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Amendments to H.R. 4505 - CJS

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Washington, July 28, 2021 | comments
Amendments to H.R. 4505 - CJS

Adams (D-NC) - Amendment No. 1 - Increases funds for antitrust enforcement by $3,824,000, offset by decreasing funding from the Department of Justice general administration account

Adams (D-NC) - Amendment No. 2 - Increases and decreases by $10,000,000 the National Science Foundation's funding to emphasize the importance of NSF partnering with HBCUs and MSIs to develop a diverse quantum computing workforce

Adams (D-NC) - Amendment No. 3 - Includes "American" before "Indian Woman" to provide clarity

Adams (D-NC) - Amendment No. 4 - Increases funding for necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics, and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, offset by a decrease in funding to the DOJ general administration account

Beyer (D-VA) - Amendment No. 5 - Increases and decreases both the DOJ general administration account and the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program account by $10,000,000 to highlight the need to implement PL117-13, the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act

Blumenauer (D-OR), McClintock (R-CA), Norton (D-DC), Lee, Barbara (D-CA), Beyer (D-VA), DeGette (D-CO), Jayapal (D-WA), Jeffries (D-NY), Joyce, David (R-OH), Maloney, Carolyn (D-NY), Perlmutter (D-CO), Schakowsky (D-IL), Thompson, Mike (D-CA), Titus (D-NV), Young (R-AK) - Amendment No. 6 - Restricts the Department of Justice from using any funds appropriated by Congress to enforce federal laws regarding activities that are legal under state, territorial, or tribal law with regard to marijuana, regardless of whether the marijuana laws are recreational or medicinal

Bowman (D-NY) - Amendment No. 7 - Increases funding for the Minority Business Development Agency by $1 million. Offsets the increase with a $1 million decrease in funding for the Department of Justice General Administration

Bowman (D-NY) - Amendment No. 8 - Increases funding by $1 million for Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation, which provides funding for the HBCUUndergraduate Program and the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic Serving Institutions program. Offsets the increase with a decrease in funding of $1 million from the USMS Federal Prisoner Detention account

Burgess (R-TX), Kuster (D-NH) - Amendment No. 9 - Increases funding for the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act grant program by $2.5 million and reduces funding for salaries and expenses at the Department of Commerce by $2.5 million

Bush, Cori (D-MO), OcasioCortez (D-NY) - Amendment No. 10 - Adds $1 million to the Office of Violence Against Women for the purposes of enhancing culturally specific services for domestic violence survivors, by reducing funding from the Department of Justice General Administration account by the same amount

Bush, Cori (D-MO), OcasioCortez (D-NY) - Amendment No. 11 - Adds $4 million to the Alternatives to Pretrial Incarceration Pilot Program to support diversion from jail and reduce the rate and duration of pretrial detention, by reducing funding from the Department of Justice General Administration account by the same amount

Bush, Cori (D-MO), OcasioCortez (D-NY) - Amendment No. 12 - Increases and decreases the Research, Evaluation and Statistics account by $1 million to highlight the need to direct the Office of Justice Programs to 1) study effective, non-carceral and non-punitive strategies to encourage public safety, and 2) provide recommendations on best practices to reducing harm and improving public health in historically marginalized communities

Cárdenas (D-CA) - Amendment No. 13 - Increases funds focusing on girls in the juvenile justice system by $1,000,000. Reduce Department of Justice General Administration by $1,000,000

Carter, Buddy (R-GA) - Amendment No. 14 - Prohibits funds from being used by DOJ to pursue litigation that argues that the State of Georgia's "Election Integrity Act of 2021" is unconstitutional or unenforceable

Crow (D-CO) - Amendment No. 15 - Increases funding by $3 million for the Antarctica Infrastructure Recapitalization, under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Account offset by decreasing funding from the Department of Justice general administration account

Escobar (D-TX) - Amendment No. 16 - Increases and decreases funding to make clear that States must disburse all funds under this division in accordance with Congressional intent and not for purposes not otherwise outlined in the corresponding report and bill text

Graves, Garret (R-LA) - Amendment No. 17 - This amendment reduces expenses of activities authorized by law for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries management by $1,000,000 and increases by $1,000,000 for the same purposes

Grothman (R-WI) - Amendment No. 18 - Reduces funding for Legal Services Corporation by $181.5 million

Hudson (R-NC) - Amendment No. 19 - Increases funding to study the root causes of school violence by $1 million

Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Amendment No. 20 - Increases and decreases by $2,000,000 funding for the Office of Justice Programs grant in order to support programs to engage adult men and young persons to reduce and prevent domestic violence against children

Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Amendment No. 21 - Increases and decreases by $500,000 the funds provide for emerging issues related to violence against women for cyber-stalking to highlight where abusers use technology to track, surveil and harass their victims

Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Amendment No. 22 - Increases and decreases by $500,000 to highlight underserved incarcerated parents under the program established by this bill to provide support to children of incarcerated parents to participate in demonstration programs to enhance and maintain parental and family relationships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy

