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Congressman Young Makes Good on Secure Rural Schools Commitment in House Passed Medicare Fix
Posted in Press Releases on March 26, 2015 | Preview rr
Tags: Health Care Reform, Education
Washington, D.C. – Months after Secure Rural Schools (SRS) reauthorization efforts failed in Congress, Alaskan Congressman Young made good on his commitment to find funding for the program so critical to forested communities across Alaska. The two year extension to the SRS program was included in H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, which provides patient-centered reforms to Medicare and updates the fundamentally flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, also known as th... Read more
Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Summer Meal Programs Introduced in House
Posted in Press Releases on March 26, 2015 | Preview rr

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives Don Young (R-AK) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) have once again introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to fight childhood hunger and expand access to summer meal programs for kids across the country. Congressman Don Young visiting The Children’s Lunchbox in Anchorage on August 15, 2014. Young and Larsen’s legislation, the Summer Meals Act of 2015, is designed to provide children with year-round access to nutritious meals by expanding the... Read more
Congressman Young Supports House Passage of FY16 Budget Resolution
Posted in Press Releases on March 25, 2015 | Preview rr

Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today supported the passage of H. Con. Res. 27, a Balanced Budget for a Stronger America, which takes a number of balanced steps to eliminate wasteful spending, reform entitlements, cut the size of government, strengthen national security, and balance the nation’s budget over ten years. The bill, which sets budget levels for Fiscal Years 2017 to 2025, passed the House today by a vote of 228 to 199. “For years, our nation’s fiscal and economic poli... Read more
House Committee Passes Bill to Provide Pathway for Seasonal Federal Workers to Compete for Vacant Permanent Jobs
Posted in Press Releases on March 25, 2015 | Preview rr

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today unanimously passed legislation introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rob Bishop (R-UT) to provide long-serving temporary seasonal wild land firefighters and other seasonal employees with the same career-advancement opportunities available to other federal employees. H.R. 1531, the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA), would authorize federal employees serving under tim... Read more
Alaska Dispatch News: Congressional delegation argues for more no-bid federal contracts to Native firms
Posted in Articles on March 25, 2015 | Preview rr

Congressional delegation argues for more no-bid federal contracts to Native firms By Dermot Cole FAIRBANKS -- A federal budget rule requiring written justification for certain no-bid contracts topping $20 million has harmed Alaska Native corporations, according to the Alaska congressional delegation. “It is our concern that the implementation of Section 811 has unnecessarily and negatively impacted Native community-owned contractors,” Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young said... Read more
Alaska Journal of Commerce: MSA changes focused on flexibility, science
Posted in Articles on March 25, 2015 | Preview rr

MSA changes focused on flexibility, science BY DJ SUMMERS Taking the lead on legislation he’s been involved with since it first passed in 1976, Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young introduced a bill March 4 to reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The act, or MSA, governs all U.S. federal fisheries, which take place in the exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, between three and 200 miles off the coast. The MSA was most recently reauthorized and updated in 2006. Young introduced H.R. 1335 on March 4 w... Read more
Congressmen Young Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Increase States’ Rights to Regulate Medical Marijuana
Posted in Press Releases on March 24, 2015 | Preview rr

Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young recently joined Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) to introduce H.R. 1538, the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which would allow states to set their own medical marijuana policies, recognize a legitimate use for marijuana at the federal level, and allow Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to recommend safe and effective marijuana-related treatments. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation is a companion to S. 683, ... Read more
Young to Forest Service Chief: “What Are You Doing in SE to Make Sure We Have a Steady Yield of Timber?”
Posted in Press Releases on March 24, 2015 | Preview rr
Tags: Alaska Energy Issues
Washington, D.C. –Today in a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands, Alaskan Congressman Don Young questioned U.S. Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell on his agency’s failure to approve new timber sales in Alaska, particularly Southeast Alaska, for the benefit of countless Alaskan communities and the very existence of the timber industry. Congressman Young Questioning U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell (click here to watch). Congressman Young began his remarks by questioning Ch... Read more
Alaska Dispatch News: Alaska's Don Young co-sponsors medical marijuana bill
Posted in Articles on March 24, 2015 | Preview rr

Alaska's Don Young co-sponsors medical marijuana bill By Laurel Andrews A bill that would end federal prosecution of medical marijuana in states where it has been legalized was introduced Monday in the U.S. House by Alaska Rep. Don Young and Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee. The legislation, HR 1538, is the companion to a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on March 10 by Sens. Rand Paul, R-New York, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, and Cory Booker, D-New Jersey. The bills are identical in language, Young... Read more
Native American Housing Legislation (NAHASDA) Passes House
Posted in Press Releases on March 23, 2015 | Preview rr
Tags: Native Health Care Issues, Native Economic Development
Washington, D.C. – Building on the efforts of the 113th Congress to improve the primary federal housing program for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, today Alaskan Congressman Don Young and the House of Representatives passed legislation to reauthorize the Native American House Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) and assist Native communities across the country in developing and implementing their own innovative housing assistance initiatives. Congressman Young,... Read more

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