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Natural Resources NAT

Public lands issues and funding for wildfires.

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Veterans VET

Veterans benefits and health care in jails for veterans.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Transportation TRA

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (HR 133) and the American Rescue Plan of 2021. as it relates to the COVID relief fund and other grant programs for local governments. Surface Transportation Authorization (Invest Act), and US DOT grant funding programs.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 133 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to COVID response and funding for public health. PPE funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (HR 133) and the American Rescue Plan of 2021 to include funding for PPP loans and local government funding and fuding for projects in the FY 22 Appropriations bills.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 133 (117th)

Welfare WEL

SNAP program, CDBG, and job training programs in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (HR 133) and the American Rescue Plan of 2021 as well as funding in the FY 22 Appropriations bills and Budget.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 133 (117th)

Defense DEF

Issues related to US SPACECOM and defense basing issues. NDAA issues for FY22.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Local government funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (HR 133) and the American Rescue Plan of 2021.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 133 (117th)

Small Business SMB

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (HR 133) and the American Rescue Plan of 2021 and other COVID relief/stimulus legislation to help small business and economic recovery.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 133 (117th)