New and updated publications from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Net Neutrality: Back to the Future, CRS Legal Sidebar, May 30, 2017
East Asia’s Foreign Exchange Rate Policies, updated May 26, 2017
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Trends and Projections: Role of the Clean Power Plan and Other Factors, updated May 31, 2017
Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Workplace: New Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards, updated May 31, 2017
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress, May 26, 2017
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations, updated June 1, 2017
Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, May 31, 2017
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