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Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program: Issues and Congressional Considerations
Congressional Research Service · 2023-06-15 · Resources · 1,568 words · PDF available
Congress appropriated $42.45 billion to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to administer the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program established unde...
Budget Enforcement Rules: Emergency Designations
Congressional Research Service · 2023-06-15 · Reports · 8,105 words · PDF available
Under congressional budgetary enforcement rules, Congress can designate a provision as an emergency requirement by stating as such in the legislative text of that measure. These rules generally establ...
Pandemic Oversight: The Biden Administration’s New Anti-Fraud Proposal
Congressional Research Service · 2023-06-15 · Reports · 10,382 words · PDF available
On March 2, 2023, the Biden Administration released a new proposal with 17 components intended to enhance the response to fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief programs and apply lessons learned duri...
The President’s Authority to Use the National Guard or the Armed Forces to Secure the Border
Congressional Research Service · 2023-06-15 · Posts · 1,798 words · PDF available
On May 2, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin approved a request from Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to send an additional 1,500 active-d...
Managing Electronic Messages from High-Level Officials Through Capstone
Congressional Research Service · 2023-06-15 · Resources · 1,450 words
In the course of their official duties, federal employees regularly create federal records and, therefore, have records management responsibilities. The Federal Records Act (FRA; 44 U.S.C. Chapters 21...
The SBA’s Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program
Congressional Research Service · 2023-06-15 · Resources · 1,613 words · PDF available
Program Overview The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) HUBZone program provides federal contracting preferences to small businesses located in areas designated by the SBA. Known as HUBZones, SBA d...
Interstate Compacts: An Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2023-06-15 · Posts · 1,996 words · PDF available
The Compact Clause (Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3) provides that “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, ... enter into Any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power...