Sentences with phrase «federal spending bill»

Two programs that support first responders who became sick because of 9/11 are going to be included in the latest federal spending bill.

After several attempts to craft information - sharing legislation, the latest one has found its way into the must - pass federal spending bill.

As we reported last week, the new federal spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump included the STOP School Violence Act, a safety bill pushed by families of Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., school shooting victims that provides funding for physical school security measures, school police, and...

The House last week approved a long - awaited federal spending bill for fiscal 2007 that would provide a modest increase for the Department of Education, including extra money for Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

On Wednesday, Nelson visits Fort Lauderdale to tout the $ 190 million for a new federal courthouse included in the massive federal spending bill passed last week.

Under a continuing resolution passed last week in place of actual federal spending bills, Pentagon budgets are capped at 2015 levels, severely limiting the service branches» ability to start new programs or even shutdown programs they don't need anymore.

It's back to the drawing board for the eight - year - old effort to create an SBA women's procurement program, as the most recent federal spending bill scraps controversial, restrictive Bush - era regulations.

A massive fiscal 2018 federal spending bill unveiled by congressional leaders Wednesday night includes a provision urging the heads of EPA, the Energy Department and the Agriculture Department to adopt policies that «reflect the carbon - neutrality of forest bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy source.»

Washington — The Education Department (ed) has been ordered under the terms of a temporary federal spending bill to begin making preliminary fiscal 1983 impact - aid payments to school districts whose local tax revenues have been reduced by the presence of large federal installations.

and Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Ted Stevens (R - Alaska) ultimately rolled the District measure into a catchall federal spending bill and defied Democrats to risk a government shutdown.

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a broad federal spending bill that includes more than $ 22 million for emergency repairs for the public schools here.

«Congress passed a $ 1.3 trillion federal spending bill early Friday following negotiations in which Republicans, in order to garner needed Democratic support, agreed to remove a slew of provisions that would have gutted environmental and campaign finance laws.»

«Such key legislation should not be sandwiched into a 2,000 - plus - page federal spending bill.»

The recently amended federal spending bill in the U.S. has provisions that substantially decrease the barriers to law enforcement agencies entitlement to a person's emails, documents and anything else available electronically, regardless of international borders.

If approved, the funding would be on top of the $ 243 million the Rome Lab received in the latest federal spending bill.

He hailed increased funding to combat the opioid crisis that was included in the massive federal spending bill passed last week after touring the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Medical Center, which typically provides care for four to five opioid - addicted babies at a time.

WASHINGTON, March 21 - A federal spending bill released late on Wednesday included bipartisan legislation that would amend a decades - old privacy law to clarify that a U.S. warrant seeking data stored overseas is valid in certain circumstances.

As part of the new $ 1.3 trillion federal spending bill, Congress authorized a $ 350 million «fix» to fund a popular student loan forgiveness plan that many financial experts say is failing.

In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.

This ABC News report has the latest details on attempts to work that waiver language into the federal spending bill.

She voted against the federal spending bill for the Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency and related agencies, and split with the party on 22 related amendments.

The president's immigration reform push comes as lawmakers look to hash a deal to pass a federal spending bill before a looming Feb. 8 deadline, while also taking up the issue of DACA before the program expires in March.

Indeed, in signing the 2017 federal spending bill, a frustrated Trump suggested he'd support «a good «shutdown» in September» in order to secure more Republican priorities.

Pig manure research may not smell like roses, but it's definitely not just pork in the latest federal spending bill, says one Iowa researcher

The program ended when Congress failed to appropriate funds for its continuation in the 2015 federal spending bill.14 In some sectors, there is increased debate about whether federal funds for education are best allocated through formulas or competitive processes, with opponents of competitive grants citing a desire to reduce federal influence in favor of state and locally - driven education policies.

NCPE Statement: Expressing Disappointment that the Federal Spending Bill Includes Reauthorization of the DC Voucher Program

On March 23, President Trump signed a $ 1.3 trillion federal spending bill that allocates $ 350 million for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

In March, Congress approved a $ 1.3 trillion federal spending bill, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown.

Although loan forgiveness and subsidized loans made their way into this federal spending bill, they may face new challenges when the House of Representatives reviews the PROSPER Act, a bill that aims to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965.

A federal spending bill that passed the House of Representatives last year directed the Environmental Protection Agency to establish policies «that reflect the carbon neutrality of biomass» and to «encourage private investment throughout the forest biomass supply chain,» paving the way for a boom in American pellet burning.

A federal spending bill that passed the House of Representatives earlier this year directed the Environmental Protection Agency to establish policies «that reflect the carbon neutrality of biomass» and to «encourage private investment throughout the forest biomass supply chain,» paving the way for a boom in American pellet burning.

WASHINGTON A federal spending bill released late on Wednesday included bipartisan legislation that would amend a decades - old privacy law to clarify that a U.S. warrant seeking data stored overseas is valid in certain circumstances.

The national debt of the United States recently passed the $ 21 trillion mark and the $ 1.3 trillion federal spending bill the House passed on March 22 will only add to it.

The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act was passed along with the federal spending bill on Friday, March 23rd, 2018.