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train_16400 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill includes funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and more than two dozen independent agencies. Among those independent agencies are the General Services Admi... | [
"On July 7, 2011, the House Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 2434 , the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012. H.R. 2434 would have provided $42.97 billion for agencies funded through the House Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee. In additi... |
train_16401 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Thousands of oil and chemical spills of varying size and magnitude occur in the United States each year. When a spill occurs, state and local officials located in proximity to the incident generally are the first responders and may elevate an incident for federal attention if greater resources are desired. The National... | [
"Thousands of oil and chemical spills of varying size and magnitude occur in the United States each year. When a spill occurs, state and local officials located in proximity to the incident generally are the first responders and may elevate an incident for federal attention if greater resources are desired. The Nat... |
train_16402 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Expanded investment in clean and renewable energy resources continues to be a policy priority of the Obama Administration and an area of interest to the 112th Congress. In recent years, the primary policy vehicle for promoting investment in renewable energy has been tax credits, particularly the renewable energy invest... | [
"Ongoing concern surrounding energy security and the environment have led to sustained Congressional interest in energy tax policy. The 111 th Congress enacted a number of renewable energy tax incentives as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA; P.L. 111-5 ). A number of expiring renewabl... |
train_16403 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Military courts, authorized by Article I of the U.S. Constitution, have jurisdiction over cases involving military servicemembers, including, in some cases, retired servicemembers. They have the power to convict for crimes defined in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), including both uniquely military offenses... | [
"The U.S. military justice system exercises jurisdiction over criminal cases pursuant to Article I of the U.S. Constitution and the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Military courts' jurisdiction is limited to trying people connected to the armed forces for crimes defined by the UCMJ. Within these constraint... |
train_16404 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Case management services assist Medicaid beneficiaries in obtaining needed medical and related services. Targeted Case Management (TCM) refers to case management for specific Medicaid beneficiary groups or for individuals who reside in state-designated geographic areas. Over the past seven years of available data (1999... | [
"Medicaid case management consists of services to assist eligible beneficiaries in obtaining medical and other services necessary for their treatment. Case management is not the direct provision of medical and related services, but rather is assistance to help beneficiaries receive care by identifying needed servic... |
train_16405 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The ADA Amendment Act (ADAAA), P.L. 110-325, was enacted in 2008 to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) definition of disability. On March 25, 2011, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued final regulations implementing the ADAAA. The final regulations track the statutory language of the A... | [
"The ADA Amendment Act (ADAAA), P.L. 110-325 , was enacted in 2008 to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a broad civil rights act prohibiting discrimination against individuals with disabilities. As stated in the act, its purpose is \"to provide a clear and... |
train_16406 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This fact sheet is a brief resource guide for congressional staff on funerals and burials for Presidents of the United States. It contains an overview of past practices for presidential funerals and selected online information resources related to official and ceremonial protocols, past presidential funerals, congressi... | [
"When a President dies, a number of activities and events are set in motion. The vast majority of these activities and events are governed by custom rather than statute, and may be influenced by the wishes of the deceased President's family. Typically, the incumbent President issues a presidential proclamation that... |
train_16407 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest bilateral health initiative in the world. The 2003 pledge of President George W. Bush to spend $15 billion over five years on fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria was considered groundbreaking. The initiative challenged the internationa... | [
"In January 2003, former President George W. Bush proposed that the United States spend $15 billion over the next five fiscal years to fight three diseases worldwide—malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and HIV/AIDS—through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The plan included $10 billion for programs t... |
train_16408 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Agriculture appropriations bill funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) except for the Forest Service. It also funds the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and—in even-numbered fiscal years—the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). (For CFTC, the Agriculture appropriations subcommittee has jurisdicti... | [
"The Agriculture appropriations bill—formally known as the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act—provides funding for All of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) except the Forest Service, which is funded in the Interior appropriations bill. The F... |
train_16409 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 (P.L. 81-774, 50 U.S.C. §§4501 et seq.), as amended, confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in the interest of national defense. The authorities can be used across the federal government to shape the domestic industrial base so that,... | [
"The Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (DPA), provides the President a broad set of authorities to ensure that domestic industry can meet national defense requirements. In the DPA, Congress has found that \"the security of the United States is dependent on the ability of the domestic industrial base to sup... |
train_16410 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The length of time a congressional staff member spends employed in a particular position in Congress—or congressional staff tenure—is a source of recurring interest to Members, staff, and the public. A congressional office, for example, may seek this information to assess its human resources capabilities, or for guidan... | [
"The length of time a congressional staff member spends employed in Congress, or job tenure, is a source of recurring interest among Members of Congress, congressional staff, those who study staffing in the House and Senate , and the public. There may be interest in congressional tenure information from multiple pe... |
train_16411 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Title IX of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203) contains 10 subtitles and 113 separate sections amending federal securities laws intended to improve investor protection. The range of Title IX's provisions is very broad: some sections will bring significant changes to the securit... | [
"Title IX of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act deals with investor protection and securities regulation. Within that general rubric, the title contains a very broad range of provisions. Parts of Title IX address aspects of the securities markets that are commonly viewed as directly invol... |
train_16412 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The current research and future deployment of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) is actively under discussion throughout the military, nongovernmental, and international communities. This discussion is focused, to various degrees, on the military advantage to be gained from current and future systems, the risks an... | [
