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56 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: Trends and Issues
2025-06-26 · Reports · R40638 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Preemption and Texas S.B. 4
2025-06-26 · Posts · LSB11330 · HTML available · PDF available
Surface Transportation Devolution: Shifting Responsibility to States and Localities
2025-05-15 · Reports · R44811 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Preemption and State Authority to Deter the Presence of Unlawfully Present Aliens: An Overview and Issues for the 119th Congress
2025-05-06 · Reports · R48525 · HTML available · PDF available
How Federal Grant Funds Flow
2025-04-08 · Infographics · IG10075 · HTML available · PDF available
The Evolution of P.L. 86-272’s State Income Tax Immunity for Income Derived from Interstate Commerce
2025-02-21 · Resources · IF12919 · HTML available · PDF available
Connecting Constituents with Federal Assistance for Community Centers
2025-01-24 · Resources · IF12880 · HTML available · PDF available
Admission of States to the Union: A Historical Reference Guide
2024-12-17 · Reports · R47747 · HTML available · PDF available
Removal to Federal Court of Cases Against Federal Officials and Agents
2024-11-13 · Posts · LSB11213 · HTML available · PDF available
Application of the Bill of Rights to the States Through the Fourteenth Amendment and Selective Incorporation
2024-10-31 · Posts · LSB11242 · HTML available · PDF available
North Dakota v. United States: Litigating the FTCA’s Discretionary Function Exception
2024-10-25 · Posts · LSB11241 · HTML available · PDF available
District of Columbia Local Lawmaking and Congressional Authority: In Brief
2024-02-22 · Reports · R47927 · HTML available · PDF available
Governing the District of Columbia: Overview and Timeline
2024-01-29 · Resources · IF12577 · HTML available · PDF available
Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Current Legal Framework
2023-11-20 · Posts · LSB11080 · HTML available · PDF available
The Twenty-First Amendment and the End of Prohibition, Part 1: Introduction
2023-10-31 · Posts · LSB11065 · HTML available · PDF available
The Twenty-First Amendment and the End of Prohibition, Part 4: State Power over Alcohol and the Commerce Clause
2023-10-31 · Posts · LSB11068 · HTML available · PDF available
The Twenty-First Amendment and the End of Prohibition, Part 3: Drafting and State Ratification
2023-10-31 · Posts · LSB11067 · HTML available · PDF available
The Twenty-First Amendment and the End of Prohibition, Part 2: The Wickersham Commission and the Repeal Movement
2023-10-31 · Posts · LSB11066 · HTML available · PDF available
The Twenty-First Amendment and the End of Prohibition, Part 6: State and Federal Regulation of Alcohol Sales
2023-10-31 · Posts · LSB11070 · HTML available · PDF available
The Twenty-First Amendment and the End of Prohibition, Part 5: State Power over Alcohol and Individual Rights
2023-10-31 · Posts · LSB11069 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Narrows Dormant Commerce Clause and Upholds State Animal Welfare Law
2023-08-31 · Posts · LSB11031 · HTML available · PDF available
Interstate Compacts: An Overview
2023-06-15 · Posts · LSB10807 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Preemption: A Legal Primer
2023-05-18 · Reports · R45825 · HTML available · PDF available
Federalism-Based Limitations on Congressional Power: An Overview
2023-01-31 · Reports · R45323 · HTML available · PDF available
Recurring Constitutional Issues in Federal Legislation
2022-12-20 · Resources · IF12292 · HTML available · PDF available
EMTALA Emergency Abortion Care Litigation: Overview and Initial Observations (Part I of II)
2022-11-01 · Posts · LSB10850 · HTML available · PDF available
EMTALA Emergency Abortion Care Litigation: Overview and Initial Observations (Part II of II)
2022-11-01 · Posts · LSB10851 · HTML available · PDF available
Potential Enforcement of State Abortion Laws on Federal Property
2022-10-24 · Reports · R47291 · HTML available · PDF available
Data Protection and Privacy Law: An Introduction
2022-10-12 · Resources · IF11207 · HTML available · PDF available
Overview of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, H.R. 8152
2022-08-31 · Posts · LSB10776 · HTML available · PDF available
Constitutional Limits on States’ Power over Foreign Affairs
2022-08-15 · Posts · LSB10808 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Authority to Regulate Abortion
2022-07-08 · Posts · LSB10787 · HTML available · PDF available
The Insurrection Bar to Holding Office: Appeals Court Issues Decision on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment
2022-06-01 · Posts · LSB10750 · HTML available · PDF available
DC Statehood: Constitutional Considerations for Proposed Legislation
2022-05-12 · Reports · R47101 · HTML available · PDF available
Taxing Authority in Federal Areas
2022-05-11 · Reports · R47098 · HTML available · PDF available
ACA Connects v. Bonta: Ninth Circuit Upholds California’s Net Neutrality Law in Preemption Challenge
2022-02-02 · Posts · LSB10693 · HTML available · PDF available
Does the President Have the Power to Legalize Marijuana?
2021-11-04 · Posts · LSB10655 · HTML available · PDF available
The Internet Tax Freedom Act and Federal Preemption
2021-10-18 · Resources · IF11947 · HTML available · PDF available
PennEast Pipeline Company v. New Jersey: Can a Natural Gas Pipeline Company Bring a Condemnation Suit Against a State?
2021-08-12 · Posts · LSB10634 · HTML available · PDF available
Funding Conditions: Constitutional Limits on Congress’s Spending Power
2021-07-01 · Reports · R46827 · HTML available · PDF available
Spending Clause Conditions and the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund
2021-04-02 · Posts · LSB10588 · HTML available · PDF available
H.R. 51,the Washington, D.C. Admission Act
2021-03-22 · Testimony · TE10081 · HTML available · PDF available
The Application of Internal Revenue Code Section 280E to Marijuana Businesses: Selected Legal Issues
2021-03-10 · Reports · R46709 · HTML available · PDF available
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues
2021-02-23 · Reports · R40957 · HTML available · PDF available
Legal Issues in COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Deployment
2020-11-25 · Reports · R46399 · HTML available · PDF available
COVID-19 Liability: Tort, Workplace Safety, and Securities Law
2020-09-24 · Reports · R46540 · HTML available · PDF available
Reforming Patterns of Unconstitutional Policing: Enforcement of 34 U.S.C. § 12601
2020-06-15 · Posts · LSB10494 · HTML available · PDF available
Copyright and State Sovereign Immunity: The Allen v. Cooper Decision
2020-05-15 · Posts · LSB10465 · HTML available · PDF available
Federal Legislation Shielding Businesses and Individuals from Tort Liability: A Legal and Historical Overview
2020-05-08 · Posts · LSB10461 · HTML available · PDF available
Potential Effect of FCC Rules on State and Local Video Franchising Authorities
2020-01-09 · Reports · R46077 · HTML available · PDF available