News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on June 6, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- Bureau of Reclamation officials are continuing water release adjustments out of Flaming Gorge Dam in response to updated Yampa River flow forecasts and increasing inflows into the reservoir.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following statement during House Floor debate on S. 2276, the “Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016." Pallone was a key House Democratic negotiator of the bipartisan PIPES Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Long Beach-based lobbyist, whose clients included illegal marijuana stores in Long Beach, has been charged with filing a false tax return and failing to report more than three-quarters of a million dollars in income over a six-year period.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Since passing the House Energy and Commerce Committee in May, H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016, sponsored by Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX), has achieved broad support from leading job creators across the country. The bill, which will be considered by the House this afternoon, will provide states with the time and tools they need to meet existing standards and address the agency’s overlapping regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jared Brown, 19, of Niagara County, NY, pleaded guilty to threatening the President of the United States. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that used stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service that sought more than $2.6 million in false tax refunds.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement commending Senate passage of H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century, which modernizes the Toxic Substances Control Act. Pallone was a lead House Democratic negotiator on the final legislation, which passed the House by a vote of 403-12.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a markup considering two public health bills. Both bills, including an amendment and an amendment in the nature of a substitute, passed by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed committee member Rep. Pete Olson’s (R-TX) H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act, by a vote of 234 to 177, furthering the committee’s ongoing #RecordOfSuccess. H.R. 4775 is a commonsense bill aimed at providing states the flexibility needed to implement the two ozone standards, and provides other relief.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced H.R. ____, the FDA Cross-Center Collaboration Act of 2016, legislation to encourage collaboration at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bipartisan bill continues on the #Path2Cures by modernizing the agency to help streamline the review of drugs and devices for major disease areas across product centers.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced H.R. ____, the FDA Cross-Center Collaboration Act of 2016, legislation to encourage collaboration at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bipartisan bill continues on the #Path2Cures by modernizing the agency to help streamline the review of drugs and devices for major disease areas across product centers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Fifty Month Sentence for Synthetic Ecstasy Ordered From China.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following statement during House Floor debate on H.R. 4775, the “Ozone Standards Implementation Act":
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) this evening kicked off debate on the House amendment to S. 2276, the PIPES Act of 2016, which includes text from H.R. 5050, the Pipeline Safety Act of 2016, passed in April by the committee. Pending a House vote this week, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 3, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: A man in his early 20’s walked off the designated boardwalk, slipped, and fell into a hot spring at the Norris Geyser Basin Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, from Portland, Oregon was with his sister, Sable Scott, when the incident occurred approximately 225 yards off the boardwalk near Pork Chop Geyser.The victim’s sister reported the incident to rangers Tuesday afternoon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced H.R. ____, the FDA Cross-Center Collaboration Act of 2016, legislation to encourage collaboration at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bipartisan bill continues on the #Path2Cures by modernizing the agency to help streamline the review of drugs and devices for major disease areas across product centers.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a markup considering two public health bills. Both bills, including an amendment and an amendment in the nature of a substitute, passed by voice vote.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to enhance pipeline safety, clarify safety oversight efforts, and provide greater regulatory certainty in the transportation of energy commodities.
