Annual subscription service of bound hardcover volumes of the United States Congressional Serial Set, commonly referred to as the Serial Set, which contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports. The reports are usually from congressional committees dealing with proposed legislation and issues under investigation. The documents include all other papers ordered printed by the House or Senate. Documents cover a wide variety of topics and may include reports of executive departments and independent organizations, reports of special investigations made for Congress, and annual reports of non-governmental organizations. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, executive-branch materials were also published in the Serial Set.
The serial number is a unique number applied to each book in the series of congressional publications running consecutively from the 15th Congress in 1817. The serial number may be useful for locating items, but not for citation. The documents and reports series have three numbers: 1) an individual report or document-publication number, 2) a volume number of each series for each session of Congress, and 3) the serial number.
The Commission on Long-Term Care was established under Section 643 of American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-240), signed into law January 2, 2013. The statute directs the Commission to: "...develop a plan for the establishment, implementation, and financing of a comprehensive, coordinated, and high-quality system that ensures the availability of long-term services and supports for individuals in need of such services and supports, including:
- elderly individuals,
- individuals with substantial cognitive or functional limitations,
- other individuals who require assistance to perform activities of daily living, and
- individuals desiring to plan for future long-term care needs."
The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) was established by the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012, which garnered broad, bipartisan support in the House, passed the Senate unanimously, and was signed by President Barack Obama on January 14, 2013. Its mission was to develop a national strategy and recommendations for reducing fatalities across the country resulting from child abuse and neglect. Its tasks were to:
•Raise visibility and build awareness about the problem. •Review data and best practices to determine what is and is not working. •Identify solutions. •Report on findings and make recommendations to drive future policy.
The Commission issued its final report to the president and Congress on March 18, 2016. The report discussed what the Commission learned and outlined the challenges that still lay ahead. It proposed a comprehensive national strategy and recommendations for actions to address these challenges, including steps to be taken by the executive branch, Congress, and states and counties.
The Commission’s term expired on March 18, 2016.
More info about the Commisson can be found at: https://eliminatechildabusefatalities.sites.usa.gov/
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is as an independent agency established in 1974 with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States. The CFTC's mission is to protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, abusive practices and systemic risk related to derivatives that are subject to the Commodity Exchange Act, and to foster open, competitive, and financially sound markets. Today, the CFTC encourages the competitiveness and efficiency of futures markets and protects consumers and market participants against fraud, manipulation, and abusive trading practices.
To learn more about the CFTC, visit their website at www.cftc.gov/consumerprotection.
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