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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 5/15/21

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Press releases : May 15 - May 21

5/17 - Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Announces Virtual Public Hearing to Gather Information for the Purpose of Improving Enforcement of Title IX (ED)

5/17 - Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Micah Greenberg Pleads Guilty to Multiple Federal Offenses (FBI)

5/17 - FTC Data Shows Huge Spike in Cryptocurrency Investment Scams (FTC; direct to report)

5/17 - HUD Announces $5 Billion to House People Experiencing Homelessness (HUD; direct to awardee list)

5/17 - Astrophysicists Launch Largest Sky Survey Yet To Map the Universe (Smithsonian)

5/18 - Attorney General Launches Review to Reinvigorate the Justice Department’s Commitment to Access to Justice (DOJ; direct to memo; see also, White House memo)

5/18 - Trilateral Statement of the USMCA Free Trade Agreement (USTR)

5/19 - EPA Adds New PFAS to its Drinking Water Treatability Database (EPA)

5/20 - ICE to Close Two Detention Centers (DHS; see also, House Homeland Security & House Oversight chairs statement)

5/20 - Socially Disadvantaged, Beginning, Limited Resource, and Female Farmers and Ranchers (ERS)

5/20 - Upcoming US Law Webinars – June 2021 (LOC)

5/20 - National Archives Awards $3.9 Million in Grants for Documentary Editing and Archival Projects (NARA)

5/20 - NASA, ESA, JAXA Host Hackathon to Study COVID-19 Environmental Effects (NASA)

5/20 - NIST, Collaborators Develop New Method to Better Study Microscopic Plastics in the Ocean (NIST; direct to OA article)

5/20 - Treasury Releases Report on the American Families Plan’s Tax Compliance Agenda (Treas; direct to report)

Bills Signed into Law: May 15 - May 21

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.


5/20 - S.937: COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act - facilitates the expedited review of COVID–19 hate crimes