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Internal Revenue Service Appropriations, FY2025
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-29 · Resources · 1,607 words · PDF available
Overview of the IRS Budget The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is responsible for (1) collecting most of the revenue to fund federal government agencies and programs, and (2) enforcing taxpayer compli...
Federal Data Management: Issues and Challenges in the Use of Data Standards
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-29 · Reports · 17,518 words · PDF available
The federal government manages a significant amount of data. Congress expects federal agencies to be effective managers and stewards of the data with which they are entrusted. Sometimes, Congress cont...
Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (April 22–April 28, 2024)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-29 · Posts · 1,725 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...
Senate Committee-Passed FAA Bill Revived Debate over Reagan National Airport Slot and Perimeter Rules
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-29 · Posts · 993 words · PDF available
On February 29, 2024, seven months after the House of Representatives passed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation H.R. 3935, the Senate version of the bill (S. 1939) was r...
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Program
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-29 · Resources · 1,628 words · PDF available
Emissions from diesel engines—especially particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides, and air toxics—have been shown to contribute to air pollution that adversely impacts public heal...
Poverty in the United States in 2022
Congressional Research Service · 2024-04-29 · Reports · 10,526 words · PDF available
The federal government publishes poverty statistics using two measures: the official poverty measure and the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). These two measures tell different stories about who is ...