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train_15900 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States is the largest direct investor abroad and the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world. For some Americans, the national gains attributed to investing overseas are offset by such perceived losses as offshoring facilities, displacing U.S. workers, and lowering wages. Some observers b... | [
"The United States occupies a unique position in the global economy as the largest investor and the largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI). As a basic premise, the U.S. historical approach to international investment has aimed to establish an open and rules-based system that is consistent across count... |
train_15901 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The budget reconciliation process is an optional procedure that operates as an adjunct to thebudget resolution process established by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The chief purposeof the reconciliation process is to enhance Congress's ability to change current law in order to bringrevenue, spending, and debt-l... | [
"The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 established the congressional budget process. (1) Under the act, the House andSenate are required to adopt at least one budget resolution each year. (2) The budget resolution, whichtakes the form of a concurrent resolution and is not sent to the President for his approval or ve... |
train_15902 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Since 1995, legislation that would guarantee collective bargaining rights for state and local public safety officers has been introduced in Congress. The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (PSEECA)—introduced in the 111th Congress as H.R. 413 by Representative Dale E. Kildee, S. 1611 by Senator Judd Gregg,... | [
"Since 1995, legislation that would guarantee collective bargaining rights for state and local public safety officers has been introduced in Congress. The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (PSEECA)—introduced in the 111 th Congress as H.R. 413 by Representative Dale E. Kildee, S. 1611 by Senator Judd ... |
train_15903 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The U.S. Armed Forces used a variety of chemical defoliants to clear dense jungle land in Vietnam during the war. Agent Orange (named for the orange-colored identifying stripes on the barrels) was by far the most widely used herbicide during the Vietnam War. Many Vietnam-era veterans believe that their exposure to Agen... | [
"Almost four decades since the end of the Vietnam War, the controversy surrounding the spraying of an herbicide known as \"Agent Orange\" and the exposure of Vietnam-era veterans to this herbicide continues. Since the late 1970s, Vietnam-era veterans have voiced concerns about how exposure to Agent Orange may have ... |
train_15904 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | U.S. economic assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) seeks to fosterdemocratic institutions andeconomic reform. Congress approved $100 million for Serbia for FY2001 and the Administration has requested$145 million for the FRY for FY2002. Congressional debate may center on constraints on that aid, the ro... | [
"RS20737 -- The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: U.S. Economic Assistance Updated August 16, 2001 As a result of the September 2000 election of Vojislav Kostunica to the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and the subsequent end of theMilosevic regime, the people of Yugoslavia have opened the door... |
train_15905 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States has initiated renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico. Among the Administration's agriculture-related objectives in the renegotiation is a proposal to establish new rules for seasonal and perishable products, such as fruits and vegetables, which would e... | [
"T he United States has initiated renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico. The Administration's agriculture-related objectives in the renegotiation include a contentious proposal to establish trade remedies for perishable and seasonal products. The proposal would est... |
train_15906 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | U.S. trade policy is at a cross-roads as the Obama Administration and the 112th Congress face a range of policy issues and challenges. The future direction of trade policy and how the issues will be addressed are unclear at this time and the subject of sharp debate within Congress, the Administration, and the trade pol... | [
"The 112 th Congress and the Obama Administration face a range of trade issues. Many of these issues, such as pending free trade agreements and trade negotiations, trade preferences for developing countries, trade enforcement and compliance, and renewal of trade promotion authority, are legacies of previous adminis... |
train_15907 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The economy officially was considered in a recession in December 2008, but many forecasters had long recognized the downturn and some believed this economic contraction would be more severe than other post-World War II slowdowns. A combination of factors combined to present policymakers with difficult decisions on how ... | [
"In December 2008, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the economy was in a recession and that the recession had begun a year earlier in December 2007. However, some economists and forecasters had been concerned that a combination of factors might make this economic contraction much worse... |
train_15908 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The pace of high-profile terrorist attacks in Sub-Saharan Africa has intensified in recent years, and the death toll now rivals that of other regions where violent Islamist extremist groups are active. This report provides context for these trends, including a summary of sub-regional dynamics, factors affecting radical... | [
"Increased terrorist activity by groups like Boko Haram in Nigeria has raised the international profile of African-based Islamist terrorist groups, but violent extremism is not a new phenomenon on the continent. In the 19 th century, local insurgent leaders fought to establish Islamic states in areas that are now i... |
train_15909 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Children in foster care are children that the state has removed from their homes and placed in another setting designed to provide round-the-clock care (e.g., foster family home, group home, child care institution). The large majority of children enter foster care because of neglect or abuse at the hands of their paren... | [
"Children in foster care are more likely to have mental health care needs than children generally. They are also more likely than other children to receive psychotropic medications, which are prescribed drugs that affect the brain chemicals related to mood and behavior. Psychotropic medications are used to treat a ... |
train_15910 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and other related agencies (often referred to as CJS) appropriations for FY2003 were completed by Congress andsigned ( P.L. 108-7 ) by the President on February 20, 2003, five months into the budget year. The enacted CJSappropriation provides $44,773.7 million in newbudg... | [
"Division abbreviations: ALD = American Law Division; G&F = Government and Finance Division; RSI = Resources, Science, and Industry Division, DSP =Domestic Social Policy Division; FDT = Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division. Congress passed the conference report ( H.Rept. 108-10 ) for H.J.Res. 2 , the omnibu... |
train_15911 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | "Pay-as-you-go" (PAYGO) procedures play an important role in enforcing budget policies with respect to the consideration of revenue and direct spending legislation. Generally, the purpose of PAYGO procedures is to discourage or prevent the enactment of legislation that would cause, or increase, a deficit or reduce a su... | [
"\"Pay-as-you-go\" (PAYGO) procedures play an important role in enforcing budget policies with respect to the consideration of revenue and direct spending legislation. Generally, the purpose of PAYGO procedures is to discourage or prevent the enactment of legislation that would cause, or increase, a deficit or redu... |
train_15912 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report presents statistics regarding U.S. military and civilian casualties in the active missions Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS, Afghanistan) and Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR, Iraq and Syria) and, as well as operations that have ended, Operation New Dawn (OND, Iraq), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF, Iraq), and... | [
"Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) began on October 7, 2001, and was primarily conducted in Afghanistan. On December 28, 2014, President Obama announced that OEF had ended. A \"follow-on mission,\" Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS), was started on January 1, 2015, to \"continue training, advising, and assisting Afg... |
train_15913 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | One month after the International Criminal Court (ICC) officially came into existence on July 1, 2002, the President signed the American Servicemembers' Protection Act (ASPA), which limits U.S. government support and assistance to the ICC; curtails certain military assistance to many countries that have ratified the Ro... | [
"July 1, 2002, marked the birth of the International Criminal Court (ICC), meaning that crimes of the appropriate caliber committed after that date could fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC. The ICC is the first global permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for \"the most seriou... |
train_15914 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | U.S. students participate in many assessments to track their educational achievement. Perhaps the most widely discussed of these are statewide assessments required by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which was most recently comprehensively amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95).... | [
"Assessing the achievement of students in elementary and secondary schools and the nation's educational progress is fundamental to informing education policy approaches. Congressional interest in this area includes and extends beyond the annual assessments administered by states to comply with the educational accou... |
train_15915 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Endangered Species Act (ESA; P.L. 93-205, 87 Stat. 884. 16 U.S.C. §§1531-1544) has a stated purpose of conserving species identified as endangered or threatened with extinction and conserving ecosystems on which these species depend. The ESA is perennially controversial because the protections provided can make it ... | [
"T he Endangered Species Act (ESA; P.L. 93-205 , 87 Stat. 884. 16 U.S.C. §§1531-1544) frequently receives significant congressional attention. It offers comprehensive protection for species identified as endangered or threatened with extinction. Over the years, the power of this protection has ignited calls for gre... |
train_15916 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report monitors actions taken by the 110th Congress for the FY2008 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (P.L. 110-161), Congress has provided $54.637 billion in CJS appropriations, a 3.4% increase over the FY2007 enacted level and ... | [
"On December 26, 2007, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 ( H.R. 2764 ) into law ( P.L. 110-161 ) as shown in Table 1 . This act includes the FY2008 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill, as well as 10 other appropriations bills, in addition to emerge... |
train_15917 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Conferees on the FY2002 legislative branch appropriations bill agreed to $2.97 billion forlegislative branch operations, an 8.9% increase over the FY2001 funding level of $2.73 billion ( P.L.107-68 ). Total FY2002 funding made available for the legislative branch is $3.23 billion, whenincluding emergency response funds... | [
"Conferees on the FY2002 legislative branch appropriations bill agreed to $2.97 billion forlegislative branch operations, an 8.9% increase over the FY2001 funding level of $2.73 billion ( P.L.107-68 ). Total FY2002 funding made available for the legislative branch is $3.23 billion, whenincluding emergency response ... |
train_15918 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The "digital divide" is a term that has been used to characterize a gap between "information haves and have-nots," or in other words, between those Americans who use or have access to telecommunications and information technologies and those who do not. One important subset of the digital divide debate concerns high-sp... | [
"The \"digital divide\" is a term used to describe a gap between \"information haves and have-nots,\" or in other words, between those Americans who use or have adequate access to telecommun ications and information technologies and those who do not. Whether or not individuals or communities fall into the \"informa... |
train_15919 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Competition in federal procurement contracting has long been of interest to Congress and the executive branch, in part because of the belief that increased competition among potential vendors results in lower prices for the government. President Obama issued a memorandum calling for increased competition in federal con... | [
"The term \"procurement\" describes the process whereby government agencies acquire supplies or services for their own \"direct benefit or use.\" Competition in government procurement means that the government determines from whom to buy supplies or services—and thus with whom to contract—by \"solicit[ing] or enter... |
train_15920 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In the 111th Congress, legislation was introduced that sought to clarify the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA) in the wake of Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006 that interpreted the law's jurisdiction more narrowly than prior case law. The Court's narrow interpretation involved jurisdiction over some geographica... | [
"In the 111 th Congress, legislation was introduced that sought to clarify the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA) in the wake of two Supreme Court decisions that interpreted the law's jurisdiction more narrowly than prior case law. The Court's narrow interpretation involved jurisdiction over some geographically iso... |
train_15921 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | One part of the energy debate is whether to approve energy development in the ArcticNational Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northeastern Alaska, and if so, under what conditions, orwhether to continue to prohibit development to protect the area's biological, recreational, andsubsistence values. ANWR is rich in fauna, flora,... | [
"On May 25, 2006, the House passed H.R. 5429 to open ANWR to development(yeas 225, nays 201, Roll Call #209). On March 16, 2006, the Senate passed the FY2007 budgetresolution ( S.Con.Res. 83 ; yeas 51, nays 49, Roll Call #74; no written report). Its solereconciliation instruction (§201) directed the Committee on E... |
train_15922 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks prompted congressional action on many fronts,including passage of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate ToolsRequired to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act, P.L. 107-56 . The Act isbroadly scoped, and some of its provisions may affect Int... | [
"The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks prompted congressional action on many fronts,including passage of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate ToolsRequired to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act. The Act is broadlyscoped, (1) and some of itsprovisions may affect use of th... |
train_15923 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005, but retained control of its borders. Hamas, a U.S. State Department-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), won the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections and forcibly seized control of the territory in 2007. Israel imposed a tighter blockade of Gaza in... | [
"Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005, but retained control of the territory's borders. Hamas emerged as the predominant force in the territory. In January 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian Authority (PA) legislative elections and established itself as a major actor in domestic politics. Some countries and org... |
train_15924 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congress, through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), provides a variety of benefits and services to veterans and to certain members of their families. These benefits include disability compensation and pensions, education benefits, survivor benefits, medical treatment, life insurance, vocational rehabilitati... | [
