H.R. 3288: Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-18 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 863.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 863. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2018

Plain summary

Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill provides that the share of the administrative expenses of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, the Southwest Border Regional Commission, or the Northern Border Regional Commission to be paid by each state of such commission shall be determined by a majority (currently, unanimous) vote of the state members of such commission. A commission must include in the 40% of any economic and infrastructure development grant amounts provided to states or local governments, Indian tribes, or public or nonprofit organizations for the development of the transportation infrastructure, basic public infrastructure, or telecommunications infrastructure amounts for the development of renewable and alternative energy sources in its region. Such economic and infrastructure development grants may be used to attract businesses to a region from outside of the United States. The bill reauthorizes each commission through FY2023.

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Official text

Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3288, Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2017 (2018-04-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Peter Welch (D-VT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3288.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3288 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115