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The Former Soviet Union and U.S. Foreign Aid: Implementing the Assistance Program, 1992-1994

Description: In fiscal year 1994, the new states of the former Soviet Union became collectively the second largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance made available from all sources. Whether and how the assistance program is helping to bring about democratic systems and free market economies is increasingly a question of interest to Congress and the public at large.
Date: January 18, 1995
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
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Judicial Rulings on the War Power

Description: This report reviews the history of judicial rulings on the war power, starting with what the framers intended for "defensive actions" by the President and moving forward to summarize the principal Supreme Court and lower court decisions.
Date: August 18, 1999
Creator: Fisher, Louis
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Alien Eligibility for Public Assistance

Description: This report details the changes in public assistance policy that the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. It established new restrictions on the eligibility of legal immigrants for designated means-tested public assistance, and also broadened restrictions on public benefits for temporary workers and people on work or school visas.
Date: December 18, 1997
Creator: Vialet, Joyce C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Civilian Marksmanship Program

Description: This report covers the Civilian Marksmanship Program and its relationship with Congress. It also covers issues and controversial nature of the government initiated program.
Date: July 18, 1997
Creator: Hawthorne, Jeri & Burrelli, David F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Vocational Education: Legislation to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act

Description: This report presents background on the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, rovides a funding history of the Act, and tracks and analyzes legislation during the 105th Congress to revise and reauthorize the Perkins Act.
Date: May 18, 1998
Creator: Apling, Richard N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Desalination R and D: The New Federal Program

Description: The purpose of the program is to determine the most technologically efficient and cost- effective means by which useable water can be produced from saline water or water otherwise impaired or contaminated. Currently, the cost of desalting seawater is 3 to 5 times the comparable cost of desalting brackish water, which is up to twice as expensive as the treatment and delivery of other municipal water supplies (not counting sewage-related costs). Funding for the new Desalination R&D Program is pro… more
Date: February 18, 1999
Creator: Mielke, James E
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The Pacific Salmon Treaty: The 1999 Agreement in Historical Perspective

Description: On June 30, 1999, after many years of diplomatic struggle to resolve disagreements over resource conservation and harvest arrangements, the United States and Canada signed an agreement for the long-term conservation and equitable sharing of their salmon resources. Most of the new fishery arrangements will be in effect for 10 years, beginning in 1999. The arrangement for Fraser River sockeye will be in effect for 12 years, also beginning in 1999. This report provides background about the Pacific… more
Date: October 18, 1999
Creator: Waldeck, Daniel A. & Buck, Eugene H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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