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Presidential Appointments to Full-time Positions in Executive Departments During the 109th Congress, 2005-2006

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 10, 2008

Bush made a total of 13 recess appointments to the departments during this period. … within the 90-day inauguration period.

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.

Can the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Be Restored to Financial Health?

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 16, 2004

Graney for further information. 2 UAL Corporation’s (parent of United Airlines) 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004; “US Air Asks … Employees are provided periodic statements of amounts accumulated in their accounts, as for a defined contribution pension plan.

The Americans with Disabilities Act in Cyberspace: Website Accessibility Standards

Congressional research report · CRS Report Type LSB · Oct 20, 2022

The federal government has also developed rules and standards for the airline industry (under the Air Carrier Access Act and its regulations), as well as for federal government websites under Section 508 … For example, the Department of Health and Human Services applies WCAG to health information technology, and the Department of Transportation uses them to enforce the Air Carrier Access Act.

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).

Israeli-Turkish Relations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 17, 1998

-Israeli Free Trade Agreement (P.L. 99-47, June 11, 1985) and the Arms Export Control Act (P.L. 90-629, October 22, 1968). … Syrian and other Arab officials and commentators categorically rejected assurances that the exercise was not a war game.

FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 9, 2021

period of no less than 60 days. … The comment period closed in July 2018, after an extension, with nearly 8,000 comments received. As of February 2020, FDA has not taken further regulatory action.

War Crimes in Ukraine

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 16, 2023

Anton Lavrov, The Russian Air Campaign in Syria, CNA, Arlington, VA, June 2018; Michael Simpson et al., Road to Damascus: The Russian Air Campaign in Syria, 2015-2018, RAND, Santa Monica, CA, 2022. … State Department has identified Russia’s 76 th Guards Air Assault Division, its subordinate 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment, and the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade as involved in war crimes in

Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Executive Departments During the 110th Congress, 2007-2008

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 19, 2010

within the 90-day inauguration period. … Donley Secretary – Air Force 06/25/08 10/02/08 99 Robert Hastings Asst.

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: Background and U.S.-Baltic Relations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 7, 2025

In 2023, for example, the United States approved Foreign Military Sales to Lithuania of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) for use with the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System … Estonia experienced the largest DDoS attack in its history in March 2024.84 Vandalism and Acts of Violence.

The Commercial Space Industry and Launch Market

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 20, 2012

During the post-Cold War period, numerous mergers resulted in industry consolidation, with fewer firms spanning multiple sectors. … Air Force, the NRO, and NASA.17 In particular, the Air Force has announced that the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, a Department of Defense program that dates back to 1995, will reserve

China’s Rare Earth Industry and Export Regime: Economic and Trade Implications for the United States

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 30, 2012

Several times in the 1990s, cleaning operations caused the pipeline to burst, spilling hazardous waste into the desert. … Molycorp, then a unit of the oil company Unocal, was ordered by the state of California to clean up the waste.

Selected Homeland Security Issues in the 115th Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 11, 2017

to be shared with other intelligence agencies for use in all-source products.27 In 2016 testimony to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, then-FBI Director James Comey commented … Additionally, the act directs FAA to develop an air traffic management system for small UASs that, in addition to addressing safety concerns, could include measures to detect and deter security threats

Afghanistan's Path to Reconstruction: Obstacles, Challenges, and Issues for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 20, 2002

The Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002. … The bill authorizes $1.15 billion for the period FY2002-05 for reconstruction and military assistance for Afghanistan.

Geospatial Information and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Current Issues and Future Challenges

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 23, 2010

The BRAC Commission was concerned that the city’s land use was encroaching on the air station; in particular, the city was impinging on the noise zones and accident potential zone (APZ) around the air … Naval Air Station Oceana has not been relocated from Virginia Beach.

Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 29, 2007

Avian flu viruses are common among wild bird populations, which act as a reservoir for the disease. … Affected flocks that are not destroyed eventually may be marketed under controlled conditions with strict waiting periods and additional testing so that the infectious period has passed.

Undisclosed U.S. Detention Sites Overseas: Background and Legal Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 23, 2007

before the House International Relations Committee, March 8, 2006. 14 “Remarks upon her departure for Europe,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Andrews Air Force Base, December 5, 2005, available … Congress, in enacting the Detainee Treatment Act of 2006 as part of National Defense Authorization Act for FY2006 (P.L. 109-163), used human rights terminology in explicitly prohibiting the “cruel, inhuman

Pope Francis and Selected Global Issues: Background for Papal Address to Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 8, 2015

For background, see Thomas Reese, “Why Pope Francis Supports Limited Action Against Islamic State,” National Catholic Reporter, August 22, 2014; Cindy Wooden, “Time to Act: Church Teaches Duty to Intervene … As one commentator recently summarized, “Reading Laudato Si’ as if it were a climate-change encyclical, period, is somewhat akin to reading Moby Dick as if it were a treatise on the 19th-century New England

Lobby Act Reform

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 19, 1981

Within a period of 4 years, Congress passed three measures--the Utilities Holding Company Act, the Merchant Marine Act, and the Foreign Agents Registration Act-- requiring some form of registration and … In the 96th Congress, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations held six days of hearings in February and 1979, reported a clean March. of 1 9 7 9 and after meeting

Defense: FY2015 Authorization and Appropriations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 28, 2015

FY2010 was the peak level for the two services during the period of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. … However, it would have added to the budget a total of $325.7 million in the military personnel and O&M accounts of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard to continue operating the full