Flake Files Amendments to Cut $1.8B from Minibus, Targets Missing IRS Emails
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"Contrary to claims of bone-deep spending cuts, there is clearly plenty of fat left to be trimmed from the federal budget," said Flake. "The
Summaries of all 30 of Flake's amendments to H.R. 4660 can be viewed below:
Amendment # Amendment Summary
#3352
Sense of the
#3373 Presidential Involvement in UAC Issue Amendment: This amendment would reduce the budget of the attorney general by one-third unless a video is produced and disseminated with
#3330
Crime Victims Amendment: This amendment would make
No More DOJ Parties Amendment: At a time when our federal deficit is over
#3332 Prosecutorial Decision-making Cutting Amendment: This amendment eliminates
#3333 Community Relations Service Reduction Amendment: The
#3334
#3335 Lab-to-Market Technology Elimination Amendment: This amendment prohibits funding to the Lab-to-Market Technology Transfer and reduces the
#3336 SelectUSA Elimination Amendment: This amendment prohibits funding for SelectUSA activities and reduces Commerce's operation and administration account of the
#3337
Economic Development Administration Elimination Amendment: This amendment eliminates funding for the
#3310
HOME Investment Partnership Program Reduction Amendment: This amendment would reduce funding for the HOME Investment Partnership Program by
#3311
TIGER Grant Funding Reduction Amendment: This amendment would reduce funding for
#3312
#3313
Federal Transit Administration Expenses Reduction Amendment: This amendment reduces the
#3314
Transformation Initiative Elimination Amendment: This amendment would strike all funding (
#3315
#3316
Amtrak Food, Beverage, and First Class Services Prohibition Amendment: This amendment would prohibit the use of federal funding to subsidize
#3317
Ending Amtrak Free Riders Amendment: This amendment would prohibit funding from being used for
#3318
Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant Elimination Amendment: This amendment would strike all funding (
#3319
#3320 USDA Single Family Housing Direct Loan Program Reduction Amendment: This amendment reduces funding for the USDA Single Family Housing Direct Loan program by
#3321 Reforested Hardwood Tree Striking Prohibition Amendment: This amendment strikes
#3322 Value-Added Producer Grants Elimination Amendment: This amendment eliminates
#3323
Quality Samples Program Elimination Amendment: This amendment prohibits funds from being used to implement the Quality Samples Program. This is a wasteful
#3324
Prohibiting Advanced Payments for New Crop Insurance Amendment: This amendment prohibits advanced payments for new crop insurance products. Individuals or entities submitting "private sector plans of insurance can get up to 50 percent of their anticipated R&D costs paid by the
#3325
#3326
Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program Elimination Amendment: This amendment eliminates funding for the Sheep Production and Marketing
#3327
Ethanol Blender Pumps Prohibition Amendment: This amendment prohibits funding for blender pumps for ethanol, ensuring that the mature corn ethanol industry does not receive additional taxpayer subsidies for ethanol blender pumps. In the past, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) has provided corn ethanol blender pump subsidies. However, the 2014 Farm Bill eliminated REAP funding for ethanol blender pumps. Other programs have taken over the subsidies for corn ethanol blender pumps such as the
#3328
Harvest Price Option Prohibition Amendment: This amendment prohibits funding for the Harvest Price Option (HPO) program. Under an HPO, if the price of the covered crop increases between planting and harvest, the farmer's revenue guarantee is recalculated using the higher harvest price. As a result, HPOs can cause a farmer to receive more revenue than was guaranteed at planting. According to a recent analysis, this climbing revenue guarantee allowed corn and soybean producers to receive
#3329
Crop Insurance Transparency Amendment: This amendment requires
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