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Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Study Areas: In Brief
Congressional Research Service · 2022-12-05 · Reports · 6,083 words · PDF available
Congress enacted the Wilderness Act (P.L. 88-577, 16 U.S.C. §§1131 et seq.) in 1964, creating the National Wilderness Preservation System and reserving to Congress the authority to designate wildernes...
Student Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Congressional Research Service · 2022-12-05 · Resources · 1,787 words · PDF available
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, elementary and secondary schools across the nation closed their doors and pivoted to alternative methods of providing instruction and other services, such as scho...
Administration of the House of Representatives: Actions Taken During a New Congress and Following a Majority Change
Congressional Research Service · 2022-12-05 · Resources · 1,609 words · PDF available
As seen in Table 1, majority party control in the House of Representatives has switched 11 times since 1910, most recently in 2019 (beginning of the 116th Congress). The results of the November 2022 e...