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- The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: Selected Issues
- This report begins with a brief legislative and regulatory history of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, with a brief description of how the program works. It also describes several selected program issues that have received recent congressional and stakeholder attention, issues identified in reviews of the program, and issues that have been raised by researchers, analysts, and other entities outside of the government.
- Social Security: Raising or Eliminating the Taxable Earnings Base
- This report discusses the Social Security taxes that are levied on covered earnings up to a maximum level (base) set each year. It includes information about how the base has been determined demographically and how it has changed over time, as well as possible future implications and impacts of either raising or eliminating the base, with arguments for and against.
- Electronic Filing of Senate Campaign Finance Reports
- This report discusses recent changes in campaign finance reporting requirements for Senate candidates.
- VA Housing: Guaranteed Loans, Direct Loans, and Specially Adapted Housing Grants
- This report discusses three types of housing assistance--the loan guaranty program, direct loan programs, and Specially Adapted Housing program-- includingg their origins, how they operate, and how they are funded. It also briefly describes a home rehabilitation pilot program designed to help veterans who have low incomes or disabilities repair or modify their homes, and has a section that discusses the default and foreclosure of VA-guaranteed loans.
- Labor Market Patterns Since 2007
- This report uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to outline how various factors have affected the U.S. labor market from 2007-2018. It includes background and sections related to impacts of cyclical and structural change, full employment, the changing composition of employment -- both industry and occupation as well as demographics, and what to expect going forward.
- The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Reinsurance, and Catastrophe Bonds
- This report discusses the use of reinsurance to transfer some of the risk of an insurance policy from the primary insurer to a secondary insurer, and the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) decision to use reinsurance through the issuance of catastrophe bonds (which pay out when a particular type of disaster set out in the bond agreement occurs) by the secondary private insurers.
- Federal Role in U.S. Campaigns and Elections: An Overview
- This report provides a resource for understanding the current campaigns and elections regulatory structure. It addresses those areas of law and public policy that most directly and routinely affect American campaigns and elections: campaign finance; election administration; election security; redistricting; qualifications and contested elections; and voting rights.
- Costs of Government Interventions in Response to the Financial Crisis: A Retrospective
- This report summarizes government assistance programs and presents how much the programs ultimately cost (or benefit) the taxpayers based on straightforward cash accounting as reported by the various agencies.
- Capital Markets, Securities Offerings, and Related Policy Issues
- This report analyzes legislative proposals that would generally affect the terms and amounts of capital provided to companies by investors. It analyzes a number of current legislative proposals and agency actions to expand both public and private securities offerings through amendments to program design, investor access, and disclosure requirements, among other provisions.
- National Flood Insurance Program Borrowing Authority
- This report evaluates the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) borrowing authority to receive loans from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, particularly in the context of major floods, and discusses the current financial situation of the NFIP.
- U.S. Policy in a changing World Economy: Foreign Economic Policies for the Second Half of the Seventies.
- This report is a survey of the U.S. foreign economic policies for the Second Half of the Seventies.
- U.S Taxation of Citizens Working in Other Countries: An Economic Analysis
- This report contains information about the impact of U.S taxes on foreign U.S workers and industries, and the cost on mainland U.S.
- United States Trade and Trade Balances with the World, The European Common Market and Ten Major Trading Partners 1967-1971
- This report addresses United States Trade and Trade Balances with the World, The European Common Market and Ten Major Trading Partners form 1967 through 1971.
- Federal research and demonstrations in new transit technology: The Morgantown ,west Virginia Project
- This report presents the Federal research and demonstrations in new transit technology between the west Virginia University and Morgantown ,west Virginia.
- The Republic Of China: Political and Economic Development, 1969
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- Securities and Exchange Commission: A chronological Bibliography, 1962- 1968
- This report is a chronological Bibliography on Securities and Exchange Commission from 1962 through 1968.
- Resolving Some Selected Issues of A National Materials Policy
- This report details the findings from the Second Conference on National Materials Policy, held July 30th-August 4th, 1972. Contains addresses made to the conference, task forces including central government planning and coordination, opportunities and responsibilities facing the private industry in the materials field, international cooperation and competition in materials, research and evaluation, the effective application and management of knowledge, economic opportunities and constraints in materials, and more.
- A New Reconstruction Finance Corporation or National Development Bank: Some Basic Issues and Three Proposals
- This report discusses some basic issues and three proposals of a new reconstruction finance corporation. It also points out the organizations that would provide credit to private firms, local government and other groups through a variety of devices including direct loans, guaranteed loans, and stock purchases.
- The fees and incomes of physicians
- This report presents The fees and incomes of physicians according to the public and congressional interest.
