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- "Affirmative action" and equal protection in higher education
- "Dear colleague" letters in the House of Representatives : past practices and issues for Congress
- "Regulatory relief" for banking : selected legislation in the 114th Congress
- "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) : current status of the 2015 Clean Water Rule
- 2017 disaster supplemental appropriations : overview
- 21st Century Flood Reform Act (H.R. 2874) : Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program
- 21st Century U.S. energy sources : a primer
- A brief overview of business types and their tax treatment
- A brief overview of rulemaking and judicial review
- A new authorization for use of military force against the Islamic state : issues and current proposals
- A peace treaty with North Korea?
- A primer on U.S. immigration policy
- A primer on WIC : the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
- A shift in the international security environment : potential implications for defense--issues for Congress
- A survey of House and Senate committee rules on subpoenas
- Abortion : judicial history and legislative response
- Abortion and family planning-related provisions in U.S. foreign assistance law and policy
- Abortion and whole woman's health v. Hellerstedt
- Abortion at or over 20 weeks' gestation : frequently asked questions
- Accounting and auditing regulatory structure : U.S. and international
- Acquisition reform in the FY2016-FY2018 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs)
- Adoption tax benefits : an overview
- Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) Program
- Advanced gene editing : CRISPR-Cas9
- Afghanistan : background and U.S. Policy In Brief
- Afghanistan : legislation in the 115th Congress
- Afghanistan : post-Taliban governance, security, and U.S. policy
- African American Members of the United States Congress : 1870-2018
- Agency delay : congressional and judicial means to expedite agency rulemaking
- Agricultural conservation : a guide to programs
- Agricultural credit : institutions and issues
- Agricultural disaster assistance
- Agriculture and related agencies : FY2018 appropriations
- Agriculture and related agencies : FY2019 appropriations
- Agriculture and the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (T-TIP) negotiations
- Agriculture in the WTO : rules and limits on U.S. domestic support
- Airline passenger rights : the federal role in aviation consumer protection
- Airport privatization : issues and options for Congress
- Allocation of funds under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Alternative fuel and advanced vehicle technology incentives : a summary of federal programs
- Amendments between the houses : procedural options and effects
- American war and military operations casualties : lists and statistics
- Amtrak : overview
- An Introduction to the low-Income housing tax credit
- An introduction to judicial review of federal agency action
- An introduction to poverty measurement
- An overview of accreditation of higher education in the United States
- An overview of discretionary reprieves from removal : deferred action, DACA, TPS, and others
- An overview of the housing finance system in the United States
- Analysis of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-A Allocation Formulas : factors, design elements, and allocation patterns
- Analysis of the tax exclusion for canceled mortgage debt income
- Animal and plant health import permits in U.S. agricultural trade
- Animal drug user fee programs
- Anti-money laundering : an overview of Congress
- Appropriations and Fund Transfers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Appropriations for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) : in brief
- Appropriations subcommittee structure : history of changes from 1920 to 2019
- Arab League boycott of Israel
- Architect of the Capitol : evolution and implementation of the appointment procedure
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) : an overview
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) : votes and legislative actions since the 95th Congress
- Argentina : background and U.S. relations
- Armed conflict in Syria : overview and U.S. response
- Arms control and nonproliferation : a catalog of treaties and agreements
- Arms sales : congressional review process
- Army Corps of Engineers : water resource authorization and project delivery processes
- Army Corps of Engineers annual and supplemental appropriations : issues for Congress
- Army Corps supplemental appropriations : history, trends, and policy issues
- Army and marine corps active protection system (APS) efforts
- Artificial intelligence and national security
- Asian infrastructure investment bank (AIIB)
- Assistance to Firefighters Program : distribution of fire grant funding
- Authorization of appropriations : procedural and legal issues
- Availability of legislative measures in the House of Representatives (the "three-day rule")
- BUILD Act : frequently asked questions about the new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
- Background information on health coverage options addressed in Executive Order 13813
- Background ozone : challenges in science and policy
- Bahrain : unrest, security, and U.S. policy
- Bail : an abridged overview of federal criminal law
- Bail : an overview of federal criminal law
- Bank systemic risk regulation : the $50 billion threshold in the Dodd-Frank Act
- Banking : Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL)
- Banking law : an overview of federal preemption in the dual banking system
- Banking policy issues in the 115th Congress
- Banking policy issues in the 116th Congress
- Bankruptcy and student loans
- Bankruptcy basics : a primer
- Barriers along the U.S. borders : key authorities and requirements
- Base erosion and profit sharing (BEPS) : OECD tax proposals
- Basic concepts and technical considerations in educational assessment : a primer
- Biennial budgeting : issues, options, and congressional actions
- Bilateral and regional trade agreements : issues for Congress
- Biologics and Biosimilars : Background and Key Issues
- Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123) : CHIP, public health, home visiting, and medicaid provisions in Division E
- Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123) : brief summary of division E--The Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services (ACCESS) Act
- Blockchain : background and policy issues
- Blue-slipping : enforcing the origination clause in the House of Representatives
- Border-adjusted consumption taxes and exchange rate movements : theory and evidence
- Broadband Internet access and the Digital divide : federal assistance programs
- Broadband loan and grant programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service
- Budget actions in 2017
- Budget enforcement procedures : the Senate Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rule
- Budget issues shaping the 2018 farm bill
- Budget reconciliation measures enacted into law : 1980-2017
- Buprenorphine and the opioid crisis : a primer for Congress
- Burundi's political crisis : in brief
- Business tax provisions that expired in 2017 ("tax extenders")
- Calendars of the House of Representatives
- Cambodia : background and U.S. relations in brief
- Campaign contributions and the ethics of elected officials : regulation under federal law
- Campaign finance law : an analysis of key Issues, recent developments, and constitutional considerations for legislation
- Campus-based student financial aid programs under the Higher Education Act
- Capital gains taxes : an overview
- Capital markets, securities offerings, and related policy issues
- Carcieri v. Salazar : the Secretary of the Interior may not acquire trust land for the Narragansett Indian Tribe under 25 U.S.C. section 465 because that statute applies to tribes "under federal jurisdiction" in 1934
- Cars, trucks, aircraft, and EPA climate regulations
- Changes in the Arctic : background and issues for Congress
- Changing the Senate cloture rule at the start of a new Congress
- Chesapeake Bay restoration : background and issues for Congress
- Child Nutrition Programs : current issues
- Child and dependent care tax benefits : how they work and who receives them
- Child support enforcement : program basics
- Child support enforcement annual user fee : in brief
- Child welfare : an overview of federal programs and their current funding
- Child welfare : oversight of psychotropic medication for children in foster care
- Child welfare : the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016
- Child welfare funding in FY2018
- Child welfare funding in brief : FY2017 final funding and the President's FY2018 request
- Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME)/
- China naval modernization : implications for U.S. Navy capabilities--background and issues for Congress
- China's actions in South and East China Seas : implications for U.S. interests--background and issues for Congress
- China's economic rise : history, trends, challenges, and implications for the United States
- China-U.S. trade issues
- Civilian nuclear waste disposal
- Class action lawsuits : a legal overview for the 115th Congress
- Clean Air Act issues in the 115th Congress : in brief
- Clean Air Act issues in the 116th Congress
- Clean Air Act's good neighbor provision : overview of interstate air pollution control
- Clean Power Plan : legal background and pending litigation in West Virginia v. EPA
- Clearing the air on the debt limit
- Cloture attempts on nominations : data and historical development through November 20, 2013
- Cluster munitions : background and issues for Congress
- Coalition contributions to countering the Islamic state
- Coast Guard cutter procurement : background and issues for Congress
- Coast Guard polar icebreaker program : background and issues for Congress
- Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) : overview and issues for congress
- Collective bargaining and the federal service labor-management relations statute : selected legal issues
- College and university endowments : overview and tax policy options
- Colombia : background and U.S. relations
- Colombia's changing approach to drug policy
- Colombia's peace process through 2016
- Columbia River Treaty review
- Commemorations in Congress : options for honoring individuals, groups, and events
- Commemorative coins : background, legislative process, and issues for Congress
- Commemorative commissions : overview, structure, and funding
- Commerce, justice, science and related agencies (CJS) FY2018 appropriations : trade-related agencies
- Commercial space : federal regulation, oversight, and utilization
- Commercial space industry launches a new phase
- Commercial truck safety : overview
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission : proposed reauthorization in the 114th Congress
- Commodity futures trading commission : proposed reauthorization in the 115th Congress
- Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund : programs and policy issues
- Community Services Block Grants (CSBG) : background and funding
- Comparing DHS component funding, FY2017 : fact sheet
- Comparing DHS component funding, FY2018 : in brief
- Comparing DHS component funding, FY2019 : in brief
- Comparison of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA)
