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Changes to the Residential Mortgage Market: Legislation, Demographics, and Other Drivers 16 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
This report provides an overview of the changing residential mortgage market, focusing on trends in housing prices, homeownership, mortgage characteristics, and financing. It also examines legislation...
Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions 10 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
Published reports have suggested that in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Pentagon has expanded its counterterrorism intelligence activities as part of what the Bush Administration termed t...
Potential Employer Penalties Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) 3 Apr 2013 | 09:00 am
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148), as amended, increases access to health insurance coverage, expands federal private health insurance market requirements, and require...
The Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment 29 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
The Exon-Florio provision grants the President the authority to block proposed or pending foreign acquisitions of "persons engaged in interstate commerce in the United States" that threaten to impair ...
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) 29 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is comprised of nine members, two ex officio members, and other members as appointed by the President representing major departments an...
The Recess Appointment Power After Noel Canning v. NLRB: Constitutional Implications 27 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
Under the Appointments Clause, the President is empowered to nominate and appoint principal officers of the United States, but only with the advice and consent of the Senate. In addition to this gener...
Legal Issues Relating to the Secretary’s Authority to Set Payment Rates Under the Medicare Advantage Program 26 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
estimated cost of providing Medicare covered services (fithe bidfl) relative to the maximum amount the federal government will pay for the services in the plan™s service area (fithe benchmarkfl).4 In gene...
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress 15 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
The Navy for several years has carried out a variety of irregular warfare (IW) and counterterrorism (CT) activities. Among the most readily visible of the Navy's recent IW operations have been those c...
Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress 14 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
The Navy's proposed FY2013 budget requests $564.9 million for continued research and development work on the Ohio replacement program (ORP), a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic m...
Higher Education Tax Benefits: Brief Overview and Budgetary Effects 12 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
Higher Education Tax Benefits: Brief Overview and Budgetary Effects Congressional Research Service 1 Introduction Since 1997, education tax benefits have become an increasingly important component of ...
