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Social Services Block Grant (Title XX of the Social Security Act): The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) is a flexible source of funds that states may use to support a wide variety of social services activities. States have broad discretion over the use of these funds. This short report provides background information on the SSBG and tracks relevant legislation and appropriations measures.
Social Services Block Grant (Title XX of the Social Security Act): The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) is a flexible source of funds that states may use to support a wide variety of social services activities. States have broad discretion over the use of these funds. This short report provides background information on the SSBG and tracks relevant legislation and appropriations measures.
South Carolina Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized: This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of South Carolina.
South Dakota Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized: This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of South Dakota.
Speed Limits for Motor Vehicles: No Description Available.
State and Homeland Security: Unresolved Issues for the 109th Congress: Arguably, the three most important homeland security public laws enacted following the terrorist attacks on September 2001 are P.L. 107-56, “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act)”; P.L. 107-296, “Homeland Security Act of 2002"; and P.L. 108-458, “Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.” The PATRIOT Act focused on enhancing domestic security through anti-terrorism measures, specifically, law enforcement and legal responses to terrorism. The Homeland Security Act established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act restructured the U.S. intelligence community to better assist in terrorism preparedness and response
State and Local Economic Sanctions: Constitutional Issues: This report considers the Constitutionality of states and localities enacting their own sanctions on foreign countries, particularly Iran and Sudan.
State and Local Economic Sanctions: Constitutional Issues: This report discusses the Constitutionality and ongoing legal concerns of sanctions enacted by states and localities restricting their agencies from conducting economic transactions with firms that do business with or in foreign countries whose conduct the jurisdictions find objectionable.
State and Local Economic Sanctions: Constitutional Issues: This report discusses the Constitutionality and ongoing legal concerns of sanctions enacted by states and localities restricting their agencies from conducting economic transactions with firms that do business with or in foreign countries whose conduct the jurisdictions find objectionable.
State and Local Government Series (SLGS) Treasury Debt: A Description: This report explains State and Local Government Series (SLGS), a nonmarketable custom tailored security, and how suspension may impact state and local government issuers.
State and Local Homeland Security: Unresolved Issues for the 109th Congress: This report discusses important state and local homeland security policy issues that the 109th Congress might address.
State and Local Homeland Security: Unresolved Issues for the 109th Congress: Arguably, the three most important homeland security public laws enacted following the terrorist attacks on September 2001 are the USA PATRIOT Act, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. This report describes each of these pieces of legislation and their respective domestic security enhancements. Many important state and local homeland security policy issues remain, separate from these three laws, which the 109th Congress might address. This report also describes these such issues, which include unmet emergency responder needs, absence of emergency responder equipment standards, and the development of state and local homeland security strategies, among others.
State and Local Homeland Security: Unresolved Issues for the 109th Congress: Arguably, the three most important homeland security public laws enacted following the terrorist attacks on September 2001 are: P.L. 107-56, “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act)”; P.L. 107-296, “Homeland Security Act of 2002”; and P.L. 108-458, “Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.” The PATRIOT Act focused on enhancing domestic security through anti-terrorism measures, specifically, law enforcement and legal responses to terrorism. The Homeland Security Act established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act restructured the U.S. intelligence community to better assist in terrorism preparedness and response.
State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Policy Issues and Options: No Description Available.
State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Policy Issues and Options: No Description Available.
State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Policy Issues and Options: No Description Available.
State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Selected Policy Issues: No Description Available.
State and Local Sales and Use Taxes and Internet Commerce: In theory, state sales and use taxes are based on the destination principle, which prescribes that taxes should be paid where the consumption takes place. States are concerned because they anticipate gradually losing more tax revenue as the growth of Internet commerce allows more residents to buy products from vendors located out-of-state and evade use taxes. The size of the revenue loss from Internet commerce and subsequent tax evasion is uncertain. Congress is involved in this issue because commerce conducted by parties in different states over the Internet falls under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The degree of congressional involvement is an open question.
State and Local Sales and Use Taxes and Internet Commerce: In theory, state sales and use taxes are consumption taxes based on the destination principle. The destination principle prescribes that taxes should be paid where the consumption takes place. Sales taxes collected at the point of sale achieve this if consumption takes place near the point of transaction. Thus, to remain consistent with the destination principle, consumers pay a use tax on products purchased out-of-state and used in their home state where consumption likely takes place.
