Integrating Federal Estimates of Income, Consumption, and Wealth: Policy Issues
In March 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released an expert panel report on income, consumption, and wealth statistics. The report offered guidance on moder...
PPBE Reform Commission Final Report Recommendations: Issues for Congress
In March 2024, the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Reform issued its final report for improving the budget development process of the U.S. Department of Defense (D...
Campaign Finance Law and the U.S. Supreme Court
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For more information, see CRS Report R45320, Campaign Finance Law:
An Analysis of Key Issues, Recent Developments, and Constitutional
Considerations for Legislation, by L. Paige Whitaker (2023).
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Overview of Tribal Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Program Financing
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and certain tribal nations operate Child Support Enforcement (CSE) programs pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Se...
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force on July 1, 2020, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which had been in effect since January 1, 1994. Congres...
Sanctions in the FY2024 Emergency Supplemental Appropriation, P.L. 118-50
Introduction
President Biden signed P.L. 118-50, Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, into law on April 24, 2024. Divisio...
Defense Primer: 80th Anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944
On June 6, 1944, military forces from the United States and several other countries (known together as the Allied Forces) crossed the English Channel to Normandy, France, during World War II (WWII), i...
HHS Finalizes Rule Addressing Section 1557 of the ACA’s Incorporation of Title IX
On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Through re...
National Flood Insurance Program Risk Rating 2.0: Frequently Asked Questions
This Insight answers some frequently asked questions about Risk Rating 2.0, which came fully into effect on April 1, 2022, changing the way the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) calculates flood...
Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA and Climate Change
The United States is already experiencing certain effects of climate change, including high temperature extremes and heavy precipitation events. The U.S. Global Change Research...
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Reinsurance, and Catastrophe Bonds
Insurance transfers risk from one entity who does not want to bear that risk to another entity that does. An initial insurance purchase, such as homeowners buying a policy to cover damage to their hom...
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42): Medicaid and Medicare Provisions
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (CAA 2024; P.L. 118-42), enacted on March 9, 2024, provides appropriations to federal agencies for the remainder of FY2024 and extends several expiring progra...
Military Memorials, Monuments, and Museums: Selected Resources for Federal, State, and Local Funding
This report provides selected resources to aid congressional offices with constituent grantseekers in identifying potential funding opportunities for military-related historic preservation and commemo...
The Crime Victims Fund (CVF): Federal Support for Victims of Crime
In 1984, the Crime Victims Fund (CVF, or the Fund) was established by the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA, P.L. 98-473) to provide funding for state victim compensation and assistance programs. Since 1984,...