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- Federal Employees' Retirement Benefits: Bills in the 108th Congress
- This report describes the bills introduced in the 108th Congress that would affect participants in either CSRS or FERS. It begins by summarizing laws enacted during the 107th Congress that affected CSRS or FERS.
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
- This report discusses the retirement systems in place for federal employees. Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System, and contribute 7.0% of their pay to a retirement fund. Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System and contribute 0.8% of their pay to a retirement fund. Both require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. This report also summarizes relevant legislation in the 113th Congress that would make significant changes to federal benefits and financing, including H.J.Res. 59, S. 18, S. 1678, and H.R. 3639.
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
- This report discusses the retirement systems in place for federal employees including the Civil Service Retirement System (for employees hired before 1984) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (for employees hired in 1984 or later). Both programs require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. This report also summarizes relevant legislation in the 113th Congress that would make significant changes to federal benefits and financing, including H.J.Res. 59, S. 18, S. 1678, and H.R. 3639.
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
- Report discussing the retirement systems in place for federal employees. Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System, and contribute 7.0% of their pay to a retirement fund. Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System and contribute 0.8% of their pay to a retirement fund. Both require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. The taxable wage base is $110,100 in 2012. This report discusses both retirement funds.
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
- Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System, and contribute 7.0% of their pay to a retirement fund. Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System and contribute 0.8% of their pay to a retirement fund. Both require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. The taxable wage base is $106,800 in 2010. This report discusses both retirement funds.
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
- Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System, and contribute 7.0% of their pay to a retirement fund. Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System and contribute 0.8% of their pay to a retirement fund. Both require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. The taxable wage base is $106,800 in 2011. This report discusses both retirement funds.
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
- Most civilian federal employees who were hired before 1984 are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System, and contribute 7.0% of their pay to a retirement fund. Federal employees hired in 1984 or later are covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System and contribute 0.8% of their pay to a retirement fund. Both require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax. The taxable wage base is $110,100 in 2012. This report discusses both retirement funds.
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Benefits and Financing
- This report discusses the retirement systems in place for federal employees including the Civil Service Retirement System (for employees hired before 1984) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (for employees hired in 1984 or later). Both programs require participants to contribute toward the cost of their pensions through a payroll tax.
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Summary of Recent Trends
- This report describes recent trends in the characteristics of annuitants and current employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) as well as the financial status of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (CSRDF).
- Federal Employees' Retirement System: Summary of Recent Trends
- This report describes recent trends in the number of civil service annuitants and the financial status of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
- Federal Employees’ Retirement System: The Role of the Thrift Savings Plan
- This report explains the role of the thrift savings plan on the federal employees' retirement system.
- Federal Environmental activities
- This report presents the Environmental activities of all units of the federal government except the supreme court and the committees of congress.
- Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes: A Description of Current Law
- This report contains an explanation of the major provisions of the Federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. The discussion divides the Federal estate tax into three components: the gross estate, deductions from the gross estate, and computation of the tax, including allowable tax credits.
- Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes: A Description of Current Law
- This report contains an explanation of the major provisions of the Federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. The discussion divides the Federal estate tax into three components: the gross estate, deductions from the gross estate, and computation of the tax, including allowable tax credits.
- The Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes
- This report contains an explanation of the major provisions of the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes as they apply to transfer in 2014.
- The Federal Estate, Gift, and GenerationSkipping Transfer Taxes
- This report contains an explanation of the major provisions of the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes as they apply to transfers in 2013.
- The Federal Excise Tax on Gasoline and the Highway Trust Fund: A Short History
- This report discusses Excise taxes that have been long a part of our country's revenue history. It also discusses about the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 that establishes the federal Highway Trust Fund for the direct purpose of funding the construction of an interstate highway system.
