News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


Chairman Price Statement to Rules Committee on Six-Bill Appropriations Minibus

Release: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Chair Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, a minibus of six fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills.


Counties across Utah increasing fire restrictions

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Due to another year of severe drought, Color Country, Central Utah, and Northern Utah Interagency Fire Managers are implementing fire restrictions beginning July 18 on all unincorporated county, state and federally administered public lands in the following Utah counties: Juab, Millard...


Imprisoned lawyer subject to forced labor

(Hunan province, China—July 12, 2022) On July 5, the family of Cheng Yuan—one of the founders of Changsha Funeng Organization, an NGO in Hunan, Changsha— received three letters from him.


Rochester Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing More Than 400 Grams Of Fentanyl

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Dawson Boston, 23, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, and two counts of distribution of fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


What releases are upcoming from the Interior Department on July 19

There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 19.


News Release: Hines, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposal to increase overnight fees at several campgrounds within the Burns District in southeast Oregon. Costs at Page Springs, Fish Lake, Jackman Park, South Steens Family, South Steens Equestrian, and Chickahominy Reservoir campgrounds are slated to rise to $20 per vehicle, per night.


Boston Gang Associate Sentenced For Cocaine Trafficking And Firearm Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Boston gang associate was sentenced today for cocaine and firearm offenses in connection with his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.


FAS Administrator Whitley Kicks Off Philippines Trade Mission

News Release: MANILA, Philippines, July 18, 2022 Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley arrived in Manila today to launch a U.S. Department of Agriculture trade mission to help foster stronger ties and build economic partnerships between the United States and the Philippines. Whitley is joined by...


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - A three-year investigation into an Oklahoma prison-based drug trafficking organization has resulted in 21 defendants being convicted across multiple federal cases. The wrap-up of this investigation and prosecution is jointly announced by Robert J. Troester, United States Attorney, ...



News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Kingman Field Office has completed a draft environmental assessment and is seeking public comment on the proposed DW Ranch Road Aggregate Mining and Reclamation Project.


USDA-FAS grant application closes on Aug. 12

Upgrading and Improving the Use of Feed Ration Formulation Software in Cambodia, Laos and Nigeria grant opened on July 18.



July 18 sees Congressional Record publish “SOUTHERN MARYLAND NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA ACT”

The House section of the Congressional Record published “SOUTHERN MARYLAND NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA ACT” on July 18.


Congressional Record publishes “HONORING PATRICK JONES” in the House section on July 18

“HONORING PATRICK JONES” was published on page H6686 of the Congressional Record on July 18.


National park tourism in Massachusetts creates nearly $1.143 billion in economic benefit

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 6,694,799 visitors to national parks in Massachusetts spent $721 million in the state in 2021. That spending resulted in 8,897 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of about $1.143 billion.


Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Armed Drug Trafficking

News Release: HOLYOKE, Mass. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Daeshawn Jones, 21, of Holyoke, Massachusetts was sentenced on July 12 in United States District Court to 47 months’ imprisonment. Jones had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine. United States District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Jones to serve a three-year term of supervised release.



Release: RICHMOND The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be staffing a recruitment table at the Mechanicsville (Va.) Public Library on July 26, to provide detailed information about the hiring process for security officers to work at Richmond International Airport.


Chairman Bishop Statement to Rules Committee on Six-Bill Appropriations Minibus

Release: Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Chairwoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, a minibus of six fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills.