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The Role of Earmarks in SRF Appropriations in the 118th Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-15 · Reports · 13,589 words · PDF available
The condition of the nation’s drinking water and wastewater systems continues to garner congressional attention. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) periodically reports on the capital cost...
Potential Disapproval of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 Under the Congressional Review Act
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-15 · Posts · 969 words · PDF available
A growing number of firms are providing platforms for crypto transactions, which has prompted the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to consider how crypto exposures should be treated. Many of t...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Herds
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-15 · Resources · 1,781 words · PDF available
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed a strain (H5N1) of highly pathogenic avian Influen...
Energy and Water Development: FY2024 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-15 · Reports · 21,565 words · PDF available
The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations (E&W) bill funds civil works activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the Department of Defense; the Department of...
Nuclear Energy in a Climate Change Context: Current Appropriations for Nuclear Energy Development
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-15 · Resources · 1,515 words · PDF available
The potential role of nuclear energy in mitigating climate change has been a significant element of recent congressional discussions about energy and environmental policy. For example, Senate Environm...
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2024 State of Play
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-15 · Reports · 3,730 words · PDF available
This is an “In Brief” style report, and as such, should have its summary and TOC suppressed. FY2024 marks the 21st annual appropriations cycle with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriatio...
Bureau of Reclamation Funding in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-15 · Resources · 1,362 words · PDF available
In August 2022, Congress enacted P.L. 117-169, popularly known as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Among its funding provisions, the law provided approximately $4.6 billion in mandatory appropriatio...