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Selected List of Opinion Summaries Published by Justia, Week Ending, July 21, 2023

During this past week (week ending July 21,2023) we have received listings of 35 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  69 Constitutional Law summaries and 64 Criminal Law Summaries .  We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog…

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Congressional Budget Office: Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2023 – 2032

Report, July 14, 2023 CBO estimates that plans for U.S. nuclear forces, as described in the fiscal year 2023 budget and supporting documents, would cost $756 billion over the 2023–2032 period, $122 billion more than CBO’s 2021 estimate for the 2021–2030 period. Summary: Nuclear weapons have been an important component…

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Congressional Budget Office: S.1464, Enhancing Department of Homeland Security Drug Seizures Act

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 17, 2023 This bill would: • Authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide danger pay allowances to employees who are stationed abroad in certain areas • Create new criminal penalties for destroying, damaging,…

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The State of the Economy of the United States: As Viewed by GAO and CBO

In an earlier posting, CBO Projections: The 2023 Budget, we provided Congressional Budget Office (CBO) documents which discuss, from a budgetary perspective, their analysis and projections of what the federal budget and economy would look like over the next 20 years, if current laws generally remain unchanged. In this posting…

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CBO Projections: The 2023 Long-Term Budget Outlook

Report June 28, 2023: Introduction: The U.S. faces a challenging fiscal outlook in the coming years, according to CBO’s projections. Measured as a percentage of GDP, large and sustained deficits lead to high and rising federal debt that exceeds any previously recorded level. Summary: Each year, the Congressional Budget Office…

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Congressional Budget Office: S.1075, Taiwan Protection and National Resilience Act of 2023

As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 13, 2023. Summary: S. 1074 would require the Departments of State and Defense to identify and report to the Congress on U.S. goods and services that China relies on and Chinese goods and services that the federal government procures…

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Selected List of Opinion Summaries Published by Justia, Week Ending June 16, 2023

During this past week (week ending June 16, 2023) we have received listings of 37 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  84 Constitutional Law summaries,  89 Criminal Law Summaries and 3 U.S. Supreme Court Summaries.  We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible…

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Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2023

INTRODUCTION: Established in 1974, The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government.  It is charged with providing  members of Congress  non partisan, objective  analysis of budgeting and economic issues to support the congressional budget process. Each year, CBO economists and budget…

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Congressional Budget Office (CBO) : H.R. 1165, Data Privacy Act of 2023

Received : June 13, 2023. Summary: H.R. 1165 would amend title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) to expand and equally apply protections for consumers and customers with respect to the use of data by financial institutions. The bill would redefine the terms consumer and customer and would require financial…

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REFLECTIONS OF A RETIRED LAW LIBRARIAN: From Mimeograph to Generative AI

Being a retired law librarian of a certain age, I am now often asked to reflect upon my 50 years serving in various capacities as a law librarian. I have noticed that most questions asked can be grouped into discrete categories. For example, people want to know what lessons I…

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