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

Articles and editorials

Dying To Ride, H5051 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

Amtrak: permit to bring Federal civil actions to enforce rights which give intercity and commuter rail passenger transportation preference over freight transportation in using a rail line, junction, or crossing (see S. 2922), S6718 [20NO]

Community development: promote development of smart cities through investment in smart infrastructure (see S. 1398), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 2636), H3679 [9MY] (see H.R. 3156), H4348 [6JN]

Crime: provide grants to communities for evidence-based gun violence intervention and prevention programs (see S. 2671), S6091 [23OC] (see H.R. 4836), H8456 [23OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: enhance urban agriculture (see H.R. 5266), H9179 [26NO]

Dept. of Energy: carry out Clean Cities Coalition Program (see H.R. 5518), H12290 [19DE]

——— prioritize acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from decomissioned or decommissioning nuclear reactors in high population areas with high earthquake hazard (see H.R. 2995), H4163 [23MY]

Dept. of HHS: improve provision of mobile medical health care services to certain underserved areas and populations (see H.R. 4537), H8054 [26SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (see H.R. 542), H544 [14JA]

Dept. of HUD: establish a grant program to provide temporary housing to homeless individuals near high-density homeless areas that provides health and social services and targeted outreach (see H.R. 4936), H8717 [31OC]

——— make grants to nonprofit community organizations for development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas (see H.R. 4197), H7511 [20AU]

——— make grants to States to eliminate blight and assist in neighborhood revitalization (see H.R. 2390), H3303 [29AP]

Dept. of the Interior: convey Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1883), H2826 [26MR]

——— provide grants to acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes and develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities (see S. 1458), S2815 [14MY] (see H.R. 1334), H2100 [25FE] (see H.R. 4512), H8053 [26SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: collect data and issue report on opportunity zone tax incentives created by Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (see S. 1344), S2687 [7MY] (see H.R. 2593), H3500 [8MY]

——— direct Community Development Financial Institution Fund to perform outreach program for new markets tax credit to underserved communities (see H.R. 3664), H5583 [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow local bikeshare projects to receive Federal funding and eligibility under Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 4001), H7464 [25JY]

——— amend certain laws relative to apportionments to small transit intensive cities (see S. 2663), S5965 [22OC] (see H.R. 3758), H5825 [15JY]

——— authorize additional funding for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (see H.R. 2520), H3447 [3MY]

——— condition receipt of grants by New York, NY, Metropolitan Transportation Authority on exempting New Jersey drivers from congestion fees and provide year-end tax credits for congestion taxes (see H.R. 2523), H3447 [3MY]

——— establish a grant program to reimburse public transportation agencies that offer free unlimited transportation passes to eligible individuals (see H.R. 5152), H8958 [18NO]

——— establish Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Challenge Grant Program to promote technological innovation in cities (see S. 1939), S4169 [20JN] (see H.R. 3388), H5006 [20JN]

——— make grants for clearinghouse to collect, conduct, and fund research on influences of highly automated vehicles on land use, urban design, transportation, real estate, and municipal budgets (see H.R. 2542), H3473 [7MY]

——— modify percentage of Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding to certain urbanized areas (see H.R. 879), H1333 [30JA]

——— reauthorize Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and provide additional funding contingent upon improved oversight, safety, management, and wireless services (see S. 1663), S3105 [23MY]

——— submit report to Congress and notify consumers of safety audits conducted on intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation (see H.R. 543), H544 [14JA]

District of Columbia: expand school choice by providing private school vouchers (see H.R. 778), H1211 [24JA]

——— reauthorize funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers (see S. 213), S586 [24JA] (see S. 2682), S6092 [23OC] (see H.R. 787), H1211 [24JA]

——— support and honor performers and partners of SummerSet DC music festival on the National Mall (see H. Res. 447), H4771 [18JN]

Education: improve District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 145), S273 [16JA]

FAA: prohibit certain helicopter flights over major cities with high population densities (see H.R. 4880), H8538 [28OC]

