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CRS_R43406	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Technical Aspects", "Plutonium", "Pits", "The Pit Production Process", "Life Extension Programs", "Pit Production Capacity: How Much Is Needed?", "Plutonium-238", "Key Regulatory Terms", "Facility Aspects: Buildings to Sup...	{ "question": [ "What is a pit?", "Where were pits produced during the Cold War?", "How has pit production changed since 1989?", "What is current U.S. nuclear policy?", "How does the Department of Defense plan to maintain existing nuclear weapons?", "Why do some people disagree with the Depart...
CRS_R43930	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Home Visiting", "What is Home Visiting?", "Research on Home Visiting", "Overview of the MIECHV Program", "Eligible Families", "Funding", "Formula Funding", "Competitive Funding", "Funding Levels", "Coordination in the Commun...	{ "question": [ "What does the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program provide?", "Who conducts the home visits?", "What services do these professionals provide during their home visits?", "How do families become participants?", "How many families were involved...
CRS_R40566	{ "title": [ "", "U.S. Policy Toward Cuban Migrants", "Evolution of the Policy", "Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966", "Cuban Migration Agreement, September 1994", "Cuban Migration Agreement, May 1995", "Special Cuban Migration Lottery", "Federal Assistance to Cuban Migrants", "Cuban-Hai...	{ "question": [ "What characterizes Cuban migration?", "How has immigration from Cuba changed since Fidel Castro came to power?", "What immigration practice has become commonplace in the past 50 years?", "What changes have been made since the mid-1990s?", "How have these migration policies been re...
GAO_GAO-18-562	{ "title": [ "Background", "Laws and Presidential Directives Guiding DHS’s Chemical Defense Efforts", "Our Work on Duplication, Overlap, and Fragmentation of Federal Programs", "DHS Has Several Chemical Defense Programs and Activities Intended to Prevent and Protect Against Chemical Attacks", "A C...	{ "question": [ "How does DHS combat chemical attacks?", "What are some of the different components of the DHS programs?", "How has the organization of DHS's chemical defense programs changed?", "What was discovered about about DHS' chemical defense program?", "What redundancies existed within DHS...
GAO_GAO-15-27	{ "title": [ "Background", "Over Half of Grantees Could Track Some Individuals from Early Education into the Workforce, but Data Are Generally Limited", "Over Half of Grantees Have the Ability to Match Some Individual Records from Early Education to Workforce", "Most Grantees Are Not Able to Match Dat...	{ "question": [ "What did GAO determine about grantee states?", "What is the DQC?", "What did the DQC do in its survey?", "What problems arise with match rates?", "What did GAO discover about match rates?", "What challenges did state officials site regarding matching data?", "In what way d...
CRS_R42641	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Origins of the GSCF Concept", "Basic Provisions", "Uses and Approval Processes", "Security and Counterterrorism Training", "Coalition Support", "Justice Sector, Rule of Law, and Stabilization Assistance", "Deletion of Transitional Authorities for H...	{ "question": [ "What did the FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 112-81), Section 1207, create?", "What is the purpose of this fund?", "What agency oversees the GSCF budget?", "What agency oversees GSCF decisions?", "Why was the GSCF inaugurated?", "What does it consist of?", ...
CRS_RL33705	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Oil Spill Data: Recent Trends", "Coast Guard Data", "PHMSA Data", "Impacts of Oil Spills in Aquatic Environments", "Acute Impacts", "Chronic Impacts", "Ecosystem Recovery", "Economic Costs of Oil Spills", "Cleanup Costs", ...	{ "question": [ "What oil spills have raised national concern?", "What other spills have attracted attention?", "What factors determine the impact of an oil spill?", "What impacts emerge as a result of these factors?", "What rates of oil spills have been observed over the past two decades?", "...
CRS_RL34646	{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Political Situation", "The Lawsuit to Ban the AKP and its Aftermath", "Ergenekon", "Role of the Military", "U.S. Policy" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Secularism has been one of the \"fundamental and unchanging principles\" guiding the Turkish Republic s...	{ "question": [ "What is the Turkish Republic's relationship to secularism?", "What has been the response of various political parties to this principle?", "What happens to these political parties?", "What is the AKP?", "How have the AKP's victories affected Turkey?", "What was the outcome of ...
CRS_R44670	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Full Retirement Age", "Early Eligibility Age", "Actuarial Modification to Benefits: Claiming Before or After the FRA", "Actuarial Reduction for Claiming Benefits Before the FRA", "Delayed Retirement Credit for Claiming Benefits After the FRA", "Retirem...	{ "question": [ "What are the benefits of attaining the Social Security full retirement age?", "What determines a worker's monthly benefit amount?", "What is the intention of the adjustments?", "What occurs if one claims benefits before the FRA?", "What was the FRA at the inception of Social Secur...
CRS_RL34522	{ "title": [ "", "Recent Developments1", "Bilateral Relations with the United States", "General Background", "History", "Geography", "Government, Politics, and Elections", "Structure of Government", "Political Dynamics", "Lead Up to 2008 Elections", "The Caretaker Governmen...	{ "question": [ "How did Bangladesh gain its independence?", "What has characterized Bangladeshi politics since independence?", "What is the nature of the two dominant political parties?", "How do parties attempt to regain control when not in power?", "What threatens Bangladesh's democratic nature...
GAO_GAO-14-111	{ "title": [ "Background", "Investigating and Acting on Potential Fraud", "ZPIC Contracts by Area of Work and Award Amount", "CMS Paid About $108 Million to ZPICs during Calendar Year 2012, Primarily for Fee-for-Service Work, which ZPICs Mostly Spent on Fraud Case Development", "ZPICs Reported Mor...	{ "question": [ "How did ZPICs affect Medicare savings in 2012?", "How did ZPICs work with law enforcement?", "Why would CMS benefit from knowing the timeliness of ZPICs' actions?", "What kind of ratings did ZPICs receive?", "What is the relationship between CMS and ZPIC?", "Why do most measur...
CRS_R45140	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Economics and Statistics Administration/Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau", "Economics and Statistics Administration", "Bureau of Economic Analysis", "Census Bureau", "The FY2018 Budget Request", "Economics and Statistics Administration...	{ "question": [ "How does the FY2018 request for the Census Bureau compare to the previous year's?", "How is the FY2018 request divided?", "What are the most important programs under the Periodic Censuses and Programs account?", "What did the House Committee on Appropriations do in 2017?", "How di...
GAO_GAO-18-432T	{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Programs and Functions", "Challenges to Managing SSA’s Disability Workloads and Ensuring Program Integrity", "Making Timely Disability Decisions", "Modernizing Disability Criteria", "Enhancing the Accuracy and Consistency of Disability Decisions", "Preventin...	{ "question": [ "What does GAO's prior work show about SSA?", "Why are SSA's workloads increasing?", "How does GAO's prior work address these concerns?", "How is SSA handling disability workloads?", "How did GAO recommend that SSA address this issue?", "How is SSA addressing the issue after GA...
GAO_GAO-13-64	{ "title": [ "Background", "History of 529 Plans", "529 Plan Operation and Features", "Plan Disclosures", "Student Financial Aid", "Few Families Have 529 Plans and Those Who Do Tend to Be Wealthier", "A Small Percentage of Families Have 529 Plans", "Families with 529 Plans Generally Ha...	{ "question": [ "How did U.S. families utilize 529 plans in 2010?", "How popular are 529 plans?", "Why might available income for education savings have been reduced?", "How do families with 529 or Coverdell plans differ from families without these accounts?", "How do different types of 529 plans ...
CRS_RL34487	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "An Evolving Security Environment in Asia", "Japan's Nuclear Capacity", "Japan's Nuclear Energy Program", "Technological Potential", "Japanese Legal and Political Restraints", "Domestic Factors", "Public Opinion", "Elite Opinio...	{ "question": [ "What is Japan's stance on nuclear weapons?", "Why has Japan's vulnerability to nuclear threats been called into question?", "How has this anxiety affected the Japanese taboo of discussing nuclear weapons capabilities?", "How have these factors affected the overall Japanese public cons...
CRS_RL32176	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent Legislation", "112th Congress", "Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2011 (H.R. 2126)", "111th Congress", "Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2010 (H.R. 4802)", "110th Congress", "Increasing Insurance Coverage Options for Consumers Act of 2...	{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of RRGs and RPGs?", "Why were these groups created by Congress?", "What rules apply to these groups?", "How has interest in RRGs and RPGs changed over the last two decades?", "What happened to the insurance market between 2001 and 2004?", "Why have cautiona...
CRS_RL31936	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background on General Revenue Sharing", "Amount", "Allocation Formula", "Economic Rationale for GRS Grants", "Fiscal Reallocation", "State and Local Government Liquidity Problems", "Federal and State-Local Fiscal Policy Synchronization", "Analy...	{ "question": [ "What is the function of this report?", "What is the history of the GRS?", "How did states specifically benefit from GRS?", "What was the rationale behind GRS in 1972?", "Why did proponents and opponents of GRS modify their arguments?", "How could GRS be implemented?", "Why...
GAO_GAO-17-570	{ "title": [ "Background", "In Addition to Broad IoT Research and Oversight, Federal Agencies More Directly Support Communities by Funding IoT Projects and Fostering Collaboration", "Broad Federal IoT Research and Oversight Provide Underlying Support for IoT in Communities", "Research", "Oversight...	{ "question": [ "How does DOT support communities?", "How does the White House plan to support such efforts?", "How are communities funding IoT projects?", "What types of actions were taken with federal funding?", "Why have some communities found IoT projects difficult to deploy?", "Why are co...
CRS_RS22947	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "The EFV Program", "What Is the EFV?3", "Program Structure", "Program History5", "Problems During the SDD Phase", "2006 Operational Assessment14", "EFV Redesign", "Critical Design Review and Additional Prototypes20", "Current EFV Testing23", ...	{ "question": [ "Why was the EFV created?", "What is the purpose of the AAV?", "What has characterized the EFV development process?", "What is its current status?", "How did the Secretary of Defense respond to the issues with the EFV?", "Why did General Dynamics propose to only build 200 EFVs?...
CRS_R42854	{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Federal Emergency Assistance for Agricultural and Rural Land", "Emergency Conservation Program", "Purpose, Activities, and Authority", "Eligible Land", "Eligible Participant", "Funding and Allocation", "Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)", ...	{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of ECP?", "How does ECP accomplish this?", "What limitations does ECP have for who receives money?", "Why was EFRP created?", "What agencies administer the EWP programs?", "How does the EWP program work?", "What kinds of land might be affected?", "H...
CRS_R45723	{ "title": [ "", "What is Fiscal Policy?", "Expansionary Fiscal Policy", "Potential Offsetting Effects to Expansionary Fiscal Policy", "Investment and Interest Rates", "Exchange Rates and the Trade Balance", "Inflation", "Fiscal Expansion Multipliers", "Long-Term Considerations Reg...	{ "question": [ "What is fiscal policy?", "What does it look like to implement fiscal policy?", "How does the government increase or decrease economic activity?", "How does the government stimulate the economy?", "How does increasing government spending spur economic activity?", "How does decr...
CRS_R43446	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Budget Summary", "Medicare", "Medicaid", "Program Integrity", "CHIP", "State Grants and Demonstrations", "Private Health Insurance Programs", "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)", "Program Management", "Legislative Propos...	{ "question": [ "What does CMS do?", "Why is CMS significant?", "What relation do CMS programs have to the American public?", "How does CMS relate to the Affordable Care Act?", "What is the CMS budget for FY2015?", "Why is that significant?", "What does this budget include?" ], "summar...
GAO_GAO-13-212	{ "title": [ "Background", "Organizational Responsibilities for Operational Contract Support", "Contingency Planning", "OSD, the Joint Staff, and the Services Have Taken Steps to Integrate Operational Contract Support, but Most of the Military Services Have Not Issued Comprehensive Guidance", "OSD...	{ "question": [ "How have the OSD, Joint Staff, and services tried to improve planning for contingency operations?", "What steps have these stakeholders taken to accomplish this?", "What action has DOD taken?", "How has Army participated in this process?", "Why haven't the Navy, Marine Corps, and ...
GAO_GAO-17-488	{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of FMCSA’s IT Environment", "FMCSA Modernization Efforts", "FMCSA’s Plans to Modernize Existing Systems Are Not Complete", "FMCSA Has Not Fully Implemented Key Elements of a Sound IT Governance and Oversight Process", "FMCSA Did Not Fully Ensure That Select...	{ "question": [ "What is the nature of FMCSA's modernization plan?", "What else is the existing plan missing?", "Why hasn't a comprehensive plan been created yet?", "In what way is the lack of a comprehensive plan holding back FMCSA?", "What characterizes FMCA's IT governance strategy?", "How ...
GAO_GAO-17-677	{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Minimum Wage", "Poverty Measurement", "Federally Funded Social Safety Net Programs", "Characteristics of the Low-Wage Workforce Changed Little from 1995 through 2016", "Low-Wage Workers Comprised About 40 Percent of the U.S. Workforce Ages 25 to 64", "Li...	{ "question": [ "What did GAO determine about low-wage workers?", "How has their percentage of the U.S. workforce developed?", "What is the percentage of low-wage workers in the U.S.?", "What is the result of the combination of low wages and few hours?", "What characterized families with a low-wag...
