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Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Border Security and Disaster Relief, 2019 [S.811]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Provides FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to natural disasters and border security. The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. The bill includes appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Coast Guard, the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. on 03/14/2019
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Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019 [S.713]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Addresses highway-rail grade crossing safety. The bill reauthorizes the highway safety improvement program through FY2024, with $50 million set aside in FY2020-FY2024 for the Railway-Highway Crossings Program. Eligibility requirements are revised for the award of capital grants to states under the rail line relocation and improvement program. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) must hire 16 full-time grade crossing safety managers to work with state and local officials to identify safety improvements to highway-rail grade crossings; and 8
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/07/2019
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Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019 [S.713]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Addresses highway-rail grade crossing safety. The bill reauthorizes the highway safety improvement program through FY2024, with $50 million set aside in FY2020-FY2024 for the Railway-Highway Crossings Program. Eligibility requirements are revised for the award of capital grants to states under the rail line relocation and improvement program. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) must hire 16 full-time grade crossing safety managers to work with state and local officials to identify safety improvements to highway-rail grade crossings; and 8
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/07/2019
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Clean Corridors Act of 2019 [S.674]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Directs the Department of Transportation to award grants to certain governmental entities and planning organizations to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure and hydrogen fueling infrastructure along designated alternative fuel corridors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Carper
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/06/2019
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Move America Act of 2019 [HB-1508]
[Infrastructure ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Water ]
[Economic Development ]
Allows tax-exempt Move America bonds and Move America tax credits to be used for certain infrastructure projects. A Move America bond is treated as a tax-exempt private facility bond with certain exceptions. At least 95% of the net proceeds from the issuance of the bond must be used for infrastructure projects, including airports; docks and wharves; mass commuting facilities; facilities for the furnishing of water; sewage facilities; railroads; certain surface transportation projects eligible for federal assistance, projects for an international
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/05/2019
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State Transportation Flexibility Act [S.615]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Provides flexibility for a state to opt out of the federal-aid highway program. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement a direct federal-aid highway program that permits a state to (1) waive its right to receive funds under the program, and (2) receive a prorated amount of taxes apportioned to the Highway Trust Fund (other than for the Mass Transit Account); sets forth responsibilities for states that elect to waive their rights, including that such states must agree to obligate or expend program amounts
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/28/2019
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Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act [S.600]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Animals ]
[Trade ]
Directs the Department of Transportation to establish a working group to (1) identify obstacles to safe, humane, and market-efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities; and (2) develop guidelines and recommended regulatory or legislative actions to improve the safe, humane, and efficient transport of livestock, insects, and agricultural commodities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 02/28/2019
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Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief, 2019 [S.572]
[Disaster Relief ]
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[Grants ]
[Agriculture ]
[Defense ]
[Environmental ]
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[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
Provides FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. The bill includes appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Corps
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. on 02/26/2019
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Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act for Airports [S.563]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Finance ]
Allows certain eligible airport-related projecs to participate in the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/26/2019
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Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act [HB-1321]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Designates specified National Forest System lands, National Park System lands, and public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and as components or additions to existing components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill also designates (1) specified federal lands as biological connecting corridors and as special corridor management areas; (2) segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and (3) specified areas
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests, And Public Lands. on 03/07/2019
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Yurok Lands Act of 2019 [HB-1312]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Recreation ]
[Community Development ]
Addresses the management of Yurok Reservation lands. The Department of the Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with the Yurok Tribe for protecting the natural resources of Redwood National Park. The bill confirms the 2006 Cooperative Agreement between the Department of the Interior and the Yurok Tribe for the Cooperative Management of Tribal and Federal Lands and Resources in the Klamath River Basin of California and authorizes Interior to implement the agreement. The Forest Service must transfer approximately 1,229 acres in the Yurok
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 09/19/2019
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Restore Our Parks Act [S.500]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
(1) establishes the National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund, and (2) requires 50% of all energy development revenues for FY2020-FY2024 to be deposited into such fund. Amounts deposited in the fund must not exceed $1.3 billion for any fiscal year and must be used for meeting the priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 02/25/2020
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Disabled Veterans Rebuilding Infrastructure to Vitalize our Economy Act [S.492]
[Veterans ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Disabled Veterans Rebuilding Infrastructure to Vitalize our Economy Act amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to (1) add the term "service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business concern" for purposes of awarding transportation contracts under such Act; (2) require, to the maximum extent practicable, not less than 5% of amounts available under such Act to be expended through service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; and (3) require states to notify the Department of Transportation of the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/14/2019
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Preventing the Taking of Americans’ Land to Build Trump’s Wall Act [HB-1234]
[Immigration ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Property Tax ]
Restricts the government's ability to seize private land rights for physical barriers, or roads between ports of entry, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Before taking possession of or altering such private land, the Department of Homeland Security shall certify to Congress that each property owner has received just compensation as established in a judicial condemnation proceeding.
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Justice. on 03/25/2019
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Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act [HB-1225]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Establishes the National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund into which, through FY2024, there shall be deposited an amount equal to 50% of all energy development revenues due and payable to the federal government from oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy development on federal lands and waters that would otherwise be credited, covered, or deposited as miscellaneous receipts under federal law. Deposited amounts must not exceed $1.3 billion for any such fiscal year. From such amounts 80% shall be allocated to the National
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-250, Part I. on 10/22/2019
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Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act [HB-1233]
[Immigration ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a fund to assist eligible individuals when the government seeks to acquire or condemn such individuals' property for the purpose of building physical barriers or roads along the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS shall not take actions toward construction of such barriers or roads until the fund is made available to eligible property owners and such owners are informed as to how to access support through the fund. Assistance through the fund shall be limited to low-income property owners or those
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 03/25/2019
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IMAGINE Act Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2019 [HB-1159]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Grants ]
Encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects. Among other things, the bill establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols,
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Cicilline
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/14/2019
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DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 [HB-1158]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Defense ]
[Aerospace ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020; and the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce; the Department of Justice; science-related
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Became Public Law No: 116-93. (txt | Pdf) on 12/20/2019
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IMAGINE Act Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2019 [S.403]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Grants ]
Encourages the use of innovative construction materials and techniques to accelerate the deployment, extend the service life, improve the performance, and reduce the cost of domestic transportation and water infrastructure projects. Among other things, the bill establishes an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to assess existing standards and test methods for the use of innovative materials in infrastructure, identify key barriers in the standards area that inhibit broader market adoption, and develop new methods and protocols,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/07/2019
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RAPID Act Revitalizing American Priorities for Infrastructure Development Act [S.353]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Revitalizing American Priorities for Infrastructure Development Act or the RAPID Act revises the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation (TIFIA) program to (1) require program applicants to obtain investment grade ratings from at least two credit rating agencies, unless the federal credit instrument is less than $150 million (currently, less than $75 million), in which case one rating will suffice; (2) require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement an expedited decision timeline for public agency borrowers seeking secured
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 02/06/2019