Accomplices, Aiding and Abetting, and the Like: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. § 2
Virtually every federal criminal statute has a hidden feature; primary offenders and even their most casual accomplices face equal punishment. This is the work of 18 U.S.C. § 2, which visits the same ...
FDA Regulation of Cannabidiol (CBD) Consumer Products
Cannabidiol (CBD) is promoted as treatment for a range of conditions, including anxiety, pain, inflammation, and post-traumatic stress disorder—despite limited scientific evidence to substantiate or d...
Oil Market Effects from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Iran, Russia, Venezuela
Economic sanctions imposed by the United States—through enacted legislation and executive action—on Iran, Russia, and Venezuela aim to pressure the ruling governments to change their behavior and poli...
Overview of FY2020 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS)
This report describes actions taken by the Trump Administration and Congress to provide FY2020 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts. The annual CJS approp...
FDA Regulation of Cannabidiol (CBD) Consumer Products: Overview and Considerations for Congress
Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound in the Cannabis sativa plant, has been promoted as a treatment for a range of conditions, including epileptic seizures, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, inflammat...
Social Security and Vulnerable Groups—Policy Options to Aid Widows
As Congress actively considers Social Security reform options, one area of interest is Social Security policy levers to aid vulnerable groups—widows, low earners, caregivers, older beneficiaries, spou...
A Persistent and Evolving Threat: An Examination of the Financing of Domestic Terrorism and Extremism
Chairman Cleaver, Ranking Member Hill, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Rena Miller, and I have been a Specialist in Financial Economics at the C...
Iran’s Central Bank Asks Supreme Court to Consider Whether the Bank’s Assets Abroad are Immune from Attachment to Satisfy Terror Judgments
Update: The Supreme Court on January 13, 2020, granted review and vacated the decision below, remanding to the Second Circuit for reconsideration in light of section 1226 of the National Defense Autho...
Kashmir: Background, Recent Developments, and U.S. Policy
In early August 2019, the Indian government announced that it would make major changes to the legal status of its Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state, specifically by repealing Article 370 o...
Copyright Act and Communications Act Changes in 2019 Related to Television
On December 20, 2019, President Donald J. Trump signed the Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019, and the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 (Titles XI and X of Div...
H.R. 1865 and the Look-Through Treatment of Payments Between Related Controlled Foreign Corporations
The House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, extended certain expiring provisions, including a number that were last extended through 20...