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- Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1961-FY2019
- This report is a research aid that lists the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and appropriations bills for FY1961-FY2019 including: bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and vote tallies, dates of passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes, vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers. Significant definitions are also included.
- The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Historical Overview, Funding, and Reauthorization
- This report provides a brief history of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) with an overview of the crimes addressed through the act. It includes brief descriptions of earlier VAWA reauthorizations and a more-detailed description of the most recent reauthorization in 2013. The report concludes with a discussion of VAWA programs and a five-year history of funding from FY2014 through FY2018.
- NIH Funding: FY1994-FY2019
- This report discusses funding for the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1994 to 2019. The NIH is the primary federal agency charged with conducting and supporting biomedical and behavioral research. It is the largest of the eight health-related agencies that make up the Public Health Service (PHS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- U.S. Global Health Assistance: FY2001-FY2019 Request
- This report outlines U.S. funding for global health by agency and program. Congress may debate several pressing global health issues, including strengthening health systems, bolstering pandemic preparedness, considering the FY2019 budget request, protecting life in global health assistance, and authorizing the extension of PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).
- Haiti's Political and Economic Conditions: In Brief
- This report describes Haiti's political structure and government, economy, police and army, and human rights and immigration issues. It also discusses UN missions in Haiti and U.S. relations with Haiti, including a a table outlining foreign aid amounts for Haiti from the U.S. for FY 2010-FY2018.
- Direct Overt U.S. Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, Fiscal Year 2002-Fiscal Year 2018
- This report provides a table of data outlining direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan including number for fiscal years 2002-2011 (combined), fiscal years 2012-2016 (individually), an estimate for 2017, and the requested amount for 2018.
- Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2018
- Table of data outlining direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan including number for fiscal years 2002-2011 (combined), fiscal years 2012-2016 (individually) and estimates for 2017 and 2018.
- Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2017)
- This report summarizes the ACA-related language added to annual appropriations legislation by congressional appropriators since the ACA was signed into law. The information is presented in Table 1. While a detailed examination of the ACA itself is beyond the scope of this report, a brief overview of the ACA's core provisions and its impact on federal spending is provided as context for the material in the table.
- The Federal Budget Deficit and the Business Cycle
- This report discusses the annual federal budget deficit, which has fallen significantly over the course of the current economic expansion, from a high of 9.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) in FY2009 to 3.2% of GDP in FY2016
- Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2017
- This report is a research aid that lists the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization bills (Table 1) and appropriations bills (Table 2) for FY1970-FY2017. This report includes all the pertinent information on the passage of these bills through the legislative process: bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and vote tallies, dates of passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes, vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers.
- Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch
- This report report provides a brief overview on how Congress can establish federal advisory committees, and provides some considerations as to why a federal advisory committee may or may not be an appropriate mechanism to assist a particular policy or funding question. The report also explores why Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) may or may not be appropriate for application to particular advisory committees. It presents data on the number of active FACA committees established by Congress with special emphasis on the committees established in FY2015. This report concludes by presenting a list of the federal advisory committees currently proposed for statutory establishment in the 114th Congress.
- Federal Benefits and Services for People with Low Income: Overview of Spending Trends, FY2008-FY2015
- This report is the most recent in a series that attempts to identify and discuss programs that provide federal benefits and services targeted toward low-income populations, focusing on aggregate spending trends. The report looks at federal low-income spending from FY2008 (at the onset of the 2007-2009 recession) through FY2015 (after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or ACA).
- Statutorily Required Federal Advisory Committees that Began Operations in FY2015
- This report discusses the establishment of the federal advisory committees--sometimes called task forces, panels, commissions, working groups, boards, councils, or conferences.
- Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2017)
- This report summarizes the ACA-related language added to annual appropriations legislation by congressional appropriators since the ACA was signed into law. The information is presented in Table 1. While a detailed examination of the ACA itself is beyond the scope of this report, a brief overview of the ACA's core provisions and its impact on federal spending is provided as context for the material in the table.
- Public Health Service Agencies: Overview and Funding (FY2015-FY2017)
- This report gives a brief overview of the eight agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which are designated components of the U.S. Public Health Services (PHS), and summarizes its funding for FY2015 through FY2017.
- U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Nonfederal Areas
- This report examines U.S. oil and natural gas production data for federal and non-federal areas with an emphasis on the past five fiscal years of production.
- Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2017
- This report provides data regarding the direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan.
- Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016)
- This report summarizes the language related to the Affordable Care (ACA) that was added to annual appropriations legislation by congressional appropriators since the ACA was signed into law. The information is presented in a table. While a detailed examination of the ACA itself is beyond the scope of this report, a brief overview of the ACA's core provisions and its impact on federal spending is provided as context for the material in the table. Congress remains deeply divided over implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which President Obama signed into law in March 2010.
- Intelligence Authorization Legislation for FY2014 and FY2015: Provisions, Status, Intelligence Community Framework
- This report examines selected provisions in the two Intelligence Authorization Acts (IAAs) passed in 2014: the IAA for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 (P.L. 113-126) and an IAA for FY2015 (P.L. 113-293). TIt also provides an intelligence community framework in the Appendix.
- FY2017 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Budget Request: In Brief
- This report provides an overview and highlights of budget requests for the State Department, Foreign Operations, and Related Appropriations (SFOPS). It includes information from the previous fiscal years with an account-by-account comparison of the FY2017 request to the FY2016 estimates and FY2015 actuals in Appendix A.
- Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding
- This report provides information on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), which funds a network of local antipoverty agencies. It begins with background information on the CSBG and related activities, discusses a proposal pending in Congress to reauthorize CSBG and related activities, summarizes a new "Upward Mobility Project" initiative of the Obama Administration, and discusses current and recent funding activities affecting the CSBG.
- The Veterans Health Administration and Medical Education: A Fact Sheet
- This report supplies facts about the Veterans Health Administration and its medical education. It describes the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and its involvement in the medical training of health care professionals. The report also gives details on the VA's academic affiliations, its funding of physician training, and its ongoing graduate medical education (GME) expansion. Figure 1 on page 3 shows the amount the VA spent on education and training from FY2010 to FY2015.
- Comparing DHS Appropriations by Component, FY2016: Fact Sheet
- This report provides a table and figure that compare homeland security appropriations enacted in FY2015 to those requested for FY2016. Generally, the homeland security appropriations bill includes all annual appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), providing resources to every departmental component.
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations
- This report will track and describe actions taken by the administration and congress to provide FY2015 appropriations for CJS accounts.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: President’s FY2015 Budget
- This report summarizes the president's budget estimates for each section of the CMS budget. Then, for each legislative proposal included in the president's budget, this report provides a description of current law and the president's proposal.
- National Park Service: FY2015 and FY2016 Appropriations
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- Fish and Wildlife Service: FY2015 Appropriations and Policy
- This report contains the appropriations and policy during the Fiscal Year 2015 on fish and wildlife service.
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations
- No Description Available.
- Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016)
- No Description Available.
- Department of Homeland Security: FY2015 Appropriations
- This report analyzes the FY2015 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security(DHS). While this report makes note of many budgetary resources provided to DHS, its primary focus is on funding approved by Congress through the appropriations process.
- U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and FY2015 Appropriations
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- FY2015 Funding to Counter Ebola and the Islamic State (IS)
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- FY2015 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies’ Appropriations: Fact Sheet
- This report will track and describe actions taken by the Administration and Congress to provide FY2015 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) accounts.
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations
- This report will track and describe actions taken by the administration and congress to provide FY2015 appropriations for CJS accounts.
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): FY2015 Appropriations
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- Oil and Gas Tax Issues in the Tax Reform Act of 2014 and the President’s FY2015 Budget Proposal
- No Description Available.
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2015 Budget and Appropriations
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- Veterans’ Medical Care: FY2015 Appropriations
- No Description Available.
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations
- No Description Available.
- Veterans’ Medical Care: FY2015 Appropriations
- No Description Available.
- Progress in Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): U.S. and Global Efforts from FY2006 to FY2015
- No Description Available.
- Estimated FY2015 State Grants Under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- This report discusses the elementary and secondary education act (ESEA) that was last comprehensively amended by the no child left behind act of 2001.
- Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations
- This report discusses various policy aspects of the Agriculture appropriations bill for FY2015, which funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service.
- Legislative Branch: FY2015 Appropriations
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- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2015 Appropriations
- This report provides an overview of actions taken by Congress and the President to provide FY2015 appropriations for the accounts funded by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
- Use of the Annual Appropriations Process to Block Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (FY2011-FY2016)
- No Description Available.
- Judiciary Budget Request, FY2015
- No Description Available.
- Fact Sheet: Some Highlights of H.R. 83, Division C, FY2015 Defense Appropriations Act
- No Description Available.
- Energy and Water Development: FY2015 Appropriations
- No Description Available.
- FY2015 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations: Fact Sheet
- No Description Available.