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Department of Defense Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E): Appropriations Structure
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-07 · Reports · 7,483 words · PDF available
The Department of Defense (DOD) conducts research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) in support of its mission requirements. The work funded by these appropriations plays a central role in the...
Reservations, Understandings, Declarations, and Other Conditions to Treaties
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-07 · Resources · 1,724 words · PDF available
Article II, Section 2, clause 2, of the U.S. Constitution (the Treaty Clause) permits the President “by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Sena...
An Overview of the Statutory Bars to Asylum: Limitations on Granting Asylum (Part Two)
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-07 · Posts · 3,169 words · PDF available
Under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(1), a non-U.S. national (alien as the term is used in the INA) who is physically present in the United States or who ...
An Overview of the Statutory Bars to Asylum: Limitations on Applying for Asylum (Part One)
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-07 · Posts · 2,489 words · PDF available
Under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1158, a non-U.S. national (alien as the term is used in the INA) who is physically present in the United States o...
The Insurrection Bar to Office: Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-07 · Posts · 3,337 words · PDF available
In the aftermath of the events of January 6, 2021, in and around the U.S. Capitol, there have been calls for accountability for those who participated, as well as for those who may have helped instiga...