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- Religious [Intolerance] in Indonesia
- This report discusses the increasing religious intolerance in Indonesia. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, and it has long been known for its moderate interpretations of Islam. The text outlines background, information about Muslim groups, foreign influence, religious schools, government actions, and responses by Indonesia and the U.S.
- Protecting Consumers and Businesses from Fraudulent Robocalls
- This report discusses efforts by Congress and the Federal Communications Commision (FCC) to combat robocall scams and prevent them from reaching consumers. It includes an overview of what robocalls are, their legitimate uses, regulation, and complaint procedures for consumers.
- Temporary Protected Status: Overview and Current Issues
- This report describes Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the context of humanitarian responses to migration and also briefly describes one alternative -- Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) -- including the historical use of these mechanisms. It also provides data on the countries currently designated for TPS, outlines past legislation to provide lawful permanent resident status to certain TPS-designated foreign nationals, and provides examples of activity in the 115th Congress related to TPS.
- SBA Veterans Assistance Programs: An Analysis of Contemporary Issues
- This report provides an overview of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) programs to provide training and other assistants to veterans seeking civilian employment. It includes sections discussing SBA programs, an economic profile of veteran-owned businesses, veterans' employment and business development programs, veterans' access to capital, federal contracting goals for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and the military reservist economic injury disaster loan program.
- Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues
- This report examines debates over what constitutes an unfunded federal mandate and UMRA's implementation. It focuses on UMRA's requirement that CBO issue written cost estimate statements for federal mandates in legislation, its procedures for raising points of order in the House and Senate concerning unfunded federal mandates in legislation, and its requirement that federal agencies prepare written cost estimate statements for federal mandates in rules.
- Can the President Pardon Contempt of Court? Probably Yes.
- This report provides a brief background of contempt of court, explores the various arguments regarding whether a pardon can relieve an individual of criminal liability for contempt, and discusses potential congressional responses to the perceived abuse of the pardon power.
- Military Child Development Program: Background and Issues
- This report traces the development of DOD-sponsored childcare services and discusses these issues in greater depth in order to support Members of Congress in their oversight role. The next section gives an overview of DOD's justification for the CDP program and demand for services. Next is a discussion of current CDP components, policies, and funding. This is followed by the legislative history of DOD-sponsored childcare in the military. The final section discusses issues and options for Congress related to oversight and funding of military childcare programs.
- Glider Kit, Engine, and Vehicle Regulations
- This report examines EPA's and selected other federal agencies' requirements on glider kits and glider vehicles and outlines the congressional response.
- The U. S. - Soviet Agreement in Science and Technology
- This report talks about the U. S. - Soviet Agreement in Science and Technology and the possibilities of considerable expansion.
- Veterans' Educational Benefits: 1944-1976
- This report contains a discussion of the intent of Congress regarding the three major GI bills as reflected in legislative actions, a brief comparison of education and training assistance under the three programs, the issue of termination of eligibility for participation under each of the progress, and the new Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Progress.
- United Sates' Political Parties: A Select Bibliography
- This report is a Bibliography on United States Political Parties.
- What Should Be the Energy Policy of the United States? (A Preliminary Bibliography on the 1978-1979 High School Debate Topic
- This bibliography was created to reflect energy policy issues for use in 1978 - 1979 high school debate topic, "What Should Be the Energy Policy of the United States?"
- Importance, Manufacture, Distribution, and storage of explosive materials
- This report is a digest of major provisions of title XI of the organized crime control act of 1970
- Legislation and Proposals in the Ninety- First Congress Relating to Student Financial Aid and Campus Disorders
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- Salaries, Allowances and Retirement benefits for the President, Vice- president, Senators, Representatives, Justices of the supreme court and other Federal offices
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- Settling National Emergency Labor Disputes: A Selected Bibliography, 1950-1970
- This report is a selected bibliography that outlines major national labor disputes from the years 1950 through 1970.
- Soviet Troop withdrawals from Eastern Europe and Development along the Sino-Soveit Border. 1967
- This report is about soviet troop withdrawal from eastern Europe.
- Constitutional Standards and Procedures for the Involuntary Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill
- A report on psychiatric hospitals and patients that focuses on civil commitment, specifically a state's basis for commitment, the standards of civil commitment, and constitutional procedures.
- The Sulfur Oxide Tax
- This report is an analysis of a proposed tax on sulfur oxide emissions as an economic incentive to reduce air pollution.
- Development of National Urban Growth and Rural Development Policy: Legislative and Executive Actions in the First Nine Months of the 92nd Congress
- This report places individual legislative proposals in the larger context of interrelated national objectives set forth by Congress that pertain to urban growth policy.
- Third Party Movements in the United States: A Select Bibliography
- This report is a bibliography on third party movements in the United States.
- Major Provisions of the Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973
- This report is an outline of the Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973.
- The Contemporary Role of the State Department and National Security Council in the policymaking Process: A Selected Bibliography
- This bibliography collects published works outlining the role of the State Department and the National Security Council in creating policies.
- The 1970 amendments to the elementary and secondary education act.
