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Recognizing and celebrating the 200th anniversary of the entry of Alabama into the Union as the twenty-second State. [HR-711]
This resolution recognizes the 200th anniversary of the entry of Alabama into the Union as the 22nd state.
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Recognizing the National Peanut Festival held annually in Dothan, Alabama, and the importance of the peanut industry in the State of Alabama and the United States. [HR-681]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Tourism ]
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the National Peanut Festival held in Dothan, Alabama, is of remarkable importance to the state of Alabama and the peanut industry.
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AID in Appalachia Act Advancing Infrastructure Development in Appalachia Act [S.2271]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Balance Exchanges for Infrastructure Program to improve highway infrastructure development in the Appalachian region of the United States. DOT must incentivize certain states within the Appalachian region to use unobligated balances of funding to improve highway infrastructure in the region.
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Fixing Our Country Roads Act [S.2211]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Directs the Department of Transportation to establish the total number of miles that may be authorized for the expansion of the Appalachian development highway system.
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A resolution recognizing the National Peanut Festival held annually in Dothan, Alabama, and the importance of the peanut industry in the State of Alabama and the United States. [SR-398]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that the National Peanut Festival held in Dothan, Alabama, is of remarkable importance to the state of Alabama, the United States, and the peanut industry.
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AID in Appalachia Act Advancing Infrastructure Development in Appalachia Act [HB-4896]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Balance Exchanges for Infrastructure Program to improve highway infrastructure development in the Appalachian region of the United States. DOT must incentivize certain states within the Appalachian region to use unobligated balances of funding to improve highway infrastructure in the region.
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A resolution memorializing the discovery of the Clotilda. [SR-315]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Memorializes the discovery of the wreckage of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States.
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Climate Stewardship Act of 2019 [S.2452]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Grants ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
A bill to provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes.
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Climate Stewardship Act of 2019 [HB-4269]
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[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Grants ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
To provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes.
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Regional Ocean Partnership Act [S.2166]
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[Water ]
[Public Health ]
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 ocean and 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
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Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act [HB-4044]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Climate Change ]
Reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2026 and revises the National Estuary Program, which provides grants to protect or restore estuaries of national significance. Specifically, the bill expands the types of projects that qualify for grants under the program, such as projects that address issues related to coastal resiliency, stormwater runoff, or accelerated land loss.
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No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act [HB-4179]
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[National Security ]
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[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
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Prohibits federal funds from being used for the creation, maintenance, or display of any Confederate symbol on federal public land or other federal property. An exception to such prohibition is provided (1) if the use of such funds is necessary to allow for the removal of the Confederate symbol to address public safety; or (2) in the case of a Confederate symbol created, maintained, or displayed in a museum or educational exhibit. The Department of Defense shall redesignate the following military installations with such designation as it determines
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Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2019 [HB-3814]
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[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Mining ]
Increases the revenue Gulf states (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) receive from certain federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and eliminates the revenue sharing cap.
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COASTAL Act Conservation Of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life Act [S.2418]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
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Addresses the distribution of revenues collected from oil and gas leasing on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and the Alaska OCS. Specifically, the bill increases the revenue Gulf states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) receive from certain federal oil and leases in the Gulf of Mexico and eliminates the revenue sharing cap; exempts from sequestration payments of such revenue to Gulf states; allocates revenue from energy development in the Alaska OCS to Alaska for specified purposes, including mitigation of damage to fish,
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Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America Act [HB-2741]
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[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
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Reauthorizes a variety of programs and creates new programs for infrastructure development, including communication, drinking water, energy, or health care infrastructure. The bill provides support for communication infrastructure, such as funding to expand broadband internet access, or implement next generation 9-1-1 systems. In addition, the bill reauthorizes the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund through FY2024 and provides support for drinking water infrastructure, including support to: (1) remove and replace sources of lead in drinking water;
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Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act [HB-2352]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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[Law Enforcement ]
Address issues related to preventing and responding to oil spills. Among other things, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to consult with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) before approving an oil and gas lease program; authorizes the Department of Commerce to make grants to states to ensure sufficient oil spill planning and response capabilities; prohibits oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, the South Atlantic Planning area, and the Straits of Florida Planning Area;
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PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2019 Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency for Asbestos Victims Act of 2019 [S.766]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Modifies several aspects of the asbestos bankruptcy trust system. An asbestos bankruptcy trust is established when a company subject to asbestos-related liability files for bankruptcy under chapter 11. Among other things, the bill provides statutory authority for the U.S. Trustee Program within the Department of Justice to investigate the administration and operation of asbestos bankruptcy trusts; and creates new criminal offenses for making a false representation to, or a false claim for payment by, an asbestos bankruptcy trust.
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A resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. [SR-72]
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[Veterans ]
This resolution honors Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, on its 100th anniversary and commends the thousands of men and women who have worked and trained at Fort Benning.
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2018 Natural Disasters Tax Relief Act [HB-1148]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Retirement ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Permits penalty-free distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans for disaster-related purposes. It also allows an employer whose business was closed during a natural disaster an employee retention credit for 40% of the first $6,000 in wages paid to an eligible employee. The bill allows a temporary suspension of limitations on charitable contributions made for relief efforts in one or more qualified disaster areas and sets forth special rules for personal casualty losses and for determining the earned income tax credit for individuals residing
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ANTIQUITIES Act America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act [S.367]
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[Recreation ]
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[Community Development ]
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Provides for the administration of certain National Monuments and the designation of certain lands in New Mexico and Nevada as wilderness. directs the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to administer each specified national monument in accordance with (1) the one or more presidential proclamations that apply to the monument, (2) any Act of Congress enacted before December 4, 2017, that provides for an adjustment to the boundary
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