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| Date Aug. 9, 2022 |
Report No. IG10034 |
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Federal Payroll Tax Administration August 9, 2022 Author Information Anthony A. Cilluffo Analyst in Public Finance Disclaimer This document was prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of and under the direction of Congress. Information in a CRS Report should ...
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| Date Aug. 8, 2022 |
Report No. R45277 |
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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Updated August 8, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R45277 SUMMARY Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) A health savings account (HSA) is a tax-advantaged account that individuals can use to save and pay for unreimbursed medical expenses (e.g., deductibles, co-payments, coinsurance, and services not covered by insurance). Although ...
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| Date Aug. 8, 2022 |
Report No. R47212 |
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Modernizing Access to Military Service Records: Frequently Asked Questions August 8, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R47212 SUMMARY Modernizing Access to Military Service Records: Frequently Asked Questions As the world increasingly relies on digital access and electronic material as means to apply for jobs, educational programs, disability or military benefits, ...
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| Date Aug. 8, 2022 |
Report No. LSB10803 |
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Legal Sidebari Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (August 1 August 7, 2022) August 8, 2022 The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to federal lawmakers, focusing on orders and decisions of the Supreme ...
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| Date Aug. 5, 2022 |
Report No. R42707 |
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Unemployment Compensation (UC): Eligibility for Students Under State and Federal Laws Julie M. Whittaker Specialist in Income Security Alan Eder PMF Intern September 7, 2012 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov R42707 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress UC Eligibility for Students Under State and Federal Laws Summary The recent economic recession ...
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| Date Aug. 5, 2022 |
Report No. IF12185 |
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August 5, 2022 Ongoing Efforts to Address Fraud and Adulteration of Honey In the next farm bill, Congress may address concerns raised by U.S. honey producers about the adulteration, misbranding, and fraudulent mislabeling of both domestically produced and imported honey. Some producer groups claim such concerns could be addressed through regulatory standards for what constitutes honey, enhanced ...
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| Date Aug. 5, 2022 |
Report No. IN11983 |
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INSIGHTi Proposed Tax Preference for Domestic Content in Energy Infrastructure August 5, 2022 The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), now pending in Congress, would substantially revise numerous tax credits designed to support investment in energy infrastructure. Companies building wind farms, geothermal power generation, and a range of other energy-related projects could receive an additional, ...
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| Date Aug. 5, 2022 |
Report No. IN11984 |
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INSIGHTi Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA): Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Programs August 5, 2022 As posted by the Senate Majority leader on July 27, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) would amend, expand, and appropriate money for two loan guarantee programs administered by the Department of Energy s (DOE s) Loan Programs Office (LPO): (1) the Title XVII Innovative ...
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| Date Aug. 5, 2022 |
Report No. LSB10802 |
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Legal Sidebar Beyond January 6th: White House Confidentiality and Congressional Investigations August 5, 2022 One significant aspect of the recent hearings held by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Committee) has been the frequency and prevalence of testimony by White House staffers and executive branch officials about private ...
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| Date Aug. 5, 2022 |
Report No. IF12186 |
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August 5, 2022 U.S. Domestic Response to the 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak Background On August 4, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary declared a Public Health Emergency for the monkeypox outbreak. Countries in Africa have reported monkeypox since the first human case of monkeypox was identified in 1970 (endemic spread). There have been limited outbreaks in countries ...
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| Date Aug. 5, 2022 |
Report No. IF12188 |
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August 5, 2022 What Is the Blue Economy? Marine economic activity, which may include activities occurring in the ocean, coastal areas, and Great Lakes, is important for economic growth, jobs, and livelihoods around the world, and particularly in coastal communities. However, some marine economic activities contribute to overexploitation of living (e.g., fisheries) and nonliving (e.g., oil, ...
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| Date Aug. 4, 2022 |
Report No. R45764 |
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Maintaining Electric Reliability with Wind and Solar Sources: Background and Issues for Congress Updated August 4, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R45764 SUMMARY Maintaining Electric Reliability with Wind and Solar Sources: Background and Issues for Congress R45764 August 4, 2022 Ashley J. Lawson Analyst in Energy Policy The share of wind and solar power in the ...