- Comparison of the bills to extend State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding
- Comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : background and current developments
- Concurrent receipt : background and issues for Congress
- Conference committee and related procedures : an introduction
- Congress's authority to influence and control executive branch agencies
- Congress's early organization meetings
- Congress's power over courts : jurisdiction stripping and the rule of Klein
- Congressional Commissions : overview, structure, and legislative considerations
- Congressional Gold Medals : background, legislative process, and issues for Congress
- Congressional Member Organizations (CMOs) and informal member groups : their purpose and activities, history, and formation
- Congressional action on the FY 2013 Disaster supplemental
- Congressional careers : service tenure and patterns of member service, 1789-2019
- Congressional membership and appointment authority to advisory commissions, boards, and groups
- Congressional news media and the House and Senate press galleries
- Congressional oversight of intelligence : background and selected options for further reform
- Congressional primer on responding to major disasters and emergencies
- Congressional redistricting law : background and recent court rulings
- Congressional roll call votes on the Keystone XL pipeline
- Congressional salaries and allowances : in brief
- Congressional staff : CRS products on size, pay, and job tenure
- Considering legislation on the House floor : common practices in brief
- Considering measures in the House under the one-hour rule
- Constitutional authority statements and the powers of Congress : an overview
- Consumer and credit reporting, scoring, and related policy issues
- Contingent election of the President and Vice President by Congress : perspectives and contemporary analysis
- Conventional arms transfers to developing nations, 2008-2015
- Conventional prompt global strike and long-range ballistic missiles : background and issues
- Coordinated party expenditures in federal elections : an overview
- Corporate expatriation, inversions, and mergers : tax issues
- Corporate tax reform : issues for Congress
- Cost-of-living adjustments for federal civil service annuities
- Costs of government interventions in response to the financial crisis : a retrospective/
- Counting electoral votes : an overview of procedures at the joint session, including objections by members of Congress
- Covert action and clandestine activities of the intelligence community : selected definitions in brief
- Covert action and clandestine activities of the intelligence community : selected notification requirements in brief
- Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch
- Criminal prohibitions on leaks and other disclosures of classified defense information
- Cross-Border Data Sharing Under the CLOUD Act
- Cross-border energy trade in North America : present and potential
- Cryptocurrency : the economics of money and selected policy issues
- Cuba : U.S. policy in the 115th Congress
- Cuba : U.S. restrictions on travel and remittances
- Cuba sanctions : legislative restrictions limiting the normalization of relations
- Cybersecurity for energy delivery systems : DOE programs
- Cybersecurity issues and challenges : in brief
- Cyprus : reunification proving elusive
- DHS appropriations FY2017 : departmental management and operations
- DHS appropriations FY2017 : protection, preparedness, response, and recovery
- DHS appropriations FY2017 : research and development, training, and services
- DHS appropriations FY2017 : security, enforcement and investigations
- DHS budget v. DHS appropriations : fact sheet
- DNA testing in criminal justice : background, current law, and grants
- DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) : a primer, with appropriations for FY2017
- Dark web
- Data on multiemployer defined benefit (DB) pension plans
- Daylight Saving Time
- Debt limit legislation : the House "Gephardt Rule"
- Debt-for-Nature Initiatives and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) : status and implementation
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency : overview and issues for congress
- Defense acquisitions : how and where DOD spends its contracting dollars
- Defense authorization and appropriations bills : FY1961-FY2018
- Defense science and technology funding
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) : frequently asked questions
- Deficits and debt : economic effects and other issues
- Defining "Specialty Crops" : a fact sheet
- Defining broadband : minimum threshold speeds and broadband policy
- Democracy promotion : an objective of U.S. foreign assistance
- Democratic Republic of Congo : background and U.S. relations
- Demographic and social characteristics of persons in poverty : 2015
- Department of Defense research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) : appropriations structure
- Department of Defense use of other transaction authority : background, analysis, and issues for Congress
- Department of Health and Human Services : FY2019 budget request
- Department of Homeland Security : FY2017
- Department of Homeland Security appropriations : FY 2018
- Department of Homeland Security appropriations : FY2019
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), FY2018 : budget request fact sheet
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), FY2019 : budget request fact sheet
- Department of State, foreign operations and related programs : FY2018 budget and appropriations
- Department of State, foreign operations and related programs : FY2019 budget and appropriations
- Department of State, foreign operations appropriations : guide to component accounts
- Department of Transportation (DOT) : FY2017 appropriations
- Department of Transportation (DOT) : FY2018 appropriations
- Department of Transportation (DOT) Appropriations : FY2019
- Department of Veterans Affairs FY2018 appropriations
- Derivatives : introduction and legislation in the 114th Congress
- Designing congressional commissions : background and considerations for Congress
- Digital services taxes (DSTs) : policy and economic analysis
- Digital trade and U.S. trade policy
- Disaster debris management : requirements, challenges, and federal agency roles
- Discretionary budget authority by subfunction : an overview
- Discretionary spending under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Disposal of unneeded federal buildings : legislative proposals in the 114th Congress
- Diversity immigrants' regions and countries of origin : fact sheet
- Diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity in the Armed Services : background and issues for Congress
- Does foreign aid work? : efforts to evaluate U.S. foreign assistance
- Domestic food assistance : summary of programs
- Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) : overview, issues, and legislation
- Drought in the United States : causes and current understanding
- Drug compounding: FDA authority and possible issues for Congress : other title information
- Drug testing and crime-related restrictions in TANF, SNAP, and housing assistance
- Due process limits on the jurisdiction of courts : issues for Congress
- EPA policies concerning integrated planning and affordability of water infrastructure
- EPA's Clean Power Plan for existing power plants : frequently asked questions
- EPA's clean energy incentive program : background and legal developments
- EPA's methane regulations : legal overview
- EPA's proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan : benefits and costs
- EPA's role in emergency planning and notification at chemical facilities
- EPA's wood stove / wood heater regulations : frequently asked questions
- East Asia's foreign exchange rate policies
- Economic Development Administration : FY2016 appropriations
- Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174) and selected policy issues
- Economic and fiscal conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Economic impact of infrastructure investment
- Ecuador : in brief
- Education-related regulatory flexibilities, waivers, and federal assistance in response to disasters and national emergencies
- Educational assessment and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Effects of Buy America on transportation infrastructure and U.S. manufacturing : policy options
- Efforts to address seasonal agricultural import competition in the NAFTA renegotiation
- Egypt : background and U.S. relations
- El Salvador : background and U.S. relations
- Electing the speaker of the House of Representatives : frequently asked questions
- Electoral college reform : contemporary issues for Congress
- Electric grid cybersecurity
- Electronic employment eligibility verification
- Emergency assistance for agricultural land rehabilitation
- Emergency relief for disaster-damaged roads and public transportation systems
- Employer wellness programs and genetic information : frequently asked questions
- Encryption and the "Going Dark" debate
- Endangered Species Act (ESA) : the exemption process
- Endangered Species Act litigation regarding Columbia basin salmon and steelhead
- Energy and Water Development appropriations : nuclear weapons activities
- Energy and Water Development appropriations for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation : in brief
- Energy and water development : FY2018 appropriations
- Energy and water development : FY2019 appropriations
- Energy legislation : comparable provisions in S. 2012 as passed by the House and Senate
- Energy provisions in the 2014 farm bill (P.L. 113-79) : status and funding
- Energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) and utility energy service contracts (UESCs)
- Energy tax provisions that expired in 2017 ("tax extenders")
- Enforcement of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act : select legal issues
- Enrollment of legislation : relevant Congressional procedures
- Errors and fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Essential Air Service (EAS)
- Ethics pledges and other executive branch appointee restrictions since 1993 : historical perspective, current practices, and options for change
- Everglades restoration : federal funding and implementation progress
- Every Student Succeeds Act : accountability for schools with low graduation rates
- Evolution of the meaning of "Waters of the United States" in the Clean Water Act
- Evolving assessments of human and natural contributions to climate change
- Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) : issues for Congress
- Executive branch reorganization
- Executive order for review of national monuments : background and data
- Expedited removal of aliens : legal framework
- Expulsion of Members of Congress : legal authority and historical practice
- F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program
- FATCA reporting on U.S. accounts : recent legal developments
- FBI director nominations, 1973-2017
- FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) : description and effect on generic drug development
- FEMA and SBA disaster assistance for individuals and households : application process, determinations, and appeals
- FEMA disaster housing : the Individuals and Households Program--implementation and potential issues for Congress
- FEMA individual assistance programs : in brief
