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A substitute amendment to the Walker amendment striking the Walker text and substituting the following: No funds authorized by this Act may exceed the amounts appropriated for the programs and operations of the Maritime Administration and the Federal Maritime...
A perfecting amendment to the Jones (NC) substitute amendment to the Walker amendment. The Walker perfecting amendment reinstates the language of the original Walker amendment, reducing the funds of the bill by 10 percent. Amendment Failed of Passage in Commit...
Amendments en bloc to 1) prohibit providing funds for the U.S. High Commission for Refugees unless the High Commissioner establishes quarterly audits of the use of funds, where the audits are made available to the U.S. Comptroller General. The amendment requir...
An amendment to set out the U.S. policy in regard to INTELSAT. The Secretary of State in conjunction with the Secretary of Commerce is to determine the appropriate modification of the INTELSAT Agreement to permit INTELSAT to establish cost based rates for indi...
An amendment expressing the sense of Congress that all U.S. consular offices should be equipped with 24 hour emergency telephone service through which U.S. citizens can contact a member of the staff of any such office. It requires the Secretary of State to rep...
An amendment striking sec. 127 which limits to State Department any funds used on facilities of the Coordinating Committee on Export Controls and stipulates that members and permanent advisors of the Coordinating Committee must be State Department personnel. I...
An amendment stating " It is the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union's Chief of Mission to the United States should be declared persona non grata beginning on June 1, 1985, until the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has made a...
An amendment to strike Section 106 authorizing $25,000 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for special religious sensitivity instruction, administered through the Foreign Service Institute, for Foreign Service officers to be assigned abroad. Amendment P...
An amendment to reduce funds in the bill: from $949,639,000 to $922,286,000 (FY'86) and $1,138,177,000 to $962,866,000 (FY'87) - USIA; from $151,947,000 to $136,594,000 (FY'86) and $310,000,000 to $142,604,000 (FY'87) - modernization of VOA; from $136,677,000...
An amendment to permit distribution within the U.S. of the USIA film "Hal David: Expressing a Feeling". The film is to be placed in the National Archives with copies being made available for purchase and public viewing in the U.S. The Archivist is to reimburse...
An amendment to provide for distribution within the U.S. of two USIA films relating to Afghanistan: "Afghanistan 1982: the Struggle for Freedom Continues" and "We Are Afghanistan". Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment to extend until 1987 current policy regarding notification of program grants in the Fulbright Act. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment dealing with the National Endowment for Democracy, making available to the public upon request all information regarding its organization, procedures, requirements, and activities, except those exempted by the Freedom of Information provisions of...
An amendment to commend the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, John Gavin, for insuring a full and complete investigation and prosecution of the murders of Enrique Camerena and for his continuing advocacy of a strong drug enforcement program. Amendment Passed in Commi...
An amendment to establish a task force with respect to broadcasts to Soviet Jewry. The task force is to investigate the needs of the Jewish audience in the Soviet Union and study the practicality and desirability of establishing a special program of Russian la...
Three amendments en bloc, 1) dealing with provision of extraordinary protective services for foreign missions, 2) construction of facilities for the Foreign Services Institute, permitting transfer of up to $50,000,000 for the purpose, and 3) dealing with the I...
An amendment expanding the definition of a foreign mission to include an "agency" in a country and to include the criterion "which engages in some aspect of the conduct of the international affairs" of the territory or political entity. It also would require m...
An amendment adding a new section entitled "Responsibilities of U.S. Representatives to International Organizations". It requires the U.S. Representative to the U.N. or other international organizations to oppose adoption of international marketing and distrib...
An amendment to require the Secretary of State to conduct an in-depth study of the feasibility and economic and political benefits of establishing a major initiative in Inter-American Cooperation in Space, Science, and Technology. One year is provided for the...
An amendment that strikes the language of section 120, Improvements to Passport and Consular Services, and inserts new language. The new section is entitled "Consular and Passport Facilities and Services" and requires a study to determine the extent to which t...
An amendment adding that it is the sense of Congress that nominations to the board of directors for the U.S. Institute of Peace should be submitted to the Senate without delay to permit implementation of the Congressional mandate. Amendment Passed in Committee...
An amendment to strike part of section 112 and all of section 113 dealing with certain individuals employed abroad deemed to be employees of the U.S. for certain purposes. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment to reduce from $572,519,000 to $520,167,800 funds for International Organizations and Conferences for fiscal year 1987. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment requiring the U.S. chief of mission to a foreign country in which there is not respect for freedom of the press to actively promote allowing foreign news correspondents into the country without their being subjected to harassment or restrictions,...
An amendment to prohibit the acceptance by the U.S. of gift of any residence or other structure to provide an official residence for the Secretary of State or other official of the Department of State. If such an offer of a gift is made the Secretary of State...