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United States Policy Toward Cambodia April 1970 - June 1973: Statements by President Nixon, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and the Secretaries of State and Defense.

Description: This report includes Statements by President Nixon, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and the Secretaries of State and Defense regarding United States Policy Toward Cambodia from April 1970 through June 1973.
Date: June 30, 1973
Creator: Niehaus, Majorie
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Congressional Review Deferral and Disapproval of Executive Actions: A Summary and an Inventory of Statutory Authority

Description: This report discusses the sizable growth during the last 44 years in both the numbers and significance of federal statutes providing for congressional review, deferral, approval or disapproval of proposed executive actions.
Date: April 30, 1976
Creator: Norton, Clark F.
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Third Circuit Invalidates "De Facto" Life Sentences for "Non-Incorrigible" Juvenile Offenders

Description: This report discusses a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the case of "United States v. Grant" that prohibits the use of "de facto" life sentences without possibility of parole (created by sentencing juveniles to prison terms longer than the average lifespan or that would end after they reached the typical retirement age) for juvenile offenders who have a reasonable potential for rehabilitation. The report also discusses previous decisions related to this issue… more
Date: April 30, 2018
Creator: Smith, Alison M.
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Money Laundering: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. §1956 and Related Federal Criminal Law

Description: This report provides an overview of the elements of federal criminal money laundering statutes and the sanctions imposed for their violation. It includes an extensive overview and analysis of elements as well as legal attributes and consequences of violating various federal criminal statues related to money laundering, most specifically 18 U.S.C. § 1956, 1957, and 1952. The end of the report provides text of the statutes discussed, citations of state money laundering and money transmission sta… more
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Doyle, Charles
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Missing Adults: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress

Description: This report discusses federal efforts to assist local law enforcement in adult missing persons cases. It discusses demographics and record keeping of missing adults and unidentified remains; federally-funded databases that are used to track data on missing adults and unidentified individuals; federal programs and initiatives to assist in locating missing adults, including funding data; and issues regarding the federal role in missing adult cases.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
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Net Neutrality: Back to the Future (Part One and Part Two)

Description: This report is the first two reports in a series discussing the Federal Communication Commission's proposal to reclassify broadband Internet access services and modify or eliminate "net neutrality" regulations. Various legal aspects of the debate and classification of telecommunications are discussed.
Date: May 30, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
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Treasury Proposes Rule that Could Deliver a 'Death Sentence" to Chinese Bank

Description: This report discusses the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposal to invoke the "Fifth Special Measure" on the Chinese Bank of Dandong for its alleged role in funding and and processing transactions for North Korea's weapons programs.
Date: October 30, 2017
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
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Prohibition Against the Use of the Mail for Distribution of Obscene Material and for Pandering Sexually Oriented Advertisements: Pertinent Provisions of the U.S. Criminal Code and Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 (P. L. 91-735), and a Resume of Significant Court Decisions

Description: This report discusses parts of the U.S. Criminal Code, provisions of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, and court decisions which relate to outlawing the use of the mail for distributing obscene and sexual materials.
Date: September 30, 1974
Creator: Wallace, Paul Starett, Jr.
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Legislative Options in the 114th Congress for Financing Water Infrastructure

Description: This report addresses several options considered by Congress to address the financing needs of local communities for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects and to decrease or close the gap between available funds and projected needs.
Date: December 30, 2016
Creator: Copeland, Claudia; Maguire, Steven & Mallett, William J.
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EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track?

Description: This report provides background information on EPA regulatory activity during the Obama Administration. It examines major or controversial regulatory actions taken by or under development at EPA from January 2009 to late 2016, providing details on the regulatory action itself, presenting an estimated timeline for completion of rules not yet promulgated (including identification of related court or statutory deadlines), and, in general, providing EPA's estimates of costs and benefits, where avai… more
Date: December 30, 2016
Creator: McCarthy, James E. & Copeland, Claudia
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