CRS_RS21625	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction and Overview of the Currency Issue", "Background on China's Currency Policy", "2005: China Reforms the Peg", "2008: RMB Appreciation Halted", "2010: RMB Appreciation Resumes", "Factoring in Inflation and Trade-Weighted Flows", "Concerns in the United Stat...	{ "question": [ "What is the attitude of Congresspeople toward China's tendency to intervene in currency markets?", "What are their concerns about imports and exports?", "How does this affect the U.S.?", "How has China's RMB policy changed?", "How did RMB appreciation change after the 2008 economi...
CRS_R45595	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Laws Protecting Students with Disabilities", "Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973", "The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act", "The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990", "Defining \"Disability\"", "The IDEA's Categorical Definitio...	{ "question": [ "What federal efforts exist to support individuals with disabilities?", "What is the implication of the differences between these frameworks?", "What different populations do the frameworks address?", "What factors determine the application of the three frameworks?", "What does the...
CRS_RL33325	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Structural Trends", "Beef Production", "Pork Production", "Poultry Production", "Vertical Coordination and Contracting", "Contracts", "Other Livestock Marketing Arrangements", "Relevant Authorities and Agencies", "Historical Context", "...	{ "question": [ "What is the relationship between Congress and the meat industry?", "What role have top firms played in the industry?", "What has characterized the beef sector?", "What has characterized the pork sector?", "What accounts for these changes?", "What preciptated major antitrust la...
GAO_GAO-19-219	{ "title": [ "Background", "Most Centers Reported that the Cost Share Adjustment Has Helped Them Better Serve Manufacturers, but Some Officials Noted that the Impact Is Hard to Measure", "Most Centers Reported that the Cost Share Adjustment Has Increased Financial Stability and Enhanced Their Ability to S...	{ "question": [ "How has the AICA impacted MEP centers?", "How did the AICA adjust the cost share ratio?", "What improvements resulted from the adjustment?", "What was the financial influence of the adjustment?", "What other factors may have influenced the centers?", "How did the recomposition...
CRS_R43778	{ "title": [ "", "Executive Summary", "Medicaid Prescription Drug Reimbursement", "Drug Expenditures and Trends", "Medicaid Prescription Drug Issues", "Conclusion", "Overview", "Medicaid Program Basics", "Medicaid Prescription Drug Benefits", "Fee-for-Service Coverage", "Me...	{ "question": [ "What is Medicaid?", "How does Medicaid treat prescription drugs?", "What is the relationship between federal rules and prescription drug coverage?", "How does Medicaid interact with pharmaceutical manufacturers?", "How does Medicaid law determine the rebate?", "What comprises ...
CRS_RL31630	{ "title": [ "", "Overview of Noncitizen Eligibility for Medicaid Benefits", "Emergency Medicaid", "Funding for Emergency Services Prior to P.L. 108-173", "Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997", "Estimated Total Cost", "GAO Study", "Reimbursement of Certain Emergency Medical Expenses", ...	{ "question": [ "What is the status of the discourse regarding unauthorized aliens and emergency care?", "Why is it difficult to evaluate these numbers?", "What role does the federal government play in emergency medical care for undocumented aliens?", "How has Medicare included resources for unauthori...
GAO_GAO-17-360	{ "title": [ "Background", "Avian Influenza Viruses", "Avian Influenza Transmission", "Poultry in the United States", "Our Related Prior Work", "Federal Agencies’ Roles in Avian Influenza Response, Research, Surveillance, and Other Related Activities", "Avian Influenza Has Harmed Human Hea...	{ "question": [ "What sectors are affected by avian influenza outbreaks?", "What was the impact of the 2014 outbreak in the United States?", "What regions have been affected by avian influenza in the last 20 years?", "How does avian influenza affect animals?", "How does avian influenza affect othe...
CRS_R44115	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction and Background", "Authorization and Reauthorization", "Federal, State, and Local Administration", "Funding", "Eligibility", "Categorical Eligibility", "Income Eligibility", "Nutritional Risk", "Residential Eligibility and Immigration Status", ...	{ "question": [ "What is the WIC?", "How does the WIC gain its legal support?", "How are the funds for WIC distributed?", "How were the state agencies distributed?", "How do these agencies operate locally?", "How do WIC participants meet eligibility?", "What are some physical restrictions ...
CRS_RS22984	{ "title": [ "", "China's Stake in the Current Crisis", "China's Exposure to the Global Financial Crisis", "China's Response to the Crisis", "China's Stimulus Program", "Has China's Economy Bottomed Out?", "China's Potential Role and Implications for the United States" ], "paragraphs":...	{ "question": [ "What was the recent trajectory of China's economy?", "How did the 2007-2008 financial crisis affect the Chinese economy?", "Why is a failing economy concerning for China?", "How does the failing economy particularly affect the export industry?", "How does the Chinese government pl...
GAO_GAO-16-446	{ "title": [ "Background", "Diagnosing Autism", "Interventions for Autism", "Federal Education Programs that Serve Young Children with Autism", "Federal Health Insurance Programs that Serve Young Children with Autism", "Coordination of Federal Autism Research and Other Activities", "Agenci...	{ "question": [ "What did GAO find regarding autism intervention services?", "How do children receive these intervention services?", "What did GAO find regarding the nature of these interventions?", "How has HHS helped coordinate federal autism research?", "What did GAO learn regarding coordinatio...
CRS_RL34687	{ "title": [ "", "Political and Social Challenges to Haitian Development", "Economic Background", "Macroeconomic Performance and Policy Responses", "Sector Issues", "Foreign Trade and Investment", "Apparel Production in Haiti", "Evaluating Haiti's Competitiveness", "Effects and Imp...	{ "question": [ "What was the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act?", "Why were these rules set in place?", "What were the components of HOPE I?", "What inspired the creation of HOPE II?", "To what extent has HOPE II been effective?", "How did HOPE II amend eli...
GAO_GAO-14-17	{ "title": [ "Background", "Foreclosure Rescue Schemes Remain at High Levels and Have Become More Complex", "Consumer Complaints and Suspicious Activity Reports about Foreclosure Rescue Schemes Increased after 2009", "Consumer Complaints Reported by FTC and Lawyers’ Committee", "More Complex Schem...	{ "question": [ "What did the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network find regarding foreclosure rescue schemes?", "What characterized the trends in SAR reports during that same period?", "How did the schemes evolve in that time?", "Why do schemes involving attorneys present particular challenges?", "What...
GAO_GAO-16-490	{ "title": [ "Background", "Patent Examination Process", "Patent Infringement Litigation and Challenges", "USPTO’s Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative", "Patent Infringement Litigation Has Increased in Recent Years, and the Majority of Lawsuits Involved Patents Related to Computers and Computer Sof...	{ "question": [ "What was the trajectory of district court filings of new patent infringement lawsuits between 2007 and 2015?", "How does the Eastern District of Texas illustrate this rise?", "What accounts for this rise in patent infringement suits?", "What else has the GAO discovered regarding paten...
GAO_GAO-15-142	{ "title": [ "Background", "Vaccines Covered by the Program and on the Vaccine Injury Table", "VICP Claims Process", "Requirements for Disseminating Information on the Program", "Most Claims Took Multiple Years to Adjudicate and Many Were Adjudicated by Settlement or Addressed by an Omnibus Procee...	{ "question": [ "Why might delays on adjudicating claims occur?", "To what extent have vaccine injury compensation claims experienced delays?", "How is the program attempting to ensure that claims are meeting the target time?", "How has HHS changed its vaccine injury table since 1999?", "What is t...
CRS_R41138	{ "title": [ "", "Federal Facility Security Levels", "Interagency Security Committee (ISC)", "1995-2003: GSA Chairmanship", "2003-Present: DHS Chairmanship", "Executive Branch Facility Security", "Federal Protective Service", "Historical Overview and Current FPS Authority", "Federa...	{ "question": [ "What was the goal of the FPS legislation?", "In what way was the legislation introduced?", "What was the goal of these two introduced bills?", "How are federal facilities defined?", "What is in the federal government’s real property portfolio?", "What is else included in the r...
CRS_R41605	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "What Rules Apply in Committees?", "Rules of Direct Relevance to Committees", "Importance of Procedure in Committee", "Committee Rules", "Subcommittees", "Number of Subcommittees", "Other Committee Subunits than Subcommittees", "Subcommittee Rat...	{ "question": [ "What is the nature of Rule XI?", "What is Rule X?", "What does Rule XIII concern?", "How do House committees interact with these rules?", "What does this report concern?", "What topics does the report not address?", "How is the report organized?", "To what extent do co...
GAO_GAO-15-511	{ "title": [ "Background", "Intent of and Eligibility Requirements for LQA", "State, OPM, and DOD Roles and Responsibilities for LQA", "DOD’s 2013 Audit of Employees Who Were Hired Overseas and Receiving LQA", "DOD Has Taken Steps to Clarify Requirements for LQA Eligibility, but Is Not Monitoring ...	{ "question": [ "What is the current status of LQA eligibility requirements?", "Through what regulations does DOD make LQA eligibility determinations?", "What problems have occured with LQA eligibility?", "To what were these errors attributed?", "What steps has DOD taken to improve this process?",...
CRS_R44680	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "U.S. Law and Internet Gambling", "Online and Traditional Gambling", "Lotteries", "Commercial Casinos", "Tribal Gambling", "Indian Gaming Regulatory Act", "Financing Uncertainty", "Pari-Mutuel Betting", "Sports Betting", "Regulation of I...	{ "question": [ "What is the current nature of the gambling industry?", "How has digital technology changed the industry?", "How much revenue does the online gambling industry produce?", "On what level of government is gambling regulated?", "How has Congress shaped the industry?", "What is the...
CRS_R44294	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Correa Government", "2017 Elections and the Moreno Government", "Economic Conditions", "U.S. Relations", "U.S. Foreign Assistance", "Commercial Relations", "Outlook" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Ecuador is a small nation situated along t...	{ "question": [ "What best describes Ecuador?", "How important is Ecuador in the oil trade?", "What is the nature of its trade relationship with the United States?", "How has Ecuador's oil export changed in recent years?", "What characterized Ecuador's leadership in the past two decades?", "Ho...
GAO_GAO-17-47	{ "title": [ "Background", "Proxy Advisory Firms", "U.S. Regulatory Framework", "International Regulatory Actions Related to Proxy Advisory Firms", "Several Factors Have Led to Increased Demand for and Influence of Proxy Advisory Firms, but Mixed Views Exist on the Extent of Influence", "Incre...	{ "question": [ "What is the role of proxy advisory firms?", "How has their influence changed?", "To what extent is there a consensus regarding the scale of this influence?", "How do proxy advisory firms update their voting policies?", "How has this process changed?", "What are the issues with...
GAO_GAO-16-625	{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Title IV-E and IV-B Funding for Tribal Child Welfare Programs", "Title IV-E Funding", "Title IV-B Funding", "Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement as a Case Goal", "HHS Assistance for Tribes on Titles IV-E and IV-B", "Data Show That the Use of APP...	{ "question": [ "How do agencies receive child welfare funding?", "Why might a child be assigned an APPLA case goal?", "What typically happens to children assigned an APPLA case?", "How did GAO study APPLA cases?", "What did the data reveal?", "What did GAO learn in its interview process?", ...
GAO_GAO-19-50	{ "title": [ "Background", "Becoming a Military Dentist", "Roles and Responsibilities for the Recruitment and Retention of Military Dentists", "GAO’s Prior Work on Military Treatment Facility Staffing Models and Tools", "Two of Three Services Use Validated Dental Clinic Staffing Models, and None o...	{ "question": [ "What are the officials' plan in developing the standards for dental care?", "What are the benefits of cross-service staffing in standardizing clinic staffing?", "What is the operating model for clinic staffing required by service officials?", "How are these requirements contrasting DO...
CRS_RL30785	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "A Brief Legislative History", "Child Care Programs Prior to 1996", "Child Care Reforms of 1996", "Authorization Status of Child Care Programs", "Recent CCDBG Reauthorization Efforts", "Recent HHS Regulatory Proposal", "HHS Office of Child Care", ...	{ "question": [ "What were Congress and the Obama Administration both interested in?", "What bill did the House approve?", "What effect would this bill take?", "Which bill does this bill amend?", "What is the current situation for the proposed rule issued by HHS?", "What are discretionary chil...
CRS_R44460	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Administration Actions", "Supplemental Request", "Reprogrammings", "Uses of Reprogrammed Funds", "Congressional Actions", "House Bill (H.R. 5243)", "Senate Bill (H.R. 2577)", "Conference Report (H.Rept. 114-640)", "FY2017 Continuing Resolut...	{ "question": [ "What was the funding requested by the Obama Administration that would be exempted from discretionary spending limits?", "What were the details of the request?", "What did the request seek if circumstances change?", "What were the other goals the request sought to achieve?", "What ...
GAO_GAO-15-221	{ "title": [ "Background", "Many Networked Information Systems Support NAS Operations", "Information Security Is Critical to the Nation’s Critical Infrastructures, Including Air Traffic Control Systems", "Several Organizations within FAA Are Responsible for Information Security", "Requirements for...	{ "question": [ "What is the threat for FAA brought by its security control weaknesses?", "What are these weaknesses?", "What are the shortcomings that increase the risk from these weaknesses?", "What has FAA also not done?", "What is required by the Federal Information Security Management Act of ...
