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Thrift Savings Plan: Investment Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-17 · Resources · 1,696 words · PDF available
The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) was created under the Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act (FERSA; P.L. 99-335; June 6, 1986). TSP is a defined contribution retirement plan for the civilian federal ...
Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) and the System’s Projected Financial Shortfall
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-17 · Resources · 1,879 words · PDF available
Recent news articles have suggested that the historically large 5.9% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) payable in January 2022 will have a negative impact on the projected financial shortfall of the So...
Overview of the SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Proposed Rule
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-17 · Resources · 1,661 words · PDF available
On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 to issue sweeping proposed climate-related disclosure rules for public companies. In issuing the proposed rules, the SEC cited...
Offshore Energy Agency Appropriations, FY2022
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-17 · Resources · 1,393 words
Three entities in the Department of the Interior (DOI) share responsibility for managing the nation’s ocean energy resources on almost 2.5 billion acres of the U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS). The ...
Domestic Steel Manufacturing: Overview and Prospects
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-17 · Reports · 8,411 words · PDF available
Based on 2020 volumes, the United States ranked as the world’s fourth-largest steel producing country, second-largest steel importer, and twentieth-largest steel exporter. According to U.S. Census Bur...
The Supreme Court’s “Major Questions” Doctrine: Background and Recent Developments
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-17 · Posts · 2,948 words · PDF available
Congress frequently delegates authority to agencies in general or broad terms to promulgate regulations that advance the goals Congress has identified. In a number of decisions, however, the Supreme C...
State and Federal Authority to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination
Congressional Research Service · 2022-05-17 · Reports · 24,781 words · PDF available
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines licensed or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are a critical tool to reduce the spread and severity of COVID-19. FDA authorized...