"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides an array of benefits to veterans and to certain members of their families. These benefits include, but are not limited to, disability compensation, education and training benefits, dependent and survivor benefits, medical treatment, life insurance and burial benefit... |
train_15925 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Until 2005, India and Pakistan were the only states outside the NuclearNonproliferation Treaty to declare, openly, their nuclear weaponscapability. In 1998, they tested nuclear weapons and since then, deployed ballistic missiles, enunciated nucleardoctrine, and made organizational changes to their nuclearestablishments... | [
"RS21237 -- Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Updated February 17, 2005 Almost 50 years of nuclear ambiguity were swept away by the May 1998 nuclear tests of India and Pakistan. Optimists hoped that overt nuclear weapons capabilities could help providemore conventional stability and that limited nuclear arsenals... |
train_15926 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Often when there is dissatisfaction with budgetary levels, budget process reforms are proposed to mandate a specific budgetary policy or fiscal objective. This report focuses specifically on one such budget process reform—the concept of creating a statutory limit on total spending. As discussed in this report, a total ... | [
"An array of budget process reform proposals are put forth each year seeking to refine or improve the existing constitutional requirements, laws, and rules that make up the federal budget process. Some proposals are designed not only to modify the budget process, but also to produce specific budgetary outcomes. Par... |
train_15927 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congressional investigations into the September 11, 2012, attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, have focused on a number of issues, including the extent to which overall funding levels may have played a role in the security measures in place at that U.S. facility. While several factors may have been involved i... | [
"As Congress investigates the issues surrounding the September 11, 2012, attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, some Members have questioned whether security funding was adequate or was a factor that may have contributed to inadequate security at that facility. The State Department Basic Authorities Act of ... |
train_15928 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Nearly half a million miles of oil and gas transmission pipeline crisscross the United States. The nation's pipeline industry has made substantial investments to protect these systems and respond tothe possibility of terror attacks. However, U.S. pipelines are inherently vulnerable because of theirnumber and dispersion... | [
"Nearly half a million miles of oil and gas transmission pipeline crisscross the United States. (1) These pipelines are integral to U.S. energy supply and have vital links to other critical infrastructure,like power plants, airports, and military bases. While an efficient and fundamentally safe means oftransport, m... |
train_15929 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Recently, proposals to index capital gains for inflation have reentered the public debate. The proposed change would eliminate the part of capital gains that reflects inflation by increasing the basis (i.e., the amount subtracted from sales price to determine capital gains) by inflation occurring since acquisition of t... | [
"P roposals to index capital gains for inflation have recently reentered the public debate. The proposed change would eliminate taxes on the part of capital gains that reflects inflation. It would increase the basis (the amount subtracted from sales price to determine capital gains) by inflation occurring since acq... |
train_15930 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) contains 45 separately authorized programs, plus approximately 20 specified sub-programs. The largest of these programs distribute funds by formulas that prescribe how funds are to be allocated among state educational agencies (SEAs) or local educational agencies (LEAs)... | [
"The primary source of federal aid to K-12 education is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), particularly its Title I, Part A program of Education for the Disadvantaged. The ESEA was initially adopted in 1965, and was most recently reauthorized and amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB... |
train_15931 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The U.S. electric power grid consists of over 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and hundreds of large transformer substations. High voltage (HV) transformer units make up less than 3% of U.S. transformers, but they carry 60%-70% of the nation's electricity. Because they serve as vital nodes, HV transform... | [
"The electric utility industry operates as an integrated system of generation, transmission, and distribution facilities to deliver electric power to consumers. In the United States, this system consists of over 9,000 electric generating units connected to over 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines strun... |
train_15932 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, the Bureau) is the lead federal law enforcement agency charged with counterterrorism investigations. Since the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks, the FBI has implemented a series of reforms intended to transform itself from a largely reactive law enforcement agency focused on i... | [
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, the Bureau) is the lead agency for investigating the federal crime of terrorism, which is defined under law as \"an offense that is calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion, or to retaliate against government conduct.\" This i... |
train_15933 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Capital markets provide financing for businesses to fund their growth that would facilitate innovation and jobs creation, and enhance the society's overall standard of living. They are segments of the financial system in which funding is raised through issuing and trading equity or debt securities, which are forms of f... | [
"The JOBS and Investor Confidence Act ( S. 488 ) is a capital markets package consisting of 32 titles that have mostly already passed the House with bipartisan support as standalone bills. Originally a relatively narrow bill, the earlier version of S. 488 was referred to as the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act an... |
train_15934 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | After a flood, people are often uncertain if their eligibility for federal disaster assistance is linked in any way to whether or not they have flood insurance. Because much of the other disaster assistance that is available to individuals comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), there may be confusio... | [
"After a flood event, people are often uncertain about what types of federal assistance they are eligible for, and if their eligibility for federal disaster assistance is linked in any way to whether or not they have flood insurance. Because much of the other disaster assistance that is available to individuals com... |
train_15935 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with an overview of the nature and statusof the designated foreign terrorist organizations list, as a potential tool in overseeing theimplementation and effects of U.S. legislation designed to sanction terrorists. It centers on the listof terrorist groups that are forma... | [
"The purpose of this report is to provide Congress with an overview of the nature and statusof the designated foreign terrorist organizations list (FTO list), as a potential tool in overseeing theimplementation and effects of U.S. legislation designed as a basis for imposing sanctions onterrorists. The report cente... |
train_15936 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report provides a brief analysis of NATO's decision-making procedures, withseveral examples of how theallies have handled sensitive issues in the past. It describes the February 2003 dispute over providing NATO defenseplanning and equipment to Turkey, andanalyzes the debate over the decision-making process, includ... | [
"RS21510 -- NATO's Decision-Making Procedure Updated March 8, 2004 In February 2003, the United States asked that NATO begin planning to provide Turkey with defensive systems in the event of an attack by Iraq during theimpending war with Saddam Hussein's regime. The request also asked that NATO members backfill for... |
train_15937 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 3887), passed by the House on December 4, 2007, continues and reenforces the anti-trafficking efforts that began with Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. That legislation sought to protect the women and children most often ... | [
