Growing and Reviving Rural Economies Through Transitioning HUBZone Redesignation Act of 2017 [HB-2013]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Growing and Reviving Rural Economies Through Transitioning HUBZone Redesignation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones) located in qualified census tracts, qualified nonmetropolitan counties, or redesignated areas, which are census tracts or nonmetropolitan counties that cease to meet the ordinary criteria for the HUBZone program but are "redesignated" to qualify for it. The bill increases the length of time a census tract or nonmetropolitan county may be redesignated
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HB-2013: Growing and Reviving Rural Economies Through Transitioning HUBZone Redesignation Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 [S.756]
[Environmental ]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. (Sec. 3) The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine
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S.756: Save Our Seas Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Signed By President. on 12/21/2018