Nevada Congressional Bills

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 28, 2022

HRES 1076: Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 2, 2022, through May 5, 2022, as "National Small Business Week" to celebrate the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every community in the United States.

This resolution celebrates the contributions of small businesses in every U.S. community and supports the designation of National Small Business Week. Further, it supports efforts to provide small businesses with aid and assistance through certain programs and initiatives.

Nydia M. Velázquez (D) · 62 co-sponsors

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 28, 2022

HR 7627: Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022

Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2022 This bill establishes an Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Program to increase engagement with public and nonprofit entities (including faith-based and community-based organizations that serve and are led by people of color) in supporting arts and humanities projects that directly combat systemic racism through the arts and humanities. The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities shall carry out this program. The bill also provides for a competitive grant program for the creation and expansion of programs to support public and nonprofit arts and humanities organizations that directly combat systemic racism through the arts and humanities.

Topics ✓ Education

Barbara Lee (D) · 38 co-sponsors

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 28, 2022

HR 7620: Stop Sexual Harassment in K–12 Act

Stop Sexual Harassment in K-12 Act This bill outlines the role and duties of Title IX coordinators in elementary and secondary schools, including by requiring local educational agencies to increase the number of full-time employees designated to serve as a Title IX coordinator per specified student population. The bill also creates a grant program to train teachers and staff on how to respond to signs of sexual harassment and assault of students and requires the Department of Education to develop a sexual violence climate survey.

Topics ✓ Education

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 28, 2022

HR 4878: National Discovery Trails Act

National Discovery Trails Act This bill amends the National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails as part of the national trails system. Such trails (1) shall be extended, continuous, interstate trails located to provide for outstanding outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities; (2) shall provide for the conservation and enjoyment of significant natural, cultural, and historic resources and be so located as to represent metropolitan, urban, rural, and back country regions of the Nation; and (3) may be designated on federal lands and, with the owner's consent, on nonfederal lands. The 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail extending from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware, to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, splitting into northern and southern routes near Cincinnati, Ohio, and rejoining at Denver, Colorado, is designated as a national discovery trail. The bill sets forth requirements for designation of a trail as a national discovery trail. The appropriate federal department for each national discovery trail shall (1) administer the trail in cooperation with at least one competent trailwide volunteer-based organization; and (2) submit a comprehensive plan for the trail's protection, management, development, and use.

Topics ✓ Environment ✓ Transportation

Mark DeSaulnier (D) · 64 co-sponsors

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 27, 2022

HJRES 72: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to "Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs".

This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on February 3, 2021, that requires the use of face masks on planes, trains, buses, and other public conveyances and at transportation hubs to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

Topics ✗ Healthcare

Dan Bishop (R) · 135 co-sponsors

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 27, 2022

HR 7590: Economic Development Promotion and Resiliency Act

Economic Development Promotion and Resiliency Act This bill modifies the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) public works and economic development programs. For example, the bill establishes grants (1) for predevelopment activities (e.g., community asset mapping); (2) for economic development capacity building; and (3) to support outdoor recreation, tourism, hospitality.

in committee · Nevada · Senate Apr 26, 2022

S 4086: Increasing Small Business Retirement Choices Act

Increasing Small Business Retirement Choices Act This bill permits an employer to use a retirement plan's assets for incidental expenses that are solely for the benefit of the plan's participants and their beneficiaries.

in committee · Nevada · Senate Apr 25, 2022

S 4078: Lowering FUEL Costs Act of 2022

Lowering Federal Usage of Energy to Lessen Costs Act of 2022 or the Lowering FUEL Costs Act of 2022 This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, the General Services Administration, and the Council on Environmental Quality to develop and publicly release short-term and long-term strategies to reduce the cost of transportation fuels for U.S. consumers through federal conservation. The short-term strategies must be implemented within three months of their public release.

Topics ✓ Energy ✓ Transportation

in committee · Nevada · Senate Apr 25, 2022

S 4077: INVEST in Our Communities Act

Increasing our Nation's Value through Economic Support and Tourism in Our Communities Act or the INVEST in Our Communities Act This bill modifies and expands the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) public works and economic development programs. For example, the bill (1) establishes grants to support the outdoor recreation, travel, tourism, hospitality, and special event industries; and (2) establishes within the EDA the Office of Rural and Native American Economic Development to develop rural and tribal economic development strategies.

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 21, 2022

HR 7555: Armenian Genocide Education Act

Armenian Genocide Education Act This bill requires the Library of Congress to maintain a public website and otherwise support educational initiatives to promote understanding about the Armenian Genocide.

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 21, 2022

HR 7560: Sexual Harassment Independent Investigations and Prosecution Act

Sexual Harassment Independent Investigations and Prosecution Act This bill provides for the inclusion of sexual harassment as an offense subject to the authority of special trial counsel under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and sets forth requirements related to independent investigations of sexual harassment under the UCMJ.

Jackie Speier (D) · 46 co-sponsors

in committee · Nevada · House Apr 19, 2022

HR 7537: Help for Healing Communities Act

Help for Healing Communities Act This bill establishes a program through which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award grants to support mental and behavioral health services for survivors of active shooter events and incidents of targeted violence. Eligible grant recipients include state, tribal, territorial, and local governments and nonprofits located in or serving a community that experienced an active shooter event or incident of targeted violence in the preceding fiscal year.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Healthcare

Lucy McBath (D) · 22 co-sponsors

Nevada Congressional Bills

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