Infrastructure Development
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MARKET CHOICE Act Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kickstart the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act [HB-4520]
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Imposes a tax on the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels, certain industrial processes, and certain product uses. The bill appropriates and transfers specified revenue from the tax to a Rebuilding Infrastructure and Solutions for the Environment Trust Fund (RISE Trust Fund) established by the bill. Specified amounts in the trust fund shall be available, as provided by appropriations Acts, for the federal Highway Trust Fund, grants to low-income households; and other specified energy, environmental, infrastructure, and research and development
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Peters
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 10/18/2019
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Defense Access Road Enhancement Act [HB-3648]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Military ]
Revises the authority of the Department of Transportation to improve the construction and reconstruction of defense access roads, including repairing damage to roads caused by weather-related events, increases in mean high tide levels, recurrent flooding, or natural disasters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Cunningham
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 07/10/2019
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Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act [HB-3671]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend the FAST Act to improve the Federal permitting process, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 07/25/2019
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GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2019 Grants for Eliminating the Toxic Hazard of Environmental Lead in Our Towns Act of 2019 [HB-4321]
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[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
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[Grants ]
[Property Tax ]
Addresses the reduction of lead-based hazards. It also modifies the tax treatment of carried interest (i.e., compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity or hedge fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits) and the estate tax. With respect to lead-based hazards, the bill allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants to state and local governments to reduce lead-based pipe hazards in housing. Additionally, HUD must require risk assessments, inspections, interim controls, and abatement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And Climate Change. on 09/13/2019
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Providing Recovery Opportunities & Mitigating Industry’s Shifting Economics (PROMISE) Act [HB-4318]
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[Energy ]
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[Community Development ]
To provide economic stabilization resources to distressed rural communities directly impacted by the closure of an electric generating station, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom O'Halleran
Referred To The Subcommittee For Indigenous Peoples Of The United States. on 09/23/2019
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Water Justice Act [S.2466]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
Addresses affordable access to clean water by establishing, expanding, or extending various programs or requirements related to drinking water infrastructure, water pollution control, water supply, water recycling, water efficiency, or conservation programs. Specifically, the bill provides $50 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for programs that reduce contaminants of concern in drinking water, such as grant programs for lead testing or remediation efforts in schools, child care programs, or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kamala Harris
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/11/2019
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Transit to Trails Act [S.2467]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
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[Recreation ]
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Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Transit to Trails Grant Program to award grants to certain governmental and private entities for projects that increase transportation access to public lands, waters, parkland, or monuments for critically underserved communities. Among other things, the bill requires DOT to develop transportation planning procedures for projects conducted under the program that are consistent with metropolitan and statewide planning processes, grant recipients to contribute matching funds equal to not
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 09/11/2019
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Transit to Trails Act of 2019 [HB-4273]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Recreation ]
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Directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish the Transit to Trails Grant Program to award grants to certain governmental and private entities for projects that increase transportation access to public lands, waters, parkland, or monuments for critically underserved communities. Among other things, the bill requires DOT to develop transportation planning procedures for projects conducted under the program that are consistent with metropolitan and statewide planning processes, grant recipients to contribute matching funds equal to not
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stivers
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 09/11/2019
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Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act [HB-4266]
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Establishes grant programs for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which means any green stormwater management technique that (1) uses systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology to protect or restore water quality. Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education or research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 09/11/2019
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Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act [S.2456]
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[Water ]
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[Science ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes grant programs for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which means any green stormwater management technique that (1) uses systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology to protect or restore water quality. Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education or research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 09/10/2019
