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China and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Congressional Research Service · 2023-08-04 · Resources · 1,634 words · PDF available
The People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) has been expanding its diplomatic, economic, and security ties with countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since the late 1990s. As i...
Supreme Court Rules Bankruptcy Code Abrogates Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Congressional Research Service · 2023-08-04 · Posts · 1,888 words · PDF available
On June 15, 2023, the Supreme Court decided Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin (Lac du Flambeau). The case involved a dispute over lifting an automatic stay in a Chapte...
Artificial Intelligence: Overview, Recent Advances, and Considerations for the 118th Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2023-08-04 · Reports · 7,022 words · PDF available
Artificial intelligence (AI)—a term generally thought of as computerized systems that work and react in ways commonly thought to require intelligence—can encompass a range of technologies, methodologi...
USDA’s SECURE Rule to Regulate Agricultural Biotechnology
Congressional Research Service · 2023-08-04 · Resources · 1,641 words · PDF available
In May 2020, citing 30 years of evidence, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a final rule to revise its regulation of certain genetically engineered (GE) plants and other organisms (8...