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- Farm Commodity Legislation: Chronology, 1933-98
- Farm commodity programs were a product of the Great Depression. This report discusses the history of farm commodity legislation. Since 1933, Congress has required the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to administer a variety of programs providing price support and income protection for the nations farmers.
- Japan's Response to the Persian Gulf Crisis: Implications for U.S. -Japan Relations
- This report provides information and analysis for use by Members of Congress as they deliberate on the Japanese response to the Gulf crisis and, perhaps more important, what it may mean for future U.S.-Japanese relations. The first chapter briefly reviews Japanese government actions in response to the crisis, from August 1990 to February 1991. A second section examines in detail the various factors and constraints that affected Japanese policy. The final section offers conclusions and examines implications of the episode for future U.S.-Japanese relations. Published sources for the report are cited in footnotes.
- Japan-U.S. Global Partnership: Implications of the Postponement of the President's November 1991 Trip to Japan
- Both the Bush Administration and the new Japanese Government headed by Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa had given considerable importance to the President,s planned trip to Tokyo in late November, now postponed in the interest of attending to domestic concerns.
- 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.
- China's Prospects After Tiananmen Square: Current Conditions, Future Scenarios, and a Survey of Expert Opinion
- Since the violent military crackdown around Tiananmen Square, most Western observers have struggled to understand and explain three major questions concerning the Chinese situation: first, why a forward-looking and reform-minded Chinese leadership chose such violent force over a more accommodating approach toward the peaceful public protests of June 1989; second, how to assess current political and economic conditions in China in light of Tiananmen Square; and third, what the events of the last two years mean for China's future prospects.
- Summary of Major Changes in the Social Security Cash Benefits Program: 1935-1996
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- American Federalism, 1776 to 1997: Significant Events
- This report identifies several significant eras and events in the evolution of American federalism and provides a capsule description or discussion of each. It should be noted that among experts in the field of federalism there may be a general consensus concerning the evolution of American federalism; however, the choice of events and scholarly interpretations of such events may vary and are by nature subjective.
- Spinning the Web: The History and Infrastructure of the Internet
- The Internet is an international, cooperative computer "network of networks" that links many types of users, such as governments, schools, libraries, corporations, hospitals, individuals, and others. No single organization owns, manages, or controls the Internet. However, the Internet is not free. The major costs of running the network are shared by its primary users: universities, national laboratories, high-tech corporations, and governments.
- The Unification of Germany: Background and Analysis of the Two-Plus-Four Talks
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- German Unification
- This is a report on German Unification and the poliitical transformations in Germany.
- Desert Shield and Desert Storm Implications for Future U.S. Force Requirements
- This preliminary assessment summarizes U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps performances during recent war, then relates it to past experience and potential threats in ways that might help decisionmakers determine the most suitable characteristics of U.S. armed forces for the rest of this decade.
- Persian Gulf War: Defense-Policy Implications for Congress
- This report is on the Persian Gulf War: Defense-Policy Implications for Congress.
- Military and Civilian Satellites in Support of Allied Forces in the Persian Gulf War
- This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress explains the use of military and civilian space programs to advance satellites for the support of military action.
- Ban of Use of Polygraph Evidence Does not amount to Abridgment of Military Defendant's Right to Present a Defense
- This report is on Ban of Use of Polygraph Evidence Does not amount to Abridgment of Military Defendant's Right to Present a 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.
- Georgia: Basic Facts
- This report is about the historical facts of Georgia.