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- Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 111th Congress
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- Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the lllth Congress
- This report discusses actions that Congress is considering, which could affect the various uses and management of federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, such as: legislation, administrative or regulatory proposals, and litigation and judicial decisions. Issue areas include onshore energy resources, administration of hardrock mining, wildfire protection, management of wild horses and burros, designation of the National Landscape Conservation System, wilderness designation, management of national forest roadless areas, and Forest Service implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
- Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues in the 111th Congress
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- Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service: Issues for the 110th Congress
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- Federal Lands Provisions of Economic Stimulus Legislation (P.L. 111-5)
- This report discusses the major federal lands provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5, H.R. 1). It focuses on provisions in the law related to four federal agencies: the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. These provisions relate to construction, resource management, and wildland fire management.
- Federal Lands, R.S. 2477, and “Disclaimers of Interest”
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- Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
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- Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
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- Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
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- Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act: Overview and Issues
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- Federal Law on Parking Privileges for Persons with Disabilities
- This report describes the federal role in parking privileges law, outlines the uniform system's model rules, and briefly discusses state responses to the model federal rules.
- Federal Law on Parking Privileges for Persons with Disabilities
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- Federal Law on Parking Privileges for Persons with Disabilities
- This report describes the federal role in parking privileges law, outlines the uniform system's model rules, and briefly discusses state responses to the model federal rules.
- Federal Laws Related to Identity Theft
- This report provides an overview of the federal laws that could assist victims of identity theft with purging inaccurate information from their credit records and removing unauthorized charges from credit accounts, as well as federal laws that impose criminal penalties on those who assume another person's identity through the use of fraudulent identification documents.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- This report discusses how the current legislative framework for cybersecurity might need to be revised.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- This report discusses how the current legislative framework for cybersecurity might need to be revised.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- For more than a decade, various experts have expressed concerns about information-system security-often referred to as cybersecurity-in the United States and abroad. This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- For more than a decade, various experts have expressed concerns about information-system security-often referred to as cybersecurity-in the United States and abroad. This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview and Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- Report that is concerned with the current legislative framework for cybersecurity as well as proposals to amend more than 30 related acts of Congress.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview and Discussion of Proposed Revisions
- This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
- Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Overview of Major Issues, Current Laws, and Proposed Legislation
- This report discusses that framework and proposals, starting with the 111th Congress, to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
- 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 the Control of Narcotics and Other Dangerous Drugs, Enacted 1961-1985: Brief Summaries
- This report contains summaries of enactments, treaties, and reorganization plans, passed from 1961 through 1985, that have some clearly indicated relationship-- either by specific reference or by virtue of legislative history--to the Federal effort to prevent drug misuse through control of the supply of narcotics and other dangerous drugs.
- Federal Laws Relating To The Prevention And Control Of Abuse, Enacted Since 1900
- This report consists of federal laws relating to prevention and control of drug abuse.
- 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.
- Federal Legislation Concerning the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- This report describes Federal legislation explicitly related to the prevention and treatment of alcoholism. It starts with the District of Columbia Rehabilitation Act of 1967 and followed by its legislative history.
- Federal Legislation, Federal Programs and NonGovernment Organizations Concerning the control and Prevention of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
- This report addresses Federal Legislation, Federal Programs and Non-Government Organizations Concerning the control and Prevention of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
- Federal Legislation Relating to Corrections
- This report addresses federal legislations regarding corrections.
- Federal legislation relating to corrections
- This report presents information about grants to assist states in rehabilitating handicapped individuals so as they prepare and engage in gainful employment.
- Federal Legislation relating to the problem of Juvenile delinquency
- This report addresses the Federal Legislation relating to the problem of Juvenile delinquency.
- Federal Legislation which specifically provides for guidance and counseling
- This report provides an overview of Federal legislation which specifically provides for guidance and counseling.
- Federal Liability for Flood Damage Related to Army Corps of Engineers Projects
- This report examines selected issues of the federal government's liability depending on the mechanism of the levee failures, and analyzes legal defenses available to the federal government.
- Federal Liability for Flood Damage Related to Army Corps of Engineers Projects
- This report examines selected issues of the federal government's liability depending on the theory of the levee failures, and analyzes legal defenses available to the federal government. The report uses flood damage related to Hurricane Katrina as an illustration of these legal issues regarding federal liability, but the general principles in the analysis would apply to flood damage resulting from any such flood control project.
- Federal Liability for Hurricane Katrina-Related Flood Damage
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- Federal Liability for Hurricane Katrina-Related Flood Damage
- This report examines selected issues of the federal government's liability depending on the theory of the levee failures in New Orleans, and analyzes legal defense available to the federal government.
- Federal Lifeline Program: Frequently Asked Questions
- This report discusses the Federal Lifeline Program established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1985. The program was originally designed to assist eligible low-income households to subsidize the monthly service charges incurred for voice telephone usage and was limited to one fixed line per household.
- Federal Lifeline Program: Frequently Asked Questions
- This report answers frequently asked questions regarding the Federal Lifeline Program which was established in 1985 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assist qualifying low-income consumers in gaining access to and remaining on the telecommunications network. The program assists eligible individuals in paying the reoccurring monthly service charges associated with telecommunications usage. While initially designed to support traditional landline service, in 2005 the FCC expanded the program to cover either a landline or a wireless/mobile option. On March 31, 2016, the FCC adopted an Order (2016 Order or Order) to once again expand the program to make broadband an eligible service. The Lifeline program is available to eligible low-income consumers in every state, territory, commonwealth, and on tribal lands.
- Federal Loans to the Auto Industry Under the Energy Independence and Security Act
- This report examines various programs considered by Congress, including grants and loans, to help automakers with the increased cost of compliance with higher fuel economy standards.
- Federal Management and Protection of Paleontological (Fossil) Resources Located on Federal Lands: Current Status and Legal Issues
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- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Safety Valve and Substantial Assistance Exceptions
- This report discusses the federal law that requires a sentencing judge to impose a minimum sentence of imprisonment following conviction for any of a number of federal offenses.
- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Safety Valve and Substantial Assistance Exceptions
- This report contains the safety valve and substantial assistance exceptions on the federal mandatory minimum sentences.
- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes
- This report discusses the federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, that limits the discretion of a sentencing court to impose a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment or the death penalty. The United States Sentencing Commission's Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System (2011) recommends consideration of amendments to several of the statutes under which federal mandatory minimum sentences are most often imposed.
- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes
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- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: A List of Citations with Captions, Introductory Comments, and Bibliography
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- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Abbreviated Overview
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- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Overview of Legislation in the 106th Congress
- This report discusses federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, which demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. They cover drug dealing, murdering federal officials, and using a gun to commit a federal crime. They circumscribe judicial sentencing discretion. They have been criticized as unthinkingly harsh and incompatible with a rational sentencing guideline system; yet they have also been embraced as hallmarks of truth in sentence and a certain means of incapacitating the criminally dangerous.
- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Overview of Legislation in the 107th Congress
- This report examines legislation in the 107th Congress pertaining to federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes (mandatory minimums), which demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. They cover drug dealing and using a gun to commit a federal crime, among other crimes.