Fed parcel to be turned over to YKHC Legislation to turn a parcel of federally owned land over to the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. has been introduced by Rep. Don Young. The 22.98-acre parcel in Bethel would be used to expand YKHC facilities in a joint venture with Indian Health Services, Matthew Shukerow, spokesperson of Rep. Young told The Drums. Title to the property is needed to secure financi... Read more »
EDITORIAL: Ready, willing, ABLE The ABLE Act is helpful. Congressman Don Young and his colleagues among both Republicans and Democrats are seeking to provide tax relief to families and individuals living with disabilities. Through the act — if passed by the U.S. Senate and signed by President Barack Obama — more family funds would be retained and could be saved for long-term disability expenses. I... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today supported the passage of two tax bills aimed at providing relief for countless American households and individuals living with disabilities. Both bills, H.R. 5771, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 and H.R. 647, the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE), passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. H.R. 647, the ABLE Ac... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved a bipartisan, bicameral Coast Guard agreement that works to protect the nation’s oceans and waterways, improve the USCG’s mission readiness, and support our men and women in uniform. The legislation, H.R. 5769, the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014, also works to advance a number of Alaskan priorities sup... Read more »
Sealaska nears final land claim U.S. House, Senate members advance land bill with 56 others By KATIE MORITZ - JUNEAU EMPIRE Nearly 43 years after the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon, Sealaska Corporation will likely receive the final acres of Tongass National Forest land it is entitled to. Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alas... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Under the leadership of Alaskan Congressman Don Young and a bipartisan group of his colleagues, the House of Representatives today passed legislation to reauthorize the primary federal housing program for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians – the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) – which empowers Native communities to deve... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today applauded the Senate’s passage of H.R. 5069, the Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, which included an amendment he added to the bill in Committee to exempt subsistence hunters in rural Alaska from being required to purchase the annual permit. “The passage of the Federal Duck Stamp Act and the subsistence exemption is a major victory for rural Ala... Read more »
George Miller, Contra Costa’s liberal lion, leaves legacy in D.C. By Carolyn Lochhead WASHINGTON — Rep. George Miller’s office overlooking the Capitol is almost bare, the barber chair his mother gave him carted away, the walls empty of four decades of photos of family, friends, Contra Costa County constituents and a president or two. But Miller is still at work. With a handful of days before retir... Read more »
DOE authorizes LNG exports to FTA countries By Molly Dischner ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Department of Energy will allow the proposed Alaska LNG Project to export liquefied natural gas from the North Slope to free trade agreement countries, but the project is still waiting for permission to export to non-FTA countries. The primary market for Alaska LNG exports is the non-FTA countries, such as Japan, Ch... Read more »
Republicans renew push for drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge By Timothy Cama Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s ascent to the top of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee is likely to reignite the decades-old debate over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Alaskans have been fighting for the right to drill in wilderness on their state’s northern shore since 1977, when the government f... Read more »