"Many analysts and officials have indicated that this is a critical time in the research, development, and deployment of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), both in the United States and throughout the world. As discussed below, autonomous weaponry may play an increasingly important role in Department of Defen... |
train_16413 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | American voters elect the President and Vice President indirectly, through presidential electors. Established by Article II, Section 1, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, this electoral college system has evolved continuously since the first presidential elections. Despite a number of close contests, the electoral coll... | [
"American voters elect the President and Vice President of the United States under a complex arrangement of constitutional provisions, federal and state laws, and political party practices known as the electoral college system. Despite occasional close elections, this system has selected the candidate with the most... |
train_16414 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Research and development of cleaner and more efficient vehicle technologies has been ongoing for the past few decades. Much of this research started in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s, which triggered concerns about rising fuel costs and growing dependence on imported fuel. The urgency of those concerns was los... | [
"Technology using electrical energy to power automobiles has been in existence for over a century. However, for a number of reasons, including the energy density of petroleum fuels, the internal combustion engine has been the power source of choice for automobiles and most other vehicles. However, with the oil shoc... |
train_16415 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Forfeiture has long been an effective law enforcement tool. Congress and state legislatures have authorized its use for over 200 years. Every year, it redirects property worth billions of dollars from criminal to lawful uses. Forfeiture law has always been somewhat unique. By the close of the 20th century, however, leg... | [
"This is an overview of federal forfeiture law. It sketches the origins and general attributes of forfeiture, describes the distribution of the hundreds of millions of dollars it generates, and identifies some of the constitutional issues it raises. Congress and state legislatures have authorized the use of forfeit... |
train_16416 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The annual State, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies appropriations bill is the primary legislative vehicle through which Congress reviews the U.S. international affairs budget and influences executive branch foreign policy making in general, as these activities have not been considered regularly by Congress throu... | [
"In early December the 111 th Congress passed a consolidated budget bill ( H.R. 3288 ) containing six appropriations, including Division F, The Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010. The President signed the budget measure into law ( P.L. 111-117 ) on December 16, 200... |
train_16417 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On December 22, 2010, President Obama signed P.L. 111-321 into law. It called for the repeal of the existing law (Title 10, United States Code, §654) barring open homosexuality in the military by prescribing a series of steps that must take place before repeal occurs. One step was fulfilled on July 22, 2011, when the P... | [
"Prior to 1993, homosexuality was banned in the military under Department of Defense (DOD) regulations. The then-existing policy had been in place since the Carter Administration. During his campaign for the presidency, Bill Clinton promised that, if elected, he would \"lift the ban.\" In response, Congress began c... |
train_16418 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | From January 2002 until July 31, 2002, the United States committed nearly 1,300 troops to the Philippines to assist Philippine armed forces (AFP) in operations against the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group in the southern Philippines, on the island of Basilan southwest of Mindanao. From 2005 into 2007, the U.S. committed up t... | [
"The cease-fire between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), in effect since 2001, became jeopardized by a military clash between a force of 50 Philippine Marines and a force of an estimated 400, including MILF fighters, on Basilan island on July 10, 2007. Basilan is just west of ... |
train_16419 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congress is currently considering the U.S.-Vietnam bilateral trade agreement (BTA). Under the agreement, which was signed in July 2000 and requires Congressional approval, the United States pledged to extend conditional normal trade relations status to Vietnam, thereby significantly lowering tariffs on imports from Vie... | [
"In the year since this report was published in March 2001, Vietnam's labor rights situation appears to remain fundamentally unchanged. The Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has spearheaded a tripartite revision of Vietnam's 1994 Labor Code. The revisions are due to be debated in th... |
train_16420 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal research and development (R&D) funding for FY2012 is estimated to total $138.869 billion, $3.845 billion (-2.7%) below the FY2011 funding level of $142.714 billion, and $9.042 billion (-6.1%) below the President's request of $147.911 billion. Among the overarching issues that Congress contended with in the FY20... | [
"The 112 th Congress continued to take a strong interest in the health of the U.S. research and development (R&D) enterprise and in providing support for federal R&D activities in the course of the FY2012 appropriations process. However, widespread concerns about the federal debt and recent and projected federal bu... |
train_16421 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report is divided into two parts. The first gives a brief history of the flag protection issue, from the enactment of the Flag Protection Act in 1968 through current consideration of a constitutional amendment. The second part briefly summarizes the two decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Texas v. Johnso... | [
"Many Members of Congress see continued tension between \"free speech\" decisions of the Supreme Court, which protect flag desecration as expressive conduct under the First Amendment, and the symbolic significance of the United States flag. Consequently, every Congress that has convened since those decisions were i... |
train_16422 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-13) made several changes to the tax treatment of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA, enacted in the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980, P.L. 96-499) as it relates to REITs. REITs are corporations that is... | [
"T he Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 ( P.L. 114-13 ) made several changes to the tax treatment of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA, enacted in the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980, P.L. 96-499 ) as it relates to REITs. REITs are corporation... |
train_16423 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs) are geographically defined fluid-milk demand areas. Under FMMO law and regulations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) establishes a minimum milk price, and those who buy milk from producers, known as handlers, are required to pay milk producers no less than this established... | [
"The Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system was established in the 1930s to aid farmers facing low milk prices. As transportation and refrigeration developed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, milk dealers (called \"handlers\" in the FMMO system) became the main agents moving producers' milk into larger consump... |
train_16424 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Geographic proximity has forged strong linkages between the United States and the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean, with critical U.S. interests encompassing economic, political, and security concerns. U.S. policymakers have emphasized different strategic interests in the region at different times, from comba... | [
"Foreign assistance is one of the tools the United States has employed to advance U.S. interests in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the focus and funding levels of aid programs changing along with broader U.S. policy goals. Current aid programs reflect the diversity of the countries in the region. Some countr... |
