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Disaster State Housing Recovery Act of 2009 [HB-2995]
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Disaster State Housing Recovery Act of 2009 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 with respect to grants for 2009 to a state housing credit agency for low-income housing projects in lieu of low-income housing credit allocations. Revises the formula for determining a state's low-income housing grant election amount to reflect any increase in the state housing credit ceiling for 2009 attributable to any such ceiling returned to the state in 2009 by reason of the additional low-income housing credit dollar amounts allocated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 06/23/2009
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-2892]
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 - Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2010 for the Offices of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and the Inspector General and for intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations
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Sponsored by: Rep. David E. Price
Signed By President. on 10/28/2009
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Gulf Coast Civic Works Act [HB-2269]
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Gulf Coast Civic Works Act - Establishes within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Federal Coordinator of Gulf Coast Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission. Authorizes any municipality of over 25,000 people in the affected area to designate a local advisory council to advise the Commission. Requires the Commission to: (1) establish regional taskforces and prepare a regional policy plan; (2) establish and administer a Gulf Coast Civic Works Project that employs a minimum of 100,000 Gulf Coast region residents and evacuees
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, And Competitiveness. on 06/11/2009
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21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act [HB-2187]
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21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act - Title I: Grants for Modernization, Renovation, or Repair of Public School Facilities - (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/18/2009
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Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 [HB-146]
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Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 - Title I: Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System - Subtitle A: Wild Monongahela Wilderness - (Sec. 1001) Designates specified federal lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as wilderness and as either a new component, or an addition to an existing component, of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to continue the competitive running event permitted from 2003 through 2007 in the vicinity of the boundaries of the Dolly Sods
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Became Public Law No: 111-11. on 03/30/2009
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JUDGES Act Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act [S.4779]
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Requires the appointment of additional U.S. district court judges, converts certain temporary district court judgeships into permanent judgeships, and requires the Government Accountability Office to report on vacant or underused federal courthouses. Specifically, the bill requires the appointment of 34 district court judges on or after January 21, 2021, in specified judicial districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Texas. Further, 31 district court judges
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Sponsored by: Sen. Todd C. Young
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 10/01/2020
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Disaster Relief for Southeastern Small Businesses Act of 2020 [S.4607]
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Establishes loan forgiveness for a recipient of a paycheck protection loan or an economic injury disaster loan made or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to a recipient located in an area for which the President declared a major disaster related to Hurricane Laura or Hurricane Sally.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Kennedy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/17/2020
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To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes. [HB-7799]
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Designates the portion of U.S. Route 80 from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama as the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 07/28/2020
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Water Resources Development Act of 2020 [HB-7575]
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Modifies water resources infrastructure funding and addresses Army Corps of Engineers projects for navigation, flood damage reduction, and ecosystem restoration. The bill removes certain funds appropriated for harbor operations and maintenance from annual discretionary spending limits. This allows additional funds to be appropriated for these purposes without the amounts counting against annual discretionary spending limits. Further, the bill increases the percentage of available funds allocated annually to emerging harbors (i.e., those that handle
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Sponsored by: Rep. Grace F. Napolitano
Received In The Senate. on 07/30/2020
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Ohio River Basin Preparedness Act [HB-7426]
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To require development and implementation of an interagency plan to assist communities affected by climate change in the Ohio River Basin, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 08/13/2020
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National Commission on Modernizing Military Installation Designations Act [HB-7155]
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Establishes in the executive branch the National Commission on Modernizing Military Installation Designations, an independent commission charged with reviewing the designations (i.e., names) of certain military installations and other property of the Department of Defense (DOD). Specifically, the commission must review the designations of the following military installations: (1) Camp Beauregard, Louisiana; (2) Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia; (3) Fort Benning, Georgia; (4) Fort Bragg, North Carolina; (5) Fort Gordon, Georgia; (6) Fort Hood, Texas; (7)
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Introduced In House on 06/11/2020
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Offshore Cap Parity Act [S.3906]
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Eliminates the cap on the revenue that states may receive from oil and gas drilling off their coasts in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Kennedy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/08/2020
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 509 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama, as the "William 'Jack' Jackson Edwards III Post Office Building". [HB-6418]
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Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 509 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama, as the "William 'Jack' Jackson Edwards III Post Office Building."
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri A. Sewell
Signed By President. on 01/05/2021
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Civil Rights Legacy Protection Act [HB-6026]
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To prohibit the destruction of civil rights memorials, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 02/28/2020
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Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act [HB-5989]
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Establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama, consisting of land in Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Washington, and Wilcox Counties. The Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama shall prepare and submit a management plan for the heritage area.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann M. Kuster
Committee Hearings Held. on 10/01/2020
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Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act [S.3363]
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Establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama, consisting of land in Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Washington, and Wilcox Counties. The Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama shall prepare and submit a management plan for the heritage area.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard C. Shelby
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 02/27/2020
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Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act [S.3171]
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A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 01/09/2020
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A resolution recognizing and celebrating the 200th anniversary of the entry of Alabama into the Union as the 22d State. [SR-456]
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This resolution recognizes the 200th anniversary of the entry of Alabama into the Union as the 22nd state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard C. Shelby
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. on 12/17/2019
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Regional Ocean Partnership Act [HB-5390]
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Provides a mechanism for coastal states to participate in a Regional Ocean Partnership with one or more other coastal states that share a common ocean or coastal area. Specifically, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may designate a partnership as a Regional Ocean Partnership if it (1) is established to coordinate the interstate management of coastal resources; (2) focuses on the environmental issues affecting the ocean and coastal areas of the coastal states participating in the partnership; (3) complements existing state coastal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie N. Murphy
Committee Hearings Held. on 11/17/2020
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 Nicol Avenue in Thomasville, Alabama, as the "Postmaster Robert Ingram Sr. Post Office". [HB-5307]
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Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 Nicol Avenue in Thomasville, Alabama, as the "Postmaster Robert Ingram Post Office."
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri A. Sewell
Became Public Law No: 116-220. (txt | Pdf) on 12/17/2020