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Bureau of Land Management: FY2022 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-16 · Resources · 1,597 words · PDF available
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in the Department of the Interior (DOI), manages 244 million acres of federal land, nearly all in the West. Under its multiple-use mission, BLM manages lands for d...
Farm Bill Primer: PLC and ARC Farm Support Programs
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-16 · Resources · 1,349 words · PDF available
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill, P.L. 115-334) reauthorized the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) programs for crop years 2019-2023. These progr...
Taxing Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefits: Federal- and State-Level Tax Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-16 · Reports · 6,693 words · PDF available
Unemployment insurance (UI) benefits have generally been fully subject to federal income taxation since the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-514). For federal income tax purposes, UI benefits include r...
Social Security Survivors Benefits
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-16 · Reports · 3,119 words
Social Security is formally known as the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. This report focuses on the Survivors Insurance component of Social Security. When a worker dies, ...
FY2021 State Grants Under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-16 · Reports · 3,199 words · PDF available
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), most recently comprehensively amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), is the primary source of federal aid to support elementa...