SBA COVID-19 EIDL Financial Relief: Policy Options and Considerations
Congress took several actions to provide financial relief to individuals, businesses, and nonprofits after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, including passing the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Econom...
Federal Support for Organ Transplantation: Frequently Asked Questions
Organ transplantation is a complex medical procedure, often requiring coordination among multiple entities, medical teams, and medical facilities. It is also unique in that it requires the use of an o...
Simplifying FEMA’s Assistance Programs: Selected Actions Taken and Potential Future Considerations
Some Members of Congress, state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) offices of emergency management, nonprofits, disaster survivors, nonpartisan think-tanks, and the Government Accountability Offic...
Status of FY2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations: In Brief
This report provides a brief summary of the status of FY2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations as of the cover date of this report. It also provides background on t...
Federal Pell Grant Program of the Higher Education Act: Primer
The federal Pell Grant program, authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA; P.L. 89-329), is the single largest source of federal grant aid supporting postsecondary ed...
The Biden Administration’s Revised Proclamation and Final Rule, “Securing the Border”
On September 27, 2024, President Biden issued an updated proclamation to amend the June Proclamation that temporarily suspends and limits the entry of certain migrants at the Southwest land border (S...
Education Stabilization Fund: Expenditures for Elementary and Secondary Education
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted several programs that provided federal funds specifically to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus in elementary and secondary educati...
Georgia: Incumbent Georgian Dream Claims Victory in Disputed Parliamentary Elections
Georgia, a country in the Black Sea region that borders Russia and Turkey, held parliamentary elections on October 26, 2024. Georgia’s governing party, Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GD), claimed ...
Permanent Legal Immigration to the United States: Policy Overview
Four major principles underlie current U.S. legal permanent immigration policy: allowing families to reunify, admitting needed skilled workers, providing humanitarian protection, and fostering geograp...
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2024 Appropriations
This report offers an overview of the FY2024 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill. This bill includes all accounts funded thr...
Defense Implications of Challenges at Boeing
The Boeing Company (Boeing), a supplier of equipment and services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), has since 2018 faced challenges including labor actions, production delays, quality control p...
Veterans Day Speech Resources: Fact Sheet
This fact sheet is designed to assist congressional offices with work related to Veterans Day. It contains a brief history, CRS reports, selected speeches and recognitions, presidential proclamations,...
Defense Primer: United States Military Aviation
Background
Military aircraft provide the United States a range of military capabilities, including deterrence against attack, power projection, situational awareness, air defense, and logistical suppo...
Overpayments in the Social Security Administration’s Programs: In Brief
The Social Security Administration (SSA) mainly administers two programs—Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), commonly known as Social Security, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)...
FLSA Exemptions and Burdens of Proof: E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera
On November 5, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, a case involving an employer’s burden of proof when it asserts that an employee is exem...