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The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Reports · 4,467 words · PDF available
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) provides cash benefits to certain persons whose health may have been affected by exposure to debris or toxic substances in the aftermath of the Septem...
Temporarily Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Reports · 6,199 words · PDF available
A vacant presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position (advice and consent position) can be filled temporarily under one of several authorities that do not require going through the Senate confi...
An Introduction to Section 337 Intellectual Property Litigation at the U.S. International Trade Commission
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Resources · 1,766 words · PDF available
In recent decades, parties asserting patent infringement and other intellectual property (IP) claims have increasingly looked to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) as a fast-paced forum wit...
Prevention and Public Health Fund: In Brief
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Reports · 4,804 words · PDF available
In 2010, Section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA. P.L. 111-148, as amended) established a new Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). Prior to enactment, public health ad...
Points of Order in the Congressional Budget Process
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Reports · 7,505 words · PDF available
The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Titles I-IX of P.L. 93-344, as amended) created an annual process that allows Congress to establish and enforce parameters for budgetary legislation. Budgetary de...
Temporary Commemorations on Federal Land in the District of Columbia
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Resources · 1,190 words · PDF available
The District of Columbia, especially the area around the National Mall, is widely known for its monuments and memorials. These permanent commemorative works, which are located on federal land, honor t...
Department of the Interior Law Enforcement Programs
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Resources · 1,642 words · PDF available
Overview The Department of the Interior (DOI) employs law enforcement officers (LEOs) for a variety of purposes including fostering public safety, protecting natural and cultural resources, and enforc...
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023: Overview and Selected Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Reports · 12,983 words · PDF available
The annual Department of Defense appropriations act provides discretionary funding for nearly all military-related activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) except the construction of facilities a...
FY2024 NDAA: Defense Industrial Base Policy
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Posts · 2,289 words · PDF available
Background The defense industrial base (DIB) is the network of organizations, facilities, and resources that supplies the U.S. government—particularly the Department of Defense (DOD)—with materials, p...
Supreme Court Considers Scope of Congress’s Sixteenth Amendment Income Taxing Power in Moore v. United States
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-08 · Posts · 2,034 words · PDF available
On December 9, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Moore v. United States, an appeal challenging a one-time “Mandatory Repatriation Tax” (MRT) on U.S. shareholders of a foreign corporation ...