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- Disposal by Treaty of United States: Property Rights in Panama
- This report explores the constitutional issues involved in Property Rights in Panama
- Public Welfare: Selected Bibliographic References
- This report is made up of materials relating to Public Welfare programs under Social Security Act.
- Violence as a political technique: Selected recent references. 1968
- This report deals with the use of violence as a political technique covers the major book and periodical literature on this subject produced over the past ten years.
- The Recall or Withholding of U.S Ambassadors to influence other governments or express disapproval of their actions: Some specific cases
- This report discusses the cases that the united states sought to influence another government or to express disapproval of its actions by recalling the U.S. ambassador or by delaying the appointment or accreditation of a new one.
- Government policy relating to wages and prices
- This report is a selected Bibliography
- Conscientious Objection and the Constitution: "Welsh v. United States" and Beyond
- This report discusses the Supreme Court case "Welsh v. United States" which considered the question of what constituted a religious belief that merited recognition as a conscientious objector. A judicial history of cases related to conscientious objection, analysis of the "Welsh" case, and Congressional options for dealing with the question of conscientious objection requirements are included.
- Brief Comparison of Major Health Care Financing Bills Introduced in the 92nd Congress
- This report includes a summary of all health care financing bills proposed in the 92nd Congress.
- Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (P. L. 91-513): Major Criminal Penalties
- This report provides a table listing criminal penalties for drug related charges under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.
- Legislation for Marine Affairs in the 92nd Congress, 1st Session
- This report addresses legislation for marine affairs in the 92nd Congress' 1st session.
- Youth in the People's Republic of China: A Brief Bibliography
- This report is a Bibliography on youth in the People's Republic of China.
- Testimonial Privilege for Representatives of the News Media: A Summary of Recent Court Decisions, Proposed Federal Legislation and Compilation of State Laws
- This report contains a summary of recent court decisions, proposed federal legislation and compilation of state laws.
- Cable Telecommunications Technology and Educational, Health, and Participatory Political Systems
- This report evaluates the likely impact of cable technologies on Educational, Health, and Participatory Political Systems.
- Congress : A Selected Annotaed Bibliography
- This report is about major contemporary works about congress.
- Uses and Sources of Federal Government Budget Funds (Unified Budget Concept and Federal Funds Basis), Fiscal Years 1974-1976
- This report about Uses and sources of federal government budget funds (unified budget concept and federal funds basis), Fiscal years 1974-1976
- Congressional Hearings and Reports on Organized Crime - A Bibliography, 93rd Congress -79th Congress
- This report is a bibliography on Congressional Hearings and Reports on Organized Crime, 93rd Congress - 79th Congress.
- The Concorde SST Controversy, 1975
- This report describes about the Concorde Supersonic Transport Controversy in the United States.
- US Policy on the Use of Nuclear Weapons, 1945-1975.
- This report describes US Policy on the Use of Nuclear Weapons from 1945 through 1975.
- The Proposed Allied Services Act: Summary and Arguments, Pro and Con
- This report discusses the purpose of the bill which is to encourage and assist states and localities to develop, demonstrate and evaluate means of improving the utilization and effectiveness of human services through integrated planning, management, and delivery of those services in order to achieve the objectives of personal independence and individual and family economic self-sufficiency.
- Newsmen's Privilege: A Testimonial Privilege for Representatives of the News Media
- This report is over the Testimonial Privilege Act for Newsman bill, arguments in favor and against the bill, and related state statutes.
- Executive Organization : A select Bibliography
- This report is focused on the recognization of the executive branch of the government.
- Disenfranchisement of convicted felons
- This report is about the Disenfranchisement of convicted felons
- A selected Bibliography on the Operations of the U.S postal service
- This report is about A selected Bibliography on the Operations of the U.S postal service
- Women in the United States Congress
- This reportis about the women in the United States Congress.
- Supreme Court: Church-State Cases, October 1983 Term
- This report provides an assessment of Supreme Court cases from the 1983-85 Term that involve issues involving the free exercise of religion. It provides a detailed review of the case Lynch v. Donnelly, and brief descriptions of twelve other cases that have not been reviewed.