"Section 221, among other things, offers two new sex trafficking offenses. One, aggravated sex trafficking (proposed 18 U.S.C. 2429), would replace 18 U.S.C. 1591, but without the requirement that the defendant charged with persuasion, enticement, transportation, etc. of a child must be shown to have known that the... |
train_15938 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The foreign tax credit alleviates the double-taxation that would result if U.S. investors' overseas income were to be taxed by both the United States and a foreign country. U.S. taxpayers credit foreign taxes paid against U.S. taxes they would otherwise owe, and in doing so concede that the country where income is earn... | [
"The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 ( P.L. 108-357 ; the Jobs Act) contained a number of provisions related to the taxation of multi-national corporations. Among these provisions were more generous rules for multinationals to use in allocating interest expense for purposes of the U.S. foreign tax credit. This r... |
train_15939 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Through the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ("OSH Act" or "act"), Congress sought a nationwide approach to regulating workplace accidents and injuries. The act authorizes the Secretary of Labor to create and enforce workplace safety standards. Additionally, the act contains a "General Duty Clause," also enfo... | [
"Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (\"OSH Act\" or \"act\") to \"assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources …\" In the years leading up to the OSH Act, approximately 14,500 workers died an... |
train_15940 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Division C of P.L. 109-148 (2005), 42 U.S.C. §§ 247d-6d, 247d-6e, also known as the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), limits liability with respect to pandemic flu and other public health countermeasures. Specifically, upon a declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of a publi... | [
"This report analyzes Division C of the Department of Defense Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, P.L. 109-148 , which was signed into law on December 30, 2005, and which limits liability with respect to pandemic flu and other public health countermeasures. Division C, which is titled the \"Public Readiness and ... |
train_15941 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | More than two dozen legislative proposals in the 114th Congress were introduced that included provisions concerning water use efficiency, or water conservation, in nonagricultural sectors. These legislative proposals did not seek to set specific enforceable water use efficiency standards or goals. Rather, most sought t... | [
"M ore than two dozen legislative proposals in the 114 th Congress included provisions concerning water use efficiency, or water conservation. These legislative proposals did not seek to set specific enforceable water use efficiency standards or goals. Rather, most sought to encourage or provide incentives for prac... |
train_15942 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States Constitution assures those charged with a serious federal crime that they will be prosecuted in the state and district in which the crime occurred. A crime occurs in any district in which any of its "conduct" elements are committed. Some offenses are committed entirely within a single district; there ... | [
"The Constitution states that those accused of a federal crime shall be tried in the state in which the crime occurred and by a jury selected from the district in which the crime occurred: The Trial of all Crimes . . . shall be by Jury . . . held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but whe... |
train_15943 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Keeping an economy growing over the long run at rates sufficient to provide full employment for labor and capital with low inflation or a stable price level has been an important goal for economic policy. Money and monetary policy have figured importantly in achieving this goal. Currently, it is argued, central bank in... | [
"Keeping an economy growing at a rate compatible with the full utilization of resources over the long run in an environment in which price inflation is stable has been an age-old goal for macroeconomic policy. Monetary policy and the institutional arrangements for carrying it out have long been regarded as importan... |
train_15944 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Health insurance helps to protect individuals and families against financial loss. Having health insurance also promotes access to regular health care. Most Americans with private health insurance are covered through an employer, or through the employer of a family member. A recent study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foun... | [
"Most Americans with private group health insurance are covered through an employer, or through the employer of a family member. In 2012, about 61% of private employers offered health insurance coverage to their full-time employees, and most employers extended those health benefits to the families of their workers.... |
train_15945 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal government agencies and programs work to accomplish widely varying missions. These agencies and programs employ a number of public policy approaches, including federalspending, tax laws, tax expenditures, and regulation. Given the scope and complexity of theseefforts, it is understandable that citizens, their e... | [
"Federal government agencies and programs work to accomplish widely varying missions. These agencies and programs use a number of public policy approaches, including federal spending,tax laws, tax expenditures, (1) and regulation. (2) In FY2004, estimated federal spending was $2.3 trillion,and taxexpenditures total... |
train_15946 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On October 9, 2006, North Korea announced it conducted a nuclear test. After several days of evaluation, U.S. authorities confirmed that the underground explosion was nuclear, but that the test produced a low yield of less than one kiloton. As the United Nations Security Council met and approved a resolution condemning... | [
"On October 9, 2006, North Korea (formally the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) announced it conducted a nuclear test. After several days of evaluation, U.S. authorities confirmed that the underground explosion was nuclear, but that the test produced a low yield of less than one kiloton. The test followed a p... |
train_15947 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States and Mexico share the waters of the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. A bilateral water treaty from 1944 (the 1944 Water Treaty) and other binational agreements guide how the two governments share the flows of these rivers. The binational International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) administers ... | [
"The United States and Mexico share a nearly 2,000-mile border and multiple rivers, including the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. Predominantly located in the United States, the Colorado River crosses the U.S.-Mexico border and empties into the Gulf of California. The Rio Grande's headwaters are in the United St... |
train_15948 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Members of Congress receive frequent requests from grant seekers needing funds for projects in districts and states. The congressional office should first determine its priorities regarding the appropriate assistance to give constituents, from providing information on grants programs to active advocacy of projects. Con... | [
"Members of Congress receive numerous requests from grant seekers, including state and local governments, nonprofit social service and community action organizations, private research groups, small businesses, and individuals, for information and help in obtaining funds for projects. Both government and private fou... |
train_15949 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | A number of states have recently sought to take action to assure that nuclear power plants within their borders are operating safely. Most visibly, the State of Vermont has suggested that it will not approve the continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, despite the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (... | [
