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H.R. 4563, the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-19 · Resources · 1,631 words · PDF available
H.R. 4563, the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act, proposes substantial changes to federal election administration and campaign finance law. The Committee on House Administration (CHA) ordered...
Environmental Justice and the National Environmental Policy Act
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-19 · Posts · 2,091 words · PDF available
In spring 2023, Congress amended the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (P.L. 118-5). Weeks earlier, President Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14096....
The Child Support Enforcement Program: Summary of Laws Enacted Since 1950
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-19 · Reports · 28,282 words · PDF available
The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program was enacted in 1975 as a federal-state program (Title IV-D of the Social Security Act [SSA], P.L. 93-647). This followed several precursor laws creating fed...
Fourth Circuit Says Public Charter Schools Are State Actors, Supreme Court Declines to Weigh In
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-19 · Posts · 2,096 words · PDF available
On June 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Fourth Circuit) held in Peltier v. Charter Day Schools that a public charter school’s dress code policy discriminated against female...
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers: Background and Current Status
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-19 · Reports · 3,026 words · PDF available
Trade Adjustment Assistance, TAA, TAAW, Outsourcing, offshoring, foreign trade, foreign competition, free trade, job training, income support, unemployment, dislocated workers, unemployment insurance,...
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Federal Aggravated Identity Theft
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-19 · Reports · 6,820 words · PDF available
Aggravated identity theft is punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for two years or by imprisonment for five years, if it relates to a terrorism offense. At least thus far, the go...