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| Date Aug. 4, 2022 |
Report No. R46909 |
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The FAFSA Simplification Act Updated August 4, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R46909 SUMMARY The FAFSA Simplification Act The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA; P.L. 89-329, as amended), authorizes numerous federal aid programs that provide support to both individuals pursuing a postsecondary education and institutions of higher education (IHEs). Title IV of ...
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| Date Aug. 4, 2022 |
Report No. R46447 |
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Taxation of Carried Interest Updated August 4, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R46447 SUMMARY Taxation of Carried Interest Congress has had a long-standing interest in the tax treatment of carried interest a form of compensation often received by fund managers of alternative investment vehicles (e.g., private equity or hedge funds). This interest dates back to a ...
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| Date Aug. 4, 2022 |
Report No. R47205 |
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Judicial Review and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 August 4, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R47205 SUMMARY Judicial Review and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 R47205 August 4, 2022 Nina M. Hart The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), enacted in 1969, requires federal agencies to Legislative Attorney integrate environmental ...
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| Date Aug. 4, 2022 |
Report No. IF12174 |
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Updated August 4, 2022 House-Passed Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808) On July 29, 2022, the House passed the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808) by a recorded vote, 217-213 (Roll no. 410). This bill would prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of certain firearms classified as semiautomatic assault weapons (SAWs). It would also ban large capacity ammunition ...
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| Date Aug. 4, 2022 |
Report No. IN11979 |
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INSIGHTi Rising Interest Rates: Economic and Policy Implications August 4, 2022 Interest rates have risen significantly since the beginning of 2022 (see Figure 1). This is partly because of tighter monetary policy the Federal Reserve (Fed) has increased its federal funds rate (the short-term interbank lending rate) target range from 0%-0.25% in March to 2.25%-2.5% in July 2022 in an attempt to ...
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| Date Aug. 4, 2022 |
Report No. IF12184 |
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August 4, 2022 Federal Student Loan Repayment Programs for Behavioral Health Service Providers Many policymakers have long-standing concerns about the availability of behavioral health (i.e., mental health and substance use) treatment services overall and in specific geographic areas. One option pursued to increase the availability of these services has been to provide student loan repayment ...
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| Date Aug. 3, 2022 |
Report No. R47208 |
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Job Corps: A Primer August 3, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R47208 SUMMARY Job Corps: A Primer Job Corps is a comprehensive and primarily residential federal job training program for youth ages 16 to 24 who are low-income and have a barrier to education and employment. The program is authorized under Subtitle C, Title I of the Workforce Innovation and ...
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| Date Aug. 3, 2022 |
Report No. R46425 |
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Conducting Research on Federal Real Property: A Guide to Selected Resources Updated August 3, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R46425 SUMMARY Conducting Research on Federal Real Property: A Guide to Selected Resources R46425 August 3, 2022 Carol Wilson This report is designed to introduce congressional staff to selected sources published by the Research Librarian ...
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| Date Aug. 3, 2022 |
Report No. R47203 |
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Microsoft s Proposed Acquisition of Activision Blizzard: In Brief August 3, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R47203 Microsoft s Proposed Acquisition of Activision Blizzard: In Brief Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 The Video Game Industry ...
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| Date Aug. 3, 2022 |
Report No. IN11975 |
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INSIGHTi Is the U.S. Economy in a Recession? August 3, 2022 On July 28, 2022, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) published its advanced estimate for second quarter gross domestic product (GDP), which showed that real GDP fell by 0.9% after a 1.6% drop in the first quarter. This has many commentators concerned that the U.S. economy has reentered a recession. However, the National Bureau of ...
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| Date Aug. 3, 2022 |
Report No. IN11976 |
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INSIGHTi Al Qaeda Leader Zawahiri Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in Afghanistan August 3, 2022 On August 1, 2022, President Biden announced that two days earlier, a U.S. drone strike had killed Al Qaeda (AQ) leader Ayman al Zawahiri in Kabul, Afghanistan. Congress may consider whether Zawahiri s death may lead to changes in Al Qaeda s organization, operational capacity, and the threats it poses to ...
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| Date Aug. 3, 2022 |
Report No. LSB10801 |
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Legal Sidebar Overview of Governmental Action Under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) August 3, 2022 The Stored Communications Act (SCA), 18 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., governs access to stored wire and electronic communications such as emails and other online messages held by service providers. Congress passed the SCA as Title II of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA), which was ...
