Noteworthy new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, September 20, 2013
Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations, September 19, 2013
Across-the-Board Rescissions in Appropriations Acts: Overview and Recent Practices, September 20, 2013
Private Health Plans Under the ACA: In Brief, September 19, 2013
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions, September 19, 2013
Medicare Financing, September 19, 2013
The State of Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress, September 20, 2013
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993: History, Implementation, and Effects, September 18, 2013
U.S. Natural Gas Exports: New Opportunities, Uncertain Outcomes, September 17, 2013
America COMPETES Acts: FY2008-FY2013 Funding Tables, September 20, 2013
The DHS S&T Directorate: Selected Issues for Congress, September 17, 2013
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress, September 18, 2013
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Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed revoking its 2009 “endangerment finding” that greenhouse gases pose a substantial threat to the public. The Federation of American Scientists stands in strong opposition.
Modernizing ClinicalTrials.gov will empower patients, oncologists, and others to better understand what trials are available, where they are available, and their up-to-date eligibility criteria, using standardized search categories to make them more easily discoverable.
The Federation of American Scientists supports H.R. 4420, the Cool Corridors Act of 2025, which would reauthorize the Healthy Streets program through 2030 and seeks to increase green and other shade infrastructure in high-heat areas.