URBAN AREAS see also Rural Areas; Suburban areas

Amendments

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), H7073 [21OC]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 480), H7046 [21OC]

Articles and editorials

How the Internet of Things Is Improving Transportation and Logistics, H7595 [3NO]

Mapping IoT Into Today’s Urban Transportation Systems, H7596 [3NO]

Misguided Attack on D.C.’s Needy Students, H7069 [21OC]

Quality Controls Lacking for D.C. Schools Accepting Federal Vouchers, H7074 [21OC]

Bills and resolutions

Community development: enhance capabilities of metropolitan planning organizations (see H.R. 3344), H5765 [29JY]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to address critical challenges and rebuild inner city neighborhoods (see S. 1889), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3295), H5763 [29JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize a summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program and allow State flexibility in providing summer meals (see S. 1966), S6380 [5AU]

Dept. of Education: establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (see H.R. 2149), H2768 [30AP]

Dept. of HHS: designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see S. 628), S1246 [3MR] (see H.R. 1209), H1565 [3MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the Securing the Cities program to enhance detection and prevention of nuclear or radiological terrorist events in high-risk urban areas (see H.R. 3493), H5974 [11SE]

Dept. of HUD: establish Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing program to promote urban renewal (see H.R. 3098), H5290 [16JY]

Dept. of Justice: allow preferential consideration for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to applications from jurisdictions with laws in place making grand jury transcripts and records public (see H.R. 3028), H5088 [10JY]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 2401), S8684 [15DE] (see H.R. 2318), H3211 [14MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit a bailout of a State, city, or municipality and designate economic freedom zones (see S. 790), S1629 [18MR]

Dept. of Transportation: provide grants to mitigate road congestion and improve transportation planning in metropolitan areas (see H.R. 200), H103 [7JA]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see S. 2171), S7272 [8OC] (see H.R. 10), H6794 [5OC]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 480), H7026 [20OC]

——— support and honor performers and sponsors of Lunchtime Music on the Mall festival (see H. Res. 264), H3213 [14MY]

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. 265), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 618), H662 [28JA]

EPA: modify application of certain Clean Air Act provisions relative to inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical areas within nonattainment areas (see H.R. 1044), H1113 [24FE]

FAA: conduct a notice and comment rulemaking before implementing certain policies relative to obstruction evaluation aeronautical studies (see H.R. 365), H404 [14JA]

FEMA: authorize use of Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding to counter violent extremism (see H.R. 1022), H1113 [24FE]

——— 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. 361), H404 [14JA]

——— enter into agreement with National Research Council to study urban flooding (see S. 1481), S3456 [2JN] (see H.R. 2616), H3757 [2JN]

——— provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see H.R. 3863), H7346 [29OC]

Financial institutions: expand the purposes of advances and collateral available to community development financial institutions (see H.R. 1355), H1635 [13MR]

Immigration: limit Federal financial assistance to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law, publish sanctuary jurisdictions, and increase penalties for reentry by removed aliens (see S. 1812), S5210 [21JY]

——— prohibit receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities that interfere with the enforcement of Federal immigration law (see S. 1764), S5061 [14JY] (see S. 1814), S5210 [21JY] (see H.R. 3002), H5029 [9JY] (see H.R. 3073), H5236 [15JY]

——— provide for the apprehension, detention, and removal of certain aliens arrested by the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3165), H5402 [22JY]

Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 1479), H1802 [19MR]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see S. 332), S697 [2FE] (see H.R. 663), H703 [2FE]

——— increase access to ambulance services and reform payments for such services (see S. 377), S772 [4FE] (see H.R. 745), H812 [4FE]

——— suspend implementation of zip code reclassifications for payment for ambulance services (see H.R. 817), H866 [9FE]

National Weather Service: maintain and operate at least one Doppler weather radar site near cities of a certain size (see S. 2058), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 3538), H6136 [17SE]

Roads and highways: add a national goal and performance measure to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities (see H.R. 3740), H6973 [9OC]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (see H.R. 3619), H6260 [25SE]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1341), H1623 [6MR]

——— modify rules for tax-exempt enterprise zone facility bonds and extend tax incentives for empowerment zones (see S. 408), S833 [5FE]

——— provide adjustments in individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1758), H2152 [13AP]

——— provide incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (see H.R. 1433), H1768 [18MR]

Transportation Research Board: study the impact of diverting certain freight rail traffic to avoid urban areas (see H.R. 1290), H1611 [4MR]

Veterans: provide discounted fares on public transportation (see H.R. 127), H40 [6JA] (see H.R. 1645), H2107 [26MR]

Letters

District of Columbia funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers reauthorization: Anita Bonds, District of Columbia Council, H7066 [21OC]

