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Frodo
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« on: May 12, 2020, 04:35:53 PM »

This extremely successful operation took place last October, but we are only just hearing about it:

More than 100 arrests as 19,000 stolen archaeological artefacts from war-torn countries recovered
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« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2020, 12:55:47 AM »
« Edited: June 18, 2020, 01:08:19 AM by Virginia Yellow Dog »

It is all but certain to become law, as it will easily pass the Democratic-controlled House, and Trump has indicated he will sign it:

Senate passes major bipartisan land bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation, parks

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The Senate has approved a bipartisan bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks and other public lands, a measure supporters say would be the most significant conservation legislation enacted in nearly half a century.

The 73-25 vote on Wednesday sends the Great American Outdoors Act to the House, where approval is expected. The bill would spend about $900 million a year — double current spending — on the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund, and another $1.9 billion per year on improvements at national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and rangelands.

Also:

Judge orders Mnuchin to give Native American tribes full stimulus funding

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A federal judge is once again ordering Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to release the full amount of stimulus funding Congress set aside for Native American tribes.

A Tuesday decision from U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta was particularly critical of Mnuchin’s decision to hold back $679 million in funding set aside for tribes while waiting on a decision in another case that will determine whether tribal businesses are eligible for the funding.

“The Secretary has now taken more than twice as much time as Congress directed to distribute all CARES Act funds,” Mehta wrote, referring to the $2.2 trillion March legislation that sets aside $8 billion for tribal governments.
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