The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted on November 22 the Environmental Protection Agency’s motion to stay a mandate on reporting hazardous substances, delaying the reporting requirement until January 22, 2018. No reporting is required until the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issues its order, or mandate, enforcing the court’s opinion of April 11, 2017. The court has not yet done this.
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The USDA Thursday published an interim final rule providing tweaks to standards for meals under the agency’s National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
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House Republicans passed a landmark bill this week to cut corporate and individual taxes in an effort not seen since 1986. The bill, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), passed the full House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon by a vote of 227 to 205.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted 17-16 Wednesday to advance committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) “Agricultural Guestworker Act” to a full chamber floor vote. All committee Democrats and two committee Republicans, Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Steve King (R-IA), voted against the bill. Five Republicans did not vote.
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NCC filed comments Thursday in response to an EPA notice on the consideration of reducing renewable energy production requirements in 2018. NCC’s comments can be viewed here.
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