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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 5/16/20

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Press releases : May 16 - May 22

5/18 - EPA Takes Next Step to Implement PFAS Legislation (EPA)

5/18 - Civil action filed to forfeit rare cuneiform tablet from Hobby Lobby (ICE)

5/19 - ABS Release Provides Data on Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses (Census)

5/19 - New Report on Housing Readiness for Aging Population (Census; direct to report)

5/19 - Acting Secretary Wolf’s Statement on Non-Essential Travel (DHS)

5/19 - Commerce Department Releases New Regulations to Support U.S. Leadership in Commercial Satellite Remote Sensing Industry (DOC)

5/19 - EPA Proposes First Ever Rule to Improve Transparency of Guidance (EPA)

5/19 - Correcting the Record: EPA Administrator Responds to Inaccurate “Staff Report” (EPA; see also, Senator Carper’s staff report)

5/19 - Link Between Earth’s Heat and Hurricane Strength Grows (NCEI)

5/19 - The Condition of Education, 2019 (NCES)

5/20 - CDC releases resources to assist states to open (CDC)

5/20 - U.S. Census Bureau Releases Household Pulse Survey Results (Census)

5/21 - Southern and Western Regions Experienced Rapid Growth This Decade (Census)

5/21 - Copyright Office Releases Report on Section 512 (Copyright Office; direct to report)

5/21 - EPA Releases Draft Criteria to Help Protect Lakes and Reservoirs (EPA)

5/21 - FCC, IMLS Partner to Support Libraries and Address the Digital Divide (FCC)

5/21 - ICE responds to recent media coverage regarding family residential centers (ICE; see also, House Democrats Demand ICE End New "Binary Choice" Policy Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic)

5/21 - NASA Invites Public to Celebrate Historic ‘Launch America’ (NASA)

5/21 - SEC Adopts Amendments to Improve Financial Disclosures about Acquisitions and Dispositions of Businesses (SEC; see also dissent statement by SEC Commissioner Lee)

5/21 - On the Treaty on Open Skies (State; see also, statements by DOD, ODNI, and Chairs of House Foreign Affairs and House Armed Services Committees, and CRS Report)

5/22 - After 26-year delay, Trump Administration delivers Arizona land exchange (BLM)

Bills Signed into Law: May 16 - May 22

Information below is from congress.gov. Date listed is date signed into law, and the description is an abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.


- none this week