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The Good Cause Exception to Notice and Comment Rulemaking: Judicial Review of Agency Action

Description: This report will examine judicial analysis of the good cause standard and map several factors that lead courts to uphold or reject agencies' invocation of the exception. Federal agencies issue numerous rules pursuant to congressionally delegated authority. The Administrative Procedure Act's (APA's) "good cause" exception, however, permits agencies to forgo Section 553's notice and comment requirement if "the agency for good cause finds" that compliance would be "impracticable, unnecessary, or c… more
Date: January 29, 2016
Creator: Cole, Jared P.
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Government Contract Bid Protests: Analysis of Legal Processes and Recent Developments

Description: This report briefly analyzes the varying legal procedures applicable to bid protests under each forum. First, it provides an overview of bid protests generally and then analyzes the legal distinctions among these forums. Finally, the report discusses recent legislative developments affecting bid protest procedures and potential considerations for Congress.
Date: September 26, 2018
Creator: Carpenter, David H. & Schwartz, Moshe
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Government Contract Bid Protests In Brief: Analysis of Legal Processes and Recent Developments

Description: This report briefly analyzes the varying legal procedures applicable to bid protests under each forum, which may be relevant to Congress as it assesses potential reforms to the bid protest process. First, the report provides an overview of bid protests generally and the legal procedures applicable to bid protests made in each forum. Next, the report analyzes the legal distinctions among these forums. Finally, the report discusses recent legislative developments affecting bid protest procedures … more
Date: January 19, 2018
Creator: Carpenter, David H. & Schwartz, Moshe
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Government Transparency and Secrecy: An Examination of Meaning and Its Use in the Executive Branch

Description: This report examines the statutes, initiatives, requirements, and other actions that make information more available to the public or protect it from public release related to Government Transparency and Secrecy.
Date: November 14, 2012
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy; Carey, Maeve P.; Halchin, L. Elaine & Keegan, Natalie
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Government Transparency and Secrecy: An Examination of Meaning and Its Use in the Executive Branch

Description: This report subsequently examines the statutes, initiatives, requirements, and other actions that make information more available to the public or protext it from public release
Date: November 8, 2012
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy; Carey, Maeve P.; Halchin, L. Elaine & Keegan, Natalie
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Governmental Tracking of Cell Phones and Vehicles: The Confluence of Privacy, Technology, and Law

Description: This report will briefly survey Fourth Amendment law as it pertains to the government's tracking programs. It will then summarize federal electronic surveillance statutes and the case law surrounding cell phone location tracking. Next, the report will describe the GPS-vehicle tracking cases and review the pending Supreme Court GPS tracking case, United States v. Jones. Finally, the report will summarize the geolocation and electronic surveillance legislation introduced in the 112th Congress.
Date: December 1, 2011
Creator: Thompson, Richard M.
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Grandfathered Health Plans Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). January 2012

Description: This report describes grandfather plans and summarizes the ACA insurance reforms that will affect such plans, including the requirements concerning medical loss ratios, dependent coverage, and preexisting health condition coverage.
Date: January 23, 2012
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette
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Gun Control Legislation

Description: This report discusses the salient and recurring gun control issues that have generated past congressional interest. It also discusses the development in the 112th Congress.
Date: May 2, 2012
Creator: Krouse, William J.
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The H-2B Visa and the Statutory Cap: In Brief

Description: This report discusses H-2B visas for temporary non-agricultural workers and the statutory cap on the number issued each year along with recent extensions of the cap number due to high-demand from U.S. employers.
Date: April 17, 2018
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
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H.R. 1549: Helping Sick Americans Now Act

Description: This report contains information on the Helping Sick Americans Now Act, which provides funding for the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan and eliminates the requirement that eligible individuals be uninsured for at least six months before being allowed to participate in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, as well as other changes to the Affordable Care Act.
Date: April 25, 2013
Creator: Lister, Sarah A.; Fernandez, Bernadette & Mach, Annie L.
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H.R. 3080 and S. 601: Comparison of Select Provisions and Conference Developments

Description: This report discusses the conference report H.Rept. 113-449 that would resolve differences between H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA 2013), and S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA 2013). Both bills represented omnibus authorization legislation for water resource activities, principally associated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
Date: May 19, 2014
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.; Stern, Charles V.; Frittelli, John; Luther, Linda & Copeland, Claudia
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H.R. 3964: Analysis of Key Provisions

Description: This report provides summary and analysis of H.R. 3964, the Sacramentro-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act, as passed by the House of Representatives on February 5, 2014.
Date: July 17, 2014
Creator: Stern, Charles V.; Cody, Betsy A. & Sheikh, Pervaze A.
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