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- Selected Legislation Enacted or Considered in the 94th Congress
- This report is about Disenfranchisement of convicted felons Affecting the minority population of the United States.
- Summary of Materials Related Legistlation Introcued into the 95th Congress
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- Congress and Procedures for Protecting Security And/Or Intelligence Information : A Brief Overview
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- Proposed Changes in Marihuana Controls, 95th Congress: Comparative Analysis, 1977, September 8
- This report is a descriptive journey of the proposed changes in marijuana control under the 95th congress.
- Casework and the Role of Caseworker in a Congression Office
- This report is on Casework and the Role of Caseworker in a Congression Office.
- The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: A History of Its Establishment and Jurisdiction
- This report provides a history of the creation of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, the Code of Official Conduct, and the financial disclosure rules.
- 95th Congress---Brief Summary of Selected Legislative Activity in the First Session and Subjects Which Are Expected to Receive Consideration in the Second Session
- This report briefly summarizes most of the significant legislative action taken in he First Session of the 95th Congress and some of the matters which are expected to receive active consideration in the Second Session; it is intended to provide only an overview.
- Major Antitrust Activity In Congress And The Supreme Court From 1974 to 1978
- This report consists of major antitrust activity in congress and the supreme court from 1974 to 1978.
- White House-Congress Relationships: Information Exchange and Lobbying
- This paper examines the purpose and evolution of White House lobbying from 1921 to 1978, and major controversies affiliated with lobbying.
- Legalized Gambling in United States.
- This report is about the Legalized Gambling in United States in the year 1978
- Congressional Action to Overturn Agency Rules: Alternatives to the "Legislative Veto"
- Congress has available a variety of statutory and non-statutory techniques, other than the "legislative veto," that have been used to overturn Federal agency rules, prevent their enforcement, limit their impact, or hinder their promulgation. This survey of the different statutory instruments of congressional control—direct overturn of rules, modification of agency jurisdiction, limitations in authorizing and appropriating statutes, requiring inter-agency consultation, and advance notification to the Congress—discusses a variety of mechanisms that vary in their use and their specificity, range of impact, and length of effect.
- Tax cut proposals in the 96th congress
- This report is about the tax cut proposals in the 96th Congress
- Environmental Protection Agency Programs: Congressional Actions
- This report details the environmental protection activities of the 96th Congress. Specifically, it reviews the three major issues which that Congress faced in regard to environmental protections: reauthorizations, oversight of regulations and their impacts on energy and the economy, and hazardous substances.
- CRS Studies in the Public Domain
- This report includes Congressional Research Service Studies in the Public Domain.
- A Functional Analysis of Congressional Member Office Operations
- This report presents a general analysis of personal staff functions in a congressional office. Because there is little specific information from Congress and other sources regarding staff job descriptions and because congressional office organization patterns very significantly, this report focuses on the staff functions that are common to all offices regardless of organizational structure or job title: office management; mail; projects; casework; legislation; schedulng and personal services; press and public relations; and political functions.
- Closing a Congressional Office: A Brief Overview
- This paper sets forth questions that a congressional office needs to consider in the process of closing down. These include statutory and non-statutory matters such as staff, the franking privilege, retirement benefits for Members and staff, allowances, and the disposition of congressional papers, and other office items.
- Chemical Warfare: Background And Issues
- This report concerns the renewed effort to modernize and expand the current US retaliatory chemical stockpile with binary munitions, which emerged in 1981. The effort is prompted by concern over the continued Soviet emphasis on chemical warfare capabilities. The report also documents the consistent Soviet refusal to accept a chemical warfare disarmament treaty.
- Congressional Staffing: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
- This bibliography provides the reader an overview of the growth, development, responsibilities, and duties of personal staffs of Senators and Representatives and the staffs of congressional committees, as seen and studied by academicians, journalists, former Members of the House and Senate, and former staff members.
- Clean Air Act Amendments And The 97th Congress
- This report concerns the 97th Congress reviewing proposals for substantive amendments to the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the re-authorization of the CAA.
