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Bank Failures and Congressional Oversight
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-21 · Resources · 1,802 words · PDF available
The failures of three large banks in spring 2023—Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature, and First Republic—has resulted in congressional attention on how the federal banking agencies—the Federal Reserv...
Race Discrimination at School: Title VI and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-21 · Resources · 1,642 words · PDF available
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs that receive federal financial assistance. While that bar applies broadly to fede...
Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-21 · Reports · 6,854 words · PDF available
On November 25, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) listed two populations of the lesser prairie chicken (LPC) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA; 16 U.S.C. §§1531 et seq.). Listin...
Long-Term Care Insurance: Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-21 · Resources · 1,571 words · PDF available
What Is Long-Term Care Insurance? Long-term care insurance (LTCI) is a type of insurance policy designed to cover the future costs of care associated with a chronic condition or disability that requir...
Energy Tax Credits and the Global Minimum Tax
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-21 · Resources · 1,458 words · PDF available
The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (often referred to simply as the tax code) contains a number of credits to encourage certain investments. These include energy credits, some of which were enacted in P....
H.R. 4563, the American Confidence in Elections Act (ACE Act): Legal Background
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-21 · Resources · 1,691 words · PDF available
On July 11, 2023, H.R. 4563, the American Confidence in Elections Act (ACE Act), was introduced in the 118th Congress. The ACE Act proposes to amend federal election law primarily in the areas of elec...
State Department Country Reports on Terrorism: 2001–2021
Congressional Research Service · 2023-07-21 · Resources · 1,629 words · PDF available
Overview By April 30 of each year, 22 U.S.C §2656f requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress an annual country report on terrorism. The report must contain “detailed assessments with respect...