"The federal government first relinquished its monopoly on atomic energy in 1954 by permitting the private development of nuclear power production for peaceful purposes. After an initial surge in the development of commercial nuclear power, the nuclear industry suffered a long period of dormancy due, at least in pa... |
train_15950 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes limit the discretion of a sentencing court to impose a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment or the death penalty. They have a long history and come in several varieties: the not-less-than, the flat sentence, and piggyback versions. Federal courts may refrai... | [
"Federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes (mandatory minimums) demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. Among other things, they cover drug dealing, murdering federal officials, and using a gun to commit a federal crime. They have been a feature of federal sentencing since the dawn of... |
train_15951 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On September 4-5, the leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) 28 member states met in Wales for the alliance's 2014 summit. This was their first meeting since Russia began providing large-scale military support to separatist forces fighting in Ukraine, and their last before the planned completion b... | [
"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) 2014 summit was held in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom (UK), on September 4-5. This was the first meeting of NATO's 28 heads of state or government since Russia's annexation of Crimea and subsequent military support of separatist fighters in eastern and southern Uk... |
train_15952 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) administers renewable energy and end-use energy efficiency technology programs in research, development, and implementation. EERE works with industry, academia, national laboratories, and others to support research and devel... | [
"Funding for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), including the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), is provided in the annual Energy and Water Development (E&W) Appropriations bill. EERE supports renewable energy and end-use energy efficiency technology research, development, and implementation... |
train_15953 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United Nations (U.N.) Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or "Rio+20") convenes June 20-22, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This conference marks the 20th anniversary of the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio in 1992. Governments participating in the 1992 meeting politically end... | [
"The United Nations (U.N.) Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or \"Rio+20\") will convene June 20-22, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This conference marks the 20 th anniversary of the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio in 1992 and the 10 th anniversary of the World Summit on S... |
train_15954 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Paragraph 5(a) of Senate Rule XXVI, sometimes referred to as the "two-hour rule," restricts the times that most Senate committees and subcommittees can meet when the full Senate is in session. The rule is intended to help balance the Senate's committee and floor work and to minimize the logistical conflicts that Senato... | [
"Paragraph 5(a) of Senate Rule XXVI, sometimes referred to as the \"two-hour rule,\" restricts the times that most Senate committees and subcommittees can meet when the full Senate is in session. The rule, which has evolved over the years, is intended to help balance the Senate's committee and floor work and to min... |
train_15955 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States and Canada, while independent countries, effectively comprise a single integrated market for petroleum and natural gas. Canada is the single largest foreign supplier of petroleum products and natural gas to the United States—and the United States is the dominant consumer of Canada's energy exports. Th... | [
"Canada has long been the United States' most important energy partner. Canada is the single largest foreign supplier of petroleum products, natural gas, and electric power to the United States—and the United States is the dominant consumer of Canada's energy exports. Canada is also the primary recipient of U.S. en... |
train_15956 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), established on March 12, 2002, is a color-coded terrorist threat warning system administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The system, which federal departments and agencies are required to implement and use, provides recommended protective measures for fede... | [
"On March 12, 2002, Governor Tom Ridge—then Director of the White House Office of Homeland Security (OHS), and formerly Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—announced the establishment of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). The HSAS is designed to measure and evaluate terrorist threats a... |
train_15957 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 1995-1996 debate over creation of a block grant to states for cash aid to needy families with children (Temporary Assistance for Needy FamiliesâTANF) focused on reducing welfare rolls by promoting work. Except for child care costs, it gave scant attention to other living expenses of low-income parents. The issues... | [
"This country has long debated how best to meet the needs of the poor. Some argue that income supplements that allow families to participate in the consumer market are the most effective and efficient means for the government to ensure that the basic needs of the poor are met. Others argue that poor people cannot e... |
train_15958 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report provides background on the Wassenaar Arrangement, which was formally established in July 1996 as a multilateral arrangement aimed at controlling exports of conventional weapons and related dual-use goods and military technology. It is the successor to the expired Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Expo... | [
"For some 45 years, the primary international organization for coordinating restrictions on dual-use exports was COCOM, the Coordinating Committee For Multilateral Export Controls. COCOM was formed in 1949 to limit military-related transfers to Communist countries. At the time of its termination at the end of March... |
train_15959 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The primary focus of the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is to help regions experiencing long-term economic distress or sudden economic dislocation attract private-sector capital and create higher-skill, higher-wage jobs through investments in public infrastructure, the provision of t... | [
"The 112 th Congress may consider legislation to fund, reauthorize, and amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act (PWEDA) of 1965, P.L. 89-136 (79 Stat. 552, 42 U.S.C. §3121). It will do so within the context of the more prominent policy debates regarding efforts to reduce federal spending to address grow... |
train_15960 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Constituents often contact a congressional office looking for assistance; the work congressional offices do in response to these requests is generally referred to as casework . Members of Congress determine the scope of their constituent service activities, including casework. Many requests for casework come from const... | [
"Casework , in a congressional office, refers to the response or services that Members of Congress provide to constituents who request assistance. As part of the process of determining how to carry out their congressional duties, Members of Congress largely determine the scope of casework and their other constituen... |
train_15961 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The widely reported problems with the rollout of the HealthCare.gov websiteâthe federal online health insurance portal called for by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) ( P.L. 111-148 , as amended)âhave prompted interest in the role that contractors played in developing this site. The Centers for M... | [
"This report provides answers to 20 frequently asked questions regarding contractors and HealthCare.gov, the federal online health insurance portal called for by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) ( P.L. 111-148 , as amended). Over 50 contractors, including CGI Federal and Quality Software Service... |
train_15962 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report deals with U.S.-China relations during the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and with a number of key events involving China during the two-year period. These events included: China's anti-satellite weapon test (January 2007); the 17th Party Congress (October 2007); a crackdown against demonstrations in Tibet (Mar... | [
