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Fracking: Legal Issues, and More from CRS

07.18.13 | 1 min read | Text by Steven Aftergood

New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made publicly available include the following.

Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues, July 16, 2013

An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions, July 15, 2013

Legislative Branch: FY2014 Appropriations, July 16, 2013

The President’s Budget Request: Overview and Timing of the Mid-Session Review, July 16, 2013

Delay in Implementation of Potential Employer Penalties Under ACA, July 16, 2013

Clean Air Issues in the 113th Congress: An Overview, July 15, 2013

Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean, July 15, 2013

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements, July 15, 2013

Rep. Barbara Lee requested and released a CRS memorandum on The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, including a list of U.S. military actions that were initiated under AUMF authority.

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