URBAN AREAS related term(s) Rural Areas

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (H.R. 1139), H4662 [22AP]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration (H. Res. 955), H14383 [9DE]

Appointments

Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center Board of Directors, S9061 [6AU]

Articles and editorials

Newark at Night—It's Not a Surprise Anymore That the City Is Alive After Dark, E2151 [31JY]

Obama's School Choice, S2515 [26FE]

`Potential' Disruption?—Ending D.C. School Vouchers Would Dash the Best Hopes of Hundreds of Children, S2786 [5MR]

School Vouchers—District Parents Know Why the Program Should Continue, S2521 [26FE]

US Schools Chief Wants DC Kids To Keep Vouchers, S2785 [5MR]

Vote for Ignorance, S2786 [5MR]

Voucher Subterfuge—Hoping No One Notices, Congressional Democrats Step Between 1,800 D.C. Children and a Good Education, S2516, S2521 [26FE]

Will Obama Stand Up for These Kids?, S2786 [5MR]

Bills and resolutions

Bronx, NY: anniversary of Grand Concourse as preeminent thoroughfare in the borough and an important nexus of commerce and culture for New York, NY (see H. Res. 907), H13001 [16NO]

Community development: establish national centers of excellence for regional smart growth planning (see H.R. 2665), H6074 [2JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish GothamCorps (see H.R. 1363), H3054 [5MR]

Crime: reduce rate of occurrence of homicides and violent crimes in violent and drug crime zones (see H.R. 4231), H13628 (see H.R. 4231), H14371 [8DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reduce hunger through expanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 596), H381 [15JA]

Dept. of Defense: reform TRICARE program to make reimbursement rates the same as those offered under Medicare and contract for health care services with a teaching hospital in an urban area (see H.R. 241), H69 [7JA]

Dept. of Education: permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds for the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 4312), H14980 [15DE]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see S. 1552), S8557 [30JY]

———support District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H. Con. Res. 70), H3145 [10MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize Securing the Cities Initiative (see H.R. 2611), H6011 [21MY]

———prohibit from limiting amount of certain grant funds that may be used to pay salaries or overtime pay of law enforcement officials engaged in antiterrorism activities (see H.R. 791), H875 [2FE]

———provide discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas (see H.R. 732), H602 [27JA]

Dept. of HUD: establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute (see H.R. 330), H89 [8JA]

———make grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas (see H.R. 4382), H15500 [16DE]

———provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 3734, 3734), H10519 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 167), S211 [8JA] (see H.R. 1139), H2602 [23FE]

———provide Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to increase number of law enforcement officers in cities with the highest crime rates (see S. 1424), S7317 [9JY] (see H.R. 3154), H7946 [9JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the Food Desert Oasis Pilot Program (see H.R. 3100), H7704 [26JN]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants for certain streetcar projects (see H.R. 2163), H4998 [29AP]

Developing countries: authorize assistance for affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries (see H.R. 1702), H4025 [25MR]

District of Columbia: authorize improvements in the operation of government (see H.R. 4207), H13520 [3DE]

———express sympathy for Metrorail accident victims and their families, friends, and associates (see H. Res. 612), H7740 [7JY]

———provide low-income parents with expanded opportunities for enrolling their children in high quality schools (see H.R. 2556), H6009 [21MY]

Federal Transit Administration: improve the Job Access and Reverse Commute program (see S. 176), S211 [8JA]

FEMA: continue to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System (see H.R. 706), H601 [27JA]

———designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System (see H.R. 119), H32 [6JA]

———limit number of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded and clarify the risk assessment formula used to determine such grants (see H.R. 4182), H13466 [2DE]

Food: encourage national fresh food financing initiative to increase access to healthy foods in underserved low-income communities while improving health and stimulating economic development (see H. Res. 975), H14982 [15DE]

