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Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: FY2025

Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-09 · Reports · 28,211 words · PDF available

The U.S. government supports a broad range of scientific and engineering research and development (R&D). The purposes of this R&D include addressing national defense, health, safety, the environment, ...

Congressional Court Watcher: Circuit Splits from November 2024

Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-09 · Posts · 1,912 words · PDF available

The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the thirteen “circuits” issue thousands of precedential decisions each year. Because relatively few of these decisions are ultimately reviewed by the Supreme Court, the ...

Terrorist Financing: Hamas and Cryptocurrency Fundraising

Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-09 · Resources · 1,617 words · PDF available

Policymakers, including some Members of Congress, are scrutinizing U.S. efforts to counter the role that cryptocurrency fundraising plays in the financing of terrorism. In November 2023, the U.S. Depa...

D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act

Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-09 · Posts · 993 words · PDF available

The D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act (H.R. 4984), if enacted, would transfer administrative jurisdiction of most of the federally owned Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stad...

U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine Use Policy

Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-09 · Resources · 1,524 words · PDF available

Current United States Policy on Anti-Personnel Landmines (APLs) On June 21, 2022, National Security Council (NSC) Spokesperson Adrienne Watson announced the United States would “align its policy conce...

The Federal Taxing Power: A Primer

Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-09 · Reports · 19,150 words · PDF available

The Taxing and Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution provides Congress with the power to tax. The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted Congress’s power to tax broadly, except for a few cases decided ...