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Binding Operational Directive 'BOD-17-01': Removal of Kaspersky-Branded Products, September 13, 2017
From the Document: "DHS, in consultation with interagency partners, has determined that the risks presented by Kaspersky-branded products justify the issuance of this Binding Operational Directive. [...] All agencies are required to: 1. Within 30 calendar days after issuance of this directive, identify the use or presence of Kaspersky-branded products on all federal information systems and provide to DHS a report[.] [...] 2. Within 60 calendar days after issuance of this directive, develop and provide to DHS a detailed plan of action to remove and discontinue present and future use of all Kaspersky-branded products beginning 90 calendar days after issuance of this directive. [...] 3. At 90 calendar days after issuance of this directive, and unless directed otherwise by DHS based on new information, begin to implement the agency plan of action and provide a status report to DHS on the progress of that implementation every 30 calendar days thereafter until full removal and discontinuance of use is achieved."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2017-09-13
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The Post-9/11 Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill): A Primer [September 13, 2017]
"The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), previously named the Veterans Administration, has been providing veterans educational assistance (GI Bill®) benefits since 1944. The benefits have been intended, at various times, to compensate for compulsory service, encourage voluntary service, prevent unemployment, provide equitable benefits to all who served, and promote military retention. In general, the benefits provide grant aid to eligible individuals enrolled in approved educational and training programs. The newest GI Bill was enacted on June 30, 2008, as the Post-9/11 Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post-9/11 GI Bill), Title V of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (P.L. 110-252). Although the VA still provides benefits under several older GI Bills, participation and spending for the Post-9/11 GI Bill has represented approximately 80% or more of total GI Bill participation and spending in each year since FY2013. In FY2018, the program is estimated to benefit almost 800,000 individuals and expend over $12 billion."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Dortch, Cassandria
2017-09-13
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Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) [September 12, 2017]
"The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was created by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA, Title XIII of P.L. 90-448, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §4001 et seq.), and was recently reauthorized from October 1, 2017, to December 8, 2017. Prior to that, the NFIP was reauthorized by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Title II of P.L. 112-141, henceforth BW-12) from July 6, 2012, to September 30, 2017. Congress amended elements of BW-12, but did not extend the NFIP's authorization further, in the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-89, henceforth HFIAA). The NFIP is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through its subcomponent the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA). As of June 2017, the NFIP had 4.94 million flood insurance policies providing approximately $1.23 trillion in coverage. The program collects about $3.5 billion in annual premium revenue. Nationally, as of August 2017, about 22,276 communities in 56 states and jurisdictions participated in the NFIP. According to FEMA, the program saves the nation an estimated $1.87 billion annually in flood losses avoided because of the NFIP's building and floodplain management regulations."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Brown, Jared T.; Horn, Diane P.
2017-09-12
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Taylor Force Act: Palestinian Terrorism-Related Payments and U.S. Aid [September 12, 2017]
"Some Members of Congress have increased their scrutiny of the Palestinian practice of providing payments to some Palestinians (and/or their families) who have been imprisoned for or accused of terrorism by Israel. Critics have asserted that because money is fungible, any aid that directly benefits the Palestinian Authority (PA) could indirectly support such payments. Congress may consider legislation--most of the bills are known as the Taylor Force Act--that could supersede existing provisions on the subject in annual appropriations legislation. The impact that the legislation could have on overarching U.S. priorities on Israeli-Palestinian matters is unclear."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Zanotti, Jim; Sharp, Jeremy Maxwell
2017-09-12
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Executive Branch Legislative Proposals Affecting Veterans Benefits in the FY2018 Budget [September 12, 2017]
From the Document: "The FY2018 Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contains two legislative proposals which, if enacted, would affect disability and other types of cash benefits payable by the VA to certain veterans. These proposals would affect both current and future beneficiaries. The proposal to restrict eligibility for Individual Unemployability (IU) would reduce the monthly benefits of affected veterans and the proposed changed to the calculation of the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) would reduce the annual growth in benefits. Savings from both proposals would be used to partially offset costs associated with the Veterans Choice Program."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Szymendera, Scott
2017-09-12
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Military Sexual Assault: A Framework for Congressional Oversight [September 12, 2017]
