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The Congressional Review Act (CRA): A Brief Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-29 · Resources · 1,812 words · PDF available
Overview What is the CRA? The CRA (codified at 5 U.S.C. §§801-808) is a tool Congress can use to overturn certain federal agency actions. The CRA was enacted as part of the Small Business Regulatory E...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Finalizes Rule for a Registry of Nonbank Covered Orders
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-29 · Resources · 1,539 words · PDF available
Nonbank consumer finance companies offer consumer finance products or services but do not have traditional bank or credit union charters and are subsequently less regulated, in general, at the federal...
Tax Credit Transfers and Direct Payments in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-29 · Resources · 1,491 words · PDF available
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA; P.L. 117-169) created or modified 20 energy-related income tax credits. These credits subsidize clean or efficient energy production and usage by individuals ...
Vietnam’s Nonmarket Economy (NME) Status
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-29 · Posts · 992 words · PDF available
Shortly after extending normal trade relations (NTR) status to Vietnam in 2001, the United States designated Vietnam as a “nonmarket economy” (NME) for the purposes of antidumping (AD) and countervail...
DOD Plans for “Stabilizing and Improving the Military Health System”
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-29 · Posts · 1,058 words · PDF available
The Department of Defense (DOD) administers a Military Health System (MHS) that provides health care entitlements authorized in Title 10, Chapters 55 and 56, of the U.S. Code, and is organized, in par...
District of Columbia Voting Representation in Congress: Overview of Proposals
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-29 · Resources · 1,651 words · PDF available
The U.S. Constitution provides for the creation of a district to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 also grants Congress plenary legislative authori...
Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Rules for Original Owners of Retirement Accounts
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-29 · Resources · 1,574 words · PDF available
Introduction Required minimum distributions, or RMDs, are annual withdrawals that individuals with certain retirement accounts are required to make after (1) reaching a specified age (or retiring) or ...