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| Date Aug. 2, 2022 |
Report No. IN11974 |
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INSIGHTi How Would a Child Benefit Under the Family Security Act (FSA) 2.0 Compare to the Child Tax Credit? August 2, 2022 Recent reports suggest congressional interest in the creation of a child allowance, either by extending the temporary 2021 changes to the child credit or by creating a new child benefit that would replace the child credit. This Insight briefly compares the child benefit ...
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| Date Aug. 2, 2022 |
Report No. R47201 |
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Legal and Practical Implications of the Ninth Circuit s Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. U.S. Forest Service Decision Under the Endangered Species Act August 2, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R47201 SUMMARY Legal and Practical Implications of the Ninth Circuit s Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. U.S. Forest Service Decision Under the Endangered ...
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| Date Aug. 2, 2022 |
Report No. IF11303 |
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Updated August 2, 2022 Djibouti The small, arid East African country of Djibouti is strategically located along one of the world s busiest shipping routes on the Bab el Mandeb Strait, which serves as the gateway from the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean (Figure 1). Djibouti has become a hub for foreign militaries. It is home to U.S. Africa Command s Combined Joint Task Force-Horn ...
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| Date Aug. 2, 2022 |
Report No. IF12182 |
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August 2, 2022 Haiti: Political Conflict and U.S. Policy Overview Conflict and political fragility have plagued Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, for much of its history. Haiti improved governance prior to the 2010 earthquake, but progress since has been uneven. Democratic institutions remain weak and corruptible. Poverty remains extreme and economic disparity wide. Haiti s ...
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| Date Aug. 1, 2022 |
Report No. R44137 |
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Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements Updated August 1, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R44137 Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Summary This report briefly outlines the history of the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, its changing relationship to the surrounding community, and its heightened importance due to ...
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| Date Aug. 1, 2022 |
Report No. IF12180 |
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August 1, 2022 False Speech and the First Amendment: Constitutional Limits on Regulating Misinformation Federal and state legislators have expressed interest in regulating online misinformation and disinformation. Such regulatory efforts may implicate the U.S. Constitution s First Amendment. The Supreme Court has said the Free Speech Clause protects false speech when viewed as a broad category, ...
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| Date Aug. 1, 2022 |
Report No. R44997 |
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The Vacancies Act: A Legal Overview Updated August 1, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R44997 The Vacancies Act: A Legal Overview Summary The Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (Vacancies Act) generally provides the exclusive means by which a government employee may temporarily perform the functions and duties of a vacant advice-and-consent position in an ...
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| Date Aug. 1, 2022 |
Report No. RS22782 |
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Railroad Retirement Board: Trust Fund Investment Practices Updated August 1, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov RS22782 Railroad Retirement Board: Trust Fund Investment Practices Summary The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), an independent federal agency, administers retirement, survivor, disability, unemployment, and sickness insurance for railroad workers and ...
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| Date Aug. 1, 2022 |
Report No. LSB10800 |
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Legal Sidebari Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (July 25 July 31, 2022) August 1, 2022 The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to federal lawmakers, focusing on orders and decisions of the Supreme ...
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| Date Aug. 1, 2022 |
Report No. R41461 |
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Three Strike Mandatory Sentencing (18 U.S.C. 3559(c)): An Overview Updated August 1, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R41461 Three Strike Mandatory Sentencing (18 U.S.C. 3559(c)): An Overview Summary The federal three strikes provision calls for a mandatory term of life imprisonment for defendants convicted of a serious violent felony who have two or more federal ...
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| Date July 29, 2022 |
Report No. R47104 |
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Big Tech in Financial Services Updated July 29, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R47104 SUMMARY Big Tech in Financial Services R47104 July 29, 2022 For the past decade or so, Big Tech which hereinafter refers to the large technology companies Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook (now Meta Platforms), unless otherwise Paul Tierno noted has been offering a variety ...
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| Date July 29, 2022 |
Report No. RL31447 |
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Wilderness: Overview, Management, and Statistics Updated July 29, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov RL31447 Wilderness: Overview, Management, and Statistics Summary Congress enacted the Wilderness Act in 1964. This act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, reserved to Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas, and directed the Secretaries ...
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| Date July 29, 2022 |
Report No. R46906 |
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Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program Updated July 6, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R46906 SUMMARY Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Procurement Program is intended to provide SDVOSBs greater access to federal contracting opportunities. The ...
