News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary McDonough, and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra requesting an update on the implementation of their Make PPE in America Act, which was signed into law by President Biden as a part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act.

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Risk Index (NRI) – an online tool that utilizes data to identify communities that are most vulnerable to natural disasters – has been signed into law.

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA), a bipartisan bill to increase transparency around social media companies.

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report on the birth tourism industry in the United States including how foreign nationals are paying for U.S. citizenship for their children.

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, praised the inclusion of his bipartisan legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 and the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 in the final FY 2023 funding measure currently under consideration.

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report revealing that as the number of unaccompanied children entering the United States surged, the Biden administration reduced the protections for that vulnerable population

On Dec. 20, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell at the agency’s headquarters to announce funding for the Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund grant program.

Severe winter weather is expected to impact communities nationwide, with the potential to create hazardous conditions across the country.

More than 900,000 households have applied for federal disaster assistance, but there are only three weeks left to apply for damages related to Hurricane Ian.

The December 22 deadline to apply for FEMA disaster assistance has passed, but help is still available for people affected by the July 25 - 28 flooding in St. Clair County.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.1 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the City of Lawrence for the costs of providing meals and food for needy populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Extremely cold weather is gripping much of the nation, including areas of Region 6 where these temperatures are a rare occurrence.

Fifty-one additional Florida counties affected by Hurricane Nicole are now eligible for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance under the Public Assistance program.

United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Rammer Guerrero Morales, 31, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 141 months of imprisonment by Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy.

Wenatchee, Washington – Today, Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a federal grand jury has indicted James Carnell O’Daffer for COVID-19 fraud as part of the Eastern Washington Covid-19 Strike Force.