WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District Office in Oregon has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects. The office has determined a cultural affiliation between these items and several Native American tribes, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The inventory identifies the human remains of at least four individuals and 29 lots of associated funerary obj  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District Office in Oregon intends to repatriate cultural items. These items include unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. This repatriation is being conducted in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The cultural items slated for repatriation include five stemmed point fragments and 116 lots of other cultural item  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The California Department of Parks and Recreation in Sacramento intends to return cultural items to the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, California. This is a notice of intended repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The repatriation involves 52 items identified as objects of cultural patrimony. These include tule skirts, a Big Head foundation, clapper stick, whistles, a collar, a topknot, a bundl  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The California Department of Parks and Recreation in Sacramento intends to return cultural items to lineal descendants with connections to the Yaqui and Paiute communities. This action is a notice of intended repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The cultural items include 33 lots defined as sacred objects. These include pipes, sculptures, spears, photographs, instruments, knives/sheaths, personal effects, and regalia. Thes  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a notice announcing the availability of three environmental impact statements filed with the agency from June 2, 2025, through June 9, 2025. This notice, which was published by the Office of Federal Activities, informs the public of environmental reviews by various federal agencies. Among the available filings is a final environmental impact statement from the Bureau of Land Management concerning the Spring Valle  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System has issued a notice entitled "Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies." This notice details applications submitted to the Board for approval under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. Companies are seeking to become bank holding companies or to acquire assets, ownership, control, or voting shares of existing banks or bank holding companies, including their nonbanking subsidiaries. The public portions of the  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 (TNSFR) -- The Office of Management and Budget Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Department of Defense, General Services Administration and NASA have issued a withdrawal of a proposed rule entitled "Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts" (Docket No. FAR-2024-0007). This action marks a shift in regulatory focus for federal procurement. The withdrawal of this proposed rule is a direct consequence of Executive Order 14148, "Initial Rescission of Harmful   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 (TNSFR) -- The Office of Management and Budget Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration have issued a withdrawal of a proposed rule entitled "Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer" (Docket No. FAR-2020-0010). This action closes a Federal Acquisition Regulation case related to these programs. The proposed rule, originally issued on Apr. 7, 2023 (88 FR 20  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Election Commission has issued a notice entitled "Filing Dates for the Virginia Special Election in the 11th Congressional District." Virginia has scheduled a special election for September 9, 2025, to fill a U.S. House of Representatives seat. This election is for the 11th Congressional District, previously held by Representative Gerald E. Connolly. The notice outlines the filing dates for committees involved in this special general election. Princip  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- Dartmouth College Hood Museum of Art in Hanover, New Hampshire, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects. The museum has determined a cultural affiliation between these items and a broad group of Native American tribes, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The inventory identifies the physical remains of at least nine individuals of Native American ancestry and 108 associated funerary obj  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science in Baton Rouge has amended a previous notice of inventory completion regarding human remains and associated funerary objects. This amendment, issued in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, clarifies the culturally affiliated Indian Tribes. The original notice was published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2022. Following further consultation with the Chitimacha T  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has completed an inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation with several Native American tribes. This action is being taken in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The human remains of at least nine individuals were identified during a recent inventory of collections housed at the LSU FACES Lab. These remains were discove  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The North Carolina State University, Gregg Museum of Art & Design in Raleigh intends to repatriate cultural items that are considered sacred or of cultural patrimony. This action is being taken in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The items intended for repatriation are a men's shirt and a smudge fan. The shirt, described with leather fringe, beadwork, and blue paint, was part of an estate transfer from Chinqua-Penn in Rei  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSFR) -- The University of California, Riverside, California, intends to repatriate items identified as objects of cultural patrimony. This repatriation is being carried out in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The items designated for repatriation consist of eight cultural objects. These include two lots of ceramics, one lot each of glass, metal, animal bone, manos, arrowheads and geological materials. These objects were recovered  more