Empowering Rural Communities Act
The Empowering Rural Communities Act establishes a technical assistance set-aside requiring the Department of Agriculture to reserve at least 2.5 percent of Rural Development discretionary grant progr…
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Federal legislation · 119th Congress
The Empowering Rural Communities Act establishes a technical assistance set-aside requiring the Department of Agriculture to reserve at least 2.5 percent of Rural Development discretionary grant progr…
The Tribal Roads Improvement Act removes federal limitations on how much of Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) funds can be used for road grading on tribal lands. The bill amends federal law to allow…
The RNGR Support Act of 2026 directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish partnerships and provide technical assistance to support nurseries and seed orchards for reforestation and afforestation…
This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2031 a program that provides financial assistance for rural water systems under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Under the existing progra…
This bill amends the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act to include the District of Columbia as an eligible recipient of federal forestry research and education funding. Currently, the Act provi…
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 and the EXPLORE Act to expand and extend the Good Neighbor Authority program. The bill allows the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into good neighbor agr…
This bill provides appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the remainder of FY2026. It also ends the partial DHS shutdown that began on February 14, 2026, because the continuin…
This bill amends federal law to allow airport operators to contract with private screening companies to conduct passenger and baggage screening, provided those companies meet TSA-established qualifica…
This bill directs the Comptroller General to study how federal agencies under the Defense Production Act of 1950 currently procure and stockpile long-lead items (components with extended design and fa…
This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to require the Department of Agriculture to consider service affordability when determining whether households and service territories are unserv…
This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to address workforce and skilled labor shortages in defense-critical industries. It requires federal agencies with delegated authority under the Act…
The Same-Day Paratransit Innovation Act amends federal transit funding programs to incentivize and support same-day paratransit services for individuals with disabilities. The bill increases federal c…
This is a commemorative resolution expressing concern about workforce reductions at FEMA, CISA, and TSA. The resolution recognizes the critical missions of these agencies, affirms the importance of th…
This bill reauthorizes and modernizes the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, which provides federal housing assistance to Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian…
The Mined in America Act of 2026 directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a voluntary certification program for cryptocurrency mining facilities and pools that source hardware from the United St…
This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize planning and implementation of nonstructural flood risk management solutions—such as structure elevation, floodproofing, and property a…
The Support our Firefighters Act amends federal law to provide paid rest and recuperation leave for wildland firefighters employed by the Forest Service and Department of the Interior following deploy…
This bill amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend its authorization through 2031 (instead of expiring in 2026) and modifies the Multistate Conservation Grant Program by removin…
This bill codifies four Executive Orders from May 2025 into federal law, giving them permanent statutory force. The orders address nuclear reactor testing reform at the Department of Energy, deploymen…
The ACE Nuclear Energy Act of 2026 amends the Export-Import Bank Act to exclude certain nuclear energy-related financing from the Bank's default rate calculations, which may improve the Bank's reporte…
This bill requires the Industry and Analysis office of the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce to monitor and respond to disruptions in critical industries and supply chai…
The Plug Offshore Wells Act requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit an annual report to Congress and publish it on the Department of the Interior website detailing the status of offshore oil…
This bill reduces the requirements for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow a state to use its state highway standards, instead of federal standards, for airfield pavement projects at ce…
This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the Ratepayer Protection Pledge signed by major technology companies on March 4, 2026, represents sound national policy. The pledge comm…
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress on the Appalachian Regional Commission’s capability to incorporate low-orbit satellites in broadband projects. S…