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Legal Consequences of Rescheduling Marijuana
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-01 · Posts · 1,762 words · PDF available
On April 30, 2024, news outlets reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) planned to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The planned...
Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-01 · Testimony · 1,036 words · PDF available
Energy Climate Natural Gas LNG Exports Geopolitics Trade
USMCA: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-01 · Resources · 1,729 words · PDF available
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that entered into force among the three countries in 2020. It updated and replaced the 1994 North Americ...
Revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) oversees the collection of race and ethnicity data through Statistical Policy Directive (SPD) No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Fe...
Department of Veterans Affairs FY2024 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-01 · Reports · 24,532 words · PDF available
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers numerous programs that provide benefits and services to eligible veterans and their families. These benefits include medical care, disability compen...
Repatriation of Native American Remains and Cultural Items: Requirements for Agencies and Institutions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-01 · Resources · 1,664 words · PDF available
Some federal agencies, museums, and other institutions have, over time, acquired human remains and cultural items related to the Indigenous peoples who originally inhabited the United States. Congress...
Discretionary Spending: Setting a Topline Amount for FY2025 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-01 · Posts · 1,053 words · PDF available
Each year, Congress produces appropriations legislation that provides discretionary funding for a broad range of government activities. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have jurisdiction...