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The Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC): In Brief

Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-05 · Reports · 3,546 words · PDF available

The Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) subsidizes most of the cost of qualified health insurance for eligible taxpayers and their family members. Potential eligibility for the HCTC is limited to two gr...

Water Resources Development Act of 2020

Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-05 · Resources · 1,625 words · PDF available

Congress commonly titles omnibus legislation that authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) civil works activities as a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Since WRDA 1986, Congress often ha...

Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-05 · Reports · 4,666 words · PDF available

The COVID-Related Tax Relief Act of 2020 was enacted as Subtitle B to Title II of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. P.L. 116-123 P.L. 116-127 P.L. 116-136 P.L. 116-139H.R. 8406 ...

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan: A First Look

Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-05 · Resources · 1,780 words · PDF available

The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s 19th Central Committee—a body of China’s 376 top Party officials—held its 5th Plenum in late October 2020 to deliberate on China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) for 20...

Fire and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-05 · Resources · 1,344 words · PDF available

Fires in the Brazilian Amazon forest have received widespread media attention in recent years and have raised congressional concern. This is due to an increase in fire events and deforestation rates i...

Climate Change Risk Mitigation by U.S. Foreign Assistance Agencies

Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-05 · Reports · 6,041 words · PDF available

Many in Congress have a keen interest in climate change, and determining how best to address that issue is a source of continuing discussion. Gaining increased attention in such discussions are federa...