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Proposals to Amend the U.S. Constitution: Fact Sheet
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-17 · Reports · 2,163 words · PDF available
This report provides brief background information and resources for locating historical, recent, and current proposed and unratified amendments to the Constitution of the United States. It does not fo...
Mali
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-17 · Resources · 1,750 words · PDF available
Once seen as a rising democracy in Africa, Mali has become an epicenter of conflicts and instability since 2011. A military junta seized power in 2020, Mali’s second coup in nine years. Coups in Burki...
Admission of States to the Union: A Historical Reference Guide
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-17 · Reports · 39,758 words · PDF available
The Constitution allows Congress to admit “New States ... into this Union.” By ratifying the Constitution in 1787-1790, the 13 original states—which declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 an...
Sole-Source Contracts for Small Businesses
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-17 · Resources · 1,424 words · PDF available
Introduction Provisions of the Small Business Act authorize (and, in some cases, require) federal agencies to provide small businesses a preference when making a contract award. Preferences for small ...
Federal Contract Set-Asides for Small Businesses
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-17 · Resources · 1,352 words · PDF available
Introduction Provisions of the Small Business Act authorize or, in some cases, require federal agencies to provide small businesses a preference when making a contract award. Preferences for small bus...
Legislating on Cybersecurity
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-17 · Resources · 1,238 words · PDF available
Introduction Cybersecurity considerations for policymakers are broader than those for managing cybersecurity at an organization. When thinking strategically about how to legislate for cybersecurity, l...
Smithsonian Institution: Selected Legislation, 118th Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-17 · Resources · 1,614 words · PDF available
The Smithsonian Institution is a complex of museum, education, research, and revenue-generating entities primarily located in the Washington, DC, region, with additional facilities and activities acro...
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Congressional Research Service · 2024-12-17 · Resources · 1,689 words · PDF available
Introduction Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in 1978. FISA provides a statutory framework for government agencies to obtain authorization to gather foreign intelligen...