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FERS, MSPB, and FEHB Provisions in H.R. 1, as Passed by the House
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-05 · Resources · 1,739 words · PDF available
On May 22, 2025, the House passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The version of this budget reconciliation measure agreed to by the House includes four provisions that would amend aspects of ...
The European Parliament and U.S. Interests
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-05 · Resources · 1,645 words · PDF available
A Key EU Institution The European Parliament (EP) is the only directly elected institution of the 27-country European Union (EU). The EP’s current 720 members represent the EU’s roughly 450 million ci...
Amendments to the Higher Education Act in FY2025 Budget Reconciliation Legislation
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-05 · Reports · 17,446 words · PDF available
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY2025 (H.Con.Res. 14) includes reconciliation instructions for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce (EDW) and the Senate Committee on Health,...
Social Security’s Projected Shortfall: The Role of Demographic Factors
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-05 · Reports · 19,676 words · PDF available
Social Security is a social insurance program that provides income replacement to workers and their families due to a loss of earnings after a worker’s retirement, death, or disability. Yet Social Sec...
Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing Executive Order: Legal Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-05 · Posts · 3,457 words · PDF available
On May 12, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an executive order titled “Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients” (the 2025 EO). Both the 2025 EO and the accom...
U.S.-Indonesia Relations
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-05 · Resources · 1,551 words · PDF available
Overview With over 280 million citizens, Indonesia is the most populous country in Southeast Asia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, and the world’s third-largest democracy (after Indi...
Global Human Rights: International Religious Freedom Policy
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-05 · Resources · 1,500 words · PDF available
For decades, U.S. policymakers have sought to promote religious freedom abroad, reflective both of a general interest in promoting human rights through U.S. foreign policy, as well as the emphasis on ...