California's Proposition 187: A Brief Overview (open access)

California's Proposition 187: A Brief Overview

This report provides a brief overview of California's proposition 187, a 1994 ballot initiative to deny illegal aliens state benefits and to require reporting of illegal alien applicants for benefits to federal immigration officials.
Date: September 15, 1999
Creator: Eig, Larry M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Search and Seizure in the Vehicular Context: Fourth Amendment Issues (open access)

Search and Seizure in the Vehicular Context: Fourth Amendment Issues

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Date: September 15, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The War Powers Resolution: After Twenty-Five Years (open access)

The War Powers Resolution: After Twenty-Five Years

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Date: September 15, 1999
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intellectual Property Protection for Noncreative Databases (open access)

Intellectual Property Protection for Noncreative Databases

Copyright law protects works of authorship that exhibit original, creative expression, including creativity in the selection, arrangement, or coordination both of traditional printed and electronic databases. Noncreative databases are not subject to copyright protection, although some protection is available through a combination of contract law, trade secrecy law, and misappropriation doctrines of state law.
Date: September 15, 1999
Creator: Schrader, Dorothy & Jeweler, Robin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast-Track Trade Negotiating Authority: A Comparison of 105th Congress Legislative Proposals (open access)

Fast-Track Trade Negotiating Authority: A Comparison of 105th Congress Legislative Proposals

This report provides a side-by-side comparison of H.R. 2621 and S. 2400, as reported, 105th Congress bills that would provide the President with trade negotiating authority and accord certain resulting agreements and implementing bills expedited -- or "fast-track" -- legislative consideration.
Date: September 15, 1998
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations (open access)

China-U.S. Relations

This report discusses the background information and most recent development in U.S.-China relations since mid-1996. The relations also have been marred by continuing allegations of Chinese espionage, ongoing controversy over human rights, charges that China continues to violate its non-proliferation commitments, controversy over the accidental NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, and renewed tensions over Taiwan. The report describes current issues in U.S.-China relations such as; Human Rights Issues, Issues in U.S.-China Security Relations, Economic Issues, and Sovereignty Issues: Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong.
Date: September 15, 1995
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Indian Law: Background and Current Issues (open access)

Federal Indian Law: Background and Current Issues

This report briefly describes some of the fundamentals of federal Indian law, including the concept of tribal sovereignty and the allocation of authority among state, federal, and tribal governments with reference to criminal and civil laws and taxation.
Date: September 15, 1997
Creator: Murphy, M. Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Fundamentals (open access)

Immigration Fundamentals

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Date: September 15, 1999
Creator: Vialet, Joyce
System: The UNT Digital Library
The House Amendment Tree (open access)

The House Amendment Tree

This report discusses the House amendment tree, a chart that depicts the maximum number and types of amendments.
Date: September 15, 1998
Creator: Oleszek, Walter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Fundamentals (open access)

Immigration Fundamentals

Report explaining the fundamentals of immigration in the United States including key terms, statistics, limits, and more.
Date: September 15, 1999
Creator: Vialet, Joyce
System: The UNT Digital Library