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Proposals for a COVID-19 Congressional Advisory Commission in the 117th Congress: A Comparative Analysis
Congressional Research Service · 2021-12-20 · Reports · 10,637 words · PDF available
Historically, Congress creates temporary advisory commissions to assist in the development of public policy. Among other contexts, Congress has created commissions following a crisis, including the Se...
The Housing Trust Fund: An Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2021-12-20 · Reports · 10,038 words
The Housing Trust Fund (HTF) was established by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA, P.L. 110-289) to provide funds to states to use for affordable housing activities, with a primary f...
Congressional Oversight of the State Department: Review of Selected Organizational Reform Efforts
Congressional Research Service · 2021-12-20 · Reports · 12,503 words · PDF available
Over the past several decades, Members of Congress, former and current senior State Department officials, academics and think-tank analysts, and other stakeholders have proposed numerous initiatives t...
Migrant Smuggling: Background and Selected Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2021-12-20 · Resources · 1,519 words · PDF available
Migrant smuggling, also known as human smuggling, refers to the voluntary transportation of an individual across international borders, in violation of one or more countries’ laws. Smugglers facilitat...
National Forest System Planning: Legal Considerations
Congressional Research Service · 2021-12-20 · Resources · 1,682 words · PDF available
The United States Forest Service (FS) within the Department of Agriculture administers the National Forest System (NFS) and regulates activities on its 193 million acres of land, including 154 nationa...