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  • S. 4319 is a bill that requires progress reports on the national transition to fluorine-free firefighting foam. The FAA Administrator, along with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense, must submit these reports every 180 days to Congress. The...

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    S. 4319 wants to make sure firefighters use special foam that is safer for the environment, and it asks important groups to tell Congress every six months how this plan is going. They will share updates until the new plan is all set up and working.

  • S. 677 is a bill that requires the President of the United States to designate certain airports as ports of entry. Specifically, the bill focuses on primary airports near the U.S. international land borders that have official agreements with nearby land border crossings or...

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    S. 677 is a plan to let some airports near the edges of the U.S. be special places where people can officially enter the country more easily, without having to pay extra fees. This means that when people fly into these airports from other countries, they wouldn't have to pay certain charges they normally would.