"The U.S. Constitution provides Congress with powers over the Armed Forces, including the power 'to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.' As such, Congress has oversight of Department of Defense (DOD) policies and programs. Congressional efforts to address military sexual assault intensified in 2004 in response to rising public concern about the rate and number of assaults and perceptions of an inadequate response by the military to support the victims and to hold perpetrators accountable. In February of 2004, the Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Personnel held a hearing on Policies and Programs for Preventing and Responding to Incidents of Sexual Assault in the Armed Services."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Kamarck, Kristy N.; Torreon, Barbara Salazar
2017-09-12
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Social Security: The Trust Funds [September 12, 2017]
"The Social Security program pays benefits to retired or disabled workers and their family members and to the family members of deceased workers. As of July 2017, there were 61.5 million Social Security beneficiaries. Approximately 68% of those beneficiaries were retired workers and 14% were disabled workers. The remaining beneficiaries were the survivors of deceased insured workers or the spouses and children of retired or disabled workers. Social Security is financed primarily by payroll taxes paid by covered workers and their employers. The program is also credited with federal income taxes paid by some beneficiaries on a portion of their benefits, reimbursements from the General Fund of the Treasury for various purposes, and interest income from investments held by the Social Security trust funds. Social Security tax revenues are invested in U.S. government securities (special issues) held by the trust funds, and these securities earn interest. The tax revenues exchanged for the U.S. government securities are deposited into the General Fund of the Treasury and are indistinguishable from revenues in the General Fund that come from other sources. Because the assets held by the trust funds are U.S. government securities, the trust fund balance represents the amount of money owed to the Social Security trust funds by the General Fund of the Treasury. Funds needed to pay Social Security benefits and administrative expenses come from the redemption or sale of U.S. government securities held by the trust funds."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Morton, William R.; Liou, Wayne
2017-09-12
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Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out? [September 12, 2017]
"Each year when the Social Security trustees release their annual report, attention is focused on the projection of the year that the Social Security trust funds will become insolvent. In their 2017 report, the trustees project that, under their intermediate assumptions and under current law, the Federal Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund will become depleted in 2028 and the Federal OldAge and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund will do so in 2035.1 Although the two funds are legally separate, they are often described in combination. The trustees project that the combined Old-Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance (OASDI) trust funds will become depleted in 2034"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Morton, William R.; Liou, Wayne
2017-09-12
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Resource Optimization at the Ports of Entry (Fiscal Year 2017 Report to Congress)
"The Office of Field Operations (OFO) is the law enforcement component within CBP responsible for carrying out CBP's complex and demanding border security mission at all ports of entry (POE). OFO manages the lawful access of people and goods to our Nation by securing and expediting international trade and travel. Continued growth in international trade and travel, expanding mission requirements, and new facility demands continue to strain CBP resources and CBP efforts to secure the homeland. This report outlines CBP's progress on the implementation of its ROS, which is CBP's robust, integrated, long-term strategy for improving port operations. The ROS [Resource Optimization Strategy] has three components: optimize current business processes; utilize the WSM [Workload Staffing Model] to identify staffing requirements; and implement alternative funding strategies to improve the adequacy of user fees to support operations more effectively. Within this report, CBP provides updates on its Business Transformation Initiatives (BTI), the BTI's impact on staffing requirements, the updated WSM staffing projections, and CBP's ongoing efforts to implement funding strategies that complement the sum appropriated in the FY 2014 DHS Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-76) to hire, equip, and train an additional 2,000 CBPOs at the POEs."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2017-09-12
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Effectiveness of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
"The Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) was established in 2004 as part of the reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) (Public Law 108-360). ACEHR's members are non-Federal employees serving three-year terms from research and academic institutions, earthquake-related professions, and state and local governments. We are charged with assessing trends and developments in the science and engineering of earthquake hazards reduction; the effectiveness of NEHRP in performing its statutory activities and any need to revise NEHRP; and the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of NEHRP. This report is provided to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who serves as the Director of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (referred to in this report as the 'ICC')2. Its recommendations are also directed to the NEHRP Secretariat and the four NEHRP agencies--the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), NIST, National Science Foundation (NSF), and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The report is structured to reflect on the Program's achievements and challenges since its inception in 1977, new trends and developments in the science and engineering of earthquake hazards reduction, and concerns about the future of NEHRP. Two critical and overarching needs for NEHRP's future are then discussed, followed by a series of programmatic and agency-specific assessments and recommendations."
