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REAADI for Disasters Act Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters Act [HB-3208]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Establishes a series of programs and requirements to assist individuals with disabilities and the elderly with disaster preparedness. Such programs and requirements include grant programs and the establishment of the National Commission on Disability Rights and Disasters.
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REAADI for Disasters Act Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters Act [HB-3208]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Establishes a series of programs and requirements to assist individuals with disabilities and the elderly with disaster preparedness. Such programs and requirements include grant programs and the establishment of the National Commission on Disability Rights and Disasters.
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REAADI for Disasters Act Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters Act [S.1755]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
A bill to ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters, and for other purposes.
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Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Clarification Act [HB-3140]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
Modifies provisions concerning uninspected fishing vessels to prescribe and require the prescription of certain safety standards on fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessels. Among other things, the bill addresses vessel construction standards, regulations for the operating stability of vessels, training requirements for vessel operators, vessel certification requirements, the alternate safety compliance program, the substitute safety compliance program, the enhanced substitute safety compliance program, record keeping requirements for vessel
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Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2019 [S.1663]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Reauthorizes funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) contingent on certain changes to its governance and operations. The bill reauthorizes capital and preventive maintence grants to WMATA for FY2020-2029 as well as additional funding for capital and preventive maintence projects and the WMATA Inspector General (IG). The Department of Transportation (DOT) may not provide any amounts to WMATA until certain conditions are met, including that DOT (1) certifies that the WMATA Board of Directors has passed a resolution that
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Metro Safety, Accountability, and Investment Act of 2019 [S.1663]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Reauthorizes funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) contingent on certain changes to its governance and operations. The bill reauthorizes capital and preventive maintence grants to WMATA for FY2020-2029 as well as additional funding for capital and preventive maintence projects and the WMATA Inspector General (IG). The Department of Transportation (DOT) may not provide any amounts to WMATA until certain conditions are met, including that DOT (1) certifies that the WMATA Board of Directors has passed a resolution that
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Next Generation 9–1–1 Act of 2019 [HB-2760]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes a federal grant program to help state and local governments deploy next generation (interoperable, secure, Internet Protocol-based) 9–1–1 systems across the United States, enabling emergency call centers to receive, process, and analyze all types of 9–1–1 requests for emergency aid.
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Next Generation 9–1–1 Act of 2019 [S.1479]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes a federal grant program to help state and local governments deploy next generation (interoperable, secure, Internet Protocol-based) 9–1–1 systems across the United States, enabling emergency call centers to receive, process, and analyze all types of 9–1–1 requests for emergency aid.
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Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America Act [HB-2741]
[Infrastructure ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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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ROBOCOP Act Repeated Objectionable Bothering Of Consumers On Phones Act [HB-2298]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to expand and clarify the prohibition on misleading or inaccurate caller identification information and to require providers of telephone service to offer technology to subscribers to reduce the incidence of unwanted telephone calls and text messages, and for other purposes.
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911 SAVES Act Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services Act of 2019 [S.1015]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires the Office of Management and Budget, by 30 days after the bill's enactment, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System.
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Safe Digging Month. [SR-136]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
This resolution expresses support for National Safe Digging Month and encourages all homeowners and excavators to call 811 before digging.
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ROBOCOP Act Repeated Objectionable Bothering of Consumers on Phones Act [S.1212]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to expand and clarify the prohibition on inaccurate caller identification information and to require providers of telephone service to offer technology to subscribers to reduce the incidence of unwanted telephone calls and text messages, and for other purposes.
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ROBOCOP Act Repeated Objectionable Bothering of Consumers on Phones Act [S.1212]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to expand and clarify the prohibition on inaccurate caller identification information and to require providers of telephone service to offer technology to subscribers to reduce the incidence of unwanted telephone calls and text messages, and for other purposes.
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Poison Center Network Enhancement Act of 2019 [S.1199]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Modifies and reauthorizes through FY2024 the national poison center network program. Specifically, the bill allows the use of other communication technologies (in addition to the national toll-free number) to access poison control centers and requires the program to include toxic exposure (in addition to poisoning) in nationwide media campaigns. Further, the bill modifies the waiver limitations for poison control center accreditation.
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. [HCR-33]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This concurrent resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and also recognizes the importance and contributions of the nation's public safety communications professionals.
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9–1–1 Fee Integrity Act [HB-2165]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Federal Communications Commission, after consulting with public safety organizations and governmental entities, to issue final rules to prevent states from diverting 9–1–1 taxes, fees, or charges from purposes and functions related to 9–1–1 services and operational expenses.
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Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act [S.1097]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Addresses natural gas pipeline safety. Among other things, the bill directs the Department of Transportation to require each distribution integrity plan developed by an operator of a gas distribution pipeline to include the risks from the presence of cast iron pipes and mains and risks that may result from the operation of a pipeline above the maximum allowable operating pressure; operators to establish protocols for communicating with fire, police, and other relevant public officials after a disaster that includes fires, explosions, or one or more
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State Cyber Resiliency Act [S.1065]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
A bill to provide grants to assist States in developing and implementing plans to address cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities, and for other purposes.
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State Cyber Resiliency Act [HB-2130]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
To provide grants to assist States in developing and implementing plans to address cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities, and for other purposes.