CRS_R40142	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "COBRA Coverage", "General Requirements", "Covered Employers", "Qualified Beneficiaries", "Qualifying Events", "The Nature of COBRA Coverage", "Duration of Coverage", "COBRA Coverage and Medicare", "Notice Requirements", "Election of Cover...	{ "question": [ "What happens to the employer-sponsored health insurance when an employee is terminated?", "What would happen if that health insurance is family coverage?", "How would the family situation change if the worker finds another job with health benefits?", "Besides losing employment, how el...
CRS_RL31931	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background to Federal Climate Change Policy: From \"No Regrets\" Back to \"No Regrets\"", "The International Framework", "Developing Programs: EPACT and Climate Action Plans", "Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol", "Regulatory Programs Affecting Emissions of G...	{ "question": [ "How should climate change be addressed?", "What actions have the United States taken in response to climate change?", "What does this report provide?", "What issue have recent federal court decisions raised?", "What does this report focus on in the aspect of the raised issue?", ...
GAO_GAO-13-606	{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD’s Emphasis on Initiatives to Build the Defense Capacity of Partner Nations", "DOD Regional Centers’ Mission", "Regional Centers’ Programs and Activities Share Some Similarities with Those Offered by Other DOD Organizations, but There Are Notable Differences", "DOD O...	{ "question": [ "In what aspects do the Regional Centers for Security Studies share similarities and differences with other DOD institutions?", "What were the similarities that GAO found?", "How are they different in offering their curricula?", "How are they different in their target audience?", "...
CRS_R45728	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of U.S. Agricultural Trade1", "Trump Administration Trade Policy11", "Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Exports32", "USDA's Trade-Aid Package in Response to Trade Retaliation38", "U.S. Withdrawal from Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)47", ...	{ "question": [ "How does Congress generally regard agricultural trade?", "How has this interest been directed alongside the goals of the Trump Administration's goals?", "How has the Trump Administration affected tariffs?", "What was the reaction to the new tariffs?", "How did the US attempt to co...
GAO_GAO-18-57	{ "title": [ "Background", "GAO Previously Reviewed FAA’s MPL Methodology", "FAA Did Not Fully Address the CSLCA’s Three Mandated Requirements", "FAA Has Not Fully Evaluated the Balance between Government Liability Exposure and Industry Insurance Costs", "FAA Evaluated Only Indirect Costs to Indus...	{ "question": [ "How was the FAA ordered to change their policies?", "How did the FAA fail to reevaluate their new policies?", "What are the FAA probability thresholds?", "How has the FAA responded its methodology’s weaknesses?", "What changes did they make to address the two weaknesses?", "Wh...
GAO_GAO-19-496	{ "title": [ "Background", "While Health Centers’ Revenue Doubled from 2010 through 2017, the Share of Revenue from Grants Decreased", "HRSA Awarded CHCF Grants Primarily to Support Ongoing Operations and Services at Health Centers", "Agency Comments", "Appendix I: Information on Health Centers an...	{ "question": [ "What makes up health center revenue?", "How did health center revenue change from 2010 to 2017?", "How did the makeup of the revenue change?", "How did federal and state grant revenue change?", "How did health centers change in the 2010 to 2017 period of time?", "How did patie...
GAO_GAO-14-144	{ "title": [ "Background", "Statutory and VEI Task Force Changes to TAP", "Administration of the Revamped TAP", "Other Federal Employment Programs That Serve Transitioning Servicemembers and Veterans", "Agencies Report That Most Locations Have Implemented Key TAP Components, but Some Locations Are...	{ "question": [ "How has TAP been implemented?", "What is missing from these TAP implementations?", "How are these missing parts proceeding with the program?", "Why is the TAP evaluation not suitable?", "What TAP measurements do agencies track?", "How does this tracking fail to assist more mea...
CRS_RL33872	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Legislative History of the Refuge", "Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act", "Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act", "Chandler Lake Agreement of 1983", "Other Legislative Actions Prior to the 115th Congress", "Actions in the ...	{ "question": [ "Why is development in the ANWR an issue?", "What resources does ANWR have?", "How did Trump change the use of the ANWR for energy?", "What is the monetary value of this law?", "What does this report discuss?", "How is ANWR managed?", "Why is the location of the gas and oil...
GAO_GAO-12-54	{ "title": [ "Background", "OMB and Agencies Take a Number of Steps to Ensure Efficient Information Collections, Though Opportunities Exist for Refinements", "OMB Uses Its Oversight Authority to Improve Efficiency", "The Reliability of Information in OMB’s Information Collections Database Needs to Be ...	{ "question": [ "What is the role of the OMB?", "What authority do they hold?", "How is OMB collection information made public?", "What advice does OMB give?", "What did the GAO find on the OMB's documentation?", "What advice did the GAO have from this review?", "Why are interagency commit...
GAO_GAO-16-475	{ "title": [ "Background", "Earned Income Tax Credit", "Additional Child Tax Credit", "American Opportunity Tax Credit", "More Taxpayers Claim the EITC than Other Refundable Tax Credits and the Largest Share of Benefits Go to Those Making Less than $20,000", "Lack of Third Party Data Complicat...	{ "question": [ "What is the relationship between RTCs and the IRS?", "Why are these rules complex?", "What else makes the rules even more complex?", "What contributes to the complexity of the rules?", "How do the dollar amounts change over the years?", "How are audits used by the IRS?", "...
GAO_GAO-12-481	{ "title": [ "Background", "Permissible Providers", "Medicare EHR Program Requirements", "Medicaid EHR Program Requirements", "For the First Program Year, Processes Are Being Implemented to Verify Requirements Were Met, and CMS Has Opportunities to Improve Them", "CMS and Selected States Are I...	{ "question": [ "In what circumstance does CMS allow providers to exempt themselves from reporting certain measures?", "How might unreliable measures impact CMS?", "Why might the CMS acknowledge the relevance of the measures?", "How have the providers responded to the Medicare EHR program?", "What...
CRS_R44593	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Purpose of the NFIP", "Reduction of Comprehensive Flood Risk", "Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs)", "Flood Zones", "Updating Flood Maps", "Map Corrections", "State and Local Land Use Controls", ...	{ "question": [ "What is the NFIP?", "What is the purpose of the NFIP?", "Why may communities volunteer to participate in the NFIP?", "What does the FEMA do?", "What does the FEMA manage?", "How do FIRMs vary?", "What are SFHAs?", "What is required by communities in order to help regul...
CRS_RL32783	{ "title": [ "", "Most Recent Developments", "Overview and Context of the FY2005 Supplemental", "Previous Funding for the \"Global War on Terror\"", "Main Elements in the FY2005 Request", "Defense Request", "Foreign Policy Request", "Other Supplemental Requests", "Immigration Provi...	{ "question": [ "How is the money allocated by the Administration's request?", "How will funds not be subject to limits in annual budget resolutions?", "What would be the effects of the DOD's request for the FY2005 total appropriation?", "What did the OMB director Bolton argue?", "How did people r...
CRS_R42611	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Section 1: Oil Sands—Overview", "Oil Sands Estimates and Locations", "Oil Sands Extraction Processes", "Mining", "In Situ", "Properties of Oil Sands-Derived Crudes Compared to Other Crudes", "Section 2: Keystone XL Pipeline—Overview", "Federal ...	{ "question": [ "Why have many stakeholders voiced concern about the potential climate change consequences?", "Why would an evaluation of the net effects factor in the DOS's national interest determination?", "How has this affected the FEIS?", "What has been concluded by the FEIS?", "What has the ...
GAO_GAO-12-429	{ "title": [ "Background", "IAE Has Evolved over Two Stages", "Initial Strategy Was to Assemble a Portfolio of Standardized Systems", "Since 2008, IAE Has Sought to Consolidate Its Portfolio", "Progress Made in Developing SAM, but Cost Increases and Schedule Delays Could Jeopardize Program Complet...	{ "question": [ "What did the GSA begin to do in 2001?", "Why would GSA acquire a new system?", "What did these efforts result in?", "What were the intentions of developing the SAM?", "What did IAE do that was distinct from existing systems?", "What was the purpose of this approach?", "Wha...
GAO_GAO-18-424	{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD’s MWR Program Categories and Funding Sources", "DOD’s MWR Program Funding Targets", "Budget, Funding, and Accounting Processes for MWR Programs", "Budget Processes", "The Services Did Not Consistently Meet One of the Two Appropriated Funding Targets and Are Taki...	{ "question": [ "What categories received funding targets by the DOD?", "Why were these targets created?", "How much of the category fundings have been met in the past years?", "What is the projected plan to meet the target for Category B programs?", "How helpful are these steps?", "What is th...
CRS_R41880	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Evolution of the Private Sector Role in U.S. Development Assistance", "Globalization and Development", "U.S. Government Development Partners", "USAID—Global Development Alliances/Private Sector Alliances", "State Department—Global Partnership Initiative", ...	{ "question": [ "What has been the trajectory of the resources in the past decades?", "Why are development assistance agencies working with private sector entities?", "Why are private sector partners valuable to the government?", "How are modern public-private partnerships viewed?", "Why would par...
GAO_GAO-13-619	{ "title": [ "Background", "Missions and Organizations Involved in Accounting for Missing Persons", "Missing Persons Accounting Process", "Leadership Weaknesses and Fragmented Organizational Structure Undermine DOD’s Capability and Capacity to Accomplish Missing Persons Accounting Mission", "Devel...	{ "question": [ "Who holds responsibility for the accounting mission?", "How has this fragmented leadership affected the accounting mission?", "To what extent will this hinder the mission?", "How do community members feel about the organizational structure?", "What organizations are responsible fo...
CRS_R41429	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)", "Regional Programs", "Central America and the Caribbean", "Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA)", "African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)", "Preference Programs and the WTO", "Stakeholder Perspectives", ...	{ "question": [ "How has Congress attempted to foster economic growth in less developed countries?", "How do these programs affect the countries involved?", "How has Congress revised these programs?", "What further extensions may Congress consider?", "What new trade preference programs is Congress...
GAO_GAO-14-545	{ "title": [ "Background", "NE’s Approach to Advanced Reactor R&D Supports Several Advanced Reactor Technologies", "NE’s Advanced Reactor R&D Efforts Are Focused on Three Primary Reactor Technologies", "High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors", "Liquid-Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors", "Fluoride-Salt-...	{ "question": [ "What is the focus of DOE NE's approach to advanced reactor R&D?", "How does NE's approach compare to the industry's ultimate goal?", "What are some advantages to NE’s approach?", "To what extent do industry representatives agree with NE's approach?", "Why are opponents critical of...
CRS_RL32212	{ "title": [ "", "I. Introduction", "II. The Constitutional Framework for the Appointment of Officers of the United States", "III. Appointment Methods for Officers of the United States", "Officers Currently Appointed Through the Advice and Consent Process19", "Other Appointment Methods", "...	{ "question": [ "What powers does the Constitution allow Congress regarding PAS positions?", "What officials are appointed by the President, the courts, or agency heads?", "What does the appointment process consist of?", "How have PAS positions changed in the last three decades?", "To what extent ...
CRS_R42093	{ "title": [ "", "Current Conservation Portfolio", "Programs by Type", "Working Lands", "Land Retirement and Easement Programs", "Conservation Compliance", "Other Programs and Provisions", "Program Funding", "Issues for the Next Farm Bill", "Budget and Baseline Issues", "Ov...	{ "question": [ "How did the 2008 farm bill fare in the 112th Congress?", "What attention is the conservation title attracting?", "What issues were raised in the 2012 farm bill debate?", "What other issues are included in the debate?", "What factors are driving the farm bill debate?", "How has...
CRS_98-958	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Bars to Extradition", "No Treaty", "No Treaty Crime", "Military and Political Offenses", "Capital Offenses", "Want of Dual Criminality", "Extraterritoriality", "Nationality", "Double Jeopardy", "Lapse of Time", "Other Common Feature...	{ "question": [ "What is extradition?", "What extradition treaties is the United States involved in?", "Why are extradition treaties important?", "What does this report examine?", "What controversy do extradition treaties generate?", "What cases of non-extradition are covered by extradition tr...
GAO_GAO-18-427	{ "title": [ "Background", "Key Questions to Assess Agency Reforms", "Goals and Outcomes of Reforms", "Determining the Appropriate Role of the Federal Government", "Establishing Goals and Outcomes", "Process for Developing Reforms", "Involving Employees and Key Stakeholders", "Using Da...	{ "question": [ "How did the President mandate the reorganization of executive branch agencies?", "How has OMB started carrying out the executive order?", "To what extent have past reforms been successful?", "What factors do successful reforms depend upon?", "What does this report cover?", "Wh...
CRS_R44637	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Legislative History", "Funding History", "20-Year Funding Trends", "Enduring vs. Supplemental/OCO Appropriations" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Congress appropriates foreign affairs funding primarily through annual Department of State, Foreign Operations...	{ "question": [ "How does Congress currently appropriate most of its foreign affairs funding?", "How did Congress historically fund foreign affairs programs?", "What programs were not involved in this general funding?", "How did the 110th Congress change the foreign aid appropriations?", "What hav...
