News from May 2019
By Commerce News Now | May 16, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 16, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 16, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 16, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 16, 2019
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today proposed to select four U.S. airlines to provide new daytime service to Tokyo’s downtown Haneda airport as early as summer 2020.

By State Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding reports that the Department of State is denying American citizenship to certain children of American citizens abroad...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A New Orleans, Louisiana, man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to solicit the payment of illegal health care kickbacks to several individuals, including two New Orleans-area physicians, for the referring and certifying of individuals for medically unnecessary home health services.

By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after a federal court ruled yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acted illegally when it delayed the regulation of newly regulated tobacco products like e-cigarettes.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Deputy Special Agent in Charge Jerry Templet repatriated 10 Greek coins to the Government of Greece, Tuesday, during a reception at the San Francisco Greek Consulate.

By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced five winners of the Solar in Your Community Challenge. Led by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, this $5 million competition incentivized new approaches to increase the affordability of electricity resulting in expanded solar adoption across America.

By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today announced the formation of several bipartisan taskforces to examine temporary tax provisions that expired, or will expire, between Dec. 31, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2019 - a total of 42 provisions.

By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: On February 28th, I came to the floor to talk about the more than two dozen tax provisions that have expired since the end of 2017. That same day, I joined with Finance Committee Ranking Member Wyden to introduce the Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019 to extend those provisions through 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 37-year-old U.S. citizen who was living in Mexico has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than 10 kilograms of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Derek Clemens, age 31, of Evansdale, Iowa, has been charged with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on May 8, 2019, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.

By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV), announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Disaster Preparedness: DRRA Implementation and FEMA Readiness."
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Haleakalā National Park’s 2019 Artist in Residence, astrophotographer Stan Honda, will hold a public night sky photography workshop on March 23, 2019 at 5 p.m. at the Headquarters Visitor Center in the Summit District of Haleakalā National Park (7,000 ft. elevation).

By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will disperse 45 wild horses (24 studs, 21 mares) in three different locations within the Hardtrigger Herd Management Area (HMA) south of Marsing at the end of May. The BLM Owyhee Field Office invites members of the public interested in watching one of the releases to meet at the I-O-N Truck Plaza, 5644 Buntrock Rd., Marsing, at 10 a.m. on May 29 to caravan to the release location.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Nine people, most from Toledo, were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic large amounts of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl in Northwest Ohio.