"U.S. relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC) remained remarkably smooth during the 110 th Congress, as they were throughout most of the George W. Bush Administration. The two governments continued to have regular and robust high-level visits and exchanges of working level officials. Washington and Beij... |
train_15963 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The President makes appointments, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to some 152 full-time leadership positions on 34 federal regulatory and other collegial boards and commissions. This appointment process consists of three distinct stages: selection, clearance, and nomination by the President; consideration by... | [
"This report provides an overview of the process for filling positions to which the President makes appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate (PAS positions). It also specifies, for the 110 th Congress (January 2007-January 2009), all nominations to full-time positions on 34 regulatory and other colleg... |
train_15964 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Paraguay, a landlocked nation in the center of South America, has friendly relations with the United States and has been a traditional ally. Paraguay's turbulent political history and tradition of political authoritarianism have resulted in international isolation that the country is seeking to overcome. The population... | [
"On April 20, 2008, a former Roman Catholic bishop, Fernando Lugo, was elected President of Paraguay, a land-locked South American nation critically wedged between Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia. The Lugo victory was hailed as a step toward strengthening Paraguay's fragile democracy, ending six decades of one-party... |
train_15965 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Derivatives, or financial instruments whose value is based on an underlying asset, played a key role in the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Congress directly addressed the governance of the derivatives markets through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank; P.L. 111-203; July 21, 2010)... | [
"Financial derivatives are widely used throughout the economy by financial firms, corporations, farmers, and investors to serve a number of different purposes. A broad set of factors are responsible for the 2008-2009 financial crisis, but derivatives played a key role in the crisis by fueling a housing bubble and e... |
train_15966 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), specifies the requirements for assessments that states must incorporate into their state accountability systems to receive funding under Title I-A. While many of the assessment requirements of the ESEA h... | [
"The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95 ), specifies the requirements for the state assessments that states must incorporate into their state accountability systems to receive funding under Title I-A. Title I-A of the ESEA authorizes aid to... |
train_15967 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Davis-Bacon Act requires employers to pay workers on federal construction projects at least locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits. These wages and benefits are the minimum hourly wages and benefits that employers must pay workers. In order to hire and retain workers, employers may pay more than locally preva... | [
"The Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) requires employers to pay workers on federal construction projects at least locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits. These wages and benefits, which are determined by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), are the minimum hourly wages and benefits that employers must pay workers. In ord... |
train_15968 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) face common security challenges from crime, corruption, terrorism, and faltering commitments to economic and democratic reforms. However, cooperation among them remains halting, so security in the region is likely in the near te... | [
"The Central Asian region—bordering regional powers Russia, China, and Iran—is an age-old east-west and north-south trade and transport crossroads. After many of the former Soviet Union's republics had declared their independence by late 1991, the five republics of Central Asia followed suit. Since this beginning o... |
train_15969 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Concern about shareholder value, corporate governance, and the economic and social impact of escalating pay for corporate executives has led to a controversy regarding the practices of paying these executives. Proposals have been made in the current and recent Congresses to limit executive compensation and the amount o... | [
"Concern about shareholder value, corporate governance, and the economic and social impact of escalating pay for corporate executives has led to a controversy regarding the practices of paying these executives. In a stated attempt \"to provide investors with a clearer and more complete picture of compensation to pr... |
train_15970 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established in 1982 by the Small Business Innovation Development Act (P.L. 97-219) to increase the participation of small innovative companies in federally funded R&D. The act requires federal agencies with extramural R&D budgets of $100 million or more to set a... | [
"The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established by Congress in 1982 to expand the role of small businesses in federal research and development (R&D). In establishing the program, Congress found that technological innovation plays an important role in job creation, productivity improvements, a... |
train_15971 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | With the prospect of new layers of complexity being added to air pollution controls, and with electricity restructuring putting a premium on economic efficiency, interest is being expressed in finding mechanisms to achieve health and environmental goals in simpler, more cost-effective ways. The electric utility industr... | [
"Electric utility generating facilities are a major source of air pollution. The combustion of fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas, and coal), which accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. electricity generation, results in the emission of a stream of gases. These gases include several pollutants that directly pose ... |
train_15972 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On June 4, 2015, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revealed that a cyber intrusion had impacted its information technology systems and data, potentially compromising the personal information of about 4.2 million former and current federal employees. Later that month, OPM reported a separate cyber incident t... | [
"On June 4, 2015, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revealed that a cyber intrusion into its information technology systems and data \"may have compromised the personal information of [approximately 4.2 million] current and former Federal employees.\" Later in June, OPM reported a separate cyber inciden... |
train_15973 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The national Census Bureau data show that in 2013, 13.4 million parents had custody of children under the age of 21 while the other parent lived elsewhere, and the aggregate amount of child support received was $22.5 billion. In 2013, almost 83% of custodial parents were mothers. Of all custodial parents, 48% were whit... | [
"The U.S. Census Bureau periodically collects national survey information on child support. By interviewing a random sample of single-parent families, the Census Bureau is able to generate an array of data that is useful in assessing the performance of noncustodial parents in paying their child support. Although th... |
train_15974 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Determining the country of origin of an imported product is important for properly assessing tariffs, enforcing trade remedies (such as antidumping and countervailing duties) or quantitative restrictions (tariff quotas), and statistical purposes. Other commercial trade policies are also linked with country of origin de... | [
"Rules of origin (ROO), the methodology used to prove country of origin, are central components of U.S. trade policy. Such rules can be very straightforward when all of the parts of a product are manufactured and assembled primarily in one country. However, when component parts of a finished product originate in ma... |
