Federal Land Designations: A Brief Guide
This report provides a brief guide to selected titles—such as national park, national wildlife refuge, national monument, national conservation area, national recreation area, and others—that Congress...
Tribal Co-management of Federal Lands: Overview and Selected Issues for Congress
In recent decades, congressional interest in federal-tribal collaboration, or co-management, on federal lands has grown, especially as some tribes have sought more input into federal land management. ...
Campaign Finance Law: An Analysis of Key Issues, Recent Developments, and Constitutional Considerations for Legislation
Federal campaign finance law is composed of a complex set of limits, restrictions, and requirements on money and other things of value that are spent or contributed in the context of federal elections...
Mexico: Background and U.S. Relations
Mexico, the 10th most populous country and 15th largest economy in the world, is bound to the United States by geography and strong economic, cultural, and historical ties. In addition to sharing a ne...
Cybercrime and the Law: Primer on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Related Statutes
There is no single, straightforward definition of cybercrime under federal law. Rather, depending on the context, “cybercrime” may refer to all crimes involving computers, or only to crimes targeting ...
Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning in Consumer Lending
Financial firms may use algorithms—pre-coded sets of instructions and calculations that are executed automatically—to enhance consumer loan underwriting, the process of evaluating the likelihood that ...
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2023 Appropriations
The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill—often called the Interior bill—contains funding for about three dozen agencies and entities. Funded entities include most of the Dep...
House Rule XXI, Clause 10: The CUTGO Rule
House Rule XXI, clause 10, currently referred to as the CUTGO (or cut-as-you-go) rule, prohibits the consideration of legislation that is estimated to result in a net increase in mandatory spending ov...
Monuments and Memorials in the District of Columbia: Analysis and Options for Proposed Exemptions to the Commemorative Works Act
During the course of each Congress, numerous proposals to create new commemorative works (i.e., monuments and memorials) in the District of Columbia are introduced. In evaluating each proposal, Congre...
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
In October 2013, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Bali, Indonesia, China proposed creating a new multilateral development bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). As it...
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations for FY2023
The House and the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations subcommittees are charged with providing annual appropriations for the Department of ...