Federal Bills, Hearings, Regulations & Executive Orders
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In the world of criminal justice reform, it became more popular for a time to claim that crime can be eradicatedwithout punishment—that we don’t need police, we don’t need common-sense prosecutors or ...
September 4, 2025 – May 4, 2026IF13096 ThePacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund(PCSRF) provides federal funding for the protection, conservation, and restoration of Pacific salmon species (Oncorhyn...
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 26, 2026
The United States andfederally recognized Tribes("Tribes") have a unique relationship that affects federal policies regarding forestry on tribal lands. In particular, the United States has afederal tr...
U.S. Service Academy Nominations and Appointments General Timelines for Congress, Academies, and Applicants Members of Congress are authorized by law to nominate candidates for appointment to four U.S...
TheVaccine Injury Compensation Program(VICP) was created by Congress via theNational Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. The VICP is a no-fault compensation program made up of two essential componen...
September 14, 2022 – May 4, 2026IF12213 In 1986, Congress passed theNational Childhood Vaccine Injury Act(NCVIA; 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10â300aa-34), which created theNational Vaccine Injury Compe...
February 6, 2025 – May 4, 2026R48406 Many veterans have transportation needs that affect their daily lives. Specifically, veterans often require access to medical facilities for their own care and...
Private equity (PE)âwhich falls within a broader set of investment products often called alternative investments, private capital, or private fundsâis a pooled investment vehicle that generally ra...
April 4, 2019 – May 4, 2026IF10211 Foreign leaders are periodically invited to address Congress. The first address by a foreign dignitary occurred on December 10, 1824, when Revolutionary War hero...
Congress has established programs and provided grant funding to assist constituentsâincluding individuals, organizations, and state, tribal, and local governmentsâwith historic preservation effort...
In December 2025, President Trump issued anexecutive memorandumin which he instructed the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to "review best practices from peer, devel...
Technological advantage has long contributed to the dominance of the U.S. Armed Forces. Someanalystsandpolicymakersalso suggest that U.S. technological superiorityâand, by extension, national securi...
November 14, 2019 – May 4, 2026IF11360 The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimated that in 2021 on any given day, 27.6 million people were forced to labor against their will globally, whi...
Facial recognition technology (FRT) is a type of biometric technology designed to identify or verify an individual by analyzing unique and measurable facial features. FRT has received attention from p...
June 16, 2023 – May 4, 2026R47597 India, home to more than one-sixth of global population, became the world's most populous country in 2023 and the fifth-largest global economy in 2025. Many facto...
February 5, 2025 – May 4, 2026R48413 The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant provides federal grants to the 50 states, District of Columbia, and territories (collectively, "...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administersseveral life insurance programs. Two of these programs, the now-closedService-Disabled Veterans' Insurance (S-DVI)program and the recently launchedVe...
April 2, 2025 – May 1, 2026R48481 The Appointments Clause is a provision in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution that provides the "exclusive means" of appointing "Officers of the U...