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News roundup: October 28, 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.
Health
• FDA and CMS Announce New Steps to Advance Gene Therapies and Expand Access for Patients with Rare Diseases (health.gov (HHS disease prevention and health promotion))
• Trump Administration Drives Opioid Deaths to Lowest in Nearly a Decade (health.gov (HHS disease prevention and health promotion))
World
• World News in Brief: Ethiopians flee to Kenya amidst renewed conflict, new head of UN’s food programme, UN mission in Somalia concludes (UN News)
Congress
• HR 10916: To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts, 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 (Congress.gov)
• HR 10917: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions (Congress.gov)
• HR 10913: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make adulterated food containing certain preservatives, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10914: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to improve assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10912: To amend the Arms Export Control Act to address third party transfers of certain defense articles for Ukraine, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10910: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for the protection of companion animals held or cared for at certain facilities, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.) (Congress.gov)
• HR 10908: To implement Universal Savings Accounts and expand transparency, competition, and patient rights in health care. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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)
• HRES 1641: Honoring the contributions of Indian Americans and supporting the designation of July as "Indian American Heritage Month". (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.) (Congress.gov)
Sources
- FDA and CMS Announce New Steps to Advance Gene Therapies and Expand Access for Patients with Rare Diseases (health.gov (HHS disease prevention and health promotion))
- Trump Administration Drives Opioid Deaths to Lowest in Nearly a Decade (health.gov (HHS disease prevention and health promotion))
- World News in Brief: Ethiopians flee to Kenya amidst renewed conflict, new head of UN’s food programme, UN mission in Somalia concludes (UN News)
- HR 10916: To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts, 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 (Congress.gov)
- HR 10917: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions (Congress.gov)
- HR 10913: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make adulterated food containing certain preservatives, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10914: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to improve assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10912: To amend the Arms Export Control Act to address third party transfers of certain defense articles for Ukraine, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10910: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for the protection of companion animals held or cared for at certain facilities, and for other purposes. (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.) (Congress.gov)
- HR 10908: To implement Universal Savings Accounts and expand transparency, competition, and patient rights in health care. (latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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)
- HRES 1641: Honoring the contributions of Indian Americans and supporting the designation of July as "Indian American Heritage Month". (latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.) (Congress.gov)
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