train_16425 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report discusses Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., a case in which the Supreme Court considered the timeliness of a sex discrimination claim filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. In Ledbe... | [
"In June 2007, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. , a case that involved questions about the timeliness of claims filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national or... |
train_16426 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | President George W. Bush signed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA; P.L. 109-435; 120 Stat. 3198) on December 20, 2006. The PAEA was the first broad revision of the 1970 statute that replaced the U.S. Post Office with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), a self-supporting, independent agency of the executiv... | [
"Legislatively, the pursuit of reform of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) began during the 104 th Congress. On June 25, 1996, Representative John McHugh introduced H.R. 3717 , the Postal Reform Act of 1996. The reform movement culminated in the 109 th Congress. On December 9, 2006, Congress enacted H.R. 6407 , the Po... |
train_16427 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The International Space Station (ISS) program began in 1993, with Russia joining the United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada. Crews have occupied ISS on a 4-6 month rotating basis since November 2000. The U.S. Space Shuttle, which first flew in April 1981, has been the major vehicle taking crews and cargo back and for... | [
"With the signing of the Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY2009 ( H.R. 1105 , P.L. 111-5 ) on March 11, 2009, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was funded at $17.78 billion for the fiscal year. Of that total, $5.76 billion was allocated to Space Operations, which include the Space Shuttle and ... |
train_16428 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Recent congressional interest in the patent system has in part focused upon the capabilities of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Many experts have expressed concern that the USPTO lacks the capacity to process the large number of patent applications that it receives. The USPTO's growing inventory of filed,... | [
"Growing recognition of the crucial role that technological innovation plays in the U.S economy has led to increased congressional activity with respect to the intellectual property laws. As evidenced by provisions within several patent reform bills pending before the 111 th Congress, the operation of the U.S. Pate... |
train_16429 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 established for the first time the requirement that the President annually submit a budget proposal to Congress. Under current law (31 U.S.C. §1105(a)), the President is required to submit the budget proposal to Congress on or after the first Monday in January, but no later than th... | [
"The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (P.L. 67-13; 42 Stat. 20-27) established for the first time the requirement that the President annually submit a budget proposal to Congress. The President's budget proposal, or the Budget of the United States Government as it is referred to in Section 1105(a) of the U.S. Code... |
train_16430 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | To address concerns about the public postsecondary education offerings available to District of Columbia residents, the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-98) established the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) program. The program is meant to provide college-bound DC residents ... | [
"The District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) program was created in 1999 to address concerns about the public postsecondary education offerings available to District of Columbia residents. In the 1990s, the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), which, at the time, was the only public instituti... |
train_16431 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The health care reform debate raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and quality of health care. Underlying these policy considerations are issues regarding the status of health care as a constitutional or legal right. This report analyzes constitutional and legal i... | [
"The health care reform debate raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and quality of health care. Underlying these policy considerations are issues regarding the status of health or health care as a moral, legal, or constitutional right. It may be useful to dist... |
train_16432 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report briefly surveys decisions of retiring Justice John Paul Stevens in intellectual property cases. An examination of Justice Stevens' written opinions relating to intellectual property law reveals a strong desire to ensure that the rights of intellectual property creators are balanced with the rights of the pu... | [
"Retiring Justice John Paul Stevens has not authored many opinions relating to intellectual property law, but those he has written reflect his interest in striking an appropriate balance between the protection of intellectual property rights and public access to the products of creative and inventive minds. His int... |
train_16433 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report provides background data on United States arms sales agreements with and deliveries to its major purchasers during calendar years 2001-2008, made through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. In a series of data tables, it lists the total dollar values of U.S. government-to-government arms sales ag... | [
"This report provides background data on U.S. arms sales agreements with and deliveries to its major purchasers during calendar years 2001-2008. It provides the total dollar values of U.S. arms agreements with its top five purchasers in five specific regions of the world for the periods 2001-2004, 2005-2008, and fo... |
train_16434 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Global trade in illegal wildlife is a potentially vast illicit economy, estimated to be worth billions of dollars each year. Some of the most lucrative illicit wildlife commodities include elephant ivory, rhino horn, sturgeon caviar, and so-called "bushmeat." Wildlife smuggling may pose a transnational security threat ... | [
"Despite long-standing commitments to protect threatened species from overexploitation and to support natural resource management development, some argue that the scope and scale of illegal wildlife trade has risen to historic levels. According to U.S. government estimates, illegal trade in endangered wildlife prod... |
train_16435 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Some in the 112th Congress view the foreign affairs budget as a place to cut funds in order to reduce the budget deficit. Foreign affairs expenditures typically amount to about 1% of the annual budget. Others, including Members of Congress of both political parties, view a robust foreign affairs budget as essential for... | [
"With a campaign to significantly reduce the budget deficit, some in the 112 th Congress see foreign affairs funds, particularly for foreign aid programs, as expenditures that can be cut in order to reduce the deficit. Foreign affairs spending typically amounts to about 1% of the total budget. Others, including som... |
train_16436 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Senate imposes some general procedural requirements and prohibitions on its committees, but, in general, the Senate's rules allow each of its standing committees to decide how to conduct business. Most of the chamber's requirements for committees are found in Senate Rule XXVI. Because the committees are agents of t... | [
"The Senate imposes some general procedural requirements and prohibitions on its committees, but, in general, the Senate's rules allow each of its standing committees to decide how to conduct business. Most of the chamber's requirements for committees are found in Senate Rule XXVI. Because the committees are agents... |
train_16437 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2014, Congress for the first time provided the President with authority and funds to overtly train and lethally equip vetted members of the Syrian opposition for select purposes. These purposes include supporting U.S. efforts to combat the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria and setting the cond... | [
