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- Holocaust-Era Assets: A Guide for Filing Claims and a List of Compensation Programs
- This report provides the addresses, fax, and telephone numbers(including e-mail and Internet sites when available) of the major private and governmental organizations that are currently assisting with claims, compensation, and restitution of Holocaust-era assets (artworks, bank accounts, insurance claims, property, etc.)
- Commemorative Observances: A Chronological List
- Historically, national commemorative observances were recommended by Congress through the legislative process. This practice was discontinued by the House of Representatives in January 1995, although the Senate continues to issue sense of the Senate resolutions recommending the establishment of commemoratives. It has now become standard practice for special observances to be designated by a proclamation issued by the President. This report is a chronological list of these proclamations for 1997 and 1998, indicating the proclamation number and its Federal Register citation
- The Philippines: A Bibliography
- This report is a bibliography that cites the information related to the Philippines; its General and Historical content, Government and Politics, Economy, and Foreign Relations.
- Pakistan: Situation Report
- This report is the situational report of Pakistan which includes its Political Affairs, Economy, and Foreign Relations.
- Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941: A Compilation of Selected Materials and a Selected Bibliography
- This report provides a selection of excerpts of periodical articles and Congressional documents related to the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii attack on Dec. 7, 1941, as well as a bibliography of selected books related to the attack.
- The Impoundment Control Act of 1974: Legislative History and Implementation
- This report is on The Impoundment Control Act of 1974: Legislative History and Implementation.
- The United States and France: A Survey of Post-War Relations.
- This report attempts in detailing the United States Relations with France since World War 2. These have evolved into two phases, generally coinciding with the fourth and fifth french republics.
- Cambodia: A Bibliography
- This report is a bibliography that cites the information related to Cambodia: its General and Historical content, Government and Politics; economy, and foreign relations and defense
- Budget Enforcement Act of 1997: Summary and Legislative History
- This report contains the summary and legislative history of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997.
- The Prisoner of War Issue in the First Indochina War, with Special Emphasis on the Release of Prisoners, 1954-1962
- This report discusses prisoners of war in the 1st Indochina War (1954-1962) between France and the Vietminh and agreements for their exchange and release both during and after the war. It includes statistics on the numbers of prisoners taken versus the amount released and discussion of this data.
- Prisoners of War: Repatriation or Internment in Wartime, The American and Allied Experience, 1775 to Present
- This report provides a brief overview of exchange agreements regarding American or Allied prisoners of war from 1775 to the present which were made during wartime.
- U.S. Bombing of North Vietnam and the October 1968 "Understanding"
- This report discusses the "1968 Understanding" between North Vietnam and the United States regarding the cessation of bombing over North Vietnam and the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam in November 1970 which triggered protests and debates over the nature and actual content of the aforementioned "Understanding".
- U.S. Use of Preemptive Military Force
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- U.S. Use of Preemptive Military Force
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- U.S. Use of Preemptive Military Force
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- Proposals for Intelligence Reorganization, 1949-2004
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- Proposals for Intelligence Reorganization, 1949-2004
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- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,1929-1968: Selected References
- This report provides a bibliography of resources related to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and includes writings by him, biographical books and articles, and news articles related to his assassination, funeral, and legacy.
- Rumania's Reaction to the Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia
- This report describes Rumania's (Romania's) history as a Communist nation under the Soviet Union, as well as Rumania's reaction to the Soviet Union intervening in Czechoslovakia in 1968.
- The KU KLUX KLAN. 1968
- This report is about KU KLUX KLAN.
- A Changing Natural Rate of Unemployment: Policy Issues
- This report discusses problems in estimating the natural rate of unemployment. The contents include the natural rate concept, potential causes of a falling natural rate in the 1990s, alternative theories, and measuring the natural rate in practice.
- Information Concerning Speakers of the House of Representatives
- This report contains statistical information about the 46 men who have been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives since 1789. Included is each Speaker's birth date, dates he served in the House, Congresses that he served in, his length of service in the House before and during his Speakership, the dates he was elected Speaker, the number of ballots required to elect him, his party affiliation, and home state.
- The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico: The Evolution of the Office
- This report discusses the history of the position of Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and the functions of the position.
- U.S. Military Retirement Pay: History and Analysis of Key Legislation, 1861-1958
- This report provides data and analysis on U.S. military retirement pay rates and legislation affecting it from 1861 to 1958.