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)
2017-09-11
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U.S. Air Force Pilot Shortage [September 11, 2017]
"In his opening comments to the 2017 U.S. Air Force Posture Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Chairman John McCain stated, 'The force is short 1,500 pilots.... This is a full-blown crisis, and if left unresolved, it will call into question the Air Force's ability to accomplish its mission.' According to current Air Force statistics, the service is 1,947 pilots short of its authorized strength. The shortage is most acute among fighter pilots: the Air Force predicts it will be 1,055 fighter pilots short of 3,781 authorized by the end of FY2017, following a deficiency of 873 in FY2016. Commenting on the shortage, the Air Force Chief of Staff, General David Goldfein, warns, 'The Air Force is as busy as we have ever been, but we are also smaller than we have ever been. Consequently, we have less margin for error when it comes to filling our cockpit."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Hoadley, Daniel S.
2017-09-11
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Ten Years Later: Major Homeland Security Mandates of the 9/11 Commission Act
From the executive summary: "In the ten years since the enactment of the 9/11 Commission Act, the terrorist threat landscape has evolved. It has diversified and splintered to encompass numerous al Qaeda affiliates--most notably Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)--as well as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). [...] Since the 9/11 attacks, the nature of incidents has shifted away from complex, coordinated operations carried out by trained and funded operatives against high profile targets, to attacks carried out by individuals with little to no training or support, such -as active shooter attacks, homemade improvised explosive devices, and vehicular manslaughter. Today, America is far better equipped than it was on September 11, 2001, to prepare for, prevent, and respond to acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events. The gains in preparedness are exemplified by the heroic responses to the Boston Marathon Bombings in 2013, the San Bernardino terrorist attack in December 2015, the Orlando night club mass shooting in June 2016, and the New York/New Jersey bombings in October 2016. Since 9/11, Federal investments in local preparedness and bolstering information sharing have helped deliver measurable progress in the level of security across the Nation. Still, we must stay vigilant and fully-engaged with homeland security partners to effectively address the dynamic range of threats that, in addition to traditional terrorist threats, today include cybersecurity attacks on critical infrastructure and violence by neo-Nazi, white supremacist, anti-government, and other domestic terror groups."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security
2017-09-11?
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HIPAA and Disasters: What Emergency Professionals Need to Know [September 11, 2017]
"Disasters and emergencies can strike at anytime with little or no warning and the local healthcare system in the midst of an emergency response can be rapidly inundated with patients, worried family and friends looking for their loved ones, and media organizations requesting patient information. Knowing what information can be released, to whom, and under what circumstances, is critical for healthcare facilities in disaster response. This guide is designed to answer frequently asked questions regarding the release of information about patients following an incident. NOTE: This guide does NOT replace the advice of your facility Privacy Officer and/or legal counsel who should be involved in planning for information release prior to an event, developing policy before a disaster that guides staff actions during a disaster, an"
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2017-09-11
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H. Rept. 115-304: 21st Century Flood Reform Act, Report Together with Minority Views to Accompany H.R. 2874, Including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2017
From Purpose and Summary: "Introduced by Representative Sean Duffy on June 12, 2017, H.R. 2874, the '21st Century Flood Reform Act,' would achieve reforms to improve the financial stability of the National Flood Insurance Program, to enhance the development of more accurate estimates of flood risk through new technology and better maps, to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risks, and to provide for alternative methods to insure against flood peril."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2017-09-11
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, September 10- 16, 2017
"This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from September 10 - 16, 2017. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2017-09-10?
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Patentable Subject Matter Reform [September 08, 2017]
"Some Members of Congress have expressed interest in the rules governing patentable subject matter for many years. The term 'patentable subject matter' refers to the requirement of section 101 of the Patent Act of 1952 that an invention must consist of a 'process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter' in order to be patented. Most recently, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) of 2011 stipulated that 'no patent may issue on a claim directed to or encompassing a human organism.' The AIA also limited the availability of patents claiming tax avoidance strategies. The courts and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have historically understood the language of section 101 to allow an expansive range of patentable subject matter. However, the courts have long held that several implicit exceptions exist to the four categories of patentable subject matter set out in section 101. In particular, laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas have been held to be unpatentable."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Thomas, John R.