Harris County, TX: Aldine Independent School District recipient of Broad Foundations Broad Prize for Urban Education (see H. Res. 791), H10456 [1OC]

Health: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (see H.R. 3470), H9277 [31JY]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (see S. 790), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 3109), H7704 [26JN]

Housing: express that stable and affordable housing is essential to HIV prevention, treatment, and care and commit to providing adequate funding for development of housing as a response to AIDS pandemic (see S. Con. Res. 39), S9372 [15SE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 2613), H6011 [21MY]

Local government: provide immediate fiscal relief to cities experiencing serious budget deficits by providing funds for payments to qualified local governments (see H.R. 506), H323 [14JA]

Medicare: permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (see S. 1585), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 3151), H7946 [9JY]

———preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals (see S. 1218), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 2574), H6009 [21MY]

———require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the urban and rural State hospital wage index floor (see S. 1108), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2525), H5891 [20MY]

———transition to use of metropolitan statistical areas as fee schedule areas for physician fee schedule in California (see S. 1236), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2820), H6617 [11JN]

National School Lunch Act: expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent (see S. 1499), S7869 [22JY]

Newark, NJ: tribute to East Side High School hockey team (see S. Res. 219), S7779 [21JY]

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: establish (see S. 159), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 280), H70 [7JA]

Railroads: designate a rail right-of-way as a corridor for inter-suburban commuter rail (see H.R. 693), H526 [26JA]

Roads and highways: improve highway transportation in the U.S., including rural and metropolitan areas (see S. 309), S787 [22JA]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: extend authorization of public transportation programs (see S. 1533), S8271 [29JY]

Senior citizens: establish regional consumer price indices to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1371), H3055 [5MR]

Taxation: enhance incentives for renewable energy development in high job-loss zones in metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (see H.R. 3834), H11457 [15OC]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4213), H13550 [7DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration (see H. Res. 955), H13627 (see H. Res. 955), H14370 [8DE]

———improve commuting and transportation options (see H.R. 3271), H8494 [21JY]

———provide adjustments in individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1943), H4522 [2AP]

———provide commuter flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 971), H1158 [10FE]

Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H6305 [8JN]

———prohibit States from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents (see H.R. 117), H32 [6JA]

———require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range plans and improvement programs (see H.R. 803), H920 [3FE]

———require States and metropolitan planning organizations to develop transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans (see S. 575), S3025 [11MR]

U.S. Olympic Committee: establish Urban Youth Sport Initiative (see S. Res. 100), S4311 [2AP]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: grant congressional consent and approval to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia (see S.J. Res. 19), S8196 [28JY] (see S.J. Res. 25), S14138 [24DE] (see H.J. Res. 58), H7250 [24JN]

Letters

Dept. of Homeland Security Securing the Cities Initiative funding: several New York, NY, metropolitan area law enforcement and first responder organizations, H7189 [24JN]

District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice: Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia, S2944 [10MR]

Transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding: Americans for Transportation Mobility (organization), S1381 [3FE]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, S1381 [3FE]

Motions

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14405, H14406 [9DE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H14443 [9DE]

Bronx, NY: anniversary of Grand Concourse as preeminent thoroughfare in the borough and an important nexus of commerce and culture for New York, NY (H. Res. 907), H13578, H13579 [8DE]

Broward County, FL: Broward County School District named Broad Foundations Broad Prize for Urban Education finalist, H9553 [16SE]

Chicago, IL: tribute, H10492 [6OC]

City Year (organization): tribute to New York, NY, class, E2430 [1OC]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H3092-H3096 [9MR]

Dept. of Education: District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice, H2793-H2795, H2797 [25FE], H3149 [11MR], H4760 [27AP], H8214, H8215, H8243 [16JY]

———require States participating in Quality Pathways Grant Program to evaluate, report, and outline steps to address disparities in high-quality early learning programs for low-income children, H9685, H9686 [17SE]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding for Boston Architectural College Urban Sustainability Project, H8155 [15JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Metropolitan Medical Response System funding, H7183 [24JN]

