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News roundup: October 16, afternoon
Automated roundup. These are headlines from official public sources, posted automatically and not reviewed by an editor first. Each one links to the original announcement under Sources.
The latest from official sources, gathered by True News. Follow the links under Sources to read each original announcement.
Congress
• H.R. 5967, Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act (Congressional Budget Office)
• H.R. 2805, PLAN for Broadband Act (Congressional Budget Office)
• S. 3923, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026 (Congressional Budget Office)
• H.R. 7254, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes (Congressional Budget Office)
• S. 4448, Accelerating Broadband Permits Act of 2026 (Congressional Budget Office)
• H.R. 9720, D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act (Congressional Budget Office)
Government
• Free peer conversations for Veterans after military service (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
• Service Member Records: DOD Needs to Address Improper and Delayed Releasing of Personnel and Health Information (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
• Private Health Insurance: Market Concentration in 2024 Was Generally Higher Than in 2011 (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
• Nuclear Waste: Future Land Use Planning at Selected DOE Cleanup Sites (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
National
• Navy Accepts Next-Generation Aircraft to Modernize Strategic Communications (U.S. Department of Defense)
Economy
• Energy Department Announces Virginia and West Virginia Transmission Project to Receive Defense Production Act Funding, Strengthening National Security and Grid Reliability (U.S. Department of Energy)
Sources
- H.R. 5967, Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act (Congressional Budget Office)
- H.R. 2805, PLAN for Broadband Act (Congressional Budget Office)
- S. 3923, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026 (Congressional Budget Office)
- H.R. 7254, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes (Congressional Budget Office)
- Free peer conversations for Veterans after military service (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
- Navy Accepts Next-Generation Aircraft to Modernize Strategic Communications (U.S. Department of Defense)
- S. 4448, Accelerating Broadband Permits Act of 2026 (Congressional Budget Office)
- H.R. 9720, D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act (Congressional Budget Office)
- Energy Department Announces Virginia and West Virginia Transmission Project to Receive Defense Production Act Funding, Strengthening National Security and Grid Reliability (U.S. Department of Energy)
- Service Member Records: DOD Needs to Address Improper and Delayed Releasing of Personnel and Health Information (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
- Private Health Insurance: Market Concentration in 2024 Was Generally Higher Than in 2011 (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
- Nuclear Waste: Future Land Use Planning at Selected DOE Cleanup Sites (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
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