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Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

S.Amdt. 1286

S.Amdt. 1286 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 4 Democratic cosponsors · See all 5 cosponsors

Changes H.R. 1986 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the "Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office Building".

Offered

Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

This amendment would add a prohibition on using funds to reduce the workforce at public shipyards.

  • It prohibits the use of funds provided under any division of the Act to reduce the workforce at public shipyards, which includes probationary employees.

  • The workforce is exempt from reductions related to spending cuts, the reprogramming of funds, or the probationary status of employees.

  • The term workforce at public shipyards includes the following positions:

  • Welders.

  • Pipefitters.

  • Shipfitters.

  • Radiological technicians and engineers.

  • Engineers and engineer technicians.

  • Apprentices.

  • Positions supporting a workforce development pipeline.

  • Positions supporting nuclear maintenance and refueling.

  • Mechanics.

  • Painters and blasters.

  • Positions supporting maintenance and operations of infrastructure.

  • Positions supporting implementation of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program.