- Bank Failures: Recent Trends and Policy Options
- During the 1980s the U.S. banking industry has experienced a rapidly growing number of failures. Many factors have contributed to this trend including deregulation, technology, individual bank management, and economic conditions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) handles insured bank failures. Congress has been monitoring the recent trend and is concerned with the FDIC’s ability to continue to perform its supervisory and insurance operations. The present situation, information on key factors affecting the banking industry, and the FDIC’s role when a bank fails is discussed in this report. The reference section of this issue brief contains a list of CRS products providing background on the FDIC and legislative issues relevant to the agency.
- Adoption: Interethnic Placement Legislation In the 104th Congress
- This report discusses the legislation by the 104th Congress to increase overall adoption rates by prohibiting racial and other discriminatory practices in the adoption process. The report identifies this as a provision of the Small Business Job Protection Act, which will also increase minimum wage.
- DOE Laboratory Restructuring Legislation in the 104th Congress
- Interest in restructuring (including eliminating) the Department of Energy (DOE) and its laboratories has increased since the end of the Cold War, and especially since the beginning of the 104th Congress. A number of non-legislative proposals and activities to this end are reviewed, including DOE's own proposals for "alignment and downsizing" of the Department and its laboratories.
- Sex Discrimination in Education: Overview of Title IX
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing an overview of title IX in regards to sex discrimination in education. Topics include, a history of IX, changes attributed to title IX, continuing controversies, etc..
- Air Quality: EPA’s Proposed Ozone Transport Rule, OTAG, and Section 126 Petitions — A Hazy Situation?
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently engaged in a series of regulatory actions to address the transport of ozone pollution in the eastern United States. This report reviews this situation with respect to an EPA-proposed Ozone Transport Rule and other activities.
- Air Quality: EPA's Proposed Ozone Transport Rule, OTAG, and Section 216 Petitions - A Hazy Situation?
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently engaged in a series of regulatory actions to address the transport of ozone pollution in the eastern United States. This report reviews this situation with respect to an EPA-proposed Ozone Transport Rule and other activities.
- One Million Personal Bankruptcies a Year: Economic Implications and Policy Options
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- Securities Litigation Reform: Unfinished Business?
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- Clean Air Act Permitting: Status of Implementation
- The 1990 Clean Air Act amendments established an operating permit system that is affecting many new and existing sources of air emissions, as well as state and local air pollution control agencies. After delays and early missteps, the operating permit program is moving ahead. All state and local programs have received interim or full approval, and permits are being issued, although at a slower rate than anticipated. However, a number of issues exist. These include the effect of key federal regulations, not yet promulgated, on permit programs and regulated sources; adequacy of state resources; gaining full approval for those permit programs that now have interim approval; and oversight.
- Campaign Financing: Highlights and Chronology of Current Federal Law
- Current law governing financial activity of campaigns for federal office is based on two principal statutes: the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971, as amended in 1974, 1976, and 1979, and the Revenue Act of 1971. These laws were enacted to remedy widely perceived shortcomings of existing law, the Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, and in response to reports of campaign finance abuses over the years, culminating in the 1972-1974 Watergate scandal. This report provides a summary of major provisions of federal law and a chronology of key legislative and judicial actions.
- Appropriations for FY2000: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
- This report is a guide to appropriations of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for FY2000.
- Capital Gains Taxes, Innovation and Growth
- This study addresses the role of capital gains tax reductions in stimulating new firm formation, innovation, and growth through venture capital investments and tax-favored stock options.
- The Mining Law Millsite Debate
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- Coastal Zone Management Reauthorization: An Overview
- Congress is considering legislation that would reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. This overview summarizes the programs created by this act and its amendments, and outlines issues associated with reauthorization. These issues include reauthorizing funding, altering grant programs, changing the National Estuarine Research Reserve system, funding to implement nonpoint water pollution requirements, protecting private property rights, expanding program evaluation efforts, and examining effects of personal water craft on the coastal requirement. A reauthorization bill has been reported by the House Resources Committee (H.R. 2669, H. Rept. 106-485), and floor action is anticipated soon. In the Senate, no action has been taken.
