WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12874) on Dec. 15, 2025, by Marcy E. Gallo, science and technology policy analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * Small Business Research Programs: Overview and Issues for Reauthorization in the 119th Congress Small businesses are often viewed as being critical to the economy - creating jobs, improving productivity, and advancing innovation. Given the perceived importance of small b more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10519) on Dec. 16, 2025, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink. Here are excerpts: * * * Defense Primer: Strategic Nuclear Forces The Department of Defense (DOD), which is "using a secondary Department of War designation," under Executive Order 14347 dated September 5, 2025, is in the process of modernizing U.S. strategic nuclear forces. This modernization effort includes num more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12430) on Dec. 16, 2025, by Kyla H. Kitamura, international trade and finance analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Congress established the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794) to provide targeted recovery plans to U.S. firms impacted by import competition. TAAF is administer more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12698) on Dec. 16, 2025, by natural resource policy specialist Paul K. Kerr: Here are excerpts: * * * Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 3816 and H.R. 5089) Hazardous weather and climate events kill hundreds of people and cause billions of dollars of property damage in the United States each year. In 2024, for instance, the United States experienced 27 weather and c more PR