JUDICIAL:

CONCERNED FRIENDS OF THE WINEMA; KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER; WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT; OREGON WILD; CENTRAL OREGON BITTERBRUSH BROADS OF THE GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS, Plaintiffs, v. DOUGLAS C. McKAY; BARRY L. IMLER; UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; LAURIE SADA UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, Defendants., No. 1:19-CV-00516-MC, 2019 WL 2994203 (D. Or. July 9, 2019)
This matter came before the court on a Motion for Preliminary Injunction regarding cattle grazing on National Forests.  The Court ruled against the preliminary injunction, based on the precedent.

Bailey v. Smith, No. 03-17-00703-CV, 2019 WL 2707967 (Tex. App. June 28, 2019)
This is a dispute between commercial deer breeders and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (the Department) over the ownership of captive-bred whitetail deer. Ken Bailey and Bradley Peterson each hold a deer breeder’s permit issued by the Department authorizing them “to possess live breeder deer in captivity” and to “engage in the business of breeding breeder deer.” Peterson and Bailey sued the Department and several of its officials to establish that breeder deer are or became private property and to invalidate Department rules requiring breeders to test for chronic wasting disease. The Department responded that breeder deer are wild animals and therefore “property of the people of this state.” See id. § 1.011(a). The district court granted the Department’s partial plea to the jurisdiction and motion for summary judgment, denied Peterson’s cross-motion, and awarded the Department its attorneys’ fees. The court affirmed.
LEGISLATIVE

S.Res. 208: A resolution expressing support for the designation of July as “American Grown Flower Month” Info HERE

H.R. 3471: To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes-Info HERE

H.R. 3491: To approve the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes. Info HERE

S. 1995: A bill to establish the Food Safety Administration to protect the public health by preventing foodborne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to foodborne illness and the chronic health outcomes associated with foodborne illnesses, improving … Info HERE

H.R. 3514: To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain duties, and for other purposes. Info HERE

S. 1918: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require alternative options for summer food service program delivery. Info HERE

S. 1941: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program. Info HERE

S. 1949: A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service personnel, and for other purposes. Info HERE

H.R. 3444: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service personnel, and for other purposes. Info HERE

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