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Unemployment Compensation for Former Federal Employees and Military Servicemembers
Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-07 · Resources · 1,631 words
Background Unemployment Insurance (UI) is a joint federal-state system that provides income support through weekly benefit payments. The UI system’s two main objectives are to provide temporary and pa...
Registered Apprenticeship: Federal Role and Recent Federal Efforts
Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-07 · Reports · 8,514 words · PDF available
Apprenticeship is a workforce development strategy that trains a worker for a specific occupation using a structured combination of paid on-the-job training and related instruction. Increased costs fo...
Federal Role in Voter Registration: The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and Subsequent Developments
Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-07 · Reports · 15,135 words · PDF available
Historically, most aspects of election administration have been left to state and local governments, resulting in a variety of practices across jurisdictions with respect to voter registration. States...
Voter Registration: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-07 · Reports · 18,028 words · PDF available
Voter registration policies are typically determined by state and local governments, subject to certain federal requirements. Historically, much of the federal policy discussion surrounding voter regi...
Clean Water Act Section 401: Overview and Recent Developments
Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-07 · Reports · 20,874 words · PDF available
Congress established the Clean Water Act (CWA) to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s Waters.” Under CWA Section 401, any applicant for a federal lic...
FY2025 NDAA: Military Child Care Proposals
Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-07 · Posts · 1,205 words · PDF available
In 2023, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) established a Quality of Life (QOL) Panel to develop proposals for a National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025 NDAA). On April ...
U.S.-EU Trade Relations
Congressional Research Service · 2025-02-07 · Resources · 1,722 words · PDF available
The United States and the 27-member European Union (EU)—when considered as a bloc—have the world’s largest bilateral trade and investment relationship. Their ties are highly integrated, with supply ch...