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| Date July 29, 2022 |
Report No. LSB10799 |
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Legal Sidebari Overseas Crime in the United States July 29, 2022 How do you commit a crime in the United States when you have never been here? According to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Fourth Circuit) in United States v. Elbaz, you can commit a crime in the United States without being physically present by phoning it in, even though the crime in question, wire fraud, ...
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| Date July 29, 2022 |
Report No. R42830 |
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Video Relay Service: Program Funding and Reform Updated July 29, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R42830 Video Relay Service: Program Funding and Reform Summary The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates a number of disability-related telecommunications services, including video relay service (VRS). VRS allows persons with hearing disabilities, using ...
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| Date July 29, 2022 |
Report No. IF12181 |
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July 29, 2022 Colombia: Police Reform and Congressional Concerns In July 2021, Colombian President Iv n Duque announced reforms to the Colombian National Police (CNP). This announcement followed public and international demands for reform after the Colombian government s crackdown on widespread protests between April and June 2021. A landmark presidential election in June 2022 is to bring to power ...
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| Date July 29, 2022 |
Report No. R41268 |
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Small Business Administration HUBZone Program Updated July 29, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R41268 Small Business Administration HUBZone Program Summary The Historically Underutilized Business Zone Empowerment Contracting (HUBZone) program provides participating small businesses located in areas with low income, high poverty, or high unemployment with ...
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| Date July 28, 2022 |
Report No. R47067 |
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Current and Potential Programs Updated July 28, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R47067 SUMMARY Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Current and Potential Programs Since the dawn of military aviation, the U.S. military has been interested in remotely piloted aircraft. Present-day unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) typically consist of an unmanned ...
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| Date July 28, 2022 |
Report No. RL30110 |
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Federal Individual Income Tax Terms: An Explanation Updated July 28, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov RL30110 SUMMARY Federal Individual Income Tax Terms: An Explanation This report describes the terms most commonly used when discussing the federal individual income tax. Most of these tax terms are explained in the order that they occur in the process of ...
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| Date July 28, 2022 |
Report No. R40763 |
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Agricultural Conservation: A Guide to Programs Updated July 28, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R40763 SUMMARY Agricultural Conservation: A Guide to Programs The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) currently administer over 20 programs and subprograms that are directly or ...
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| Date July 28, 2022 |
Report No. IF12177 |
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July 28, 2022 Back to the Future? Lessons from the Great Inflation Since April 2021, the U.S. economy has grappled with high inflation, which reached 6.3% in May 2022, as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index. (For more information, see CRS Report R46890, Inflation in the Wake of COVID-19.) Many have drawn parallels between the current situation and the Great Inflation the ...
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| Date July 28, 2022 |
Report No. IF10218 |
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Updated July 28, 2022 South Sudan Peace has been elusive in South Sudan, which became the world s newest country in 2011. The civil war that erupted there in late 2013 featured widespread sexual violence, mass killings, and other atrocities. It displaced over a third of the population, creating what is still Africa s largest refugee crisis. More than two million people who fled to neighboring ...
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| Date July 28, 2022 |
Report No. LSB10797 |
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Legal Sidebari Protection of Health Information Under HIPAA and the FTC Act: A Comparison July 28, 2022 On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, and holding that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Following the decision, individual states may begin to prohibit abortions or enforce preexisting bans on ...
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| Date July 28, 2022 |
Report No. LSB10798 |
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Legal Sidebari Supreme Court Rules That Migrant Protection Protocols Rescission Was Not Unlawful July 28, 2022 On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision held in Biden v. Texas that the Department of Homeland Security s (DHS s) rescission of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) did not violate federal immigration laws concerning the inspection and treatment of non-U.S. nationals ( ...
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| Date July 28, 2022 |
Report No. IG10033 |
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Congressional Research Service Intellectual Property: Forms of Federal IP Protection July 28, 2022 Author Information Kevin J. Hickey Legislative Attorney Disclaimer This document was prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of and under the direction of ...
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| Date July 27, 2022 |
Report No. R47196 |
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Federal Student Loan Debt Cancellation: Policy Considerations July 27, 2022 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R47196 SUMMARY Federal Student Loan Debt Cancellation: Policy Considerations Outstanding federal student loan debt exceeds $1.6 trillion and is owed by approximately 45 million borrowers. While numerous federal student loan repayment and forgiveness programs ...
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