CRS_RS21579	{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Government and Politics", "Terrorism and Counterterrorism", "Human Rights", "The Economy", "Western Sahara48", "Foreign Policy", "U.S. Relations", "U.S. Assistance", "Recent Congressional Actions", "Outlook" ], "paragraphs": [ "", ...	{ "question": [ "How important is Morocco to the U.S.?", "How does the U.S. aid Morocco?", "Why have U.S-Morocco relations become more important in recent years?", "How have U.S.-Morocco relations expanded recently?", "How is political power managed in Morocco?", "How has the division of polit...
CRS_RL33819	{ "title": [ "", "Major Developments in 2008", "Major Developments in 2007", "Political Conditions", "Background to the Succession", "Human Rights", "Overview", "Varela Project and the National Dialogue", "Assembly to Promote Civil Society", "Economic Conditions", "Economic...	{ "question": [ "What has been the U.S. policy towards Cuba since the 1960s?", "What was the main Cuban issue in the 110th Congress?", "How was discussion in the 110th Congress different from previous years?", "How did Cuban leadership change in 2008?", "How did Congress fund the Administration's ...
GAO_GAO-17-3	{ "title": [ "Background", "Design Standards, Building Codes, and Voluntary Certifications Provide Guidelines for Infrastructure Construction", "Standards-Developing Organizations Are the Primary Source of Design Standards, Building Codes, and Voluntary Certifications", "Standards-Developing Organizat...	{ "question": [ "To what extent have standard-developing organizations made use of predicted climate information?", "How do these organizations update climate information?", "How do organizations plan to make use of projected climate information?", "How does the American Society of Civil Engineers pla...
GAO_GAO-15-416	{ "title": [ "Background", "PSDA, Advance Directives, and Advance Care Planning", "Covered Providers and CMS Oversight", "CMS Oversees Covered Providers’ Implementation of the Advance Directive Requirement by Providing Guidance and Monitoring Implementation", "CMS Provides Guidance to Help Covered...	{ "question": [ "What does CMS do regarding the PSDA?", "What are covered providers?", "How does CMS communicate with the covered providers?", "How does CMS ensure implementation of the advance directive requirement?", "How are individuals informed about advanced directives?", "How do differen...
CRS_R44784	{ "title": [ "", "Farm Policy Considerations for the 115th Congress", "Budget Situation and Outlook", "Budget Basics", "2014 Farm Bill Spending", "Future Baseline", "Farm Economy and International Environment", "Farm Safety Net Programs", "Effectiveness of the Current Farm Safety N...	{ "question": [ "How was the 2014 farm bill enacted?", "How has the scope of farm bills changed recently?", "What is the scope of the 2014 farm bill?", "What were the main provisions in the 2014 farm bill?", "What was the estimated cost of the 2014 farm bill mandatory programs?", "How were the...
GAO_GAO-16-399	{ "title": [ "Background", "Responsibilities for Oversight of Imported Food Products", "FDA’s Approach to Overseeing the Safety of Imported Food", "PREDICT Uses Data and Analyzes the Data by Applying Rules That Contribute to Risk-Based Scores, but FDA Does Not Have a Documented Process for Obtaining S...	{ "question": [ "How does the PREDICT tool calculate risk scores for imported food?", "What data does PREDICT rely on?", "How does the ORA obtain open source data?", "How does this process compare to federal standards?", "How does the lack of a documented process negatively affect ORA's operations...
CRS_R42337	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Status and Detention of Persons in War", "U.S. Practice—Detention of Enemies on U.S. Territory", "The \"Quasi War\" with France and the War of 1812", "The Civil War", "Ex Parte Milligan", "Other \"Insurrections\"—Moyer v. Peabody", "World War I", ...	{ "question": [ "What did the Supreme Court affirm in 2004?", "What court cases explored the power of the president to detain \"enemy combatants\"?", "What conclusions have lower courts made regarding the issue of wartime detention?", "What was the response of a federal judge regarding this issue?", ...
GAO_GAO-13-689	{ "title": [ "Background", "History of the DRC: Conflict and Instability", "U.S. Government Response to Situation in the DRC", "SEC’s Final Conflict Minerals Rule", "Conflict Minerals Description and Supply Chain", "Stakeholder- Developed Initiatives May Facilitate Compliance with Conflict Min...	{ "question": [ "What role might Stakeholder-developed initiatives play in regards to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) final conflict minerals rule?", "What did Agency and industry officials as well as representatives from international organizations and nongovernmental organizations (NGO) state...
CRS_R42918	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Statute and Regulation", "Implementation", "Staffing and Funding", "Number of Regulated Facilities", "Facility Inspections and Plan Approval", "Program Reviews", "Internal Review of CFATS Program", "Office of the Inspector General R...	{ "question": [ "What does the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have statutory authority to regulate?", "What extended the 113th Congress' authority?", "What has been a point of debate within Congressional policy makers?", "What debates are discussed within this issue?", "What exacerbates the...
CRS_R43005	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Decided During the Supreme Court's 2009-2010 Term", "Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep't of Environmental Protection: \"Judicial Takings\"", "Decided During the Supreme Court's 2011-2012 Term", "PPL Montana LLC v. Montana: Title Navigability", ...	{ "question": [ "What did the Supreme Court end in 2010?", "What does this large number of cases suggest?", "What is the purpose of the Takings Clause?", "What was the first case?", "What idea was endorsed in this case?", "What question often arises when courts articulate new principles of co...
CRS_RS20088	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding", "Steps in a WTO Dispute", "Consultations (Article 4)", "Establishing a Dispute Panel (Articles 6, 8)", "Panel Proceedings (Articles 12, 15, Appendix 3)", "Adoption of Panel Reports/Appellate Review (Articles 16, 17,...	{ "question": [ "What is provided for WTO Members regarding disputes over WTO agreements?", "What is the first step for WTO members to do in order to settle their disputes?", "What does the DSU provide for the Appellate Body?", "What steps are aimed at producing a more expeditious and effective system...
GAO_GAO-12-388	{ "title": [ "Background", "Limited Information on Safety Risks and Changing Operational Environments Are Leading PHMSA to Consider Collecting Data", "Limited Information", "States Could Benefit from Sharing Safety Practices", "Conclusions", "Recommendations for Executive Action", "Agency ...	{ "question": [ "How are the safety risks of onshore gathering pipelines that are not regulated by PHMSA generally considered?", "What was the response of state pipeline safety agencies to a GAO survey?", "What is needed in order to assess and manage safety risks associated with these pipelines?", "Wh...
CRS_R40966	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Crop Insurance Background", "Federal Program Costs", "Major Provisions in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement for 2010", "Reinsurance", "Assigned Risk Fund", "Developmental Fund", "Commercial Fund", "A&O Reimbursement", "General Provisions",...	{ "question": [ "What began to be renegotiated in 2004?", "What covers crops with policy closing dates after July 1, 2010?", "Why had some criticized the previous SRA?", "What has Congress been interested in?", "Why has the dollar amount risen sharply in recent years?", "What was the increase ...
CRS_R41104	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Policy Context", "Background", "Visa Issuance Policy", "§221(g) Disqualification", "§212(a) Exclusion", "Permanent Admissions (Immigrant Visas)", "Procedures", "Trends", "Temporary Admissions (Nonimmigrant Visas)", "Procedures", "§2...	{ "question": [ "How might foreign nationals who are not already legally residing in the United States be admitted?", "What are the titles for these various immigration statuses?", "What steps must they take to determine whether they are eligible for admission?", "Who is responsible for proving the el...
CRS_RL32306	{ "title": [ "", "Most Recent Developments", "Introduction", "FY2004 Budget and Appropriations", "FY2005 Budget and Appropriations", "Current Overview", "Earlier Action on Appropriations", "Major Issues", "Status of Bill", "Major Funding Trends", "Title I: Department of the...	{ "question": [ "What is included within the Interior and related agencies appropriations bill?", "What did the two bills passed by the House and the Senate do?", "What were the effects of these bills?", "What did these bills provide for in case of emergency?", "What did the House, Senate, and con...
GAO_GAO-13-93	{ "title": [ "Background", "Reentry Population Needs", "Grant Program Administration and Reentry Grant History", "Prior Findings Related to Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication across DOJ Grant Programs", "Federal Reentry Grant Programs Are Fragmented but Minimally Overlapping, Reducing the Ris...	{ "question": [ "What did the Departments of Justice (DOJ), Labor (Labor), and Health and Human Services (HHS) do in the fiscal year 2011?", "What were the GAO's findings?", "What would be some examples of minimally overlapping reentry grant programs with low risk of duplication?", "Why are the reentr...
CRS_R42370	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Legal Requirements for Religious Exemptions to Health Care Coverage Requirements", "Neutral Laws of General Applicability", "Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993: Applying Heightened Scrutiny to Burdens on Religious Exercise", "Public Health and Gender Equi...	{ "question": [ "What has happened since the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010?", "What has the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury done with regards to the ACA?", "What is covered under this exemption?", "How is the religious empl...
CRS_RL30631	{ "title": [ "", "Background on Congressional Pensions", "Retirement Plans Available to Members of Congress", "Members First Elected Before 1984", "Members First Elected Since 1984", "Age and Length-of-Service Requirements", "Retirement Under CSRS", "Retirement Under FERS", "Coordi...	{ "question": [ "What social security tax did federal civil service employees and members of Congress pay before 1984?", "Instead of Social Security benefits, what were they covered by?", "How did this practice get changed?", "What was the CSRS turned into?", "What system covers members of Congres...
GAO_GAO-14-799	{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of U.S. Assistance to Egypt", "U.S. Direct Funding of Democracy and Governance Assistance in Egypt", "Views on Egyptian Law Governing Activities of NGOs", "Prosecution of NGOs in Egypt", "Egypt’s Political Transitions", "The U.S. Government Identified R...	{ "question": [ "Why did the U.S. government not provide democracy and governance assistance in Egypt?", "Why would the Egyptian government object to democracy and governance assistance?", "What recommendation does the USAID and Department of State make?", "How has the USAID and State made progress to...
CRS_R45031	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Official Measure of Poverty", "What is the SPM?", "Broadly Comparing the Official Poverty Measure to the SPM", "The Supplemental Poverty Measure: Research to Address Limitations of the Official Poverty Measure", "Criticisms of the Official Poverty Meas...	{ "question": [ "How were the official poverty thresholds derived?", "How did the food budget change to become the official poverty thresholds?", "How have the poverty thresholds changed since their introduction?", "On what are SPM’s thresholds based?", "What is the process to determine poverty th...
GAO_GAO-17-613	{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of FEMA’s Workforce", "FEMA Misconduct Directive and Manuals", "FEMA Offices Involved in Managing Misconduct", "DHS OIG Role in Reviewing and Investigating Misconduct", "General Misconduct Process", "FEMA Has Developed and Documented Misconduct Policies...	{ "question": [ "How effective is the data that FEMA collects on their misconduct cases?", "How does the number of disciplinary actions compare to the number of complaints of misconduct using data from 2014 through 2016?", "Why does FEMA need to improve their misconduct data collection?", "How could F...
CRS_R43161	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "H-2A Agricultural Worker Visa", "Legislative Activity in the 113th Congress", "H.R. 1773", "S. 744" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Foreign temporary workers, also known as guest workers, have a long history of performing agricultural labor in the United S...	{ "question": [ "What agencies are involved in bringing in H-2A workers?", "Why must employers apply to the DOL for a certification to bring in H-2A workers?", "What must employers do besides obtain a certification in order to hire H-2A workers?", "Why has the H-2A program been criticized?", "What...
GAO_GAO-17-215	{ "title": [ "Background", "AOUSC Is Able to Identify Security Concerns across the Courthouse Portfolio, While the Marshals Service and FPS Are Able to Identify Concerns at the Individual Building Level", "AOUSC Develops Portfolio-Wide Information About Security Concerns", "Marshals Service and FPS Id...	{ "question": [ "What responsibility does AOUSC, Marshals Service, and FPS share?", "What differs about AOUSC's role compared to the Marshals Service and FPS?", "Why do the Marshals Service and FPS's methods of information collection pose a potential problem?", "What remains unclear regarding these im...
GAO_GAO-17-191	{ "title": [ "Background", "2016 Census Test Highlighted Data Collection Challenges", "The Bureau Needs to Better Understand Factors Contributing to NRFU Non-interviews", "Enumerators Faced Challenges Implementing New Procedures", "The Bureau Can Better Leverage Enumerator- Collected Information o...	{ "question": [ "What was a primary focus of the 2016 Census Test?", "What are non-interviews?", "Why might there have been so many non-interviews?", "Why must the reason behind the large number of non-interviews be researched?", "How would the Bureau benefit from refining enumeration procedures a...
CRS_R41099	{ "title": [ "", "Overview of Charitable Choice Legislation and the Faith-Based Initiative", "Constitutional Requirements for Public Funding of Religious Organizations", "Direct Funding", "Indirect Funding", "Legal Protections for Faith-Based Funding Recipients and for Program Beneficiaries", ...	{ "question": [ "What legislation made use of charitable choice rules?", "How do charitable choice rules benefit religious organizations?", "How do charitable choice rules affect Congress now?", "What controversy has stemmed from such programs?", "What argument do supporters of faith-based funding...

