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Emergency Response to Extreme Heat: Federal Financial Assistance and Considerations for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-09 · Reports · 16,667 words · PDF available
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that several areas of the United States experienced record heat during the summer of 2023. In August alone, 130 million Americans in...
Lindke v. Freed and Government Officials’ Use of Social Media
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-09 · Posts · 2,148 words · PDF available
The First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause limits the government’s ability to exclude constituents from public forums, both offline and online. In March 2024, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Lindke...
What Is the Farm Bill?
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-09 · Reports · 8,209 words · PDF available
The farm bill is an omnibus, multiyear law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. Titles in the most recent farm bill encompassed farm commodity revenue supports, agricultural conser...
United Nations Issues: U.S. Funding of U.N. Peacekeeping
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-09 · Resources · 1,696 words · PDF available
The United States is the single largest financial contributor to United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping activities. Congress authorizes and appropriates U.S. contributions, and it has an ongoing interest ...
Credit Rating Agencies: Background and Regulatory Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-09 · Resources · 1,793 words · PDF available
Credit rating agencies (CRAs) provide investors with evaluations of the creditworthiness of debt (i.e., how likely a debt is to be repaid in full) issued by a wide spectrum of entities, including corp...
United Nations Issues: U.S. Funding to the U.N. System
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-09 · Resources · 1,752 words · PDF available
The United States is the single largest financial contributor to the United Nations (U.N.) system. Congress has long debated the appropriate level of U.S. funding to U.N. system activities and whether...
Juvenile Justice Funding Trends
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-09 · Reports · 2,912 words · PDF available
Although juvenile justice is generally the purview of the states, the federal government has played a role through the administration of grant programs. Congress has influenced states’ juvenile justic...
AI makes the fight for net neutrality even more important
Brookings Institution · 2024-04-09 · Article · 3,314 words · PDF available
Restoring net neutrality rules is a crucial step toward protecting open access to increasingly important AI-powered tools.