New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Child Labor in America: History, Policy, and Legislative Issues, November 18, 2013
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues, December 5, 2013
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2013, December 5, 2013
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding and Issues, December 6, 2013
School Construction and Renovation: A Review of Federal Programs, December 6, 2013
Majority Cloture for Nominations: Implications and the “Nuclear” Proceedings, December 6, 2013
Proposals to Eliminate Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns, December 9, 2013
Expiration and Extension of the 2008 Farm Bill, December 9, 2013
Reauthorization of SNAP and Other Nutrition Programs in the Next Farm Bill: Issues for the 113th Congress, December 10, 2013
Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding, November 12, 2013
U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones: Background and Issues for Congress, November 12, 2013
International Food Aid: U.S. and Other Donor Contributions, November 12, 2013
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 113th Congress, November 20, 2013
South Africa: Politics, Economy, and U.S. Relations, December 6, 2013
The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions, December 5, 2013
America’s affordability problem is bigger than home prices and rents. The best housing policies make it easier to build homes, and recognize how housing connects to other domains.
America’s affordability problem, for instance, is bigger than home prices and rents. How we build affects household costs like insurance and utilities.
As humans expand our geographic reach, encroach on untouched natural territories, and interact more with animal populations, we will encounter novel zoonotic diseases that threaten the human body. The sooner we act to address these risks, the better.
This report serves as a landscape assessment and toolbox from which local governments can negotiate an informed position when it comes to the levers available to them and includes a first-of-its kind analysis of eight executed community benefits agreements.