- FHA single-family mortgage insurance : financial status of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) / Katie Jones
- FHA-Insured Home Loans : an overview
- FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act
- FY 2018 military construction authorizations and appropriations
- FY2016 appropriations : District of Columbia
- FY2017 Agriculture and related agencies appropriations : in brief
- FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act : selected military personnel issues
- FY2017 State grants under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- FY2017 appropriations for the Department of Justice
- FY2017 appropriations for the Department of Justice grant programs
- FY2017 defense appropriations fact sheet : selected highlights of H.R. 5293, S. 3000, and H.R. 1301
- FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act : selected military personnel issues
- FY2018 and FY2019 Agriculture appropriations : federal food safety activities
- FY2018 and FY2019 appropriations for agricultural conservation
- FY2018 appropriations for Department of Justice grant programs
- FY2018 appropriations for the Department of Justice
- FY2018 appropriations overview : Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis
- False statements and perjury : a sketch of federal criminal law
- False statements and perjury : an overview of federal criminal law
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) : proposed legislation in the 114th Congress
- Family Planning Program under Title X of the Public Health Service Act
- Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) : background and funding
- Farm Bill primer series : a guide to omnibus legislation on agriculture and food programs
- Farm bill programs without a budget baseline beyond FY2018
- Farm bills : major legislative actions, 1965-2018
- Farm policy : USDA's Trade Aid package
- Farm safety-net payments under the 2014 farm bill : comparison by program crop
- Fatherhood initiatives : connecting fathers to their children
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization issues and debate in the 115th Congress
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) media ownership rules
- Federal Crop Insurance : delivery subsidies in brief
- Federal Election Commission : membership and policymaking quorum, in brief
- Federal Employees' Retirement System : summary of recent trends
- Federal Financing for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Federal Lifeline Program : frequently asked questions
- Federal Pell Grant Program of the Higher Education Act : primer
- Federal Research and Development Funding, FY2017
- Federal Reserve : legislation in the 115th Congress
- Federal assistance for victims of terrorism or mass violence : in brief
- Federal citations to the social cost of greenhouse gases
- Federal civil aviation programs : in brief / Bart Elias, Rachel Y. Tang
- Federal crop insurance : program overview for the 115th Congress
- Federal crop insurance : specialty crops
- Federal disaster assistance : the National Flood Insurance Program and other federal disaster assistance programs available to individuals and households after a flood
- Federal disaster assistance after hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike
- Federal employees : human resources management flexibilities in emergency situations
- Federal freight policy : in brief
- Federal funding gaps : a brief overview
- Federal government employment : veterans' preference in competitive examination
- Federal grants and loans for state and local emergency communications projects : frequently asked questions
- Federal grants to state and local governments : a historical perspective on contemporary issues
- Federal health centers : an overview
- Federal income tax treatment of the family
- Federal individual income tax terms : an explanation
- Federal land designations : a brief guide
- Federal land ownership : acquisition and disposal authorities
- Federal lands and related resources : overview and selected issues for the 115th Congress
- Federal mandatory minimum sentences : the safety valve and substantial assistance exceptions
- Federal milk marketing orders : an overview
- Federal prize competition
- Federal public transportation program : in brief
- Federal requirements on private health insurance plans
- Federal research and development (R&D) funding : FY2019
- Federal reserve : oversight and disclosure issues
- Federal resilience and risk reduction : federal assistance and programs
- Federal role in U.S. campaigns and elections : an overview
- Federal role in voter registration : the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and subsequent developments
- Federal spending on benefits and services for people with low income : in brief
- Federal student aid : need analysis formulas and expected family contribution
- Federal student loan forgiveness and loan repayment programs
- Federal support for drug courts : in brief
- Federal support for graduate medical education : an overview
- Federal workforce Statistics sources : OPM and OMB
- Federal-aid highway program (FAHP) : in brief
- Federally funded academic research requirements : background and issues in brief
- Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) : background and issues for Congress
- Federally supported water supply and wastewater treatment programs
- Fees for maintenance and evaluation of pesticide registrations : current law and legislation in the 115th Congress
- Field hearings : fact sheet on purposes, rules, regulations, and guidelines
- Filibusters and cloture in the Senate
- Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2017 appropriations : independent agencies and general provisions
- Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2018 appropriations : overview
- Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2019 appropriations : overview
- Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) : structure and activities
- Financial aid for students : online resources
- Financial regulatory relief : approaches for Congress, regulators, and the administration
- Financial services and general government (FSGG) FY2016 appropriations : independent agencies and general provisions
- Financial services and general government (FSGG) FY2017 appropriations : overview
- Financial services and general government (FSGG) FY2018 appropriations : independent agencies and general provisions
- Financing the U.S. trade deficit
- Fire management assistance grants : frequently asked questions
- Five-year program for federal offshore oil and gas leasing : status and issues in brief
- Foreign Aid : an introduction to U.S. Programs and Policy
- Foreign aid and the education sector : programs and priorities
- Foreign aid in the 115th Congress : a legislative wrap-up in brief
- Forest Service : FY2018 appropriations and FY2019 request
- Forest service assistance programs
- France and U.S.-French relations : in brief
- Freight issues in surface transportation reauthorization
- Frequently asked questions about prescription drug pricing and policy
- Freshwater harmful algal blooms : causes, challenges, and policy considerations
- Funding and financing highways and public transportation
- Funding for EPA water infrastructure : a fact sheet
- GI bill legislation enacted in the 114th Congress
- GI bills enacted prior to 2008 and related veteran's educational assistance programs : a primer
- Gangs in Central America
- General and Flag Officers in the U.S. Armed Forces : background and considerations for Congress
- Generalized system of preferences : agricultural imports
- Geographical indications (GIs) in U.S. food and agricultural trade
- Georgia : background and U.S. policy
- Germaneness of debate in the Senate : the Pastore Rule
- Ghana : current issues and U.S. relations in brief
- Glider kit, engine, and vehicle regulations
- Global research and development expenditures : fact sheet
- Government assistance for AIG : summary and cost
- Government contract bid protests : analysis of legal processes and recent developments
- Government expenditures on defense research and development by the United States and other OECD countries : fact sheet
- Government printing, publications, and digital information management : issues and challenges
- Grants work in a congressional office
- Guatemala : political and socioeconomic conditions and U.S. relations
- Guide to committee activity reports : purpose, rules, and contents
- Guide to individuals seated on the House dais
- Guide to individuals seated on the Senate dais
- Gulf coast restoration : RESTORE Act and related efforts
- Gun control : FY2017 appropriations for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and other initiatives
- Gun control : federal law and legislative action in the 114th Congress
- Gun control, mental incompetency, and social security administration final rule
- Gun control, veterans benefits, and mental incompetency determinations
- Guns, excise taxes, wildlife restoration, and the National Firearms Act
- H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act : Proposed Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
- HUD FY2019 appropriations : in brief
- HUD's reverse mortgage insurance program : home equity conversion mortgages
- Haiti's political and economic conditions : in brief
- Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-48)
- Health Care for Dependents and Survivors of Veterans
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) FY2019 budget request and funding history : fact sheet
- Health benefits for members of Congress and designated congressional staff : in brief
- Health care fraud and abuse laws affecting medicare and medicaid : an overview
- Health care-related expiring provisions of the 115th Congress, first session
- Health insurance premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies
- Health savings accounts (HSAs)
- Heroin trafficking in the United States
- High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program
- Higher education tax benefits : brief overview and budgetary effects
- Highway bridge conditions : issues for Congress
- History of House and Senate restaurants : context for current operations and issues
- History, evolution, and practices of the President's State of the Union Address : frequently asked questions
- Honduras : background and U.S. relations
- House Committee funding : description of process and analysis of disbursements
- House Committee funding requests and authorizations, 104th-115th Congresses
- House Committee markups : manual of procedures and procedural strategies
- House Committee on Ethics : a brief history of its evolution and jurisdiction
- House Committee party ratios : 98th-115th Congresses
- House Office of Congressional Ethics : history, authority, and procedures
- House Standing Committee chairs and ranking minority members : rules governing selection procedures
- House and Senate restaurants : current operations and issues for Congress
- House committee chairs : considerations, decisions, and actions as one Congress ends and a new Congress begins
- House of Representatives staff levels in member, committee, leadership, and other offices, 1977-2016
- House offset amendments to appropriations bills : procedural considerations
- House rules manual : summary of contents
- House voting procedures : forms and requirements
- Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (H.R.)
