WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.28 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Alaska Travel Industry Association, Anchorage, Alaska, to implement emergency efforts needed to aid in the reopening of the state’s tourism economy. This EDA grant will be matched with $570,566 ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S Representatives Don Young (R-AK), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Jenniffer González-Cólon (R-PR), Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-WA), joined by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Wise Investment in Children Act (WIC Act). The legislation would extend the eligibility for children to partic... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young voted in support of H.R. 1620 – Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Throughout the drafting process, Congressman Young successfully pushed for the inclusion of his 2019 amendment, which improves upon a pilot program to help end the disproportionately high levels of violence against Indigenous women in Native villages. The House-passed ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressmen Don Young (R-AK-AL) and Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-01) have introduced the Impact Aid Infrastructure Act – legislation to fund the construction of critical Impact Aid school projects and to address the significant backlog that rural, tribal, and underserved communities are facing. “Alaska is home to countless rural students whose schools rely on federal Impact Aid to maint... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Don Young (AK-AL) and Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) introduced legislation to allocate $2.6 billion in funding to the Indian Health Service (IHS) Sanitation Facilities Construction Program to construct and improve multiple critical sanitation projects across Indian Country. "Safe, clean water and sewer infrastructure are essential to protecting public hea... Read more »
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, welcomed an announcement yesterday by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo that a $2 million Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Recovery Assistance grant is being awarded to the Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center Trust. The grant, authorized by the Commerce Department’s Ec... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – This week, Congressmen Don Young (R-AK) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced the Native American Child Protection Act (NACPA). This bipartisan legislation authorizes three programs aimed at ensuring that Tribes have the tools they need to treat, prevent, investigate, and prosecute instances of family violence, child abuse, and child neglect involving Native American children and ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young introduced the America Needs Worthwhile Resources (ANWR) Act. The ANWR Act comes in response to President Biden’s recent Executive Orders issuing a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal lands, including on the Coastal Plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The ANWR Act prohibits President Biden – or any future preside... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young has officially cosponsored H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. This bipartisan legislation allows individuals with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to conceal a handgun in any other state, provided the permit holder follows the laws of that state. "Alaska is home to countless law-abiding, responsible gun owners. In our state... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska) today issued a statement rebuking the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) for engaging in a bad faith permitting process with Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation (KIC), an Alaska Native Village Corporation seeking to conduct a seismic survey on land it owns within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic N... Read more »
