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U.S. Measures to Provide Liquefied Natural Gas for the European Union
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-06 · Reports · 11,119 words · PDF available
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine starting in February 2022, the 27 member countries of the European Union (EU) have taken moves to extricate themselves from a long-standing natural gas de...
Oil and Chemical Spills: Federal Emergency Response Framework
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-06 · Reports · 11,123 words · PDF available
Thousands of oil and chemical spills of varying size and magnitude occur in the United States each year. When a spill occurs, state and local officials located in proximity to the incident generally a...
Supreme Court Considers Whether the United States Can Prosecute a Foreign-State-Owned Bank
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-06 · Posts · 2,739 words · PDF available
The Supreme Court may soon decide whether the United States can prosecute foreign countries and their agencies and instrumentalities in U.S. courts. The United States has accused Türkiye Halk Bankasi ...
Sovereign Debt Concerns in Developing Countries
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-06 · Resources · 1,498 words · PDF available
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine has had significant economic and financial consequence for low-income countries. The World Bank estimates that the pandemic...
Calculation and Use of the Disaster Relief Allowable Adjustment
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-06 · Resources · 1,249 words · PDF available
The Budget Control Act (P.L. 112-25, hereinafter the BCA) established mechanisms to limit federal spending, as well as ways to adjust those limits to accommodate certain priority spending. One of thes...
Dynamic Scoring in the Congressional Budget Process
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-06 · Reports · 9,673 words · PDF available
When Congress considers legislation, it takes into account the proposal’s potential budgetary effects. Although this information may come from numerous sources, Congress generally relies on estimates ...