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ARPA–E Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-4091]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
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Revises and reauthorizes through FY2024 the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill expands the goals of ARPA-E to include the development of energy technologies that (1) provide transformative solutions to improve the management, clean-up, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; and (2) improve the resilience, reliability, and security of infrastructure to produce, deliver, and store energy. ARPA-E must ensure that it does not provide grants for projects unless the prospective
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Science, Space, And Technology. H. Rept. 116-432. on 06/18/2020
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Defending America’s 5G Future Act [S.2118]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Trade ]
Prohibits transactions involving the information and communications technology of a foreign adversary when such transactions pose undue risks involving sabotage or subversion, catastrophic effects on critical U.S. infrastructure or the digital economy, or U.S. national-security or foreign-policy interests. Additionally, the bill prohibits the removal of Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. (Huawei) from the list of entities subject to certain license requirements for exports and authorizes Congress to disallow any export licenses granted to Huawei or its
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/15/2019
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Commemorating the unofficial start of the inland waterway system navigation season and the role of the Corps of Engineers in facilitating access and increasing efficiencies in the American agricultural and trade economy. [HR-484]
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This resolution (1) recognizes the start of the inland waterway system navigation season, (2) acknowledges the work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in maintaining the inland waterway system as vital to the nation's economy, (3) recognizes that more than 78% of the locks and dams operated by the Corps on the system are well beyond their 50-year design life, and (4) expresses that investment in the inland waterway system is needed and would significantly impact the competitiveness of American commodities in international markets.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 07/12/2019
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Huawei Prohibition Act of 2019 [S.2117]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Cybersecurity ]
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Restricts the Department of Commerce from removing Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei) from the list of entities subject to license requirements for exports. Commerce may remove Huawei from the list only after certifying to Congress that (1) Huawei has neither violated U.S. or U.N. sanctions for five years nor stolen U.S. intellectual property during that time, and (2) Huawei poses no ongoing threat to U.S. telecommunications or infrastructure or the infrastructure of U.S. allies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 07/15/2019
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Defending America’s 5G Future Act [HB-3759]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Trade ]
To prohibit United States persons from dealing in certain information and communications technology or services from foreign adversaries and to require the approval of Congress to terminate certain export controls in effect with respect to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Gaetz
Introduced In House on 07/15/2019
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North American Development Bank’s Pollution Solution Act [HB-3895]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
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[International ]
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Authorizes the Department of the Treasury to purchase additional stock in the North American Development Bank and directs Treasury to advocate for the bank to support environmentally beneficial projects. Treasury shall advocate for the bank to (1) prioritize using the additional capital raised by the stock purchase to support environmentally beneficial infrastructure projects, and (2) streamline and accelerate such projects. Treasury shall vote to establish within the bank the U.S.-Mexico Border Public Health Trust Fund. The fund shall support environmental
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Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Davis
Introduced In House on 07/23/2019
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Climate Action Rebate Act of 2019 [HB-4051]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Imposes a carbon fee on the use, sale, or transfer of certain fossil fuels and fluorinated gases that emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The fee is imposed on producers and importers of such fuels and is deposited into a Climate Action Rebate Fund established by this bill. The bill establishes an gradual emissions reduction schedule for such fuels between 2020 and 2050 (100% reduction). The bill requires payment of an equalization fee by fossil fuels and carbon-intensive imported goods at the border and provides for refunds of comparable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 08/14/2019
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Good Jobs for 21st Century Energy Act [S.2185]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to provide labor standards for certain energy jobs, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/18/2019
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Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Improvement Act [S.2212]
[Defense ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Addresses U.S. Coast Guard shore infrastructure. The bill directs the Coast Guard to (1) develop a plan to standardize its facility assessments; (2) establish shore infrastructure performance goals, measures, and baselines to track the effectiveness of maintenance and repair investments; (3) develop a process to routinely align its shore infrastructure portfolio with mission needs; (4) establish guidance for planning boards to document inputs, deliberations, and project prioritization decisions for infrastructure maintenance projects; (5) employ
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 07/23/2019
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Clean School Bus Act of 2019 [HB-3973]
[Energy ]
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[Climate Change ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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Directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish the Clean School Bus Grant Program in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Under the program, DOE must award grants for the replacement of existing school buses with electric buses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 07/26/2019