- This report addresses the 1970 amendments to the elementary and secondary education act.
- Sino-American Trade
- This report discusses the nature and history of the United States with the People's Republic of China, and the measure of impact politics has on future trade prospects.
- The Hungarian Revolutions of 1848 and 1956
- This report discusses the Hungarian Revolutions during 1848 and 1956 and discusses its major key points.
- Collective bargaining in the Transportation Industries: A List of References
- This report is a list of references that relate to collective bargaining in various industries
- Major Federal Assistance Programs Relating to the Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency
- This report discusses statutes that authorizes federal assistance for federal delinquency programs, along with drug use education.
- The Status of the Sickle Cell Program, Fiscal Years 71 Through 74: An Analysis of Federal Legislation, Federal Support and Public Reaction
- This report reviews the development and history of the Federal Sickle Cell Program, and Federal funding for sickle cell anemia projects.
- Digest of Federal, State and Local Firearms Controls
- This report gives only the basic provisions of the laws and regulations of the Federal Government, the various States and certain cities.
- Some Judicial means of Citizen Redress: Class of Actions Parens Patriae Actions Multi District Litigation, Citizens Suits Qui Tam Actions
- This report is about Some Judicial means of Citizen Redress: Class of Actions Parens Patriae Actions Multi District Litigation, Citizens Suits Qui Tam Actions
- The Treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union: Developments During 1970-1971
- This report outlines the treatment of Jewish people in the Soviet Union, and how the Soviet Union has attempted to rectify the situation.
- The National Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 1973
- This report is about the National Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 1973
- The Arab-Israeli Dispute: A Selected Bibliography
- This report is a bibliography on Arab-Israeli dispute.
- The Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile(ABM) System.1967
- This report attempts to summarize Soviet strategic doctrine, cite possible arguments for and against Soviet ABM deployment by Soviet and Western specialists.
- The congressional record including A list of proposed format changes
- This report presents the system of recording the proceedings of the house of representatives and the Senate of the slow evolution.
- Blowout in the Santa Barbara Channel: Background in Chronology
- This report addresses a blowout in the Santa Barbara Channel.
- Closing a Congressional Office: A Brief Overview
- This report outlines questions that a congressional office should consider in the process of closing down. This includes statutory and non-statutory matters such as staff, the franking privilege, retirement benefits for Members and staff, allowances, and the disposition of congressional papers and other office item.
- Advisory Bodies Created by the President and by Congress 1955 Through July 15, 1970
- This report addresses advisory bodies created by the president and by congress between 1955 and July 15, 1970.
- President Trump Nominates Judge Brett Kavanaugh: Initial Observations
- This report discusses the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and what his confirmation to the Court would mean. The report includes seven noteworthy opinions written by Judge Kavanaugh while serving on the D.C. Circuit Court.
- Mongolia
- This report provides an overview of U.S.-Mongolia relations and the politics and economy of Mongolia.
- Iran: U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Authority to Lift Restrictions
- This report identifies the legislative bases for sanctions imposed on Iran, and the nature of the authority to waive or lift those restrictions. It includes two tables that present legislation and executive orders that are specific to Iran and its objectionable activities in the areas of terrorism, human rights, and weapons proliferation.
- When the City Goes Broke: Pensions, Retirees, and Municipal Bankruptcies
- This report first explains how, under current bankruptcy law, Chapter 9 (municipalities) debtors have significant freedom to modify their outstanding pension obligations through the bankruptcy process. The report then explores proposals to alter the legal principles governing the adjustment of municipal pensions in bankruptcy.
- Tort and Litigation Reform in the 115th Congress
- This report discusses "tort reform" which refers to whether (and to what extent) legislatures should limit lawsuits concerning negligence, personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, and other similar causes of action. The report surveys several major tort and litigation reform bills pending in the 115th Congress and discusses some of the legal issues raised by each bill.
- Balanced Budget Amendments
- This report discusses proposed balanced budget amendments to the Constitution and their content.
- The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and an FY2019 Budget Resolution
- This report discusses the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA 2018, P.L. 115-123) and the inclusion in it of an FY2019 budget resolution. The report then discusses the differences between a traditional budge resolution and a substitute budget resolution like the one found in the BBA.
- An Overview of Discretionary Reprieves from Removal: Deferred Action, DACA, TPS, and Others
- This report provides an overview of the various deferred action immigration programs in the U.S. (DACA, TPS, etc.) and their various regulations and protections.
- The Smart Grid: Status and Outlook
- This report discusses the effort to build a "smart" electricity grid across the the U.S. which can be run with digital technologies that control most of the major functions of a power plant. The current state of the movement and concerns regarding cyber-security are also discussed.
- OMB and Treasury Disagree over Process for Issuing New Tax Rules
- This report discusses the disagreement between the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Treasury Department on how to issue new tax regulations. It discusses the historical roots and nature of the disagreement and potential implications.
- Mississippi Court Halts Enforcement of New Abortion Law
- This report discusses a federal district court's decision to halt a new Mississippi law that banned abortions after 15 weeks unless the the life of the mother was in danger.