- No-Fault Automobile Insurance: Selected References, 1972-January 1974
- This report is a bibliography containing references to recent literature about no-fault automobile insurance.
- Drug abuse office and treatment act of 1972(s.2097; P.L 92-255):Summary of major provisions
- This report addresses the drug abuse office and treatment act of 1972.
- Settling Transportation Labor Disputes: Present Procedures, and Changes proposed by the Nixon Administration
- This report addresses settling transport labor disputes, present procedures, and changes proposed by the Nixon administration.
- The Railway Fireman Manning Dispute: History and Issues, 1959-1970
- This report addresses the railway fireman manning dispute: its history and issues spanning from 1959 to 1970.
- The Human Investment Act: Pro and Con, 1966, March 2
- This report is a descriptive journey of the pros and cons of the Human Investment Act.
- Trends in Governmental Expenditures and Public Employement in the Unted States, by level of Government, selected Fiscal Years 1946-1976, 1978 July 12
- This report is a descriptive journey of the trends in governmental expenditure and public employment in the United States by the level of government.
- Federal financial regulatory agency reform: monetary policy operations
- This report presents provides a framework for examining proposals to reform the financial regulatory system.
- The Industrial Economy of the Pacific Coast States
- This report is a study of major wartime and immediate postwar developments in the industrialization of the Pacific Coast States.
- Brownouts -- what they are, their effects, and what to do about them
- This report addresses brownouts - what they are, their effects, and what to do about them.
- Violence and the mass media
- This report is about violence and the mass media
- Economic Development of North East Brazil
- This report presents Economic Development of North East Brazil in between 1950-1972.
- Summaries of Housing and Urban Development and Related Bills introduced in 93rd Congress through September 5,1973 - Revised as of April 1, 1974 with Supplements Added
- This report includes summaries of bills on housing,urban development and related matters introduced from the beginning of the 93rd Congress through September 5, 1973 and revised as of April 1, 1974 with supplements added.
- Property Taxes and Urban Development: Selected References.1967,1969, 1970
- This report includes selected references from 1967-1969 to property taxes and urban development.
- Federally Subsidized Housing Program Benefits
- This report consists of federally subsidized housing program benefits.
- The Federal Financing Bank--Its Role And Functions
- This report discusses the Federal Financing Bank(FFB), which is created under the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973 as a part of the Treasury department. This report also describes the various roles and responsibilities of FFB.
- Restricting Private Direct Investment Abroad to Narrow the Balance-of-Payments Deficits
- This report explains ongoing deficits in international U.S accounts and how the President at the time works with government officials to balance it.
- The 100 largest industrial corporations in the U.S ranked by sales in 1970
- This report ranks the 100 largest industrial corporations in the U.S by sales in 1970.
- Deregulation of natural gas: The pros and cons
- This report discuss about the pros and cons of deregulating the natural gas.
- Medicare and Medicaid Provisions of H.R. 1 - Comparision of Major Provisions passed by the House with those Adopted by the Senate Committee on Finance.
- This report addresses medicare and medicaid provisions of H.R. 1, including a comparrison of major provisions passed by the house with those adopted by the senate committee on finance.
- Historical Review of General Revenue Financing in Social Security.
- This report is a Historical Review of General Revenue Financing in Social Security.
- Federal Support of Cancer Research
- This report provides brief review of progress in the field of cancer research.
- Financing Political Campaigns: Selected References, 1913-1966
- This report cites the references which are related to Financing the Political Campaigns.
- The Fees and Incomes of Physicians
- The purpose of this report to discuss the rising costs of physicians' services and to examine what effect these increases have had on the practice income of the medical profession.
- Health Manpower Selected References
- This report concerns health professionals which is referred to as "health manpower".
- Business-Government Relations, 1970-1976: A Selected Bibliography
- This report contains specific references about the large range of issues involving government and business relations.
- No-Fault Insurance
- This report is about No-Fault Insurance
- National health planning and resources development act of 1974, P.L. 93-641
- This report presents new resources development program targeted toward meeting urgent health facilities needs.
- A Description of Federal Programs that Otherize the Sale or Other Disposal of Federal Land
- This report is a brief overview of land disposal policies of Principal federal land managements agencies.
- The Reasons for the calling of Confidential Legislative Sessions United States Senate, 1884-1966.
- This report is a brief description of the reasons for the calling of confidential legislative sessions United States Senate, 1884-1966.
- The Question of School Finance: Selected References, January-June 1973
- This report is a bibliography of published materials concerning school finances from January to June of 1973.
- State Regulation of Private Health Insurance
- This report addresses state regulation of private health insurance.