- Grants Work in a Congressional Office
- Congressional offices are often approached by constituents seeking funds for proposals of potential benefit to their State or district. This report discusses the grants process and varying approaches and techniques congressional offices have developed in dealing with grants requests.
- Salaries and Allowances: Congress
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- Congressional Veto of Executive Actions
- Statutory provisions by which Congress authorizes a Federal program to be administered by the Executive but retains the legal authority to disapprove all or part of the program before final implementation have become increasingly frequent in recent years. These statutory provisions which subject a variety of proposed executive actions to congressional review are commonly known as "congressional veto" devices.
- Congressional Veto Legislation: 97th Congress
- This report has two purposes: first, to describe briefly the main features of each kind of congressional veto procedure, and second, to list under appropriated categories all such provisions submitted in the current Congress that have been located.
- Casework in a Congressional Office
- This paper presents a general overview of congressional office procedures associated with handling casework, and the assistance provided by a Member of Congress to help constituents in their dealings with Federal agencies. It discusses options for assisting Member's constituents, and the role of staff and Members in providing casework services.
- Basic Reference Sources For Use by Congressional Offices: An Annotated Selection of Publications and Services
- This is an annotated guide to publications and other sources of information useful to Members of Congress and their staffs, covering congressional office management, the organization and operation of Congress, legislative responsibilities, services to constituents, and other duties of Congress.
- Congressional Pay
- The question of a salary increase for Members of Congress was considered by both Houses numerous times during the 97th Congress. The issue was last considered during December in the FY83 Further Continuing Appropriations. As sent to the President, the measure provided for a 15% pay increase for Members of the House of Representatives and other senior Federal officials, but not for Senators. The resolution was signed into law by the President on Dec. 21, 1982. Previously, in September, Congress approved a pay cap through Dec. 17, 1982 for Members and other senior Federal officials.
- Energy and The 98th Congress: Overview
- This report is about perceptions of national energy problem
- Women in the United States Congress
- This report identifies women who have served as Senators or as Members of the House of Representatives. It notes their party affiliation, the States they have represented, the dates of their appointment or election, the length of their service, their committee assignments, and their service in committee chairmanships.
- War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance
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- The War Powers Resolution: A Decade of Experience
- "This report analyzes the provisions of the [War Powers] Resolution and a decade of experience with it" (p. ii).
- Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 99th Congress, First Session
- This report presents the proceedings and debates of the 99th Congress, first session.
- Women in the United States Congress
- This report identifies women who have served as U.S. Senators or Representatives. It notes their party affiliation, the States they have represented, the dates of their appointment or election, the length of their service, their committee assignments, and their service in committee chairmanships.
- World Bank Legislation Before the 99th Congress
- The 99th Congress has before it several proposals to authorize additional U.S. contributions to multilateral development banks. These include potential subscriptions or contributions to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Fund (AFDF), and the special African aid facility of the International Development Association (IDA). There is no legislation now before Congress to authorize new contributions to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the regular budget of the IDA, or any of the other regional development banks. These have been dealt with in previous years. This paper provides some background on the World Bank and a summary of the pending legislation.
- World Bank Legislation Before the 99th Congress
- The 99th Congress has before it several proposals to authorize additional U.S. contributions to multilateral development banks. These include potential subscriptions or contributions to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Fund (AFDF), and the special African aid facility of the International Development Association (IDA). There is no legislation now before Congress to authorize new contributions to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the regular budget of the IDA, or any of the other regional development banks. These have been dealt with in previous years. This paper provides some background on the World Bank and a summary of the pending legislation.
- Persian Gulf and the War Powers Debate: Issue Summary and Review of Events
- "This issue brief tracks chronologically the events in the Gulf with particular reference to major U.S. policy statements and actions relevant to the War Powers Resolution" (p. iii).
