Search Results: keywords:"geospatial information"

  • H. R. 1609 — To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,156

    H. R. 1609 aims to overturn specific rules and notices from the Department of Housing and Urban Development related to fair housing, effectively nullifying certain prior rules and banning federal funds from being used to create a database on racial or affordable housing...

    Simple Explanation

    H. R. 1609 is a bill that wants to remove some old rules about fair housing and stop spending money on finding out who has better or worse homes. It also wants to ask people for ideas on how to keep things fair in housing without making new rules.

  • H. R. 1769 — To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,225

    H.R. 1769, titled the “Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2025,” seeks to cancel certain rules and notices regarding fair housing from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The bill specifies that several housing-related rules and their successors from 2015 to 2023 should...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1769 wants to stop using some special rules about fair housing, which help make sure everyone has a fair chance to find a home, and it doesn't want to spend money on special databases that look at differences in housing for different groups of people. It also wants to have talks with local officials to figure out better ways to help everyone find homes without making new rules.

  • S. 1118 — To establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program.
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    Status:Reported to Senate
    Words:3,495

    The bill S. 1118 seeks to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program, which is designed to provide access to satellite-based evapotranspiration data. This data helps in measuring water transferred from land to the atmosphere through evaporation and...

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    The bill wants to create a program that uses satellite data to help us understand how much water is going from the ground into the air through evaporation and plants, so we can take better care of our water. It plans to spend a big amount of money to make this happen, but some people worry there's not enough detail on how the money will be used and checked.