{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2026-02-23-pt1-PgE155", "2026-02-23", 119, 2, null, null, "INTRODUCTION OF THE McINTIRE-STENNIS ACT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EQUALITY ACT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E155", "E155", "[{\"name\": \"Eleanor Holmes Norton\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E155", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E155]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\nINTRODUCTION OF THE McINTIRE-STENNIS ACT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EQUALITY\n                                  ACT\n\n                                  _____\n\n                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON\n\n                      of the district of columbia\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Monday, February 23, 2026\n\n  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I introduce the McIntire-Stennis Act\nDistrict of Columbia Equality Act, which would make the District of\nColumbia eligible for funding under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative\nForestry Act (Act) in the same manner as states.\n  The Act provides funding to states and certain territories for\nforestry research programs. The funding assists states and territories\nin carrying out forestry research programs at state forestry schools\nand colleges and developing a trained pool of forest scientists capable\nof conducting forestry research.\n  D.C. residents pay the same federal taxes as residents of states and\ntherefore D.C. is almost always treated as a state under federal\nprograms. The Act defines ``State'' to include Puerto Rico, the Virgin\nIslands and Guam, whose residents do not pay full federal taxes. D.C.'s\nexclusion from the Act makes it ineligible for funding that would\nsupport research at D.C.'s public university, the University of the\nDistrict of Columbia (UDC). The College of Agriculture, Urban\nSustainability and Environmental Sciences at UDC, the Nation's only\nurban land-grant university, offers programs that complement D.C.'s\nongoing forestry efforts and serve individuals in D.C. and beyond.\nRectifying D.C.'s exclusion from the Act would ensure equal treatment\nfor D.C. and provide UDC a fair share of resources.\n  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2026-02-23-pt1-PgE155"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 32.59570896625519, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}