Search Results: keywords:"board composition"

  • H. R. 8428 — To amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:554

    H.R. 8428 aims to update the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 by reauthorizing the Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group. The bill defines the Working Group as a board composed of various community representatives, including environmental, agricultural, tribal,...

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    The bill wants to keep a special group of people working together to help protect a river in Oregon until 2034 and plans to spend a bit more money on organizing that group. This group includes people from the community like farmers, environmentalists, and government workers.

  • S. 3996 — To enhance the work of the North Pacific Research Board.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:494

    S. 3996, titled the “North Pacific Research Board Enhancement Act,” seeks to improve the function of the North Pacific Research Board. The bill proposes amendments to add a new member representing Alaska Natives with knowledge of subsistence uses to the Board. It also changes how the Board...

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    The North Pacific Research Board Enhancement Act is a plan to help make a group called the North Pacific Research Board better at doing its job. The plan includes bringing in a new helper who knows about Alaska Native customs, and it wants to make sure most of the group's money is used for important research instead of other things.

  • H. R. 6277 — An Act To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to improve such Act, and for other purposes.
    Status:Referred in Senate
    Words:1,616

    The FASTA Reform Act of 2023 aims to improve the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 by introducing innovative methods for handling federal properties, such as allowing nonappropriated contracts for expert real estate services. It changes the composition and...

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    The FASTA Reform Act of 2023 is a plan to make it easier to manage and sell government buildings by using new rules and getting help from real estate experts, and it also suggests ways to do things better and share information with Congress.