On Monday, September 15, 2008, the President signed into law H.R. 6532, which transfers $8.017 billion to the Highway Trust Fund from the Treasury General Fund. (White House statement, dated 09/15/08, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080915-11.html.)
The Government Accountability Office issued its report entitled "Electronic Waste: EPA Needs to Better Control Harmful U.S. Exports through Stronger Enforcement and More Comprehensive Regulation." (GAO-08-1044, dated August 2008, available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081044.pdf)
The Government Accountability Office has issued testimony entitled, "Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Address Significant Risks in Delivering Key Technology Investment," which states, among other things, that it is unclear and uncertain when and how SBInet capabilities will be delivered, and that SBInet has not been effectively managed. (GAO-08-1148T, dated 09/10/08, available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081148t.pdf)
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued an interim final rule, effective September 8, 2008, which amends its Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines for persons subject to the requirements of U.S. sanctions statutes, executive orders and regulations.
On September 11, 2008, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee reported with amendments S. 2997, a bill to reauthorize the Maritime Administration, and for other purposes (S. Rept. 110-457). (Daily Digest, dated 09/11/08, available at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r110:@FIELD(FLD003d)@FIELD(DDATE20080911))
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has posted to its Web site a new General License No. 1 authorizing for 180 days transactions between U.S. persons and two entities that were previously designated pursuant to Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus.
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The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective August 21, 2008, to expand the scope of reasons for adding parties to the Entity List.
Nearly 100 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Caucus are meeting in San Francisco from August 18 to August 22 to review the Memorandum of Understanding for the new contract that covers longshore workers and marine clerks that ILWU's Negotiating Committee reached with the Pacific Maritime Association on July 28, 2008. At the end of the week, delegates will decide on whether to send the proposed agreement to the rank and file for their consideration and a vote in September. (ILWU notice, available at http://contract2008.org/.)