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Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 [HB-1880]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[International ]
[Science ]
Addresses climate change and its effects on women and girls. Specifically, the bill establishes the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change within the Department of State. The bill outlines the functions of the working group, including the coordination of agencies' policies and activities relating to (1) combating the effects of climate change on women, and (2) improving the government's response to and strategy for climate change. In addition, the Office of Global Women's Issues of the State Department must submit a strategy
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And Climate Change. on 03/27/2019
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Women and Climate Change Act of 2019 [S.868]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[International ]
[Science ]
Addresses climate change and its effects on women and girls. Specifically, the bill establishes the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change within the Department of State. The bill outlines the functions of the working group, including the coordination of agencies' policies and activities relating to (1) combating the effects of climate change on women, and (2) improving the government's response to and strategy for climate change. In addition, the Office of Global Women's Issues of the State Department must submit a strategy
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/26/2019
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Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2019 [HB-1800]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
Reallocates to urban counties, under certain circumstances, Emergency Solutions Grant funds to help individuals and families regain permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. Currently, if such funds going to a metropolitan city or an urban county are less than a specified amount, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) typically reallocates the funds to the state in which the city or county is located. The bill generally maintains this reallocation arrangement but also establishes certain circumstances
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Sponsored by: Rep. Albio Sires
Introduced In House on 03/14/2019
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Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2019 [S.812]
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[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
Reallocates to urban counties, under certain circumstances, Emergency Solutions Grant funds to help individuals and families regain permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. Currently, if such funds going to a metropolitan city or an urban county are less than a specified amount, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) typically reallocates the funds to the state in which the city or county is located. The bill generally maintains this reallocation arrangement but also establishes certain circumstances
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/14/2019
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Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019 [S.673]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Modifies provisions regarding the inclusion of option years in the award price for certain sole source contracts (i.e., contracts awarded without a competitive process) by requiring the base and each of the option years of the award, if any, to be of similar value. Under current law, option years in the award price for such contracts limit their dollar award threshold. Specifically, the bill revises requirements for the award of these contracts to (1) qualified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, (2) small businesses
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tammy Duckworth
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 06/12/2019
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Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act [HB-1334]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Directs the Department of the Interior to establish an outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program under which Interior may award grants to states, certain political subdivisions of a state, special purpose districts, or certain Indian tribes for projects to (1) acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes, and (2) develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities. As a condition for receiving a grant, a recipient shall provide matching funds in cash or in kind equal to 100% of the amounts available
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests, And Public Lands. on 03/11/2019
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Startup Act [S.328]
[Immigration ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Provides conditional visas to certain immigrants with advanced educational credentials. It also establishes a grant program to promote innovation and imposes requirements on certain rulemaking activities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may provide conditional permanent resident status to up to 50,000 aliens with advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) degrees. Such aliens may remain in the country for up to one year after the expiration of a student visa to find employment, or indefinitely if already engaged in a STEM
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/04/2019
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A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to annually designate at least one city in the United States as an "American World War II Heritage City", and for other purposes. [S.56]
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[Military ]
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Allows the Department of the Interior to designate annually at least one city in a state or U.S. territory as an American World War II Heritage City in order to recognize, and ensure the continued preservation and importance of, the history of the involvement of the United States in World War II.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thom Tillis
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 01/08/2019
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John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act [S.47]
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[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Mining ]
[Education ]
[Climate Change ]
Sets forth provisions regarding various programs, projects, activities, and studies for the management and conservation of natural resources on federal lands. Specifically, the bill addresses, among other matters land conveyances, exchanges, acquisitions, withdrawals, and transfers; national parks, monuments, memorials, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic and heritage sites, and other conservation and recreation areas; wildlife conservation; helium extraction; small miner waivers of claim maintenance fees; wildland fire operations;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Became Public Law No: 116-9. (txt | Pdf) on 03/12/2019
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North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act [HB-925]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Reauthorizes the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through FY2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
On Motion To Concur In The Senate Amendments With An Amendment Agreed To By The Yeas And Nays: 214 - 207 (roll No. 214). (text: Cr H5202-5417) on 10/01/2020
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Support Local Transportation Act [HB-879]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Revises requirements for the surface transportation block grant program to increase the percentages of program funds required to be allocated to states for each of FY2019-FY2020 for surface transportation projects in urbanized areas with a population of over 200,000, non-urban areas with a population greater than 5,000, and other areas of the state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 02/07/2019
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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to annually designate at least one city in the United States as an "American World War II Heritage City", and for other purposes. [HB-261]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Allows the Department of the Interior to designate annually at least one city in a state or U.S. territory as an American World War II Heritage City in order to recognize, and ensure the continued preservation and importance of, the history of the involvement of the United States in World War II.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests, And Public Lands. on 02/05/2019
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Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019 [HB-190]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Eliminates the inclusion of option years in the award price for certain sole source contracts (i.e., contracts awarded without a competitive process). Under current law, option years in the award price for such contracts limit their dollar award threshold. Specifically, the bill revises requirements for the award of these contracts to (1) qualified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, (2) small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, (3) economically disadvantaged small businesses owned and controlled
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roger W. Marshall
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. on 01/17/2019
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Connecting Broadband Deserts Act of 2019 [HB-55]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct an annual inquiry on the availability of advanced telecommunications capability in broadband deserts, including whether such capability is being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion. If it is not, the FCC shall take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and promoting competition. The term "broadband desert" means a census block in an urban area in which fewer than 33% of end-user premises do not have access
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 01/31/2019
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Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018 [HB-7213]
[National Security ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, headed by an Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary shall serve as the principal advisor to DHS on weapons of mass destruction matters and strategies, and on coordinating efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction. The office shall coordinate DHS strategy and policy to plan, detect, and protect against the importation, possession,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel M. Donovan
Signed By President. on 12/21/2018
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Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2018 [HB-6467]
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[Economic Development ]
Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 07/23/2018
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Startup Act [S.1877]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Trade ]
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Startup Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa if the alien is searching for STEM field employment, and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 09/27/2017
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Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018 [HB-6198]
[National Security ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Defense ]
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, headed by an Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary shall serve as the principal advisor to DHS on weapons of mass destruction matters and strategies, and on coordinating efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction. The office shall coordinate DHS strategy and policy to plan, detect, and protect against the importation, possession,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel M. Donovan
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 09/17/2018
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America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 [S.3021]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 This bill designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse."
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Became Public Law No: 115-270. on 10/23/2018
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Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 [HB-3895]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
[Trade ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 This bill establishes programs for the implementation and use of smart technologies and systems in communities of various sizes. A “smart city or community” is one in which innovative, advanced, and trustworthy information, communication, and energy technologies are applied to: (1) improve the health and quality of life of residents; (2) increase efficiency of operations and services; (3) promote economic growth; and (4) improve safety, security, sustainability, resiliency, livability, and work life. The
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Ray Lujan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 05/22/2018