The Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) in FY2024: Current Status
Spending Limits
The Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA, P.L. 118-5), enacted in June 2023, temporarily suspended the debt limit and established statutory discretionary spending limits for FY2024 and FY202...
Supreme Court Considers Scope of Congress’s Sixteenth Amendment Income Taxing Power in Moore v. United States
On December 9, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Moore v. United States, an appeal challenging a one-time “Mandatory Repatriation Tax” (MRT) on U.S. shareholders of a foreign corporation ...
Temporary Commemorations on Federal Land in the District of Columbia
The District of Columbia, especially the area around the National Mall, is widely known for its monuments and memorials. These permanent commemorative works, which are located on federal land, honor t...
FY2024 NDAA: Status of Legislative Activity
By law (31 U.S.C. §1105(a)), the President is to send the annual federal budget request to Congress by the first Monday in February. In practice, Presidents sometimes send it later. On March 9, 2023, ...
Sheetz v. County of El Dorado: The Court Explores Legislative Exactions and the Takings Clause
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado. The dispute in this case centers around an “exaction,” which is a government-imposed req...
Legacy Lead-Sheathed Telecommunications Cables: Status and Issues for Congress
From the late 1800s through the 1950s, telecommunications companies hung, buried, or placed under water extensive networks of cables containing lead sheathscasing that protects the wiresthroughout the...
Federal Funding for Broadband Deployment: Agencies and Considerations for Congress
Access to high-speed internet, also known as broadband, has been a particular concern of many in Congress. Broadband is deployed throughout the United States, primarily by the private sector, and is a...