- Housing issues in the 115th Congress
- How FDA approves drugs and regulates their safety and effectiveness
- How Social Security benefits are computed : in brief
- How legislation is brought to the House floor : a snapshot of parliamentary practice in the 114th Congress (2015-2016)
- How measures are brought to the Senate floor : a brief introduction
- How to develop and write a grant poposal
- How treasury issues debt
- Hunting and fishing on federal lands and waters : overview and issues for Congress
- Hydraulic fracturing : selected legal issues
- Immigration : U.S. asylum policy
- Immigration : frequently asked questions about "public charge"
- Immigration consequences of criminal activity
- Impact Aid, Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act : a primer
- Implementing EPA's 2015 ozone air quality standards
- Implementing bills for trade agreements : statutory procedures under trade promotion authority
- Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for disaster response, recovery, and mitigation projects
- Improper payments in high-priority programs : in brief
- Improper payments legislation : key provisions, implementation, and selected proposals in the 114th Congress
- Inauguration security : operations, appropriations, and issues for Congress
- Income eligibility and rent in HUD rental assistance program : frequently asked questions
- Increasing choice, access, and quality in health care for Americans Act (Division C of P.L. 114-255)
- Independence Day speech resources : fact sheet
- Independence of federal financial regulatiors : structure, funding, and other issues
- Indexing capital gains taxes for inflation
- India's natural gas : a small part of the energy mix
- India-U.S. relations : issues for Congress
- Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) : gaming on newly acquired lands
- Indian Health Service (IHS) FY2019 budget request and funding history : a fact sheet
- Indian Water Rights Settlements
- Indian elementary-secondary education : programs, background, and issues
- Individual income tax rates and other key elements of the federal individual income tax : 1988 to 2017
- Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) Mobility, Reconnaissance, and Firepower Programs
- Information warfare : issues for Congress/
- Infrastructure : green building overview and issues
- Infrastructure finance and debt to support surface transportation investment
- Instances of use of United States Armed forces abroad, 1798-2017
- Institutional eligibility for participation in Title IV Student Financial Aid Programs
- Instructing House conferees
- Insurance Regulation : background, overview, and legislation in the 114th Congress
- Insurance regulation : legislation in the 115th Congress
- Intelligence community whistleblower protections : in brief
- Interior, Environment, and related agencies : overview of FY ... appropriations
- Interior, environment, and related agencies : FY2017 appropriations
- International approaches to digital currencies
- International law and agreements : their effect upon U.S. law
- International trade and finance : overview and issues for the 115th Congress
- International trade and finance : overview and issues for the 116th Congress
- Internet freedom in China : U.S. government activity, private sector initiatives, and issues of Congressional interest
- Internet gambling : policy issues for Congress
- Internet governance and the domain name system : issues for Congress
- Internships in congressional office : frequently asked questions
- Interstate natural gas pipeline siting : FERC policy and issues for Congress
- Introducing a Senate Bill or resolution
- Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
- Introduction to the legislative process in the U.S. Congress
- Invasive species : major laws and the role of selected federal agencies
- Invoking cloture in the Senate
- Iran : U.S. economic sanctions and the authority to lift restrictions
- Iran : internal politics and U.S. policy and options
- Iran nuclear agreement and U.S. exit
- Iran sanctions
- Iran's foreign and defense policies
- Iran's nuclear program : Tehran's compliance with international obligations
- Iran's nuclear program : status
- Iran's threats, the Strait of Hormuz, and oil markets : in brief
- Iran-North Korea-Syria ballistic missile and nuclear cooperation
- Iraq : Background and U.S. Policy
- Iraq : issues in the 115th Congress
- Iraqi and Afghan special immigrant visa programs
- Israel : background and U.S. relations
- Israel : background and U.S. relations in brief
- Issues in autonomous vehicle deployment
- Issues in international corporate taxation : the 2017 Revision (P.L. 115-97)
- Issues with federal motor vehicle safety standards
- JOBS and Investor Confidence Act (House-Amended S. 488) : Capital markets provisions
- Japan-U.S. relations : issues for Congress
- Jewish holidays : fact sheet
- Job creation in the manufacturing revival
- Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) : background and issues for Congress / Andrew Feickert
- Joint Select Committee on solvency of multiemployer pension plans : structure, procedures, and CRS experts
- Jordan : background and U.S. relations
- Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh : his jurisprudence and potential impact on the Supreme Court
- Judge Neil M. Gorsuch : his jurisprudence and potential impact on the Supreme Court
- Judicial opinions of judge Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Judiciary appropriations, FY2017
- Judiciary appropriations, FY2018
- Juneteenth : fact sheet
- Justice Department's role in cyber incident response
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) formula grant reauthorization
- Juvenile delinquents and federal criminal law : the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act and related matters
- Juvenile justice funding trends
- Key historical court decisions shaping EPA's program under the Clean Air Act
- Keystone XL : greenhouse gas emissions assessments in the final environmental impact statement
- Kosovo : background and U.S. relations
- Kuwait : governance, security, and U.S. policy
- LNG as a maritime fuel : prospects and policy
- Labor market since 2007
- Labor, health and human services, and education : FY2017 appropriations
- Lame duck sessions of Congress following a majority-changing election : in brief
- Lame duck sessions of Congress, 1935-2016 (74th-114th Congresses)
- Land and water conservation fund : appropriations for "other purposes"
- Land and water conservation fund : overview, funding history, and issues
- Land exchanges : Bureau of Land Management (BLM) process and issues
- Latin America and the Caribbean : fact sheet on leaders and elections
- Latin America and the Caribbean : issues in the 115th Congress
- Lebanon
- Legal authorities under the Controlled Substances Act to combat the opioid crisis
- Legal services corporation : background and funding
- Legislative branch : FY2017 appropriations
- Legislative branch : FY2018 appropriations
- Legislative branch : FY2019 appropriations
- Legislative branch agency appointments : history, processes, and recent actions
- Legislative branch appropriations : frequently asked questions
- Liberia : political transition and U.S. relations
- Lifting the earmark moratorium : frequently asked questions
- Limitations in appropriations measures : an overview of procedural issues
- Lobby registration and disclosure : the role of the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate
- MS-13 in the United States and federal law enforcement efforts
- Mail and wire fraud : a brief overview of federal criminal law
- Mail and wire fraud : an abbreviated overview of federal criminal law
- Major agricultural trade issues in the 115th Congress
- Major disaster assistance from the disaster relief fund : state profiles
- Major disaster declarations for snow assistance and severe winter storms : an overview
- Major foreign aid initiatives under the Obama administration : a wrap-up
- Majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions by Judge Neil M. Gorsuch
- Malawi : key developments and U.S. relations
- Mandatory minimum sentencing of federal drug offenses
- Mandatory minimum sentencing of federal drug offenses in short
- Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicle (ACV) : background and issues for Congress
- Market-based greenhouse gas emission reduction legislation : 108th through 115th Congresses
- Marketplace lending : Fintech in consumer and small-business lending
- Mass shootings and terrorism : CRS products
- Maternal and child health services block grant : background and funding
- Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program : background and funding
- Medicaid alternative benefit plan coverage : frequently asked questions
- Medicaid coverage of long-term services and supports
- Medicaid provider taxes
- Medicaid's Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
- Medicare : Part B premiums
- Medicare : insolvency projections
- Medicare Advantage (MA)-proposed benchmark update and other adjustments for CY2020 : In brief
- Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit
- Medicare advantage (MA)-proposed benchmark update and other adjustments for CY2018 : in brief
- Medicare and budget sequestration
- Medicare coverage of end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
- Medicare financial status : in brief
- Medicare trigger
- Membership of the 114th Congress : a profile
- Membership of the 115th Congress : a profile
- Methane and other air pollution issues in natural gas systems
- Mexico : background and U.S. relations
- Mexico : organized crime and drug trafficking organizations
- Military benefits for former spouses: : legislation and policy issues
- Military child development program : background and issues
- Military medical care : frequently asked questions
- Military pay : key questions and answers
- Military retirement : background and recent developments
- Military service records, awards, and unit histories : a guide to locating sources
- Military sexual assault : A framework for congressional oversight
- Military survivor benefit plan : background and issues for Congress
- Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Minority Business Development Agency : an overview of its history and current issues
- Missing adults : background, federal programs, and issues for Congress
- Mixed-oxide fuel fabrication plant and plutonium disposition : management and policy Issues
- Modes of constitutional interpretation
- Monetary policy and the Federal Reserve : current policy and conditions
- Money Laundering : an Overview of 18 U.S.C. ʹ 1956 and related federal criminal law
- Money for something : music licensing in the 21st century
- Money laundering : an abridged overview of 18 U.S.C. ʹ 1956 and related federal criminal law
- Monuments and memorials authorized and completed under the Commemorative Works Act in the District of Columbia
- Monuments and memorials authorized under the Commemorative Works Act in the District of Columbia : current development of in-progress and lapsed works
- Multiemployer defined benefit (DB) pension plans : a primer
- Multilateral development banks : U.S. contributions FY2000-FY2019
- Multilateral development banks : overview and issues for Congress
- Multinational species conservation fund semipostal stamp
- Multiyear procurement (MYP) and block buy contracting in defense acquisition : background and issues for Congress
- Municipal broadband : background and policy debate
- NAFTA and motor vehicle trade
- NAFTA renegotiation and modernization
- NASA : FY2017 budget and appropriations
- NASA appropriations and authorizations : a fact sheet
- NASS and U.S. crop production forecasts : methods and issues
- NERC standards for bulk power physical security : is the grid more secure?
- Nanotechnology : a policy primer
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) : history, function, and funding
- National Flood Insurance Program : selected issues and legislation in the 115th Congress
- National Hispanic Heritage Month : fact sheet
- National Monuments and the Antiquities Act
- National Park Service appropriations : ten-year trends
- National Special Security Events : fact sheet
- National emergency powers
- National park system : establishing new units
- Natural gas : a key part of the global energy mix
- Natural gas discoveries in the Eastern mediterranean
- Naval station Guantanamo Bay : history and legal issues regarding its lease agreements
- Navy Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program : background and issues for Congress
- Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) class ballistic missile submarine program : background and issues for Congress
- Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 destroyer programs : background and issues for Congress
- Navy Ford (CVN-78) class aircraft carrier program : background and issues for Congress
- Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) program : background and issues for Congress
- Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) class oiler shipbuilding program : background and issues for Congress
- Navy LPD-17 Flight II (LX(R)) amphibious ship program : background and issues for Congress
- Navy Virginia (SSN-774) class attack submarine procurement : background and issues for Congress
- Navy force structure and shipbuilding plans : background and issues for Congress
- Navy irregular warfare and counterterrorism operations : background and issues for Congress
- Navy lasers, railgun, and gun-launched guided projectile : background and issues for Congress
- Navy littoral combat ship (LCS) program : background and issues for congress
- New markets tax credit : an introduction
- Next generation 911 technologies : select issues for Congress
- Nicaragua : in brief
- Niger : frequently asked questions about the October 2017 attack on U.S. soldiers
- Nigeria : current issues and U.S. policy
- Noncitizen eligibility for federal public assistance : policy overview
- Nonimmigrant (temporary) admissions to the United States : policy and trends
- Nonstrategic nuclear weapons
- North Korea : U.S. relations, nuclear diplomacy, and internal situation
- North Korea : legislative basis for U.S. economic sanctions
- North Korean cyber capabilities : in brief
- Northeast Asia and Russia's "turn to the east" : implications for U.S. interests
- Northern Ireland : current issues and ongoing challenges in the peace process
- Nuclear cooperation with other countries : a primer
- Nuclear energy : overview of congressional issues
- Nutrition labeling of restaurant menu and vending machine items
- OPIC, USAID, and proposed development finance reorganization
- OSHA state plans : in brief, with examples from California and Arizona
- Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) : history and overview
- Offshore oil and gas development : legal framework
- Oil and chemical spills : federal emergency response framework
- Oil and gas activities within the National Wildlife Refuge System
- Oil sands and the oil spill liability trust fund : the definition of "oil" and related issues for Congress
- Oil spills : background and governance
- Older Americans Act : overview and funding
- Oman : reform, security, and U.S. policy
- One-minute speeches : current House practices
- Organization of American States : background and issues for Congress
- Overseas contingency operations funding : background and status
- Overtime Exemptions in the Fair Labor Standards Act for executive, administrative, and professional employees
- Overview of ESEA title I-A and the school meals' community eligibility provision
- Overview of FY2017 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies (CJS)
- Overview of FY2018 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies (CJS)
- Overview of FY2019 appropriations for the Census Bureau
- Overview of U.S.-South Korea agricultural trade
- Overview of funding mechanisms in the federal budget process, and selected examples
- Overview of further continuing appropriations for FY2017 (H.R. 2028)
- Overview of health insurance exchanges
- Overview of the Federal tax system in 2018
- Overview of the federal government's power to exclude aliens
- Overview of the prudential regulatory framework for U.S. banks : Basel III and the Dodd-Frank Act
- PILT (payments in lieu of taxes) : somewhat simplified
- Paid family leave in the United States
- Pakistan's nuclear weapons
- Paraguay : in brief
- Paris Agreement : U.S. climate finance commitments
- Parliamentary rights of the delegates and Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico
- Party leaders in the House : election, duties, and responsibilities
- Party leaders in the United States Congress, 1789-2017
- Pass-throughs, corporations, and small businesses : a look at firm size
- Past government shutdowns : key resources
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) : resources for frequently asked questions
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) : a primer
- Permanent employment-based immigration and the per-country ceiling
- Permanent legal immigration to the United States : policy overview
- Pesticide use and water quality : are the laws complementary or in conflict?
