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Smart Planning for Smart Growth Act of 2009 [HB-1780]
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Smart Planning for Smart Growth Act of 2009 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require states and metropolitan planning organizations in areas with a population exceeding 200,000 to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Transportation goals for reducing transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and plans to achieve such reductions. Requires such states and organizations to establish goals on a statewide basis and to consider specified transportation and land use planning strategies, including
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Sponsored by: Rep. Doris Matsui
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 03/31/2009
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Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 [HB-1722]
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Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Requires the head of each executive agency to: (1) establish a policy under which eligible agency employees may be authorized to telework; (2) determine employee eligibility to participate in telework; and (3) notify all employees of their eligibility to telework.Requires the telework policy to: (1) ensure that telework does not diminish employee performance or agency operations; (2) require a written agreement between an agency manager and an employee that outlines the specific work arrangement agreed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Became Public Law No: 111-292. on 12/09/2010
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Private Investment in Commuter Vanpooling Act of 2009 [HB-1571]
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[Infrastructure ]
Private Investment in Commuter Vanpooling Act of 2009 - Allows the local matching share provided by a public transportation capital project assistance recipient to include expenditures by a private commuter vanpooling service provider to acquire rolling stock (vans). Authorizes such a private provider to use vanpool revenues exceeding operating costs to acquire such vans, if there is a binding agreement requiring the vans to be used in the state or local government's service area.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 03/18/2009
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HOV Lanes for Heroes Act [HB-8435]
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[Veterans ]
Provides authority for a public authority to allow a disabled veteran to use a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility if such veteran has a license plate that clearly identifies the vehicle, a registered transponder, or other method of qualifying identification. The public authority may not charge a toll to the veteran for use of the HOV facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 09/30/2020
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The Heroes Act [HB-8406]
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Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
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Keep America Secure Act [HB-8309]
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To authorize certain authorities of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Katko
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 09/18/2020
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Federal Labor-Management COVID Partnership Act [S.4347]
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Establishes the Coronavirus Rapid Response Federal Labor-Management Partnership Task Force. The task force must assess the response of federal agencies to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency with respect to agency employees, including the adequacy of agency communications and necessary physical assets. The task force must also provide guidance to prepare for future pandemics, including with respect to equipment levels, cleaning protocols, and leave and telework policies, and must also recommend ways to ensure labor
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/28/2020
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Pandemic Federal Telework Act of 2020 [S.4518]
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Establishes several requirements for federal agencies with respect to telework. Specifically, the bill requires each federal agency (executive, legislative, and judicial) to allow eligible employees to telework full-time during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). An employee is considered eligible if the employee has not received specified disciplinary action and is otherwise determined eligible by the agency. Additionally, the Office of Personnel Management must, in coordination
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 08/10/2020
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Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2020 [HB-7968]
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Limits the authority of a state to impose its income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual to the period in which the nonresident individual is physically present in the state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Introduced In House on 08/07/2020
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Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act [HB-7642]
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Requires the Department of the Treasury to provide grants and other forms of emergency assistance to certain providers of transportation services that have experienced a significant revenue loss as a direct or indirect result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Treasury must ensure equal access to the assistance for small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses. As a condition of receipt of assistance, Treasury must require that a provider of transportation services agree to (1) use the funds, on a priority basis, to maintain through
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 07/16/2020
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National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2020 [HB-7520]
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Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the national broadband plan, which establishes benchmarks to meet the goal of ensuring that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability. Such update shall include (1) an assessment of the progress in achieving the goals of the original national broadband plan; (2) an examination of the effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on how people learn, work, receive medical information and treatment, and participate in civic communications;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 07/09/2020
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Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act [S.4150]
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Requires the Department of the Treasury to provide grants and other forms of emergency assistance to certain providers of transportation services that have experienced a significant revenue loss as a direct or indirect result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Treasury must ensure equal access to the assistance for small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses. As a condition of receipt of assistance, Treasury must require that a provider of transportation services agree to (1) use the funds, on a priority basis, to maintain through
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 07/02/2020
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Telework for U.S. Innovation Act [S.4138]
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Makes permanent the Telework Enhancement Act Pilot Program in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The program allows USPTO employees to telework from locations across the United States; USPTO may cover any necessary travel expenses to and from an agency worksite. The program is set to expire on December 31, 2020.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
Received In The House. on 12/09/2020
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Telework for U.S. Innovation Act [HB-7448]
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Makes permanent the Telework Enhancement Act Pilot Program in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The program allows USPTO employees to telework from locations across the United States; USPTO may cover any necessary travel expenses to and from an agency worksite. The program is set to expire on December 31, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 07/01/2020
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Federal Workforce Health and Safety During the Pandemic Act [HB-7341]
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Provides additional benefits and flexibilities for federal employees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Among other things, the bill allows federal employees to be reimbursed for the cost of child care or for the care of a relative who has COVID-19, if the employee is unable to provide such care due to work constraints; requires federal agencies to allow eligible employees to telework through December 31, 2020; allows federal employees who are unable to travel to, or perform work at, an approved worksite due to the pandemic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 06/25/2020
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GREEN Act of 2020 Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now Act of 2020 [HB-7330]
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[Environmental ]
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Introduced In House on 06/25/2020
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National Broadband Plan for the Future Act of 2020 [S.4022]
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[Healthcare ]
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Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update the national broadband plan, which establishes benchmarks to meet the goal of ensuring that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability. Such update shall include (1) an assessment of the progress in achieving the goals of the original national broadband plan; (2) an examination of the effects of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on how people learn, work, receive medical information and treatment, and participate in civic communications;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/22/2020
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STARTER Act Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, and Efficient Review Act [HB-7248]
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To authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 06/19/2020
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Moving Forward Act [HB-2]
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Addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Among other provisions, the bill extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2021 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs; reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2025 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs; addresses climate change, including strategies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate. on 07/20/2020
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INVEST in America Act Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act [HB-7095]
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Addresses provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Among other provisions, the bill extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2021 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs; reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2025 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs; addresses climate change, including strategies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 06/05/2020