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Nonfederal Levee Safety: Primer, Status, and Considerations
Congressional Research Service · 2023-05-22 · Resources · 1,369 words · PDF available
This In Focus discusses nonfederal levees, the evolution of federal efforts to enhance nonfederal levee safety since 2007, and related policy considerations. Nonfederal Levees and Risk Levees (i.e., ...
The 2022 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization
Congressional Research Service · 2023-05-22 · Reports · 8,190 words · PDF available
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was originally enacted in 1994 as Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-322 ). It addressed congressional concerns about...
Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (May 15–May 21, 2023), Part 2
Congressional Research Service · 2023-05-22 · Posts · 1,829 words · PDF available
The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to fede...
Pakistan and U.S.-Pakistan Relations
Congressional Research Service · 2023-05-22 · Reports · 6,952 words · PDF available
As of May 2023, Pakistan is in what some observers have called a “polycrisis,” with serious political instability, an economic balance-of-payments crisis, renewed domestic security and terrorism threa...
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2023 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2023-05-22 · Reports · 29,743 words · PDF available
This report offers an overview of actions taken by Congress and the President to provide FY2023 appropriations for accounts funded by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education...
Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (May 15–May 21, 2023), Part 1
Congressional Research Service · 2023-05-22 · Posts · 1,150 words · PDF available
The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to fede...
The Takings Clause of the Constitution: Overview of Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Key Topics
Congressional Research Service · 2023-05-22 · Reports · 6,990 words · PDF available
Government seizure of private property for public use without the consent of the property owner, often called “eminent domain,” is a traditional power of the state that predates the Constitution. The ...