News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a nine page rule on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page rule on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Serial Fraudster Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Curlee Smittee, Jr., age 47, of Baltimore, to 46 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and for bank fraud, resulting in losses of more than $373,000. Judge Chasanow also entered an order requiring Smittie to pay restitution of $342,776.89.


Engel Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Denouncing Trump Decision in Northern Syria

News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today introduced a measure rebuking the White House for allowing the Turkish military to attack America’s Syrian Kurdish partners.



News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Scotty Lee Morris, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration after he admitted to failing to update his sex offender registration, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.


U.S. Department of Labor Cites Texas Company After Fatality

News Release: AUSTIN, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Liquid Environmental Solutions of Texas LLC for workplace safety hazards following an employee fatality at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in April 2019. The company faces $301,188 in fines.


Brady Statement on WTO Ruling

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized the United States to impose tariffs on products from the European Union (EU) because the EU’s subsidies for aircraft violate WTO rules...


Chicago Man Charged with Conducting Illegal Sports Gambling Business

News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged in federal court with conducting an illegal sports gambling business and concealing the income in a bankruptcy proceeding.


Firearms and Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to Prison

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Petersburg man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for trafficking narcotics and firearms.


Paris, Texas Man Sentenced To 60 Months Probation, $14,000 Restitution For Theft From Gaming Establishments

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Lyle Mooneyham, age 48, of Paris, Texas, was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $14,000 in restitution for one count of Theft from Indian Gaming Establishments in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1167(b). The charges arose from an investigation by the Choctaw Nation Tribal Police and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.


Bucks County Drug Trafficker Convicted on Multiple Gun, Drug Charges

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Matt “Mack" Jones, 36, of Bensalem, PA was convicted at trial of heroin trafficking and gun charges following a four day trial.


News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced 25-year-old Sean Blake Jobe of Midland, to 30 years in federal prison on firearm and drug trafficking charges in connection with the murder of two Midland residents in July 2015, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Midland Police Chief Seth Herman and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson, El Paso Division.