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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday February 04, 2024 ( 2 items )  

American Trucking Associations: Congress Passes Bill to Protect Repatriating Americans' Personal Data
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The American Trucking Associations issued the following news release: The American Trucking Associations welcomed congressional approval of the Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that will help protect the privacy and identity security of American servicemembers, federal employees, private sector workers and their families who are returning to the United States after living abroad. The ATA-endorsed bill, which passed the Senate today and passe  more

Feds Find Western Wolves Unworthy of Endangered Species Act Protection
EUGENE, Oregon, Feb. 3 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: * * * Conservation Groups Prepare for Legal Action * * * The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("Service") announced today that it will not list gray wolves in the western U.S. under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA") finding them "not warranted" for federal protection. Today's decision will allow Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana to continue their widespread killing of these intelligent,  more