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False Statements and Perjury: An Abridged Overview of Federal Criminal Law
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Reports · 4,614 words · PDF available
Federal courts, Congress, and federal agencies rely upon truthful information in order to make informed decisions. Federal law therefore proscribes providing the federal courts, Congress, or federal a...
2023 Premium Tax Credit Tool: An Interactive Tool for Congressional Users
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Posts · 1,018 words · PDF available
This Insight accompanies the 2023 Premium Tax Credit Tool, a Microsoft Excel file that congressional users can download from CRS.gov. The tool was designed to assist Congress in evaluating policy cons...
Restoration of Cell Phone Services: Hurricane Helene
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Resources · 1,632 words · PDF available
On September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida. The hurricane caused flooding and damage to personal property and critical infrastructure, including roads, power, and commun...
Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grants: A Primer
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Reports · 18,588 words · PDF available
The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant program is intended to encourage individuals to enter the teaching profession by providing recipients with grants of up ...
Adding Countries to the Visa Waiver Program: National Security and Tourism Considerations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Reports · 12,257 words · PDF available
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP), which allows citizens of certain countries to visit the United States for up to three months without a visa, has two explicit missions: to enhance national security and ...
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Frequently Asked Questions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Reports · 20,326 words · PDF available
Over the past two decades, successive U.S. Administrations and Congresses have recognized that illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing threatens national, regional, and global security and ...
Credit Card Swipe Fees and Routing Restrictions
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Reports · 8,281 words · PDF available
The basic structure of a credit payment involves a customer, the customer’s bank (called the issuing bank), a card payment network, the merchant, the merchant’s bank (called the acquiring bank), and p...
Bureau of Reclamation Central Valley Project: Infrastructure and Water Deliveries
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Infographics · 463 words · PDF available
/ Bureau of Reclamation Central Valley Project: Infrastructure and Water Deliveries Central Valley Project (CVP) The CVP, owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, covers approximately 20,...
False Statements and Perjury: An Overview of Federal Criminal Law
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Reports · 15,799 words · PDF available
Federal courts, Congress, and federal agencies rely upon truthful information in order to make informed decisions. Federal law therefore proscribes providing the federal courts, Congress, or federal a...
China Primer: Human Rights
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-08 · Resources · 1,689 words · PDF available
Overview The nongovernmental human rights organization Freedom House describes China’s party-state as an “authoritarian regime” that “has become increasingly repressive in recent years.” Some analyst...