URBAN AREAS see also Rural Areas; Suburban areas

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: promote and enhance urban agricultural production and agricultural research in urban areas (see H.R. 5616), H7885 [18SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 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. 4639), H4058 [9MY]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 4765), H5022 [29MY]

Community development: enhance capabilities of metropolitan planning organizations (see H.R. 5467), H7528 [15SE]

Compton, CA: anniversary (see H. Res. 581), H4059 [9MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish AmeriCorps/Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) community gardens in high poverty areas program (see H.R. 4084), H1937 [25FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: make supplemental appropriations for combating tree and wood pests and certain forest health management and urban and community forestry activities (see H.R. 4099), H2000 [26FE]

Dept. of HHS: designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H2913 [3AP]

Dept. of HUD: establish the Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing program to promote urban renewal (see H.R. 4173), H2256 [6MR]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 2254), S2379 [10AP]

——— provide funding for Violent Crime Reduction Partnerships in the most violent communities (see H.R. 4088), H1937 [25FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resources study to determine suitability and feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships to operate federally owned golf courses in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4417), H2990 [7AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish the Office of Planning for Future Intercity Transportation (see S. 2961), S6205 [20NO]

——— permit consolidation of metropolitan planning organizations (see S. 2761), S5217 [31JY]

——— provide grants to carry out projects to reduce railway noise levels that adversely impact schools located in urbanized areas (see H.R. 5575), H7883 [18SE]

District of Columbia: clarify responsibility of Federal agencies to remove snow and ice for areas around Federal buildings (see H.R. 5153), H6398 [17JY]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 1909), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 4773), H5022 [29MY]

FAA: conduct a notice and comment rulemaking before implementing certain policies relative to obstruction evaluation aeronautical studies (see H.R. 4623), H4057 [9MY]

FEMA: authorize the awarding of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants to nonprofit organizations not located in high-risk urban areas (see H.R. 3891), H472 [15JA]

——— enter into agreement with National Research Council to study urban flooding (see H.R. 5521), H7675 [17SE]

Medicare: increase access to ambulance services (see H.R. 5460), H7454 [11SE]

——— permit the phase-in for changes in hospital wage index classification from rural to urban without requiring waiver of a wage index increase (see H.R. 5531), H7882 [18SE]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (see H.R. 3919), H1241 [16JA]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H1591 [4FE]

——— establish Promise Zones to revitalize high-poverty communities through Federal-local partnerships (see S. 2597), S4454 [14JY] (see H.R. 4941), H5640 [23JN]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds and provide recovery zone economic development bonds for certain cities (see H.R. 5330), H7182 [31JY]

Transportation Research Board: study the impact of diverting certain freight rail traffic to avoid urban areas (see H.R. 5868), H9302 [11DE]

Letters

Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act: Hank Clemmensen, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H1518 [3FE]

——— Jeff Walker, International Association of Emergency Managers, H1519 [3FE]

——— Tim Stephens, Emergency Services Coalition for Medical Preparedness, H1518 [3FE]

Remarks in House

African Americans: effects of discrimination, H6348, H6350 [16JY]

——— societal impact of discrimination, H8361 [3DE]

Agriculture: promote and enhance urban agricultural production and agricultural research in urban areas (H.R. 5616), E1458 [19SE]

Chicago, IL: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning recipient of EPA National Award for Small Growth Achievement, E180 [6FE]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (H.R. 4765), E891 [30MY]

Compton, CA: anniversary (H. Res. 581), E740 [9MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish AmeriCorps/Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) community gardens in high poverty areas program, E219 [18FE]

Crime: impact of war on drugs on violent crime, H6042 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Healthy Food Financing Initiative funding, H5260 [11JN]

——— make supplemental appropriations for combating tree and wood pests and certain forest health management and urban and community forestry activities (H.R. 4099), E250 [26FE]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding for program on urban energy planning for smart growth in cities in India and China, H6082 [10JY]

Dept. of HUD: establish the Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing program to promote urban renewal (H.R. 4173), E330 [6MR]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census periodic censuses funding, H4882, H4883 [28MY]

——— Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program youth violence prevention funding, H4950, H4951 [29MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resources study to determine suitability and feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships to operate federally owned golf courses in the District of Columbia (H.R. 4417), E538 [7AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: prevent bailouts of certain public pension systems, H6279, H6280 [15JY]

District of Columbia: clarify responsibility of Federal agencies to remove snow and ice for areas around Federal buildings (H.R. 5153), E1192 [17JY]

FAA: conduct a notice and comment rulemaking before implementing certain policies relative to obstruction evaluation aeronautical studies (H.R. 4623), E729 [9MY]

FEMA: authorize use of grants under the Urban Areas Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program to work in conjunction with a Dept. of Energy national laboratory (H.R. 3438), H8196–H8198 [1DE]

——— 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. 1791), H1518–H1520 [3FE], E160 [4FE]

Jewish Council on Urban Affairs: anniversary, E801 [21MY]

Levin, Brenda: Los Angeles, CA, Parks Foundation Rose Award recipient, E554 [9AP]

McKinney, TX: inclusion in Money (publication) America’s Best Small Cities list, H8286 [3DE]

Orange County, FL: Orange County Public Schools recipient of Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Broad Prize for Urban Education, E1586 [14NO]

Oxnard, CA: anniversary of sister city relationship with Ocotlan, Mexico, E1183 [17JY]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (H.R. 3919), E99 [16JA]

Transportation: importance of mass transit, H2262 [11MR]

Veterans: provide discounted fares on public transportation (H.R. 2362), H8041 [18NO]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Transportation: permit consolidation of metropolitan planning organizations (S. 2761), S5234 [31JY]

Ecology and environment: local efforts to address ecological issues, S1444 [10MR]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children, S3483 [9JN]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (S. 1909), S344 [15JA], S505–S508 [28JA]

EPA: consider cost and feasibility of national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone and prioritize application of such standard with respect to extreme nonattainment areas, S2696 [6MY], S2767 [7MY]

FEMA: issue guidelines for methods, other than building elevation, that owners of certain urban residential buildings may implement to mitigate against flood risk, S566, S588 [29JA]

Texts of

H.R. 1791, Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act, H1518 [3FE]

H.R. 3438, National Laboratories Mean National Security Act, H8196 [1DE]