Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday afternoon, the Native American Business Incubators Program Act, legislation cosponsored by Congressman Don Young (R-AK), was signed into law. The Native American Business Incubators Program Act provides essential services such as workspace, collaborative environments, comprehensive business skills training, and access to professional networks that will help increase... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday afternoon, U.S. Representatives Don Young (R-AK), Deb Haaland (D-NM), Tom Cole (R-OK), and Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act was signed into law. The new law will enhance the ability of tribes to enter into, and carry out, compacting agreements. It also aligns the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) compacting approval process with the one currently ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – This week, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) released a report following a fact-finding investigation into the effects of COVID-19 on the cruise industry in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon. Among other conclusions, the report determined that per-capita, Alaska’s travel and tourism industry has been impacted more than any other state in the Union. The full report stated: “Of a... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Don Young (R-AK) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently reauthorize the Japanese American Confinement Site (JACS) program to preserve and educate Americans on the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Just over seventy-five years ago, the U.S. Federal Government, through Executive Order 9066, ro... Read more »
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska) joined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue today for a virtual announcement of more than $46 million in USDA Broadband ReConnect Program grants being awarded to two Alaska service providers to establish and improve broadband infrastructure in some of the state’s most ... Read more »
News-Miner opinion: News late last month that a bill has been introduced in Congress to finally provide a long-overdue additional allocation of land to the University of Alaska is certainly a welcome development. Our university has been land-starved for far too long, but let’s be clear about one thing as this bill starts its path in Congress: No one back here in Alaska should take it to be a solut... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska) welcomed the announcement today of a roughly $19.78 million port infrastructure grant issued by the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) for the City of Seward and the Alaska Railroad Corporation to improve the freight dock and corridor in Seward, Alaska. The Alaska congressional dele... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, including Alaska Congressman Don Young, have teamed up to improve the friendly skies for airline employees and passengers alike. Congressman André Carson (D-IN), a member of the Aviation Subcommittee, Congressman Don Young (R-AK), former Chairman of the Transportation Committee, and Aviat... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young announced that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded nearly $4 million in funding to various Alaska Native organizations under the Healthy Homes Production Grant Program for Tribal Housing Program. This grant program addresses multiple childhood diseases and injuries encountered at home by focusing on ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congressman Don Young (AK-AL), Congresswoman Kendra Horn (OK-5), and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) introduced the bipartisan Coronavirus College Access and Completion Emergency Relief Act. The bill would provide emergency funding to the Federal TRIO Programs to support access to counseling, tutoring, mentoring and technology to help students enter and complete co... Read more »
