URBAN AREAS related term(s) Rural Areas

Amendments

Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), S8389 [9SE], H4563 [12JY], H6278 [17SE]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP], S10755 [17OC]

Appointments

National Urban Air Toxic Research Center Board of Directors, H3840 [24JN]

National Urban Air Toxics Research Center Board of Directors, H535 [26FE]

Articles and editorials

Daschle's Burning Senators, S9184 [25SE]

Don't Hold Your Fire, S8875 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions

Community development: provide exceptions to empowerment zone eligibility criteria for certain central business districts (see S. 3065), S10040 [7OC] (see H.R. 5567), H7171 [7OC]

———provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 2692), S6250 [27JN]

Dept. of HUD: expand provisions of the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door Program to include firefighters and rescue personnel (see H.R. 5181), H5194 [23JY]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6783 [30SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (see S. 2069), S2326 [22MR]

———establish two satellite national cemeteries for veterans in the San Diego, CA, area (see H.R. 4806), H2943 [22MY]

Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (see S. 2496), S4145 [9MY] (see H.R. 4687), H2354 [9MY]

———establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), consideration (see H. Res. 475), H4424 [9JY]

Diseases: respond to the problem of asthma in urban areas (see H.R. 4824), H2944 [22MY]

District of Columbia: establish certain legal waivers for physicians who provide assistance in the National Capital Area during any period in which a public health emergency is in effect (see H.R. 4634), H2018 [1MY]

———promote economic recovery (see H.R. 3923), H785 [11MR] (see H.R. 4475), H1410 [17AP] (see H.R. 4725), H2470 [14MY]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see S. 2866), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 5033), H4324 [27JN]

Health: improve the provision of health care in all areas (see S. 2873), S7900 [1AU]

———provide assistance for the development of indoor disease prevention and health promotion centers in urban and rural areas (see H.R. 5306), H5996 [26JY]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2674), S6013 [25JN]

Housing: promote the production of affordable low-income housing (see S. 2967), S8918 [19SE]

Law enforcement: establish a Community Oriented Policing Services anti-methamphetamine grant program (see S. 2030), S2076 [19MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 2770), S7164 [22JY] (see H.R. 3794), H561 [26FE]

———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H2607 [16MY]

Los Angeles, CA: limit the expansion of Los Angeles International Airport (see H.R. 5144), H4766 [16JY]

———make the Los Angeles International Airport a priority airport for the purposes of receiving grants for airport noise compatibility planning programs (see H.R. 5143), H4766 [16JY]

———modify standard for soundproofing a residential building near the Los Angeles International Airport (see H.R. 5142), H4766 [16JY]

Medicare: provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (see S. 1954), S853 [14FE]

———reimburse Medicare+Choice plans located in the same metropolitan statistical area the same payment rate (see H.R. 3696), H227 [7FE]

National Capital Planning Commission: clarify ability of members to serve after the expiration of their terms until successor members are appointed (see H.R. 3780), H523 [14FE]

New York: recognize effects of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and express the commitment of the House of Representatives to rebuild (see H. Res. 338), H104 [29JA]

New York, NY: authorize national memorial at or near World Trade Center site to commemorate events of September 11, 2001, and establish World Trade Center Memorial Advisory Board (see H.R. 5725), H8732 [13NO]

———provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism (see H.R. 3880), H736 [6MR]

OMB: require inclusion of certain outlying counties in metropolitan statistical areas (see H.R. 3722), H284 [12FE]

Railroads: resolve certain labor issues relative to merger of Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road (see H.R. 5764), H9128 [22NO]

SBA: establish a priority preference for firms that have both 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone Program certifications, and raise the sole-source thresholds in the awarding of Federal contracts (see S. 1994), S1599 [6MR]

Small business: allow certain concerns that have employee stock ownership plans to qualify as HUBZone small business concerns (see H.R. 5347), H6129 [9SE]

———allow certain Presidential interagency task forces to designate certain areas as HUBZones (see H.R. 4805), H2943 [22MY]

Taxation: allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (see S. 2837), S7899 [1AU] (see S. 3176), S11574 [19NO]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities and allow nonrecognition of gain on sales of real property if the proceeds are invested in renewal and similar community businesses (see H.R. 5566), H7171 [7OC]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 1957), S897 [15FE]

