URBAN AREAS related term(s) Rural Areas; Suburban areas

Amendments

District of Columbia: promote development of southwest waterfront (H.R. 2297), S2272, S2275 [29MR], H4001 [26JN]

Articles and editorials

Central Subway Needs Money To Fulfill Potential, H4137 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: provide assistance and opportunity to create and support sustainable agriculture activities and improve access to nutrition in U.S. cities (see H.R. 4351), H1845 [16AP]

Children and youth: prevent childhood obesity (see H.R. 6461), H6231 [20SE]

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (see H.R. 4210), H1390 [19MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: define urban rodent control for clarifying control of nuisance mammals and birds carried out by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wildlife services program and private sector (see H.R. 6470), H6231 [20SE]

Dept. of HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see S. 3583), S6545 [20SE]

Economy: create jobs by attracting global investment to economically distressed urban areas (see H.R. 6493), H6274 [21SE]

FEMA: codify authority to use Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities (see H.R. 5997), H3974 [21JN]

Immigration: restrict community policing programs funding for States that grant driver’s licenses to certain illegal immigrants (see H.R. 6465), H6231 [20SE]

Medicare: extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 2620), S2924 [7MY] (see H.R. 5943), H3699 [8JN]

——— permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (see H.R. 6146), H5008 [18JY]

Senior citizens: improve public transportation services for seniors (see H.R. 4028), H725 [14FE]

Taxation: extend the recovery zone economic development bonds for certain cities (see H.R. 6659), H6806 [13DE]

Letters

District of Columbia southwest waterfront development promotion: Representative Issa, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4003 [26JN]

——— Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4002 [26JN]

Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act: Tim Stephens, Emergency Services Coalition for Medical Preparedness, H6440 [27NO]

Remarks in House

Baxamusa, Murtaza: John S. Lyons Foundation Fellowship Honoree of the Year, E1460 [10SE]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Logan Square Neighborhood Association, E795 [15MY]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of Brooklyn Center neighborhood, E1463 [10SE]

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (H.R. 4210), H4117 [27JN]

Dept. of Defense: reduce funding and redirect savings to domestic priorities, H4915 [18JY]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), E71 [25JA]

——— report on extent to which certain high-need students are being taught by alternative route teachers-in-training who have been deemed ‘‘highly qualified’’, E1710 [19OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prioritize assignment of officers and analysts to certain State and urban area fusion centers to enhance security of mass transit systems (H.R. 3140), H3246, H3247 [30MY]

Dept. of HUD: expand percentage of Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding that can be used for demolition projects, H4117, H4118, H4123 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H2500, H2501 [9MY], E837 [17MY]

——— Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA Cross-Agency Support funding, H2393–H2395 [8MY], E754 [9MY]

——— impact of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding reduction on Trenton, NJ, H591 [8FE]

Dept. of Transportation: Federal Transit Administration funding, H4047, H4048 [26JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD: prohibit funding for grants under the Dept. of Transportation livable communities program and the Dept. of HUD sustainable communities program, H4141, H4142 [27JN]

Detroit, MI: observance of Metro Detroit Youth Day, E1216 [10JY]

District of Columbia: history as a municipality and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, H1127–H1129 [1MR], H4643 [29JN]

——— promote development of southwest waterfront (H.R. 2297), Senate amendment, H4001–H4003 [26JN]

FAA: prohibit implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal until a study on reducing delays at affected airports is conducted, H446 [3FE]

FEMA: codify authority to use Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities (H.R. 5997), H6439, H6440 [27NO], E1836 [29NO]

——— National Urban Search & Rescue Response System funding, H3533 [6JN]

——— Urban Areas Security Initiative funding, H3650 [7JN]

——— Urban Areas Security Initiative funding for Buffalo, NY, area, H5536 [1AU]

——— Urban Areas Security Initiative funding through reductions in Dept. of Homeland Security science and technology research funding, H3557 [6JN], E1028 [8JN]

Friends of Light Rail and Transit (organization): anniversary, E1669 [28SE]

Growing Power (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1758 [15NO]

Lemmon, Tom: John S. Lyons Foundation Fellowship Labor Leader of the Year, E1462 [10SE]

Portland, OR: streetcar investment anchored revitalization project funding, H518 [7FE]

San Francisco, CA: Central Subway project funding, H4137 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: promote access to healthful foods in areas known as health deserts, S4196 [14JN]

——— protect agricultural and forested lands from urban development, S4357, S4358 [20JN]

Dept. of Education: clarify scope of District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 3237), S47 [23JA]

Dept. of HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (S. 3583), S6549 [20SE]

District of Columbia: promote development of southwest waterfront (H.R. 2297), S2275 [29MR]

Reports filed

District of Columbia Southwest Waterfront Development Promotion: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2297) (S. Rept. 112–154), S2242 [29MR]

Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3140) (H. Rept. 112–467), H2441 [8MY]

Texts of

H.R. 2297, District of Columbia southwest waterfront development promotion, S2275 [29MR]

H.R. 3140, Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act, H3246 [30MY]

H.R. 5997, Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act, H6439 [27NO]

S. 3583, Community Parks Revitalization Act, S6549–S6552 [20SE]