News from July 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - In September of 2020, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District, Klamath Falls Field Office, began a wild horse gather on private property within and adjacent to the Pokegama Herd Management Area (HMA), located about 30 miles southwest of Klamath Falls, Oregon. The BLM plans...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its rule on surprise medical billing.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) and Senators Tina Smith (D-MN.) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities, Tribal health programs and urban Indian health organizations address mental and behavioral health needs in their communities.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BELIZE: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Belize does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included designating judges to preside over trafficking trials, providing for shelter for male victims for the first...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TAJIKISTAN: Tier 2. The Government of Tajikistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but it is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SYRIA: Tier 3. The Government of Syria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on the government’s anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Syria remained on...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Tier 1. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: UGANDA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Uganda does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included identifying more victims and signing the National Referral Guidelines for Management of Victims of Trafficking...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: VENEZUELA: Tier 3. The Government of Venezuela does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making any efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Venezuela remained on Tier 3. On January...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Old Town man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Bangor to possessing an unregistered firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MS JOHNSTONE: Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is Kari Johnstone. I am the acting director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SURINAME: Tier 2. The Government of Suriname does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEBORAH MENSAH was sentenced to 70 months in prison for her participation in a conspiracy to launder millions of dollars of fraud proceeds from business email compromises and romance scams that targeted the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated today that a Federal Grand Jury has returned a 13-count indictment charging four in the Myrtle Beach area for an alleged international telemarketing scheme targeting seniors.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee led debate on the House Floor yesterday in opposition to H.R. 3684, the INVEST in America Act, a wasteful and partisan bill that leaves rural America behind and does little in real infrastructure. The bill prioritizes Green New...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MOZAMBIQUE: Tier 2. The Government of Mozambique does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: The United States is committed to improving social, economic, and political conditions in Central America because U.S. security and prosperity is tied to the success of our regional partners. Actions that undermine the rule of law and democracy in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, and their repercussions...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: AZERBAIJAN: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Azerbaijan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included imposing more stringent sentences to convicted traffickers and identifying more victims, including...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CYPRUS: Tier 2. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included prosecuting more traffickers and significantly increasing resources to the Social Welfare Services-run...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions will begin June 30 on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District’s Cody, Lander and Worland field offices in Big Horn, Carbon, Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Sweetwater and Washakie counties.