———Securing the Cities Initiative funding, H7189-H7191 [24JN]

Dept. of HUD: establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute, H7460 [26JN]

———establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute (H.R. 330), H4764 [27AP], E1393 [12JN]

———make grants to nonprofit community organizations for the development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas (H.R. 4382), E3056 [17DE]

———prohibit HOPE VI Program funding, H8639-H8641 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H6543 [11JN]

———enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (H.R. 1139), H4656, H4665 [22AP], E841 [1AP], E975 [27AP]

———provide for a study under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to identify the best practices community policing, H4661, H4662 [22AP]

Dept. of Transportation: make grants for certain streetcar projects (H.R. 2163), H5099 [5MY], E1010, E1012 [29AP]

———reduce high-speed and intercity passenger rail funding and strike transfer authority for National Infrastructure Bank, H8641, H8642 [23JY]

District of Columbia: authorize improvements in the operation of government (H.R. 4207), E2886 [3DE]

———express sympathy for Metrorail accident victims and their families, friends, and associates, H7150 [24JN]

———express sympathy for Metrorail accident victims and their families, friends, and associates (H. Res. 612), H8039-H8043 [14JY]

———restore right to keep and bear arms, H6587 [11JN]

Economic Development Administration: District of Columbia Eastern Market restoration and upgrade funding, H8658 [23JY]

Economy: economic conditions of cities, H1063 [9FE]

FAA: initiate rulemaking process to determine whether Westchester County, NY, Airport can reinstate limits on overnight aircraft operations, H5975 [21MY]

———prohibit funding for implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal, H5975 [21MY], H8644, H8645 [23JY], E2003 [24JY]

———prohibit funding for implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal until a study on reducing delays at affected airports is conducted, H5926 [21MY]

———study airplane noise effects of the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal, H5719 [19MY], H5974, H5975, H5982 [21MY]

FEMA: Urban Areas Security Initiative funding, E1608 [26JN]

———Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding, H7187 [24JN]

Greater Houston Partnership (organization): anniversary, E5 [6JA]

Harris County, TX: Aldine Independent School District recipient of Broad Foundations Broad Prize for Urban Education (H. Res. 791), H11183-H11185 [13OC], E2517 [14OC]

Health: improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, H10074 [30SE]

Health care facilities: support physician-owned hospitals, H12853 [7NO]

Mahoning County, OH: tribute to Mahoning Valley area for Site Selection (publication) ranking as a mid-sized metropolitan area for business attraction and expansion, H3531 [18MR]

Newark, NJ: economic development, E2151 [31JY]

125th Street Business Improvement District (BID) (organization): tribute to winners of the BID on Culture banner design competition, E787 [26MR]

Parks and recreational areas: restoration funding, H714 [28JA]

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: establish, H3975, H3981 [25MR]

———establish (H.R. 280), E29 [7JA]

Portland, OR: streetcar project funding, H5099 [5MY], H5457 [12MY]

Richmond, VA: anniversary of Urban League of Greater Richmond, E710 [18MR]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Urban League of Greater Sacramento, E67 [13JA]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14385-H14407 [9DE], E2938 [10DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration (H. Res. 955), H14379-H14383 [9DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), motion to recommit, H14405 [9DE]

———improve commuting and transportation options (H.R. 3271), E1858 [21JY]

Transportation: State and local surface transportation projects funding, H530 [27JA]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: grant congressional consent and approval to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia (S.J. Res. 19), H9245 [31JY]

Water: municipality-wide stormwater management planning and response strategies funding, H3368 [12MR]

———require States to use water pollution control revolving funds capital grants to provide assistance to certain smaller muncipalities, H3365 [12MR]

Remarks in Senate

CERCLA: brownfields and neglected urban properties redeveloping funding, S1673 [5FE]

