URBAN AREAS related term(s) Rural Areas

Addresses

Literacy and Mentoring Programs: Laura Welch Bush, S2658 [21MR]

Amendments

District of Columbia: permit Federal law enforcement agencies to enter into cooperative agreements with District police to assist in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities (H.R. 2199), S12984, S12986 [11DE], H10403 [19DE]

Appointments

Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center, S2680 [21MR]

Articles and editorials

Choose Life Over Liberty—Red-Light Cameras in Dick Armey's Sights, S9015 [4SE]

City With Heart, E197 [14FE]

Low Budget, High Achievers—Staff's Commitment Drive's a School's Success in Harlem, E1122 [14JN]

Region's Subway System Begins To Show Its Age, S3146-S3148 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions

Aviation: ensure competitive access by commercial air carriers to major cities (see S. 415), S1699 [28FE]

———prohibit expansion of passenger or cargo capacity at certain airports (see H.R. 2477), H3960 [11JY]

CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 324), H162 [31JA]

Community development: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 2426), H3805 [28JN]

———provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (see H.R. 2637), H4634 [25JY]

———provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (see S. 634), S2979 [27MR]

Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 1323), H1345 [29MR]

Dept. of HUD: expand provisions of the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door Program to include firefighters and rescue personnel (see H.R. 1221), H1188 [27MR]

———make single family properties available at a discount to elementary and secondary school teachers and public safety officers (see H.R. 421), H219 [7FE]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants for construction projects to prevent public access to tracks and other hazards of fixed guideway systems in residential areas (see H.R. 3485), H10066 [13DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Colorado Springs, CO, area (see S. 996), S5967 [7JN] (see H.R. 1991), H2710 [24MY]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (see H.R. 1205), H1114 [22MR]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the San Diego, CA, area (see H.R. 441), H220 [7FE]

Detroit, MI: tricentennial (see S. Con. Res. 29), S2979 [27MR] (see S. Res. 64), S2894 [26MR] (see H. Con. Res. 80), H1115 [22MR]

District of Columbia: permit Federal law enforcement agencies to enter into cooperative agreements with District police to assist in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities (see S. 1807), S12859 [11DE] (see H.R. 2199), H3202 [14JN]

———reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, and improve the quality of life in Washington metropolitan region (see H.R. 3366), H8564 [28NO]

Domestic policy: promote an urban agenda (S. 23) (see S. 23), S98 [22JA]

Education: provide grants to establish programs that benefit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and recreational needs of cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban communities (see H.R. 756), H442 [27FE]

Federal Transit Administration: authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants (see S. 1844), S13465 [18DE]

Health: carry out programs to prevent and manage asthma, allergies, and related respiratory problems in children and establish a pest control services tax credit for low-income multifamily residential housing (see H.R. 2288), H3465 [21JN]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S2117 [9MR] (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H9239 [11DE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (see S. 1281), S8464 [31JY] (see S. 1533), S10640 [11OC]

———require a study on reducing the discriminatory pricing of health services for the uninsured (see H.J. Res. 49), H2334 [17MY]

Health care facilities: provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (see S. 523), S2219 [13MR]

Health care professionals: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses (see S. 1259), S8353 [27JY] (see H.R. 2705), H5125 [1AU]

———increase nonimmigrant visas for nurses and exempt certain hospitals in health professional shortage areas from certain employment requirements (see H.R. 2809), H5337 [2AU]

Insurance: encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (see S. 1748, 1751), S12247 [30NO]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 924), S5438 [22MY] (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

———unincorporated neighborhood watch programs funding (see S. 642), S3052 [28MR]

Medicare: provide that geographic reclassifications of hospitals from one urban area to another do not result in lower wage indexes (see S. 954), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 2003), H2710 [24MY]

National Environmental Policy Act: require Council on Environmental Quality study on urban sprawl and smart growth and include urban sprawl in environmental reviews by Federal agencies (see H.R. 1739), H1924 [3MY]

New York, NY: indemnify contractors for World Trade Center recovery efforts (see H.R. 3503), H10066 [13DE]

Noise pollution: prohibit operation of civil subsonic turbojets in certain metropolitan areas (see H.R. 299), H110 [30JA]

Nonprofit organizations: development of municipally-owned vacant lots (see H.R. 994), H875 [13MR]

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see S. 378), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 2015), H2847 [25MY]

Taxation: designate lower Manhattan as an empowerment zone authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act (see H.R. 3168), H7308 [24OC]

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see S. 1487), S10154 [3OC] (see H.R. 2940), H5926 [21SE]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 1740), S12100 [28NO] (see H.R. 3100), H6701 [11OC]

———extend enterprise communities for the same period as empowerment zones (see H.R. 1853), H2183 [15MY]

———prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory tax on income earned within such State by nonresidents (see S. 759), S3851 [24AP]

———provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3402), H8842 [4DE]

———provide incentives to businesses that rebuild and invest in lower Manhattan (see H.R. 3373), H8731 [29NO]

———treatment of clean-fuel vehicles by enterprise zone businesses (see H.R. 377), H165 [31JA]