CRS_R43406

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Technical Aspects", "Plutonium", "Pits", "The Pit Production Process", "Life Extension Programs", "Pit Production Capacity: How Much Is Needed?", "Plutonium-238", "Key Regulatory Terms", "Facility Aspects: Buildings to Sup...

{ "question": [ "What is a pit?", "Where were pits produced during the Cold War?", "How has pit production changed since 1989?", "What is current U.S. nuclear policy?", "How does the Department of Defense plan to maintain existing nuclear weapons?", "Why do some people disagree with the Depart...

CRS_R43930

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Home Visiting", "What is Home Visiting?", "Research on Home Visiting", "Overview of the MIECHV Program", "Eligible Families", "Funding", "Formula Funding", "Competitive Funding", "Funding Levels", "Coordination in the Commun...

{ "question": [ "What does the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program provide?", "Who conducts the home visits?", "What services do these professionals provide during their home visits?", "How do families become participants?", "How many families were involved...

CRS_R40566

{ "title": [ "", "U.S. Policy Toward Cuban Migrants", "Evolution of the Policy", "Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966", "Cuban Migration Agreement, September 1994", "Cuban Migration Agreement, May 1995", "Special Cuban Migration Lottery", "Federal Assistance to Cuban Migrants", "Cuban-Hai...

{ "question": [ "What characterizes Cuban migration?", "How has immigration from Cuba changed since Fidel Castro came to power?", "What immigration practice has become commonplace in the past 50 years?", "What changes have been made since the mid-1990s?", "How have these migration policies been re...

GAO_GAO-18-562

{ "title": [ "Background", "Laws and Presidential Directives Guiding DHS’s Chemical Defense Efforts", "Our Work on Duplication, Overlap, and Fragmentation of Federal Programs", "DHS Has Several Chemical Defense Programs and Activities Intended to Prevent and Protect Against Chemical Attacks", "A C...

{ "question": [ "How does DHS combat chemical attacks?", "What are some of the different components of the DHS programs?", "How has the organization of DHS's chemical defense programs changed?", "What was discovered about about DHS' chemical defense program?", "What redundancies existed within DHS...

GAO_GAO-15-27

{ "title": [ "Background", "Over Half of Grantees Could Track Some Individuals from Early Education into the Workforce, but Data Are Generally Limited", "Over Half of Grantees Have the Ability to Match Some Individual Records from Early Education to Workforce", "Most Grantees Are Not Able to Match Dat...

{ "question": [ "What did GAO determine about grantee states?", "What is the DQC?", "What did the DQC do in its survey?", "What problems arise with match rates?", "What did GAO discover about match rates?", "What challenges did state officials site regarding matching data?", "In what way d...

CRS_R42641

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Origins of the GSCF Concept", "Basic Provisions", "Uses and Approval Processes", "Security and Counterterrorism Training", "Coalition Support", "Justice Sector, Rule of Law, and Stabilization Assistance", "Deletion of Transitional Authorities for H...

{ "question": [ "What did the FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 112-81), Section 1207, create?", "What is the purpose of this fund?", "What agency oversees the GSCF budget?", "What agency oversees GSCF decisions?", "Why was the GSCF inaugurated?", "What does it consist of?", ...

CRS_RL33705

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Oil Spill Data: Recent Trends", "Coast Guard Data", "PHMSA Data", "Impacts of Oil Spills in Aquatic Environments", "Acute Impacts", "Chronic Impacts", "Ecosystem Recovery", "Economic Costs of Oil Spills", "Cleanup Costs", ...

{ "question": [ "What oil spills have raised national concern?", "What other spills have attracted attention?", "What factors determine the impact of an oil spill?", "What impacts emerge as a result of these factors?", "What rates of oil spills have been observed over the past two decades?", "...

CRS_RL34646

{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Political Situation", "The Lawsuit to Ban the AKP and its Aftermath", "Ergenekon", "Role of the Military", "U.S. Policy" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Secularism has been one of the \"fundamental and unchanging principles\" guiding the Turkish Republic s...

{ "question": [ "What is the Turkish Republic's relationship to secularism?", "What has been the response of various political parties to this principle?", "What happens to these political parties?", "What is the AKP?", "How have the AKP's victories affected Turkey?", "What was the outcome of ...

CRS_R44670

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Full Retirement Age", "Early Eligibility Age", "Actuarial Modification to Benefits: Claiming Before or After the FRA", "Actuarial Reduction for Claiming Benefits Before the FRA", "Delayed Retirement Credit for Claiming Benefits After the FRA", "Retirem...

{ "question": [ "What are the benefits of attaining the Social Security full retirement age?", "What determines a worker's monthly benefit amount?", "What is the intention of the adjustments?", "What occurs if one claims benefits before the FRA?", "What was the FRA at the inception of Social Secur...

CRS_RL34522

{ "title": [ "", "Recent Developments1", "Bilateral Relations with the United States", "General Background", "History", "Geography", "Government, Politics, and Elections", "Structure of Government", "Political Dynamics", "Lead Up to 2008 Elections", "The Caretaker Governmen...

{ "question": [ "How did Bangladesh gain its independence?", "What has characterized Bangladeshi politics since independence?", "What is the nature of the two dominant political parties?", "How do parties attempt to regain control when not in power?", "What threatens Bangladesh's democratic nature...

GAO_GAO-14-111

{ "title": [ "Background", "Investigating and Acting on Potential Fraud", "ZPIC Contracts by Area of Work and Award Amount", "CMS Paid About $108 Million to ZPICs during Calendar Year 2012, Primarily for Fee-for-Service Work, which ZPICs Mostly Spent on Fraud Case Development", "ZPICs Reported Mor...

{ "question": [ "How did ZPICs affect Medicare savings in 2012?", "How did ZPICs work with law enforcement?", "Why would CMS benefit from knowing the timeliness of ZPICs' actions?", "What kind of ratings did ZPICs receive?", "What is the relationship between CMS and ZPIC?", "Why do most measur...

CRS_R45140

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Economics and Statistics Administration/Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau", "Economics and Statistics Administration", "Bureau of Economic Analysis", "Census Bureau", "The FY2018 Budget Request", "Economics and Statistics Administration...

{ "question": [ "How does the FY2018 request for the Census Bureau compare to the previous year's?", "How is the FY2018 request divided?", "What are the most important programs under the Periodic Censuses and Programs account?", "What did the House Committee on Appropriations do in 2017?", "How di...

GAO_GAO-18-432T

{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Programs and Functions", "Challenges to Managing SSA’s Disability Workloads and Ensuring Program Integrity", "Making Timely Disability Decisions", "Modernizing Disability Criteria", "Enhancing the Accuracy and Consistency of Disability Decisions", "Preventin...

{ "question": [ "What does GAO's prior work show about SSA?", "Why are SSA's workloads increasing?", "How does GAO's prior work address these concerns?", "How is SSA handling disability workloads?", "How did GAO recommend that SSA address this issue?", "How is SSA addressing the issue after GA...

GAO_GAO-13-64

{ "title": [ "Background", "History of 529 Plans", "529 Plan Operation and Features", "Plan Disclosures", "Student Financial Aid", "Few Families Have 529 Plans and Those Who Do Tend to Be Wealthier", "A Small Percentage of Families Have 529 Plans", "Families with 529 Plans Generally Ha...

{ "question": [ "How did U.S. families utilize 529 plans in 2010?", "How popular are 529 plans?", "Why might available income for education savings have been reduced?", "How do families with 529 or Coverdell plans differ from families without these accounts?", "How do different types of 529 plans ...

CRS_RL34487

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "An Evolving Security Environment in Asia", "Japan's Nuclear Capacity", "Japan's Nuclear Energy Program", "Technological Potential", "Japanese Legal and Political Restraints", "Domestic Factors", "Public Opinion", "Elite Opinio...

{ "question": [ "What is Japan's stance on nuclear weapons?", "Why has Japan's vulnerability to nuclear threats been called into question?", "How has this anxiety affected the Japanese taboo of discussing nuclear weapons capabilities?", "How have these factors affected the overall Japanese public cons...

CRS_RL32176

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent Legislation", "112th Congress", "Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2011 (H.R. 2126)", "111th Congress", "Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2010 (H.R. 4802)", "110th Congress", "Increasing Insurance Coverage Options for Consumers Act of 2...

{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of RRGs and RPGs?", "Why were these groups created by Congress?", "What rules apply to these groups?", "How has interest in RRGs and RPGs changed over the last two decades?", "What happened to the insurance market between 2001 and 2004?", "Why have cautiona...

CRS_RL31936

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background on General Revenue Sharing", "Amount", "Allocation Formula", "Economic Rationale for GRS Grants", "Fiscal Reallocation", "State and Local Government Liquidity Problems", "Federal and State-Local Fiscal Policy Synchronization", "Analy...

{ "question": [ "What is the function of this report?", "What is the history of the GRS?", "How did states specifically benefit from GRS?", "What was the rationale behind GRS in 1972?", "Why did proponents and opponents of GRS modify their arguments?", "How could GRS be implemented?", "Why...

GAO_GAO-17-570

{ "title": [ "Background", "In Addition to Broad IoT Research and Oversight, Federal Agencies More Directly Support Communities by Funding IoT Projects and Fostering Collaboration", "Broad Federal IoT Research and Oversight Provide Underlying Support for IoT in Communities", "Research", "Oversight...

{ "question": [ "How does DOT support communities?", "How does the White House plan to support such efforts?", "How are communities funding IoT projects?", "What types of actions were taken with federal funding?", "Why have some communities found IoT projects difficult to deploy?", "Why are co...

CRS_RS22947

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "The EFV Program", "What Is the EFV?3", "Program Structure", "Program History5", "Problems During the SDD Phase", "2006 Operational Assessment14", "EFV Redesign", "Critical Design Review and Additional Prototypes20", "Current EFV Testing23", ...

{ "question": [ "Why was the EFV created?", "What is the purpose of the AAV?", "What has characterized the EFV development process?", "What is its current status?", "How did the Secretary of Defense respond to the issues with the EFV?", "Why did General Dynamics propose to only build 200 EFVs?...

CRS_R42854

{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Federal Emergency Assistance for Agricultural and Rural Land", "Emergency Conservation Program", "Purpose, Activities, and Authority", "Eligible Land", "Eligible Participant", "Funding and Allocation", "Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)", ...

{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of ECP?", "How does ECP accomplish this?", "What limitations does ECP have for who receives money?", "Why was EFRP created?", "What agencies administer the EWP programs?", "How does the EWP program work?", "What kinds of land might be affected?", "H...

CRS_R45723

{ "title": [ "", "What is Fiscal Policy?", "Expansionary Fiscal Policy", "Potential Offsetting Effects to Expansionary Fiscal Policy", "Investment and Interest Rates", "Exchange Rates and the Trade Balance", "Inflation", "Fiscal Expansion Multipliers", "Long-Term Considerations Reg...

{ "question": [ "What is fiscal policy?", "What does it look like to implement fiscal policy?", "How does the government increase or decrease economic activity?", "How does the government stimulate the economy?", "How does increasing government spending spur economic activity?", "How does decr...

CRS_R43446

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Budget Summary", "Medicare", "Medicaid", "Program Integrity", "CHIP", "State Grants and Demonstrations", "Private Health Insurance Programs", "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)", "Program Management", "Legislative Propos...

{ "question": [ "What does CMS do?", "Why is CMS significant?", "What relation do CMS programs have to the American public?", "How does CMS relate to the Affordable Care Act?", "What is the CMS budget for FY2015?", "Why is that significant?", "What does this budget include?" ], "summar...

GAO_GAO-13-212

{ "title": [ "Background", "Organizational Responsibilities for Operational Contract Support", "Contingency Planning", "OSD, the Joint Staff, and the Services Have Taken Steps to Integrate Operational Contract Support, but Most of the Military Services Have Not Issued Comprehensive Guidance", "OSD...

{ "question": [ "How have the OSD, Joint Staff, and services tried to improve planning for contingency operations?", "What steps have these stakeholders taken to accomplish this?", "What action has DOD taken?", "How has Army participated in this process?", "Why haven't the Navy, Marine Corps, and ...

GAO_GAO-17-488

{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of FMCSA’s IT Environment", "FMCSA Modernization Efforts", "FMCSA’s Plans to Modernize Existing Systems Are Not Complete", "FMCSA Has Not Fully Implemented Key Elements of a Sound IT Governance and Oversight Process", "FMCSA Did Not Fully Ensure That Select...

{ "question": [ "What is the nature of FMCSA's modernization plan?", "What else is the existing plan missing?", "Why hasn't a comprehensive plan been created yet?", "In what way is the lack of a comprehensive plan holding back FMCSA?", "What characterizes FMCA's IT governance strategy?", "How ...

GAO_GAO-17-677

{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Minimum Wage", "Poverty Measurement", "Federally Funded Social Safety Net Programs", "Characteristics of the Low-Wage Workforce Changed Little from 1995 through 2016", "Low-Wage Workers Comprised About 40 Percent of the U.S. Workforce Ages 25 to 64", "Li...

{ "question": [ "What did GAO determine about low-wage workers?", "How has their percentage of the U.S. workforce developed?", "What is the percentage of low-wage workers in the U.S.?", "What is the result of the combination of low wages and few hours?", "What characterized families with a low-wag...

