News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Miller Woman Sentenced for Money Laundering

News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Miller, South Dakota, woman convicted of Money Laundering was sentenced on April 4, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There was activity on 12 bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on April 7.


Transportation Department discusses Special Conditions: Peregrine; Installed Rechargeable Lithium Batteries on April 6

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Vehicle Access to Crescent Meadow and Moro Rock Opens Temporarily as Construction-related Closures Occur at Giant Forest Museum and Parking Area

News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. April 7, 2022 - Beginning on Tuesday, April 12 the Giant Forest Museum and adjacent parking lot will close weekly Tuesday through Thursday, for an estimated four weeks, through Thursday, May 5. A construction project is underway to install two new restrooms and repave a portion of the parking lot. A temporary closure of this area will allow for more efficient work and reduce overall visitor impacts.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down a 30-year sentence to the leader of a drug and money laundering organization operating across the Carolinas, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell ordered Jared Shemaiah Jones, 39, of Alpharetta, Georgia, to serve five years of supervised release.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - Ninety-five volunteers spent the morning of Jan. 8, 2022, looking for bald and golden eagles across the Powder River Basin, counting 576 eagles along roughly 1,500 miles of public roads. Their efforts were part of the nationwide Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey, coordinated locally by the Bureau of Land Management Buffalo Field Office.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.


Peters and Portman Bipartisan Bill to Fight Rise in Human Trafficking Passes Senate

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that would enhance our nation’s ability to combat the rise of human trafficking.


Neal Statement on Appointment to Conference Committee for Competitiveness Legislation

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after his appointment to the conference committee on economic competitiveness legislation...


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Stronger Retirement for Americans: What They’re Saying About SECURE 2.0

Passed successfully today through the House of Representatives, the Securing a Strong Retirement (SECURE 2.0) Act of 2022, introduced in the Ways and Means Committee with bipartisan support by Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady



Chair Grijalva Statement on President Biden’s Decision to Use Defense Production Act to Boost Mining of Select Minerals

Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on President Joseph R. Biden’s newly announced decision to issue a determination permitting the use of Defense Production Act (DPA) to boost mining on U.S. public lands.


Pallone Applauds President Biden’s Action to Fix the Family Glitch

New Actions Will Expand Access to Health Care for 200,000 Americans and Lower Monthly Premiums for Nearly a Million


Rodgers, Latta Commend Bipartisan Bills Improving Broadband Mapping and Spectrum Allocation

“Securing American leadership in next generation communications technology is essential to winning the future.


H.R. McMaster to Testify at Hearing on Biden’s Price Hike and America’s Pain at the Pump

“Energy is foundational to everything we do, especially for the American people to afford everyday life from the gas pump to the grocery story.


NNSA’s Uranium Processing Facility Project Achieves Key Construction Milestone

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s Uranium Processing Facility Project has reached a significant milestone with all buildings being fully enclosed, or “in the dry.”