Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today applauded the passage of H.R. 1987, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The legislation authorizes U.S. Coast Guard funding and priorities for Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016, further advancing the critical mission of protecting our nation’s oceans and waterways. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Committee today passed legislation introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young to strengthen and reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the primary law governing fisheries resources and fishing activities in United States. H.R. 1335, the “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, aims to […]
Washington, D.C. – Federal property in Tok, Alaska could become the permanent home to the regions’ only behavioral health clinic if legislation introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young becomes law. Introduced yesterday, H.R. 2038 would authorize the conveyance of U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) housing facilities, which are no longer of use to the USCG following the […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young Wednesday joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council (AMBCC) to announce new guidance to implement the federal duck stamp exemption he ushered into law during the 113th Congress for subsistence hunters in rural Alaska. “Today, I’m proud to announce the […]