- Congress and Foreign Policy: Selected References
- This spreading list presents literature on the role of Congress in the conduct of foreign relations. Citations include such topics as the relationship between Congress and the executive, role of committees, and the impact of foreign policy decisions. The focus is on the current literature, but older materials are included to provide historical background on this topic.
- Congress and Foreign Policy: Selected References
- This spreading list presents literature on the role of Congress in the conduct of foreign relations. Citations include such topics as the relationship between Congress and the executive, role of committees, and the impact of foreign policy decisions. The focus is on the current literature, but older materials are included to provide historical background on this topic.
- Abortion: Legislative Control
- In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution protects a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy (Roe v. Wade), and that a State may not unduly burden the exercise of that fundamental right by regulations that prohibit or substantially limit access to the means of effectuating that decision (Doe v. Bolton). However, the issue of a woman's right to an abortion is far from settled. This report discusses the various legislative actions undertaken since 1973 to either nullify these rulings or hinder their effectuation.
- The War Powers Resolution: Fifteen Years of Experience
- This report addresses the War Powers Resolution and its experiences within a time frame of fifteen years.
- Compendium of Precedents Involving Evidentiary Rulings and Applications of Evidentiary Principles from Selected Impeachment Trials
- At the present time, there are no binding rules of evidence or set of evidentiary principles to be applied in Senate impeachment trials. Rather, recourse is taken to the evidentiary rules and principles applicable in contemporaneous court proceedings and to precedents from past impeachment trial to provide guidance for Senate Impeachment Trial Committees or for the full Senate on evidentiary questions which arise in the impeachment context. This report compiles evidentiary precedents from the Senate impeachment trials of Judges Harry E. Claiborne, Halsted Ritter, Harold Louderback, and Charles Swayne. The evidentiary rulings and principles gleaned from this examination are arranged in subject matter categories, and within those categories, in reverse chronological order by trial.
- How to Follow Current Federal Legislation and Regulations
- This report provides a listing of the key primary and secondary sources from which current information can be obtained, as well as suggested sources of further information.
- 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.
- National Emergency Powers
- This report the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651) that eliminated or modified some statutory grants of emergency authority, required the President to declare formally the existence of a national emergency and to specify what statutory authority, activated by the declaration, would be used, and provided Congress a means to countermand the President's declaration and the activated authority being sought.
- Persian Gulf War: Defense-Policy Implications for Congress
- This report is on the Persian Gulf War: Defense-Policy Implications for Congress.
- Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress in the 1990s
- Japan-U.S. relations are more uncertain and subject to greater strain today than at any time since World War II. Longstanding military allies and increasingly interdependent economic partners, Japan and the United States have worked closely together to build a strong, multifaceted relationship based on democratic values and interests in world stability and development. But Japan today is our foremost economic and technological competitor. The Cold War thaw, discord in U.S.-Japanese relations over the Iraq-Kuwait crisis of 1990-1991, a protracted U.S. recession, and exigencies of U.S. election-year politics raised new questions about the appropriate U.S. policy toward this Asian ally.
- President Bush's Judicial Nominations During the 101st and 102nd Congresses
- There are ten categories of courts (including the local courts of the District of Columbia) to which the President nominates judges. The report provides background and statistics concerning President Bush's judicial nominations in each court category as well as actions taken on those nominations by the United States Senate. Each of the report's ten sections discusses the composition and jurisdiction of the court in question and notes the committee to which nominations to this court were referred when received by the Senate. Also, statistics on judicial nominations received by the Senate during the four years of the Bush Presidency are presented.
- Colleges and Universities Attended By Senators of the 103d Congress
- This report identifies the colleges and universities attended by Senators elected to the 103rd Congress.
- Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress in the 1990s
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- Guiding a Bill Through the Legislative Process
- This report describes each stage of the legislative process that legislative assistants may find helpful as they seek to further the progress of a specific bill.
- Special Elections and Membership Changes in the 103d Congress, First Session
- This report provides information on membership changes in the first session of the 103d Congress through special elections for vacancies in the House of Representatives and appointments and special elections for vacancies in the Senate .