train_15975 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report provides Congress with official, unclassified, quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the United States and foreign countries for the preceding eight calendar years for use in its policy oversight functions. All agreement and delivery data in this report for the United Sta... | [
"This report provides Congress with official, unclassified data from U.S. government sources on transfers of conventional arms to developing nations by major suppliers for the period 2007 through 2014. It also includes some data on worldwide supplier transactions. It updates and revises CRS Report R42017, Conventio... |
train_15976 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The military generally provides support to law enforcement and immigration authorities along the southern border. Reported escalations in criminal activity and illegal immigration, however, have prompted some lawmakers to reevaluate the extent and type of military support that occurs in the border region. On May 15, 20... | [
"The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is charged with preventing the entry of terrorists, securing the borders, and carrying out immigration enforcement functions. The Department of Defense's (DOD) role in the execution of this responsibility is to provide support to DHS and other federal, sta... |
train_15977 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill includes funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Department of the Interior's Bureau ofReclamation (BOR), most of the Department of Energy (DOE), and a number of independentagencies. The Bush Administration requested $27.94 billio... | [
"The Bush Administration's FY2005 budget request, released February 2, 2004, budgetedEnergy and Water Development Programs at $27.94 billion, compared to $27.26 billion appropriatedfor the same programs for FY2004. On June 16 the House Appropriations Committee reported itsbill with $27.99 billion, and the House pas... |
train_15978 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In recent years, Congress, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have increased attention to traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is known as a "signature wound" of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF). Although the early stages of TBI treatment may occur within ... | [
"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become known as a \"signature wound\" of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF). Several years into these operations, both Congress and the executive branch showed increased attention to the health care needs of servicemembers and veterans returning from deployment... |
train_15979 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Scientists have long sought the ability to control and modify DNA—the code of life. A gene editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 offers the potential for substantial improvement over other gene editing technologies in that it is simple to use and inexpensive and has a relatively high degree of precision and efficienc... | [
"Genes, the fundamental code of life, are written in DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Before DNA was even discovered, humans sought to manipulate genes through selective breeding. Since its discovery, scientists, science fiction writers, philosophers, and others have speculated on the implications of being able to modi... |
train_15980 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On June 1, 2007, the European Union (EU) began to implement a new law governing chemicals in EU commerce: Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). It is intended to protect human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals while at the same time protecting the competitivene... | [
"Depending on one's point of view, new chemicals legislation in the European Union (EU) is likely to vastly improve environmental and public health protections and serve as a model for future U.S. law, or it might unnecessarily burden commercial enterprises with regulations and interfere with international trade. T... |
train_15981 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Over more than 30 years, Congress has established 49 national heritage areas (NHAs) to commemorate, conserve, and promote areas that include important natural, scenic, historic, cultural, and recreational resources. NHAs are partnerships among the National Park Service (NPS), states, and local communities, in which the... | [
"Since 1984, Congress has designated 49 national heritage areas (NHAs) to recognize and assist efforts to protect, commemorate, and promote natural, cultural, historic, and recreational resources that form distinctive landscapes. Congress has established heritage areas for lands that are regarded as distinctive bec... |
train_15982 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Jenkins Act requires out-of-state sellers of cigarettes to register and file a report with the states in which they sell cigarettes listing the name, address, and quantity of cigarettes sold to state residents. In the past, the states would use this information to collect taxes from the buyers directly. However, wi... | [
"The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act (PACT Act) requires remote retailers of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco—that is, retailers who sell cigarettes and smokeless tobacco without a face-to-face transaction with the buyer—to pay all state and local taxes before delivering the purchased goods. Three remote reta... |
train_15983 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report tracks FY2010 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED). This legislation provides discretionary funds for three major federal departments and 13 related agencies. The report summarizes L-HHS-ED discretionary funding issues but not... | [
"On May 7, 2009, President Obama submitted his FY2010 budget to Congress, including a request for $163.8 billion in discretionary funds for programs covered in the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill. On July 22, 2009, the House Committee on Appropria... |
train_15984 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was last amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB; P.L. 107-110). During the 112th Congress, both the House and Senate have considered legislation to reauthorize the ESEA. On October 20, 2011, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committ... | [
"The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was last amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB; P.L. 107-110 ). Most programs authorized by the ESEA were authorized through FY2007. As Congress has not reauthorized the ESEA, appropriations for ESEA programs are currently not explicitly authorized.... |
train_15985 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | NATO held a summit in Bucharest on April 2-4, 2008. A principal issue was consideration of the candidacies for membership of Albania, Croatia, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM, or the Republic of Macedonia). These states are small, with correspondingly small militaries, and their inclusion in the al... | [
"NATO held a summit in Bucharest, Romania, on April 2-4, 2008. A principal issue was consideration of the candidacies for membership of Albania, Croatia, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Their candidacies initiated the third round of enlargement in the post-Cold War era. In 1997, NATO invited ... |
train_15986 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The motion to recommit provides a final opportunity for the House to affect a measure before passage, either by amending the measure or sending it back to committee. The motion to recommit is often referred to as "the minority's motion," because preference in recognition for offering a motion to recommit is given to a ... | [
"When the House considers legislation, one of the last steps it takes is to consider a motion to recommit. The motion to recommit represents the last chance of the House to affect a measure. In practice, that means either to offer amendatory language or to send the bill back to committee. In practice, the motion to... |
train_15987 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Violence between domestic partners is not a new phenomenon. Children who witness suchviolence, however, have increasingly become a concern of policymakers. Since 1999, several federalprograms and initiatives have been created to address the problems of children who witness domesticviolence, and several new initiatives ... | [
