News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Devin Clark, 34, has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for being a.


News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park announced today that Mount Doane is now named First Peoples Mountain. Today’s announcement follows a 15-0 vote affirming the change by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), the federal body responsible for maintaining uniform geographic name usage throughout the federal government.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Shamel Mark Anthony Chung, age 35, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison on firearm convictions, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).


Armed Career Criminal Indicted For  Possessing Ammunition

News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Jerome Miller, Jr. (38, Tampa) with possession of ammunition by an Armed Career Criminal. If convicted, Miller faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment. The indictment also notifies Miller that the United States intends to forfeit the ammunition traceable to the offense.


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that is has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the Louisiana State Police (LSP). This civil investigation will assess whether LSP uses excessive force and whether it engages in racially discriminatory policing. The investigation will include a comprehensive...


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Agriculture Department discusses Missoula Resource Advisory Committee on June 8

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Invests in New HBCU Agribusiness Innovation Center at NC A&T State University

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La., June 8, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today a $1.92 million investment to establish an Agriculture Business Innovation Center at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (NC A&T) State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Greensboro, North Carolina.


South Carolina Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison For Federal Sex Trafficking Charges

News Release: Defendant Sexually Exploited Minor Girl in Northwest Washington.


News Release: DULUTH, Minn. - A Duluth man was sentenced to 95 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Cumberland County Woman Pleads Guilty To Making False Statements Concerning Her Daughter’s Medical Care

News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shelley Noreika, age 48, of Newville, PA, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for false statements relating to health care matters.


ICYMI: Miah Cerrillo’s Video Testimony at Oversight Hearing on Gun Violence Crisis

News Release: This morning the Oversight Committee heard emotional testimony from Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grade student at Robb Elementary School, during a hearing  on the urgent need to address the gun violence epidemic.


There was activity on two bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 8.


White Mountains National Recreation Area rescinds temporary trail closure

News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The temporary closure to motor vehicle traffic to prevent trail degradation and resource damage on the White Mountains National Recreation Area’s Wickersham Creek, Trail Creek, and Quartz Creek trails will be rescinded on Saturday, June 11, at 12:01 a.m. Once the temporary trail closure is rescinded, the trails will be open to off-highway vehicles (OHVs) following the area’s summer use limitations.


Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection discussed on June 8 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Reno, Nevada - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for its Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin and Mojave-Southern Great Basin RACs for vacant positions and positions that will become vacant. The Councils consist of citizens with diverse interests in public land management, including...


DOE Announces First Loan Guarantee for a Clean Energy Project in Nearly a Decade

Release: $504 Million Loan Guarantee to Advanced Clean Energy Storage for World’s Largest Clean Hydrogen and Energy Storage Project in Utah


House and Senate Leaders Release Bipartisan Discussion Draft of Comprehensive Data Privacy Bill

U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J. and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released a discussion draft of a comprehensive national data privacy and data security framework.


Leader Rodgers Statement on the Decision of OPEC and Russia to Increase Oil Production

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Biden administration welcoming the decision of OPEC and Russia to increase their production of oil, ahead of an expected visit to Saudi Arabia by President Biden.