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AACCENT Act

USA118th CongressHR-5705| House 
| Updated: 9/27/2023
Debbie Dingell

Debbie Dingell

Democratic Representative

Michigan

Cosponsors (1)
Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers of Excellence and National Technical Assistance Act or the AACCENT Act This bill establishes a grant program to create national resource centers on augmentative and alternative communication. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award three grants in geographically diverse regions to establish a network of these resource centers for individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities, particularly through improved access to tools, technologies, strategies, training, and other methods. Significant expressive communication disabilities are communication disabilities (other than communication disabilities that are primarily visual or auditory in nature) that prevent or significantly limit an individual from understanding or being understood using spoken words. Nogales Wastewater Improvement Act of 2023 The bill also establishes requirements to address wastewater from the International Outfall Interceptor, which is a pipeline that carries wastewater from the United States-Mexico border to the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. The plant, which is located in Rio Rico, Arizona, treats sewage and wastewater originating from Nogales, Mexico, and Nogales, Arizona. The bill transfers the ownership, operations, and maintenance of the pipeline from the city of Nogales, Arizona, to the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. The commission must construct, operate, and maintain a debris screen at the pipeline's Manhole One for intercepting debris and drugs coming into the United States from Nogales, Mexico. The bill also limits the portion of the costs that the city of Nogales, Arizona, must pay for the Nogales sanitation project.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-9516
AACCENT Act
Sep 21, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-2904
Introduced in Senate
Sep 26, 2023
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 27, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-9516
    AACCENT Act


  • September 21, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-2904
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 26, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • September 26, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • September 27, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 118-4643: Nogales Wastewater Improvement Act of 2023
  • S 118-2904: AACCENT Act
  • S 118-128: Nogales Wastewater Improvement Act of 2023
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AACCENT Act

USA118th CongressHR-5705| House 
| Updated: 9/27/2023
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers of Excellence and National Technical Assistance Act or the AACCENT Act This bill establishes a grant program to create national resource centers on augmentative and alternative communication. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award three grants in geographically diverse regions to establish a network of these resource centers for individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities, particularly through improved access to tools, technologies, strategies, training, and other methods. Significant expressive communication disabilities are communication disabilities (other than communication disabilities that are primarily visual or auditory in nature) that prevent or significantly limit an individual from understanding or being understood using spoken words. Nogales Wastewater Improvement Act of 2023 The bill also establishes requirements to address wastewater from the International Outfall Interceptor, which is a pipeline that carries wastewater from the United States-Mexico border to the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. The plant, which is located in Rio Rico, Arizona, treats sewage and wastewater originating from Nogales, Mexico, and Nogales, Arizona. The bill transfers the ownership, operations, and maintenance of the pipeline from the city of Nogales, Arizona, to the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. The commission must construct, operate, and maintain a debris screen at the pipeline's Manhole One for intercepting debris and drugs coming into the United States from Nogales, Mexico. The bill also limits the portion of the costs that the city of Nogales, Arizona, must pay for the Nogales sanitation project.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-9516
AACCENT Act
Sep 21, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-2904
Introduced in Senate
Sep 26, 2023
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 27, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-9516
    AACCENT Act


  • September 21, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-2904
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 26, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • September 26, 2023
    Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • September 27, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Debbie Dingell

Debbie Dingell

Democratic Representative

Michigan

Cosponsors (1)
Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 118-4643: Nogales Wastewater Improvement Act of 2023
  • S 118-2904: AACCENT Act
  • S 118-128: Nogales Wastewater Improvement Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesArizonaBorder security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightDisability and health-based discriminationDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceDrug trafficking and controlled substancesGovernment information and archivesHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationIntergovernmental relationsLand transfersLatin AmericaMexicoSmuggling and traffickingSolid waste and recyclingState and local government operationsWater resources funding