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An amendment to eliminate the authorization of $50 million in each of FY'86 and '87 for targeted assistance to areas with large refugee populations. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 104 - 307 (Record Vote No: 159).
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...
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 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 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).
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 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,...
An amendment to permit cities of less than 50,000 to remain eligible for certain funds under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 until the the Secretary of HUD revises the standards for eligibility. The cities may not be the central city of a met...
An amendment to increase from 40 per cent to 50 per cent the required local share of funds for rehabilitation on the main line track between Atlantic City, New Jersey and the main line of the Northeast Corridor. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whol...
An amendment to reduce from $1,250,000,000 to $1,122,500,000 funds for grants under the contract authority of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. The intent of the amendment is to strike funds for the Los Angeles subway system. Amendment Failed of Passa...
An amendment making the following changes: 1) Strikes funds for the Ras Banas Rapid Deployment Force facilities, 2) reducing from $16 million to $13.6 million funds for the Steam distribution line, Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina, 3) strikes funds fo...
An amendment to reduce from $2,272,500,000 to $2,157,900,000 Army procurement funds for ammunition. The intent of the amendment is to eliminate funds for binary chemical weapons. Amendment Passed (Amended) in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
A substitute amendment to the Zablocki amendment. The amendment reduces the bill's funding for Army ammunition procurement from 2,272,500,000 dollars to 2,157,900,000 dollars. It also prohibits use of the binary chemical munitions and production facilities, eq...
An amendment to add $50,000,000 for guaranteed operating loans of the Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund under the Farmers Home Administration. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment to provide the following funds for the Department of Health and Human Services: Center for Disease Control, Preventive Health Services $2,225,000; National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute - $3,300,000; National Heart, Lung, and Bloo...
An amendment to provide $49,000,000 for the restoration of the West Central Front of the U.S. Capitol, without change of the present architectural appearance or location of the front. It strikes funds in the bill $70,500,000 for the extension of the West Front...
An amendment to increase funding for high technology instrumentation for new research initiatives, new laboratory development, and technology for delivering instruction from $50,000,000 to $99,000,000. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recor...
An amendment providing that any grant under the $50 million high technology instrumentation program in excess of $175,000 shall have the excess matched by outside funds on a one to one basis. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment to provide for loans to small businesses in rural areas whose businesses deal with farmers and ranchers machinery. Loans are limited to $50,000. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment to strike the provision for the National Teaching Scholarships and substitute 50 million dollars block grant programs each in FY'84 and FY'85 to be used by state and local authorities for meeting teacher shortages either by granting scholarships o...