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FY2025 Budget Request: Department of Defense-Military (Subfunction 051)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-21 · Posts · 2,713 words · PDF available
On March 11, 2024, the Biden Administration released an FY2025 budget requesting a total of $7.5 trillion in budget authority. Of this total, $850 billion (11.35%) covered discretionary spending for D...
Voter Registration: Overview of Federal Involvement and Policy Considerations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-21 · Posts · 1,127 words · PDF available
Voter registration policies are largely determined by state and local governments, subject to certain federal requirements, many of which are found in the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA...
Standardizing Federal Data: Categorizing Approaches
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-21 · Resources · 1,828 words · PDF available
Congress has at times enacted laws that specifically require federal agencies to use data standards, which establish rules to enhance the usability of data. This In Focus provides an overview of three...
The Public Policy Doctrine and 501(c)(3) Organizations
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-21 · Resources · 1,870 words · PDF available
The Supreme Court first applied the public policy doctrine to organizations exempt under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3) in a pair of cases, Bob Jones University v. United States and Gol...
Recouping Federal Grant Awards: How and Why Grant Funds Are Clawed Back
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-21 · Reports · 4,335 words · PDF available
Since 2020, Congress has provided unprecedented levels of funding to federal grant programs. For instance, according to the Pandemic Recovery Accountability Committee (PRAC), Congress has provided $2....
Gender Activists Are Aiming to Cut Georgia Parents Out
Heritage Foundation · 2024-10-21 · Commentary · 827 words
joxxxxjo/Getty ImagesKey TakeawaysParents in Georgia are in danger of getting squeezed out, and they should be concerned.These gender policies have nothing to do with curriculum or administration, are...