——— several District of Columbia Council members, H7062 [21OC]

——— several District of Columbia parents of schoolchildren, H7068 [21OC]

Motions

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), H7076 [21OC]

Remarks in House

Community Partners for Affordable Housing (organization): tribute, E582 [23AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish the Securing the Cities program to enhance detection and prevention of nuclear or radiological terrorist events in high-risk urban areas (H.R. 3493), H6988, H6989 [20OC], E1493 [21OC]

——— increase State and major urban area fusion centers funding and prohibit limitations on funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H391, H392 [14JA]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H3676, H3677 [2JN]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program, H631 [27JA]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure surface transportation grants are awarded to rural and urban area projects in an equitable manner, H3835 [3JN]

——— submit report on potential of the Internet of Things to improve transportation services in rural, suburban, and urban areas, H7595–H7597 [3NO]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), H7038, H7061–H7079 [21OC], E1507 [22OC]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 480), H7041–H7047 [21OC]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (H.R. 10), motion to recommit, H7076 [21OC]

——— require schools that receive private school vouchers to certify that they provide each student with all applicable civil rights protections, H7076 [21OC]

——— restore requirement to evaluate private school vouchers using strongest possible research design and limit voucher students to no more than certain percentage of total school enrollment, H7073–H7076 [21OC]

FAA: prohibit funding to redesign Phoenix, AZ, Metroplex regional airspace, H3891 [4JN]

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. 361), H675–H677 [2FE], E145 [2FE]

——— enter into agreement with National Research Council to study urban flooding (H.R. 2616), H3646 [2JN]

Immigration: impact of sanctuary cities on public safety and enforcement of immigration laws, H4878 [8JY], H5085 [10JY], H5452 [23JY], H5532 [28JY]

Law enforcement officers: reform police practices in urban areas, H3297–H3301 [18MY]

Logan, UT: Cache Valley Transit District recipient of Community Transportation Association Excellence in Motion award, H3773 [3JN]

Poverty: efforts to address high-poverty areas, H709 [3FE]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (H.R. 3619), E1363 [25SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (H.R. 1433), E363 [18MR]

Transportation: direct States and metropolitan planning organizations to develop publicly available criteria to prioritize transportation projects, H7657 [4NO]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnerships reforestation of urban areas funding, H4834, H4835 [7JY]

Remarks in Senate

Climate: impact of climate change on Ohio, S7888–S7890 [10NO]

Community development: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address critical challenges and rebuild inner city neighborhoods (S. 1889), S6182 [30JY]

CVS Health (company): tribute to commitment to reopen Baltimore, MD, store that burned during rioting and support for local community and displaced employees, S2703 [7MY]

Dept. of Education: diversion of public education funding to private schools in the form of vouchers to allow for school choice, S4823–S4825 [8JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: continue to provide funding for State urban renewal projects through the Hardest Hit Fund program, S5478, S5479 [23JY], S5677 [24JY]

——— Hardest Hit Fund program funding, S8591 [10DE]

District of Columbia: reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (S. 2171), S7274 [8OC]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (S. 265), S5027 [14JY]

FEMA: enter into agreement with National Research Council to study urban flooding (S. 1481), S3674 [3JN]

Housing: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to demolish vacant and abandoned homes, S1968 [26MR]

Immigration: impact of sanctuary cities on public safety and enforcement of immigration laws, S4832 [8JY], S4915 [9JY], S4993 [13JY]

——— prohibit receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities that interfere with the enforcement of Federal immigration law, S5031 [14JY]

Law enforcement officers: reform police practices in urban areas, S2638 [5MY], S4091–S4093 [11JN]

Poverty: improve circumstances to create opportunities for those living in abject poverty and implement criminal justice reforms, S2459 [28AP], S2662 [6MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 10, District of Columbia Funding for Public Schools, Charter Schools, and Opportunity Scholarship Program Private School Vouchers Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 480) (H. Rept. 114–300), H7026 [20OC]

District of Columbia Funding for Public Schools, Charter Schools, and Opportunity Scholarship Program Private School Vouchers Reauthorization: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 114–292), H6980 [16OC]

Securing the Cities Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3493) (H. Rept. 114–295), H7026 [20OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 480, consideration of H.R. 10, District of Columbia funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers reauthorization and H.R. 692, Default Prevention Act, H7041 [21OC]

H.R. 10, District of Columbia funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers reauthorization, H7070–H7073 [21OC]

H.R. 361, Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act, H675 [2FE]

H.R. 3493, Securing the Cities Act, H6988 [20OC]

S. 1481, Urban Flooding Awareness Act, S3458 [2JN]