- Points of order, rulings, and appeals in the House of Representatives
- Points of order, rulings, and appeals in the Senate
- Policy options for multiemployer defined benefit pension plans
- Positive Train Control (PTC) : overview and policy issues
- Post-Heller Second Amendment jurisprudence
- Potential effects of a U.S. NAFTA withdrawal : agricultural markets
- Potential options for electric power resiliency in the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Poverty in the United States in 2016 : in brief
- Poverty in the United States in 2017 : in brief
- Pre-merger review and challenges under the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act
- Preliminary damage assessments for major disasters : overview, analysis, and policy observations
- Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) : 2017 reauthorization as PDUFA VI
- Prescription drug discount coupons and patient assistance programs (PAPs)
- Prescription drug monitoring programs
- Present trends and the evolution of mandatory spending
- Preserving homeownership : foreclosure prevention initiatives
- Presidential appointments to full-time positions in Executive Departments during the 114th Congress
- Presidential appointments to full-time positions in independent and other agencies during the 114th Congress
- Presidential appointments to full-time positions on regulatory and other collegial boards and commissions, 114th Congress
- Presidential authority over trade : imposing tariffs and duties
- Presidential funerals and burials : selected resources/
- Presidential permit review for cross-border pipelines and electric transmission
- Presidential permits for border crossing energy facilities
- Prevalence of mental illness in the United States : data sources and estimates
- Previewing a 2018 farm bill
- Prioritizing waterway lock projects : barge traffic changes
- Privacy protections for individuals with substance use disorders : the part 2 final rule in brief
- Private activity bonds : an introduction
- Private bills : procedure in the House
- Private flood insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program
- Privatization and the constitution : selected legal issues
- Privileged business on the House floor
- Profiles and effects of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports
- Programs available to unemployed workers through the American Job Center network
- Programs for minority-serving institutions under the Higher Education Act
- Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
- Proposals to eliminate public financing of presidential campaigns
- Proposed multiemployer composite plans : background and analysis
- Protecting classified information and the rights of criminal defendants : the Classified Information Procedures Act
- Protecting consumers and businesses from fraudulent robocalls
- Provisions affecting the congressional budget process included in H.Res. 5 (115th Congress)
- Provisions of Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017 (ORRA)
- Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Program : in brief
- Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) and Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance (PSOEA) Programs
- Public health and other related provisions in P.L 115-271, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
- Public health service agencies : overview and funding (FY2016-FY2018)
- Public trust and law enforcement : a discussion for policymakers
- Public-private partnerships (P3s) in transportation
- Qatar : governance, security, and U.S. policy
- Quantum information science : applications, global research and development, and policy considerations
- Questioning judicial nominees : legal limitations and practice
- Questions of privilege in the House
- Quorum requirements in the Senate : committee and chamber
- Railroad Retirement Board : trust fund investment practices
- Real wage trends, 1979 to 2017
- Reauthorization of the Perkins Act in the 115th Congress : the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st Century Act
- Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
- Recent changes in the estate and gift tax provisions
- Recent migration to the United States from Central America : frequently asked questions
- Recent state election law challenges : in brief
- Recent violent crime trends in the United States
- Recently expired individual tax provisions ("tax extenders") : in brief
- Reception and placement of refugees in the United States
- Recess appointments made by President Barack Obama
- Redeploying U.S. nuclear weapons to South Korea : background and implications in brief
- Reform of U.S. international taxation : alternatives
- Refugee admissions and resettlement policy
- Registered apprenticeship : federal role and recent federal efforts
- Regular vetoes and pocket vetoes : in brief
- Regulation of clinical tests : in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices, laboratory developed tests (LDTs), and genetic tests
- Regulatory reform 10 years after the financial crisis, Dodd-Frank and securities law
- Regulatory reform 10 years after the financial crisis, systemic risk regulation of non-bank financial institutions
- Renegotiating NAFTA and U.S. textile manufacturing
- Renewable energy R&D funding history : a comparison with funding for nuclear energy, fossil energy, energy efficiency, and electric systems R&D
- Research evidence on the impact of work requirements in need-tested programs
- Reserve component personnel issues : questions and answers
- Residential energy tax credits : overview and analysis
- Resolutions of Inquiry : an analysis of their use in the House, 1947-2017
- Resolutions to censure the President : procedure and history
- Resolving legislative differences in Congress : conference committees and amendments between the houses
- Resources for grantseekers
- Respirable crystalline silica in the workplace : new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards
- Retirement Benefits for Federal Law Enforcement Personnel
- Retirement benefits for members of Congress
- Right to Try : access to investigational drugs
- Robbery, extortion, and bribery in one place : a legal overview of the Hobbs Act
- Runaway and homeless youth : demographics and programs
- Rural highways
- Russia : Background and U.S. Policy
- Russian compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty : background and issues for Congress
- Rwanda : in brief
- SAMHSA FY2018 budget request and funding history : a fact sheet
- SBA New Markets Venture Capital program
- SBA Office of Advocacy : overview, history, and current issues
- SBA Office of the National Ombudsman : overview, history, and current Issues
- SBA Small Business Investment Company Program
- SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program
- SBA and CDBG-DR duplication of benefits in the administration of disaster assistance : background, policy issues, and options for Congress
- SBA assistance to small business startups : client experiences and program impact
- SBA's "8(a) Program" : overview, history, and current issues
- SBA's Office of Inspector General : overview, impact, and relationship with Congress
- SORNA : a legal analysis of 18 U.S.C. ʹ2250 (Failure to Register as a Sex Offender)
- SORNA : an abridged legal analysis of 18 U.S.C. ʹ2250 (Failure to Register as a Sex Offender)
- Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) : a summary of the act and its major requirements
- Sage-grouse conservation : background and issues
- Salaries of members of Congress, congressional votes, 1990-2018
- Salaries of members of Congress, recent actions and historical tables
- Sanctuary jurisdictions and select federal grant funding issues : in brief
- Saudi Arabia : background and U.S. relations
- School meals programs and other USDA child nutrition programs : a primer
- School resource officers : issues for Congress
- Science and technology issues in the 115th Congress
- Science and technology issues in the 116th Congress
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education : an overview
- Sea-level rise and U.S. coasts : science and policy considerations
- Section 232 investigations : overview and issues for Congress
- Securities regulation and initial coin offerings : a legal primer/
- Security of air cargo shipments, operations, and facilities
- Seed cotton as a farm program crop : in brief
- Selected federal water activities : agencies, authorities, and Congressional committees
- Selected foreign counterparts of U.S. Army ground combat systems and implications for combat operations and modernization
- Selected international insurance issues in the 115th Congress
- Selected legal tools for maintaining government contractor accountability
- Selected securities legislation in the 114th Congress
- Selecting the World Bank president
- Senate Committee expenditures resolutions, 115th Congress, and funding authorizations since 1999
- Senate Committee funding : description of process and analysis of disbursements
- Senate Committee party ratios : 98th-115th Congresses
- Senate Rule XIV procedure for placing measures directly on the Senate calendar
- Senate Rules restricting the content of conference reports
- Senate Select Committee on Ethics : a brief history of its evolution and jurisdiction
- Senate Standing Committees' rules on legislative activities and executive business : analysis for the 114th Congress
- Senate committee hearings : arranging witnesses
- Senate committee hearings : preparation
- Senate committee hearings : scheduling and notification
- Senate committee hearings : witness testimony
- Senate committee rules in the 115th Congress : key provisions
- Senate consideration of presidential nominations : committee and floor procedure
- Senate consideration of treaties
- Senate proceedings establishing majority cloture for Supreme Court nominations : in brief
- Senate rules affecting committees
- Senate staff levels in member, committee, leadership, and other offices, 1977-2016
- Serbia : background and U.S. relations
- Sessions, adjournments, and recesses of Congress
- Sexual harassment and Title VII : selected legal issues
- Sharing the Colorado River and the Rio Grande : cooperation and conflict with Mexico
- Short-term, small-dollar lending : policy issues and implications
- Shutdown of the federal government : causes, processes, and effects
- Slow growth in the current U.S. economic expansion
- Small Business Administration (SBA) funding : overview and recent trends
- Small Business Administration 504/CDC Loan Guaranty Program
- Small Business Administration 7(a) Loan Guaranty Program
- Small Business Administration : a primer on programs and funding
- Small Business Administration HUBZone Program
- Small Business Administration Microloan Program
- Small Business Administration and job creation
- Small Business Administration trade and export promotion programs
- Small business : access to capital and job creation
- Small business management and technical assistance training programs
- Small business mentor-protégé programs
- Small business size standards : a historical analysis of contemporary issues
- Small business tax benefits : current law and arguments for and against them
- Smithsonian Institution : background and issues for Congress
- Social Security : cost-of-living adjustments
- Social Security Administration (SSA), FY2017 appropriations and recent trends
- Social Security benefits for noncitizens
- Social Security survivors benefits
- Social media adoption by members of Congress : trends and congressional considerations
- Social security : minimum benefits
- Social security : revisiting benefits for spouses and survivors
- Social security : the lump-sum death benefit
- Social security : the trust funds
- Social security : the windfall elimination provisions (WEP)
- Social security : what would happen if the trust funds ran out?
