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- Urban Development Action Grants For Pockets Of Poverty Issue Brief Number IB79083
- This report discusses the urban development report on the issue of extending the urban development actions grant program to "pockets of poverty"--distressed neighborhoods in generally healthy cities.
- Government Spending, California's Proposition 13 (1978)and 9 (1980), Congressional Proposals, and a Constitutional Convention To Balance The Budget Issue Brief Number IB78059
- This report discusses the issue on June 6,1978 where the voters of the state of California adopted by almost a two to one margin proposition 13, commonly called the Jarvis-Gann Initiative, which provided for a state constitutional amendment to establish a limit on local property taxation.
- Foreign Ownership of Property in the United States: Federal and State Restrictions
- This report examines various legal issues raised by Federal and State laws restricting foreign ownership in U. S. property. The report examines the constitutional barriers to Federal and State laws restricting such ownership, and the possible constitutional predicates for Federal legislation regulating foreign ownership of property in the united States. The impact of treaties to which the United States is a party on both Federal and State restrictions on the rights of foreign persons to own U.S. property is also discussed.
- Tax cut proposals in the 96th congress
- This report is about the tax cut proposals in the 96th Congress
- Holding down the food stamp budget: 1980 Legislation
- This report is about the food stamp budget.
- Prayer and Religion in the Public Schools: What Is, and Is Not, Permitted
- Few areas of constitutional law have proven to be as controversial and as subject to misinterpretation as that concerning the constitutionality of government-sponsored religious activities in public schools. In the last three decades the Supreme Court in five decisions and the State arid lower Federal courts in dozens of related decisions have attempted to articulate the 1 / meaning of the religion clauses of the First ~mendment- for a variety of such activities, including State-sponsored prayer, Bible reading, and religious teaching. Notwithstanding continuing political controversy over many of these decisions, they provide a fairly consistent interpretation and application of the First Amendment.
- Presidential emergency powers over domestic affairs. 1980
- This report will analyse the authority of the Chief Executive to declare a state of emergency, and will then discuss some of the more significant actions that the President may take under these conditions.
- Social Security's Disability Programs: Amendments of 1980, Issue Brief Number IB79084
- This report addresses Amendments of 1980 of Social Security's Disability Programs.
- Wind Energy 1980
- This report is about commercialization of wind energy, funding of the federal wind energy program, and the potential contribution wind energy towards meeting U.S energy needs.
- 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.
- Federal Reserve Membership and Monetary Control. 1981
- This report is about federal reserve membership and monetary control.
- Title XX of the Social Security Act: Program Description, Current Issues
- This report is about the Title XX of the Social Security Act: Program Description, Current Issues
- Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAS): Proposals to Expand Tax Incentives for Retirement Savings
- This report contains information about workers covered by employer-sponsored retirement plans.
- Lobby Act Reform
- This report discusses the methods to achieve effective accountability form lobbyists groups and individuals who seek to influence the governmental decision-making process.
- Abortion, 1980-1981: Public of Opinion
- This report
- CRS Studies in the Public Domain
- This report includes Congressional Research Service Studies in the Public Domain.
- 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.
- Land Disposal Policies of the Principal Federal Land Management Agencies
- This report reviews the history of public land disposal and the location and uses of present Federal Public Lands. Land disposal policies and practices of agencies of the Department of Agriculture, Defense and the Interior, and of the General Services Administration are discussed.
- An Economic Analysis and Brief Legislative Overview of Usury Ceilings
- This report gives an economic analysis of usury ceilings, laws which set the maximum legal rate of interest to be charged on particular types of loans. It provides a brief overview of recent Federal l e g i s l a t i o n dealing with usury, with special emphasis on the Federal authorities mandated by P.L. 96-221, and the effectiveness of Federal preemption of State usury laws.
- Prohibiting Discrimination Against Handicapped Individuals in Federally Aided Programs: Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, As Amended
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination against handicapped individuals by recipients of Federal financial assistance. The first regulation implementing section 504 was promulgated by the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and serves as the model for other agencies. The 1978 amendments extended section 504 provisions to the executive agencies and the United States Postal Service.
- 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.
- Water Supply for Urban and Non-Urban Areas
- This report discusses water supplies throughout the United States in both urban and non-urban areas.
- The Clean Air Act: A Guide to Information Sources
- This report is a Guide to Information Sources on the Clean Air Act.
- Abortion: Judicial and 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, 410 U.S. 113, 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, 410 U.S. 179. But rather than settling the issue, the Court's rulings have kindled heated debate and precipitated a variety of governmental actions at the national, State and local levels designed either to nullify the rulings or hinder their effectuation. This brief discusses this ongoing issue, including related legislation and judicial history.
