New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service this week include the following.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s State Visit, March 2016, CRS Insight, March 7, 2016
Overview of FY2017 Appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS), March 7, 2016
First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th-114th Congresses, March 7, 2016
The Precision Medicine Initiative, CRS Insight, March 8, 2016
Cybersecurity: Critical Infrastructure Authoritative Reports and Resources, March 8, 2016
The Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak: State and Federal Response and Oversight, CRS Insight, March 9, 2016
EPA’s Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants: Frequently Asked Questions, updated March 9, 2016
Poland and Its Relations with the United States: In Brief, updated March 7, 2016
Iraq: Politics and Governance, updated March 9, 2016
Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress, updated March 8, 2016
Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress, updated March 8, 2016
Daylight Saving Time, March 9, 2016
The United States has the only proven and scalable tritium production supply chain, but it is largely reserved for nuclear weapons. Excess tritium production capacity should be leveraged to ensure the success of and U.S. leadership in fusion energy.
Despite an emerging awareness of the importance of state and local government innovation capacity, there is a shortage of plausible strategies to build that capacity.
Innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics will allow us to accelerate the search process using foundation AI models for science research and automate much of the experimentation with robotic, self-driving labs.
FAS commends the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for clearing a historic 75 pieces of legislation, including multiple crucial bills to confront the wildfire crisis.