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The Federal Role in Historic Preservation: An Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2024-03-22 · Reports · 18,632 words · PDF available
Several long-standing statutes have established a framework for federal historic preservation activities. The most comprehensive of these statutes is the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NH...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): History, Overview of Domestic Programs, and Selected Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2024-03-22 · Reports · 24,882 words
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic shined a spotlight on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one of nine Public Health Service (PHS) agencies in the Department of Healt...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Water Infrastructure Programs and FY2024 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-03-22 · Resources · 1,447 words · PDF available
Many policymakers and stakeholders have raised concerns about the condition of the nation’s local drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and the financial challenges that communities may confron...
NATO Enlargement to Sweden and Finland
Congressional Research Service · 2024-03-22 · Posts · 1,039 words · PDF available
Sweden joined NATO on March 7, 2024, enlarging the alliance to 32 members (see Figure 1). Amid heightened security concerns about Russia after its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, both Finland and S...