"Proposed FY2016 defense authorization and appropriations legislation under consideration in Congress as of June 2015 ( H.R. 2685 , H.R. 1735 , S. 1376 ) would not dramatically change the scope, scale, purposes, resources, or terms of the Syria Train and Equip program as it was originally authorized by Congress and... |
train_16438 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In January 2011, a new rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Rule 151A, entitled "Indexed Annuities and Certain Other Insurance Contracts," is slated to go into effect. This rule would effectively reclassify indexed annuities as both security products and insurance products. Since insurance products g... | [
"In its most simple form, an annuity can be thought of as the opposite of life insurance. In a basic life insurance contract, a person pays an insurer a small sum for many years, and then upon the insured's death, a large payment is made to a beneficiary. In the simplest form of annuity, a large sum is paid to the ... |
train_16439 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Two tax provisions subsidize the child and dependent care expenses of working parents: the child and dependent care tax credit (CDCTC) and the exclusion for employer-sponsored child and dependent care. (Note these provisions were not changed by P.L. 115-97.) The child and dependent care tax credit is a nonrefundable ta... | [
"There are two tax provisions that subsidize the child and dependent care expenses of working parents: the child and dependent care tax credit (CDCTC) and the exclusion for employer-sponsored child and dependent care. This report provides a general overview of these two tax benefits, focusing on eligibility require... |
train_16440 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | New Zealand is increasingly viewed as a stalwart partner of the United States that welcomes U.S. presence in its region. New Zealand and the United States enjoy very close bilateral ties across the spectrum of relations between the two countries. These ties are based on shared cultural traditions and values as well as ... | [
"With the November 2010 signing by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully of the Wellington Declaration, which affirms a new strategic partnership between the U.S. and New Zealand, the U.S.-New Zealand relationship has been restored to one that is once again largely defin... |
train_16441 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In recent years, the rising costs of prescription drugs have motivated various policymakers to implement cost-saving measures. In some cases, states have pursued programs to collect and redistribute unused medications that would otherwise be discarded. However, the ability to implement these so-called drug recycling pr... | [
"Problems for patients associated with dramatic increases in the cost of prescription medications have generated a great deal of interest among the media, interest groups, and legislators alike. Although no broad consensus exists regarding the causes of—and thus solutions to—the rapid increase in many pharmaceutica... |
train_16442 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In response to across-the-board funding reductions in federal programs through the budget sequestration process implemented in FY2013, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began to furlough personnel, including air traffic controllers, on April 21, 2013. In conjunction with air traffic controller furloughs, FAA im... | [
"The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. 112-25 ) provided for automatic reductions to most federal discretionary spending if no agreement on deficit reduction was reached by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Such reductions, referred to as sequestration, went into effect on March 1, 2013, which wa... |
train_16443 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report provides background on the U.S. occupation experiences in Japan andGermany after World War II, and discusses four sets of factors from this period that could be relevant to a U.S.occupation of Iraq. These are: (1) acceptance of U.S. goals, (2) homogeneity of the occupied populations, (3) ability to manage t... | [
"RS21404 -- U.S. Occupation of Iraq? Issues Raised by Experiences in Japan and Germany January 30, 2003 Planning, Duration, Force Size. (1) Planning for both occupations, which began asearly as 1942, was marked by sharp disagreements within the Roosevelt administration that continued into the earlyphases of theoccu... |
train_16444 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | For many years, federal surface transportation programs were funded almost entirely from taxes on motor fuels deposited in the Highway Trust Fund. The tax rates, which are fixed in terms of cents per gallon, have not been increased at the federal level since 1993. Meanwhile, motor fuel consumption is projected to decli... | [
"Almost every conversation about surface transportation finance begins with a two-part question: What are the \"needs\" of the national transportation system, and how does the nation pay for them? This report is aimed almost entirely at d iscussing the \"how to pay for them\" question. Since 1956, federal surface t... |
train_16445 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In the midst of national concern over the opioid epidemic, federal and state officials are paying greater attention to the manner in which opioids are prescribed. Nearly all prescription drugs involved in overdoses are originally prescribed by a physician (rather than, for example, being stolen from pharmacies). Thus, ... | [
"In the midst of national concern over the opioid epidemic and the large number of prescription opioid overdose deaths in the United States, federal and state officials are paying greater attention to the manner in which opioids are prescribed. Prescription opioid-related overdose deaths dramatically increased from... |
train_16446 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Provisions in the FY2004 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act ( P.L. 108-137 ) and the FY2004 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act ( P.L. 108-108 ) restrict funding for restoration activities in the Florida Everglades if Florida does not achieve certain phosphorus mitigation and water quality sta... | [
"Pollution from excessive levels of phosphorus and other nutrients has long been recognized as a major contributor to the environmental degradation of the Florida Everglades ecosystem. In 1988, the federal government sued the State of Florida and two of its state agencies, alleging that water released onto federal ... |
train_16447 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congress has made the U.S. Coast Guard responsible for safeguarding vessel traffic on the nation's coastal and inland waterways. Congress typically passes Coast Guard authorization bills every one to two years and appropriates funds to the agency annually under the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. H... | [
"The U.S. Coast Guard is the nation's principal law enforcement authority on U.S. waters. Its missions include maritime safety and security, marine environmental protection, search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, fisheries enforcement, and defense readiness. The Coast Guard's responsibilities are specifi... |
train_16448 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | States have taken the initiative to propose and enact health care reforms to address perceived problems related to health insurance coverage, health care costs, and other issues. These reform efforts vary in scope, intent, and target demographic group. While not all members of Congress agree in the need to reform healt... | [
"Although the most recent figures for 2007 indicate a drop, the number of uninsured persons generally has grown during the past several years, as health care costs to consumers, employers, and the government have also grown. State legislators and policymakers have responded to these trends by proposing a spectrum o... |
train_16449 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The General Services Administration (GSA) controls more than 8,700 owned and leased buildings with 422 million square feet of floor space, which represents about 12.6% of the government's 3.354 billion total building square footage .Sometimes referred to as the "government's landlord," GSA has the authority to acquire,... | [
"The General Services Administration (GSA) is the federal government's primary civilian real property management agency with 11 regional offices that oversee GSA owned and leased properties across the nation. At the end of FY2012, GSA—through its real property office, the Public Buildings Service (PBS)—owned or lea... |
