News published on Federal Newswire in May 2003

News from May 2003


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a six page rule on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS SUBCOMMITTEE 
 ANNOUNCES JUNE 4 HEARING

News Release: Who: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests When: Wednesday, June 4 at 10:00 a.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To receive testimony on the following bills: S. 391, the Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2003 S.714, a bill to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Land Management land in Douglas ...


McCain and Baucus Introduce Middle East Trade Initiative

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and John McCain (RAriz.)joined together today to introduce legislation that will create a trade preference program forthe countries of the Middle East.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday hailed passage of an amendment that would strengthen local fire departments across the country. The amendment, authored by Senator Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and co-sponsored by Lieberman, authorizes $3 billion over...


Grassley Seeks Resolution of Chilean Trade Issues

News Release: Dear Ambassador Zoellick: We are writing with regard to the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Chilean sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, as well as technical standards, that currently impede exports of U.S. agricultural products to Chile. Many members of the Senate, including both of...


Statement at Conference Committee Meeting on Growth Package

News Release: OPENING STATEMENT OF SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY CONFERENCE MEETING ON THE GROWTH PACKAGE MAY 22, 2003.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday said the American people deserve to know the full truth of how and why September 11th was able to occur and, until that happens, all efforts to make the country safer will be incomplete. In testimony before the...


Testing the Fortitude of Iron in Cereals

News Release: To address the problem of dietary iron deficiency, food producers enrich flour, maize and rice with iron and fortify breakfast cereals with this essential mineral. Yet there is little research on the absorption and utilization--also called bioavailability--of the various iron sources used to fortify foods today.


Sunshine for Iraqi Reconstruction Projects Included in Senate Defense Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON - Legislation approved by the Senate today requires the Department of Defense to publicly justify the awarding of any Iraqi reconstruction contract without an open and competitive bidding process. Senators Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., won acceptance of their bipartisan legislation, the Sunshine in Iraqi Reconstruction amendment, in the Senate defense authorization bill.