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The Department of the Interior’s Tribal Probate Process: In Brief
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Reports · 4,225 words · PDF available
Congress continues to express interest in reducing the fractionation of tribal allotted lands, potentially through improving the Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) probate process. This CRS report p...
Artificial Intelligence Prompts Renewed Consideration of a Federal Right of Publicity
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Posts · 3,483 words · PDF available
Recent uses of artificial intelligence (AI) to create realistic images, videos, replicas, or voice simulations of real people have prompted some Members of Congress to call for federal legislation to ...
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Cybersecurity Provisions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Posts · 1,016 words · PDF available
The disruption of a safe and reliable water supply remains a concern related to the protection of public health. Several events have increased attention to water system security, including “malicious ...
The 2024 National Defense Industrial Strategy: Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Posts · 1,306 words
The National Defense Industrial Strategy On January 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) publicly released its first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS). According to DOD’s Assi...
DOE’s Regulations on Gas Stoves
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Posts · 1,011 words · PDF available
A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program regulates energy consumption of conventional cooking products, including gas stoves, using authority under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA; P.L. ...
How Treasury Issues Debt
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Reports · 8,824 words · PDF available
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), among other roles, manages the country’s debt. The primary objective of Treasury’s debt management strategy is to finance the government’s borrowing nee...
The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (Division FF, Title I of P.L. 117-328, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023): Section-by-Section Summary
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Reports · 24,350 words · PDF available
The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act was enacted on December 29, 2022, as Division FF, Title I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328). The act primarily reautho...
Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Loan Program Rule Changes in the 118th Congress: Background and Summary
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Reports · 12,152 words · PDF available
In April 2023, the Small Business Administration (SBA) finalized two major rules revising regulations related to its business loan programs. The new rules made significant changes to the 7(a) loan gua...
El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Reports · 9,606 words · PDF available
Congress maintains interest in El Salvador, a small Central American nation, due to the history of U.S. involvement in the country and extensive cultural ties. A large percentage of El Salvador’s popu...
Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (January 22–January 28, 2024)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Posts · 2,091 words · PDF available
The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to fede...
Governing the District of Columbia: Overview and Timeline
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-29 · Resources · 1,549 words · PDF available
The U.S. Constitution provides for the creation of a district to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. Article I, Section 8, clause 17 also grants Congress plenary legislative authori...