The President declared a major disaster existed in the State of Idaho and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, Tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding, landslides, and mudslides during the period of March 31 to April 11, 2011. Federal funding was made available to State, Tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the flooding, landslides, and mudslides in Bonner, Clearwater, Idaho, Nez Perce, and Shoshone Counties and the Nez Perce Tribe. Federal funding was also made available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for all counties and Tribes within the State. Source
The President granted pardons to these eight individuals:
Randy Eugene Dyer -- Burien, Wash.
Offense: Conspiracy to import marijuana (hashish), 21 U.S.C. - 963; conspiracy to remove baggage from the custody and control of the U.S. Customs Service and convey false information concerning an attempt to damage a civil aircraft, 18 U.S.C. - 371.
Sentence: June 19, 1975; Western District of Washington; five years in prison and two years of special parole (special parole term subsequently vacated.)
Danny Alonzo Levitz - Angola, Ind.
Offense: Conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. - 371.
Sentence: Aug. 18, 1980; Northern District of Indiana; two years of probation, $400 fine.
Michael Ray Neal - Palm Coast, Fla.
Offense: Manufacture, assembly, modification and distribution of equipment for unauthorized decryption of satellite cable programming, 47U.S.C. - 605(e)(4).
Sentence: May 31, 1991, as amended June 2, 1992; Eastern District of Virginia; six months in prison, three years of supervised release conditioned on six months of home confinement, $2,500 fine.
Edwin Alan North - Wolcottville, Ind.
Offense: Transfer of a firearm without payment of transfer tax, 26 U.S.C. - 5861(e).
Sentence: Aug. 18, 1980; Northern District of Indiana; six months of unsupervised probation.
Allen Edward Peratt Sr. - Sioux Falls, S.D.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. - - 841(a)(1) and 846.
Sentence: July 23, 1990, as amended May 29, 1991; District of South Dakota; 30 months in prison, five years of supervised release. Source
Christine Marie Rossiter - Lincoln, Neb.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. - - 841(a)(1) and 846.
Sentence: Oct. 7, 1992; District of Nebraska; three years of probation conditioned on performance of 500 hours of community service.
Patricia Ann Weinzatl - Prentice, Wis.
Offense: Structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements, 31 U.S.C. - 5324(a)(3).
Sentence: Aug. 15, 2001; Western District of Wisconsin; three years of probation, $5,000 fine.
Bobby Gerald Wilson - Summerton, S.C.
Offense: Aiding and abetting the possession and sale of illegal American alligator hides (Lacey Act), 16 U.S.C. - 3373(d)(1)(B) and 18U.S.C. - 2.
Sentence: Dec. 19, 1985, as amended May 13, 1986; Southern District of Georgia; three and one-half months in prison, five years of probation conditioned on performance of 300 hours of community service.
The President proclaimed the third Saturday of May as Armed Forces Day. Source
The President proclaimed May 22 through May 28, 2011, as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Source
The President proclaimed May 21 through May 27, 2011, as National Safe Boating Week. Source
Vice President Joe Biden, while visiting the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, announced Colorado-based start-up company u.S. e-Chromic LLC had signed the first agreement under the Department of Energy's new "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" challenge. Based in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. e-Chromic LLC would use electrochromic technology developed by the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to create a new thin film window material that reflected sunlight on demand, making windows more energy efficient while reducing cooling costs for consumers. Source
The week's West Wing Week was released.
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