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Does Price Transparency Improve Market Efficiency? Implications of Empirical Evidence in Other Markets for the Health Sector

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 29, 2008

Lower fares (in real terms) led to an enormous expansion in air travel and increases in air travel employment. … Second, more consumers buy air tickets on the Internet.

General Management Laws: Major Themes and Management Policy Options

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 19, 2004

This requirement contributed to many agencies receiving unqualified (“clean”) opinions in FY2002.43 In 2002, Congress further amended the CFO Act to extend similar requirements to most other executive … Should the councils be made more accountable to Congress through direct appropriations and periodic reporting?

Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 15, 2010

The program includes the distribution of improved seeds and fertilizer along with technical assistance during planting, tending, and harvest periods. … Policy used for air support and medivac purposes may be redirected to support Afghan-DEA interdiction operations.

Economic Development Assistance for Communities Affected by Employment Changes Due to Military Base Closures (BRAC)

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 18, 2011

Pope Air Force Base NC -4,792 812 -132 -4,112 -3,472 -7,584 5. Naval Air Station Brunswick ME -2,880 -395 0 -3,275 -3,808 -7,083 6. … Lackland Air Force Base TX -2,168 -416 -116 -2,700 -2,282 -4,982 9. Cannon Air Force Base NM -2,388 -381 0 -2,769 -2,002 -4,771 10.

Missile Defense: The Current Debate

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 21, 2005

air-defense system. … Regarding RAMOS, the authorization act cut the request by $10 million, and the appropriations act cut it by $26 million, although it also added $7 million for RAMOS solar arrays.

The Civil Works Program of the Army Corps of Engineers: A Primer

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 20, 2006

The Corps also has regulatory responsibilities under other laws, notably Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). … These percentages reflect that the non-federal sponsors pay 10% of the cost of the general navigation features of the project over a period not to exceed 30 years. b. 50% is paid by federal appropriations

Iran: Arms and Technology Acquisitions

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 22, 1998

Iran tested the Chinese-supplied air-launched C-801K missile on one of its operational U.S. … Despite press reports on March 13 that China and Iran negotiated in early 1998 to supply Iran with uranium enrichment material,12 Congress did not formally disapprove within the thirty legislative day period

Job Creation in the Manufacturing Revival

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 19, 2019

Its subsidiary Air Manufacturing Innovation manufactures cushioning components and “small amounts of various other plastic products” in the United States. … Officer (H.R. 2900, Chief Manufacturing Officer Act) to bills and amendments seeking to increase the use of U.S.

Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Production

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Aug 31, 2023

August 31, 2023 Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Production The 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, P.L. 115-334) expanded support for “urban agriculture and innovative production … Congressional appropriators have also directed USDA to collect data on these types of operations in the periodic Census of Agriculture (H.Rept. 116-107).

Primer on U.S. Immigration Policy

Congressional research report · Reports · Mar 31, 2025

DED grants are announced for set periods of time at the President’s discretion and may be extended. … of 1996 (IIRIRA, P.L. 104-208), Section 110. 83 Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act, P.L. 107-56), Section

The Office of Federal Student Aid as a Performance-Based Organization

Congressional research report · Reports · Dec 4, 2025

See Executive Order 13180, “Air Traffic Performance-Based Organization,” 65 Federal Register 77493, December 11, 2000. The U.S. … For example, Congress has directed state agencies to solicit written comments from the public and to respond to such comments in writing when establishing career and technical education performance standards

U.S. Trade Policy: Background and Current Issues

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Feb 21, 2024

of 1974, respectively); and trade-related national security concerns (§232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962). … Since the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, Congress has periodically delegated to the President limited authority to reduce U.S. tariffs through proclamation in reciprocal trade agreements.

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2016 Appropriations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 20, 2016

For more information on the law, see CRS Insight IN10389, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015: Adjustments to the Budget Control Act of 2011, by (name redacted) . 9 The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. … The largest proposed dollar decrease ($332.9 million, 23.0%) was for grants to states for wastewater infrastructure projects through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

Pakistan-U.S. Relations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 24, 2012

Davis contends he acted in self-defense when the men tried to rob him at gunpoint. … Sec. 620J of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-195, as amended), also known as the Leahy Amendment, states that “No assistance shall be furnished under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act

The General Services Administration and Federal Real Property Management: Overview and Current Legislation

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 21, 2008

CRS-8 period, these total costs are not reflected in a single year’s appropriations request. … The proposed legislation would have authorized GSA to enter into real property agreements for a six-year period from the date of enactment.

South Korean Politics and Rising "Anti-Americanism": Implications for U.S. Policy Toward North Korea

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 6, 2003

This report will be updated periodically. … During the country’s period of military rule, South Korea’s media operated under tight censorship rules.

Intelligence Community Spending Trends

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 26, 2024

Air Force (USAF A2/A6), who manages Air Force MIP dollars, and the senior leader for the intelligence element of the U.S. Navy (OPNAV N2/N6), who manages MIP dollars for the Navy. … For more on required spending cuts and the Budget Control Act, see CRS Report R44039, The Defense Budget and the Budget Control Act: Frequently Asked Questions, by Brendan W. McGarry.

War Powers Litigation Initiated by Members of Congress Since the Enactment of the War Powers Resolution

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 17, 2012

In that case, the Court had held that Members of Congress who voted against the Line Item Veto Act (P.L. 104-130) lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of the act because they retained a political … remedy, namely, the repeal of the act or the exemption of individual appropriations from its purview.

Senate Standing Committees’ Rules on Legislative Activities and Executive Business: Analysis for the 114th Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 1, 2016

Some term this rule the clean-up rule. (Rule XXVI, paragraph 7(a)(3).) … First, the committee must receive a final environmental impact statement, required by the National Environmental Policy Act, and the written comments of the administrator of the Environmental Protection

U.S. Ground Forces Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI): Considerations for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 20, 2018

H.R. 4625), the AI JOBS Act of 2018 (H.R. 4829), and the John S. … The Vikhr can also accommodate surface-to-air missiles of Igla (SA-18 Grouse) or 9K333 Verba man-portable air defense systems, as well as Shmel-M reactive flame throwers.