Transportation: allow Federal agencies to use passenger carriers, owned or leased by the Government, to provide transportation to employees between their place of employment and mass transit facilities (see H.R. 3779), H523 [14FE]

———allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]

———improve transit service in rural areas, small urban areas, and for the elderly and disabled (see S. 2884), S7900 [1AU]

———prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents (see H.R. 5742), H9023 [14NO]

Washington metropolitan area: tribute to law enforcement officials involved in sniper shooting spree investigation and express condolences to the snipers' victims and their families (see H. Con. Res. 515), H8545 [12NO] (see H. Res. 610), H8732 [13NO]

Letters

Grant New York, NY, a waiver from transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by terrorism: John Bowman, Environmental Defense (organization), H6145 [10SE]

Remote Sensing Applications Act: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H6907 [1OC]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: tribute to Clean Air Communities Project Partners, E1784 [8OC]

Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp.: anniversary, E644 [26AP]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, E1598 [18SE]

———tribute to ``Salute to Teachers—Celebrating Cleveland's Educators'' event, E87 [5FE]

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), H6904-H6907 [1OC]

———promote livable communities initiatives, H3437 [11JN]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (H.R. 5499), H8926 [14NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (H.R. 1205), H2838 [22MY]

———establish two satellite national cemeteries for veterans in the San Diego, CA, area (H.R. 4806), H3204 [5JN]

Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), H4557-H4564 [12JY], E1256 [15JY]

———establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), Senate amendment, H6278-H6283 [17SE]

———establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), consideration (H. Res. 475), H4555-H4557 [12JY]

District of Columbia: promote economic recovery (H.R. 3923), H929 [14MR], E311 [11MR]

———promote economic recovery (H.R. 4475), E553 [17AP]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 5033), H4338 [8JY]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), H7932-H7947 [16OC]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (H.R. 3450), H6793-H6808 [1OC], E1860 [11OC]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4858), H3865, H3867-H3871 [25JN], E1153 [27JN]

Indianapolis, IN: tribute to Urban League National Achiever's Society inductees, E1160 [27JN]

Jersey City, NJ: tribute to Urban League of Hudson County, E2119 [22NO]

Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (H.R. 4763), E837 [17MY]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Promotoras Comunitarias Training Program, E1250 [12JY]

Los Angeles County, CA: tribute to Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project, E2015 [14NO]

National Park Service: Urban Park and Recreation Program funding, H4851 [17JY]

National Small Cities Day: observance, E1055 [14JN]

New York, NY: anniversary of YMCA, E942 [4JN]

———provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism (H.R. 3880), H6142-H6146 [10SE]

———tribute to Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union, E192 [26FE], E593 [22AP]

Newark, NJ: tribute to Clinton Hill Weed and Seed Partnership, E710 [3MY]

Palo Alto, CA: anniversary of Committee for Green Foothills, E1372 [25JY]

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: designate (S. 378), H2120-H2122 [7MY], E744 [8MY]

Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary of Church of the Epiphany, E1360 [25JY]

———tribute to public school teachers completing the Research Experience for Urban Teachers Institute program, E1806 [9OC]

Postal Service: urban and rural post office renovation and repair funding, H5332 [24JY]

Public welfare programs: provide transportation to places of employment under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H1691 [30AP]

San Francisco, CA: anniversary of Network Ministries, E1786 [8OC]

Taxation: expand areas designated as renewal communities and allow nonrecognition of gain on sales of real property if the proceeds are invested in renewal and similar community businesses (H.R. 5566), E1777, E1780 [8OC]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), H7132, H7133 [7OC], E1789 [8OC]

Telecommunications: require Bell Operating Cos., to offer high-speed internet to low-income urban areas, H585 [27FE]

Thomas-Dale Block Club: tribute, E1805 [9OC]

Transportation: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (H.R. 5157), H6090 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 2692), S6253 [27JN]

Computers: enhance digital accessibility for all individuals, S1244 [27FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the Office for National Capital Region Coordination, S11419 [19NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (S. 2069), S2328 [22MR]

Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), S7175 [22JY], S7179 [23JY], S8391, S8392 [9SE]

District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (S. 2866), S7936 [1AU]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2754 [16AP], S2821 [17AP], S10754-S10767 [17OC]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates, S9833 [2OC], S9872 [3OC]

———improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2674), S6015 [25JN]

Housing: promote the production of affordable low-income housing (S. 2967), S8920 [19SE]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, S5921 [24JN]

———community policing programs (S. 924), S8915 [19SE]

———establish a Community Oriented Policing Services anti-methamphetamine grant program (S. 2030), S2078 [19MR]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (S. 2770), S7170 [22JY]

Medicare: provide incentives to attract educators and clinical practitioners to underserved areas (S. 1954), S860-S862 [14FE]

National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8409-S8411, S8414 [10SE], S8515-S8519 [12SE], S8589 [13SE], S8635-S8642, S8656-S8662 [17SE], S8701-S8708, S8743 [18SE], S8872-S8880, S8894-S8897 [19SE], S9004, S9019 [23SE], S9183 [25SE], S9678, S9679 [1OC]

National Small Cities Day: observance, S5581 [14JN]

New York, NY: provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism (H.R. 3880), S8581 [12SE]

———tribute on hosting World Economic Forum, S318 [5FE]

Roswell, NM: National Civic League All-America City Award recipient, S5899 [21JN], S7575 [30JY]

SBA: establish a priority preference for firms that have both 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone Program certifications, and raise the sole-source thresholds in the awarding of Federal contracts (S. 1994), S1612, S1613 [6MR]

Taxation: allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (S. 2837), S7904 [1AU]

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (S. 3176), S11579 [19NO]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), S11800 [20NO]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (S. 1957), S898 [15FE]

Transportation: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (H.R. 5157), S8623 [13SE]

———improve transit service in rural areas, small urban areas, and for the elderly and disabled (S. 2884), S7950 [1AU]

Reports filed

Allow Urbanized Transit Systems That Have Recently Passed Certain Population Limits To Retain Flexibility in the Use of Federal Transit Grants: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5157) (H. Rept. 107-644), H6084 [5SE]

Combined 8(a) and HUBZone Priority Preference Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1994) (S. Rept. 107-294), S9713 [1OC]

Consideration of H.R. 4687, National Construction Safety Team Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 475) (H. Rept. 107-560), H4424 [9JY]

Grant New York, NY, a Waiver From Transportation Planning Requirements for Certain Areas Where the Planning Offices and Resources Have Been Destroyed by Terrorism: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3880) (H. Rept. 107-649), H6128 [9SE]

Improve Access to Physicians in Medically Underserved Areas by Extending and Increasing Foreign Country Residency Requirement Waivers for Foreign Medical Graduates: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4858) (H. Rept. 107-528), H3859 [24JN]

National Construction Safety Team Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 4687) (H. Rept. 107-530), H3927 [25JN]

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (S. 378) (H. Rept. 107-438), H2163 [7MY]

Providing Reliable Officers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, and Training in Our Neighborhoods (PROTECTION) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 924), S2577 [11AP]

Summaries

Affordable Housing Expansion Act (S. 2967), S8921 [19SE]

Tables

Increase in pay for Federal law enforcement officers in certain metropolitan areas under S. 2770, adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas, S7170 [22JY]

Treatment costs for certain medical ailments in North Dakota, California, New York, and the District of Columbia, S8668 [17SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 475, consideration of H.R. 4687, National Construction Safety Team Act, H4555 [12JY]

H.R. 2426, Remote Sensing Applications Act, H6904 [1OC]

H.R. 3100, expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data, H7133 [7OC]

H.R. 3450, Health Care Safety Net Improvement Act, H6793-H6804 [1OC]

H.R. 3880, grant New York, NY, a waiver from transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by terrorism, H6142 [10SE]

H.R. 4687, National Construction Safety Team Act, H6278-H6280 [17SE]

H.R. 4858, improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates, H3867 [25JN]

H.R. 5157, allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants, H6090 [9SE]

H.R. 5499, Dept. of HUD reauthorization of HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, H8926 [14NO]

S. 378, Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL, H2120 [7MY]

S. 1533, reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured, S10755-S10766 [17OC], H7932-H7944 [16OC]

S. 1957, expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data, S898 [15FE]

S. 2030, COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Act, S2078 [19MR]

S. 2069, establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area, S2329 [22MR]

S. 2967, Affordable Housing Expansion Act, S8922-S8926 [19SE]