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An amendment to provide a Fiscal Year 1988 deficit of $130.7 billion; defense outlay cuts of $10.7 billion; domestic outlay increases of $35 billion; and revenue increases of approximately $64 billion. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recor...
An amendment to require the Secretary to establish a fund for the purpose of providing financial assistance to families and legal guardians of mentally ill homeless individuals in order to commence complete legal proceedings to place the mentally ill homeless...
An amendment prohibiting production of the 155 millimeter artillery fired atomic projectile. It also limits to numbers in a plan submitted to Congress on 2/4/85 the number of 8 inch artillery fired atomic projectiles (W-79) that may be produced. The W-79 units...
An amendment to the Boxer amendment in Title VIII limiting the Boxer provisions to contracts of over $100,000. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 276 - 147 (Record Vote No: 194).
An amendment to Title X (General Provisions) requiring that a minimum of 10 percent of the funds available under Title I, II, and IX be used in contracts with small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals,...
Amendments en bloc: SCHROEDER-benefits for terrorist victim, FOGLIETTA/NUNTER-SDI commission, BROWN (CO)-forgotten Reserve widows, HUNTER-retaining basic point defense missile system report, ADDABBO-CHAMPUS home health service coverage and demonstration projec...
An amendment to Title III (Operation and Maintenance) granting the Secretary of Defense permission to provide nonlethal assistance to displaced persons or refugees due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Secretary may use excess supplies or items given...
An amendment adding provisions for revision and extension of the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program. It sets a limit of $7,500,000 for assistance during Fiscal years 1986 and 1987. The effective date is 10/1/85. Also the value of te...
An amendment prohibiting the use of procurement funds in the bill for procurement of binary chemicals munitions, including advanced procurement of long lead components or for establishment of a production base for such munitions. The amendment reduces funds in...
An amendment reducing the authorization level for refugee social services from $100 million in each of FY'86 & FY'87 to $74.8 million in FY'86 and $77.9 million in FY'87; reduce the authorization level for health screening and initial treatment of refugees fro...
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.
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 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 nominating the minority candidates for officers of the House. Amendment Failed of Passage in House by Voice Vote.
An amendment to limit the research, development, test and evaluation funds for the small mobile missile system to such use on an intercontinental range mobile ballistic missile that weighs 33,000 pounds or less and has only a single warhead. Also the amendment...
An amendment to add a new title, Title VI, Guaranteed Loan Demonstration Program. The amendment permits the Secretary to insure loans made by State housing finance agencies or private lenders. Interest subsidies may be provided to borrowers whose incomes does...
An amendment to prohibit the Secretary under certain provisions of the National Housing Act from denying insurance to eligible mortgages on the basis of their involving two or three family dwellings or on the basis of their being used to finance substantial re...
An amendment to increase National Park Service national recreation and preservation funds from $10,924,000 to $11,325,000. Amendment Offered by Representative Yates.
Four amendments en bloc to reduce funds in the bill: 1) Salaries & Expenses, National Endowment for the Arts, from $134,400,000 to $114,275,000. 2) Matching Grants, National Endowment for the Arts, from $30,600,000 to $29,600,000. 3) Salaries & Expenses, Natio...
An amendment to reduce Army missile procurement funds from $2,990,900,000 to $2,558,100,000. The amendment also stipulates that none of the funds shall be available for the Pershing II missile system. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Record...
An amendment to the Zablocki amendment to increase to $2,272,400,000 funds for Army procurement of ammunition. This is $100,000 less than in the bill. Also the amendment stipulates that funds may be used for establishment of a production base for binary chemic...
An amendment to stipulate that of the funds available for Energy Supply, Research and Development Activities, $10,000,000 is available for remedial action at Wayne/Pequannock, New Jersey. Point of Order Sustained Against Amendment in Committee of the Whole.
An amendment to reduce from $107,007,000 to $97,819,950 funds for official mail costs. Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 134 - 173 (Record Vote No: 158).
Amendments en bloc to provide criteria for providing financial assistance for essential community facilities. A project selection system is to be used that include the following criteria: 1) Community median family income below 80 percent of the statewide medi...