Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) led a bipartisan coalition to re-introduce the Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act. This bipartisan legislation would combat foreign adoption of advanced technology surveillance equipment, such as those used by China against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
This bipartisan bill would recognize… Read more »
Bipartisan bill would update funding formula and provide fair funding to support recreational trails
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) and Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced legislation that will more than double funding for the Recreational Trails Program (RTP). Since 1991, RTP has provided funding to states to develop and maintain outdoor recreational trails,… Read more »
Washington, DC—Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), introduced the bipartisan Transit Revitalization and Infrastructure Needs (TRAIN) Act to expand the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) FrontRunner service. The TRAIN Act would make a technical fix to the US Department of Transportation’s Core Capacity federal grant program to allow eligibility for the FrontRunner expansion project, which would ultimately increase the frequency and reliability of FrontRunner trains. Additionally, the TRAIN Act would expand grant funding eligibility to include electrifying transit systems. The bipartisan legislation is also cosponsored by Representatives Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Blake Moore (R-UT), and Katie Porter (D-CA). Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) and Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced the bipartisan Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2021 to provide U. citizenship to international adoptees brought to the U.S. as children but were never granted citizenship. The legislation would close a loophole in the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (CCA), which has prevented internationally-adopted children,… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, spoke about his telehealth bill, the “COVID-19 Emergency Telehealth Impact Reporting Act” during the House E&C hearing about the future of telehealth care. The recently reintroduced, bipartisan legislation will study the impacts of telehealth during the COVID-19 Public Health… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the Western Caucus, advocated for his amendment to the Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act on the House Floor. The Congressman’s amendment would require a study of any land impacted by the legislation to determine if these areas contain geothermal resources or minerals needed for battery storage,… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led fellow House Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Inspector General Larry D. Turner, top watchdog at the United States Department of Labor, to request an immediate investigation into claims of unemployment fraud disrupting safety net programs across the United… Read more »
Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after two of his bills were introduced in a comprehensive package of 28 bills that aim to turbocharge public and private investment by promoting new and upgraded infrastructure deployments, boosting competition, streamlining permitting processes, facilitating broadband deployment on federal lands, and closing the digital divide in both rural and urban areas. Read more »
Today, Congressman John Curtis (R-UT) and Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) launched the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, a new congressional caucus which seeks to elevate awareness and bipartisan consensus around wildfire management and mitigation, and wildfire preparedness and recovery. Notably, the caucus will require that members join in equal bipartisan numbers, and will serve as a… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), released the following statement ahead of the floor vote on H. Res. 72 - Removing a certain Member from certain standing committees:
“Rep. Greene’s past rhetoric and conduct are completely inappropriate and unbecoming of a Member of Congress. However, for all of modern history, each party has chosen its own committee… Read more »
