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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2025 State of Play
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Reports · 4,001 words · PDF available
FY2025 marks the 22nd annual appropriations cycle with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations measure. In six of the first seven years of its existence, the annual appropriations measu...
Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Resources · 1,546 words · PDF available
Information technology (IT), or the use of devices such as computers to handle electronic data, has existed for decades, but it has only recently become accessible to many Americans in a health care c...
Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Reports · 14,749 words · PDF available
The Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyer program is one of the longest-running shipbuilding programs in Navy history. The Navy began procuring DDG-51s, also known as Aegis destroyers, in FY1985, and...
Navy Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Reports · 16,313 words · PDF available
The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and a total of six have been procured through FY2024. Current Navy plans call for procuring a total of at least 20 FFG-...
National Flood Insurance Program Borrowing Authority
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Posts · 1,025 words · PDF available
This Insight evaluates the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) borrowing authority to receive loans from the Treasury and the current financial situation of the NFIP. On February 10, 2025, the NFI...
Recent Wages Trends and Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Reports · 8,732 words · PDF available
This report estimates real (inflation-adjusted) wage trends at the 10th, 50th (median), and 90th percentiles of the hourly wage distributions over the 2014-2024 period for the workforce as a whole and...
Navy LPD-17 Flight II and LHA Amphibious Ship Programs: Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Reports · 9,632 words · PDF available
The Navy is procuring two types of larger amphibious ships: LHA-type “big-deck” amphibious assault ships and LPD-17 Flight II class amphibious ships. Both types are built by Huntington Ingalls Industr...
Criminal Justice Data: Human Trafficking
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Reports · 7,775 words · PDF available
Human traffickers exploit vulnerable individuals for commercial sex and forced labor in a variety of legal and illegal industries, both across the United States and around the world. While some estima...
Issues for Reauthorization and Reform of the National Flood Insurance Program
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Resources · 1,905 words · PDF available
Floods are the most common and costly natural disaster in the United States; however, flood damage is not covered by homeowners insurance, and many flood victims are surprised to discover after a floo...
ERISA: Legal Framework and Recent Supreme Court Litigation
Congressional Research Service · 2025-03-21 · Reports · 10,464 words · PDF available
As part of federal efforts to protect retirement income security and promote access to affordable health care for working Americans, retirees, and their families, private-sector employee benefit plans...