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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 1/25/20

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Press releases : Jan. 25- Jan. 31

1/27 – DHS Obtains Another Judicial Victory on Implementing Public Charge Inadmissibility Rule (USCIS; see also, USCIS Announces Public Charge Rule Implementation Following Supreme Court Stay of Nationwide Injunctions and Supreme Court order)

1/27 – VA releases updated DOD list identifying Agent Orange sites outside of Vietnam (VA; direct to reports)

1/28 – What the FCC Has Accomplished Under 3 Years of Chairman Pai (FCC)

1/28 - SEVP releases 2018 report on nonimmigrant students in US (ICE; direct to report)

1/29 – EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020 explores the changing U.S. energy mix through 2050 as consumption grows more slowly than production… (EIA; direct to report)

1/29 – OSC Urges MSPB to Protect Federal Workers Who Cooperate with Internal Agency Investigations (OSC)

1/29 – Butt Emissions: Study Finds Even Extinguished Cigarettes Give Off Toxins (NIST)

1/30 – Trump Administration Announces Transformative Medicaid Healthy Adult Opportunity (CMS; see also statement by Speaker Pelosi)

1/30 - DOD Releases Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies (DOD; direct to report)

1/30 - BLM approves US Gypsum Mine Expansion and Modernization Project (BLM)

1/30 - CBP processed $2.7 trillion of imports, 410 million travelers in FY 2019 (CBP)

1/30 - CDC Confirms Person-to-Person Spread of New Coronavirus in the United States (CDC; see also, CDC Issues Federal Quarantine Order to Repatriated U.S. Citizens at March Air Reserve Base)

1/30 – Press Statement Regarding Department of the Interior Employee Rights and Protections (DOI, in response to “Interior Department Cut ‘Sexual Orientation’ From Anti-Discrimination Guideline”; see also statement by Senator Feinstein)

1/30 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule and Environmental Impact Statement for Migratory Bird Treaty Act (FWS)

1/31 - Raising the Global Travel Security Bar: DHS Announces New Travel Restrictions on Six Countries and Updated Process for Evaluating Foreign Country Compliance (DHS)

1/31 - Landmine Policy (DOD; direct to policy memo)

1/31 - Secretary Azar Declares Public Health Emergency for United States for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (HHS)

Bills Signed into Law: Jan. 25 - Jan. 31

This new section is being added at the request of two readers. Like other sections on this page, links will be selective rather than comprehensive. Information is from congress.gov; date listed is date signed into law and the description is abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.


1/27 - H.R.434 - Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act (requires the Emancipation National Historic Trail to be studied for designation as a national scenic trail)

1/29 - H.R.5430 - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (implements agreement between U.S., Mexico, and Canada and repeals the North American Free Trade Agreement)