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The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s Expropriation Exception
Congressional Research Service · 2025-09-10 · Posts · 2,707 words · PDF available
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA, codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. § 1330 & §§ 160211) addresses the immunity of foreign states from the jurisdiction of U.S. federal and state courts. In Feb...
The 340B Drug Discount Program: Litigation Topics and Trends
Congressional Research Service · 2025-09-10 · Reports · 25,690 words · PDF available
Congress created the 340B Drug Discount Program in 1992 in the Veterans Health Care Act (Pub. L. No. 102-585) to enable certain health care safety net providers to purchase drugs at lower costs. The p...
Overdraft: Payment Service or Small-Dollar Credit?
Congressional Research Service · 2025-09-10 · Resources · 1,575 words · PDF available
Funding Gaps in Consumer Finances One of the earliest documented cases of bank overdraft dates back to 1728, when a Royal Bank of Scotland customer requested a cash credit to allow him to withdraw mor...
Mexico’s Migration Control Efforts
Congressional Research Service · 2025-09-10 · Resources · 1,387 words · PDF available
For more than a decade, consecutive U.S. Administrations have sought to coordinate with Mexico to reduce unauthorized migration to the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported ...
Congress Repeals CFPB’s Overdraft Rule
Congressional Research Service · 2025-09-10 · Posts · 975 words · PDF available
Overdraft refers to when the money in a consumer account cannot cover a given transaction, but a financial institution pays the transaction. While some financial institutions do not offer overdraft co...
Federal Court Endorses Behavioral Remedies, Rejects Structural Relief, in Google Search Antitrust Litigation
Congressional Research Service · 2025-09-10 · Posts · 2,295 words · PDF available
On September 2, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released its remedies decision in United States v. Google, an antitrust case involving Google’s conduct in certain markets re...
Indigenous Peoples in Latin America: Statistical Information
Congressional Research Service · 2025-09-10 · Reports · 10,300 words · PDF available
This report provides statistical information on Indigenous peoples in Latin America. Data and findings on the people vary, sometimes greatly, including on populations and languages, socioeconomics, la...
Federally Supported Projects and Programs for Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Water Supply Infrastructure
Congressional Research Service · 2025-09-10 · Reports · 28,916 words · PDF available
For decades, Congress has authorized, modified, and funded federal programs to help communities address water supply and water infrastructure needs. Departments and agencies that administer these assi...
Democrats: Use Funding Fight to Stop the Republican Assault on Health Care
Third Way · 2025-09-10 · Memo · 968 words
This is the rare shutdown fight in which the policy, politics, and leverage all align. Democrats should make health care costs their non-negotiable demand. They should refuse to participate in a bipar...