- Federal Farm Promotion ("Check-off") Programs
- The U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 affirmed the constitutionality of the so-called beef check-off program, one of the 18 generic promotion programs for agricultural products that are now active nationally. Supporters view check-offs as economically beneficial self-help activities that need minimal government involvement or taxpayer funding. Producers, handlers, and/or importers are required to pay an assessment, usually deducted from revenue at time of sale - thus the name check-off. However, some farmers contend they are being "taxed" for advertising and related activities they would not underwrite voluntarily. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the beef check-off is considered significant for the future of the other programs, although the Court left open the possibility of additional challenges.
- Federal Financial Conflict of Interest Rules and Biomedical Research: A Legal Overview
- This report discusses recent administrative and Legislative developments with respect to the law regarding FCOIs and biomedical research. It also discusses about HHS requirements for FCOIs, Other Agency Requirements with Respect to FCOIs and Current Developments.
- Federal Financing for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- This report provides an overview of CHIP financing, beginning with an explanation of the federal matching rate. It describes various aspects of federal CHIP funding, such as the federal appropriation, state allotments, the CHILD Enrollment Contingency Fund etc.
- Federal Funding For Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
- This report
- Federal Funding for Research and Development in Major Departments and Agencies, Fiscal Year 1984
- This report
- Federal Funds For Research and Development for Civil Power, Fiscal Years 1966-1972
- This report discusses the information on federal funds for research and development for civil power for the six fiscal years 1966 through 1972.
- The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance
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- Federal Government Termination of supervision over the American Indian
- This report contains references related to American Indian.
- The Federal Government's Plenary Immigration Power Collides with the Constitutional Right to an Abortion (Part 1)
- This report is the first in a two-part series discussing "Garza v. Hargan", a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit involving a detained unaccompanied alien minor and the right to terminate a pregnancy. The facts of the case and a discussion of the court's decision and whether the Health and Human Services Department policy regarding abortions unduly burdens a woman's right to an abortion is discussed.
- The Federal Government's Plenary Immigration Power Collides with the Constitutional Right to an Abortion (Part 2)
- This report is the secondt in a two-part series discussing "Garza v. Hargan", a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit involving a detained unaccompanied alien minor and the right to terminate a pregnancy. Debate among judges regarding the right of an unaccompanied alien minor to have an abortion when the minor was detained at the border and technically never formally entered the United States are discussed.
- The Federal Government's Role in Electric Transmission Facility Siting
- This report looks at the history of transmission siting and the reason behind the movement toward an increased federal role in siting decisions, explains the new federal role in transmission siting pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and discusses legal issues related to this and any potential future expansions of the federal role.
- Federal Grand Juries: The Law in a Nutshell
- This report discusses the history and current role of the federal grand jury in the American criminal justice system. The federal grand jury exists to investigate crimes against the United States and to secure the constitutional right of grand jury indictment. Its responsibilities require broad powers. As an arm of the United States District Court which summons it, upon whose process it relies, and which will receive any indictments it returns, the grand jury's subject matter and geographical jurisdiction is that of the court to which it is attached.
- The Federal Grand Jury
- This report is a brief general description of the federal grand jury, with particular emphasis on its more controversial aspects—relationship of the prosecutor and the grand jury, the rights of grand jury witnesses, grand jury secrecy, and rights of targets of a grand jury investigation.
- The Federal Grand Jury
- This report discusses the federal grand jury, which exists to investigate crimes against the United States and to secure the constitutional right of grand jury indictment.
- Federal Grants-in-Aid to State and Local Governments: Selected References, 1960-1969
- This report list selected references in regards to federal grants-in-aid to state and local governments from 1960-1969.
- Federal Gun Control
- This report discusses the background to existing law, Gun Control Act of 1968 and major congressional action since enactment of the gun control act.
- Federal Gun Control Laws: The Second Amendment and Other Constitutional Issues
- This report examines the historical, legal, and constitutional arguments for and against an individual right to bear firearms under the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Those who favor federal gun control laws tend to assert that the Second Amendment has been correctly interpreted by the courts to confer only a collective right, which may be exercised through state militias. Those who oppose gun control laws tend to assert that the Second Amendment should be interpreted to grant an individual right to bear arms for lawful purposes, subject to appropriately minimal restrictions.
