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Appropriations for FY2000: Military Construction

Description: This paper reviews the appropriations and authorization process for military construction. This report is categorized into seven categories (l) Most recent developments, (ll) Background, (lll) Status, (lV) Key Policy Issues, (V) History and Context, (Vl) Major Funding Trends, (Vll) Legislation
Date: August 2, 1999
Creator: Tyszkiewicz, Mary T.
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Expedited or “Fast-Track” Legislative Procedures

Description: This report discusses the Expedited or "fast-tract" legislative procedures that are special procedures that congress adopts to promote timely committee and floor action on a specifically defined type of bill or resolution.
Date: August 31, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
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Individual Income Tax Rates and Other Key Elements of the Individual Income Tax: 1988 To 2013. February 2013

Description: This report summarizes the tax brackets and other key elements of the individual income tax that help determine taxpayers' marginal and average effective tax rates going back to 1988. It is updated annually to reflect the most recent indexation adjustments and any statutory changes.
Date: February 1, 2013
Creator: Guenther, Gary
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Western Water Resource Issues

Description: For more than a century, the federal government has constructed water resource projects for a variety of purposes including flood control, navigation, power generation, and irrigation. While most municipal and industrial water supplies have been built by non-federal entities, most of the large, federal water supply projects in the West, including Hoover and Grand Coulee dams, were constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior) to provide water for irrigation.
Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: Cody, Betsy A. & Sheikh, Pervaze A.
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Black Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2007

Description: This report is categorized into seven categories: (I) Background, (II) Female Members, (III) Relationship, (IV) Oldest and Youngest Black Members, (V) Black Members in Leadership Position, (VI) Tables and Data and (VII) Alphabetical Listening of Black Members, Selecetd Biographical Information, and Committee Assignments during Their Tenure in Office.
Date: September 27, 2007
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
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Consumer Bankruptcy Reform in the 109th Congress: Background and Issues

Description: This report reviews the historical context which forms the background for renewed consideration of consumer reform legislation, including a review of the current law and a survey of selected issues that have been the focus of legislative debate in the part, such as the scope of the homeland exemption, nondischargeability for liability current by violent activity, and the protection of child support payments.
Date: April 4, 2005
Creator: Jeweler, Robin
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Impeachment Grounds: Part 5: Selected Douglas/Nixon Inquiry Materials

Description: This report is a collection of selected background materials pertinent to the issue of what constitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the United States Constitution. It includes excerpts from material prepared in connection with the impeachment inquiries involving Justice Douglas and President Nixon.
Date: October 30, 1998
Creator: Doyle, Charles
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Computer-Related Occupations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Description: The report discusses the legislation that has been introduced that would expand the statutory exemption for computer employees to include workers whose job duties include network or database analysis and workers who manage or train employees who qualify for the exemption.
Date: January 10, 2012
Creator: Mayer, Gerald
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Consumer Product Safety Commission: Current Issues

Description: The Consumer Product Safety Commission, one of the agency's two current Commissioners stated recently, is at a crossroads. According to Commissioner Thomas Moore, either Congress will reverse the agency's steady decline or the Consumer Product Safety Commission will become so weakened as to be irrelevant. This report details a background of the commission, recent recalls, congressional concerns, and more as related to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Mulock, Bruce
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ACA: A Brief Overview of the Law, Implementation, and Legal Challenges

Description: This report summarizes the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the legal challenges it has faced. The report contains information on various lawsuits due to the ACA and provides the reasoning behind them as Congress violating its enumerated powers in the constitution. Moreover, the report covers the challenges of implementing the law.
Date: July 3, 2012
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen; Chaikind, Hinda; Fernandez, Bernadette & Staman, Jennifer
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Copyright Law: Digital Rights Management Legislation

Description: Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to the technology that copyright owners use to protect digital media. This report surveys several of the DRM bills that were introduced in the 107th Congress and those that are pending in the 108th Congress. Generally, the bills are directed at two separate goals. One goal is to increase access to digitally-protected media for lawful purposes. The other attempts to thwart digital piracy and would do so by enhancing civil and criminal sanctions for digital … more
Date: December 18, 2003
Creator: Jeweler, Robin
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Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) — Background and Issues for Congress

Description: This report describes the Navy's role in carrying out a variety of activities related to what the Administration refers to as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The Navy's role in the GWOT raises several potential oversight issues for Congress.
Date: April 16, 2007
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
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Comparison of the House and Senate ETI/Business Investment Bills (H.R. 4520 and S. 1637, 108th Congress)

Description: In fall 2004, Congress considered legislation that addresses both domestic and international business investment and the long-simmering controversy between the United States and the European Union over the U.S. tax code's extraterritorial income tax benefit for exporting. This report contains information on agreements between the U.S. and the European Union, impact on tax revenues, extraterritorial income benefit for exports, tax benefits restricted to domestic production, and more.
Date: November 8, 2004
Creator: Brumbaugh, David L.
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Congressional Continuity of Operations (COOP): An Overview of Concepts and Challenges

Description: Interruptions of congressional operations by incidents such as episodic computer virus infections, the 2001 anthrax contamination, the February 2004 ricin incident, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 have demonstrated the importance of congressional continuity of operations (COOP) planning. This report discusses the circumstances surrounding COOP planning, including provisions for alternative meeting sites and methods for conducting House and Senate meetings and floor sessions when Capitol facilitie… more
Date: September 9, 2005
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric & Seifert, Jeffrey W.
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Assistance to North Korea

Description: The report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Congress' Role in U.S. Assistance to North Korea, (III) Energy Assistance, (IV) Food Assistance and (V) Other Forms of Assistance.
Date: May 15, 2009
Creator: Manyin, Mark E. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
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The Pigford Case: USDA Settlement of a Discrimination Suit by Black Farmers

Description: This report highlights some of the events that led up to the Pigford class action suit and outlines the structure of the settlement agreement. It also discusses the number of claims reviewed, denied, and awarded, and some of the issues raised by various parties.
Date: August 25, 2005
Creator: Vina, Stephen R. & Cowan, Tadlock
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