Jones, Mondaire (D-NY) - Amendment No. 23 - Increases and decreases funding by $1 for Department of Justice Legal Activities to emphasize that although the additional funding for voting rights enforcement is important, new enforcement spending is not enough to protect and renew our democracy

LaMalfa (R-CA) - Amendment No. 24 - Strikes Sec. 531 to allow the DOJ to use funds to prevent states from implementing their laws that authorize use, distribution, possession, and cultivation of medical marijuana. (10 minutes)

Langevin (D-RI), Gallagher (R-WI), Ruiz (D-CA) - Amendment No. 25 - Increases funding for NSF Education and Human Resources by $5,000,000 to put the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program in line with the funding recommendation from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. Offset by an equal decrease to Department of Justice, General Administration

Levin, Mike (D-CA), Lowenthal (D-CA), Huffman (D-CA) - Amendment No. 26 - Increases and decreases by $5.6 million the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Operations, Research, and Facilities budget to support an assessment of extent and mitigation strategies for the Southern California mid-channel, ocean DDT dump site. This includes fully characterizing the extent of the barrel field, identifying the toxin “fingerprint” contained in the barrels, surveying the barrel-derived toxin loads of animals on the seafloor, and assessing the extent human exposure to toxins

Lofgren (D-CA), Massie (R-KY), Jayapal (D-WA), Davidson (R-OH), Eshoo (D-CA), Spartz (R-IN) - Amendment No. 27 - Restricts warrantless searches targeting Americans of information previously collected in foreign intelligence surveillance under Sec. 702 of FISA

Lowenthal (D-CA) - Amendment No. 28 - Increases and decreases NASA Science by $60 million to highlight how expanding dedicated Small Satellite Launch Services will enable NASA a greater return on their science and launch investments by ensuring the availability of low-cost, responsive, dedicated access to space. Such funds would enable steady coordination and procurement of small launch vehicles for dedicated small satellite launch services for science missions
Malinowski (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 29 - Decrease funding for the General Administration by $1,000,000 and increase funding by $1,000,000 for the Office of Justice Programs: Research, Evaluation, and Statistics to allocate funds toward FBI training to local jurisdictions on standardized reporting and require the FBI to produce semi-annual or quarterly reports on hate crimes in order to help better understand hate crime trends closer to realtime than a year out

Malinowski (D-NJ), Eshoo (D-CA) - Amendment No. 30 - Decrease funding for the General Administration by $500,000 and increase funding for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine by $500,000 to study the role of social media amplification algorithms in the rise in violent extremism and to recommend steps companies and policymakers can take to reduce violent extremism online

McCarthy (R-CA) - Amendment No. 31 - Increases and decreases funding by $147,000,000 in the Buildings and Facilities account to support ongoing modernization and repair projects to address seismic or geological deficiencies at facilities owned by the Bureau of Prisons

McKinley (R-WV) - Amendment No. 32 - Increases and decreases funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Safety, Security and Mission Services account by $10,100,000 with the intent to direct the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate must continue contributing to the crucial IV&V program. The IV&V program is essential to ensuring that safety- and mission-critical software will operate correctly, safely, and dependably

McKinley (R-WV), Perlmutter (D-CO) - Amendment No. 33 - Increases and decreases the Salaries and Expenses account within the Federal Prison System budget by $2 million with the intent to direct that $2 million within the account to be used for recruitment and retention incentive programs at short-staffed facilities

McKinley (R-WV) - Amendment No. 34 - Increases and decreases the Procurement, Acquisition and Construction account within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by $2.3 million for the purpose of creating a test bed for advanced propulsion and mechanical subsystems that could be utilized in a new green boat design

Moore (D-WI) - Amendment No. 35 - Increases VAWA Tribal Jurisdiction by $1 million, offset by a decrease in funding to the DOJ general administration account

Norton (D-DC) - Amendment No. 36 - Prohibits the Federal Bureau of Prisons from using funds to impose subsistence fees on individuals in halfway houses or on home confinement

Obernolte, Jay (R-CA) - Amendment No. 37 - Increases DEA funding by $25 million and decreases DOJ funding by $25 million to support efforts to eliminate illegal marijuana grows in South Eastern California

OcasioCortez (D-NY), Takano (D-CA), Garcia, Jesús (D-IL), Bush, Cori (D-MO), Adams (D-NC) - Amendment No. 38 - Bans federal law enforcement officers from using chemical weapons in the course of policing in the United States

OcasioCortez (D-NY), Moore (D-WI) - Amendment No. 39 - Prohibits the use of funds for the defense of Donald J. Trump in the case E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

Omar (D-MN) - Amendment No. 40 - Increases and decreases funding by $500,000 to the Federal Prison System to highlight the importance of providing cost-free reading and learning materials in detention facilities

Omar (D-MN) - Amendment No. 41 - Increases and decreases funding by $1,000,000 to highlight the need to conduct a study on the physical, mental, and emotional health impacts of incarceration on pregnant individuals

Omar (D-MN) - Amendment No. 42 - Prohibits the use Federal funds to contravene an individual’s First Amendment right to protest and peacefully assemble