- Federal Habeas Corpus: A Brief Legal Overview
- This report discusses Federal habeas corpus, which is a procedure under which a federal court may review the legality of an individual’s incarceration. It is most often the stage of the criminal appellate process that follows direct appeal and any available state collateral review.
- The Federal Helium Program: The Reaction Over an Inert Gas
- The CRS report describes the battle with natural gas companies on helium gas, being wasted, and released into the environment. Incentives were put in place for natural gas companies sell this helium to the government and for it to be stored in a government facility. Consequently, this also brought up controversy for why funding is being used to store a surplus of helium. Congress would debate on whether government involvement was the best option and a consensus was reached to fund the National Academy of Science to find the best way to dispose of the helium. Their results of their studies and the H.R. 4168 bill that was passed are also described.
- Federal Income Tax: Legal Analysis of Common Tax Protester Arguments
- This report addresses some of the commonly raised historical, constitutional, procedural, and legal questions concerning the federal income tax.
- Federal Indian Education Programs: Background and Issues
- This report provides a brief history of federal Indian education programs, a discussion of data on students served by these programs, an overview of the programs and their funding, a discussion of the application to BIE schools of key provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, and brief discussions of selected issues in Indian education.
- Federal Indian Elementary-Secondary Education Programs: Background and Issues
- This report provides a brief history of federal Indian education programs, a discussion of data on students served by these programs, an overview of the programs and their funding, a discussion of the application to BIE schools of key provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, and brief discussions of selected issues in Indian education.
- Federal Indian Law: Background and Current Issues
- This report briefly describes some of the fundamentals of federal Indian law, including the concept of tribal sovereignty and the allocation of authority among state, federal, and tribal governments with reference to criminal and civil laws and taxation.
- Federal Indian Law: Sources of General Information
- This is a list with a short description of the main reference sources in Federal Indian law. This information is to provide aid to those who would like to further pursue research in Indian law. The government publications are available in U.S. Government Depository Libraries; the other publications should be available in a university law library.
- Federal Involvement in Career Education: 1971-1976
- This report discusses the authorization and spending program on career education. It also points out public laws in career education and pending legislation, 94th congress.
- Federal Involvement in Day Care
- This report chronicles federal involvement in daycare for children. This includes resources for working mothers, a history of federal involvement in daycare programs, federal daycare standards, and daycare problems and proposals to amend them, as well as a summary of legislative proposals for daycare and related programs.
- Federal Labor Relations Statutes: An Overview
- This report provides a brief history, including major amendments, of each of the three statutes. The discussion of each law begins with an overview of the statute and then discusses in more detail the key statutory provisions of the law and how the law is administered and enforced.
- Federal Labor Relations Statutes: An Overview
- This report provides a brief history and overview of the aims of each of these statues. It also discusses key statutory provisions for each statute.
- Federal Land Management: Appeals and Litigation
- The Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of the Interior each currently have a system of administrative appeals for moat agency land management decisions. Critics assert that administrative and judicial appeals are stopping or unacceptably slowing the decision-making processes and the use of federal lands and resources; that many appeals are "frivolous" and brought for the purpose of frustrating rather than improving land management actions, and that appeals greatly increase the costs of management
- Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: Operation and Issues for Congress
- This report provides an overview of the operation and issues for Congress on the federal land transaction facilitation act.
- Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: Operation and Issues for Congress
- This report provides an overview of the operation and issues for Congress on federal land transaction facilitation act.
- Federal laws relating to the control of drug abuse,enacted 1961-1976:Brief summaries
- This report provides information about the Federal laws relating to the control of drug abuse, enacted 1961-1976 especially in the areas of health and crime control.
- Federal laws relating to unequal treatment of handicapped persons
- This report provides information about the Federal laws relating to the unequal treatment of handicapped persons.