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US Congress 117th Congress
Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2022 [HB-3764]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide for ocean-based climate solutions to reduce carbon emissions and global warming; to make coastal communities more resilient; and to provide for the conservation and restoration of ocean and coastal habitats, biodiversity, and marine mammal and fish populations; and for other purposes.
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes. [HB-3730]
[Veterans ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.
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VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2021 [HB-2963]
[Veterans ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans, and for other purposes.
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Insular Area Climate Change Act [HB-2780]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Disaster Relief ]
To provide for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in the United States Territories and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.
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Recognizing the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. [HR-343]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
Recognizing the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Renewable Energy for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Act [HB-2791]
[Energy ]
[Agriculture ]
[Grants ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a renewable energy grant program for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and for other purposes.
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Territorial Equity Act of 2021 [HB-2713]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
To provide for equitable treatment for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
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Territorial Equity Act of 2021 [S.1228]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
A bill to provide for equitable treatment for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
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ELEVATE Act Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act [S.1152]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English Language Acquisition grants.
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ELEVATE Act Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act [HB-2592]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English Language Acquisition grants.
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Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act [S.1092]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary awards grants to States or State departments of agriculture for the purpose of providing support to agricultural fairs for losses sustained due to COVID-19.
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Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act [HB-2444]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Recreation ]
To establish Fort San Gerónimo del Boquerón in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
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Bring Jobs Home Act [HB-2341]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
[Manufacturing ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing.
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Automatic Voter Registration Act [HB-2301]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
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EMPLEO Act Economic Mobility for Productive Livelihoods and Expanding Opportunity Act of 2021 [S.841]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
A bill to decrease the cost of hiring, and increase the take-home pay of, Puerto Rican workers.
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Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021 [HB-2070]
[Elections ]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
To recognize the right of the People of Puerto Rico to call a status convention through which the people would exercise their natural right to self-determination, and to establish a mechanism for congressional consideration of such decision, and for other purposes.
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Environmental Justice For All Act [S.872]
[Environmental ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes.
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Environmental Justice For All Act [HB-2021]
[Environmental ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes.
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Climate Change Resiliency Fund for America Act of 2021 [HB-2013]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To establish the Climate Change Advisory Commission to develop recommendations, frameworks, and guidelines for projects to respond to the impacts of climate change, to issue Federal obligations, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund projects that aid in adaptation to climate change, and for other purposes.
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Climate Change Resiliency Fund for America Act of 2021 [S.873]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
A bill to establish the Climate Change Advisory Commission to develop recommendations, frameworks, and guidelines for projects to respond to the impacts of climate change, to issue Federal obligations, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund projects that aid in adaptation to climate change, and for other purposes.