WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL34273) on April 30, 2025, entitled "Federal Land Ownership: Acquisition and Disposal Authorities." The report is written by natural resources policy specialists Carol Hardy Vincent, Laura B. Comay, Eric P. Nardi and Anne A. Riddle: * * * SUMMARY The federal government owns roughly 640 million acres, more than a quarter of the land in the United States. Four agencies - the Bureau of Land Management (BL  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has released the following public communication dated April 1, 2025, from the Aerospace Industries Association: * * * To: The Honorable Howard Lutnick U.S. Secretary of Commerce U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 Subject: Aerospace Industries Association Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Copper Reference: BIS-2025-0010, X-RIN 0694  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Carbajal, Dunn, Lujan, Moody Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Spaceport Infrastructure Investments Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and Neal Dunn, M.D. (R-FL-02) joined Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Ashley Moody (R-FL) to reintroduce bicameral and bipartisan legislation to incentivize investment in spaceport infrastructure. The Secure U.S. Leadership in Space Act will provide spa  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA celebrates 100 days with 100 environmental actions Major accomplishments achieved in Mountains and Plains Region DENVER -- Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions Exit EPA's website taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office. The recap highlights numerous accomplishments in EPA Re  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the formal closure of the public comment period for a proposed change to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico, which would authorize the addition of two new underground waste panels. The change request, submitted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), seeks approval to construct Panels 11 and 12 to compensate for lost disposal capacity caused by a 2014 radiological incident and lon  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 7 Celebrates 100 Days with 100 Environmental Actions in Heartland and Across Nation LENEXA, KAN. (APRIL 30, 2025) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the Agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office, including the record Phase 1 hazardous materials cleanup after the catastroph  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has finalized a rule that reallots television channel 12 from Silver City, New Mexico, to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, following a Petition for Rulemaking filed by TV-49, Inc., the permittee of the unbuilt full power television station KKAB. The request, submitted in response to an engineering analysis, aims to modify the construction permit to specify Truth or Consequences as the community of license for KKAB. The   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 21, 2025, from Western Growers, Irvine, California: * * * To: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Division of Dockets Management, HFA-305 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Re: Comments Docket No. FDA-2024-N-3609 for "Development of an Enhanced Systematic Process for the Food and Drug Administration's Post-Market Ass  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Announces Legislation to Combat Gun Trafficking, Protect Communities from Gun Violence Legislation builds on Heinrich's work to increase criminal penalties for straw purchases and stop illegal gun trafficking out of our country WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the core bipartisan group of senators who negotiated and passed the Bipartisan Safer Communi  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Announces Legislation to Cut Taxes for New Mexicans WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich co-sponsored the Tax Cut for Workers Act, legislation to give thousands of New Mexicans a much-needed tax break. The bill would make permanent the American Rescue Plan Act's expansions of the Earned IncomeTax Credit (EITC), continuing one of the largest-ever tax cuts for the middle class. The  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Announces Legislation to Lower Taxes for Hardworking New Mexicans Senate Democrats Introduce Tax Breaks for Working Families While GOP Pushes Tax Scam for Nation's Wealthiest Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, cosponsored the Tax Cut for Workers Act, legislation to give thousands of New Mexicans a much-needed tax break. The b  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Colleagues Demand to Know Who Killed Minority Business Development Agency, Why & Where's the Money Going? "Who is actually running the Department: Secretary Lutnick or Elon Musk and DOGE?" Senators ask Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), joined U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Mfume Joins Bicameral Letter on Cuts to Medicaid in District of Columbia WASHINGTON, DC - Amid reports (link is external) that House Republicans plan to reduce the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in the District of Columbia, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) led 15 Members in sending a letter (link is ext  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Heinrich Questions Trump Administration Nominees on Protecting Public Lands, Upholding the Law, Ensuring Tribal Consultation WASHINGTON -- During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, questioned Trump Administration nominees on upholding the law, protecting public lands from large scale sales, and  more