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Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: FY2022

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 19, 2022

Air” and “Research: Air and Energy” program areas combined make up 80.8% of the President’s requested increase in funding to EPA’s S&T account compared with FY2021 enacted appropriations. funding for … EPA’s FY2022 budget justification refers to this program area as “Clean Air and Climate.”

Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 27, 2005

on the basis of his/her employment in covered work over a prior period, called the base period. … H.R. 3405, which did not pass either house, would have made employees of foreign air carriers eligible for TEUC-A and TEUC-AX.

Defense Primer: Strategic Nuclear Forces

Congressional research report · In Focus · Apr 1, 2026

The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), a periodic assessment of U.S. nuclear policy, summarized the post-Cold War evolution of this thinking: [SSBNs] and the SLBMs they carry represent the most survivable … requested $2.7 billion in discretionary funding and assumed $1.5 billion in mandatory funding from FY2025 reconciliation legislation (P.L. 119-21), commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Transportation Security: Issues for the 116th Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 11, 2019

The act also directs TSA to assess other emerging screening technologies that may be used to enhance air cargo screening. … The act also directs FAA to develop an integrated cybersecurity testbed for air traffic control modernization technologies.

What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers?

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 28, 2017

Two laws, in particular, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act, have drawn recent attention. … For example, home-cleaning company Handy engages its “home service professionals” (the company term for individuals who provide cleaning services) as independent contractors, but hires workers in management

Nanotechnology and U.S. Competitiveness: Issues and Options

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 15, 2008

The EU27’s37 share of papers fell from 32% to 25% during this period, while China’s share rose from 11% to 20%. … Competitiveness: Issues and Options which provide protection for defined periods, trade secrets can extend indefinitely.

Appropriations for FY2004: Energy and Water Development

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 30, 2004

Funding covers such activities as administration of the security CRS-12 program, periodic security reviews, and employee training and awareness. … Conferees did not comment on these topics. Nonproliferation and National Security Programs.

Pay Discrimination Claims Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: A Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 29, 2009

180-day charging period. … For example, one such case, United Air Lines, Inc. v.

Iran: Regional Perspectives and U.S. Policy

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 13, 2010

During that period, Iran had been reaching out to a number of Sunni Arab states, as some commentators called it a charm offensive designed to assuage fears of its regional ambitions and nuclear program … News of Israel’s air strike may have temporarily embarrassed Egypt, which, as a result, may have been eager to demonstrate its resolve to act decisively against Iranian intelligence and weapons smuggling

Extreme Heat and Climate Change

Congressional research report · In Focus · Jul 30, 2026

The post-hearing comment period for this rulemaking ended in October 2025. OSHA does not have specific heat exposure standards, and this rulemaking would develop a heat-specific workplace standard. … Changes are relative to the period 1991–2020. Jonathan D.

Military Sexual Assault: Chronology of Activity in the 113th-114th Congresses and Related Resources

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 16, 2019

The last section is a resource guide for sources in this report and related materials on sexual assault and prevention during this period. … “Senators ask Obama to investigate whether Pentagon misled Congress,” The Hill, April 19, 2016, at http://thehill.com/policy/defense/276832-senators-ask-obama-toinvestigate-pentagons-sexual-assault-comments

Central America: Reconstruction After Hurricane Mitch

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 12, 1999

CRS-16 1,200 troops known as Joint Task Force Bravo located at Soto Cano (formerly Palmerola) Air Base in Honduras. … The appeal will fund UN projects in such areas as clean water, emergency health services, food, shelter, and education.

Police Reform and the 116th Congress: Selected Legal Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 16, 2020

Adler & Nathaniel Stewart , Is the Clean Air Act Unconstitutional? Coercion, Cooperative Federalism and Conditional Spending After NFIB v. … Cir. 2015) (rejecting the plaintiff’s position that the “Clean Air Act’s sanctions for noncompliant states impose such a steep price that State officials effectively have no choice but to comply”); T

Border Security and the Southwest Border: Background, Legislation, and Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 28, 2005

Rationalization of Air and Marine Assets, Border Patrol and AMO AMO was effectively transferred to CBP with the passage of the FY2005 DHS Appropriations Act (P.L. 108-334), which moved the AMO funding … For example, see http://moorewatch.com/index.php/weblog/comments/the_real_id_act/. 124 Juan A.

Assisting and Evacuating U.S. Citizens Abroad During International Crises

Congressional research report · In Focus · Mar 6, 2026

The Worldwide Caution added that U.S. citizens “may experience travel disruptions due to periodic airspace closures.” … The BAA limits the scope of repayment to “a reasonable commercial air fare immediately prior to the events giving rise to the evacuation.”

Energy and Water Development: FY2017 Appropriations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 23, 2017

Major Energy and Water Development funding highlights for FY2017 include     Definition of “Fill Material” Under the Clean Water Act. … Definition of “Fill Material” Under the Clean Water Act As approved by the Senate, H.R. 2028 (§103) prohibited the Corps during FY2017 from changing the definition of “fill material” or “discharge of fill

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10 C.F.R. 37, A New Rule to Protect Radioactive Material: Background, Summary, Views from the Field

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 14, 2012

Third, the draft final rule and guidance were placed in the Federal Register for comment. The comment period lasted for more than six months. … Some U.S. citizens may have committed a serious crime many years earlier, but have had a clean record since.

U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 24, 2012

Nuclear Power Reactors,” Joint Hearings of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety and the Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. … The Obama Administration has adopted and funded a policy consistent with the view of the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety of the Environmental and Public Works Committee

Forest Service Timber Sale Practices and Procedures: Analysis of Alternative Systems

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 30, 1995

financial losses during difficult economic periods. … Smoke management: to meet the standards of the Clean Air Act, is thus part of prescribed burning, and air quality standards are the principal constraint on the "window of opportunity" (the days of acceptable

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2013 Appropriations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 22, 2014

The fees are to be reasonably related to the costs of providing air traffic services to these flights. 21 P.L. 112-95, Title IV, Subtitle B—Essential Air Service. … In its public comments the Administration has emphasized the high speed rail portion of the program.