Crime: encourage community and family involvement in solving youth violence pandemic, S10038 [1OC]

Dept. of Education: District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program funding for vouchers to provide school choice, S2512-S2515, S2520-S2522 [26FE], S2735, S2742 [4MR], S2785-S2788, S2801-S2803 [5MR], S2856-S2858 [6MR], S2876-S2879 [9MR], S2927-S2930, S2936, S2939, S2944, S2945 [10MR], S3008 [11MR], S5344 [12MY], S12988-S12990, S13028, S13063 [11DE], S13072 [12DE]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1552), S8565, S8566, S8618 [30JY], S8619 [31JY]

Dept. of HUD: modify certain provisions of the HOPE for Homeowners loan program, S1651 [5FE]

———prohibit funding for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, S9406, S9407 [16SE], S9534 [17SE]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, S2125 [11FE], S11172 [5NO]

———enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (S. 167), S212-S215 [8JA]

———prohibit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding to communities that violate Federal immigration regulations, S10207, S10210 [7OC]

District of Columbia: express sympathy for Metrorail accident victims and their families, friends, and associates, S6900 [23JN], S6968 [24JN]

———restore right to keep and bear arms, S1262, S1263 [2FE], S2442, S2453, S2454, S2456-S2461 [25FE], S2513-S2515, S2526, S2536-S2538 [26FE]

Federal Transit Administration: improve the Job Access and Reverse Commute program (S. 176), S220 [8JA]

Health: improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, S12654 [8DE], S13626 [20DE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (S. 790), S4320 [2AP]

Infrastructure: transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding, S1374-S1376, S1379-S1384, S1386, S1387, S1394 [3FE]

Medicare: permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (S. 1585), S8871 [5AU]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S13872 [23DE]

Transportation: require States and metropolitan planning organizations to develop transportation greenhouse gas reduction plans (S. 575), S3068, S3069 [12MR]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: grant congressional consent and approval to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia (S.J. Res. 19), S8211, S8212 [28JY]

Reports

Require Homeland Security Grants Be Awarded Based on Assessment of Risk, Threat, and Vulnerabilities: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S. (excerpt), S7290 [9JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 955) (H. Rept. 111-364), H13627, H14370 [8DE]

COPS Improvements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1139) (H. Rept. 111-78), H4579 [21AP]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users Public Transportation Programs Authorization Extension: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1533) (S. Rept. 111-61), S8269 [29JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H14406 [9DE]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H14443 [9DE]

Infrastructure spending and job creation by State, S1375 [3FE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H14443 [9DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 612, express sympathy for District of Columbia Metrorail accident victims and their families, friends, and associates, H8039 [14JY]

H. Res. 791, Aldine Independent School District, Harris County, TX, recipient of Broad Foundations Broad Prize for Urban Education, H11183 [13OC]

H. Res. 955, consideration of H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act, H14379 [9DE]

H.R. 907, Grand Concourse anniversary as preeminent thoroughfare in the Bronx, NY, borough and an important nexus of commerce and culture for New York, NY, H13578 [8DE]

H.R. 1139, COPS Improvements Act, H4656-H4658 [22AP]

H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act, H14385-H14397 [9DE]

S. 167, COPS Improvements Act, S213 [8JA]

S. 790, Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (HAHPSA), S4321-S4331 [2AP]

S. 1585, permit Medicare pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals, S8871 [5AU]

S. Con. Res. 39, express that stable and affordable housing is essential to HIV prevention, treatment, and care and commit to providing adequate funding for development of housing as a response to AIDS pandemic, S9381 [15SE]

S. Res. 100, U.S. Olympic Committee Urban Youth Sport Initiative establishment, S4387 [2AP]

S. Res. 219, tribute to Newark, NJ, East Side High School hockey team, S7793 [21JY]

S.J. Res. 19, grant congressional consent and approval to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, S8203, S8212 [28JY], H9245 [31JY]