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An amendment requiring compliance with the Sullivan Principles by the U.S. Embassy in South Africa. The amendment sets out specific principles dealing with 1) desegregation of the races, 2) equal employment, 3) equitable pay, 4) minimum wage and salary structu...
An amendment en bloc adding two new sections: 1) "Soviet and Communist Disinformation and Press Manipulation" -- requiring the President to establish a commission to determine the advisability of establishing within the State Department a permanent office of S...
Amendments en bloc adding two new sections: 1) "Soviet and Communist Disinformation and Press Manipulation" -- requiring the President to establish a commission to determine the advisability of establishing within the State Department a permanent office of Sov...
An amendment providing that of the amounts authorized for "Migration and Refugee Assistance" not more than $2 million for FY'86 nor $2 million for FY'87 may by used for enhanced reception and placement services. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Vo...
An amendment prohibiting the employment of Soviet citizens as a foreign national employee at U.S. diplomatic or consular missions in the U.S.S.R. The amendment also expresses the willingness of the Congress to provide additional funds for the expenses of emplo...
An amendment to require the Secretary of State to issue a travel advisory warning U.S. citizens of current dangers of traveling in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. It is to remain in effect until those responsible for the abduction or murder of certain U.S. citiz...
A substitute amendment the text of which is identical to that of the resolution. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 219 - 206 (Record Vote No: 67).
An amendment in the nature of a substitute appropriating $14 million for food, clothing, medicine, and other humanitarian assistance for Nicaragua's democratic opposition, to be provided through the Agency for International Development, and prohibits use of th...
An amendment stipulating that provisions in the bill dealing with compensation of the Director shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts. Amendment Agreed to by House (en gros).
An amendment to strike a provision dealing with acquisition by the National Technical Information Service of capital equipment and inventories from receipts for work or services performed. Amendment Agreed to by House (en gros).
A substitute amendment to the Walgren amendment, keeping the reduced levels of the Walgren amendment with the following exceptions: 1) Measurement Research & Standards - $38,607,000, 2) Materials Science & Engineering $22,443,000, 3) Central Technical Support...
An amendment to make the following funding reductions: a) from $39,985,000 to $36,607,000 - Measurement Research and Standards, b)from $23,184,000 to $21,943,000 - Materials Science and Engineering, c) from $34,846,000 to $33,555,000 - Engineering Measurements...
A substitute amendment to the Walker amendment to make the following reductions in spending levels in the bill: 1) from $372,170,000 to $359,483,000 - Earth, Astronomical, Atmospheric, & Ocean Sciences, 2) from $272,050,000 to $259,250,000 - Biological, Behavi...
An amendment set the total appropriations of the bill at $1,501,792,000. The intent of the amendment is to set the spending level as the same as the previous fiscal year's level. Amendment Passed (Amended) in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 407 - 4 (R...
An amendment to limit authorizations to $7,510,700,000 for (1) research and development, (2) space flight, control and data communications, (3) construction of facilities, and (4) research and program management. Amendment Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 369 - 3...
An amendment to change part of the shuttle pricing policy. The amendment sets as one of the goals of the pricing for commercial or commercial or foreign use of the space system the gaining of two-thirds of all free world space transportation services and capab...
Amendments en bloc on behalf of the committee that are printed in the bill. Amendment Agreed to by House (en gros).
A substitute amendment to the Meyers (KN) amendment to reduces funds for research and program management from $1,345,000,000 to $1,300,000,000. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 288 - 127 (Record Vote No: 48).
An amendment to reduce from $1,011,500,000 funds for space shuttle production and operational capability and to increase from $444,300,000 to $459,300,000 funds for space transportation capability development. Amendment Agreed to by House (en gros).
An amendment to the Morrison (CT) amendment adding the following: "Provided, however, that none of the reductions caused by this subsection shall be made in activities related to commercial space development". Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole...
Amendments en bloc to 1) strike out the crop insurance requirement as a condition to obtaining a guaranteed loan, 2) add to the requirement that advance CCC loans be given only to those who cannot obtain credit elsewhere that no producer, who has received a co...
An amendment to require the Secretary to insure that requests from lending institutions for designations as an approved lender under the program be reviewed and a decision made within 15 days of the application's submission. Also any request of a lending insti...
An amendment to the Bereuter amendment to strike from the Bereuter text the provision that banks with 25 percent or more of their outstanding loan portfolio in agricultural loans are to be automatically granted approved lending status under the bill. It substi...
An amendment to require borrowers obtaining new FmHA guaranteed operating loans to use their existing lenders, unless the lender has failed, closed, or been liquidated. It also requires the payments to the stretched out over five years. Amendment Failed of Pas...
An amendment nominating the minority candidates for officers of the House. Amendment Failed of Passage in House by Voice Vote.