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A bill's introduction and a committee hearing are separate steps. These dated records link bills only when Congress.gov names them in the hearing record.

Limited results · checked October 27, 2026

No upcoming bill-related hearing was verified in this review. The entries here are past hearings, not a live calendar.

Committee schedules change. Follow the official records for new notices and current bill actions.

Congress.gov committee schedule · checked October 27, 2026

Hearing record · no bill identified

Industrial Base and Workforce Development for Skilled Trades

House Appropriations · September 4, 2026. The official record does not list a related bill, so this remains an issue hearing here.

Official record checked October 27, 2026.

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September 16, 2026House Natural Resources

Legislative Hearing on 9 Bills

Subcommittee on Federal Lands · 9 bills listed

Congress.gov hearing record

Notice posted September 9, 2026 · record checked October 27, 2026

September 15, 2026House Energy and Commerce

Examining Legislative Proposals to Reform Medicare Provider Payment and Bolster Health Care Cybersecurity

Subcommittee on Health · 16 bills listed

Congress.gov hearing record

Notice posted September 8, 2026 · record checked October 27, 2026

H.R. 9908Introduced July 23, 2026Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement ActIntroduced · listed for hearing September 15, 2026

The official hearing records identify more bills than the four detail pages featured here. Open each record for the complete agenda; no connection is inferred from topic alone.

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UN CHARTER

The UN Charter: core rules

The Charter sets obligations for UN Members and a framework for collective security. These brief notes describe the text; applying it to a particular event requires facts and legal analysis.

Article 2(4)

Official text · UN Charter Art. 2(4)

Members agree to refrain from the threat or use of force against another state's territorial integrity or political independence, or otherwise inconsistently with UN purposes.

Article 51

Official text · UN Charter Art. 51

Preserves an inherent individual or collective right of self-defence if an armed attack occurs, and requires measures taken under that right to be reported to the Security Council. Its application depends on context.

US DUTIES

U.S. Const. Art. II §3 · Art. I §9 cl. 8 · Art. II §1 cl. 7

Constitutional obligations

Take Care Clause · Art. II §3: the President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed. Whether particular conduct breaches that duty is a separate question.

Foreign Emoluments Clause · Art. I §9 cl. 8: the text restricts accepting certain benefits from a foreign state without Congress's consent. What qualifies as an emolument and how the clause applies can require interpretation.

Domestic Emoluments Clause · Art. II §1 cl. 7: sets the President's compensation and addresses other emoluments from the United States or a state during the term.

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UN Charter · Article 102

A rule about registration and invocation

The Charter addresses registering agreements and invoking them before UN organs. Read the text, then see a short explanation of its limits.

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1945

UN Charter entered into force

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Original Documents

PRIMARY SOURCES — Read the Original Documents

Declassified memos. Ignored UN speeches. The documents history tried to bury.

Detroit Speech · April 3, 1964

Malcolm X — “The Ballot or the Bullet”

Malcolm X turned a speech into a jurisdiction fight: stop begging the United States to solve a domestic civil-rights problem it created, and bring the case to the world as a human-rights indictment under the UN Charter.

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COINTELPRO FBI Memos (1956–1971)

The FBI sent MLK an anonymous suicide letter. Church Committee confirmed it in 1975.

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Nuclear Waste Ocean Dumping (1946–1993)

Explore the record of historic sea dumping and the treaties, amendments, and public documents used to map the issue.

Read the Document Courtroom Defense · 1953

“History Will Absolve Me” (1953)

Castro defended himself at 27 before a military tribunal — citing Cuba's own constitution. The speech was smuggled out of prison in matchboxes. Translated into 27 languages.

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