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Introduction to Financial Services: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Resources · 1,732 words · PDF available
In 2010, through enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank, P.L. 111-203), Congress established the CFPB to implement and enforce federal consumer financia...
H.Con.Res. 14: The Budget Resolution for FY2025
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Reports · 4,865 words · PDF available
In April 2025, the House and Senate adopted H.Con.Res. 14, a budget resolution for FY2025. The budget resolution generally represents an agreement between the House and Senate on a budgetary plan for ...
U.S.-Singapore Relations
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Resources · 1,693 words · PDF available
Overview With a land area about three times that of Washington, DC, and a population of 6 million, the city-state of Singapore has long punched above its weight diplomatically. Its stable government, ...
South Sudan
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Resources · 1,942 words · PDF available
Peace has been elusive in South Sudan, which, with U.S. support, became the world’s newest country in 2011. The civil war that erupted there in late 2013 featured widespread sexual violence, mass kill...
Geofence Warrants and the Fourth Amendment
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Posts · 2,919 words · PDF available
Introduction From thermal imaging and wiretaps to GPS tracking and various forms of electronic eavesdropping, the emergence of new technologies and their investigative use have sometimes created legal...
Social Security Administration (SSA): FY2025 Annual Limitation on Administrative Expenses (LAE) Appropriation: In Brief
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Reports · 2,820 words
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is responsible for administering Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which are the nation’s primary income support programs for older adult...
Federal Legislative History: A Research Guide for Congressional Staff
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Reports · 4,655 words · PDF available
This report provides an overview of federal legislative history research, the legislative process, and where to find congressional documents. The report also summarizes some of the reasons researchers...
Trump Administration Actions: Geographic Naming
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Resources · 1,721 words · PDF available
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14172, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, reinstate th...
Economic Development Administration: An Overview of Programs and Appropriations (FY2011-FY2025)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Reports · 26,700 words · PDF available
The Economic Development Administration (EDA), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), is the only federal agency with economic development as its sole mission. The agency was established p...
Canons of Construction: A Brief Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Resources · 1,874 words · PDF available
The “canons of construction” are a set of judicial presumptions about statutory meaning. The canons are one of the traditional tools judges use to interpret statutes, along with the text’s ordinary me...
California and the Clean Air Act (CAA) Waiver: Frequently Asked Questions
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Reports · 19,282 words · PDF available
In the Air Quality Act of 1967 (P.L. 90-148), later amended to the Clean Air Act (CAA; codified at 42 U.S.C. §§7401 et seq.), Congress preempted state governments from adopting their own air pollutant...
Year-Round Sale of E15
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-09 · Posts · 1,024 words · PDF available
E15—a fuel blend of up to 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline—generally cannot be sold during the summer driving season (June 1 – September 15) because it does not meet the gasoline Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP)...