Asylum for Unaccompanied Children, and More from CRS
New products from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Asylum Policies for Unaccompanied Children Compared with Expedited Removal Policies for Unauthorized Adults: In Brief, July 30, 2014
EPA’s Proposed CO2 Rule for Existing Power Plants: How Would It Affect Nuclear Energy?, CRS Insights, August 4, 2014
Shale Gas Gathering Pipelines: Safety Issues, CRS Insights, August 1, 2014
Nonmarital Births: An Overview, July 30, 2014
Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Frequently Asked Questions, August 1, 2014
Indonesia’s 2014 Presidential Election, CRS Insights, August 4, 2014
U.S.-Russia Economic Relations (updated), CRS Insights, August 1, 2014
U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Frequently Asked Questions and Background (updated), July 31, 2014
“Womenomics” in Japan: In Brief, August 1, 2014
Investing in interventions behind the walls is not just a matter of improving conditions for incarcerated individuals—it is a public safety and economic imperative. By reducing recidivism through education and family contact, we can improve reentry outcomes and save billions in taxpayer dollars.
The U.S. government should establish a public-private National Exposome Project (NEP) to generate benchmark human exposure levels for the ~80,000 chemicals to which Americans are regularly exposed.
The federal government spends billions every year on wildfire suppression and recovery. Despite this, the size and intensity of fires continues to grow, increasing costs to human health, property, and the economy as a whole.
To respond and maintain U.S. global leadership, USAID should transition to heavily favor a Fixed-Price model to enhance the United States’ ability to compete globally and deliver impact at scale.