State and Local Sales and Use Taxes and Internet Commerce: No Description Available.
State and Local Sales Tax Deductibility: Legislation in the 108th Congress: No Description Available.
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Program Funding: No Description Available.
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Program Funding: No Description Available.
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Guidance on Frequently Asked Questions: No Description Available.
State Corporate Income Taxes: A Description and Analysis: No Description Available.
State Corporate Income Taxes: A Description and Analysis: No Description Available.
State Election Laws: Overview of Statutes Regarding Emergency Election Postponement Within the State: No Description Available.
State Estate and Gift Tax Revenue: No Description Available.
State Estate and Gift Tax Revenue: P.L. 107-16, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, repeals the federal estate tax for decedents that die in 2010. In addition, the act repeals the credit for state estate taxes for decedents dying after December 31, 2004, and replaces the credit with a deduction. In most states, the repeal of the tax and the significant increase in the federal exclusion will also repeal or diminish state estate, inheritance, and gift taxes.
State Innovation Waivers: Frequently Asked Questions: This report answers nine frequently asked questions about the State Innovation Waiver program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that allows states to obtain waivers from certain areas of the program and instead use their own state run processes.
State Investment Tax Credits, the Commerce Clause, and Cuno v. DaimlerChrysler: No Description Available.
State Medicaid Program Administration: A Brief Overview: Medicaid is jointly financed by the federal and state governments, but each state designs and administers its own program within broad federal guidelines. This report provides a brief overview of the Medicaid program administration at the state level and includes information on organization, responsibilities, and expenditures. It also describes policy issues and proposals related to state Medicaid program administration that has attracted recent attention. It will be updated as legislative or other activity warrants.
State Revenue from Estate, Inheritance, and Gift Taxes: No Description Available.
State Sales Taxation of Internet Transactions: No Description Available.
State Statutes Governing Hate Crimes: No Description Available.
State Taxation of Internet Transactions: This report discusses significant issues in the remote sales tax collection debate, beginning with a description of state and local sales and use taxes.
State Taxation of Internet Transactions: This report intends to clarify significant issues in the remote sales tax collection debate, beginning with a description of state and local sales and use taxes. Congress has a role in this issue because interstate commerce, in most cases, falls under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
State Taxation of Internet Transactions: This report intends to clarify significant issues in the remote sales tax collection debate, beginning with a description of state and local sales and use taxes. Congress has a role in this issue because interstate commerce, in most cases, falls under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Congress will likely be asked to choose between taking either an active or passive role in the debate. In the 111th Congress, H.R. 5660 (former Representative Delahunt) would have granted SSUTA member states the authority to compel out-of- state vendors to collect sales and use taxes.
The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement: A Brief Description: No Description Available.
The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement: A Brief Description: No Description Available.
Summary of State Laws on the Issuance of Driver's Licenses: Report on undocumented aliens' ability to acquire a driver's license and the relevant state laws.
Survey of Recent State Policies to Manage Growth and Protect Open Space: No Description Available.
Survey of State Statutes Affecting Voting by the Physically Handicapped: No Description Available.
TANF Cash Benefits as of January 1, 2004: No Description Available.
TANF Reauthorization: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law and Two Versions of H.R. 4 (108th Congress): No Description Available.
TANF Reauthorization: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law, S. 667 and H.R. 240 (TANF Provisions): No Description Available.
TANF Sanctions - Brief Summary: No Description Available.
Tax Exempt Bonds: A Description of State and Local Government Debt: This report provides information about state and local government debt. State and local governments issue debt instruments in exchange for the use of individuals' and businesses' savings. This debt obligates state and local governments to make interest payments for the use of these savings and to repay, at some time in the future, the amount borrowed. State and local governments may finance capital facilities with debt rather than out of current tax revenue to more closely align benefits and tax payments. The federal government subsidizes the cost of most state and local debt by excluding the interest income from federal income taxation.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: FY2007 Budget Proposals: No Description Available.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions: This report provides responses to frequently asked questions about the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. It is intended to serve as a quick reference to provide easy access to information and data.

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