"Violence in the home is not a new phenomenon. Jeffrey L. Edleson, a researcher who hasstudied domestic violence extensively, dates it back to the Roman Empire, and reports that theincidence of family violence has not changed over the years as much as its visibility. (1) Edleson, who is the directorof the Minnesota... |
train_15988 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On October 5, 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance, to establish an integrated strategy towards sustainability in the federal government and to make reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions a priority for federal agencies. Executive... | [
"On October 5, 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order (EO) 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance , to establish an integrated strategy towards \"sustainability\" in the federal government and to make reduction of \"greenhouse gas\" (GHG) emissions a priority for federal ... |
train_15989 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | U.S. laws provide a variety of avenues for U.S. industries, including agricultural producers, to seek relief when they believe they have been by injured by imports or unfair trade practices. Currently, federal law provides for four primary trade remedies. Three of these – safeguards, countervailing duties, and anti-dum... | [
"U.S. laws provide a variety of avenues for U.S. industries, including agricultural producers, to seek relief when they believe they have been injured by the effects of trade. Trade remedies, the primary means of such relief, are designed to counter the economic effects on U.S. producers of imports sold in the Unit... |
train_15990 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congressional interest in climate change legislation has grown in recent years. In the 110th Congress, Members have introduced numerous bills that directly address various aspects of climate change. These bills cover a wide spectrum, ranging from climate change research to comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions c... | [
"In the 110 th Congress, Members have introduced numerous bills that would directly or indirectly address climate change. This report describes and compares bills that directly address climate change, as opposed to those that primarily address other issues (e.g., energy efficiency and conservation) but could have a... |
train_15991 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | A major policy concern for Congress has been when and whether to address the "fiscal cliff," a set of tax increases and spending cuts that would have substantially reduced the deficit in 2013. In projections made in March 2012 by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), this fiscal restraint, constituting 5.1% of output ... | [
"A major policy concern for Congress has been when and whether to address the \"fiscal cliff,\" tax increases and spending cuts that would have substantially reduced the deficit in 2013 relative to 2012. According to projections in March 2012 by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), this fiscal restraint constitut... |
train_15992 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Short-time compensation (STC) is a program within the federal-state unemployment insurance system. In states that have STC programs, workers whose hours are reduced under a formal work sharing plan may be compensated with STC, which is a regular unemployment benefit that has been pro-rated for the partial work reductio... | [
"S hort-time compensation (STC), sometimes called work sharing, is a program within the federal-state unemployment compensation (UC) system. It provides pro-rated unemployment benefits to workers whose hours have been reduced in lieu of a layoff. STC may be helpful to a firm and its workers during an economic downt... |
train_15993 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program makes federal funds available to eligible metropolitan areas, states, and local community-based organizations to assist with health care costs and support services for individuals and families affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS... | [
"T he Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program makes federal funds available to eligible metropolitan areas, states and local community-based organizations to provide a number of health care services for HIV/AIDS patients, including medical care, drug treatments, dental care, home health care, and outpatient mental health and s... |
train_15994 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On January 5, 2011, the House of Representatives adopted an amendment to House Rule XII adding a requirement to all measures introduced in the House of Representatives that are intended to become law. Specifically, Rule XII, clause 7(c) requires that, to be accepted for introduction by the House Clerk, all bills (H.R.)... | [
"On January 5, 2011, the House of Representatives adopted an amendment to House Rule XII adding a requirement to all measures introduced in the House of Representatives that are intended to become law. Specifically, Rule XII, clause 7(c) requires that, to be accepted for introduction by the House Clerk, all bills (... |
train_15995 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris have refocused attention on U.S. visa issuance and national security screening procedures that undergird the admission of foreign nationals to the United States. The visa issuance process is widely recognized as an integral part of immigration control and border securit... | [
"The November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris have refocused attention on U.S. visa issuance and national security screening procedures that undergird the admission of foreign nationals to the United States. The visa issuance process is widely recognized as an integral part of immigration control and border se... |
train_15996 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Thailand is a long-time military ally and a significant trade and economic partner for the United States. For many years, Thailand was seen as a model democracy in Southeast Asia, although this image, along with U.S.-Thai relations, has been complicated by deep political and economic instability in the wake of two mili... | [
"An American treaty ally since 1954, Thailand was for years praised as an economic and democratic success story. The U.S.-Thai relationship, solidified during the Cold War, expanded on the basis of shared perceptions of the two nations' economic and security interests. Thailand is an important trade and investment ... |
train_15997 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States currently addresses issues related to global hunger and food security through two primary types of approaches: (1) agricultural development and (2) emergency and humanitarian food aid and assistance. Agricultural development activities, such as the Administration's Feed the Future initiative and some ... | [
"The United States currently addresses issues related to global hunger and food security through two primary types of approaches: (1) agricultural development, such as the Obama Administration's Feed the Future initiative; and (2) emergency and humanitarian food aid and assistance, such as the Food for Peace (P.L. ... |
train_15998 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States and Spain have extensive cultural ties and a mutually beneficial economic relationship, and the two countries cooperate closely on numerous diplomatic and security issues. Spain has been a member of NATO since 1982 and a member of the European Union (EU) since 1986. Given its role as a close U.S. ally... | [
"Many U.S. officials and Members of Congress consider Spain to be an important U.S. ally and one of the closest U.S. partners in Europe. Political developments in Spain, cooperation between the United States and Spain on security issues and counterterrorism, and U.S.-Spain economic ties are possible topics of conti... |
train_15999 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Over the last decade, there has been a growing U.S. trade deficit in fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. Although U.S. fruit and vegetable exports totaled $6.3 billion in 2015, U.S. imports of fruits and vegetables were $17.6 billion, resulting in a gap between imports and exports of $11.4 billion (excludes nuts... | [
"O ver the last decade there has been a growing U.S. trade deficit in fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. Although U.S. fruit and vegetable exports totaled more than $6 billion in 2015, U.S. imports were nearly $18 billion, resulting in a gap between imports and exports of more than $11 billion for the year ... |
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