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Defense Primer: Department of the Army and Army Command Structure
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-10 · Resources · 881 words · PDF available
Overview Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution stipulates, “The Congress shall have power ... to raise and support Armies ... make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forc...
Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Federal Civil Service Annuities
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-10 · Reports · 2,274 words · PDF available
Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) are based on the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Pric...
Legal Definitions: A Research Guide for Congressional Staff
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-10 · Reports · 1,268 words · PDF available
This report is designed to introduce congressional staff to examples of legal and nonlegal sources, including statutes, legislation, and dictionaries, for researching legal definitions. It includes go...
Defense Primer: Special Operations Forces
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-10 · Resources · 1,248 words · PDF available
Overview Special Operations Forces (SOF) are those active duty and reserve component forces of the military services designated by the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and specifically selected, organize...
Constitutional Challenges to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-10 · Reports · 18,012 words · PDF available
Congress created the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (the program) through the budget reconciliation measure known as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA; P.L. 117-169), which became law on Augus...
Offshore Energy Agency Appropriations, FY2025
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-10 · Resources · 1,539 words · PDF available
Three entities in the Department of the Interior (DOI) share responsibility for managing the nation’s ocean energy resources on almost 2.5 billion acres of the U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS). The ...
Presidential Libraries and Museums
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-10 · Resources · 1,690 words · PDF available
At the conclusion of a presidency, former Presidents and their supporters may seek to construct facilities to commemorate their terms of office and house presidential materials. In 1955, Congress enac...
Defense Primer: Organization of U.S. Ground Forces
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-10 · Resources · 1,489 words · PDF available
Overview The Army is the U.S. military’s primary ground force. Title 10, Subtitle B, Part I, Chapter 307 of the U.S. Code addresses the organization of the Army. The Marine Corps serves as the Navy’s ...