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NEWS: Sanders Announces HELP Committee Vote on Subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz
News Release: Committee Will Also Vote to Authorize Investigation Into Major Corporations’ Labor Practices
Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Request Approval of a New Information Collection discussed on March 1 by Agriculture Department
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Transportation
USDOT’s Federal Railroad Administration Announces New Safety Initiative with a Focus on Hazardous Materials
News Release: EAST PALESTINE, OH - Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Amit Bose today announced a national initiative for focused inspections on routes that carry high-hazard flammable trains (HHFTs) and other trains carrying large volumes of hazmat commodities. Working with USDOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous . .
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency discusses Air Plan Approval; Florida; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference on March 1
The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page rule on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Homeland
Homeland Security Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Record of Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Residence Status on March 1
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Homeland
Diaz-Balart Remarks at State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Hearing on United Nations (As Prepared)
Release: Good morning, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield. Welcome to the Subcommittee’s first hearing of the 118th Congress on oversight of the United Nations.
Transportation
Transportation Department discusses Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders on March 1
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Commerce
Subcommittee Chair Bilirakis: Americans Need and Deserve More Transparency Over Their Privacy
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered opening remarks at today’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce subcommittee hearing titled “Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy."
News
Federal Reserve System discusses Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request on March 1
The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Homeland
Shelby: Senate Passes FY23 Omnibus Package
In the final act of the 117th Congress, the Senate has passed (68-29) the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus appropriations package containing all 12 appropriations measures, as well as $47 billion in emergency funding to support Ukraine’s valiant efforts to repulse Russian invaders and bring the conflict to an end and $38 billion in much-needed emergency disaster assistance.
Homeland
PETERS AND PORTMAN BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO HELP AT-RISK COMMUNITIES INVEST IN DISASTER MITIGATION PROJECTS SIGNED INTO LAW
Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, 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.
Homeland
PETERS, SULLIVAN, HASSAN & TILLIS BIPARTISAN BILL TO PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS FROM HAZARDOUS PFAS CHEMICALS SIGNED INTO LAW
Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help protect the health and safety of firefighters and emergency responders from PFAS exposure has been signed into law.
Homeland
PORTMAN INTRODUCES BILL ESTABLISHING GUARDRAILS FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Facial Accountability, Clarity, and Efficiency In Technology Act (FACE IT) to establish best practices and rules for the federal government’s use of facial recognition technology (FRT).
Homeland
PORTMAN, PETERS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO HELP AT-RISK COMMUNITIES INVEST IN DISASTER MITIGATION PROJECTS SIGNED INTO LAW
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.
Homeland
PORTMAN, COONS, CASSIDY, KLOBUCHAR INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE PUBLIC WITH TRANSPARENCY OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
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.
Homeland
ICYMI: FEMA, DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Host Workshop for Houses of Worship, Community Non-profits in Puerto Rico
FEMA, together with Puerto Rico Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (PRVOAD); Send Relief Puerto Rico; the DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and other Federal agencies, hosted a workshop and networking session for houses of worship and community non-profit organizations in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on December 15 in order to strengthen partnerships among the emergency management enterprise and shared best practices.
Homeland
ICYMI: FEMA, DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Host Workshop for Houses of Worship, Community Non-profits in Puerto Rico
FEMA, together with Puerto Rico Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (PRVOAD); Send Relief Puerto Rico; the DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships; and other Federal agencies, hosted a workshop and networking session for houses of worship and community non-profit organizations in Guaynabo on December 15 in order to strengthen partnerships among the emergency management enterprise and share best practices.
Labor
Hearing Recap: K-12 Education Edition
“From elementary school to law school, the state of this nation’s education system is deeply troubling at every level,” Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said in her opening statement during the Education and the Workforce Committee’s first hearing of the 118th Congress.
Homeland
Springfield Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Wire Fraud in Connection with Fraudulent Scheme to Obtain Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that Chaz Ryan Watkins, age 35, of Springfield, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick to wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits.
Homeland
Million-dollar FEMA Injection Revitalizes the Island's Indigenous Parks
The facilities that house the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Ponce, the Caguana Ceremonial Indigenous Center in Utuado and the Ceremonial Park Cueva del Indio in Las Piedras, three areas of great archaeological and historical value in Puerto Rico, received an obligation of nearly $1.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) to repair damage caused by Hurricane María.
Homeland
It's a New Dawn, It's a New Day, It's a New Website for CISA!
I’m Feeling Good! Why? Because this morning, we are officially announcing the launch of CISA’s new website! It consolidates resources making them easier to find and highlights our agency’s focus on coming together as One CISA.
Homeland
S&T Launches a New Tribal Community Affairs Initiative
Our nation is a melting pot of diverse perspectives and backgrounds, but its origins are rooted in the First Nations, now recognized as comprising the 578 federally recognized Native Alaskan Village and American Indian Tribal governments.
Homeland
Laredo Sector Border Patrol shuts down stash house
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South and Hebbronville Station in cooperation with local law enforcement shut down a stash house in Laredo, Texas.
Homeland
Laredo Sector Border Patrol apprehends convicted sex offender
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo North Station apprehended a convicted sex offender in Laredo, Texas.
Homeland
US Border Patrol, FURA Apprehend 15 Non-Citizens after Disembarking in Rincon, Puerto Rico
US Border Patrol and the Puerto Rico Police Joint Forced for Rapid Action (FURA, in Spanish) apprehended Monday morning 15 non-citizens from Colombia, Haiti and the Dominican Republic after they disembarked from a makeshift wooden vessel near Rincon.