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Enforcement of Court Orders Against the Executive Branch
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-18 · Posts · 3,127 words · PDF available
Months into the second Trump Administration, a number of executive branch policies have been challenged in court, and several federal district courts have enjoined enforcement of some of the challenge...
Tracking Federal Grant Awards: A Brief Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-18 · Resources · 1,440 words · PDF available
This In Focus briefly discusses the primary government tool for tracking federal grant awards, USAspending.gov, as well as selected other federal grant award data sources. For background on USAspendin...
Immigration Parolees’ Eligibility for Federal Benefits
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-18 · Reports · 7,708 words · PDF available
The eligibility of foreign nationals in the United States for federal public benefits is a topic of long-standing congressional and public interest. Various laws enacted over the past 45 years address...
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations: FY2025 Provisions
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-18 · Reports · 11,993 words · PDF available
Through appropriations legislation, Congress provides not only budget authority for federal agencies and departments to operate, but also legally binding direction on how that budget authority can (or...
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-18 · Posts · 1,021 words · PDF available
Congress authorizes and funds the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to undertake civil works activities, including planning and construction of water resource projects and maintenance of navigation...
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Funding for FY2025: Considerations for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-18 · Posts · 1,222 words · PDF available
Since 1992, Congress has provided the Department of Defense (DOD) with annual appropriations explicitly for the conduct of medical research on congressionally identified topics. DOD administers these ...
Federal Public Transportation Program: In Brief
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-18 · Reports · 5,241 words · PDF available
Federal funding assistance to public transportation providers is provided primarily through the public transportation program administered by the Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Adminis...