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News roundup: October 11, morning
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.
Government
• Interim housing: A bridge to permanent stability for homeless Veterans (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
Economy
• Energy Department Authorizes Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange to Address Supply Disruptions Due to Hurricane (U.S. Department of Energy)
Congress
• HR 10786: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain institutions to require students who are United States citizens to pass the United States naturalization test in order to graduate, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10781: To amend title 36, United States Code, to request the President to designate a month each year as National American History and Founders Month. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10780: To modify and enhance the Federal budgeting and appropriations process, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, House Administration, Appropriations, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10793: To modify the authority of Department of Defense for installation support services and intergovernmental support agreements, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10794: To establish a grant program to make grants to States to improve access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10791: To prohibit Federal funds from being provided to any State or local government that celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10783: To provide for the payment of attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant in a civil action for defamation or libel. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10778: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a credit to incentivize the use of certain low-emission anesthetic gases by health care facilities, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10775: To direct the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a task force for the purpose of studying the effects of automated accounts on social media, public discourse, and elections. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10774: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the taking, importation, exportation, and breeding of certain cetaceans for public display, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the comm (Congress.gov)
Sources
- Interim housing: A bridge to permanent stability for homeless Veterans (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
- Energy Department Authorizes Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange to Address Supply Disruptions Due to Hurricane (U.S. Department of Energy)
- HR 10786: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain institutions to require students who are United States citizens to pass the United States naturalization test in order to graduate, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10781: To amend title 36, United States Code, to request the President to designate a month each year as National American History and Founders Month. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10780: To modify and enhance the Federal budgeting and appropriations process, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, House Administration, Appropriations, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10793: To modify the authority of Department of Defense for installation support services and intergovernmental support agreements, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10794: To establish a grant program to make grants to States to improve access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10791: To prohibit Federal funds from being provided to any State or local government that celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10783: To provide for the payment of attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant in a civil action for defamation or libel. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10778: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a credit to incentivize the use of certain low-emission anesthetic gases by health care facilities, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10775: To direct the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a task force for the purpose of studying the effects of automated accounts on social media, public discourse, and elections. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10774: To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the taking, importation, exportation, and breeding of certain cetaceans for public display, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the comm (Congress.gov)
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