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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title: This Act may be cited as the `Government Waste, Fraud, andError Reduction Act of 1999'. ***.
See McCollum amendment (A001) for description.
Pursuant to the previous order of the House, the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill is adopted.
An amendment to make technical changes, add a sense of the Congress on child nutrition, increase defense outlays in FY 2000 by $2 billion, and require CBO to consult with Social Se…
Amendment adds language that provides a Jones Act waiver to the vessel PRIDE OF MANY and added language expressing the sense of Congress regarding oil spill response actions.
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Page 36, after line 10, insert the following new section: \ SEC. 3012. None of the funds made available in this Act***.
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to reserve 100 percent of the Social Security surplus for Social Security, allocate 50 percent of the on-budget surplus to debt reduc…
Amendment provides that the U.S. trustee or bankruptcy administrator can only approve credit counseling agencies which satisfy standards set in regulations promulgated by the FTC a…
Page 15, line 19, insert "and benefits received under the Social Security Act" after "humanity".
Amendment changes the effective date to January 1, 1999 and defines damage to mean punitive, compensatory, and restitutionary relief.
Amendment requires a report to Congress from the Director of Central Intelligence on the organized resistance in Kosovo known as the Kosovo Liberation Army.
Amendment directs NASA to allocate resources to accelerate the initiatives promoting commercial participation in the International Space Station; consider the impact of NASA polici…
Amendment requires the Secretary of the Interior, as part of the management plan, to ensure that the designation as a Biosphere Reserve does not affect State or local government re…
Amendment reduces funding for the Office of the Chief Information Officer by $500,000.
Amendment sought to reduce funding for wood utilization research by $5.1 million.
Amendment sought to reduce funding for Departmental Administration by $3 million.
Amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Amendment requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a counterintelligence polygraph program for employees who have access to high-risk programs or information.
Amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Armed Forces, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Immigration and Na…
Amendment sought to delete section 201 which provided for a repeal of slot restrictions at O'Hare, LaGuardia, and Kennedy airports and allow for slot increases at Reagan National a…
Amendment provides $7.3 million for the operation and maintenance of space launch facilities of the Air Force and requires a study of space launch ranges and requirements.
Amendment sought to delete language that provides for the expenditure of funds from the general fund for aviation programs, and moves the Aviation Trust Fund off budget.
Amendment disallows attorney fees in any action claiming that a public school or its agent violates the constitutional prohibition against the establishment of religion by permitti…
Amendment provides for mandatory life imprisonment for repeat sex offenders against children.