Perlmutter (D-CO), Babin (R-TX), Houlahan (D-PA), Norcross (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 43 - Transfers $12 million from the NOAA operations, research, and facilities account to move the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) into the Office of the Secretary of Commerce to support OSC’s missions including remote sensing licensing, the Space Situational Awareness pilot program, and partnerships with commercial industry

Perlmutter (D-CO), Buck (D-CO), Neguse (D-CO), Lamborn (R-CO), DeGette (D-CO), Crow (D-CO) - Amendment No. 44 - Increase and decrease the NASA Exploration account by $43.3M to direct NASA to fully fund the analyses to maximize reuse and establish production flows for the Artemis III and future Orion spacecraft

Plaskett (D-VI), GonzálezColón, Jenniffer (R-PR), Sablan (D-MP), Velázquez (D-NY), San Nicolas (D-GU) - Amendment No. 45 - Prevents the Department of Justice from using federal funds for litigation that affirms denial of Supplemental Security Income benefits based solely on residence in any territory or possession of the United States as constitutional or valid or enforceable on any ground

Pressley (D-MA) - Amendment No. 46 - Increases and decreases funding in Department of Justice Legal Activities by $1 million to express the intent that additional funding for voting rights enforcement be used to ensure eligible voters who are incarcerated have access to the ballot

Pressley (D-MA) - Amendment No. 47 - Redirects $2 million in funding to alternatives to youth incarceration initiative from the USMS Federal Prisoner Detention account

Pressley (MA), Adams (D-NC) - Amendment No. 48 - Increases and decreases funding by $500,000 in the Prison Systems account to highlight the importance of a GAO study and report on the adverse maternal and infant health outcomes among incarcerated individuals and infants born to such individuals with a particular focus on racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes for incarcerated individuals

Pressley (D-MA), Adams (D-NC) - Amendment No. 49 - Increases funding by $3 million to the family-based alternative sentencing pilot programs by transferring $3 million from the Federal Prisoner Detention account. Increases this program to $10 million, signifies Congress’s support of non-carceral approaches, and specifically references the need to also prioritize pregnant people in these alternative programs

Ross (D-NC) - Amendment No. 50 - Increases funding for the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs Account by $2 million with the intent that these funds be used to continue development and testing of its pilot campus climate survey on sexual assault. Offsets the increase with a decrease in funding of $2 million from the Department of Justice’s General Administration Account

Ruiz (D-CA), Spanberger (D-VA), Sherrill (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 51 - Increases the funding for Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Grants by $2 million, offset by a decrease in funding to the DOJ general administration account

Rush (D-IL), Cárdenas (D-CA) - Amendment No. 52 - Increases funding for community-based violence prevention initiatives by $1,800,000, offset by a decrease in funding to the DOJ general administration account

Schrier (D-WA) - Amendment No. 53 - Increases funding for the Community Trust/Body-Worn Camera program by $1 million for the purpose of supporting body-worn cameras and data management for law enforcement departments with 50 or fewer full-time personnel, rural agencies, and Tribal agencies, offset by decreasing funding to DOJ general administration account

Schrier (D-WA) - Amendment No. 54 - Increases the Mentally Ill Offender Act by $2 million for the purpose of hiring trained mental health professionals to support law enforcement departments, offset by decreasing funding to the DOJ general administration account

Sherrill (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 55 - Increases funding for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program by $3 million, offset by decreasing the DOJ general administration account

Sherrill (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 56 - Increases and decreases funding for NOAA by $1.45 million to emphasize the critical importance of updating Atlas 14. Providing NOAA with adequate funding to update Atlas 14 precipitation data is crucial to our communities' ability to adjust to a rapidly changing climate, prepare for emergencies, and ensure long-term resiliency

Sherrill (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 57 - Increases and decreases funding for the National Science Foundation by $7.6 billion to emphasize the importance of supporting climate science and sustainable research, as well as research on quantum information science, advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, and other critical research efforts

Sherrill (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 58 - Increases and decreases funding for the Violence Against Women Act by $753,800,000 to emphasize the critical importance of addressing gender-based violence through VAWA's prevention and prosecution programs, as well as efforts to reduce the backlog of unprocessed rape kits

Spanberger (D-VA), Meijer (R-MI) - Amendment No. 59 - Increases and Decreases by $5 million National Science Foundation Research and Related Activities funding to emphasize the need to support research in advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing techniques and the development of a pharmaceutical engineering workforce

Upton (R-MI), Huizenga (R-MI), Meijer (R-MI), McClain (R-MI), Bergman (R-MI) - Amendment No. 60 - Increases and decreases funding for the United States International Trade Commission by $1 million for the purpose of fulfilling their obligations to American fruit and vegetable producers by strictly enforcing violations within their purview that continue to harm domestic producers

Walberg (R-MI), Raskin (D-MD), McClintock (R-CA), Rush (D-IL), Cárdenas (D-CA), Armstrong (R-ND), Davidson (R-OH) - Amendment No. 61 - Prohibits use of funds for "adoptive seizures," wherein law enforcement evades stricter state laws governing civil asset forfeiture by seizing property and referring it to federal authorities
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