News from July 2021
By DOE 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 Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement on the reversion of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) programs...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MALTA: Tier 2. The Government of Malta 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 pandemic ...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CANADA: Tier 1. The Government of Canada 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 on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: KAZAKHSTAN: Tier 2. The Government of Kazakhstan 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 Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - With support from the Smithsonian Institution and an anonymous donor, Cody High School students and Bureau of Land Management staff planted 100 silver buffaloberry seedlings on public land near Cody in June, improving habitat for Greater Sage-grouse and other wildlife.
By EPA 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: BURKINA FASO: Tier 2 Watch List.
By EPA 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 State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: HAITI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Haiti does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included prosecuting and convicting more traffickers, updating the penal code, forming regional anti-trafficking subcommittees...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Darryl Lewis today to 37 months in prison and ordered Lewis to pay $2,250 in restitution. The 22-year-old Fairview Heights, Illinois resident pleaded guilty in April to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: GUINEA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included prosecuting and convicting more traffickers and identifying more victims. The government approved standard...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) statement on today’s House passage of the Speaker’s My Way or the Highway Bill 2.0 (H.R. 3684):
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: ZIMBABWE: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Zimbabwe does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included convicting one trafficker and sentencing him to imprisonment and formally approving its 2019-2020 antitrafficking...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TANZANIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Tanzania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included increasing funding for the anti-trafficking committee to implement the national action plan and allocating...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: FRANCE: Tier 1. The Government of France 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 on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore ...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: COTE D’IVOIRE: Tier 2. The Government of Cote d’Ivoire 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...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BANGLADESH: Tier 2. The Government of Bangladesh 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: SPAIN: Tier 1. The Government of Spain 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 on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Spain ...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BOTSWANA: Tier 2. The Government of Botswana 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...
