Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and ...

South Africa: Current Issues, Economy, and U.S. Relations

South Africa’s economic and political influence in Africa and diplomatic sway among developing countries in multilateral institutions, some Members of Congress may see a scope for increased U.S. engagement with South Africa, a top African recipient of U.S. assistance for years. 2

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Armed Career Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. 924(e)): An Overview

Armed Career Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. 924(e)): An Overview Congressional Research Service 2 Moreover, those violent felonies or serious drug offenses which do count must have been committed on different occasions.8 “[T]o trigger a sentence enhancement under the ACCA, a defendant’s prior felony convictions must involve separate criminal episodes.

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Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A ...

May 22, 2019 · given the central role Congress has in determining the scope and nature of the federal grant-in-aid system, the amount of funding involved, and disagreements over the appropriate role of the federal government in domestic policy generally and in its relationship with state and local governments.

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Tribal Jurisdiction over Nonmembers: A Legal Overview

In most cases, tribal criminal jurisdiction over non-Indian offenders is clear—as a general rule, Indian tribes do not have it. However, there is an exception for tribes to exercise criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit dating and domestic violence against Indians within a

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Police Use of Force: Rules, Remedies, and Reforms

Oct 30, 2015 · one civil—to provide legal remedies for newly freed African Americans who were being deprived of their civil rights. On the civil side is 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which provides individuals with a civil cause of action to recover damages for the deprivation of such rights.10 On the criminal side is 18 , U.S. C

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The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA): Workers ...

Mar 17, 2021 · Introduction The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) is the workers’ compensation system for federal employees. Every civilian employee of the federal government, including employees of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, is covered by FECA, as are several other groups, including federal jurors and Peace Corps volunteers.

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American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and ...

Jul 29, 2020 · Wars covered include the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam Conflict, and the Persian Gulf War. Military operations covered include the Iranian Hostage Rescue

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Costs of Major U.S. Wars

of war-related expenditures than earlier DOD estimates of incremental Vietnam or Persian Gulf War costs. Before the Vietnam conflict, the Army and Navy, and later the DOD, did not identify incremental expenses of military operations. For the War of …

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Institutional Eligibility for Participation in Title IV ...

Feb 14, 2019 · 1 These 6,760 institutions were eligible to participate in Title IV Federal Student Aid (FSA) programs in AY2016-2017 (July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Postsecondary

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Global Research and Development Expenditures: Fact Sheet

Sep 27, 2021 · 2 For purposes of this report, global R&D expenditures include those of the OECD countries, as well as Argentina, China, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, and Taiwan. R&D expenditures by some others countries are not included but are likely to be small in relative terms. 3 2019 is the latest year for which OECD R&D data is largely ...

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Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and ...

Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables Congressional Research Service Both the automatic annual adjustments and funding for Members’ salaries are provided pursuant to other laws (2 U.S.C. §4501)—not the annual appropriations bills—and a provision prohibiting

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The Amendments to the Constitution

leaders of Congress. Congress will then decide who should take office as President. 26. Established the minimum age requirement for voting in federal elections at eighteen years. 27. Congress may pass a law increasing their salaries, but cannot collect it until after there has been a federal election.

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Executive Order: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Salaries. The rates of basic pay or salaries for the following . offices and positions are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof: (a) The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312–5318) at Schedule 5; (b) The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the Congress (2 U.S.C. 4501) at Schedule 6; and

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Understanding Federalist 51

members of each branch as little dependent as possible on the other branches for their salaries. 9/6/2011 Political Science Module 20 Developed by PQE Ambition v. Ambition The best protection against any one branch growing too powerful is to empower the members of each branch to oppose the encroachments of the other branches.

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Campaign Guide for Congressional Candidates

questions may be addressed to trained FEC staff members by calling the FEC’s 800 number. Persons in the Washington, DC area may call locally. The numbers are: 800/424-9530 202/694-1100 202/219-3336 (for the hearing impaired) Hearing-impaired persons may reverse the charges when calling long distance.

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CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 - congress.gov

116th Congress An Act Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of …

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage.

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Gender Pay Inequality

• A woman working full time, year-round earns $10,800 less per year than a man, based on median annual earnings. This disparity can add up to nearly a half million dollars over a career. • On a percentage basis, a woman earns only 79 percent of what a man earns.This is