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Overseas Crime in the United States
Congressional Research Service · 2022-07-29 · Posts · 781 words · PDF available
How do you commit a crime in the United States when you have never been here? According to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Fourth Circuit) in United States v. Elbaz, you can...
Video Relay Service: Program Funding and Reform
Congressional Research Service · 2022-07-29 · Reports · 1,669 words
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates a number of disability-related telecommunications services, including video relay service (VRS). VRS allows persons with hearing disabilities, usi...
Wilderness: Overview, Management, and Statistics
Congressional Research Service · 2022-07-29 · Reports · 8,369 words
Congress enacted the Wilderness Act in 1964. This act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, reserved to Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas, and directed the Secretarie...
Big Tech in Financial Services
Congressional Research Service · 2022-07-29 · Reports · 17,856 words · PDF available
For the past decade or so, “Big Tech”—which hereinafter refers to the large technology companies Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook (now Meta Platforms), unless otherwise noted—has been offering a va...