Marshall Islands

Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021 [S.565] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Military ]
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 04/28/2021

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Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [HB-1585] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 04/29/2021

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Urging The Department Of Human Services To Create A Compact Of Free Association Advisory Body. [SR-161] [Human Services ]
Urging The Department Of Human Services To Create A Compact Of Free Association Advisory Body.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Glenn Wakai Report And Resolution Adopted. on 04/04/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Urging The Department Of Human Services To Create A Compact Of Free Association Advisory Body. [SCR-201] [Human Services ]
Urging The Department Of Human Services To Create A Compact Of Free Association Advisory Body.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Glenn Wakai Report Adopted. Referred To The Committee(s) On Fin As Amended In Hd 1 With None Voting Aye With Reservations; None Voting No (0) And Representative(s) Eli, Gates, Holt, Nakamura Excused (4). on 04/15/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Urging The Department Of Human Services To Create A Compact Of Free Association Advisory Body. [HCR-217] [Human Services ]
Urging The Department Of Human Services To Create A Compact Of Free Association Advisory Body.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Reported From Hsh (stand. Com. Rep. No. 1875) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Referral To Fin. on 03/28/2019

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Federal
US Congress 116th Congress

National Landslide Preparedness Act [HB-8810] [Science ] [Public Safety ] [Disaster Relief ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Community Development ]
To establish a national program to identify and reduce losses from landslide hazards, to establish a national 3D Elevation Program, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen Became Public Law No: 116-323. on 01/05/2021

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [S.2791] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ]
Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the period January 1, 1977-December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/29/2016

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US Congress 114th Congress

Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 [S.2658] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Aerospace ] [Drones ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [National Security ] [Science ]
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 This bill reauthorizes through FY2017 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and specified FAA programs. The bill revises requirements for the airport improvement program and pilot program for passenger facility charges at nonhub airports. The Government Accountability Office shall review privacy issues and concerns associated with the operation of unmanned aircraft (drones) in the national airspace system. The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the FAA shall initiate (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson By Senator Thune From Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation Filed Written Report Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-428. Additional Views Filed. on 12/20/2016

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

A bill to approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau. [S.2610] [International ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
A bill to approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau. This bill approves, with specified exceptions, the agreement and appendices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, in connection with the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau. If Palau withdraws more than $5 million from the trust fund set up by the Compact in FY2016, or more than $8 million in FY2017, certain amounts will be withheld from Palau until it reimburses the fund for the total amounts withdrawn (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 04/05/2016

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

Omnibus Territories Act of 2015 [S.2360] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [International ]
Omnibus Territories Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982, to eliminate the restriction on the use of resettlement and relocation funds by people of the Bikini Atoll for resettlement and relocation to areas only within the Marshall Islands. The bill limits eligibility for the funds to Bikini people living on Kili and Ejit Islands, but they may use the funds to relocate and resettle outside the Marshall Islands. The use of resettlement funds is subject to the condition that the Department of the Interior (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Received In The House. on 11/14/2016

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2015 [S.1301] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Human Services ] [Immigration ]
Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2015 Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to permit coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States Government and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Permits Medicaid coverage also to lawful residents, in (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/12/2015

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US Congress 114th Congress

Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2015 [HB-854] [Immigration ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Healthcare ] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Infrastructure ]
Compact-Impact Aid Act of 2015 Amends the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 to authorize and appropriate FY2015 funds to the Secretary of the Interior for: (1) grants to any local government of the United States that demonstrates financial strain due to demands on public services by significant immigration from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau; and (2) aid in defraying costs incurred as a result of increased demands placed on health, educational, social, or public safety services, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/16/2015

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 [HB-636] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Inflation ]
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent after 2014 the $500,000 allowance for the expensing of depreciable business property (section 179 property) and the $2 million threshold after which the amount of such allowance is reduced. Both the allowance and the threshold amount are indexed for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2015. The allowance is also made permanent for computer software and qualified real property (i.e., qualified leasehold improvement property, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello Signed By President. on 07/15/2016

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016 [HB-5475] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/19/2016

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Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016 [HB-4721] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Taxes ] [Consumer Protection ] [Funding ]
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016 TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS (Sec. 101) This bill reauthorizes for the period March 31, 2016, through July 15, 2016, the airport improvement program and specified related authorities, including: the competition disclosure requirement under a development project grant for a large hub airport or a medium hub airport; the eligibility for small airport grants of sponsors of airports in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau; the air traffic control (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Shuster Became Public Law No: 114-141. (txt | Pdf) on 03/30/2016

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes. [HB-4531] [International ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Infrastructure ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Economic Development ]
To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes. This bill approves, with specified exceptions, the agreement and appendices signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, in connection with the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau. If Palau withdraws more than $5 million from the trust fund set up by the Compact in FY2015, certain amounts will be withheld from Palau until it reimburses the fund for the total amounts withdrawn that exceeded (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/06/2016

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US Congress 114th Congress

Compact Impact Relief Act of 2016 [HB-4370] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [International ]
Compact Impact Relief Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to make quarterly increases in the federal medical assistance percentage, under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to cover expenditures for medical assistance provided to qualified nonimmigrants under the Compact of Free Association by American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the State of Hawaii. The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to make local educational agencies eligible (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/23/2016

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US Congress 114th Congress

National Community Service Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-4345] [Community Development ] [Human Services ] [Nonprofit ]
National Community Service Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to extend eligibility for participation in national service programs to individuals who are citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or Palau and who are admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants under the Compact of Free Association with the United States.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016

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US Congress 114th Congress

Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act [HB-3870] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ]
Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the period January 1, 1977-December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 11/06/2015

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US Congress 114th Congress

Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015 [HB-3614] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Infrastructure ] [Energy ] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Aerospace ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015 TITLE I--AIRPORT AND AIRWAY PROGRAMS (Sec. 101) This bill reauthorizes for the period October 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016, the airport improvement program. (Sec. 102) The following expiring authorities are extended through the same period, including: the competition disclosure requirement under a development project grant for a large hub airport or a medium hub airport; the eligibility for small airport grants of sponsors of airports in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Shuster Presented To President. on 09/30/2015

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