News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Marshall, Minnesota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on March 29, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Chickasaw National Recreation Area to initiate prescribed fires

Chickasaw National Recreation Area fire staff plan to initiate up to two prescribed fires on Friday, April 1, 2022.


National Seashore Begins Enhanced Enforcement of Shorebird Protections

Gulf Islands National Seashore has begun increasing enforcement actions to protect nesting shorebirds in Florida and on islands in Mississippi.The seashore will implement a new measure this year in Florida, the installation of solar-powered speed radar signs on Highway 399 and Fort Pickens Road.


Tulsa Man Who Strangled and Assaulted Elderly Relative Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

News Release: A man who strangled and assaulted an elderly female relative was sentenced this week in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gregory Stump, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was found guilty today of a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Serial Bank Robbery Suspect Federally Charged

News Release: An Albuquerque man suspected of committing a string of bank robberies across Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Mississippi, and California has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Lebanon Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years for Child Pornography

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Lebanon, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today after a law enforcement officer noticed child pornography on his cell phone during a traffic stop.


Boulder Creek Falls, Brandy Creek Trail, and other areas reopening for first time since Carr Fire

Beginning Friday, hikers, campers, mountain bikers, trail runners, and horseback riders will be able to access several areas of the park for the first time since the Carr Fire of 2018.


National Park Service adds 16 new listings to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

The National Park Service has added 16 new listings to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.


Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz Statement at the Military Privatized Family Housing Oversight Hearing

Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the FY 2023 Budget Request for the Department of Health and Human Services.


Ambassador Visits School Feeding Site in Kenya

While in Kenya last week, Cindy McCain, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, saw how USDA’s McGovern-Dole Program has helped boost food security and educational opportunities for vulnerable children and families.


Dracut Construction Business Owner Sentenced for Tax Fraud

News Release: Defendant failed to report over $2.8 million of business income in tax filings and paid millions of dollars in under-the-table wages for nearly seven years.


News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Aroostook County man was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


Leader Rodgers Health Subcommittee Remarks on FDA User Fee Reauthorization for Medical Devices

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee hearing entitled “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Medical Devices."


USDA Announces Grain Inspection Advisory Committee Appointments

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of six members to serve on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Grain Inspection Advisory Committee beginning April 1, 2022.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chair and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the Russia Cryptocurrency Transparency Act, bipartisan legislation that would exercise oversight of the State Department’s use of cryptocurrency as part of its rewards program, as well as measures to improve the efficacy and enforcement of U.S. sanctions against Russia.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Before Their Meeting

News Release: PRESIDENT TEBBOUNE: (Via translation) Welcome, and I hope this trip will allow better rapprochement than what we already have. Algerian-American meetings always had a certain intensity or weight – they were always good and understanding because there are so many similarities, enormous similarities among them, our liberation struggle. The independence day for our nations is only separated by a few hours. For you it is the fourth of July while for us it is the fifth of July.



News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 6833, the Affordable Insulin Now Act...


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on May 6

AL NRCS Technical Assistance for FY2022 grant opened on March 31.