Tag: Congress

May 1, 2024

U.S. Senate and House of Representatives leaders said the final bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for the next five years will head to the Senate floor this week following months […]

January 25, 2024

This week, a coalition of nine national organizations sent a letter to Congress, urging federal legislators to pass a bill that would allow states to deploy next-generation 911, an internet-based system that experts say is a much-needed replacement to the […]

January 9, 2024

As Congress works to hash out a federal budget, the Federal Communications Commission is warning that the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides monthly subsidies to help American families pay for broadband services, will have to end unless it receives an […]

December 6, 2023

On Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN) introduced legislation that would strengthen the supply chain, as well as to help America remain competitive with new technologies. The Congress members introduced the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains […]

June 15, 2023

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers announced on Wednesday that they have relaunched the Grid Innovation Caucus for the 118th Congress, with a focus on modernizing grid technologies and safeguarding the U.S. power system from cyber, physical and environmental threats. […]

May 25, 2023

The House overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday to permanently authorize the Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses—or VET-TEC—program, which provides eligible veterans with tuition support to receive training for careers in the tech sector. The 409-9 vote came after a […]

January 10, 2023

Hundreds of billions of dollars for pandemic recovery, infrastructure projects, economic development and climate programs that Congress and President Biden have approved for states, cities and counties during the past two years has drawn a great deal of attention. But […]

December 23, 2022

After significant delay and compromise, Congress has finally set spending levels across government for fiscal 2023. Read More on FCW

December 21, 2022

The $1.7 trillion spending bill Congress has to pass this week to fund the federal government in 2023 would increase funding for several programs aimed at improving state and local cybersecurity efforts, including a 13% bump for a Department of […]

November 30, 2022

Congress is likely to intervene to prevent a potentially devastating rail strike that would hamper shipments of coal and other commodities. President Joe Biden has asked Congress to impose a compromise labor agreement and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling […]

November 1, 2022

A slew of agencies would receive new directives to make their services more accessible to Americans under a bill from a pair of House Democrats, who said the government is wasting taxpayers’ money and time. The Trust in Government Act […]

September 21, 2022

Congress is teeing up a tight series of votes to fund the government past Sept. 30, with lawmakers giving themselves little time to avoid a shutdown ahead of the looming deadline. The Senate—which is expected to act first on a […]

July 28, 2022

The inclusion of an estimated $369 billion in energy security and climate change investments in a July 27–unveiled U.S. Senate budget reconciliation proposal has prompted jubilation from a range of energy sectors. Less than two weeks after negotiations on clean […]

November 17, 2021

A site at PacifiCorp’s retiring 600-MW coal and gas–fired Naughton Power Plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, will house the Natrium demonstration, a pioneering commercial-scale 500-MW project that will pair a 345-MW sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten salt-based energy storage system. […]

November 4, 2021

The collapse of a controversial plan to prod utilities to rapidly decarbonize has scrambled the Biden administration’s blueprint for slashing power sector emissions. The White House on Monday released its long-term strategy for reaching economy-wide net zero emissions by 2050, […]

May 14, 2021

The fallout from the Colonial pipeline hack is still being assessed, but experts say it appears lawmakers understand the severity of the threat and are moving quickly. “One of the most promising signs is that legislators are working with their […]

April 8, 2021

Arlington, VA – Congressmen Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and Larry Buschon (R-IN) reintroduced the Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Values of Expanding Recycling (RECOVER) Act on April 5. The legislation, which mirrors the bill they introduced in late 2019, would provide […]

January 26, 2021

Now that President Joe Biden has assumed office, he can get to work on his pledge to move the nation to 100 percent clean energy. During the campaign, Biden advocated a 100 percent clean energy standard pegged to 2035. This […]

January 15, 2021

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced adjustments to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2021. In 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act to advance the […]

July 21, 2020

Arlington, VA – The National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) joined other associations in a letter to House and Senate leaders urging Congress to pass a surface transportation reauthorization bill before the September 30, 2020 deadline. “We urge Congress to […]