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Marijuana Banking: Legal Issues and the SAFE(R) Banking Acts
Congressional Research Service · 2023-11-15 · Posts · 1,842 words · PDF available
A number of states have adopted laws permitting marijuana sales and other marijuana-related activities, even though those same activities remain unlawful under federal drug and financial laws. Due to ...
Hong Kong Under the National Security Law
Congressional Research Service · 2023-11-15 · Reports · 14,928 words · PDF available
Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC, or China). In signing a United Nations-registered treaty with the United Kingdom in 1984 and passing a law in...
U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding in a Global Context
Congressional Research Service · 2023-11-15 · Resources · 1,620 words · PDF available
Introduction Congress has long-standing concern with the state of the U.S. commercial (i.e., non-Navy) shipbuilding industry. Now that China has become the world’s leading shipbuilder, that concern ha...
National Park System: What Do the Different Park Titles Signify?
Congressional Research Service · 2023-11-15 · Reports · 7,641 words · PDF available
Congress names individual units of the National Park System in the enabling legislation for each unit. In so doing, Congress establishes the range of titles used in the park system. The system’s 425 u...