Geological Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
…recommended, among other points, a new DGR development approach based on consent-based siting. The Yucca Mountain project remains stalled with no new congressional appropriations planned for FY2022. At the same…
Facing Realities On The U.S. Defense Budget
…a comprehensive fiscal deal will be reached, President Barack Obama, the House and the Senate have all offered budgets and appropriations bills that fund defense well above the caps set…
US-Pakistan Cooperation on Afghan Refugee Management
…in Congress,” 20 December, 2022, https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/20/afghanistan-refugees-afghan-adjustment-act-congress-omnibus-bill/. and appropriations acts.25Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act of 2022, Division C—Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-16551/pdf/COMPS-16551.pdf. In June 2022, the Pakistani government approved…
The Little Budget Deal is a Big Deal
…of miracles, this agreement has passed the divided House and will get through the Senate, giving the appropriators a set of numbers to write actual appropriations for this fiscal year….
Gordon Adams is quoted in Politico on prospect for defense
…employees who were on furlough due to the absence of appropriations may now return to work. You should re-open offices in a prompt and orderly manner,” said OMB Director Sylvia…
A Qualitative Assessment of SIMP Implementation in Four Countries
…expansion. Stimson also tracked the 2018 Congressional appropriations and budget process, which included language to make shrimp and abalone imports compliant with SIMP by December 31, 2018, expanding the total…
Against All Odds: Preventing Terrorists from Getting Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons
…the tools needed to succeed Over time, the US Congress has applied rigorous reporting requirements and fenced appropriations in order to ensure oversight of the nonproliferation programs. As new realities…
The Promises and Challenges of a New U.S. Congressional Burma Caucus
…funding last year. In 2023, the Senate and House of Representative issued two markedly different bills debating U.S. spending in Myanmar. Senate Bill 2438, introduced by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)…