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U.S. Army School of the Americas: Background and Congressional Concerns
Date: August 2, 2000
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F
Description: None
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Peacekeeping: Issues of U.S. Military Involvement
Date: August 25, 2000
Creator: Serafino, Nina M
Description: None
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Legislative Issues in 2001
Date: August 2, 2001
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry
Description: None
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China and "Falun Gong"
Date: August 3, 2001
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Description: The “Falun Gong” movement has led to the largest and most protracted public demonstrations in China since the democracy movement of 1989. On April 25, 1999, an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 adherents assembled in front of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese Communist Party leadership compound, and participated in a silent protest against state repression of their activities. On July 21, 1999, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government, fearful of the spread of social unrest, outlawed the movement and began to arrest Falun Gong protesters.
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The Discharge Rule in the House: Recent Use in Historical Context
Date: August 6, 2001
Creator: Beth, Richard S
Description: The discharge rule of the House of Representatives affords a way for Members to bring to the floor a measure not reported from committee. Before a motion to discharge may be made, 218 Members must sign a petition for that purpose. This report provides summary data on discharge petitions filed since adoption of the present form of discharge rule in 1931. It also identifies the 32 occasions since 1967 on which a committee report or floor action occurred on a measure against which a petition was filed (or an alternative measure on the same subject).
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Environmental Protection Issues in the 107th Congress
Date: August 7, 2001
Creator: Lee, Martin R
Description: This report discuss issues that received congressional attention in the 107th Congress, such as The impact of air quality regulations, key water quality issues, superfund, solid/hazardous wastes, multibillion dollar cleanup and compliance programs, climate change, pesticides, EPA budget, and Science and Technology.
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Clean Water Act Issues in the 107th Congress
Date: August 15, 2001
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Description: Key water quality issues that may face the 107th Congress include: actions to implement existing provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA), whether additional steps are necessary to achieve overall goals of the Act, and the appropriate federal role in guiding and paying for clean water activities. Legislative prospects for comprehensively amending the Act have for some time stalled over whether and exactly how to change the law. If clean water issues receive attention in the 107th Congress, consideration of specific issues will depend in part on the CWA policy agenda of the new Bush Administration and on priorities of the key committees that have major jurisdiction over the Act.
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Congressional Budget Resolutions: Motions to Instruct Conferees
Date: August 15, 2001
Creator: Keith, Robert
Description: Both the House and the Senate have procedures whereby the full bodies may issue instructions to conferees on budget resolutions, usually in the form of a motion. The practices of the House and Senate regarding such motions differ markedly in key respects. First, the House resorts to such motions regularly (having considered 10 such motions in the past 12 years), while the Senate seldom uses them. Second, the House has considered only one motion per budget resolution, while the Senate considered five motions on one budget resolution. Finally, the House regards the motion to instruct conferees strictly as a prerogative of the minority party, while the Senate does not.
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Airline Passenger Rights Legislation in the 107th Congress
Date: August 17, 2001
Creator: Kirk, Robert S
Description: This report examines legislation pertaining to airline consumer protection in the 107th Congress. For background it first summarizes legislation proposed in the 106th Congress and the airlines’ response. The report then briefly examines the findings of the Department of Transportation Inspector General’s February 13, 2001 report on airline customer service. It then discusses the legislative remedies proposed in the 107th Congress. Finally, a side-by-side presentation of provisions from six airline passenger rights bills is set forth.
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Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2001
Date: August 20, 2001
Creator: Amer, Mildred L
Description: This report identifies the committee assignments, dates of service, and (for Representatives) districts of the 209 women Members of Congress.
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