- Social security disability insurance (SSDI) and supplemental security income (SSI) : eligibility, benefits, and financing
- Social security primer
- Social services block grant : background and funding
- Softwood lumber imports from Canada : current issues
- Spain and its relations with the United States : in brief
- Speakers of the House : elections, 1913-2019
- Speaking on the house floor : gaining time and parliamentary phraseology
- Special counsels, independent counsels, and special prosecutors : legal authority and limitations on independent executive investigations
- Special minimum wages for workers with disabilities : frequently asked questions
- Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulations : background and issues for Congress
- Sponsorship and cosponsorship of House bills
- Sponsorship and cosponsorship of Senate bills
- Sri Lanka : background, reform, reconciliation, and geopolitical context
- Staff pay levels for selected positions in House Committees, 2001-2015
- Staff pay levels for selected positions in House Member offices, 2001-2015
- Staff pay levels for selected positions in Senate Committees, FY2001-FY2015
- Staff pay levels for selected positions in Senators' Offices, FY2001-FY2015
- Staff tenure in selected positions in House Committees, 2006-2016
- Staff tenure in selected positions in House Member Offices, 2006-2016
- Staff tenure in selected positions in Senate Committees, 2006-2016
- Staff tenure in selected positions in Senators' Offices, 2006-2016
- Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response : the SAFER grant program
- Stafford Act Assistance and acts of terrorism
- Stafford Act declarations, 1953-2016 : trends and analyses, and implications for Congress
- State Department special envoy, representative, and coordinator positions : background and congressional actions
- State Small Business Credit Initiative : implementation and funding issues
- State and local "Sanctuary" policies limiting participation in immigration enforcement
- State innovation waiver : frequently asked questions
- State management of federal lands : frequently asked questions
- State minimum wage ballot measures : in brief
- State minimum wages : an overview
- State sponsors of acts of international terrorism--legislative parameters : in brief
- State, Foreign Operations and related programs : FY2017 budget and appropriations
- Statistics on livestock grazing on federal lands : FY2002 to FY2016
- Statute of Limitation in federal criminal cases : a sketch
- Statute of Limitation in federal criminal cases : an overview
- Statutory Inspectors General in the federal government : a primer
- Statutory interpretation : theories, tools, and trends
- Statutory restrictions on the position of Secretary of Defense : issues for Congress
- Statutory, average, and effective marginal tax rates in the federal individual income tax : background and analysis
- Stealing trade secrets and economic espionage : an abridged overview of the Economic Espionage Act
- Stealing trade secrets and economic espionage : an overview of the Economic Espionage Act
- Sub-Saharan Africa : key issues and U.S. engagement
- Supermajority votes in the house
- Supersonic passenger flights
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) : a primer on eligibility and benefits
- Supreme Court October term 2016 : a review of selected major rulings
- Supreme Court October term 2017 : a review of selected major rulings
- Supreme Court appointment process : President's selection of a nominee
- Supreme Court appointment process : consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee
- Supreme Court appointment process : senate debate and confirmation vote
- Supreme Court nominations, 1789 to 2017 : actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President
- Surface transportation devolution
- Suspension of the rules in the House : principal features
- Syrian refugee admissions and resettlement in the United States : in brief
- Systemically important or "too big to fail" financial institutions
- TPP : American agriculture and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement
- Tailoring bank regulations : differences in bank size, activities, and capital levels
- Taiwan : issues for Congress
- Tanzania : current issues and U.S. policy
- Tax deductions for individuals : a summary
- Tax incentives for opportunity zones : in brief
- Tax provisions that expired in 2016 ("tax extenders")
- Tax-exempt bonds : a description of state and local government debt
- Tax-preferred college savings plans : an introduction to 529 plans
- Tax-preferred college savings plans : an introduction to coverdells
- Teacher preparation policies and issues in the Higher Education Act
- Teen birth trends : in brief
- Teen pregnancy : federal prevention programs
- Telehealth services proposed for Medicare Part B reimbursements, 2018 : fact sheet
- Temporarily filling presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed positions
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) : size of the population eligible for and receiving cash assistance
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) : the work participation standard and engagement in welfare-to-work activities
- Temporary professional, managerial, and skilled foreign workers : policy and trends
- Temporary protected status : overview and current issues
- Terrorist databases and the no fly list : procedural due process and other legal issue
- Terrorist material support : a sketch of 18 U.S.C. \U+00a7\2339A and \U+00a7\2339B
- Terrorist material support : an overview of 18 U.S.C. \U+00a7\2339A and \U+00a7\2339B
- The "Flores Settlement" and alien families apprehended at the U.S. Border : frequently asked questions
- The 10-20-30 plan and persistent poverty counties
- The 2015 National Security Strategy : Authorities, Changes, Issues for Congress
- The 2017 tax revision (P.L. 115-97) : comparison to 2017 tax law
- The 21st Century Cures Act (Division A of P.L. 114-255)
- The ACA Prevention and Public Health Fund : in brief
- The Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF) : an overview
- The Alien Tort Statute (ATS) : a primer
- The American Opportunity Tax Credit : overview, analysis, and policy options
- The Army Corps of Engineers' nationwide permits program : issues and regulatory developments
- The Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program : the safety valve and substantial assistance exceptions
- The Article V convention to propose constitutional amendments : current developments
- The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and an FY2019 budget resolution
- The Black Lung Program, the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, and the excise tax on coal : background and policy options
- The Budget Control Act : frequently asked questions
- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing : history and final program for 2017-2022
- The Civil Service Reform Act : due process and misconduct-related adverse actions
- The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United State (CFIUS)
- The Commodity Credit Corporation : in brief
- The Community Health Center Fund : in brief
- The Congressional Arts Caucus and the Congressional Art Competition : history and current practice
- The Congressional Review Act (CRA) : frequently asked questions
- The Congressional Review Act : determining which "rules" must be submitted to Congress
- The Consumer Product Safety Act : a legal analysis
- The Corporation for National and Community Service : overview of programs and funding
- The Defense Production Act of 1950 : history, authorities, and considerations for Congress
- The Disaster Relief Fund : overview and issues
- The Dodd-Frank Act : an overview of the 2016 incentive-based compensation proposal
- The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act : background and summary
- The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) : administrative and compliance challenges
- The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) : an economic analysis
- The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) : an overview
- The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) : background and funding
- The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act : S. 385 and H.R. 1443
- The European Union : ongoing challenges and future prospects
- The European Union : questions and answers
- The European Union's Small Business Act : a different approach
- The FCC's rules and policies regarding media ownership, attribution, and ownership diversity
- The FDA medical device user fee program : MDUFA IV reauthorization
- The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Child Labor Provisions
- The Federal Advisory Committee Act : analysis of operations and costs
- The Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 : background and key provisions
- The Federal Communications Commission : current structure and its role in the changing telecommunications landscape
- The Federal Power Act (FPA) and electricity markets
- The Federal budget : overview and issues for FY 2019 and beyond
- The Financial Action Task Force : an overview
- The Financial CHOICE Act in the 115th Congress : selected policy issues
- The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and next-generation communications for public safety : issues for Congress
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Budget : fact sheet/
- The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) : a legal overview
- The G-20 and international economic cooperation : background and implications for Congress
- The H-2B Visa and the statutory cap : in brief
- The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants : programs authorized by the HEARTH Act
- The Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) : in brief
- The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Reform Act of 2016 (Division B of P.L. 114-255)
- The Holman Rule (House Rule XXI, Clause 2(b))
- The House Journal : origin, purpose, and approval
- The House and Senate 2018 farm bills (H.R. 2) : a side-by-side comparison with current law
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funding : a primer
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), part B : key statutory and regulatory provisions
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), part C : early intervention for infants and toddlers with disabilities
- The International Monetary Fund
- The Islamic State and U.S. policy
- The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations process reform
- The LIHEAP Formula
- The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) : overview of workers' compensation for certain private-sector maritime workers
- The Manufacturing Extension Partnership program
- The Marshall Plan : design, accomplishments, and significance
- The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) : selected legal issues
- The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) : issues in brief
- The National Health Service Corps
- The National Hurricane Center and forecasting hurricanes : 2017 overview and 2018 outlook
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology : an appropriations overview
- The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
