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USDA’s Latest Update to Nutrition Standards for School Meals
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-31 · Reports · 5,720 words · PDF available
On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized a rule (“Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans”) updating the nu...
PPBE Reform Commission Final Report Recommendations: Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-31 · Posts · 1,318 words · PDF available
In March 2024, the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Reform issued its final report for improving the budget development process of the U.S. Department of Defense (D...
Integrating Federal Estimates of Income, Consumption, and Wealth: Policy Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-31 · Posts · 1,118 words · PDF available
In March 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released an expert panel report on income, consumption, and wealth statistics. The report offered guidance on moder...
The American Privacy Rights Act
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-31 · Posts · 3,823 words · PDF available
On April 7, 2024, Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell and House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers jointly released a draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). ...
Campaign Finance Law and the U.S. Supreme Court
Congressional Research Service · 2024-05-31 · Infographics · 551 words · PDF available
/ For more information, see CRS Report R45320, Campaign Finance Law: An Analysis of Key Issues, Recent Developments, and Constitutional Considerations for Legislation, by L. Paige Whitaker (2023). Inf...
How China would tackle a second Trump term
Brookings Institution · 2024-05-31 · Article · 1,880 words
If Trump wins the U.S. election, his unpredictability and his use of maximum pressure will put China in extremely difficult corners.