Search Results: keywords:"financial viability"

  • H. R. 9893 — To improve dam and hydropower safety, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,071

    The H.R. 9893, titled the "National Dam and Hydropower Safety Improvements Act of 2024," aims to enhance the safety of dams and hydropower facilities in the United States. It amends sections of the Federal Power Act to enforce stricter dam safety and public safety standards...

    Simple Explanation

    The H.R. 9893 bill wants to make sure dams and places that make electricity from water are safe by checking more carefully if they are built well and if the people running them have enough money to fix any problems. It also makes sure the people in charge talk to states about any safety issues they find.

  • S. 4378 — To require on-time delivery of periodicals to unlock additional rate authority, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,002

    S. 4378, titled the “Deliver for Democracy Act,” is designed to ensure that periodicals are delivered on time to allow the United States Postal Service to access additional rate authority. The bill sets a requirement for a 95% on-time delivery performance for periodicals or...

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    The Deliver for Democracy Act wants to make sure that magazines and newspapers are delivered on time by the mail service. If they reach their goal of delivering on time, they get special permission to change prices; they also need to tell us each year how well they're doing and look for better ways to keep delivering these items.

  • H. R. 7327 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate consideration of payment rates for multimission hospitals under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,385

    The bill, titled the "Protecting Front Line Multimission Hospitals Act of 2024," aims to amend the Social Security Act to ensure fair payment rates for multimission hospitals under the Medicaid program. It requires these payment rates to be stable and predictable, helping maintain the...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to make sure hospitals that do a lot of important jobs get paid fairly by Medicaid, so they can keep helping people, especially those who need extra care, just like getting a fair allowance for doing different chores to help everyone in the family.