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IB 22-47: NMFS Reallocates Pacific Cod from Trawl Catcher Vessels to Catcher Vessels Greater Than or Equal to 60 feet Length Overall Using Pot Gear and to Catcher Vessels Less Than 60 Feet Length Overall Using Hook-And-Line or Pot Gear in the BSAI

Final Rule for the Use of Electronic Monitoring on Bottom Trawl, and Non-whiting Midwater Trawl Vessels

2022 Scup Winter II Period Quota and Possession Limit Increase

IB22-46: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska

Sept. 29, 2022, Update: Champlain Towers South Investigation Completes Site Testing, Announces Next Advisory Committee Meeting

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined U.S. Rep. JennifferGonzález Colón (R-Puerto Rico) in Puerto Rico to assess the damage from Hurricane Fiona and discuss next steps for the island's recovery.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last month, Republican members introduced the Transparency and Production of (TAP) American Energy Actwith the support of many stakeholdergroups and organizations.

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the Biden administration's executive action on cannabis...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced that Sean Brebbia has joined her senior leadership team on the Energy and Commerce Committee as the Chief Counsel of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today hailed the start of several of the Inflation Reduction Act’s prescription drug provisions, in particular the policy that will force drug companies to pay a rebate back to Medicare if the price of a product rises faster than the rate of inflation.

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Biden’s announcement that he would issue an executive order pardoning all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law...

News Release: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. sent the following letter today to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing serious concerns about the proposed acquisition of TEGNA, a broadcast news company that manages 64 stations across 51 domestic markets.

News Release: Scientists have long looked to the brain as an inspiration for designing computing systems. Some researchers have recently gone even further by making computer hardware with a brainlike structure. These “neuromorphic chips" have already shown great promise, but they have used conventional digital electronics,...

There are four releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 11.

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement in response to the release of new federal data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) showing that nearly 2.5...