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...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): FY2020 Budget Request and Appropriations
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) mission is to understand and predict changes in weather, climate, oceans, and coasts; to share that information with others; and to conse...
The Cable Franchising Authority of State and Local Governments and the Communications Act
Companies that provide cable television service (cable operators) are subject to regulation at the federal, state, and local levels. Under the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Co...
Campaign and Election Security Policy: Overview and Recent Developments for Congress
In the United States, state, territorial, and local governments are responsible for most aspects of selecting and securing election systems and equipment. Foreign interference during the 2016 election...
Dairy Provisions in USMCA
On November 30, 2018, the leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The legislative bo...
Religious Speech and Advertising: Current Circuit Split and its Implications for Congress
On September 17, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Third Circuit), in a divided decision, held that a transit system’s policy banning ads with religious and atheistic messages vio...