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Military Construction: Authorities and Processes
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-05 · Reports · 19,520 words · PDF available
Congress appropriates several billion dollars annually to support construction projects for the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) worldwide military installations. The military construction (MILCON) pro...
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 118th Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-05 · Reports · 13,824 words · PDF available
This report discusses immigration-related bills that have received congressional action in the 118th Congress as of the report’s cover date. For the purposes of the report, bills receiving congression...
Defined Contribution Retirement Plans: Automatic Enrollment
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-05 · Resources · 1,412 words · PDF available
Many employers offer their employees the opportunity to save for retirement in defined contribution (DC) plans, of which the most common is the 401(k) plan. Sponsors of DC plans have two ways to enrol...
“Too Big to Fail” Financial Institutions: Policy Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-05 · Resources · 1,797 words · PDF available
Some financial institutions are perceived to be “too big to fail” (TBTF), meaning that their failure would trigger financial instability. Although the term TBTF is a popular shorthand, “too interconne...
Enactment of Appropriations Measures During Lame Duck Sessions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-05 · Reports · 6,508 words · PDF available
Fourteen of the past 15 Congresses have concluded with post-election, or “lame duck,” sessions. Under contemporary conditions, any meeting of Congress that occurs between a congressional election in N...
Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-05 · Reports · 31,105 words · PDF available
The number of unaccompanied alien children (UAC, unaccompanied children) apprehended at the Southwest border between U.S. ports of entry while attempting to enter the United States without authorizati...
Department of Labor’s 2024 Independent Contractor Rule
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-05 · Posts · 2,587 words · PDF available
On January 10, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a rule that identifies criteria for how it classifies whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor for purposes of the Fair Labor...