WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives and Alaskan Congressman Don Young today passed bicameral legislation to authorize $521.3 billion in national defense spending and $63.7 billion for overseas operations, in addition to providing key reforms to protect Alaskan military operations and service members, prevent military sexual assault and suicide, reaffirm the F-35 basing at […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young Tuesday 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 […]
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 […]
Legislation expanding Alaskans’ access to telemedicine services took effect on Friday. Representative Lynn Gattis’ House Bill 281, which passed the Legislature unanimously in March, allows patients to obtain over-the-phone or online consultations where physicians can diagnose and, if necessary, provide a prescription. “Alaskans deserve access to these consumer and budget-friendly services,” said Gattis, R-Wasilla. “We […]