FCC: establish national standard to determine comparability of mobile and broadband services provided in rural versus urban areas (see S. 1515), S2924 [16MY]

——— repeal requirement to reallocate and auction the T-Band spectrum (see S. 2748), S6300 [30OC] (see H.R. 451), H462 [10JA]

——— streamline siting processes for small cell infrastructure deployment (see S. 1699), S3164 [3JN]

Federal agencies and departments: appropriately limit impact of the presence of large Federal installations in delineation of core based statistical areas (see S. 372), S1131 [7FE] (see H.R. 1113), H1491 [8FE]

FEMA: carry out a pilot program to enhance mapping of urban flooding and associated property damage and availability of that data to stakeholders to help understand and mitigate flooding risks (see S. 1276), S2569 [1MY] (see H.R. 2462), H3404 [1MY]

——— clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees (see S. 1521), S2924 [16MY] (see H.R. 639), H716 [17JA]

——— establish a review process for certain grant applications for first responders to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 1594), H2581 [7MR]

——— provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see H.R. 5337), H9346 [6DE]

Forest Service: make the District of Columbia eligible for certain forestry research grants (see H.R. 4885), H8539 [28OC]

——— permanently reactivate the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council and remove reforestation trust fund transfer funding limit for reforestation activities (see H.R. 5311), H9293 [5DE]

GSA: establish a commission to study relocation of select executive agencies or divisions of such agencies outside the Washington, DC, metropolitan area (see H.R. 1701), H2680 [12MR]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law (see H.R. 153), H206 [3JA]

Los Angeles, CA: allow use of West Los Angeles National Guard Armory as a year-round homeless shelter (see S. 974), S2118 [1AP] (see H.R. 2016), H2938 [1AP]

Medicaid: extend full Federal medical assistance percentage to urban Indian organizations (see S. 1180), S2434 [11AP] (see H.R. 2316), H3264 [12AP]

Medicare: improve accuracy of geographic adjustment factors and permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities (see H.R. 3302), H4770 [18JN]

National Capital Planning Commission: remove authority relative to property owned by the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H2745 [14MR]

National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: designate (see S. Res. 324), S5663 [24SE] (see H. Res. 610), H8081 [27SE]

Native Americans: authorize urban Indian organizations to enter arrangements to share medical services and facilities with Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense to improve health care access for Native American veterans (see S. 2365), S5247 [31JY] (see H.R. 4153), H7488 [2AU]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (see H.R. 4173), H7492 [6AU]

Smart Cities Week: observance (see H. Res. 614), H8095 [4OC]

Taxation: adjust individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in cost-of-living (see H.R. 2272), H3255 [10AP]

——— allow a credit against tax for neighborhood revitalization (see H.R. 3316), H4770 [18JN]

——— establish a new tax credit and grant program to stimulate investment and healthy nutrition options in food deserts (see S. 786), S1845 [13MR] (see H.R. 1717), H2715 [13MR]

——— extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones (see H.R. 2238), H3253 [10AP]

——— modify work opportunity credit for certain at-risk youth employees and extend empowerment zones to encourage hiring of at-risk youth in high poverty areas (see S. 1550), S2962 [20MY] (see H.R. 2845), H4009 [20MY]

——— provide incentives for establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (see H.R. 3123), H4342 [5JN]

——— require information reporting relative to qualified opportunity zone tax incentives enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and require public reports related to such tax incentives (see S. 2994), S6888 [5DE]

Transportation: award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved urban and rural communities to green spaces (see S. 2467), S5448 [11SE] (see H.R. 4273), H7596 [10SE]

Letters

Dept. of Transportation urban bicycle and pedestrian safety programs funding: Bill Nesper, League of American Bicyclists, H5051 [24JN]

——— Clark Martinson, BikeHouston (organization), H5051 [24JN]

Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H4364 [10JN]

——— Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H4365 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (H.R. 542), H4364, H4365 [10JN], E747 [11JN]

Dept. of HUD: Homeless Assistance Programs funding, H5064 [24JN]

