Search Results: keywords:"progress reports"

  • S. 4438 — To expand the categories of forfeited property available to remediate harms to Ukraine from Russian aggression, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
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    S. 4438 is a U.S. Senate bill titled the "Transferring Illicit Assets to Ukraine Act of 2024." It aims to broaden the types of confiscated properties that can be used to help Ukraine deal with the impacts of Russian aggression. Specifically, the bill modifies existing...

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    The Transferring Illicit Assets to Ukraine Act of 2024 is a proposed law that would let the U.S. take things from bad people who help hurt Ukraine and use those things to help Ukraine get better. It also wants the U.S. to show what they're doing with those things to fix the damage.

  • S. 5024 — To require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on establishing a geospatial workforce development program, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,100

    S. 5024 aims to establish a pilot program for developing a geospatial workforce to support the needs of the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense is tasked with evaluating how to train skilled workers in geospatial technologies and is instructed to collaborate with...

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    S. 5024 is a plan where the Secretary of Defense wants to help people learn about special maps to work for the military, by having schools and businesses team up to teach them, near places where special map people work, and the program will share what it learns with Congress until 2030.

  • S. 4319 — To provide for progress reports on the national transition plan related to a fluorine-free firefighting foam.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:728

    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.