State And Local Finance
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A bill to amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to modify the authorized uses of certain county funds and to extend the deadline for participating counties to initiate projects and obligate funds. [S.1508]
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A bill to amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to modify the authorized uses of certain county funds and to extend the deadline for participating counties to initiate projects and obligate funds. This bill amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to modify the authorized uses of funds a county elects to receive under such Act to include: reimbursing the county for law enforcement patrols and evacuations that are performed on federal land; search and rescue preparedness training;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 06/29/2017
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To amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to modify the authorized uses of certain county funds and to extend the deadline for participating counties to initiate projects and obligate funds. [HB-3155]
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To amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to modify the authorized uses of certain county funds and to extend the deadline for participating counties to initiate projects and obligate funds. This bill amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to modify the authorized uses of funds a county elects to receive under such Act to include: reimbursing the county for law enforcement patrols and evacuations that are performed on federal land; search and rescue preparedness training;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 07/24/2017
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State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2017 [S.1507]
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State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to permit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide capitalization grants to states to establish revolving funds to address flood risks. Revolving funds may be used to provide: (1) financial assistance to participants in the National Flood Insurance Program, including homeowners, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and local governments; or (2) support for leveraged loans or state bonds. Financial assistance may be used for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S3862-3863) on 06/29/2017
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Fair Representation Act [HB-3057]
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Fair Representation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/14/2017
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Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 [HB-3009]
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Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt tax-exempt facility bonds for sewage and water supply facilities from the state volume caps on private activity bonds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 06/22/2017
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School Food Modernization Act [HB-3006]
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School Food Modernization Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs), school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities to finance infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases to facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school lunch program. USDA must give preference to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 07/11/2017
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To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes. [HB-2995]
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To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes. This bill establishes a U.S. Green Bank that provides financial support to assist regional, state, and local institutions finance: (1) clean energy (e.g., solar or wind energy) projects, or (2) energy efficiency projects that reduce energy use or substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of the Treasury must issue green bonds to provide the bank with: (1) an initial capitalization
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/23/2017
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No Sanctuary for Criminals Act [HB-3003]
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No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit any federal, state, or local government or any individual from prohibiting any government entity, official, or employee from complying with the immigration laws or cooperating with federal law enforcement of such laws. The bill expands the scope of law enforcement activities relating to immigration-related information that a federal, state, or local government may not restrict or prohibit to include: (1) making inquiries to an individual in order
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Received In The Senate. on 07/10/2017
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School Food Modernization Act [S.1402]
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School Food Modernization Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 06/21/2017
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RAC Reform Act of 2017 [HB-2898]
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RAC Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to change the official who shall establish, maintain, and appoint the members of resource advisory committees from: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to the the applicable Regional Forester for land within the National Forest System; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to the applicable Bureau of Land Management State Director for such portions of the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 07/11/2017
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Eliminating Federal Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2017 [S.1342]
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Eliminating Federal Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exemption requirements for state and local bonds, to specify that bonds issued to finance professional sports stadiums meet the private security or payment test. (A state or local bond that satisfies both the private business use test and the private security or payment test is considered a private activity bond that is taxable unless it is used for certain qualified private activities.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/12/2017
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Combating BDS Act of 2017 [HB-2856]
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Combating BDS Act of 2017 This bill allows a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, prohibit investment of its assets in, or restrict contracting with: (1) an entity that engages in a commerce- or investment-related boycott, divestment, or sanctions activity targeting Israel; or (2) an entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with such an entity. Such measures are not preempted by federal law. A state or local government that seeks to adopt or enforce
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 06/08/2017
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Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2017 [S.1227]
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Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/24/2017
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Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2017 [HB-2688]
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Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2017 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Pocan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/26/2017
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TRUMPED Act of 2017 Taxpayers Require Urgent Mandatory Protection from Egregious Debt Act of 2017 [HB-2610]
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TRUMPED Act of 2017 Taxpayers Require Urgent Mandatory Protection from Egregious Debt Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings
Introduced In House on 05/23/2017
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FORESTS Act of 2017 Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2017 [HB-2613]
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FORESTS Act of 2017 Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish at least one Forest Active Management Area within each unit of the National Forest System (NFS) designated for sustainable forest management for the production of national forest materials (trees, portions of trees, or forest products) and forest active management revenues (derived from the sale of such materials). The purpose of an Area is to provide a dependable source of:
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 06/08/2017
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Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act [HB-2591]
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Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make it one of the purposes of the Act to provide financial and technical assistance to the states for the promotion of hunting and recreational shooting. The bill also prescribes a formula for the allocation of funds apportioned to a state that may be used for any activity or project to recruit or retain hunters and recreational shooters. In addition to other uses authorized under this bill, amounts apportioned to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 09/17/2018
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Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017 [HB-2510]
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Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017 The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2022: programs for preventing and reducing pollution through research, investigations, and training; state and interstate water pollution control programs; wet weather watershed pilot projects; a grant program for implementing state management programs for controlling pollution added from nonpoint sources (e.g., pollution on the ground picked up by rain) to navigable waters;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 05/19/2017
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Partnership to Build America Act of 2017 [HB-1669]
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Partnership to Build America Act of 2017 This bill establishes the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as a wholly-owned government corporation to provide bond guarantees and make loans to state and local governments, non-profit infrastructure providers, private parties, and public-private partnerships for state or local government sponsored transportation, energy, water, communications, or educational facility infrastructure projects (Qualified Infrastructure Projects [QIPs]). The AIF may also to make equity investments in QIPs. The Department of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 03/23/2017
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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017 [HB-1673]
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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund; (2) modify the definition of subpart F income (i.e., income of a controlled foreign corporation earned outside the United States that is not tax-deferred) to include income of a controlled foreign corporation derived from a foreign country; and (3) transfer to the fund revenues from the newly included subpart F income. The Environmental Protection
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 04/11/2017