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Veterans’ Benefits: The Impact of Military Discharges on Basic Eligibility

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 6, 2015

Homosexual acts involving aggravating circumstances or other factors affecting the performance of duty Examples include child molestation, homosexual prostitution, homosexual acts or conduct accompanied … The additional one-year eligibility period began February 12, 2015, with the enactment of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for America Veterans Act (H.R. 203; P.L. 114-2). 96 Community-Based Outpatient

Injurious Species Listings Under the Lacey Act: A Legal Briefing

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 1, 2013

on the proposed rule.54 While there is no minimum period of time for a comment period, courts have focused on whether the agency provided an “adequate” opportunity to comment—the length of the comment … period is only one factor.55 Once the comment period has closed, the agency must consider the relevant information and incorporate a basis and purpose into the adopted rule.56 The final rule must be published

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

Title 36 Congressional Charters

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Nov 15, 2021

 In 1997, the Air Force Sergeants Association was chartered as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY1998 (P.L. 105-85, Title XV; 111 Stat. 1963). … For example, the Air Force Sergeants Association’s charter requires that the corporation keep records of account; minutes of Association proceedings; and record of the names and addresses of its members

Drug Testing in Sports: Proposed Legislation

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 10, 2005

testing standards an unfair or deceptive act under the FTC Act, and require the FTC to promulgate regulations to enforce the Clean Sports Act as if the FTC Act were incorporated into the Clean Sports … After this grace period ends, the Secretary could levy fines of up to $5 million for noncompliance, and add another $1 million for each additional day of noncompliance.26 The Commerce Secretary would be

Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) Mobility, Reconnaissance, and Firepower Programs

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 8, 2019

Light IBCTs can move by foot, vehicle, or air (either air landed or by helicopter). … Air Assault IBCTs Air Assault IBCTs are specially trained and equipped to conduct helicopter assaults.

The Safety of Air Ambulances

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 23, 2006

Three-year moving averages of the estimated accident rate were computed across the 14 year period 3 Alan Levin and Robert Davis, “Surge in Crashes Scars Air Ambulance Industry.” … In particular, over the same period (from 1991-2005), non-scheduled air taxi operators, which fly under the same rules as air ambulance operators carrying patients, experienced an overall accident rate

Frequently Asked Questions: CHIPS Act of 2022 Provisions and Implementation

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 25, 2023

For example, the process for obtaining pre-construction and operating permits required under the Federal Clean Air Act can take 12 to 18 months.45 Additionally, domestic fab construction projects that … Other manufacturing steps include adding materials (deposition and implantation), wafer cleaning and smoothing (wet cleaning and planarization), and thermal treatments (diffusion and annealing).

Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution: In Brief

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 15, 2019

Funds usually are apportioned either in proportion to the time period of the fiscal year covered by the CR, or according to the historical, seasonal rate of obligations for the period of the year covered … projections) for cases during the FY1999 (i.e., the “short-CR” period)

Select Acquisition Reform Provisions in the House and Senate Versions of the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 21, 2017

The FY2017 act itself continued a trend started by the FY2016 enacted bill, which had 77 provisions in Title VIII, the most since the FY2008 act, which had 60 provisions. Figure 1. … than hours spent cleaning bathrooms—unless DOD provides a justification (§818).

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

Invasive Non-Native Species: Background and Issues for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 25, 2002

These regulations (40 CFR 1700) implement §312(n) of the Clean Water Act. … Costs of cleaning beaches have declined in recent years with reduced populations of alewives.

Public Transit New Starts Program: Issues and Options for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 5, 2010

For example, the Clean, Low Emission, Affordable, New Transportation Efficiency Act (S. 575/H.R. 1329), sometimes referred to as CLEANTEA, proposes to establish a new trust fund, the Low Greenhouse Gas … Skeptics also point out that the factors that have caused transit providers to struggle in the post–World War Two period are still at work.

Appropriations for FY2004: Military Construction

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 6, 2003

Act of 1990, and current program authorizations. … Two separate defense appropriations bills are written annually, a “Military Construction Appropriations Act” dedicated to military construction, and a “National Defense Appropriations Act” covering all

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2011 Appropriations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 1, 2010

DOD’s FY2010 estimate for one-time implementation costs over the FY2006-2011 period reached $34.2 billion. … would be inconsistent with national security or national interest” and notifies Congress of his action within a specified period.

Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 27, 2005

This report will be updated periodically. Key Policy Staff: Port and Maritime Security Area of expertise Name Phone E-mail Transportation Security Admin. (name redacted) 7-.... … and harbors from subversive acts.

Suspending the Gas Tax: Analysis of S. 2285

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 7, 2000

some time during the suspension period. … Finally, except for propane and compressed natural gas, all fuels have a 0.1¢/per-gallon LUST component, which generates revenues for the clean-up of spills from leaking underground storage tanks.7 Thus

Latin America and the Caribbean: U.S. Policy and Key Issues for Congress in 2012

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 21, 2012

ECPA includes voluntary bilateral and multi-country initiatives to promote clean energy, advance energy security, and reduce greenhouse gas 3 U.N. … Both Hezbollah and Iran have been implicated in the bombing of two Jewish targets in Buenos Aires in the early 1990s.

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

An Overview of the Nonprofit and Charitable Sector

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 17, 2009

One example of a pure public good is clean air. The market itself is unlikely to provide a public good due to the free-rider problem. … Once a public good, such as clean air, is provided, it is available for everyone to enjoy.