A bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) would help protect the nation’s firefighters, emergency responders, and their local communities from harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found in firefighting foams and personal protective equipment. “Firefighters and first Read more…
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U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) recently introduced the bipartisan Neighborhood Homes Investment Act to help address the nation’s housing affordability crisis, create jobs and encourage economic development. S. 98, which Sen. Young cosponsored on Jan. 28 with bill sponsor U.S. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) on Feb. 15 proposed bipartisan legislation that would require a United States strategy for engagement with Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). According to a one-page bill summary provided by Rep. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Feb. 15 sponsored legislation that aims to hasten projects to replace or improve wireless communications facilities damaged during a wildfire. “My goal in introducing this bill is to restore and improve the wireless Read more…
A bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) would require that silent panic alarms be installed in schools across the nation to alert law enforcement to an active shooter situation. “Too often in recent years, parents have sent Read more…
Non-profit critical access hospitals, rural hospitals and those serving areas of persistent poverty could qualify for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under a new bipartisan bill offered by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS). The PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) recently unveiled a bipartisan, bicameral bill to ensure federal public safety officers who are injured in the line of duty receive their full retirement benefits, which they currently lose with a work-related injury. “Communities in Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) earlier this month proposed a bipartisan bill to establish a $30 billion Small Business Administration (SBA) grant fund to support eligible fitness businesses across America. Rep. Fitzpatrick on Feb. 5 cosponsored the Gym Mitigation and Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Feb. 12 introduced bipartisan legislation to address America’s shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing supplies during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), an Read more…
Mergers and acquisition brokers who help transfer the ownership of small, privately held companies would be exempt from securities registration under a bipartisan bill sponsored on Feb. 8 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI). “The pandemic has ravaged small businesses Read more…