Climate Change and Existing Law, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future, updated August 20, 2014
The “Militarization” of Law Enforcement and the Department of Defense’s “1033 Program”, CRS Insights, August 20, 2014
China’s Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States, updated August 21, 2014
Clean Coal Loan Guarantees and Tax Incentives: Issues in Brief, August 19, 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.