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Inauguration Security: Operations, Appropriations, and Issues for Congress

This report provides information on inauguration security operations and inauguration security appropriations, and it discusses potential policy issues associated with inauguration security operations.

Date: December 17, 2012

Creator: Reese, Shawn; Straus, Jacob R. & Bailey, Christina M.

Item Type: Report

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Underwithholding of Income Taxes and the Making Work Pay Tax Credit

This report describes how some taxpayers might be affected and which taxpayer groups might have their income tax under withheld.

Date: January 19, 2010

Creator: Topoleski, John J.

Item Type: Report

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Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues

This report contains the immigration policy and issues of the temporary protected status.

Date: September 9, 2010

Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen & Ester, Karma

Item Type: Report

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Limiting Central Government Budget Deficits: International Experiences

This report focuses on how major developed and emerging-market country governments, particularly the G-20 and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, limit their fiscal deficits.

Date: September 15, 2011

Creator: Jackson, James K.

Item Type: Report

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Visa Security Policy: Roles of the Departments of State and Homeland Security

This report provides an overview of the roles of the department of state and homeland security on the visa security policy.

Date: March 8, 2010

Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen

Item Type: Report

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Wind Energy: Offshore Permitting

The focus of this report is the current law applicable to siting offshore wind facilities, including the relationship between state and federal jurisdictional authorities. The report also discusses the court challenges to early federal offshore wind energy permitting authorities and the effect that the Energy Policy Act of 2005 has had on the regulatory environment.

Date: August 11, 2010

Creator: Vann, Adam

Item Type: Report

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International Environmental Financing: The Global Environment Facility (GEF)

This report provides an overview of one of the oldest international financial institutions for the environment - the Global Environment Facility (GEF) - and analyzes its structure, funding, and objectives in light of the many challenges within the contemporary landscape of global environmental finance.

Date: June 3, 2013

Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.

Item Type: Report

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Meat and Poultry Inspection: Background and Selected Issues

This report provides an overview of the background and selected issues of the meat and poultry inspection.

Date: March 22, 2010

Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.

Item Type: Report

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Kenya: Current Conditions and the Challenges Ahead

This report provides the current conditions and the challenges ahead of Kenya.

Date: May 19, 2010

Creator: Dagne, Ted

Item Type: Report

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Indian Water Rights Settlements

This report provides an overview of Indian water rights settlements and analyzes issues surrounding water rights settlements and the negotiation process, as well as implementation challenges and related issues for Congress.

Date: August 14, 2015

Creator: Stern, Charles V. & Kim, Samuel

Item Type: Report

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Increasing the Social Security Payroll Tax Base: Options and Effects on Tax Burdens

This report provides information on the options and effects of increasing the social security payroll tax.

Date: February 5, 2013

Creator: Hungerford, Thomas L.

Item Type: Report

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Independence of Federal Financial Regulators

This report provides information on institutional features that make federal financial regulators independent from the government.

Date: March 6, 2014

Creator: Houge, Henry B.; Labonte, Marc & Webel, Baird

Item Type: Report

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In Brief: Options to Help Meet a Congressional Requirement for Nuclear Weapon “Pit” Production

This report presents options for increasing the production of plutonium cores for thermonuclear weapons.

Date: May 22, 2015

Creator: Medalia, Jonathan E.

Item Type: Report

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Application of Religious Law in U.S. Courts: Selected Legal Issues

This report discusses proposals to limit the consideration by domestic courts of religious principles in general, and Islamic law in particular. The report also addresses the role of foreign and international law generally in U.S. courts and potential unintended consequences of restrictions on the consideration of religious of foreign law.

Date: January 11, 2012

Creator: Brougher, Cynthia

Item Type: Report