Veterans: establish an additional basis for determining the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care based on the cost-of-living of the area in which the veteran resides (see S. 1221), S8064 [23JY]

Youngstown, OH: authorize urban park and recreation recovery program grant to assist development of a Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park (see H.R. 1738), H1924 [3MY]

———provide a grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to assist development of a Millennium Cultural Cooperative Park (see H.R. 1791), H2082 [9MY]

Cost Estimates

Health centers program and National Health Service Corps reauthorization and Healthy Communities Access Program establishment to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533): CBO, S11281-S11283 [31OC]

Letters

Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp., anniversary: Representative Serrano, E658 [26AP]

Pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of Federal Transit Administration assistance or grants: William W. Millar, American Public Transportation Association, S12856 [11DE], S13468 [18DE]

Providing Reliable Officers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, and Training in Our Neighborhoods (PROTECTION) Act: Chuck Wexler, Police Executive Research Forum, S5443 [22MY]

———Jerry Gaines, National Sheriffs' Association, S5444 [22MY]

———Kenneth T. Lyons, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, S5444 [22MY]

———Robert T. Scully, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S5443 [22MY]

Lists

Cities concerned with rail crossings and rail line relocation, S11190 [30OC]

Santa Clarita, CA, Hero of the Week honorees, E1442 [26JY]

Outlines

Urban Sprawl and Smart Growth Study Act (H.R. 1739), E730 [4MY]

Poems

``All Around the Campus,'' Anastasia Hayes-Stoker, E1180 [21JN]

Press releases

National Park Service Presents Shoulder to Shoulder Award to the James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club, E1167 [20JN]

Remarks in House

AID: Office of Environment and Urban Programs funding, H4484 [24JY], H7859 [7NO]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding, H1745 [2MY], H4086 [17JY]

Bronx Community College: tribute to Hall of Fame 10K Run, E790 [14MY]

Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp.: anniversary, E658 [26AP]

Buffalo, NY: selection as USA Today ``City With Heart'', E197 [14FE]

Community development: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (H.R. 2426), E1245 [29JN]

———promote livable communities initiatives, H629 [6MR], H833 [13MR], H1931 [8MY], H2265-H2271 [16MY], H3449-H3452 [21JN], H10176 [18DE]

———provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (H.R. 2637), E1427 [25JY], E1447 [26JY]

———provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives, H1016 [21MR]

Dallas, TX: tribute to Inner-City Games program, E1412 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: promote livable communities initiatives, H259 [13FE], H3449-H3452 [21JN]

Dept. of HUD: Public Housing Drug Elimination Grant Program funding, H4672, H4674 [26JY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services methamphetamine production and trafficking prevention funding through reductions in International Broadcasting Operations, H4091, H4092 [17JY], E1417 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (H.R. 1205), E422 [22MR]

Detroit, MI: tricentennial (H. Con. Res. 80), H2543-H2546, H2548 [22MY], E434 [22MR], E909 [23MY], E994 [26MY]

District of Columbia: permit Federal law enforcement agencies to enter into cooperative agreements with District police to assist in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities (H.R. 2199), H6012 [25SE], E1114 [14JN]

———permit Federal law enforcement agencies to enter into cooperative agreements with District police to assist in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities (H.R. 2199), concur with Senate amendment, H10403, H10404 [19DE]

———reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, and improve the quality of life in Washington metropolitan region (H.R. 3366), E2153 [28NO]

———South Capitol Street improvements funding, H3556 [26JN]

———status of D.C. General Hospital, E845 [17MY]

Hayes-Stoker, Anastasia: National Campaign To Stop Violence (organization) Do the Write Thing essay contest winner, E1180 [21JN]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), E2262 [12DE]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, H1273, H1274, H1276, H1278 [28MR], H8524, H8525 [28NO], E479, E480 [28MR]

Hershey, PA: Hershey Intermodal Center funding, E1214 [26JN]

Houston, TX: traffic monitoring control center funding, H3571, H3572 [26JN]

Insurance: establish requirements for insurers relative to investments in low-income neighborhoods, H8612 [29NO]

James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club: National Park Service Shoulder to Shoulder Award recipient, E1167 [20JN]

Keep America Beautiful, Inc.: Cobb County, GA, chapter recipient of affiliate award, E2183 [30NO]

Lansing, MI: National Commission on Entrepreneurship designation as a top city for high-growth companies, E1304 [11JY]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, H4070 [17JY], H4200 [18JY]

Lexington, MO: tribute to Riley's Irish Pub, E2044 [8NO]

Los Angeles, CA: Harbor/South Bay Water Recycling Project funding, H3653 [27JN]

Manhattan, NY: tribute to Frederick Douglass Academy, E1122 [14JN]

Minneapolis, MN: tribute to Sabathani Community Center, E149 [12FE]

Mount Hope Housing Company, Inc.: anniversary, E1256 [29JN]

National Capital Planning Commission: review Interagency Task Force recommendations on proposed security measures for the District of Columbia, H7725 [6NO]

