Hank Johnson [on behalf of Conyers (D-MI)] - Amendment No. 1 - Exempts from the bill rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency pertaining to regulation of lead or copper in drinking water (10 minutes) Y 194 N 223 Hank Johnson (D-GA) [on behalf of Jackson Lee (D-TX)] - Amendment No. 2 - Excludes cases where rules are issued by the Department of Homeland Security and pertain to matters of national security (10 minutes) Rejected Voice Y N ✓ Meeks (D-NY) - Amendment No. 3 - Exempts from th...
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Ellison (D-MN)– Amendment No. 1 – Reprograms already appropriated funds to create an Office of Good Jobs for the Department of Treasury (10 minutes) Y 173 N 245 Duffy (R-WI)– Amendment No. 2 – Decreases the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) account by $20.7 million (10 minutes) Y 166 N 254 Becerra (D-CA)– Amendment No. 3 – Strikes Section 127, which prevents the IRS from issuing guidance to more clearly define political activity for 501(c)(4) organizations (10 minutes) Y 183 N ...
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Palmer (R-AL) – Amendment No. 1 – Makes technical and conforming changes to the bill (i.e., ensures proper section citations) (10 minutes) Adopted Voice Y ✓ N Posey (R-FL) – Amendment No. 2 – Establishes that no agency employee when acting in their official capacity shall be permitted to establish, operate, maintain, or otherwise permit the use of information technology not certified by the applicable officials as in compliance with the established information security protocols (10 minutes) Ado...
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Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 1 – Increases funding for Military Personnel, Navy by $2 million and to reduce the amount made available for the same account, by $2 million. Adopted Voice Y ✓ N Shuster (R-PA) – Amendment No. 2 – Restores $170 million to Army Operations & Maintenance (O&M) for the purpose of preventing a cut due to Army Working Capital Carryover balances, offset with funds from Operations & Maintenance Defense-Wide and non-critical environmental restoration accounts. Y 205 N 2...
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Bishop (R-UT) - Amendment No. 1 - Makes technical and conforming corrections to the bill, including modifications to ensure provisions of the bill execute as intended. The amendment removes the opt-in provision for other territories, provides an initial funding mechanism for the Oversight Board from Puerto Rico, allows the Board to review territorial laws enacted after May 4, 2016, moves up the timeline for when the president must have appointed members to the Board, and clarifies what factors t...
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Speier (D-CA) – Amendment No. 1 – Increases funding for the Sergeant at Arms by $100,000 for additional clearance investigations, and decreases the Office of the Clerk by the same amount (10 minutes) Not Offered Y N Ellison (D-MN) – Amendment No. 2 –Reprograms funds to create an Office of Good Jobs for the House of Representatives (10 minutes) Y 157 N 241 Blumenauer (D-OR) – Amendment No. 3 – Requires the Architect of the Capitol to conduct a feasibility study regarding the installation and oper...
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Whitfield (R-KY) - Amendment No. 1 - Addresses the CBO estimate and clarifies that no new funds are authorized, and the costs for two studies and reports to Congress required under the bill are to be covered by EPA’s existing budget (10 minutes) Y 236 N 170 Rush (D-IL) - Amendment No. 2 - Would nullify the provisions of Section 3(d) of the bill that provide relief to permit applicants if EPA fails to issue implementation regulations at the same time it revises new standards (10 minutes) Y 171 N ...
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To view the amendments to H.R. 5055 that were preprinted in the Congressional Record, please click here. You can also receive live updates on amendments by following us on Twitter, @repcloakroom Gosar (R-AZ) - Page 3, Line 5 - Increase Army Corps of Engineers-Investigations by $1 million, reduces DOE-Departmental Administration by the same amount. Adopted Voice Y ✓ N Rodney Davis (R-IL) - Page 3, Line 5 - Reduces Corps of Engineers – Investigations - reduced by $10 million and increases the acco...
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