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Delaware River Basin Restoration
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-27 · Resources · 1,481 words · PDF available
Background The Delaware River Basin drains the lands surrounding the Delaware River and its tributaries, which stretch from the Catskill Mountains in New York to the Delaware Estuary (see Figure 1). T...
Federal Procurement Restrictions on Organizational Conflicts of Interest
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-27 · Posts · 2,665 words · PDF available
Recent congressional reports and news articles have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest when a company that provides consulting or advisory services to a federal regulatory agency th...
Voting Rights Act: Section 3(c) “Bail-In” Provision
Congressional Research Service · 2022-06-27 · Posts · 2,816 words · PDF available
Congress has recently considered legislation that would amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). For example, during the 117th Congress, the House passed H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Adva...
Supreme Court Rules No Constitutional Right to Abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act, which genera...