Intergovernmental Relations
US Congress 116th Congress
Smoke-Ready Communities Act of 2019 [S.1813]
[Small Business ]
[Housing ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
Creates wildfire smoke mitigation, smoke resilient housing, and smoke resilient business grant programs. The bill authorizes the President to provide assistance, including grants, equipment, supplies, and personnel, to any eligible state, unit of local government, or Indian tribe for the mitigation, management, and control of smoke caused by one or more wildfires. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shall establish a program under which HUD shall provide grants to eligible entities (a state, an Indian tribe, a homeowner, an individual
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Hack Your State Department Act [S.1808]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requires the Department of State to design, establish, and make publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process to improve cybersecurity. In establishing the process, the State Department must identify which information technology should be included, determine whether the process should differentiate among and specify the types of security vulnerabilities that may be targeted, and provide a readily available form and means of reporting, amongst other requirements. The bill requires the State Department to establish a bug bounty pilot program,
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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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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [S.1790]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Military ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement, including aircraft, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, shipbuilding and conversion, missiles, and space procurement; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation and Maintenance; Working Capital Funds; Chemical Agents and Munitions
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Coast Guard Youth STEM Programs Expansion Act [HB-3205]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Military ]
Authorizes the U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with the Department of Education, to establish programs for the purpose of improving the mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills of elementary and secondary school students and faculty members. Any such program may also focus on areas of specific Coast Guard expertise.
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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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UPDATE PURPA Act Updating Purchase Obligations to Deploy Affordable Resources to Energy Markets Under PURPA Act [S.1760]
[Energy ]
A bill to modernize the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and for other purposes.
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Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2019 [HB-3157]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
Increases and revises requirements for the refundable earned income and child tax credits. It also makes similar revisions to the earned income tax credit for residents of Puerto Rico. The bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate the practice of tax return preparers and impose sanctions upon preparers found to be incompetent or disreputable. The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the sharing of information between Treasury and states regarding identification numbers issued to tax return preparers and minimum
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A PLUS Act Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act [HB-3149]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Creates a framework under which states may receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law.
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A PLUS Act [S.1752]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Creates a framework under which states may receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law.
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Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act [HB-3135]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes the Department of Energy National Lab Jobs ACCESS Program to provide grants for technical, skills-based preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that provide employer-driven or recognized postsecondary credentials during the five-year grant period.
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Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act [HB-3135]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes the Department of Energy National Lab Jobs ACCESS Program to provide grants for technical, skills-based preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that provide employer-driven or recognized postsecondary credentials during the five-year grant period.
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New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019 [S.1720]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold in interstate commerce. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.)
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STORE Nuclear Fuel Act of 2019 Storage and Transportation Of Residual and Excess Nuclear Fuel Act of 2019 [HB-3136]
[Energy ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Science ]
[Public Safety ]
To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program for the interim storage of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.
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Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act [S.1739]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Education ]
[Grants ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes the Department of Energy National Lab Jobs ACCESS Program to provide grants for technical, skills-based preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that provide employer-driven or recognized postsecondary credentials during the five-year grant period.
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District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act [HB-3092]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[National Security ]
Restricts the authority of the President to assume control of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department during an emergency.
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National Flood Research and Education Center Act [HB-3091]
[Science ]
[Education ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a National Flood Research and Education Center (NFREC). NFREC must include (1) an office within NOAA, (2) a public university or college selected by NOAA to serve as the lead partner institution, and (3) a consortium of other public universities or colleges selected by NOAA and the lead partner institution based on their ability to fulfill specific purposes of NFREC. Among other things, NFREC shall (1) provide public research, data, education, and recommendations as they
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To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for military spouses through interstate compacts, and for other purposes. [HB-3072]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Military ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Addresses the process of business registration by a spouse accompanying a service member deployed away from the state of residence. The accompanying spouse shall not be deemed to have (1) lost a residence or domicile in the state, (2) acquired a residence or domicile in another state, or (3) become a resident in or of any other state. The spouse may elect to use the same residence as the member regardless of the date of marriage. The bill authorizes the Department of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Council of State Governments to assist
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FEMA Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-3060]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Revamps, modifies, and revises the organization, activities, and processes of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Among other things, it requires FEMA to divide its Office of Response and Recovery into an Office of Disaster Response and an Office of Disaster Recovery, and to report on its ability to support a state managed and locally executed casework management system to coordinate and deliver direct assistance to disaster survivors. Disaster Recovery Small Business Grant Act The bill establishes within the Small Business Administration
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Securing American Science and Technology Act of 2019 [HB-3038]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Defense ]
Establishes a working group and a roundtable related to the security of science and technology. The bill directs the National Science and Technology Council to establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities to protect federally funded research and development from foreign interference, cyberattacks, theft, or espionage and to identify and track threats. The National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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