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Congress’s Power to Restore Copyright Protection to Works That Have Entered the Public Domain: Golan v. Holder

Description: This report discusses Golan v. Holder case. It also discusses a group of orchestra conductors, educators, performers, film archivists, and motion picture distributors, who had relied on the free and unrestricted availability of these artistic works in the public domain for their livelihood.
Date: August 30, 2011
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
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Tax-Exempt Bond Provisions in the “Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001”

Description: This report describes and analyzes three provisions included in P.L. 107-16. Two of the three provisions will likely induce more tax-exempt bond financing for public school capital investment through loosening arbitrage bond rules for some issuers and expanding the list of otherwise private facilities that are still eligible for tax-exempt financing. The third provision, lower marginal tax rates, will decrease the demand for tax-exempt bonds.
Date: July 19, 2001
Creator: Maguire, Steve
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Assistance to Firefighters Program

Description: This article talks about the Assistance to Firefighters Program (FIRE) act and how the program assists local fire deparments by issuing federal grants for equipment, training and other firefighter related needs. It also mentions other firefighter related acts.
Date: March 16, 2005
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
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Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Description: This report describes Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), the basis for their tax treatment, and data on their use. The report concludes with a brief discussion of recent presidential and legislative proposals affecting FSAs.
Date: October 8, 2008
Creator: Lyke, Bob & Rapaport, Carol
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Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy

Description: In April 2003, the sequence of the human genome was deposited into public databases. This milestone, which has been compared to the discoveries of Galileo, and other advances in genetics have created novel legal issues relating to genetic information. This report discusses current federal law, state statutes, and legislation related to these issues.
Date: April 28, 2008
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee & Sarata, Amanda K.
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