Dept. of Justice: provide for inclusion of victim advocates/resources in State courts for urban American Indians/Alaskan Natives under STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, H3054 [3AP]

Dept. of the Interior: convey Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia (H.R. 1883), E353 [26MR]

Dept. of Transportation: allow local bikeshare projects to receive Federal funding and eligibility under Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (H.R. 4001), E990 [25JY]

——— authorize additional funding for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (H.R. 2520), H4783 [19JN]

——— Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development (BUILD) planning grant funding for commuter rail and other mass transit options, H5067, H5068 [24JN]

——— Better Utilizing Investments To Leverage Development (BUILD) planning grant funding for transit-oriented planning and design, H5065, H5066 [24JN]

——— Gateway Program funding to expand and renovate northeast corridor rail line between Newark, NJ, and New York, NY, H2655 [12MR], H3800 [15MY]

——— make grants for clearinghouse to collect, conduct, and fund research on influences of highly automated vehicles on land use, urban design, transportation, real estate, and municipal budgets (H.R. 2542), E549 [7MY]

——— submit report to Congress and notify consumers of safety audits conducted on intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation (H.R. 543), H1372 [6FE]

——— urban bicycle and pedestrian safety programs funding, H5050, H5063 [24JN]

——— Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority funding, H4783 [19JN]

FEMA: clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees (H.R. 639), H3111, H3112 [8AP]

——— establish a review process for certain grant applications for first responders to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards (H.R. 1594), H3755, H3756 [14MY]

Forest Service: make the District of Columbia eligible for certain forestry research grants (H.R. 4885), E1346 [28OC]

Indian Health Service: Urban Indian Health Program funding, H4784 [19JN]

Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Milwaukee Urban League, E293 [12MR]

National Capital Planning Commission: remove authority relative to property owned by the District of Columbia (H.R. 1797), E310 [14MR]

National Community Development Association: anniversary, E325 [21MR]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: Drug-Free Communities Support Program funding, H5187 [26JN]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (H.R. 4173), E1037 [6AU]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: recognize that U.S. cities, States, and businesses are stepping up and pledging to meet the Paris Agreement goals in the wake of absent Federal leadership, H3394, H3395 [1MY]

Remarks in Senate

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: proposed rule to update formula used to reimburse hospitals for patient care, S4834 [16JY]

Climate: impact of climate change on rising sea levels, S734–S736 [29JA]

FCC: streamline siting processes for small cell infrastructure deployment (S. 1699), S3173 [4JN], S6413 [6NO], S6830 [4DE], S7126 [18DE]

FEMA: clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees (H.R. 639), S5216 [31JY]

National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: designate (S. Res. 324), S5853 [16OC]

New Jersey Community Development Corp.: anniversary, S6667 [19NO]

Urban Affairs Coalition: anniversary, S5138 [29JY]

Reports filed

Clarify That FEMA National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Task Forces May Include Federal Employees: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 639) (H. Rept. 116–29), H2985 [2AP]

FEMA National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Task Forces May Include Federal Employees Clarification: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1521) (S. Rept. 116–60), S4966 [22JY]

Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2365) (S. Rept. 116–180), S7155 [18DE]

Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 542) (H. Rept. 116–87), H4174 [28MY]

Texts of

H.R. 542, Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act, H4364 [10JN]

H.R. 543, Dept. of Transportation submission of report to Congress and notification of consumers of safety audits conducted on intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation, H1372 [6FE]

H.R. 639, clarify that FEMA National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees, H3111 [8AP]

H.R. 1594, First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act, H3755 [14MY]

S. 1276, Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act, S2572 [1MY]

S. 1550, Helping To Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act, S2967 [20MY]

S. 1699, Streamlining the Rapid Evolution and Modernization of Leading-Edge Infrastructure Necessary To Enhance (STREAMLINE) Small Cell Deployment Act, S3167 [3JN]

S. 2922, Rail Passenger Fairness Act, S6721 [20NO]

S. Res. 324, National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day, S5666 [24SE]