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The Future of Space Tourism
Congressional Research Service · 2020-08-28 · Reports · 7,658 words · PDF available
Several private companies are developing plans to take paying customers to space on a regular basis. Federal oversight of space tourism has been deliberately light, consistent with the Commercial Spac...
Rural Digital Opportunity Fund: Requirements and Selected Policy Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2020-08-28 · Reports · 6,078 words · PDF available
Broadband internet has become increasingly important in the 21st century, as more and more aspects of everyday life, such as job applications and homework assignments, require the use of digital techn...
Military Courts-Martial Under the Military Justice Act of 2016
Congressional Research Service · 2020-08-28 · Reports · 18,810 words · PDF available
The Supreme Court has called military justice a system of justice separate from jurisprudence in the civilian courts. Members of the Armed Forces are subject to rules, orders, proceedings, and consequ...
Forest Service Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs)
Congressional Research Service · 2020-08-28 · Reports · 11,896 words · PDF available
Inventoried roadless areas (IRAs) are areas of the National Forest System (NFS) managed according to regulations, known as roadless rules, that generally limit timber harvesting and road building. The...
International Education Programs in the Higher Education Act
Congressional Research Service · 2020-08-28 · Reports · 6,187 words · PDF available
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA; P.L. 89-329) authorizes numerous federal aid programs that provide support to both individuals pursuing a postsecondary education and institutions of higher educ...