Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 3/27/21

3/29 - Energy Secretary Granholm Announces Ambitious New 30GW Offshore Wind Deployment Target by 2030 (DOE)

3/30 - Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Acting Assistant Secretary Lisa Peterson On Release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (State; direct to reports)

3/30 - Joint Statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study (State; see also, WHO report and press release)

3/30 - New, Easy-to-Use Conservation Data in RCA Data Viewer (USDA)

3/31 - CFPB Rescinds Series Of Policy Statements To Ensure Industry Complies With Consumer Protection Laws (CFPB)

3/31 - DOD Revises Transgender Policies to Align With White House (DOD)

3/31 - Administrator Regan Directs EPA to Reset Critical Science-Focused Federal Advisory Committees (EPA; see also, statements from Senate Environment chair and House Science chair)

3/31 - Celebrating the Life of Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez (LOC)

3/31 - New Climatologies Added to World Ocean Atlas (NCEI)

3/31 - Hong Kong Policy Act Report (State; direct to report)

3/31 - Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute Release of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volumes X, XI, XII, American Republics; Cuba 1961–1962; Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath, Microfiche Supplement (State; direct to volumes)

3/31 - Ambassador Tai releases 2021 National Trade Estimate Report (USTR; direct to report)

4/1 - Secretary Haaland Creates New Missing & Murdered Unit to Pursue Justice for Missing or Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives (DOI)

4/2 - State Agricultural Trade Statistics by Country of Origin and Destination Now Available on USDA, Economic Research Service Website (ERS)

4/2 - National Library Week: April 4-10, 2021 (Census)

4/2 - Statement by the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Leading a Coordinated Civil Rights Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (DOJ)

4/2 - Statistical Summary of 24-Month Campaign Activity of the 2019-2020 Election Cycle (FEC)

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.

3/27 - H.R.1651 — COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act of 2021: amends the CARES Act to extend the sunset for the definition of a small business debtor

3/30 - H.R.1799 — PPP Extension Act of 2021: extends the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19, through 6/30/21

3/29 - EPA Does Not Consistently Monitor Hazardous Waste Units Closed with Waste in Place or Track and Report on Facilities That Fall Under the Two Responsible Programs (EPA)

3/29 - Impact of Pandemic on Postal Service Finances (USPS)

3/31 - Violations of Detention Standards Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak at La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, AZ (DHS)

3/31 - EPA Does Not Always Adhere to Its Established Action Development Process for Rulemaking (EPA)

3/31 - FSIS Waiver of Regulatory Requirements (USDA)

3/29 - Federal Low-Income Programs: Use of Data to Verify Eligibility Varies Among Selected Programs and Opportunities Exist to Promote Additional Use (GAO)

3/31 - Congressional Oversight Manual (CRS)

3/31 - COVID-19: Sustained Federal Action Is Crucial as Pandemic Enters Its Second Year (GAO)

3/31 - Information on Federal Contributions to Remdesivir (GAO; see also, House Oversight chair’s statement)

4/1 - Climate Change Adaptation: Department of Commerce (CRS)

4/1- Child Migrants at the Border: The Flores Settlement Agreement and Other Legal Developments (CRS)

4/2 - The Electoral College: Options for Change and 117th Congress Proposals (CRS)

3/29 - White House Announces Environmental Justice Advisory Council Members (WH; direct to WHEJAC website)

3/30 - CBP Immigration Records (DHS FOIA)

3/31 - Oversight Committee Sends Bipartisan Letters Requesting Agency Policies on Cooperating with Inspector General Investigations (Congress)

3/31 - Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Plan (WH)

4/1 - The Biden-Harris Administration’s Statement of Drug Policy Priorities for Year One (ONDCP; see also, House Oversight chair’s statement)

See full weekly list of hearings on congress.gov.

4/1 - Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot (House Administration)