- The Pendulum Swings Back: Standing Doctrine After
- On January 12, 2000, the Supreme Court held in Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw that plaintiffs had standing to pursue a Clean Water Act citizen suit, despite the fact that (1) the company-defendant had achieved compliance prior to the district court's decision, (2) plaintiffs sought only civil penalties payable to the U.S. Treasury, and (3) plaintiffs had demonstrated only reasonable concern, not physical injury to the environment. In so holding, the Court appeared to retrench substantially from its environmental standing decisions of the 1990s, which had all gone against plaintiffs. In the wake of Laidlaw, environmental citizen suits will be easier to bring. This report will not be updated.
- Tax Benefits for Education in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: New Legislative Developments
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- Clean Air Act Issues in the 106th Congress
- The Clean Air Act and its 1990 amendments appear to have contributed to a marked improvement in air quality nationwide. Of nearly 100 metropolitan areas not meeting air quality standards for ozone in 1990, more than two-thirds now do so. Even greater progress has been achieved with carbon monoxide: 36 of 42 areas not in attainment in 1990 now meet the standard. Nevertheless, EPA remains concerned about air pollution. In 1997, the Agency promulgated major revisions to its air quality standards for ozone and particulates, an action that would require most states and urban areas to establish additional controls on a wide range of pollution sources. The revised standards were challenged by numerous parties and the courts have remanded the standards to EPA. Implementation is currently in limbo, pending resolution of appeals by the Supreme Court.
- The Law of the Sea Convention and U.S. Policy
- On October 7, 1994, President Clinton transmitted to the Senate the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention. The package was referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. On November 16, 1994, the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention entered into force but without accession by the United States. The 1994 Agreement entered into force on July 28, 1996, again without U.S. ratification.
- Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting, 1993-2000
- This report describes executive and legislative activities relating to research and development budgets and priority-setting that occurred primarily during FY1993 to FY2001, the period of the two Clinton Administrations.
- Pipeline Safety: Federal Program and Reauthorization Issues
- The 107th Congress is considering legislation that would amend federal pipeline safety law, which directs the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to regulate pipeline transportation and storage of natural gases and hazardous liquids. Those bills also would authorize funding for the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), which is charged with implementing federal pipeline safety law. Among the topics discussed as part of the process of reauthorizing the OPS program are: state versus federal roles in pipeline safety, increased community involvement, funding amounts to support OPS, and new regulatory directives and authorities intended to improve the OPS program and associated state activities. S. 235, as amended, the "Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2001," passed the Senate on February 8, 2001. This report will be updated as necessary.
- Impoundment and Sale of Cattle Trespassing on Federal Public Lands
- This report explores the authority of BLM personnel regarding unauthorized cattle by reviewing the statutory authorities of BLM over the federal rangelands under its administration, and the regulations and administrative materials implementing those authorities in the context of grazing, trespass, impoundment and sale of unauthorized livestock.
- Lobbying Congress: An Overview of Legal Provisions and Congressional Ethics Rules
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- Pakistan-U.S. Relations
- This report includes information regarding Pakistan. Information including historical background, Pakistan and U.S. relations, and U.S. aid to Pakistan is detailed in this report.
- Terrorism: Some Legal Restrictions on Military Assistance to Domestic Authorities Following a Terrorist Attack
- The Constitution empowers the President to act as Commander in Chief of the armed forces and to see to the execution of federal law; it gives Congress the authority to make federal law including laws for the regulation of the armed forces. The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the armed forces to perform civilian governmental tasks unless explicitly authorized to do so. There are statutory exceptions to ensure continued enforcement of state and federal law, to provide disaster assistance, and to provide technical support for law enforcement. There are constitutional impediments to the use of the military to nationalize an industry, to try civilians, and to compel state officials to perform federally-imposed duties.
- Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity
- The entry into force, on January 1, 1994, of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has eliminated the advantage that the beneficiaries of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) and related provisions of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) had enjoyed in trade with the United States relative to Mexico, and gave Mexico an increasingly significant competitive edge over the CBERA countries. The scheduled further implementation of the NAFTA would have resulted in a substantial advantage to Mexico over the CBERA countries and vitiate in part the purpose of the CBERA.
- Selected Aviation Security Legislation in the Aftermath of the September 11 Attack
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