2017-09-08
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Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies [September 08, 2017]
"The principles of disaster management assume a leadership role by the local, state, and tribal governments affected by the incident. The federal government provides coordinated supplemental resources and assistance, only if requested and approved. The immediate response to a disaster is guided by the National Response Framework (NRF), which details roles and responsibilities at various levels of government, along with cooperation from the private and nonprofit sectors, for differing incidents and support functions. A possible declaration of a major disaster or emergency under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended) must, in almost all cases, be requested by the governor of a state or the chief executive of an affected Indian tribal government, who at that point has declared that the situation is beyond the capacity of the state or tribe to respond. The governor/chief also determines for which parts of the state/tribal territory assistance will be requested, and suggests the types of assistance programs that may be needed. The President considers the request, in consultation with officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and makes the initial decisions on the areas to be included as well as the programs that are implemented."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Brown, Jared T.; Lindsay, Bruce R.; Petruzzelli, Jaclyn
2017-09-08
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Federal Agricultural Recovery Resources for Hurricane-Related Losses [September 08, 2017]
"Following the destruction of Hurricane Harvey, which hit the Texas coast on August 25, 2017, many in the agriculture industry are facing large-scale production losses as well as extensive damage to land and facilities. Hurricane Irma now poses a similar threat to Florida, other southeastern states, and several U.S. territories. Crops such as rice, cotton, soybeans, and cattle appear to be among the hardest hit areas of agricultural production from Hurricane Harvey. However, to date no official loss estimates have been released. Sugar, citrus, cotton, specialty crops, and livestock are just a few of the crops that could face production losses from Hurricane Irma depending on the path and severity of the storm."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Stubbs, Megan
2017-09-08
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Syria's Chemical Weapons: Continuing Challenges [September 08, 2017]
"Since 2014, when the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) announced completion of the destruction of Syria's declared chemical weapons (CW), questions have persisted on the extent of Damascus's undeclared CW and production capacity. International investigators have confirmed repeated chemical weapons attacks in Syria, including chlorine gas attacks attributed to the Asad regime, as well as an April 4, 2017, attack using sarin nerve agent."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Nikitin, Mary Beth Dunham
2017-09-08
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Net Neutrality Debate: Access to Broadband Networks [September 08, 2017]
"As congressional policymakers continue to debate telecommunications reform, a major discussion point revolves around what approach should be taken to ensure unfettered access to the Internet. The move to place restrictions on the owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet, to ensure equal access and nondiscriminatory treatment, is referred to as 'net neutrality.' There is no single accepted definition of 'net neutrality.' However, most agree that any such definition should include the general principles that owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet should not control how consumers lawfully use that network, and they should not be able to discriminate against content provider access to that network"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gilroy, Angele A.
2017-09-08
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End of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program: Some Immediate Takeaways [September 08, 2017]
"On September 5, 2017, the Trump Administration announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program would be phased out over a six-month period. Established in 2012 under the Obama Administration, DACA permits qualifying unlawfully present aliens who came to the United States as children to obtain a form of relief known as deferred action and, typically, work authorization for a renewable two-year period. While DACA provides for the deferral of any immigration enforcement action (e.g., removal) against a relief recipient, it does not confer any legal immigration status upon relief recipients. In 2015, a group of states and government officials obtained a preliminary injunction preventing implementation of a 2014 expansion of DACA and a related Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) initiative. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the injunction and an equally divided Supreme Court upheld this decision without opinion. In June 2017, prior to the district court rendering a final decision on the challenge to the lawfulness of DAPA and the DACA expansion, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) largely rescinded the memorandums authorizing these initiatives, but announced that the original DACA program 'will remain in effect.' Possibly prompted by the plaintiffs' notice that they would likely amend their complaint to bring a challenge to the original DACA program, when Attorney General Sessions publicly announced the wind-down of DACA, he declared that the initiative 'is vulnerable to the same legal and constitutional challenges that the courts recognized with the DAPA program.'"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
2017-09-08
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Congressional Considerations Related to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma [September 08, 2017]
"This Insight provides a short overview of issues Congress may consider in relation to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. It is not intended to provide up-to-date information on unfolding events. For storm-related updates and the current status of response efforts, see official government sources (e.g., Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and National Weather Service), congressional advisories from government sources, and/or news media [...] As of noon on September 8, in response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, President Trump has issued major disaster declarations for Texas and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and emergency declarations for Florida, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina through the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act). Depending on future consequences, major disaster declarations could yet be made for those areas that have already received emergency declarations. These declarations can also be further amended, as has happened for the Texas declaration, to add counties and types of assistance as warranted. The President has also amended the Texas declaration to decrease the state cost share requirements for some of FEMA's Public Assistance (PA) grants being provided through the Stafford Act."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Brown, Jared T.; Carter, Nicole T.; Horn, Diane P. . . .
