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Rehabilitation Act: Summary of 1998 Reauthorization Legislation

Description: This report discusses the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which provides comprehensive vocational rehabilitation (VR) services designed to help individuals with physical and mental disabilities become employable and to facilitate independence and integration into society.
Date: January 14, 2002
Creator: O'Shaughnessy, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

Description: The V-22 Osprey is a tilt-rotor aircraft that takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter and flies like a plane by tilting its wing-mounted rotorsto function as propellers. Combining a helicopter’s operational flexibility with the greaterspeed,range, and efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft, the V-22 can perform such missions astroop/cargo transport, amphibious assault, special operations, and search and rescue operations.
Date: January 14, 2002
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AIDS in Africa

Description: Sub-Saharan Africa has been far more severely affected by AIDS than any other part of the world. The United Nations reports that 25.3 million adults and children are infected with the HIV virus in the region, which has about 10% of the world's population but more than 70% of the worldwide total of infected people. This report discusses this issue in detail, including the cause of the African AIDS epidemic, the social and economic consequences, response and treatment, and U.S. policy.
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Americans with Disabilities Act: Toyota Motor Manufacturing v. Williams

Description: The Supreme Court, in Toyota Motor Manufacturing v. Williams, held that to be an individual with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) an individual must have substantial limitations on abilities that are central to daily life,rather than only to those abilities used in the workplace. In an unanimous opinion written by Justice O’Connor, the Court interpreted the definition of individual with disability narrowly to exclude individuals who are limited only in the performanc… more
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: Jones, Nancy L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appropriations for FY2002: Transportation and Related Agencies

Description: Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the Subcommittees on Transportation of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: Kirk, Robert S. & Peterman, David Randall
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Class Size Reduction Program: Background and Status

Description: This report provides an overview of the structure and status of the CSR program, the issues raised about the program, early reports on its implementation, and relevant legislative action by the U.S. Congress
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: Stedman, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes: A Description of Current Law

Description: This report contains an explanation of the major provisions of the Federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. The discussion divides the Federal estate tax into three components: the gross estate, deductions from the gross estate, and computation of the tax, including allowable tax credits.
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: Luckey, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Government Information Technology Management: Past and Future Issues (The Clinger-Cohen Act)

Description: This report provides an overview of the Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA) of 1996, or as it is better known, the Clinger-Cohen Act. Although the Clinger Cohen Act is a combination of the Federal Acquisition Reform Act (FARA) and the ITMRA, this report focuses on the information technology procurement and management reforms only.
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: Seifert, Jeffrey W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Discipline Provisions in P.L. 105-17

Description: Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about discipline provisions being made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This report details the provisions in disciplinary action made to IDEA in the 1997 Amendments to the act. Some of these provisions include the Ten Day Rule, school initiated interim alternative educational placements, and manifestation determination review. The report concludes with more proposed amendments to IDEA since 1997.
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Terrorism Insurance - The 2002 Marketplace

Description: The terrorist attacks of September 11 resulted in the largest insured catastrophic loss in history, estimated to total as much as $70 billion. Even though the insurance industry committed to pay losses resulting from the attacks, industry spokesmen asserted that in view of the impending unavailability of terrorism reinsurance on January 1, 2002, primary insurers would not be able to cover future terrorism losses on renewals of commercial risk policies without a federal backstop. This report con… more
Date: January 15, 2002
Creator: Woodall, S. Roy, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appropriations for FY2002: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government

Description: Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government.
Date: January 16, 2002
Creator: Gressle, Sharon S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Enron: Selected Securities, Accounting, and Pension Laws Possibly Implicated in its Collapse

Description: This report takes a brief look at some of the federal statutes concerning finance that the Congress and the Executive branch may focus on in their investigations. The report considers three major areas: the federal securities laws, the federal pension laws, and accounting standards.
Date: January 16, 2002
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.; Morris, Marie B. & Jickling, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Africa and the War on Terrorism

Description: African countries overwhelmingly expressed their support for the U.S.-led efforts on the war against terrorism shortly after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. Some African countries are reportedly sharing intelligence and are coordinating with Washington to fight terrorism in Africa. Administration officials believe that Africa is a potential breeding ground for terrorism. Some African officials are concerned that despite the strong support African governments have provided t… more
Date: January 17, 2002
Creator: Dagne, Theodore S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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China and the World Trade Organization

Description: China has sought over the past several years to become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the international agency that administers multilateral trade rules. China’s WTO membership (as well as that of Taiwan’s) was formally approved at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar in November 2001. On December 11, 2001, China officially became a WTO member. WTO membership will require China to significantly liberalize its trade and investment regimes, which could produce significan… more
Date: January 17, 2002
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Extending the Internet Tax Moratorium and Related Issues

Description: The Internet Tax Freedom Act, enacted in 1998, placed a 3-year moratorium on the ability of state and local governments 1) to impose new taxes on Internet access or 2) to impose multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. It grandfathered existing taxes on Internet access. The original moratorium expired on October 21, 2001. Numerous bills to extend the moratorium were introduced in the first session of the 107th Congress. The Congress approved H.R. 1552 (P.L. 107-75, enacted Novem… more
Date: January 17, 2002
Creator: Noto, Nonna A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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