train_16450 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | There is no consensus among experts in and outside the U.S. government about the magnitude of the threat to U.S. national interests posed by the Al Qaeda organization. Virtually all experts agree that Al Qaeda and its sympathizers retain the intention to conduct major attacks in the United States, against U.S. interest... | [
"This report analyzes the threat to U.S. security posed by the Al Qaeda organization. The State Department's report on international terrorism for 2004 deems the organization as \"the most prominent component\" of a global movement of Islamic militants that has \"adopted the ideology and targeting strategies of [Al... |
train_16451 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United States Constitution gives Congress the power to impose and collect taxes, tariffs, duties, and the like, and to regulate international commerce. While the Constitution gives the President authority to negotiate international agreements, it assigns him no specific power over international commerce and trade. ... | [
"The 2016 U.S. presidential election drew much attention to the country's trade policies as candidates advanced trade proposals intended to improve the economy and the terms of certain trade agreements. These proposals raise questions about the President's authority to act unilaterally in this area, especially his ... |
train_16452 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report tracks FY2009 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED). This legislation provides discretionary funds for three major federal departments and 13 related agencies. The report, which will not be further updated, summarizes L-HHS-ED disc... | [
"Note: New funding from this law is not reflected in discussions of appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED) in this report. On June 24, 2009, President Obama signed the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, which provided a total of $10... |
train_16453 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Intermittently high, volatile natural gas prices since 2000 have raised concern among all types of consumers. Residential customers have seen gas bills increase dramatically during the heatingseason. Industrial consumers have seen costs increase, which reduces their competitiveness. Because the price of natural gas at ... | [
"The natural gas market is composed of three major components on the supply side; producers,pipelines, and local distribution companies. The price of natural gas paid by consumers is layered,in the sense that the wellhead price paid to producers forms a baseline. Pipeline transportation costsare then added, which y... |
train_16454 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report examines international terrorist actions, threats, U.S. policies and responses. It reviews the nation's use of tools at its disposal to combat terrorism, from diplomacy, international cooperation, and constructive engagement to physical security enhancement, economic sanctions, covert action, and military f... | [
"The Administration's response to the September 11, 2001 events was swift, wide-ranging, and decisive. After Administration officials attributed responsibility for the attack to Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda organization, there was an announced policy shift from deterrence to preemption, generally referred to as... |
train_16455 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Thirty-three states have added a victims rights amendment to their state constitutions. Both the House and SenateJudiciary Committees held hearings on similar proposals in the 106th Congress to amend the UnitedStates Constitution (S.J.Res. 3 introduced bySenator Kyl for himself and Senator Feinstein and H.J.Res. 64 int... | [
"97-736 -- Victims' Rights Amendment in the 106th Congress: Overview of Suggestions to Amend the Constitution Updated January 12, 2001 Arguments put forward in support of an amendment include assertions that: � The criminal justice system is badly tilted in favor of criminal defendants and against victims' interest... |
train_16456 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Difficulties in the timely enactment of budgetary legislation have long fueled interest in ways to structure the congressional budget process to ease time constraints. One long-discussed reform proposal would attempt to remedy this by changing the budget cycle from one to two years. Biennial budgeting is a concept that... | [
"One of the main congressional concerns related to the budget process in recent years has been the amount of time it requires. The current process, which provides for consideration of various budget questions in the form of a concurrent resolution on the budget, reconciliation measures, tax measures, public debt me... |
train_16457 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | High default and foreclosure rates in the housing market have resulted in questions as to whether borrowers were fully informed about the terms of their mortgage loans. A lack of transparency with respect to loan terms and settlement costs can make it difficult for consumers to make well-informed decisions when choosin... | [
"Relatively high default and foreclosure rates in the housing market have led some to question whether borrowers were fully informed about the terms of their mortgage loans. There has been concern that mortgage disclosure forms are confusing and not easily understood by borrowers. It has been argued that transparen... |
train_16458 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Long-standing U.S. policy has treated the U.S.-flag international fleet as a naval auxiliary to be available in times of war or national emergency. When the United States is involved in an extended military conflict overseas, 90% or more of military cargoes are typically carried by ship. To support the U.S. merchant ma... | [
"Long-standing U.S. policy has treated the U.S.-flag international fleet as a naval auxiliary to be available in times of war or national emergency. When the United States is involved in an extended military conflict overseas, 90% or more of military cargoes are typically carried by ship. Congress also has determin... |
train_16459 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) requires signatory parties to take measures to end torture within their territorial jurisdictions. For purposes of the Convention, torture is defined as an extreme form of cruel and inhuman punishment comm... | [
"In the past several decades the practice of torture by public officials has been condemned by the international community through a number of international treaties and declarations, leading many commentators to conclude that customary international law now prohibits the use of torture by government entities. Perh... |
train_16460 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Enacted appropriations and other budgetary legislation may vary in the level of detail they provide regarding how agencies should spend the funds that have been provided. Even when the purpose of appropriations is specified in great detail, agencies may be provided with some flexibility to make budgetary adjustments th... | [
"The U.S. Constitution vests Congress with the \"power of the purse,\" and funds may only be drawn from the Treasury in consequence of appropriations made by law. Enacted appropriations and other budgetary legislation may vary in the level of detail they provide regarding how agencies should spend the funds that ha... |
train_16461 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Provision of U.S. agricultural commodities for emergency relief and economic development is the United States' major response to food security problems in developing countries. Title III in the omnibus farm bill enacted in June 2008, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, H.R. 6124), reauthorizes... | [
"Programs under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, referred to as P.L. 480, historically have been the main vehicles of U.S. international food aid. Title II of P.L. 480, administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is the largest U.S. international food aid pro... |
train_16462 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | As cities and states have experienced varying degrees of financial difficulties in recent years, "municipal bankruptcy" has been mentioned relatively often in the popular press. The term is somewhat misleading, both in the word "municipal" and in the word "bankruptcy." Many people think only of cities when they hear th... | [
"Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides a legal mechanism through which municipalities may be protected from their creditors as they attempt to develop and negotiate a plan to adjust their debts. Although chapter 9 was enacted as part of the Bankruptcy Code pursuant to Congress's power under Article I, § 8,... |
train_16463 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Congress approved the Bayh-Dole Act, P.L. 96-517, in order to address concerns about the commercialization of technology developed with public funds. This 1980 legislation awards title to inventions made with federal government support if the contractor consists of a small business, a university, or other nonprofit ins... | [
"Congressional interest in facilitating U.S. technological innovation led to the passage of P.L. 96-517 , Amendments to the Patent and Trademark Act. This legislation is commonly referred to as the \"Bayh-Dole Act,\" after its two primary sponsors, former Senators Robert Dole and Birch Bayh. This 1980 legislation a... |
train_16464 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Widespread concerns exist among analysts and policymakers over the current trajectory of democracy around the world. Congress has often played an important role in supporting and institutionalizing U.S. democracy promotion, and current developments may have implications for U.S. policy, which for decades has broadly re... | [
"For decades U.S. policymakers have connected U.S. national security and other core interests with the spread of democracy around the world. Reflecting this, the promotion of democracy has been a longstanding and multifaceted element of U.S. foreign policy, and one often interrelated with U.S. efforts to promote hu... |
train_16465 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Update: On June 20, 2012, the House of Representatives passed, by voice vote and under suspension of the rules, S. 3187 (EAH), the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, as amended. This bill would reauthorize the FDA prescription drug and medical device user fee programs (which would otherwise expire ... | [
"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for adult use many drugs that have been tested for adults but not for children. Yet clinicians often prescribe adult-approved drugs for children, a practice known as off-label prescribing, (1) because most drugs have not been tested in children, and (2) because c... |
train_16466 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles face significant market barriers, such as high purchase price and limited availability of refueling infrastructure. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58) expands and establishes tax incentives that encourage the purchase of these vehicles and the development of in... | [
"Alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles face significant barriers to wider acceptance as passenger and work vehicles. Alternative fuel vehicles include vehicles powered by nonpetroleum fuels such as natural gas, electricity, or alcohol fuels. Advanced technology vehicles include hybrid vehicles, which co... |
train_16467 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | House and the Senate action on annual FY2001 defense funding was completed in December when Congress approved the FY2001 omnibus appropriations bill. In all, Congress provided about$310.0 billion for national defense, including $287.8 billion in the Department of DefenseAppropriations bill. The national defense total i... | [
"On December 15, both the House and the Senate approved a conference agreement on theLabor-HHS-Education appropriations bill, H.R. 4577 , which also incorporates otherappropriations measures. The bill makes an across-the-board cut of about $520 million in FY2001defense funding but also provides about $300 million m... |
train_16468 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Statutory offices of inspector general (OIG) consolidate responsibility for audits and investigations within a federal agency. Established by public law as permanent, nonpartisan, independent offices, they now exist in more than 60 establishments and entities, including all departments and largest agencies, along with ... | [
"The IGs' four principal responsibilities are (1) conducting and supervising audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations of the agency; (2) providing leadership and coordination and recommending policies to promote the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of these; (3) preventing and detecti... |
train_16469 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In 2005, the most recent year for which data are available, just under $2 trillion was spent on health care and health-related activities. This amount represents a 6.9% increase over 2004 spending. The majority of health spending (84%) went towards paying for health care goods and services provided directly to individu... | [
"In 2005, the most recent year for which data are available, approximately $2.0 trillion was spent on health care and health-related activities. This amount represents a 6.9% increase over 2004 spending. The majority of health spending (84%) went towards paying for health care goods and services provided directly t... |
train_16470 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Paris Agreement (PA) to address climate change internationally entered into force on November 4, 2016. The United States is one of 149 Parties to the treaty; President Barack Obama accepted the agreement rather than ratifying it with the advice and consent of the Senate. On June 1, 2017, President Donald J. Trump a... | [
"Debate continues in the United States over whether and how the federal government should address human-relat ed climate change. A large majority of scientists and governments accept that stabilizing the concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere and avoiding further GHG-induced climate change would... |
train_16471 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Responding to the need to reliably detect explosives, bomb-making components, and other potential security threats concealed by airline passengers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has focused on the deployment of whole body scanners as a core element of its strategy for airport checkpoint screening. TS... | [
"A long-standing challenge for aviation security is the need to reliably detect explosives and bomb-making components concealed under clothing. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 (ATSA; P.L. 107-71 ) mandated 100% explosives detection screening of checked baggage. However, ATSA did not specificall... |
train_16472 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Under federal law, the cultivation, possession, and distribution of marijuana are illegal, except for the purposes of sanctioned research. States, however, have established a range of laws and policies regarding marijuana's medical and recreational use. Most states have deviated from an across-the-board prohibition of ... | [
"Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. It is a psychoactive drug that generally consists of leaves and flowers of the cannabis sativa plant. Its history dates back thousands of years, but in the United States, it became popular as a recreational drug in the early 20 th century. The ... |
train_16473 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of the FY2016 continuing appropriations in H.R. 719. None of the FY2016 regular appropriations bills were enacted by the start of the fiscal year (October 1, 2015). On September 30, 2015, H.R. 719, a continuing resolution (CR) for FY2016, was signed into law by the P... | [
"Congress uses an annual appropriations process to fund discretionary spending, which supports the projects and activities of most federal government agencies. This process anticipates the enactment of 12 regular appropriations bills each fiscal year. If regular appropriations are not enacted by the start of the fi... |
train_16474 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Obama Administration and Congress continue to grapple with high rates of unemployment despite some tentative signs of economic recovery. On December 8, 2009, President Obama outlined a series of proposals intended to accelerate job growth, focusing on incentives to small businesses, spending on infrastructure proje... | [
"The Obama Administration and Congress continue to grapple with high rates of unemployment despite some tentative signs of economic recovery. On December 8, 2009, President Obama outlined a series of proposals intended to accelerate job growth, focusing on incentives to small businesses, spending on various infrast... |
