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DOD Transformation Initiatives and the Military Personnel System: Proceedings of a CRS Seminar

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 12, 2003

Contents Key Comments of Dr. … (pp. 13-15) CRS-3 Key Comments of Dr. Bernard Rostker General Comments !

Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 8, 2006

Since the attacks on the United States September 11, 2001, some commentators have maintained that Saudi domestic and foreign policies have created a climate that may have contributed to terrorist acts … Air Force units that conducted overflights to enforce a no-fly zone over southern Iraq (Operation Southern Watch).

Superfund and the Brownfields Issue

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 16, 2001

(RCRA) exists to clean up currently operating hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. … This provision resolved an issue that arose from the tax treatment of costs of cleaning up contaminated land.

Safe Drinking Water Act: State Revolving Fund Program

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 10, 2004

This program is patterned after the 1987 Clean Water Act SRF (CWSRF) program for financing municipal wastewater treatment projects. … Congress also gave states flexibility to set priorities between the SDWA and Clean Water Act SRF programs to accommodate the divergent drinking water and wastewater needs and priorities among the states

Military Base Closures: A Historical Review from 1988 to 1995

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 18, 2004

There followed a period during which public comments were received, and then on February 15, 1991, the final criteria, which contained a few changes, were published. … Recommendations to close the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Naval Station and Loring Air Force Base in Maine drew extended comment from Members.

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA): Section-by-Section Summary

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 5, 2023

for relief under the act. … A servicemember with property or effects subject to a lien, including liens for storage, repair, or cleaning of property, is protected from foreclosure or enforcement of the lien during the period of military

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and International Trade: Legal Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 5, 2013

Air Act.24 The CPSC also lacks the authority to regulate the risk of injury associated with electronic product radiation emitted from an electronic product if such risk of injury is subject to regulation … , and H.R. 5156, Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the H.

Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Industry Standards

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 29, 2003

Contemporaneously, representatives of Unocal, along with those of other oil companies and members of the automobile industry, met with California state air-pollution regulators. … Proprietors would be required to identify intellectual properties that are pertinent to the standard within a set period of time.

Middle East: Attitudes toward the United States

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 31, 2001

CRS-12 civilians as human shields by emplacing air defense units near populated areas. … One commentator, discussing some of the causes of U.S.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Natural Gas Permitting and Litigation

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 19, 2025

of at least 45 days, during which FERC is to hold public meetings in the proposed project area.28 After the conclusion of the comment period, FERC reviews the comments and revises its draft EIS in response … The comment period was extended 30 days from an original closing date of June 25, 2018.

Israel and Hamas: Conflict in Gaza

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 19, 2009

Israel has directed return fire at the source of rocket attacks and has engaged militants in periodic skirmishes. … An assessment of early recovery needs projected over a 24-month period is expected later in the year.

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): Implementation and New Challenges

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 28, 2009

period on this proposal ended January 23, 2009. … The Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management, which was established by Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, recommended in 1997 that TSCA “be updated to

FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act: Context and Selected Issues for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 20, 2022

(“prioritize defense investments in climate resiliency and clean energy.”); and Equal opportunity. … Humphreys; and CRS Report R45998, Contaminants of Emerging Concern Under the Clean Water Act, by Laura Gatz. Exemption for Burn Pit Use in U.S.

Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 12, 2014

Tips may be made anonymously or not. 106 The EPA RMP program, established under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, requires chemical facilities to report to EPA possession of certain chemicals above … It recommends that the EPA Administrator use authorities under the Clean Air Act to require chemical facilities to implement inherently safer technology approaches (National Environmental Justice Advisory

Appropriations for FY2003: Interior and Related Agencies

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 15, 2003

sales to be held during that period. … The great majority of commenting tribes opposed the BITAM proposal and many tribes and tribal organizations offered alternative plans.

Summary and Analysis of S. 1733 and Comparison with H.R. 2454: Electric Power and Natural Gas

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 30, 2009

The report also compares those provisions with H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act. … The report also compares those provisions with counterparts, if any, in H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

The Specialty Metal Clause: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 6, 2014

Congressional Research Service 7 The Specialty Metal Clause: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress comment period ended on September 24, 2012, and the final rule was issued on March 28, 2013.14 … RAND Project AIR FORCE, March 29, 2009. 27 On April 5, 1941, the Berry Amendment was enacted as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1941 Fifth Supplemental National Defense Appropriations Act, P.L. 77-29, 10

Mining on Federal Lands

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 28, 2005

CRS-3 IB89130 02-28-05 During the 1960s and 1970s, the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act, Wilderness Act, National Forest Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Federal Land Policy … The mining industry must comply with applicable requirements of the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, state reclamation standards where they exist, and federal and state statutes relating to the handling

Domestic Content Restrictions: The Buy American Act and Complementary Provisions of Federal Law

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 12, 2016

The Clean Water State Revolving Fund was established by the 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act. … /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Buy America Act (clean water and drinking water state revolving funds) (name redacted) 7-....

The Black Lung Program, the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, and the Excise Tax on Coal

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 7, 2023

The enactment of the law commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA, P.L. 117-169) made these BLET rates, which had previously been subject to periodic reductions, permanent. … The enactment of the law commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA, P.L. 117-169) made these tax rates, which had previously been subject to periodic reductions, permanent.