Ahhh, the Freedom to go hiking along mountain trails on a spring weekend.
We used to have those Freedoms and Liberties in the United States.
New state slogan:
Enjoy a weekend of Freedom in the United State of New Hampshire.
HR 266 was an appropriations bill introduced Jan 8 2019 and has sat around and sat around. Finally amended to provide the current legislation and signed into law.
Original HR 266 summary at introduction:
Introduced in House (01/08/2019)
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
This bill provides FY2019 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies.
The bill provides appropriations to Interior for
the Bureau of Land Management,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
the National Park Service,
the U.S. Geological Survey,
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education.
The bill provides appropriations to Interior for Departmental Offices, including
the Office of the Secretary,
Insular Affairs,
the Office of the Solicitor,
the Office of Inspector General, and
the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians.
The bill provides appropriations to Interior for Department-Wide Programs, including
Wildland Fire Management,
the Central Hazardous Materials Fund,
the Natural Resources Damage Assessment Fund,
the Working Capital Fund,
the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, and
Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT).
The bill also provides appropriations to the EPA and the Forest Service.
Within the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill provides appropriations for
the Indian Health Service,
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
The bill provides appropriations for several related agencies, including
the Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality;
the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board;
the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation;
the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development;
the Smithsonian Institution;
the National Gallery of Art;
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts;
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars;
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities;
the Commission of Fine Arts;
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation;
the National Capital Planning Commission;
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum;
the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission;
the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission; and
the World War I Centennial Commission.
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/266/summary/00?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr+266%22%5D%7D&r=1
Partial summary of final bill signed into law:
House agreed to Senate amendment (04/23/2020)
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing additional funding for small business loans, health care providers, and COVID-19 testing.
DIVISION A–SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
(Sec. 101) This division provides additional lending authority for certain Small Business Administration (SBA) programs in response to COVID-19.
Specifically, the division increases the authority for (1) the Paycheck Protection Program, under which the SBA may guarantee certain loans to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic; and (2) advances on emergency economic injury disaster loans made in response to COVID-19. The division also expands eligibility for such disaster loans and advances to include agricultural enterprises.
Additionally, the division requires the SBA to guarantee no less than a specified amount of paycheck protection loans made by certain insured depository institutions, community financial institutions, and credit unions.
(Sec. 102) The amounts provided under this division are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule.
DIVISION B–ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
Additional Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Response
(cont link)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/266/summary/59?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr+266%22%5D%7D&r=1