train_16475 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | In recent years a number of observers and practitioners have identified various facets of U.S. government national security practice—decision-making, strategy-making, budgeting, planning and execution, and congressional oversight—as inherently "cross-cutting." They have in mind arenas—such as counterterrorism, and stab... | [
"Recent years have witnessed a growing interest, in Congress, in the executive branch, and in the broader policy community, in re-examining how well the U.S. government conducts the business of national security—from decision-making, to strategy-making, to budgeting, to planning and execution, to accountability and... |
train_16476 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report describes the FY2009 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $38,849 million in budget authority for FY2009. The House Appropriations Committee reported its version of the FY2009 DHS Appropriations bill on June 24, 2008. The bill was ... | [
"In response to the ongoing economic recession in the United States, Congress enacted P.L. 111-5 , the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, on February 17, 2005. Title V of P.L. 111-5 included funding for a number of agencies within DHS, including $20 million for the Office of the Undersecretary for Mana... |
train_16477 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report provides a graphical overview of historical trends in discretionary budget authority (BA) from FY1977 through FY2016, preliminary estimates for FY2017 spending, and the levels reflecting the President's proposals for FY2018 through FY2022 using data from the FY2018 budget submission released on May 23, 2017... | [
"This report presents figures showing trends in discretionary budget authority as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) by subfunction within each of 17 budget function categories, using data from President Trump's FY2018 budget submission. This report provides a graphical overview of historical trends in di... |
train_16478 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The "Millionaire's Amendment" is a shorthand description for a provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), also known as the McCain-Feingold law, which established increased contribution limits for congressional candidates whose opponents significantly self-finance their campaigns. In 2008, in a 5-t... | [
"Section 319(a) of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), also known as the McCain-Feingold law, establishes increased contribution limits for House candidates whose opponents significantly self-finance their campaigns. This provision, in tandem with Section 304, which applies a similar program to Senat... |
train_16479 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Family reunification has historically been a key principle underlying U.S. immigration policy. It is embodied in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which specifies numerical limits for five family-based immigration categories, as well as a per-country limit on total family-based immigration. The five categories... | [
"The United States has long distinguished settlement or permanent immigration from temporary immigration. Current U.S. immigration policy governing lawful permanent immigration emphasizes four major principles: (1) family reunification; (2) immigration of persons with needed skills; (3) refugee protection; and (4) ... |
train_16480 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 2007-2009 financial crisis highlighted the problem of "too big to fail" financial institutions—the concept that the failure of a large financial firm could trigger financial instability, which in several cases prompted extraordinary federal assistance to prevent their failure. This report focuses on one pillar of t... | [
"\"Too big to fail\" (TBTF) is the concept that a financial firm's disorderly failure would cause widespread disruptions in financial markets and result in devastating economic and societal outcomes that the government would feel compelled to prevent, perhaps by providing direct support to the firm. Such firms are ... |
train_16481 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | There is no comprehensive federal privacy statute that protects personal information. Instead, a patchwork of federal laws and regulations govern the collection and disclosure of personal information and has been addressed by Congress on a sector-by-sector basis. Federal laws and regulations extend protection to consum... | [
"The collection and use of personal information by websites, Internet service providers, direct marketers, data brokers, network advertisers, law enforcement entities, and others has raised privacy concerns. Personal information is readily available because of the widespread usage of the Internet and of cloud compu... |
train_16482 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The renewal of military commission proceedings against Khalid Sheik Mohammad and four others for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has focused renewed attention on the differences between trials in federal court and those conducted by military commission. The decision to try the defendants in mili... | [
"The renewal of military commission proceedings against Khalid Sheik Mohammad and four others for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has focused renewed attention on the differences between trials in federal court and those conducted by military commission. The decision to try the defendants in... |
train_16483 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Article I, Section 6, of the U.S. Constitution requires that compensation for Members of Congress be "ascertained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States." Congress has relied on three different methods in adjusting salaries for Members. Specific legislation was last used to provide increases in 1990 ... | [
"The automatic annual adjustment for Members of Congress is determined by a formula using a component of the Employment Cost Index (ECI), which measures rate of change in private sector pay. The adjustment automatically takes effect unless (1) Congress statutorily prohibits the adjustment; (2) Congress statutorily ... |
train_16484 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | After more than half a century during which trade relations between the United States and Cuba have evolved from a tight economic embargo to a narrow window of trade in U.S. agricultural and medical products, the diplomatic initiative that President Obama announced in December 2014 to restore more normal relations with... | [
"Amid more than a half a century of antagonistic political relations between the United States and Cuba during which commercial ties were largely severed, U.S. exports of agricultural products to the island nation currently stand out as one of the few points of engagement between the two countries, if to a limited ... |
train_16485 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The duties carried out by a Member of Congress are understood to include representation, legislation, and constituent service and education, as well as political and electoral activities. The expectations and duties of a Member of Congress are extensive, encompassing several roles that could be full-time jobs by themse... | [
"The U.S. Constitution establishes qualifications for Representatives and Senators, but it is silent about the roles and duties of an individual Member of Congress. House and Senate rules require only that Members be present and vote on each question placed before their chamber. The job of a Member of Congress has ... |
train_16486 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Former Presidents Act (FPA; 3 U.S.C. §102 note) was enacted to "maintain the dignity" of the Office of the President. The act provides the former President—and his or her spouse—certain benefits to help him respond to post-presidency mail and speaking requests, among other informal public duties often required of a... | [
"Prior to 1958, U.S. Presidents who left office received no federal pension or other financial assistance. Some former Presidents—like Herbert Hoover and Andrew Jackson—returned to wealthy post-presidential lives. Other former Presidents—including Ulysses S. Grant and Harry S. Truman—struggled financially. Still ot... |
train_16487 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The HOME Investment Partnerships Program was authorized by the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-625). HOME is a federal block grant program that provides funding to states and localities to be used exclusively for affordable housing activities to benefit low-income households. Funds f... | [
