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Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 117th Congress, Second Session
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-20 · Reports · 8,656 words · PDF available
The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a joint federal-state partnership that consists of two types of benefits: (1) permanently authorized programs including the Unemployment Compensation (UC) and...
U.S. Refugee Admissions Program
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-20 · Reports · 8,275 words · PDF available
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended by the Refugee Act of 1980, authorizes the United States to admit refugees. The INA defines a refugee as a person who is outside his or her countr...
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-20 · Resources · 1,695 words
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETOs) are the official representative offices of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC, o...
Buying American: The Berry and Kissell Amendments
Congressional Research Service · 2023-01-20 · Resources · 1,721 words · PDF available
Two U.S. laws—known as the Berry and Kissell Amendments—require that certain products purchased by the Department of Defense (DOD) and some agencies of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) be man...