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Army Corps of Enineersincluding the stabilization of Moriches Inlet. (Approved. 283127.) Do -------- Resolution to express the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union Yes. should release dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile. and that the President protest to the Soviet Union on its continued violations of human rights. (Adopted unanimously. 4020.) Feb. 6 ----- Agree to Senate amendment to House provision permitting the Small Yes. Business Administration to finance loans by borrowing from the Treasury Department. and requi ing SBA to pay an interest differential only on these borrowed loan funds. (Approved. 38417.) Feb. 12 ---- Waive Federal labor laws requi ing union membeship or payment of Yes. union dues for workers who objected to membership on religious grounds. (Approved. 34915.) Do -------- Amendment to allow a "onehouse" legislative veto of EPA rules Yes. under the Noise Control Act provided the House or Senate acts within 60 days of the promulgation of a rule and the other chamber does not reject the veto within 30 days. (Approved. 253103.) Do -------- Appropriate $15 million in each of fiscal 1980 and 1981 for the En- Yes vironmental Protection Agency to carry out the provi..ions of the Noise Control Act and develop a 5yr plan for noise control. (Approved. 28870.) Feb. 25 ..... Motion to convene the House in secret session to discuss classified Yes. information on developments in Nicaraguaonly the 2d secret session in 150 yr. (Approved. 29074.) Feb. 26____.Resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President Yes. request the U.N. to send observers to refugee camps in Thailand to supervise relief assistance and ensure safety of Cambodian refugees. (Approved. 3881.) Do -------- Amendment to Central American aid bill to require the President to Yes. terminate aid to Nicaragua if free elections were not held there by Dec. 31. 1981. (Rejected. 191212.) Do -------- Amendment to require compensation by the Nicaraguan Government Yes. for expropriated United States property upon a determination of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. (Rejected. 192197.) Feb. 27 ..... Amendment specifying that no funds in Central American aid bill Yes. could be used to assist any schools in Nicaragua that housed. employed or were made available to Cuban personnel. (Approved. 235166.) Feb. 28____.Motion to recommit resolution to committee. to reduce funds for in- Yes. vestigaions and studies by the Armed Services Committee by $208.3. 7. (Rejected. 68323.) Do ----- Provide $776.000 for investigations and studies by the House Small Yes. Business Committee during 1980. (Approved. 34357.) Do ----- Provide $1.896.800 for investigations and studies by the House Yes.