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Learn more about legislation sponsored and cosponsored by Congressman Arrington, as well as recent votes made by the Congressman.
Amendment redirects $1 million in funding within the Department of Education's Education for the Disadvantaged account with the intent to support Comprehensive Literacy Development Grants with an appropriate offset.
Amendment redirects $5 million to support the Project SERV program which provides funding for grants to LEAs for the purposes of mental health, counseling, and technical assistance in the wake of traumatic events at schools that are disruptive to learning.
Amendment provides additional funding for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease due to the increased threat of vector borne pathogens.
Amendment increases funding for the chronic disease prevention and health promotion program by $3 million to be directed towards colorectal cancer and decreases funding for the HHS General Departmental Management account by a similar amount.
Amendment provides an additional $5 million to fund School-Based Health Centers to support preventative and mental health services for children and adolescents in school.
Amendment ensures that ACA open enrollment data is disaggregated by race, ethnicity, preferred language, age and sex to support better understanding of enrollment information.
Amendment redirects $1 million in funding to support the Intimate Partner Violence Strategy at the Health Resources and Services Administration across the relevant bureaus at the agency.
Amendment redirects $1 million in funding for Career, Technical, and Adult Education in order to support the Department of Education in carrying out the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins Act) and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).
Amendment redirects $1 million in funding within the Department of Education's grants to states under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to support funding for special education.
Amendment increases the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Rural Health Programs by $1 million to prioritize ongoing coordination with the U.S. Department of Agricultures establishment of a Rural Health Liaison as directed by P.L. 115-334 (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018).
Amendment increases funding for Graduate Medical Education slots by $5 million and decreases funding from the Office of the Secretary of Educations departmental fund by a similar amount.
Amendment clarifies that early childhood developmental screenings can be considered an allowable medical service for donation to children in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Amendment increases CDC's Injury Prevention and Control Suicide Program funding to enhance youth suicide awareness, research, and prevention efforts by $2 million, and decreases the HHS General Departmental Management account by a similar amount.
Amendment sought strike section 509, which prohibits the use of funds to be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act.
Amendment redirects $15 million in the HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Prevention account in order to support Opioid Related Infectious Disease under the Center for Disease Control.
Amendment increases the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Mental Health by $2,000,000, and decreases the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Health Surveillance and Program Support by a similar amount.
