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Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 10/30/21

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Press releases: Oct 30 - Nov 5

11/1 - New Roles, Combined Offices for NASA Administrator Leadership Team (NASA)

11/1 - President’s Working Group on Financial Markets Releases Report and Recommendations on Stablecoins (Treas; direct to report)

11/2 - CDC Recommends Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11 Years (CDC)

11/2 - Census Data Equity Initiative for Underserved Communities (Census; direct to equity webpage)

11/2 - U.S. to Sharply Cut Methane Pollution that Threatens the Climate and Public Health (EPA; direct to documents)

11/3 - CISA Releases Directive on Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA; direct to guidance)

11/3 - DOD Releases 2021 Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China (DOD; direct to report)

11/4 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Protect Voting Rights (DOJ)

11/4 - Track Sea-level Changes Anywhere with NASA's New SEA Tool (NASA; direct to tool page)

11/4 - US Department of Labor issues emergency temporary standard to protect workers from coronavirus (OSHA; see also, President’s statement)

11/4 - 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  Addenda on Reproductive Rights (State)

11/5 - Secretary Granholm Launches Carbon Negative Earthshots to Remove Gigatons of Carbon Pollution from the Air by 2050 (DOE; direct to website)

11/5 - Statement by US Secretary of Labor Walsh on the October Jobs Report (DOL; see also, Employment Situation report)

11/5 - Fact Sheet: EPA & The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal (EPA)

11/5 - New Environmental Law Resources on Law.gov (LOC; direct to guide)

11/5 - NASA, USGS Release First Landsat 9 Images (NASA; direct to images)

11/5 - Missouri GSA Officials Failed to Mitigate Exposure to Toxic Contaminants That Put Employees and Children at Risk (OSC; direct to letter, referral, and report)

Bills Signed into Law: Oct 30 - Nov 5

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.

10/31 - H.R.5763 Further Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021 - provides an extension through 12/3/21 of federal-aid highway, highway safety, and transit programs

Congressional Hearings: Oct 30 - Nov 5