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An amendment numbered 70 printed in Part B of House Report 116-119 to state that none of the funds may be used for NOAA to utilize a North Atlantic right whale Risk Reduction Decision Support Tool.
An amendment numbered 36 printed in Part B of House Report 116-119 to decrease amounts made available in Division A, other than amounts made available to the Department of Defense, by 14 percent.
An amendment numbered 17 printed in Part B of House Report 116-119 to prohibit the Department of Justice from interfering with state cannabis programs.
An amendment numbered 9 printed in Part B of House Report 116-119 to strike lines 14-18 (Section 534, pg. 107), which states that none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used by the Department of Commerce to incorporate into the 2020 Decennial Census any question that was not included in the 2018 End-to- End Census Test in Providence County, Rhode Island.
An amendment numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 116-119 to increase the NOAA Operations, Research, and Facilities account by $3.5 million for third party data collection of reef fish in the South Atlantic. It is offset by decreasing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Salaries and Expenses account to FY19 levels.
An amendment numbered 97 printed in Part A of House Report 116-111 to reduce spending for each amount in Division E, except those amounts made available to the Department of Defense, by 14 percent.
Amendment sought to strike section 106 of Division E, which states that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to reorganize or to transfer the Civil Works functions or authority of the Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army to another department or agency.
Amendment prohibits the use of funds for the Army Corps of Engineers to finalize the environmental impact statement for the proposed Pebble Mine project.
Amendment sought to prohibit the use of funds to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance that references or relies on analysis of the cost of social carbon under certain Technical Support Documents published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon.
Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 116-111 as en bloc No. 4: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, and 113.
Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 116-111 as en bloc No. 3: 65, 71, 73, 83, 88, 94, 105, 106, and 108.
Amendment sought to strike section 108 in Division E that prohibits any funding from being used for border security infrastructure along the southern border.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019.
Amendment decreases funds for the Operation and Maintenance Account, Defense-Wide by $10 million and increases funds for medical research concerning traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychological health by a similar amount.
Amendment increases and decreases the Defense-wide Operation and Maintenance account by $13 million in order to support the Department of Defense's Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program.