- The Immigration and Nationality Act: Questions and Answers
- The basic United States law governing immigration and naturalization is contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1101 -- et seq.). This report provides questions and answers to explain the way in which the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended through 1981 regulates the entry of aliens for permanent and temporary residence in the United States, and other major provisions of the law. Emphasis is placed on subjects which have been of particular interest to the Congress in recent years. This supersedes CRS Report No. 81-65 EPW.
- The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment
- This CRS Report provides a brief legislative history of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment and a description of its current status. The report also contains pro and con analyses of the possible effects of ERA, were it to be ratified, and a discussion of questions raised by the action of Congress in extending the deadline for ratification and by the action of States that have voted to rescind their approval of the measure. This report is based in part on an earlier CRS report by Morrigene Holcomb and Karen Keesling.
- Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act
- This report discusses about the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The reauthorization dilemma addresses all the treaty requirements, most importantly in regards to exports of pelts of American bobcats along with international trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
- Federal Real property: Inventory and Disposal Initiatives
- This report is about laws provided for the inventory and disposal of public lands and other Federal Properties.
- Enterprise Zones
- The enclosed material discusses the concept of urban enterprise zones, outlines the administration's proposals for the zones, and includes the major arguments for and against their creation. Because of considerable congressional interest in the enterprise zone concept, we have included a comparison of the major bills relating to enterprise zones introduced in the 97th Congress along with a bibliography for those who desire to research the subject in greater detail.
- Automobile Domestic Content Requirements
- In response to the lowest drop of American produced automobile sales in two decades and other related conditions, legislation has been introduced that would impose domestic (local) content ratios for automotive vehicles. These would require that cars and trucks sold in the United States in large quantities contain a certain percentage of American parts and labor.
- The Telecommunications Act of 1982 (H.R. 5158, 97th Congress): Provisions and Controversies
- No Description Available.
- School Prayer
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about school prayer. Topics include, proposed amendments, news articles, coverage of the issue of school prayer from 1962 to 1982, etc..
- Equal Rights Amendment (Proposed)
- The proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was first introduced in 1923, and was passed by the Congress in 1972. In 1978, Congress extended the original deadline for ratification of the ERA. Thus, if it receives approval in the form of ratification by 38 States before June 30, 1982, the measure will become the 27th Amendment to the Constitution, and will require equal treatment under Federal and State laws and practices for all persons, regardless of sex.
- The Insanity Defense: An Overview and Legislative Proposals
- This report will discuss the insanity defense as used in the federal courts. It will briefly trace the history of the evolution of that defense from its earliest formulation to the version used in the John Hinckley case, and will provide, in summary form, descriptive analysis of various pieces of Legislation to change federal law with regard to the substantive definition of the defense, the allocation of the burden of persuasion when the defense is invoked, and procedures following the successful use of the defense.
- Housing Assistant To Low-and Moderate-Income Households
- This report discusses the housing assistance for low and moderate income households
- National Security Controls and Scientific Information
- This report is about National Security and Scientific Information
- How the Food Stamp Program Works
- This report briefly describes the present operation of the Food Stamp program, reflecting legislative revisions through 1982.
- Science Policy and Funding in the Reagan Administration
- This report is about Administrastions's Prinicipal Science and Technology Policy
- Federal Funding For Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
- This report
- P.L. 97-320, Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982: A Brief Explanation
- No Description Available.
- Proposals for Revision of the Communications Act of 1934: Telecommunications Issues
- No Description Available.
- The Radwaste Paradox
- No Description Available.
- The Radwaste Paradox
- No Description Available.
- Martial Law in Poland
- No Description Available.
- Independent Truckers: The Effects of Recent Legislation on Earnings (Effects of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 and the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983, as they affect highway-related taxes, two trailers, length and width of vehicles, and weights and loads)
- Congress passed legislation late in 1982 that is expected to have a significant effect on the annual net earnings of independent truckers. About 90 percent of fresh produce, most used household goods, and from one-third to one-half of all fabricated steel and other commodities transported by truck are hauled by independent truckers. The legislation raised the Federal fuel tax by 5 cents per gallon and significantly raised a highway use tax that is based on the weight of the vehicle. The legislation also allowed truckers to use two trailers, longer and wider vehicles, and carry heavier loads. This CRS report discusses these 1982 changes in Federal legislation. It also contains an estimate of the upper and lower bound of the impact that these changes could have on the annual net earnings of independent truckers.
- Federal Funding for Research and Development in Major Departments and Agencies, Fiscal Year 1984
- This report
- Public Lands in the West: Policy Perspectives: Selected References
- This report contains selected references to the history and possible future of federal lands, primarily those in the Western United States.
- Parental Notification for Family Planning Services: Title X Regulations
- No Description Available.
- Drunk Driving and Raising the Drinking Age
- This brief report is prepared in response to numerous requests for information on the related issues of drunk driving and raising the drinking age.
- Energy and The 98th Congress: Overview
- This report is about perceptions of national energy problem