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Offshoring of Airline Maintenance: Implications for Domestic Jobs and Aviation Safety
Congressional Research Service · 2012-12-21 · Reports · 11,891 words
Airlines outsource maintenance to countries like China and El Salvador to achieve cost savings from the comparatively lower wages and from lower costs to build and maintain repair facilities. In some ...
Tax Cuts on Repatriation Earnings as Economic Stimulus: An Economic Analysis
Congressional Research Service · 2012-12-21 · Reports · 6,681 words
From the start of the 112th Congress, reform of the current U.S. corporate tax system has been widely debated as an option to stimulate the economy. Most of the debate has focused on lowering the corp...
The Project BioShield Act: Issues for the 112th Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2012-12-21 · Reports · 9,899 words
In 2004, Congress passed the Project BioShield Act (P.L. 108-276) to provide the federal government with new authorities related to the development, procurement, and use of medical countermeasures aga...