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House Agriculture Committee Releases Draft Farm Bill; Mark-Up Scheduled for July 11
On July 5, the House Agriculture Committee released a draft farm bill, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM), a five-year measure that would amend and extend a number of major programs administered by the U.S. Department of...
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Update on FY13 T-HUD Appropriations Bill: CDBG, HOME, and Essential Air Service
On June 27, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a number of amendments offered to H.R. 5972, the FY2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (the T-HUD bill). The bill is expected to be passed...
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FY2013 HUD CDBG Appropriations Update
ACTION NEEDED: Contact your members in the U.S. House of Representatives and urge them to continue to support the HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program during floor consideration of the House FY2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) appropriations...
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Lessons Learned from Irene: Vermont RPCs Address Transportation System Recovery
One week after striking the U.S. east coast as a category 1 hurricane, Irene arrived in Vermont on August 27, 2011. Flooding was devastating for transportation infrastructure, leading the RPCs to assist the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in the recovery.
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Transportation Deal Reached; Draft Conference Report Includes Regional Transportation Planning Organizations
After nearly 20 years of effort, NADO and its members have made substantial progress in promoting Regional/Rural Transportation Planning Organizations as part of the final SAFETEA-LU reauthorization conference report filed late last night. While we still have many hours of...
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Transportaton Update: Three Days Until Current Authorization Expires
With only three days remaining before the current authorization (P.L. 112-102) of surface transportation programs expires at midnight on June 30, House and Senate leadership and conference committee negotiators have been working non-stop to complete a final measure. Today marks...
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House Takes Up T-HUD Appropriations Measure; Provides Increase for CDBG
ACTION NEEDED: Contact your members in the U.S. House of Representatives and urge them to continue to support the HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program during floor consideration of the House FY2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) appropriations...
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Senate Approves Farm Bill Reauthorization
On June 21, the U.S. Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (S. 3240), a $498 billion, five year bill. Senators passed the measure 64-35, after working through an agreement that allowed consideration of over 70...
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Regional Development Organizations (RDOs) Featured at White House Forum on Regional Innovation
Nearly a dozen NADO representatives participated in a two-part White House Forum on Regional Innovation on June 13. The White House event featured Doug McKalip of the President’s Domestic Policy Council, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Doug O’Brien,...
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Update on Transportation Reauthorization Bill
With only eight days remaining until the current (and ninth) extension of surface transportation programs (P.L. 112-102) expires on June 30, House and Senate leadership and conference committee negotiators have turned up the heat in hopes of agreeing on a...