WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48197) on Oct. 3, 2024, entitled "Dual-Use Solar Photovoltaics: Emerging Applications and Issues for Congress" by energy policy analyst Morgan Smith. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Solar photovoltaics (PV) is one potential renewable energy technology that may help the United States achieve its carbon reduction goals and commitments. However, solar PV uses more land per megawatt of generatio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48197) on Oct. 3, 2024, entitled "Dual-Use Solar Photovoltaics - Emerging Applications and Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * Benefits of Dual-Use Solar PV Dual-use solar PV has many potential benefits. It can allow agricultural production to continue rather than being supplanted by single-use solar PV; this has the added benefit of helping to maintain the rural charact  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48197) on Oct. 3, 2024, entitled "Dual-Use Solar Photovoltaics - Emerging Applications and Issues for Congress:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Federal Support for Dual-Use Solar PV Dual-Use Solar PV on Federal Lands The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) anticipates future development of dual-use solar PV on federal lands as part of its mission to support multiple uses of federal lands and  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Defense has invested an additional $160 million of funds from the Biden-Harris Administration's bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act to advance America's microelectronics capabilities through the Microelectronics Commons, a collaborative national network of technology hubs. The October funding, following the award in September of $269 million for 33 new technical projects and the award of just und  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Secretary posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 6 signed by Stephanie J. Bost, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. Arms Sales Notification AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Arms sales notice. SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Young at (703)  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 5 signed by Gary Cooper, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs, Office of Public and Indian Housing. Tribal Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Membership AGENCY: Office of Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces the list of Committee Members of HUD's Tribal Intergovernmental   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-227) on the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act (S. 4367), which aims to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the U.S. to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources. The report was advanced by Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, on Sept. 23, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose of the Legislation The objective of S. 4367 is to meet   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 6, 2024, from the Acacia Center for Justice: * * * To: Daniel Delgado Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans U.S. Department of Homeland Security telephone (202) 447-3459 * Sarah Flinn Assistant Director, Office of Policy, EOIR U.S. Department of Justice Re: Comment on the Final Rule by the Department o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 5, 2024, from the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, San Francisco, California: * * * To: Daniel Delgado Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans Department of Homeland Security * Lauren Alder Reid Assistant Director Office of Policy Executive Office for Immigration Review Department of Justice Re: Se  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 6, 2024, from Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights: * * * To: Daniel Delgado Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans U.S. Department of Homeland Security * To: Sarah Flinn Assistant Director, Office of Policy, EOIR U.S. Department of Justice Re: Comment on the Final Rule by the Department of Homeland Sec  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 6, 2024, from the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Daniel Delgado Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans U.S. Department of Homeland Security telephone (202) 447-3459 * To: Sarah Flinn Acting Assistant Director, Office of Policy, EOIR U.S. Department of Justic  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 6, 2024, from the Women's Refugee Commission. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Daniel Delgado Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans U.S. Department of Homeland Security telephone (202) 447-3459 * To: Sarah Flinn Acting Assistant Director, Office of Policy, EOIR U.S. Department of Justice Re: Comment on th  more