- U.S. Military Personnel and Casualties in Principal U.S. Wars: By Branch of Service from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War: By Pre-service Home State from World War 1 to the Vietnam War
- This report provides data on the numbers of soldiers who served in the principal wars of U.S. history, from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War, and the numbers of casualties in each war by branch of service and home state (from WW1 onward).
- Japan's World War II Reparations: A Fact Sheet
- Japan's war reparations following World War II came in two stages. In the first, 1946-1949, U.S. and allied governments arranged for U.S. occupation authorities to ship about $160 million in Japanese industrial equipment to China, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the British colonies in East Asia.
- South Africa: A Chronology
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- The Marshall Plan: Design, Accomplishments, and Significance
- This report discusses the Marshall Plan's design, implementation, accomplishments, and its relevance to current foreign aid programs. The Appendix lists numerous related studies and publications.
- The Hungarian Revolutions of 1848 and 1956
- This report discusses the Hungarian Revolutions during 1848 and 1956 and discusses its major key points.
- History and Development of Water Resources: A Select Bibliography
- This report is a bibliography on History and Development of Water Resources.
- Term of Office for Members of the U.S. House of Representative: a History and Select Bibliography
- This report consists the history and select bibliography of the term of office of the U.S. House of Representative members. It includes the chronology of action on length of the House terms at the Constitutional convention, efforts to alter the House term, and amendments to the Constitution lengthening the Term of Office for the U.S. House of Representatives.
- The United States and the Korean Problem
- This report details events surrounding the United States' involvement in Korea from 1943-1953.
- Daylight Saving Time
- This report details the information related to daylight saving time. The content includes its history, changing an area's time zone, moving an area on or off DST
- Iran-Contra Affair: Biographical Profiles
- This report provides biographical information on individuals who have been associated in public reports with the controversy surrounding the secret U.S. arms sales to Iran and the channeling of profits to the rebels or Contras in Nicaragua. The information has been compiled from public sources.
- Juvenile Justice: Legislative History and Current Legislative Issues
- This CRS Report for Congress Includes descriptions of past and present legislative issues affecting juvenile justice in the United States
- Military Tribunals: Historical Patterns and Lessons
- This report summarizes the types of military tribunals that have functioned from the Revolutionary War to the present time, explaining the legislative enactments that have guided these tribunals and the judicial decisions that have reviewed their constitutionality.
- U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It begins with an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. It then offers details about each category of delivery vehicle, focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.
- U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It begins with an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. It then offers details about each category of delivery vehicle, focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.
- U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It begins with an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. It then offers details about each category of delivery vehicle, focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.
- U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It begins with an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. It then offers details about each category of delivery vehicle, focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.
- U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It begins with an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. It then offers details about each category of delivery vehicle, focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.
- The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
- This report details the total cost of counterterrorism operations in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This report also includes descriptions of relevant budgetary legislation.
- U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It begins with an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. It then offers details about each category of delivery vehicle--land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and heavy bombers--focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.
- Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims: Background and Proposed Legislation
- This report aims to inform consideration of H.R. 1746 and possible alternatives by providing: background on Holocaust-era compensation and restitution issues; an overview of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC), including criticism and support of its claims process and Administration policy on ICHEIC; and an overview of litigation on Holocaust-era insurance claims and the proposed legislation.
- To Create a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: A Legislative History of Senate Resolution 400
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- Historic Preservation: Background and Funding
- This report summarizes the federal role in historic preservation. It provides descriptions of and funding information for some of the major preservation programs, including the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Register for Historic Places. Some Members of Congress have given historic preservation programs close scrutiny and have recommended that historic preservation activities be supported increasingly by the private sector.
- Greece Since the Coup D'Etat
- This report discusses the 1967 coup in Greece and its aftermath along with current conditions in Greece economically, socially, and politically .
- Historical Summary of School Desegregation Since 1954
- This report discusses desegregation in public schools after the 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" decision. Topics covered include initial reactions and responses to "Brown", desegregation efforts in the south through 1964, the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, further desegregation efforts in the south after 1954 and desegregation in the north and west, major desegregation court cases, and legislative and presidential action related to desegregation and civil rights.
- Historic Preservation: Background and Funding
- This report summarizes the federal role in historic preservation. It provides descriptions of and funding information for some of the major preservation programs, including the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Register for Historic Places. Some Members of Congress have given historic preservation programs close scrutiny and have recommended that historic preservation activities be supported increasingly by the private sector.
- U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It begins with an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. It then offers details about each category of delivery vehicle, focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.