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Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced an $890,044 federal grant funded by the National Science Foundation through the American Rescue Plan for California State University, Monterey Bay, to study the evolutionary mechanisms of biodiversity and species conservation.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced a $619,731 federal grant to the University of California, Santa Cruz, for complex distributed software systems research. This project is funded through the American Rescue Plan and will directly engage undergraduate students in the research process.
Today, Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Billy Long (R-MO), Mike Levin (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) sent a bipartisan letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy requesting that they include relief for agricultural fairs in any potential upcoming omnibus legislation.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) further called on the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to not list the federal property located at 1352 Lighthouse Avenue, otherwise known as the Pacific Grove NOAA building, for auction. Rep.
Today, Congressman Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced a $405,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) to fund a transit oriented development study along its Busway and Bus Rapid Transit Project between Marina and Sand City.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced a $628,422 grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the University of California, Santa Cruz's work on verifiable computation. Scott Beamer, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, received this grant through a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The funding for this project also includes support for educational and outreach activities to help broaden and grow the hardware-design community.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) introduced the Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act to eliminate requirements that disabled adult children (DAC) should remain unmarried in order to receive lifetime benefits and health care through Social Security. Under current law, DACs lose federal benefits if they marry a non-disabled person. After working closely with Lori Long, one of his constituents on the central coast of California who is impacted by this outdated legal standard, Rep.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) will provide the federal funding that he requested to repair the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road. Sections of the road located in the Los Padres National Forest were damaged by mudslides and flooding during a major storm in the winter of 2021. Many of those same sections of damaged road were located near or in burn scarred areas that were created by the Dolan Fire in 2020.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) released the following statement regarding the one year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol:
Today, Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) and David G. Valadao (R-San Joaquin Valley) introduced the China Trade Cheating Restitution Act to ensure that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) distributes the remaining antidumping duties to U.S. garlic, honey, and crawfish producers that weren’t paid by the agencies between 2000 and 2014.