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The Nordic Countries and U.S. Relations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Resources · 1,620 words · PDF available
Political and Economic Overview The five Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—share deep historical, linguistic, and cultural ties and many political and economic similaritie...
Overview of Federal Criminal Laws Prohibiting Threats and Harassment of Election Workers
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Posts · 2,582 words · PDF available
Following the 2020 elections, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported a significant increase in threats of violence toward individuals who administer elections, identifying in 2022 more than 1,000 re...
Voting Systems and Federal Law
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Resources · 1,635 words · PDF available
Laws regulating voting systems, including voting machines and other election infrastructure, exist primarily at the state and local levels. However, the federal government maintains significant author...
FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Resources · 1,543 words · PDF available
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) provides supplemental grants to local government and nonprofit organizations to support and expand existing...
Medicare Payment for Rural or Geographically Isolated Hospitals, 2024
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Infographics · 568 words · PDF available
/ Medicare Payment for Rural or Geographically Isolated Hospitals Medicare pays most acute-care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some IPPS hospitals receive payment adj...
Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Drug Offense Sentencing Relief Under the First Step Act
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Posts · 2,357 words · PDF available
In Pulsifer v. United States, the Supreme Court resolved a question that had divided federal courts of appeals: what is the scope of eligibility for certain federal drug defendants seeking a sentence ...
Judiciary Budget Request, FY2025
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Resources · 1,217 words · PDF available
Overview The FY2025 judiciary budget request seeks $9.4 billion in discretionary appropriations (an increase of 8.4% over the FY2024 enacted level), and $852.4 million in mandatory appropriations used...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FY2024 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Resources · 1,359 words
Enacted on March 9, 2024, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42) provided funding for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, including funding for the U.S....
Disqualification of a Candidate for the Presidency, Part II: Examining Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment as It Applies to Ballot Access
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Posts · 2,915 words · PDF available
On March 4, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Anderson issued a per curiam opinion that unanimously held that the Colorado Supreme Court erred in ordering former President Trump excluded from t...
Expediting Cases and Setting Deadlines for Court Actions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Resources · 1,735 words · PDF available
Federal court litigation is subject to various deadlines. Often, statutes or procedural rules set time limits for actions by the litigants. For instance, statutes of limitations require cases to be fi...
The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court: A Primer
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Reports · 11,349 words · PDF available
International courts are distinctive types of international institutions. They are created by nation-states, either directly or through international organizations, to resolve disputes and to advance ...
Appellate Courts Split on Legal Challenges to State Laws Banning Certain Medical Treatments for Transgender Minors
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-04 · Posts · 2,922 words · PDF available
Public debate and attention has focused on whether certain medical treatments should be available for transgender minors to address a discordance between a person’s sex characteristics and gender iden...