CRS_RS21625

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction and Overview of the Currency Issue", "Background on China's Currency Policy", "2005: China Reforms the Peg", "2008: RMB Appreciation Halted", "2010: RMB Appreciation Resumes", "Factoring in Inflation and Trade-Weighted Flows", "Concerns in the United Stat...

{ "question": [ "What is the attitude of Congresspeople toward China's tendency to intervene in currency markets?", "What are their concerns about imports and exports?", "How does this affect the U.S.?", "How has China's RMB policy changed?", "How did RMB appreciation change after the 2008 economi...

CRS_R45595

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Laws Protecting Students with Disabilities", "Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973", "The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act", "The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990", "Defining \"Disability\"", "The IDEA's Categorical Definitio...

{ "question": [ "What federal efforts exist to support individuals with disabilities?", "What is the implication of the differences between these frameworks?", "What different populations do the frameworks address?", "What factors determine the application of the three frameworks?", "What does the...

CRS_RL33325

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Structural Trends", "Beef Production", "Pork Production", "Poultry Production", "Vertical Coordination and Contracting", "Contracts", "Other Livestock Marketing Arrangements", "Relevant Authorities and Agencies", "Historical Context", "...

{ "question": [ "What is the relationship between Congress and the meat industry?", "What role have top firms played in the industry?", "What has characterized the beef sector?", "What has characterized the pork sector?", "What accounts for these changes?", "What preciptated major antitrust la...

GAO_GAO-19-219

{ "title": [ "Background", "Most Centers Reported that the Cost Share Adjustment Has Helped Them Better Serve Manufacturers, but Some Officials Noted that the Impact Is Hard to Measure", "Most Centers Reported that the Cost Share Adjustment Has Increased Financial Stability and Enhanced Their Ability to S...

{ "question": [ "How has the AICA impacted MEP centers?", "How did the AICA adjust the cost share ratio?", "What improvements resulted from the adjustment?", "What was the financial influence of the adjustment?", "What other factors may have influenced the centers?", "How did the recomposition...

CRS_R43778

{ "title": [ "", "Executive Summary", "Medicaid Prescription Drug Reimbursement", "Drug Expenditures and Trends", "Medicaid Prescription Drug Issues", "Conclusion", "Overview", "Medicaid Program Basics", "Medicaid Prescription Drug Benefits", "Fee-for-Service Coverage", "Me...

{ "question": [ "What is Medicaid?", "How does Medicaid treat prescription drugs?", "What is the relationship between federal rules and prescription drug coverage?", "How does Medicaid interact with pharmaceutical manufacturers?", "How does Medicaid law determine the rebate?", "What comprises ...

CRS_RL31630

{ "title": [ "", "Overview of Noncitizen Eligibility for Medicaid Benefits", "Emergency Medicaid", "Funding for Emergency Services Prior to P.L. 108-173", "Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997", "Estimated Total Cost", "GAO Study", "Reimbursement of Certain Emergency Medical Expenses", ...

{ "question": [ "What is the status of the discourse regarding unauthorized aliens and emergency care?", "Why is it difficult to evaluate these numbers?", "What role does the federal government play in emergency medical care for undocumented aliens?", "How has Medicare included resources for unauthori...

GAO_GAO-17-360

{ "title": [ "Background", "Avian Influenza Viruses", "Avian Influenza Transmission", "Poultry in the United States", "Our Related Prior Work", "Federal Agencies’ Roles in Avian Influenza Response, Research, Surveillance, and Other Related Activities", "Avian Influenza Has Harmed Human Hea...

{ "question": [ "What sectors are affected by avian influenza outbreaks?", "What was the impact of the 2014 outbreak in the United States?", "What regions have been affected by avian influenza in the last 20 years?", "How does avian influenza affect animals?", "How does avian influenza affect othe...

CRS_R44115

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction and Background", "Authorization and Reauthorization", "Federal, State, and Local Administration", "Funding", "Eligibility", "Categorical Eligibility", "Income Eligibility", "Nutritional Risk", "Residential Eligibility and Immigration Status", ...

{ "question": [ "What is the WIC?", "How does the WIC gain its legal support?", "How are the funds for WIC distributed?", "How were the state agencies distributed?", "How do these agencies operate locally?", "How do WIC participants meet eligibility?", "What are some physical restrictions ...

CRS_RS22984

{ "title": [ "", "China's Stake in the Current Crisis", "China's Exposure to the Global Financial Crisis", "China's Response to the Crisis", "China's Stimulus Program", "Has China's Economy Bottomed Out?", "China's Potential Role and Implications for the United States" ], "paragraphs":...

{ "question": [ "What was the recent trajectory of China's economy?", "How did the 2007-2008 financial crisis affect the Chinese economy?", "Why is a failing economy concerning for China?", "How does the failing economy particularly affect the export industry?", "How does the Chinese government pl...

GAO_GAO-16-446

{ "title": [ "Background", "Diagnosing Autism", "Interventions for Autism", "Federal Education Programs that Serve Young Children with Autism", "Federal Health Insurance Programs that Serve Young Children with Autism", "Coordination of Federal Autism Research and Other Activities", "Agenci...

{ "question": [ "What did GAO find regarding autism intervention services?", "How do children receive these intervention services?", "What did GAO find regarding the nature of these interventions?", "How has HHS helped coordinate federal autism research?", "What did GAO learn regarding coordinatio...

CRS_RL34687

{ "title": [ "", "Political and Social Challenges to Haitian Development", "Economic Background", "Macroeconomic Performance and Policy Responses", "Sector Issues", "Foreign Trade and Investment", "Apparel Production in Haiti", "Evaluating Haiti's Competitiveness", "Effects and Imp...

{ "question": [ "What was the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act?", "Why were these rules set in place?", "What were the components of HOPE I?", "What inspired the creation of HOPE II?", "To what extent has HOPE II been effective?", "How did HOPE II amend eli...

GAO_GAO-14-17

{ "title": [ "Background", "Foreclosure Rescue Schemes Remain at High Levels and Have Become More Complex", "Consumer Complaints and Suspicious Activity Reports about Foreclosure Rescue Schemes Increased after 2009", "Consumer Complaints Reported by FTC and Lawyers’ Committee", "More Complex Schem...

{ "question": [ "What did the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network find regarding foreclosure rescue schemes?", "What characterized the trends in SAR reports during that same period?", "How did the schemes evolve in that time?", "Why do schemes involving attorneys present particular challenges?", "What...

GAO_GAO-16-490

{ "title": [ "Background", "Patent Examination Process", "Patent Infringement Litigation and Challenges", "USPTO’s Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative", "Patent Infringement Litigation Has Increased in Recent Years, and the Majority of Lawsuits Involved Patents Related to Computers and Computer Sof...

{ "question": [ "What was the trajectory of district court filings of new patent infringement lawsuits between 2007 and 2015?", "How does the Eastern District of Texas illustrate this rise?", "What accounts for this rise in patent infringement suits?", "What else has the GAO discovered regarding paten...

GAO_GAO-15-142

{ "title": [ "Background", "Vaccines Covered by the Program and on the Vaccine Injury Table", "VICP Claims Process", "Requirements for Disseminating Information on the Program", "Most Claims Took Multiple Years to Adjudicate and Many Were Adjudicated by Settlement or Addressed by an Omnibus Procee...

{ "question": [ "Why might delays on adjudicating claims occur?", "To what extent have vaccine injury compensation claims experienced delays?", "How is the program attempting to ensure that claims are meeting the target time?", "How has HHS changed its vaccine injury table since 1999?", "What is t...

CRS_R41138

{ "title": [ "", "Federal Facility Security Levels", "Interagency Security Committee (ISC)", "1995-2003: GSA Chairmanship", "2003-Present: DHS Chairmanship", "Executive Branch Facility Security", "Federal Protective Service", "Historical Overview and Current FPS Authority", "Federa...

{ "question": [ "What was the goal of the FPS legislation?", "In what way was the legislation introduced?", "What was the goal of these two introduced bills?", "How are federal facilities defined?", "What is in the federal government’s real property portfolio?", "What is else included in the r...

CRS_R41605

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "What Rules Apply in Committees?", "Rules of Direct Relevance to Committees", "Importance of Procedure in Committee", "Committee Rules", "Subcommittees", "Number of Subcommittees", "Other Committee Subunits than Subcommittees", "Subcommittee Rat...

{ "question": [ "What is the nature of Rule XI?", "What is Rule X?", "What does Rule XIII concern?", "How do House committees interact with these rules?", "What does this report concern?", "What topics does the report not address?", "How is the report organized?", "To what extent do co...

GAO_GAO-15-511

{ "title": [ "Background", "Intent of and Eligibility Requirements for LQA", "State, OPM, and DOD Roles and Responsibilities for LQA", "DOD’s 2013 Audit of Employees Who Were Hired Overseas and Receiving LQA", "DOD Has Taken Steps to Clarify Requirements for LQA Eligibility, but Is Not Monitoring ...

{ "question": [ "What is the current status of LQA eligibility requirements?", "Through what regulations does DOD make LQA eligibility determinations?", "What problems have occured with LQA eligibility?", "To what were these errors attributed?", "What steps has DOD taken to improve this process?",...

CRS_R44680

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "U.S. Law and Internet Gambling", "Online and Traditional Gambling", "Lotteries", "Commercial Casinos", "Tribal Gambling", "Indian Gaming Regulatory Act", "Financing Uncertainty", "Pari-Mutuel Betting", "Sports Betting", "Regulation of I...

{ "question": [ "What is the current nature of the gambling industry?", "How has digital technology changed the industry?", "How much revenue does the online gambling industry produce?", "On what level of government is gambling regulated?", "How has Congress shaped the industry?", "What is the...

CRS_R44294

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Correa Government", "2017 Elections and the Moreno Government", "Economic Conditions", "U.S. Relations", "U.S. Foreign Assistance", "Commercial Relations", "Outlook" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Ecuador is a small nation situated along t...

{ "question": [ "What best describes Ecuador?", "How important is Ecuador in the oil trade?", "What is the nature of its trade relationship with the United States?", "How has Ecuador's oil export changed in recent years?", "What characterized Ecuador's leadership in the past two decades?", "Ho...

GAO_GAO-17-47

{ "title": [ "Background", "Proxy Advisory Firms", "U.S. Regulatory Framework", "International Regulatory Actions Related to Proxy Advisory Firms", "Several Factors Have Led to Increased Demand for and Influence of Proxy Advisory Firms, but Mixed Views Exist on the Extent of Influence", "Incre...

{ "question": [ "What is the role of proxy advisory firms?", "How has their influence changed?", "To what extent is there a consensus regarding the scale of this influence?", "How do proxy advisory firms update their voting policies?", "How has this process changed?", "What are the issues with...

GAO_GAO-16-625

{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Title IV-E and IV-B Funding for Tribal Child Welfare Programs", "Title IV-E Funding", "Title IV-B Funding", "Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement as a Case Goal", "HHS Assistance for Tribes on Titles IV-E and IV-B", "Data Show That the Use of APP...

{ "question": [ "How do agencies receive child welfare funding?", "Why might a child be assigned an APPLA case goal?", "What typically happens to children assigned an APPLA case?", "How did GAO study APPLA cases?", "What did the data reveal?", "What did GAO learn in its interview process?", ...

GAO_GAO-19-50

{ "title": [ "Background", "Becoming a Military Dentist", "Roles and Responsibilities for the Recruitment and Retention of Military Dentists", "GAO’s Prior Work on Military Treatment Facility Staffing Models and Tools", "Two of Three Services Use Validated Dental Clinic Staffing Models, and None o...

{ "question": [ "What are the officials' plan in developing the standards for dental care?", "What are the benefits of cross-service staffing in standardizing clinic staffing?", "What is the operating model for clinic staffing required by service officials?", "How are these requirements contrasting DO...

CRS_RL30785

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "A Brief Legislative History", "Child Care Programs Prior to 1996", "Child Care Reforms of 1996", "Authorization Status of Child Care Programs", "Recent CCDBG Reauthorization Efforts", "Recent HHS Regulatory Proposal", "HHS Office of Child Care", ...

{ "question": [ "What were Congress and the Obama Administration both interested in?", "What bill did the House approve?", "What effect would this bill take?", "Which bill does this bill amend?", "What is the current situation for the proposed rule issued by HHS?", "What are discretionary chil...

CRS_R44460

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Administration Actions", "Supplemental Request", "Reprogrammings", "Uses of Reprogrammed Funds", "Congressional Actions", "House Bill (H.R. 5243)", "Senate Bill (H.R. 2577)", "Conference Report (H.Rept. 114-640)", "FY2017 Continuing Resolut...

{ "question": [ "What was the funding requested by the Obama Administration that would be exempted from discretionary spending limits?", "What were the details of the request?", "What did the request seek if circumstances change?", "What were the other goals the request sought to achieve?", "What ...

GAO_GAO-15-221

{ "title": [ "Background", "Many Networked Information Systems Support NAS Operations", "Information Security Is Critical to the Nation’s Critical Infrastructures, Including Air Traffic Control Systems", "Several Organizations within FAA Are Responsible for Information Security", "Requirements for...

