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21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act [HB-2187]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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[Children and Youth ]
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21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act - Title I: Grants for Modernization, Renovation, or Repair of Public School Facilities - (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/18/2009
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Greensburg, Kansas Recovery Extension Act [HB-2052]
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Greensburg, Kansas Recovery Extension Act - Requires funds from any national emergency grant made under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to address the effects of the May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, tornado to remain available for expenditure through June 30, 2010.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry Moran
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 05/21/2009
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To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for the suspension of each provision of the Act during periods of drought with respect to Federal and State agencies that manage Federal river basins that are located in each region affected by the drought. [HB-1914]
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[Water ]
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Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for the suspension of each provision of the Act with respect to a federal or state agency that manages a federal river basin if the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers) or the governor of the relevant state determines that: (1) a drought is in effect in the region in which the basin is located; and (2) such drought presents a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the region's population. Terminates such a suspension on the date the Secretary or governor determines
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Oceans And Wildlife. on 04/13/2009
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Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act [HB-1905]
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[Water ]
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Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans and to provide financial and technical assistance and training to enable coastal states to implement those plans through coastal states' enforceable policies. Authorizes, subject to the availability of appropriations, grants to coastal states for developing the plans and grants
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Sponsored by: Rep. Madeleine Z. Bordallo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Oceans And Wildlife. on 04/13/2009
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Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Support Act of 2009 [HB-1627]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
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Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Support Act of 2009 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (the Secretary) to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Defense to use Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions. Authorizes the Secretary to consider the use of such personnel and resources to provide: (1) aerial reconnaissance or communications capabilities to the Border Patrol to protect against illegal entry and trafficking; and (2) capabilities to respond to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles W. Dent
Referred To The Subcommittee On Emergency Communications, Preparedness, And Response. on 03/24/2009
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Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009 [HB-1264]
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Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the national flood insurance program to enable the purchase of multiperil coverage and optional separate windstorm coverage to protect against loss resulting from physical damage or loss of real or related personal property located in the United States. Defines windstorm as any hurricane, tornado, cyclone, typhoon, or other wind event. Restricts multiperil coverage to areas (or their subdivisions) where an appropriate public body has adopted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Rule H. Res. 1549 Passed House. on 07/22/2010
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To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes. [HB-1178]
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Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to the Secretary of Homeland Security and specified congressional committees on the functions and capabilities of the Civil Air Patrol to support the homeland security missions of state, local, and tribal governments and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Requires the Comptroller General to review the process by which the Civil Air Patrol may provide assistance to the Secretary, other federal agencies, and states to support homeland security missions, including by
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 05/13/2009
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RECOVER Act (Restoring Essential Care for Our Veterans for Effective Recovery) [HB-1075]
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RECOVER Act (Restoring Essential Care for Our Veterans for Effective Recovery) - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, if a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility that would otherwise provide covered medical services to veterans residing in an area for which a major disaster is declared is unable to provide such services for at least 180 days due to such disaster, to contract with one or more non-VA facilities in that area to provide such services to veterans who reside within 150 miles of the VA facility that is unable to provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 03/25/2010
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Power Line Resiliency Act [HB-8543]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide grants to improve power lines.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 10/06/2020
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Hurricane Laura Recovery Opportunity Zones Act [S.4780]
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[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
Designates certain low-income community areas as qualified Hurricane Laura Recovery Opportunity Zones. Such zones are areas for which a major disaster has been declared before September 30, 2020, and which have been determined by the President to warrant individual or public assistance by reason of Hurricane Laura. The bill sets forth special rules for the treatment of capital gains in Hurricane Laura Recovery Opportunity Zones. It also expresses the sense of Congress that the rate of tax on income from capital gains in effect on the enactment date
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Kennedy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/01/2020
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Visit America Act [HB-8480]
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Implements measures to support the U.S. travel and tourism industry and to address the declining percentage of international visitors to the United States. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Commerce to develop a 10-year travel and tourism strategy with the goal of achieving, by 2028, 116 million annual international visitors to the United States and $445 billion in travel exports. The bill also establishes the role of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, whose responsibilities shall include (1) setting an annual
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Introduced In House on 10/01/2020
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Recognizing the instrumental role United States global food security programs, particularly the Feed the Future program, have played in reducing global poverty, building resilience and tackling hunger and malnutrition around the world, and calling for continued investment in global food security in the face of the economic impact of COVID-19. [HR-1171]
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This resolution supports continued investment in U.S. global food security programs such as Feed the Future, and it recognizes the need to deepen and extend these efforts to achieve the global goal of ending hunger by 2030. Further, it supports U.S. efforts to improve worldwide nutrition and health, and it calls on specified agencies to take certain actions to advance global food security as a U.S. foreign assistance priority.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, And International Organizations. on 10/09/2020
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A resolution recognizing the instrumental role United States global food security programs, particularly the Feed the Future program, have played in reducing global poverty, building resilience and tackling hunger and malnutrition around the world, and calling for continued investment in global food security in the face of the economic impact of COVID-19. [SR-728]
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This resolution supports continued investment in U.S. global food security programs such as Feed the Future, and it recognizes the need to deepen and extend these efforts to achieve the global goal of ending hunger by 2030. Further, it supports U.S. efforts to improve worldwide nutrition and health, and it calls on specified agencies to take certain actions to advance global food security as a U.S. foreign assistance priority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. (text: Cr S5981-5982) on 09/30/2020
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Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act of 2020 [S.4748]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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A bill to require the Bureau of Prisons to submit to Congress an annual summary report of disaster damage, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tammy Duckworth
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 09/29/2020
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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 M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 09/29/2020
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Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act [HB-8387]
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Provides funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program within 30 days that provides monthly cash-assistance payments to low- and moderate-income households during economic downturns or disasters. This funding is exempt from sequestration, a process of automatic spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. During any month the Department of Labor determines that a state or territory is in an economic downturn or the Federal Emergency Management
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 09/24/2020
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SELF Act of 2020 Social-Emotional Learning for Families Act of 2020 [S.4615]
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A bill to establish a competitive grant program to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of successful educator and school leader professional development programs on family engagement that will increase the capacity of educators and school leaders to work with families to develop and support the social-emotional learning of children.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/17/2020
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Disaster Relief for Southeastern Small Businesses Act of 2020 [S.4607]
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Establishes loan forgiveness for a recipient of a paycheck protection loan or an economic injury disaster loan made or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to a recipient located in an area for which the President declared a major disaster related to Hurricane Laura or Hurricane Sally.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Kennedy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/17/2020
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Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act [HB-8094]
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[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Science ]
Establishes several grant programs and otherwise requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take actions to improve mental and behavioral health and prevent burnout among health care providers. Specifically, HHS must award grants to (1) health professions schools, state or local governments, or nonprofits to provide training for health care providers on suicide prevention, other behavioral health issues, and strategies to improve well-being; and (2) health care providers, prioritizing those in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 08/22/2020
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Strengthening our Health Security Through Resilient Medical Supply Chains Annual Review Act of 2020 [HB-8059]
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[National Security ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
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Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report annually on the resiliency of U.S. medical supply chains. In developing this report, DHS must consult with relevant federal agencies and may consult with other experts. Among other topics, the report must assess the vulnerabilities of the supply chains to global disruptions and the dependence on drugs, devices, or other supplies produced outside of the United States. In addition, DHS shall make unclassified portions of the report publicly available.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight, Management, And Accountability. on 09/24/2020