New and newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has declined to make available to the public online include the following.
Mexico’s Oil and Gas Sector: Background, Reform Efforts, and Implications for the United States, November 18, 2013
U.S.-Mexico Water Sharing: Background and Recent Developments, November 19, 2013
Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines: Process and Timing of FERC Permit Application Review, November 19, 2013
Cancellation of Nongroup Health Insurance Policies, November 19, 2013
Preserving Homeownership: Foreclosure Prevention Initiatives, November 20, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape, November 18, 2013
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress, November 20, 2013
Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, November 20, 2013
Algeria: Current Issues, November 18, 2013
U.S. Textile Manufacturing and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations, November 20, 2013
America’s affordability problem is bigger than home prices and rents. The best housing policies make it easier to build homes, and recognize how housing connects to other domains.
America’s affordability problem, for instance, is bigger than home prices and rents. How we build affects household costs like insurance and utilities.
As humans expand our geographic reach, encroach on untouched natural territories, and interact more with animal populations, we will encounter novel zoonotic diseases that threaten the human body. The sooner we act to address these risks, the better.
This report serves as a landscape assessment and toolbox from which local governments can negotiate an informed position when it comes to the levers available to them and includes a first-of-its kind analysis of eight executed community benefits agreements.