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Technology Service Providers and Credit Unions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-10 · Resources · 1,384 words · PDF available
This In Focus summarizes issues regarding the cybersecurity risks posed by third-party vendors that provide credit unions with technology services. It begins with background on the reliance on technol...
Social Security: Selected Findings of the 2024 Annual Report
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-10 · Resources · 1,692 words · PDF available
According to the 2024 report of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds, the program’s finances are in a similar, albeit marginally better, position in 2024 relative to what they were...
Considerations for Federal Leasing of Onshore Energy: Oil and Gas and Geothermal Power
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-10 · Reports · 12,397 words · PDF available
Both oil and gas (O&G) and geothermal power are longstanding energy sectors for the United States. The two sectors have many similar characteristics including accessing subsurface resources, having si...
Taiwan Defense Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-10 · Reports · 6,213 words · PDF available
U.S. policy toward Taiwan has long prioritized the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) claims Taiwan as its territory and has not renounce...
Department of the Interior Support for Tribal Water Projects
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-10 · Resources · 1,556 words · PDF available
Congress regulates tribal affairs, including tribal access to water resources, pursuant to its constitutional authority. In addition, the federal government has a federal trust responsibility to prote...
How Does the Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Impact Households’ SNAP Benefits?
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-10 · Resources · 1,450 words · PDF available
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) increases the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households by helping them buy a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet. Many SNAP recipie...
Meeting Europe’s Natural Gas Demand
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-10 · Infographics · 414 words · PDF available
/ Meeting Europe’s Natural Gas Demand With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and subsequent halting of most pipeline natural gas deliveries to European countries, Europe’s vulnerability to supply ...
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Reductions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-10 · Resources · 1,461 words · PDF available
The Medicaid statute requires states to make disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to hospitals treating large numbers of low-income patients. This provision is intended to recognize the disa...