New and updated publications from the Congressional Research Service, some but not all of which are now published at crsreports.congress.gov, include the following.
National Emergency Powers, updated February 27, 2019
Department of Defense Use of Other Transaction Authority: Background, Analysis, and Issues for Congress, updated February 22, 2019
Defense Primer: Electronic Warfare, CRS In Focus, February 26, 2019
U.S. Foreign Assistance, CRS In Focus, updated February 25, 2019
NAFTA Renegotiation and the Proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), updated February 26, 2019
Immigration: U.S. Asylum Policy, February 19, 2019
Uyghurs in China, CRS In Focus, updated February 15, 2019
Firearms Background Checks Under H.R. 8 and H.R. 1112, CRS In Focus, updated February 22, 2019
Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process, updated February 25, 2019
Federal Records: Types and Treatments, CRS In Focus, February 26, 2019
FAS estimates that the United States maintains a stockpile of approximately 3,700 warheads, about 1,700 of which are deployed.
This strategy provides specific, actionable policy ideas to tackle the growing threat of extreme heat in the United States and was co-signed by more than 60 labor, industry, health, housing, environmental, academic and community associations and organizations.
Extreme heat has become a national economic crisis: lowering productivity, shrinking business revenue, destroying crops, and pushing power grids to the brink. The impacts of extreme heat cost our Nation an estimated $162 billion in 2024 – equivalent to nearly 1% of the U.S. GDP.
AI is transforming how children learn and live, and policymakers, industry, and educators owe it to the next generation to set in place a responsible policy that embraces this new technology while at the same time ensuring all children’s well-being, privacy, and safety is respected.