National Environmental Policy Act: require Council on Environmental Quality study on urban sprawl and smart growth and include urban sprawl in environmental reviews by Federal agencies (H.R. 1739), E729 [4MY]

New York, NY: anniversary of Junior League, E49 [30JA]

Santa Clarita, CA: tribute to ``Hero of the Week'' program, E1442 [26JY]

Seattle, WA: anniversary, E2209 [5DE]

Take the Field (organization): funding, E2258 [12DE]

Taxation: encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (H.R. 2940), H6044 [25SE], H6166 [3OC]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), E1866 [12OC]

———provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks, H10115-H10141 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks (H.R. 3402), E2197 [4DE]

———provide incentives to businesses that rebuild and invest in lower Manhattan (H.R. 3373), E2175 [29NO]

Worcester, MA: tribute to All-America City Celebration, E885 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

Aviation: ensure competitive access by commercial air carriers to major cities (S. 415), S1708-S1711 [28FE]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding, S4864 [14MY]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (S. 634), S3001 [27MR]

Contracts: provide Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities, S12655 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior: Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program funding, S7567 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Intelligent Transportation System Program funding distribution, S8156-S8158 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Colorado Springs, CO, area (S. 996), S5976 [7JN]

Detroit, MI: tricentennial (H. Con. Res. 80), S5884 [6JN]

———tricentennial (S. Res. 64), S2905 [26MR]

District of Columbia: permit Federal law enforcement agencies to enter into cooperative agreements with District police to assist in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities (H.R. 2199), S12986 [11DE]

Domestic policy: promote an urban agenda (S. 23), S261-S264 [22JA]

Everybody Wins (nonprofit organization): tribute to literacy and mentoring programs, S2658 [21MR]

Federal Transit Administration: authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants, S12856 [11DE]

———authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants (S. 1844), S13467 [18DE]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas, S6477 [20JN]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S11281 [31OC]

Health care facilities: community health centers funding, S3484 [5AP]

———provide grants to health centers for facility construction, modernization, replacement, and major equipment purchases (S. 523), S2224 [13MR]

Health care professionals: admission requirements for nonimmigrant nurses (S. 1259), S8355 [27JY]

Insurance: encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (S. 1748), S12273 [30NO], S12276 [3DE]

———encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (S. 1751), S12255-S12259 [30NO]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (S. 924), S5441 [22MY]

———photo enforcement of traffic signals, S9014 [4SE]

———unincorporated neighborhood watch programs funding (S. 642), S3059 [28MR]

National League of Cities: observance of National Small Cities ``Investing in Communities Day'', S6861 [25JN]

New Orleans, LA: Canal Street Streetcar extension opening, S8344 [27JY]

New York, NY: encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries, S10271 [4OC]

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: designate (S. 378), S1522 [15FE], S5658 [24MY]

Philadelphia, PA: use of Community Development Block Grant Program funds for Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, S8668 [2AU]

Taxation: prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory tax on income earned within such State by nonresidents (S. 759), S3855 [24AP]

Veterans: establish an additional basis for determining the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care based on the cost-of-living of the area in which the veteran resides (S. 1221), S8067 [23JY]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: anniversary of Metrorail system, S3146 [29MR]

Reports filed

Aviation Competition Restoration Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 415) (S. Rept. 107-130), S13700 [19DE]

District of Columbia Police Coordination Amendment Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2199) (S. Rept. 107-103), S12160 [29NO]

Health Centers Program and National Health Service Corps Reauthorization and Healthy Communities Access Program Establishment: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1533) (S. Rept. 107-83), S10640 [11OC]

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 378), S5541 [23MY]

Summaries

Rural and Urban Health Care Act (S. 1259), S8357 [27JY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (S. 1751), S12258 [30NO]

Urban Programs at AID: Coalition for Sustainable Cities, H4484 [24JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 80, Detroit, MI, tricentennial, H2546 [22MY]

H.R. 2199, permit Federal law enforcement agencies to enter into cooperative agreements with District of Columbia police to assist in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities, H6012 [25SE]

S. 23, New Urban Agenda Act, S264-S269 [22JA]

S. 378, Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL, S5658 [24MY]

S. 415, Aviation Competition Restoration Act, S1708-S1710 [28FE]

S. 642, Neighborhood Watch Partnership Act, S3059 [28MR]

S. 924, Providing Reliable Officers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, and Training in Our Neighborhoods (PROTECTION) Act, S5442 [22MY]

S. 1221, establish an additional basis for determining the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care based on the cost-of-living of the area in which the veteran resides, S8068 [23JY]

S. 1259, Rural and Urban Health Care Act, S8356 [27JY]

S. 1751, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S12256-S12258 [30NO]

S. 1807, District of Columbia Police Coordination Amendment Act, S12865 [11DE]

S. 1844, pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of Federal Transit Administration assistance or grants, S13468 [18DE]

S. Con. Res. 29, Detroit, MI, tricentennial, S3002 [27MR]

S. Res. 57, improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas, S2135 [9MR]

S. Res. 64, Detroit, MI, tricentennial, S2904 [26MR]