"Fast-Track" or Expedited Procedures: Their Purposes, Elements, and Implications
Description:
This report discusses certain provisions of law that commonly are known as “fast-track” or expedited procedures. They are so labeled because these statutory provisions contain special legislative procedures that apply to one or both houses of Congress and that expedite, or put on a fast track, congressional consideration of a
certain measure or a narrowly defined class of measures. This report first presents the nature, purpose, and elements of fast-track procedures. Then the report discusses s…
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Date:
January 18, 2001
Creator:
Bach, Stanley
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department