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Election Security: Federal Funding for Securing Election Systems
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Resources · 1,635 words · PDF available
Foreign efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections highlighted the potential for threats to the technologies, facilities, and processes used to administer elections. The federal government has respond...
Redistricting: A Circuit Court Split Over Whether the Voting Rights Act Permits Vote Dilution Claims By Multiple Minority Groups
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Posts · 2,029 words · PDF available
There has been a long-standing split in the federal circuit courts of appeals over whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) permits multiple racial and language minority groups to bring forth ...
Work Authorization Among Hired Agricultural Workers
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Resources · 1,495 words · PDF available
Agricultural workers can be hired for a variety of positions on farms and ranches, including hand harvesting, operating specialized equipment, or management functions. Farms may hire workers directly ...
Federal Land Ownership: Acquisition and Disposal Authorities
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Reports · 9,318 words · PDF available
The federal government owns roughly 640 million acres, more than a quarter of the land in the United States. Four agencies—the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), an...
Federalism and the Electricity Markets: Balancing National and Local Interests
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Posts · 2,264 words · PDF available
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) sought to enable and encourage infrastructure projects throughout the United States. Section 40105 of the IIJA addressed a particular type of infrastr...
Medicaid: An Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Reports · 13,385 words · PDF available
Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services as well as long-term services and supports (LTSS) to 96 million people at a cost to stat...
Farm Bill Primer: Rural Development Title
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Resources · 1,516 words · PDF available
The rural development title of the farm bill reauthorizes, amends, and creates programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development agency. The rural development title ...
China: Nuclear and Missile Proliferation
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Resources · 1,603 words · PDF available
The U.S. government has for decades expressed concerns about China’s proliferation of nuclear- and missile-related technologies to other countries, with more recent focus on the threat of Chinese acqu...
Healthy Start: Overview and Policy Considerations
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Posts · 1,017 words · PDF available
The Healthy Start program (42 U.S.C. §254c-8), currently authorized through FY2025, aims to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy. The program funds projects in geographic areas ...
The Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-04-30 · Reports · 12,071 words · PDF available
The Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) is a federal risk-based seafood traceability program that sets reporting and recordkeeping requirements from the point of harvest to entry into U.S. commer...