Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young is pleased to announce constituent projects of interest to Alaska totaling over $30,000,000 in H.R. 3183, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010. This legislation appropriates money for related sectors of the Department of the Army-Civil, Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior, and t... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - The Alaska Congressional Delegation is pleased to announce the following grants and contracts awarded to communities in the State of Alaska: U.S. Department of Education: · $341,141 to the to University of Alaska Fairbanks – Interior-Aleutians Campus in order to increase the number of students at IAC (a 2 year IHE) who graduate within three years of enrollment in a program. · $1... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Contracting Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing today on Alaska Native Corporations Contracting. Rep. Young, the former Chairman and Ranking Member and current senior Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, which has jurisdiction over federal native policy, had previously made multiple requests to Committee Cha... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressional Western Caucus members Rob Bishop (UT-01), House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Congressman Don Young (AK-At Large), and Congressman Louie Gohmert (TX-01) joined former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, president of the Institute of Energy Research Tom Pyle and other Members of Congress to highlight today as the historic o... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young reintroduced legislation today that would officially authorize Congress to provide funding to assist a diverse collection of international wildlife species facing extinction. H.R. 3198, the Wildlife Without Borders Authorization Act will codify the Wildlife Without Borders Program. The purpose of this program is to develop wildlife management and co... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young is pleased to announce projects of interest to Alaska in H.R. 3082, the 2010 Military Construction and Veterans’ Affairs Appropriations Act which passed the House today. Rep. Young voted yes on this bill. H.R. 3082 will appropriate $77.9 billion in FY2010. It also appropriates $48.2 billion for the VA in 2011. This funding will be used for medical s... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young is pleased to announce projects of interest to Alaska in H.R. 2996, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 which passed the House today. Rep. Young voted yes on this bill. National Park Service: · $6,741,000 for Katmai to replace failing infrastructure at Brooks Camp Fish and Wildlife Service: · $5... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young voted NO today on a national energy tax that will raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas. H.R.2454, Speaker Pelosi’s Cap and Tax legislation will increase costs for every American and will further harm our economy and American workers at a time when they can least afford it. “Yesterday the Majority gutted... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young voted this afternoon in favor of H.R. 2647, the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. H.R. 2647 authorizes $550.5 billion in budget authority for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DoE). The bill also authorizes $130 billion to support ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afgh... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - The House unanimously passed H.R. 2990, the Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act of 2009 which includes language from H.R. 1266, the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009. An original cosponsor of H.R. 1266, Alaska Congressman Don Young worked with House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton to include the language which will replace the cost of living allowance... Read more »
