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The Small Business Administration’s State Trade Expansion Program
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-07 · Resources · 1,625 words
American small businesses regularly export to international markets, contributing to both domestic and global economies by trading with approximately 95% of the world population living outside the Uni...
Sri Lanka’s Watershed Election
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-07 · Posts · 1,011 words · PDF available
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, popularly known as “AKD,” was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president on September 23. He is Sri Lanka’s first president not associated with one of the country’s tw...
The Federal Land Management Agencies
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-07 · Resources · 1,310 words · PDF available
The Property Clause in the U.S. Constitution (Article IV, Section 3, clause 2) provides Congress the authority to acquire, dispose of, and manage federal property. Currently, approximately 640 million...
The Equal Time Rule for Political Candidates: Constitutional Context
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-07 · Posts · 1,429 words · PDF available
On July 23, 2024, two days after announcing that he would exit the 2024 presidential race, President Joe Biden wrote on social media that he would address the country on “what lies ahead.” In advance ...
Overview of Continuing Appropriations for FY2025 (Division A of P.L. 118-83)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-07 · Reports · 9,961 words
On September 26, 2024, the President signed H.R. 9747—the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025—into law as P.L. 118-83. Division A of the act provides continuing appropriations for all 1...