David Trone: “Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology is headquartered in my district, NIST.”

Thank you, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Westerman and Ranking Member Grijalva, as well as Federal Lands Subcommittee Chairman Tiffany and Ranking Member Neguse, for bringing forth my bill, H.R. 1727, the Chesapeake and Ohio…

We have a bipartisan bill, the BOP Release Card Act, that supports this effort at the BOP by ensuring new IDs fulfill all the requirements.

Given the dramatic rise in antisemitism in recent months, it was deeply disappointing that the vital funding in this program was cut by $30.5 million in the final FY 2024 negotiated bill for Congress passed last month.

We would like to figure out how to implement the bipartisan First Step Act successfully.