2017-09-08
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Education-Related Regulatory Flexibilities, Waivers, and Federal Assistance in Response to Disasters and National Emergencies [September 08, 2017]
"Since 2001, hundreds of thousands of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education students have been adversely affected by natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods, and by national emergencies, such as the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. To assist Congress in responding to catastrophic events, this report provides a general overview of existing statutory and regulatory authorities, flexibilities, and programs that are available to assist students and educational institutions affected by a major disaster or a national emergency. The report also reviews several no-longer-authorized temporary provisions that were enacted by Congress to provide additional assistance to support education-related disaster recovery."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Granovskiy, Boris; Hegji, Alexandra
2017-09-08
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 8, 2017
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Health-Related Behaviors and Academic Achievement Among High School Students -- United States, 2015"; "Health-Related Behaviors and Academic Achievement Among High School Students -- United States, 2015"; "Update: Increase in Human Infections with Novel Asian Lineage Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Viruses During the Fifth Epidemic - China, October 1, 2016-August 7, 2017"; "Vital Signs: Recent Trends in Stroke Death Rates -- United States, 2000-2015"; "Notes from the Field: Clostridium perfringens Outbreak at a Catered Lunch -- Connecticut, September 2016"; "Announcement: National Food Safety Education Month -- September 2017"; "Announcement: Community Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for Intensive Lifestyle Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes"; "QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Unintentional Falls Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years, by Sex -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2000-2015"; and "Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2017-09-08
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Surveillance Summaries, September 8, 2017
"Genetic testing for breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) and breast cancer 2 (BRCA2) gene mutations can identify women at increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer. These testing results can be used to select preventive interventions and guide treatment. Differences between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan populations in rates of BRCA testing and receipt of preventive interventions after testing have not previously been examined."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2017-09-08
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China's Position on a Code of Conduct in Space
"Efforts by spacefaring nations to establish norms of behavior in space, as called for in the most recent 'U.S. National Security Space Strategy' released in 2011, have grown in importance as space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive. This issue brief assesses China's current views on the EU-proposed International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities (hereafter 'Code'). It also briefly introduces China's activities in space, observes general trends in China's views regarding codes of conduct in international affairs, and examines implications for U.S. policymakers going forward."
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
2017-09-08
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2874: 21st Century Flood Reform Act
"H.R. 2874 would authorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to enter into and renew flood insurance policies through fiscal year 2022. Under current law, that authority will expire after December 8, 2017. The legislation also would make a number of changes to the NFIP aimed at improving the financial status of the program and encouraging the growth of a private market for flood insurance. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that the changes made by this legislation would increase collections from NFIP policyholders but would reduce the number of property owners who purchase insurance through the NFIP. On net, CBO estimates that the changes made by H.R. 2874 would reduce direct spending by $187 million over the 2018-2027 period. CBO also estimates that enacting H.R. 2874 would increase revenues by about $4 million over the 2018-2027 period."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2017-09-08
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U.S. Government Zika Vaccine Strategy
From the introduction: "To address the Zika virus public health threat, the Departments of Health and Human Services and Defense are coordinating efforts to help accelerate the development of Zika virus vaccines. Given the need for a vaccine to prevent disease caused by Zika notably including Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS), these departments and their respective agencies (hereafter referred to as U.S. Government or USG) developed this Strategy in support of the following Goal and vaccine development Aims."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
2017-09-07
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2017 Hurricanes and Army Corps: Background for Flood Response and Recovery [September 07, 2017]
"Hurricanes can produce high winds, storm surge, and heavy precipitation. This Insight summarizes flood-management activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, or Corps) related to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. USACE has three primary flood-related roles relevant to hurricanes: [1] emergency response, [2] owner and operator of flood-risk-reduction projects, [3] assistance with certain nonfederal flood-control infrastructure."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Carter, Nicole T.; Stern, Charles V.
2017-09-07
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Options to Cease Implementing the Iran Nuclear Agreement [September 07, 2017]
"Trump Administration statements indicate that the Administration does not believe that the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), addresses the full range of potential threats posed by Iran. Administration officials assert that the Administration is considering ending or altering U.S. implementation of the JCPOA. This report analyzes some of the options the Administration might use to end or alter U.S. implementation of the JCPOA, if there is a decision to do so. These options, which might involve use of procedures in the JCPOA itself or the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (P.L. 114-17), are not necessarily mutually exclusive. This report does not analyze the advantages and disadvantages of any specific option, or examine in detail the implications of any particular course of action."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Katzman, Kenneth; Kerr, Paul K.; Heitshusen, Valerie
2017-09-07
