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Regulating Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 10, 2024

the 1974 act, “the level (i.e., drinking water standard) should be achievable by large metropolitan water systems treating relatively clean source water.” … Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rules (UCMRs) UCMR Date Issued Monitoring Period Contaminants UCMR 1 (64 FR 50556-50620) 1999 2001-2005 36 contaminants (28 chemical contaminants and 8 microbiological

Tax Provisions in the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (H.R. 6111)

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 14, 2006

acts of the 109th Congress, the House and Senate passed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (H.R. 6111). … section 201 effectively extends the renewable energy credit in IRC § 45, section 202 extends the clean renewable energy bonds credit in IRC § 54 and raises the caps on the amount of bonds that may be issued

CALFED Bay-Delta Program: Overview of Institutional and Water Use Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 2, 2005

Problems in the Bay-Delta related to water quality and fish and wildlife have raised compliance issues with the Clean Water Act (CWA) (P.L. 92-500, as amended), the Endangered Species Act (ESA; P.L. 93 … Implementation of the Clean Water Act Beginning in the late 1980’s, the implementation of the CWA by the U.S.

Taiwan Defense Issues for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 10, 2024

For example, Taiwan Air Force pilots have long participated in the U.S. … Air Force’s F-16 pilot training program at Luke Air Force Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-180) and $55 million from FY2022 FMF funds appropriated for Egypt but

Appropriations for FY2001: Defense

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 12, 2001

Act of 1990, and current program authorizations. … The amount available, however, was limited to $50 million in FY2001 and $400 million over the FY2001-2005 period.

FY2024 NDAA: Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) Matters

Congressional research report · CRS Insight · Dec 29, 2023

It is administered by the military departments (Army, Navy, and Air Force) and instruction is provided primarily by retired military servicemembers. … Legislation During consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA; H.R. 2670; S. 2226), the House and Senate proposed several amendments to JROTC authorities related

The Endangered Species Act: A Primer

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 8, 2016

The most famous periods are the mass extinctions at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs (Cretaceous Period), about 65 million years ago, and the even more massive die-offs at the end of the Permian Period, … Defenders of Wildlife, 551 U.S. 644 (2007) (holding that no Section 7 consultation was required to transfer permitting power to a state under the Clean Water Act (CWA) because once the CWA statutory factors

Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 22, 2009

In January 2009, Iran claimed to have tested a new air-to-air missile. … On November 12, 2007 comments, British Prime Minister Brown expressed support for a worldwide financing of energy projects in Iran as a means of cutting off energy development in Iran.

Iraq: Weapons Programs, U.N. Requirements, and U.S. Policy

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 2, 2003

Such enhancements included Iraq’s movement of air defense equipment into the zones. … Many of those forces are being redeployed to a new U.S. air command center in Qatar.

Israel and Hamas Conflict In Brief: Overview, U.S. Policy, and Options for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 4, 2024

missiles; 1,000 bunker-buster bombs; and 2,600 air-dropped small-diameter bombs.68 Table 1. … Policy, and Options for Congress • • 30 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) ($102.5 million); and 50,000 120 mm high explosive mortar rounds ($61.1 million).80 On September 25, 2024,

Iraq: A Compilation of Legislation Enacted and Resolutions Adopted by Congress, 1990-2003

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 27, 2003

Passed in the House: April 3, 1995 Senate S.Res. 288 Commended the military action taken by the United States following U.S. air strikes in northern Iraq against Iraqi radar and air defense installations … Iraq Liberation Act of 1988 (Section 586).

Public Transportation Program and Funding Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 26, 2014

For transit systems operating 75 or fewer buses in the peak period, the allowable amount is 75%. … Congress has periodically considered whether to encourage privatization.

Protecting Against Rogue Drones

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Sep 3, 2020

In December 2018, hundreds of flights at London’s Gatwick airport were canceled over a three-day period after multiple drone sightings near the runway. … FAA has warned that these technologies pose potential risks to manned aircraft and to surveillance, navigation, and communications signals used by air traffic control.

Climate Change: Comparison and Analysis of S. 1766 and S. 2191 (S. 3036)

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 4, 2008

The second is to enact a marketoriented greenhouse gas reduction program along the lines of the trading provisions of the current acid rain reduction program established by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments … Requires periodic review of the bill’s implementation and purposes by the NAS. Establishes a separate cap-and-trade program to limit U.S. production and consumption of HFCs.

The Section 45Q Tax Credit for Carbon Sequestration

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Aug 25, 2023

Act, 2021; P.L. 116-260). … Claim Period 12-year period once facility is placed in service. 12-year period once facility is placed in service, reduced to 5-year period if transferred.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2009 Appropriations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 9, 2008

was expected to reduce air service to rural areas. … The FY2008 THUD appropriations act included a provision (Section 136) that prohibited any funds in the act from being used to “establish” a cross-border trucking demonstration program allowing Mexican

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 24, 2006

The court ruled that the 10,000-year period was inconsistent with the NAS study on which the Energy Policy Act required the Yucca Mountain regulations to be based. … Comments by the State of Nevada on EPA’s Proposed New Radiation Protection Rule for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. November 2005.

Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Executive Departments During the 107th Congress, 2001-2002

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 10, 2003

within the 90-day inauguration period. … Myers (Air Force) General Peter Pace (Marine Corps) General John P. Jumper General Eric K. Shinseki Admiral Vernon E. Clark General James L. Jones (A) - Acting a.

CFIUS: Executive Branch Actions on Evolving National Security Risks and Enforcement

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Sep 10, 2026

Key sectors include microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum computing, advanced clean energy, climate technologies, critical materials, agriculture, and food security. … The EO directs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to publish “periodically” a list of sectors, in addition to those the EO identified, key to U.S. technological leadership.

North Korea: September 2022 Update

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 15, 2022

In response to North Korea’s early 2022 shorter-range missile tests, Russian officials commented that they were sympathetic to the DPRK’s decision to renew its program, and that U.S. pressure to increase … Nikitin. 98 For more on some of the issues Congress considered during this period, see CRS Report R41259, North Korea: U.S.