Policy Library

16 documents

The U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW): Dark Eagle
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Resources · 1,440 words · PDF available
What Is the Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon? The Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), also known as Dark Eagle (Figure 1), with a reported range of 1,725 miles, consists of a ground-launche...
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): FY2026 Budget Request Fact Sheet
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Reports · 2,053 words · PDF available
This report provides a brief overview of the President’s FY2026 budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It links to relevant Administration budget documents and CRS r...
The Motion to Recommit in the House
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Reports · 3,070 words · PDF available
The motion to recommit in the House of Representatives proposes to send legislation under consideration on the floor back to committee. A Member may move to recommit a measure prior to a vote on final...
Congress Repeals Rule That Would Have Subjected Large, Nonbank Digital Wallet and Payment App Providers to CFPB Supervision
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Resources · 1,659 words · PDF available
On December 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a final rule bringing certain nonbank digital payment and digital wallet companies under its supervisory regime, allowin...
Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes: Generic Entry for Small-Molecule Drugs Under the Hatch-Waxman Act
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Resources · 1,300 words · PDF available
Patent rights play an important role in the development and pricing of pharmaceutical drugs. Patent law seeks to encourage innovation by granting the holder of a valid patent a temporary monopoly on a...
Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes: Biosimilar Entry Under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Resources · 1,351 words · PDF available
Patent rights play an important role in the development and pricing of pharmaceuticals, including biological products (biologics). Patent law seeks to encourage innovation by granting the patent holde...
H.R. 1 Limitation on Enforcement of Contempt Orders: Selected Legal Considerations
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Posts · 1,695 words · PDF available
Section 70302 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), as passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, would limit the authority of federal courts to enforce contempt citations for failu...
The CBP Home Mobile Application and “Self-Departure”
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Resources · 1,499 words · PDF available
On May 9, 2025, President Trump issued a proclamation, “Establishing Project Homecoming,” to give certain aliens (any person not a U.S. citizen or national) without lawful status in the United States ...
Introduction to Financial Services: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Resources · 1,428 words · PDF available
Congress passed the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (P.L. 73-291) to create the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the wake of the stock market crash in 1929 to help restore confidence in cap...
Evaluating the Defense Production Act
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Testimony · 5,921 words · PDF available
Type here to begin keywords
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Reports · 4,249 words · PDF available
Historically, Egypt has been an important country for U.S. national security interests based on its geography, demography, and diplomatic posture. Egypt controls the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869 a...
DOD Cost Overruns and The Nunn-McCurdy Act
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Resources · 1,566 words · PDF available
Since the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) establishment, Congress has expressed interest in ensuring that DOD procures major weapons systems efficiently, including that a program maintain the same ...
Class-Wide Scheduling of Fentanyl-Related Substances (FRS)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Posts · 1,033 words · PDF available
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that has recognized medical uses in pain management; it is a Schedule II controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Fentanyl analogues, in g...
Status of Federal Implementation of EV Charging Infrastructure
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Posts · 1,041 words · PDF available
Shifts in policy priorities around electric vehicles (EVs) and other actions taken by the second Trump Administration have been followed by legal challenges and further perspectives regarding the fede...
Statutory PAYGO and Budget Reconciliation Legislation
Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-12 · Posts · 709 words · PDF available
This Insight provides a brief overview of statutory PAYGO, its application to reconciliation legislation, and the ways in which it has been addressed in relation to previously enacted budget reconcili...
Q&A: Higher Ed Accreditation
Third Way · 2025-06-12 · Memo · 2,655 words
Third Way is a center-left think tank that champions modern solutions to the most challenging problems in US public policy, including the economy, climate and energy, national security, social policy,...