations and reforms in selected programs, including a one year freeze in defense spending, with an allowance for 3 percent growth...

An amendment providing a one year Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) freeze for social security, federal retirees and veterans, with 20 percent of the savings from the COLA's freezes used to help social security beneficiaries at the poverty level. It calls for $...

An amendment expressing sense of Congress that minimum tax legislation should be enacted, with the revenues raised to be used either for deficit reduction and/or tax rate reduction. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 142 - 283...

A substitute amendment providing a freeze at 1985 levels plus additional spending reductions. It provides for a 2 percent COLA for Social Security recipients as originally proposed by the Senate Budget Committee. There are no new taxes required. Amendment Fail...

A substitute amendment providing across-the-board freeze for all programs (including defense) and further reductions in 75 specified programs and makes no recommendation on Social Security COLA's. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded V...

A substitute amendment providing a freeze in defense spending at FY'85 level, plus additional cuts in next two years through elimination of several major weapons systems. It provides a full COLA for Social Security and other Federal retirement programs, calls...

An amendment to require that U.S. persons setting up a business enterprise in South Africa adhere to the Sullivan Principles which involve 1) desegregation of the races, 2) equal employment, 3) equitable pay system, 4) minimum wage and salary, 5) increasing bl...

An amendment stating that the funds authorized by this act are hereby reduced by 10 percent. Amendment Passed (Amended) in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.