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The amendment calls for a $1 million increase in funding
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Joe Neguse on Friday passed an amendment out of the U.S. House of Representatives to increase funding for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) by $1 million. The amendment passed along with the H.R. 7617, the Appropriations Minibus. The additional funding to NICS will be allocated to states to improve their criminal and mental health records.
The Space Grant Program promotes aerospace and other NASA-related STEM education activities
The amendment to eliminate the 5% election grant matching requirement was included in the appropriations minibus
House appropriations legislation includes additional $50 million for the successful public transportation program
The letter requests HCPF flexibility to continue retainer payments for an additional 90 days
Washington D.C. —Today Representatives Joe Neguse, Andy Levin, Tom Malinowski and Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján issued a joint statement urging Senate Republicans to include funds for local governments in their coronavirus relief package. In April, the group of lawmakers introduced the Coronavirus Community Relief Act, legislation to ensure smaller cities and counties originally left out of the CARES Act are provided adequate relief to weather the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
His amendment calls for a $5 million increase for large-scale community-driven restoration projects
The plan calls for the study and implementation of carbon sequestration solutions to help curb the climate crisis
Washington D.C. – Today, Congressman Joe Neguse’s measure to repeal President Trump’s African travel ban has passed through the House of Representatives. President Trump added Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania to his Muslim Travel Ban in late January. Today, the NO BAN Act passed through the House, and along with it, Congressman Neguse’s measure to include the latest ban for African countries.
Washington D.C. —Today, Congressman Joe Neguse helped secure passage of the Great American Outdoors Act out of the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation would fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million and invest $9.5 billion in the public lands maintenance backlog.