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Ebola Outbreak: Select Legal Issues, and More from CRS

10.09.14 | 1 min read | Text by Steven Aftergood

New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.

The Ebola Outbreak: Select Legal Issues, CRS Legal Sidebar, October 6, 2014

Ebola: Basics About the Disease, October 3, 2014

As Midterm Election Approaches, State Election Laws Challenged, CRS Legal Sidebar, October 7, 2014

Child Welfare: Profiles of Current and Former Older Foster Youth Based on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD), October 6, 2014

Agriculture in the WTO Bali Ministerial Agreement, October 6, 2014

Ozone Air Quality Standards: EPA’s 2015 Revision, October 3, 2014

Beverage Industry Pledges to Reduce Americans’ Drink Calories, CRS Insights, October 6, 2014

Palestinian Authority: U.S. Payments to Creditors as Alternative to Direct Budgetary Assistance?, CRS Insights, October 6, 2014

 

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