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Options for Making the National Flood Insurance Program More Affordable
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-06 · Reports · 20,125 words · PDF available
Concerns about the affordability of flood insurance premiums have come to the fore as FEMA introduces a new pricing system known as Risk Rating 2.0, which represents the biggest change to the way the ...
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-06 · Reports · 25,776 words · PDF available
Japan is a significant partner of the United States in a number of foreign policy areas, including addressing regional security concerns, which range from hedging against Chinese military modernizatio...
U.S. Dollar Coins: History and Current Status
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-06 · Resources · 1,062 words · PDF available
The Secretary of the Treasury, through the U.S. Mint, is statutorily authorized to issue specific denominations of circulating coins (31 U.S.C. §5112). The dollar coin was first authorized in the Coin...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Background and FY2023 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-06 · Resources · 1,406 words · PDF available
Background The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in the Department of the Interior (DOI), provides scientific information about geologic processes to mitigate risks from natural hazards and to support th...
Indonesia: GHG Emissions and Climate Change Policy
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-06 · Resources · 1,526 words · PDF available
Introduction The Republic of Indonesia faces multiple challenges related to addressing the effects of climate change and lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while also meeting its economic and de...