{ "question": [ "What is the threat for FAA brought by its security control weaknesses?", "What are these weaknesses?", "What are the shortcomings that increase the risk from these weaknesses?", "What has FAA also not done?", "What is required by the Federal Information Security Management Act of ...

CRS_R40142

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "COBRA Coverage", "General Requirements", "Covered Employers", "Qualified Beneficiaries", "Qualifying Events", "The Nature of COBRA Coverage", "Duration of Coverage", "COBRA Coverage and Medicare", "Notice Requirements", "Election of Cover...

{ "question": [ "What happens to the employer-sponsored health insurance when an employee is terminated?", "What would happen if that health insurance is family coverage?", "How would the family situation change if the worker finds another job with health benefits?", "Besides losing employment, how el...

CRS_RL31931

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background to Federal Climate Change Policy: From \"No Regrets\" Back to \"No Regrets\"", "The International Framework", "Developing Programs: EPACT and Climate Action Plans", "Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol", "Regulatory Programs Affecting Emissions of G...

{ "question": [ "How should climate change be addressed?", "What actions have the United States taken in response to climate change?", "What does this report provide?", "What issue have recent federal court decisions raised?", "What does this report focus on in the aspect of the raised issue?", ...

GAO_GAO-13-606

{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD’s Emphasis on Initiatives to Build the Defense Capacity of Partner Nations", "DOD Regional Centers’ Mission", "Regional Centers’ Programs and Activities Share Some Similarities with Those Offered by Other DOD Organizations, but There Are Notable Differences", "DOD O...

{ "question": [ "In what aspects do the Regional Centers for Security Studies share similarities and differences with other DOD institutions?", "What were the similarities that GAO found?", "How are they different in offering their curricula?", "How are they different in their target audience?", "...

CRS_R45728

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of U.S. Agricultural Trade1", "Trump Administration Trade Policy11", "Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Exports32", "USDA's Trade-Aid Package in Response to Trade Retaliation38", "U.S. Withdrawal from Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)47", ...

{ "question": [ "How does Congress generally regard agricultural trade?", "How has this interest been directed alongside the goals of the Trump Administration's goals?", "How has the Trump Administration affected tariffs?", "What was the reaction to the new tariffs?", "How did the US attempt to co...

GAO_GAO-18-57

{ "title": [ "Background", "GAO Previously Reviewed FAA’s MPL Methodology", "FAA Did Not Fully Address the CSLCA’s Three Mandated Requirements", "FAA Has Not Fully Evaluated the Balance between Government Liability Exposure and Industry Insurance Costs", "FAA Evaluated Only Indirect Costs to Indus...

{ "question": [ "How was the FAA ordered to change their policies?", "How did the FAA fail to reevaluate their new policies?", "What are the FAA probability thresholds?", "How has the FAA responded its methodology’s weaknesses?", "What changes did they make to address the two weaknesses?", "Wh...

GAO_GAO-19-496

{ "title": [ "Background", "While Health Centers’ Revenue Doubled from 2010 through 2017, the Share of Revenue from Grants Decreased", "HRSA Awarded CHCF Grants Primarily to Support Ongoing Operations and Services at Health Centers", "Agency Comments", "Appendix I: Information on Health Centers an...

{ "question": [ "What makes up health center revenue?", "How did health center revenue change from 2010 to 2017?", "How did the makeup of the revenue change?", "How did federal and state grant revenue change?", "How did health centers change in the 2010 to 2017 period of time?", "How did patie...

GAO_GAO-14-144

{ "title": [ "Background", "Statutory and VEI Task Force Changes to TAP", "Administration of the Revamped TAP", "Other Federal Employment Programs That Serve Transitioning Servicemembers and Veterans", "Agencies Report That Most Locations Have Implemented Key TAP Components, but Some Locations Are...

{ "question": [ "How has TAP been implemented?", "What is missing from these TAP implementations?", "How are these missing parts proceeding with the program?", "Why is the TAP evaluation not suitable?", "What TAP measurements do agencies track?", "How does this tracking fail to assist more mea...

CRS_RL33872

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Legislative History of the Refuge", "Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act", "Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act", "Chandler Lake Agreement of 1983", "Other Legislative Actions Prior to the 115th Congress", "Actions in the ...

{ "question": [ "Why is development in the ANWR an issue?", "What resources does ANWR have?", "How did Trump change the use of the ANWR for energy?", "What is the monetary value of this law?", "What does this report discuss?", "How is ANWR managed?", "Why is the location of the gas and oil...

GAO_GAO-12-54

{ "title": [ "Background", "OMB and Agencies Take a Number of Steps to Ensure Efficient Information Collections, Though Opportunities Exist for Refinements", "OMB Uses Its Oversight Authority to Improve Efficiency", "The Reliability of Information in OMB’s Information Collections Database Needs to Be ...

{ "question": [ "What is the role of the OMB?", "What authority do they hold?", "How is OMB collection information made public?", "What advice does OMB give?", "What did the GAO find on the OMB's documentation?", "What advice did the GAO have from this review?", "Why are interagency commit...

GAO_GAO-16-475

{ "title": [ "Background", "Earned Income Tax Credit", "Additional Child Tax Credit", "American Opportunity Tax Credit", "More Taxpayers Claim the EITC than Other Refundable Tax Credits and the Largest Share of Benefits Go to Those Making Less than $20,000", "Lack of Third Party Data Complicat...

{ "question": [ "What is the relationship between RTCs and the IRS?", "Why are these rules complex?", "What else makes the rules even more complex?", "What contributes to the complexity of the rules?", "How do the dollar amounts change over the years?", "How are audits used by the IRS?", "...

GAO_GAO-12-481

{ "title": [ "Background", "Permissible Providers", "Medicare EHR Program Requirements", "Medicaid EHR Program Requirements", "For the First Program Year, Processes Are Being Implemented to Verify Requirements Were Met, and CMS Has Opportunities to Improve Them", "CMS and Selected States Are I...

{ "question": [ "In what circumstance does CMS allow providers to exempt themselves from reporting certain measures?", "How might unreliable measures impact CMS?", "Why might the CMS acknowledge the relevance of the measures?", "How have the providers responded to the Medicare EHR program?", "What...

CRS_R44593

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Purpose of the NFIP", "Reduction of Comprehensive Flood Risk", "Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs)", "Flood Zones", "Updating Flood Maps", "Map Corrections", "State and Local Land Use Controls", ...

{ "question": [ "What is the NFIP?", "What is the purpose of the NFIP?", "Why may communities volunteer to participate in the NFIP?", "What does the FEMA do?", "What does the FEMA manage?", "How do FIRMs vary?", "What are SFHAs?", "What is required by communities in order to help regul...

CRS_RL32783

{ "title": [ "", "Most Recent Developments", "Overview and Context of the FY2005 Supplemental", "Previous Funding for the \"Global War on Terror\"", "Main Elements in the FY2005 Request", "Defense Request", "Foreign Policy Request", "Other Supplemental Requests", "Immigration Provi...

{ "question": [ "How is the money allocated by the Administration's request?", "How will funds not be subject to limits in annual budget resolutions?", "What would be the effects of the DOD's request for the FY2005 total appropriation?", "What did the OMB director Bolton argue?", "How did people r...

CRS_R42611

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Section 1: Oil Sands—Overview", "Oil Sands Estimates and Locations", "Oil Sands Extraction Processes", "Mining", "In Situ", "Properties of Oil Sands-Derived Crudes Compared to Other Crudes", "Section 2: Keystone XL Pipeline—Overview", "Federal ...

{ "question": [ "Why have many stakeholders voiced concern about the potential climate change consequences?", "Why would an evaluation of the net effects factor in the DOS's national interest determination?", "How has this affected the FEIS?", "What has been concluded by the FEIS?", "What has the ...

GAO_GAO-12-429

{ "title": [ "Background", "IAE Has Evolved over Two Stages", "Initial Strategy Was to Assemble a Portfolio of Standardized Systems", "Since 2008, IAE Has Sought to Consolidate Its Portfolio", "Progress Made in Developing SAM, but Cost Increases and Schedule Delays Could Jeopardize Program Complet...

{ "question": [ "What did the GSA begin to do in 2001?", "Why would GSA acquire a new system?", "What did these efforts result in?", "What were the intentions of developing the SAM?", "What did IAE do that was distinct from existing systems?", "What was the purpose of this approach?", "Wha...

GAO_GAO-18-424

{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD’s MWR Program Categories and Funding Sources", "DOD’s MWR Program Funding Targets", "Budget, Funding, and Accounting Processes for MWR Programs", "Budget Processes", "The Services Did Not Consistently Meet One of the Two Appropriated Funding Targets and Are Taki...

{ "question": [ "What categories received funding targets by the DOD?", "Why were these targets created?", "How much of the category fundings have been met in the past years?", "What is the projected plan to meet the target for Category B programs?", "How helpful are these steps?", "What is th...

CRS_R41880

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Evolution of the Private Sector Role in U.S. Development Assistance", "Globalization and Development", "U.S. Government Development Partners", "USAID—Global Development Alliances/Private Sector Alliances", "State Department—Global Partnership Initiative", ...

{ "question": [ "What has been the trajectory of the resources in the past decades?", "Why are development assistance agencies working with private sector entities?", "Why are private sector partners valuable to the government?", "How are modern public-private partnerships viewed?", "Why would par...

GAO_GAO-13-619

{ "title": [ "Background", "Missions and Organizations Involved in Accounting for Missing Persons", "Missing Persons Accounting Process", "Leadership Weaknesses and Fragmented Organizational Structure Undermine DOD’s Capability and Capacity to Accomplish Missing Persons Accounting Mission", "Devel...

{ "question": [ "Who holds responsibility for the accounting mission?", "How has this fragmented leadership affected the accounting mission?", "To what extent will this hinder the mission?", "How do community members feel about the organizational structure?", "What organizations are responsible fo...

CRS_R41429

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)", "Regional Programs", "Central America and the Caribbean", "Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA)", "African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)", "Preference Programs and the WTO", "Stakeholder Perspectives", ...

{ "question": [ "How has Congress attempted to foster economic growth in less developed countries?", "How do these programs affect the countries involved?", "How has Congress revised these programs?", "What further extensions may Congress consider?", "What new trade preference programs is Congress...

GAO_GAO-14-545

{ "title": [ "Background", "NE’s Approach to Advanced Reactor R&D Supports Several Advanced Reactor Technologies", "NE’s Advanced Reactor R&D Efforts Are Focused on Three Primary Reactor Technologies", "High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors", "Liquid-Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors", "Fluoride-Salt-...

{ "question": [ "What is the focus of DOE NE's approach to advanced reactor R&D?", "How does NE's approach compare to the industry's ultimate goal?", "What are some advantages to NE’s approach?", "To what extent do industry representatives agree with NE's approach?", "Why are opponents critical of...

CRS_RL32212

{ "title": [ "", "I. Introduction", "II. The Constitutional Framework for the Appointment of Officers of the United States", "III. Appointment Methods for Officers of the United States", "Officers Currently Appointed Through the Advice and Consent Process19", "Other Appointment Methods", "...

{ "question": [ "What powers does the Constitution allow Congress regarding PAS positions?", "What officials are appointed by the President, the courts, or agency heads?", "What does the appointment process consist of?", "How have PAS positions changed in the last three decades?", "To what extent ...

CRS_R42093

{ "title": [ "", "Current Conservation Portfolio", "Programs by Type", "Working Lands", "Land Retirement and Easement Programs", "Conservation Compliance", "Other Programs and Provisions", "Program Funding", "Issues for the Next Farm Bill", "Budget and Baseline Issues", "Ov...

{ "question": [ "How did the 2008 farm bill fare in the 112th Congress?", "What attention is the conservation title attracting?", "What issues were raised in the 2012 farm bill debate?", "What other issues are included in the debate?", "What factors are driving the farm bill debate?", "How has...

CRS_98-958

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Bars to Extradition", "No Treaty", "No Treaty Crime", "Military and Political Offenses", "Capital Offenses", "Want of Dual Criminality", "Extraterritoriality", "Nationality", "Double Jeopardy", "Lapse of Time", "Other Common Feature...

{ "question": [ "What is extradition?", "What extradition treaties is the United States involved in?", "Why are extradition treaties important?", "What does this report examine?", "What controversy do extradition treaties generate?", "What cases of non-extradition are covered by extradition tr...

GAO_GAO-18-427

{ "title": [ "Background", "Key Questions to Assess Agency Reforms", "Goals and Outcomes of Reforms", "Determining the Appropriate Role of the Federal Government", "Establishing Goals and Outcomes", "Process for Developing Reforms", "Involving Employees and Key Stakeholders", "Using Da...

{ "question": [ "How did the President mandate the reorganization of executive branch agencies?", "How has OMB started carrying out the executive order?", "To what extent have past reforms been successful?", "What factors do successful reforms depend upon?", "What does this report cover?", "Wh...

CRS_R44637

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Legislative History", "Funding History", "20-Year Funding Trends", "Enduring vs. Supplemental/OCO Appropriations" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Congress appropriates foreign affairs funding primarily through annual Department of State, Foreign Operations...

{ "question": [ "How does Congress currently appropriate most of its foreign affairs funding?", "How did Congress historically fund foreign affairs programs?", "What programs were not involved in this general funding?", "How did the 110th Congress change the foreign aid appropriations?", "What hav...