"The HOME Investment Partnerships Program was created by the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 ( P.L. 101-625 ). HOME is a federal block grant program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that provides funding for affordable housing activities to states and c... |
train_16488 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On March 6, 2009, Growth Energy (on behalf of 52 U.S. ethanol producers) applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a waiver from the Clean Air Act (CAA) limitation on ethanol content in gasoline. Ethanol content in gasoline for all uses had been capped at 10% (E10); the application requested an increase ... | [
"There is continuing interest in the potential for ethanol to displace petroleum as a transportation fuel. In 2010, the United States consumed roughly 13 billion gallons of fuel ethanol, representing about 10% of all U.S. gasoline consumption (by volume). Fuel ethanol consumption has grown from roughly 1 billion ga... |
train_16489 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Murder is a federal capital offense if committed in any of more than 50 jurisdictional settings. The Constitution defines the circumstances under which the death penalty may be considered a sentencing option. With an eye to those constitutional boundaries, the Federal Death Penalty Act and related statutory provisions ... | [
"Murder, committed under any of more than 50 jurisdictional circumstances, is a federal capital offense. So are treason, espionage, and certain drug kingpin offenses. The Federal Death Penalty Act and related provisions establish the procedure that must be followed before a defendant convicted of a federal capital ... |
train_16490 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The Eurozone is facing a serious sovereign debt crisis. Several Eurozone member countries have high, potentially unsustainable levels of public debt. Three—Greece, Ireland, and Portugal—have borrowed money from other European countries and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to avoid default. With the larges... | [
"Since early 2010, the Eurozone has been facing a major debt crisis. The governments of several countries in the Eurozone have accumulated what many consider to be unsustainable levels of government debt, and three—Greece, Ireland, and Portugal—have turned to other European countries and the International Monetary ... |
train_16491 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | U.S. law provides for the temporary admission of various categories of foreign nationals, who are known as nonimmigrants. Nonimmigrants are admitted for a designated period of time and a specific purpose. They include a wide range of visitors, including tourists, foreign students, diplomats, and temporary workers. Ther... | [
"The United States has long distinguished temporary migration from settlement migration. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides that foreign nationals may be admitted to the United States temporarily or may come to live permanently. Those admitted on a settlement basis are known as immigrants or legal p... |
train_16492 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The franking privilege, which allows Members of Congress to transmit mail matter under their signature without postage, has existed in the United States since colonial times. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the franking privilege served a fundamental democratic role, allowing Members of Congress to convey informati... | [
"The franking privilege, which allows Members of Congress to transmit mail matter under their signature without postage, has existed in the United States since colonial times. During the 18 th and 19 th centuries, the franking privilege served a fundamental democratic role, allowing Members of Congress to convey in... |
train_16493 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | A former trading and military outpost of the British Empire, the tiny Republic of Singapore has transformed itself into a modern Asian nation and a major player in the global economy, though it still substantially restricts political freedoms in the name of maintaining social stability and economic growth. Singapore's ... | [
"Though only about three times the size of Washington, DC, and with a population of 4.7 million, the city-state of Singapore punches far above its weight in both economic and diplomatic influence. Its stable government, strong economic performance, educated citizenry, and strategic position along key shipping lanes... |
train_16494 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On October 5, 2004, Chiron (pronounced KÄ«Ì-ron), a California-based biotechnologycompany, notified U.S. health officials that British regulatory authorities had suspended productionof influenza ("flu") vaccine in its plant in Liverpool, England, due to vaccine safety concerns. Theplant was slated to provide between 4... | [
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that influenza (\"flu\"), aviral respiratory illness, causes 36,000 deaths and more than 200,000 hospitalizations in the UnitedStates each year. For many years, vaccination has been urged for those at highest risk of seriousillness from flu, such as ol... |
train_16495 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | On July 9, 2018, President Donald J. Trump announced the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) to fill retiring Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated to the D.C. Circuit by President George... | [
"O n July 9, 2018, President Donald J. Trump announced the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States caused by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's retirement on July 31, 2018. Nominat... |
train_16496 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Policymakers and defense acquisition experts have asserted that improved recruitment for the defense acquisition workforce is a necessary component for comprehensive acquisition reform. To help rebuild the workforce and enhance recruitment, DOD has used several hiring flexibilities authorized by Congress, the President... | [
"The defense acquisition workforce consists of civilian and uniformed personnel at the Department of Defense (DOD) who manage the planning, design, development, testing, contracting production, introduction, acquisition logistics support, and disposal of systems, equipment, facilities, supplies, or services that ar... |
train_16497 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic's long reign came to an end in October 2000, whenhe was deposed from power by a popular revolt after he refused to concede defeat in an election forthe post of President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) won by his opponent, VojislavKostunica. The new government suffered a... | [
"Despite defeats in wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, international isolation and theimpoverishment of his people, Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic remained in power for morethan a decade. He did this by maintaining tight control over key institutions (such as the police,army, judiciary and most of the media)... |
train_16498 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | The 111th Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148, PPACA), and amended it a week later by passing the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152). (PPACA refers to P.L. 111-148 as amended by P.L. 111-152.) On January 19, 2011, the House passed H.R. 2, which ... | [
"The 111 th Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( P.L. 111-148 , PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( P.L. 111-152 ). On January 19, 2011, the House passed H.R. 2 , which would repeal PPACA. Nonetheless, it is possible that the 112 th Congress will examin... |
train_16499 | Write a detailed summary of the following government report. | This report provides background information on electric power transmission and related policy issues. Proposals for changing federal transmission policy before the 111th Congress include S. 539, the Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act, introduced on March 5, 2009; and the March 9, 2009, majority staff t... | [
"This report discusses electric power transmission and related policy issues. Transmission is a prominent federal issue because of a perceived need to improve reliability and reduce costs, transmission's role in meeting national energy goals (such as increased use of renewable electricity), and the potential effici... |
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