- The National Park Service's maintenance backlog : frequently asked questions
- The National Science Foundation : FY2018 appropriations and funding history
- The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) : an overview of programs and funding
- The National Transportation Safety board (NTSB) : background and possible issues for reauthorization and oversight
- The New START Treaty : central limits and key provisions
- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- The Office of the Parliamentarian in the House and Senate
- The Overseas Private Investment Corporation : background and legislative issues
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Transitional Reinsurance Program
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) risk adjustment program : frequently asked questions
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's essential health benefits (EHB)
- The Peace Corps : current issues
- The Posse Comitatus Act and related matters : a sketch
- The Posse Comitatus Act and related matters : the use of the military to execute civilian law
- The Post-9/11 GI Bill : a primer
- The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA; H.R. 5278, S. 2328)
- The Purple Heart : background and issues for Congress
- The Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program
- The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) : an overview
- The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) : waiver authority and modification of volumes
- The Rohingya crises in Bangladesh and Burma
- The Rule XIX Call to Order for Disorderly Language in Senate debate
- The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L. 115-271) : Food and Drug Administration and controlled substance provisions
- The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L.115-271) : medicare provisions
- The Scalia vacancy in historical context : frequently asked questions
- The Senate "Two-Hour Rule" governing committee meeting times
- The Senkakus (Diaoyu/Diaoyutai) dispute : U.S. treaty obligations
- The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) : section-by-section summary
- The Small Business Lending Fund
- The State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report : scope, aid restrictions, and methodology
- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) : categorical eligibility
- The Supplemental Poverty Measure : its core concepts, development, and use
- The Supreme Court's overruling of constitutional precedent
- The TRIO programs : a primer
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant : a legislative history
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant : responses to frequently asked questions
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant legislation in the 114th Congress
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant : a primer on TANF financing and federal requirements
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant subsidized employment demonstration proposal : in brief
- The Terrorist Screening Database and preventing terrorist travel
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) : analysis of economic studies
- The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program
- The Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration enforcement policy
- The Trump administration's March 2017 defense budget proposals : frequently asked questions
- The U.S. coal industry : historical trends and recent developments
- The U.S. export control system and the export control reform initiative
- The U.S. nuclear weapons complex : overview of Department of Energy sites
- The U.S. science and engineering workforce : recent, current, and projected employment, wages, and unemployment
- The U.S. trade situation for fruit and vegetable products
- The U.S.-EU beef hormone dispute
- The Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) : state insolvency and federal loans to states
- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) : issues for U.S. policy
- The United Kingdom : background, Brexit, and relations with the United States
- The United Nations Human Rights Council : issues for Congress
- The Veterans Choice Program (VCP) : program implementation
- The Veterans Health Administration and medical education : in brief
- The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) : historical overview, funding, and reauthorization
- The Work Opportunity Tax Credit
- The advocacy of terrorism on the internet : freedom of speech issues and the material support statutes
- The blue slip process for U.S. circuit and district court nominations : frequently asked questions
- The budget reconciliation process : stages of consideration
- The budget reconciliation process : the Senate's "Byrd rule"
- The campus-based financial aid programs : background and issues
- The child and dependent care credit : impact of selected policy options
- The child tax credit : current law
- The child tax credit : legislative history
- The civil defense acquisition workforce : enhancing recruitment through hiring flexibilities
- The closure of institutions of higher education : student options, borrower relief, and implications
- The committee markup process in the House of Representatives
- The congressional appropriations process : an introduction
- The crime victims fund : federal support for victims of crime
- The current state of federal information technology acquisition reform and management
- The debt limit since 2011
- The earned income tax credit (EITC) : a brief legislative history
- The economic effects of trade : overview and policy challenges
- The effectiveness of the Community Reinvestment Act
- The electoral college : reform proposals in the 114th and 115th Congress
- The enactment of appropriations measures during lame duck sessions
- The excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance : estimated economic and market effects
- The federal "crime of violence" definition : overview and judicial developments
- The federal food safety system : a primer
- The federal government's authority to impose conditions on grant funds
- The federal minimum wage : in brief
- The federal role in groundwater supply : overview and legislation in the 115th Congress
- The federal tax system for the 2017 tax year
- The first day of a new Congress : a guide to proceedings on the House floor
- The first day of a new congress : a guide to proceedings on the senate floor
- The future of internet governance : should the United States relinquish its authority over ICANN
- The global research and development landscape and implications for the Department of Defense
- The hardest hit fund : frequently asked questions
- The individual mandate for health insurance coverage : in brief
- The interaction between Medicare premiums and Social Security COLAs
- The legislative process on the House floor : an introduction
- The legislative process on the Senate floor : an introduction
- The loss of quorum at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- The marijuana policy gap and the path forward
- The mental health workforce : a primer
- The net neutrality debate : access to broadband networks
- The opioid epidemic and federal efforts to address it : frequently asked questions
- The opioid epidemic and the Food and Drug Administration : legal authorities and recent agency action
- The pregnancy assistance fund : an overview
- The proposed equal rights amendment : contemporary ratifiication issues
- The renewable electricity production tax credit : in brief
- The role of State approving agencies in the administration of GI Bill benefits
- The role of the House minority leader : an overview
- The selective service system and draft registration : issues for Congress
- The senate's calendar of business
- The senate's executive calendar
- The social security retirement age
- The special registration for telemedicine : in brief
- The use of modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) in federal health programs
- The vacancies act : a legal overview
- The war in Yemen : a compilation of legislation in the 115th Congress
- The war powers resolution : concepts and practice
- The world oil market and U.S. policy : background and select issues for Congress
- Title X Family Planning : proposed rule on statutory compliance requirements
- Tracking federal awards : USAspending.gov and other data sources
- Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) : frequently asked questions
- Trade adjustment assistance for farmers
- Trade adjustment assistance for firms
- Trade adjustment assistance for workers and the TAA Reauthorization Act of 2015
- Trade deficits and U.S. trade policy
- Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) negotiations : overview and issues for Congress
- Trade related agencies : FY2019 appropriations, Commerce, Justice, science and related agencies (CJS)
- Traditional and roth individual retire accounts (IRAs) : a primer
- Transatlantic perspectives on defense innovation : issues for Congress
- Transportation security : issues for the 116th Congress
- Transportation spending under an earmark ban
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) : FY2018 appropriations
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations for FY2019 : In brief
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies (THUD) : FY2017 appropriations
- Trends in mandatory spending : in brief
- Trends in public transportation ridership : implications for federal policy
- Trends in social security disability insurance enrollment
- Trends in the timing and size of DHS appropriations : in brief
- Tribal broadband : status of deployment and federal funding programs
- Trolling U.S. highways and bridges
- Trump administration tariff actions : frequently asked questions
- Tunisia : in brief
- Turkey : background and U.S. relations
- Turkey : background and U.S. relations in brief
- Types of Committee hearings
- U.S-Vietnam economic and trade relations : key issues in 2018
- U.S. Armed Forces abroad : selected congressional votes since 1982
- U.S. Army weapons-related directed energy (DE) programs : background and potential issues for Congress
- U.S. Department of State personnel : background and selected issues for Congress
- U.S. Department of the Interior : an overview
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service : an overview
- U.S. International Corporate Taxation : basic concepts and policy issues
- U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports : prospects for the Caribbean
- U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors : background, pending nominees, and issues for Congress
- U.S. Secret Service : selected issues and executive and congressional responses
- U.S. Senate vacancies : contemporary developments and perspectives
- U.S. Special Operations Force (SOF) : background and issues for Congress
- U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) : background and issues for Congress
- U.S. Trade with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners
- U.S. carbon dioxide emissions in the electricity sector : factors, trends, and projections
- U.S. circuit and district court nominations during President Trump's first year in office : comparative analysis with recent Presidents
- U.S. climate change regulation and litigation : selected legal issues