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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: FY2023 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-30 · Resources · 1,261 words · PDF available
Introduction The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), an agency within the Department of the Interior (DOI), has a mission to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habi...
National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-30 · Resources · 1,409 words · PDF available
The National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center (NCBC), originally established by Congress in 2005 as the National Counter Proliferation Center (NCPC), is one of three mission centers within ...
Synthetic/Engineering Biology: Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-30 · Reports · 12,441 words · PDF available
Synthetic biology, sometimes referred to as engineering biology, is the application of engineering principles and the use of systematic design tools to enable the reprogramming of cellular systems at ...
Batson v. Kentucky and Federal Peremptory Challenge Law
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-30 · Reports · 12,978 words · PDF available
Parties in federal court—whether in civil or criminal trials—have two options to challenge potential jurors during jury selection: challenges for cause and peremptory challenges. Both types of challen...
An Analysis of the Tax Treatment of Capital Losses
Congressional Research Service · 2022-09-30 · Reports · 6,276 words
One reason for increasing the net capital loss limit against ordinary income is to restore the value of the loss limitation to its 1978 level. Under current law, long-term and short-term losses are ne...