CRS_RS21579

{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Government and Politics", "Terrorism and Counterterrorism", "Human Rights", "The Economy", "Western Sahara48", "Foreign Policy", "U.S. Relations", "U.S. Assistance", "Recent Congressional Actions", "Outlook" ], "paragraphs": [ "", ...

{ "question": [ "How important is Morocco to the U.S.?", "How does the U.S. aid Morocco?", "Why have U.S-Morocco relations become more important in recent years?", "How have U.S.-Morocco relations expanded recently?", "How is political power managed in Morocco?", "How has the division of polit...

CRS_RL33819

{ "title": [ "", "Major Developments in 2008", "Major Developments in 2007", "Political Conditions", "Background to the Succession", "Human Rights", "Overview", "Varela Project and the National Dialogue", "Assembly to Promote Civil Society", "Economic Conditions", "Economic...

{ "question": [ "What has been the U.S. policy towards Cuba since the 1960s?", "What was the main Cuban issue in the 110th Congress?", "How was discussion in the 110th Congress different from previous years?", "How did Cuban leadership change in 2008?", "How did Congress fund the Administration's ...

GAO_GAO-17-3

{ "title": [ "Background", "Design Standards, Building Codes, and Voluntary Certifications Provide Guidelines for Infrastructure Construction", "Standards-Developing Organizations Are the Primary Source of Design Standards, Building Codes, and Voluntary Certifications", "Standards-Developing Organizat...

{ "question": [ "To what extent have standard-developing organizations made use of predicted climate information?", "How do these organizations update climate information?", "How do organizations plan to make use of projected climate information?", "How does the American Society of Civil Engineers pla...

GAO_GAO-15-416

{ "title": [ "Background", "PSDA, Advance Directives, and Advance Care Planning", "Covered Providers and CMS Oversight", "CMS Oversees Covered Providers’ Implementation of the Advance Directive Requirement by Providing Guidance and Monitoring Implementation", "CMS Provides Guidance to Help Covered...

{ "question": [ "What does CMS do regarding the PSDA?", "What are covered providers?", "How does CMS communicate with the covered providers?", "How does CMS ensure implementation of the advance directive requirement?", "How are individuals informed about advanced directives?", "How do differen...

CRS_R44784

{ "title": [ "", "Farm Policy Considerations for the 115th Congress", "Budget Situation and Outlook", "Budget Basics", "2014 Farm Bill Spending", "Future Baseline", "Farm Economy and International Environment", "Farm Safety Net Programs", "Effectiveness of the Current Farm Safety N...

{ "question": [ "How was the 2014 farm bill enacted?", "How has the scope of farm bills changed recently?", "What is the scope of the 2014 farm bill?", "What were the main provisions in the 2014 farm bill?", "What was the estimated cost of the 2014 farm bill mandatory programs?", "How were the...

GAO_GAO-16-399

{ "title": [ "Background", "Responsibilities for Oversight of Imported Food Products", "FDA’s Approach to Overseeing the Safety of Imported Food", "PREDICT Uses Data and Analyzes the Data by Applying Rules That Contribute to Risk-Based Scores, but FDA Does Not Have a Documented Process for Obtaining S...

{ "question": [ "How does the PREDICT tool calculate risk scores for imported food?", "What data does PREDICT rely on?", "How does the ORA obtain open source data?", "How does this process compare to federal standards?", "How does the lack of a documented process negatively affect ORA's operations...

CRS_R42337

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Status and Detention of Persons in War", "U.S. Practice—Detention of Enemies on U.S. Territory", "The \"Quasi War\" with France and the War of 1812", "The Civil War", "Ex Parte Milligan", "Other \"Insurrections\"—Moyer v. Peabody", "World War I", ...

{ "question": [ "What did the Supreme Court affirm in 2004?", "What court cases explored the power of the president to detain \"enemy combatants\"?", "What conclusions have lower courts made regarding the issue of wartime detention?", "What was the response of a federal judge regarding this issue?", ...

GAO_GAO-13-689

{ "title": [ "Background", "History of the DRC: Conflict and Instability", "U.S. Government Response to Situation in the DRC", "SEC’s Final Conflict Minerals Rule", "Conflict Minerals Description and Supply Chain", "Stakeholder- Developed Initiatives May Facilitate Compliance with Conflict Min...

{ "question": [ "What role might Stakeholder-developed initiatives play in regards to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) final conflict minerals rule?", "What did Agency and industry officials as well as representatives from international organizations and nongovernmental organizations (NGO) state...

CRS_R42918

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Statute and Regulation", "Implementation", "Staffing and Funding", "Number of Regulated Facilities", "Facility Inspections and Plan Approval", "Program Reviews", "Internal Review of CFATS Program", "Office of the Inspector General R...

{ "question": [ "What does the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have statutory authority to regulate?", "What extended the 113th Congress' authority?", "What has been a point of debate within Congressional policy makers?", "What debates are discussed within this issue?", "What exacerbates the...

CRS_R43005

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Decided During the Supreme Court's 2009-2010 Term", "Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep't of Environmental Protection: \"Judicial Takings\"", "Decided During the Supreme Court's 2011-2012 Term", "PPL Montana LLC v. Montana: Title Navigability", ...

{ "question": [ "What did the Supreme Court end in 2010?", "What does this large number of cases suggest?", "What is the purpose of the Takings Clause?", "What was the first case?", "What idea was endorsed in this case?", "What question often arises when courts articulate new principles of co...

CRS_RS20088

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding", "Steps in a WTO Dispute", "Consultations (Article 4)", "Establishing a Dispute Panel (Articles 6, 8)", "Panel Proceedings (Articles 12, 15, Appendix 3)", "Adoption of Panel Reports/Appellate Review (Articles 16, 17,...

{ "question": [ "What is provided for WTO Members regarding disputes over WTO agreements?", "What is the first step for WTO members to do in order to settle their disputes?", "What does the DSU provide for the Appellate Body?", "What steps are aimed at producing a more expeditious and effective system...

GAO_GAO-12-388

{ "title": [ "Background", "Limited Information on Safety Risks and Changing Operational Environments Are Leading PHMSA to Consider Collecting Data", "Limited Information", "States Could Benefit from Sharing Safety Practices", "Conclusions", "Recommendations for Executive Action", "Agency ...

{ "question": [ "How are the safety risks of onshore gathering pipelines that are not regulated by PHMSA generally considered?", "What was the response of state pipeline safety agencies to a GAO survey?", "What is needed in order to assess and manage safety risks associated with these pipelines?", "Wh...

CRS_R40966

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Crop Insurance Background", "Federal Program Costs", "Major Provisions in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement for 2010", "Reinsurance", "Assigned Risk Fund", "Developmental Fund", "Commercial Fund", "A&O Reimbursement", "General Provisions",...

{ "question": [ "What began to be renegotiated in 2004?", "What covers crops with policy closing dates after July 1, 2010?", "Why had some criticized the previous SRA?", "What has Congress been interested in?", "Why has the dollar amount risen sharply in recent years?", "What was the increase ...

CRS_R41104

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Policy Context", "Background", "Visa Issuance Policy", "§221(g) Disqualification", "§212(a) Exclusion", "Permanent Admissions (Immigrant Visas)", "Procedures", "Trends", "Temporary Admissions (Nonimmigrant Visas)", "Procedures", "§2...

{ "question": [ "How might foreign nationals who are not already legally residing in the United States be admitted?", "What are the titles for these various immigration statuses?", "What steps must they take to determine whether they are eligible for admission?", "Who is responsible for proving the el...

CRS_RL32306

{ "title": [ "", "Most Recent Developments", "Introduction", "FY2004 Budget and Appropriations", "FY2005 Budget and Appropriations", "Current Overview", "Earlier Action on Appropriations", "Major Issues", "Status of Bill", "Major Funding Trends", "Title I: Department of the...

{ "question": [ "What is included within the Interior and related agencies appropriations bill?", "What did the two bills passed by the House and the Senate do?", "What were the effects of these bills?", "What did these bills provide for in case of emergency?", "What did the House, Senate, and con...

GAO_GAO-13-93

{ "title": [ "Background", "Reentry Population Needs", "Grant Program Administration and Reentry Grant History", "Prior Findings Related to Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication across DOJ Grant Programs", "Federal Reentry Grant Programs Are Fragmented but Minimally Overlapping, Reducing the Ris...

{ "question": [ "What did the Departments of Justice (DOJ), Labor (Labor), and Health and Human Services (HHS) do in the fiscal year 2011?", "What were the GAO's findings?", "What would be some examples of minimally overlapping reentry grant programs with low risk of duplication?", "Why are the reentr...

CRS_R42370

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Legal Requirements for Religious Exemptions to Health Care Coverage Requirements", "Neutral Laws of General Applicability", "Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993: Applying Heightened Scrutiny to Burdens on Religious Exercise", "Public Health and Gender Equi...

{ "question": [ "What has happened since the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010?", "What has the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury done with regards to the ACA?", "What is covered under this exemption?", "How is the religious empl...

CRS_RL30631

{ "title": [ "", "Background on Congressional Pensions", "Retirement Plans Available to Members of Congress", "Members First Elected Before 1984", "Members First Elected Since 1984", "Age and Length-of-Service Requirements", "Retirement Under CSRS", "Retirement Under FERS", "Coordi...

{ "question": [ "What social security tax did federal civil service employees and members of Congress pay before 1984?", "Instead of Social Security benefits, what were they covered by?", "How did this practice get changed?", "What was the CSRS turned into?", "What system covers members of Congres...

GAO_GAO-14-799

{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of U.S. Assistance to Egypt", "U.S. Direct Funding of Democracy and Governance Assistance in Egypt", "Views on Egyptian Law Governing Activities of NGOs", "Prosecution of NGOs in Egypt", "Egypt’s Political Transitions", "The U.S. Government Identified R...

{ "question": [ "Why did the U.S. government not provide democracy and governance assistance in Egypt?", "Why would the Egyptian government object to democracy and governance assistance?", "What recommendation does the USAID and Department of State make?", "How has the USAID and State made progress to...

CRS_R45031

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Official Measure of Poverty", "What is the SPM?", "Broadly Comparing the Official Poverty Measure to the SPM", "The Supplemental Poverty Measure: Research to Address Limitations of the Official Poverty Measure", "Criticisms of the Official Poverty Meas...

{ "question": [ "How were the official poverty thresholds derived?", "How did the food budget change to become the official poverty thresholds?", "How have the poverty thresholds changed since their introduction?", "On what are SPM’s thresholds based?", "What is the process to determine poverty th...

GAO_GAO-17-613

{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of FEMA’s Workforce", "FEMA Misconduct Directive and Manuals", "FEMA Offices Involved in Managing Misconduct", "DHS OIG Role in Reviewing and Investigating Misconduct", "General Misconduct Process", "FEMA Has Developed and Documented Misconduct Policies...

{ "question": [ "How effective is the data that FEMA collects on their misconduct cases?", "How does the number of disciplinary actions compare to the number of complaints of misconduct using data from 2014 through 2016?", "Why does FEMA need to improve their misconduct data collection?", "How could F...

CRS_R43161

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "H-2A Agricultural Worker Visa", "Legislative Activity in the 113th Congress", "H.R. 1773", "S. 744" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Foreign temporary workers, also known as guest workers, have a long history of performing agricultural labor in the United S...

{ "question": [ "What agencies are involved in bringing in H-2A workers?", "Why must employers apply to the DOL for a certification to bring in H-2A workers?", "What must employers do besides obtain a certification in order to hire H-2A workers?", "Why has the H-2A program been criticized?", "What...

GAO_GAO-17-215

{ "title": [ "Background", "AOUSC Is Able to Identify Security Concerns across the Courthouse Portfolio, While the Marshals Service and FPS Are Able to Identify Concerns at the Individual Building Level", "AOUSC Develops Portfolio-Wide Information About Security Concerns", "Marshals Service and FPS Id...

{ "question": [ "What responsibility does AOUSC, Marshals Service, and FPS share?", "What differs about AOUSC's role compared to the Marshals Service and FPS?", "Why do the Marshals Service and FPS's methods of information collection pose a potential problem?", "What remains unclear regarding these im...

GAO_GAO-17-191

{ "title": [ "Background", "2016 Census Test Highlighted Data Collection Challenges", "The Bureau Needs to Better Understand Factors Contributing to NRFU Non-interviews", "Enumerators Faced Challenges Implementing New Procedures", "The Bureau Can Better Leverage Enumerator- Collected Information o...

{ "question": [ "What was a primary focus of the 2016 Census Test?", "What are non-interviews?", "Why might there have been so many non-interviews?", "Why must the reason behind the large number of non-interviews be researched?", "How would the Bureau benefit from refining enumeration procedures a...

CRS_R41099

{ "title": [ "", "Overview of Charitable Choice Legislation and the Faith-Based Initiative", "Constitutional Requirements for Public Funding of Religious Organizations", "Direct Funding", "Indirect Funding", "Legal Protections for Faith-Based Funding Recipients and for Program Beneficiaries", ...

{ "question": [ "What legislation made use of charitable choice rules?", "How do charitable choice rules benefit religious organizations?", "How do charitable choice rules affect Congress now?", "What controversy has stemmed from such programs?", "What argument do supporters of faith-based funding...