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Gun Industry Liability: Lawsuits and Legislation
This report discusses gun industry liability issues after the Maryland Court of Appeals announced that it was changing the common law "to hold the manufacturers and marketers of Saturday Night Special handguns strictly liable to innocent persons who suffer gunshot injuries from the criminal use of their products." Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc., 497 A.2d 1143, 1159 (Md. 1985).
Date:
March 30, 1999
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
DOE Laboratory Restructuring Legislation in the 104th Congress
Interest in restructuring (including eliminating) the Department of Energy (DOE) and its laboratories has increased since the end of the Cold War, and especially since the beginning of the 104th Congress. A number of non-legislative proposals and activities to this end are reviewed, including DOE's own proposals for "alignment and downsizing" of the Department and its laboratories.
Date:
March 14, 1997
Creator:
Boesman, William C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Credit Union Membership Act Implementation: Legal Issues
This report examines the background and issues of the litigation regarding Regulations implementing the Credit Union Membership Act of 1998 that is being challenged in court as impermissively expansive.
Date:
March 12, 1999
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Promulgating Procedural Rules For the United States District Courts and Courts of Appeals
This report sketches the manner in which procedural rules for United States district courts and United States courts of appeals are adopted or modified and the participants in the process.
Date:
March 26, 1998
Creator:
Morgan, P. L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification
This report mainly discusses about the Scheduling and Notification on House Committee Hearings.Each house committee has the authority to hold hearings whether the white house is in the session has recessed or adjourned.
Date:
March 8, 1999
Creator:
Vincent, Carol Hardy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of 1997, S. 758
None
Date:
March 13, 1998
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Peace Corps: Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
March 6, 1998
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Government Performance and Results Act: Proposed Amendments (H.R. 2883)
None
Date:
March 17, 1998
Creator:
Kaiser, Frederick M. & McMurtry, Virginia A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Insurance and Medical Care: Physician Services under Managed Care
This report compares the frequency of diagnostic services and therapeutic services during office visits to physicians who participated in health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and those who did not. The report also describes the methods employed by managed care organizations (MCOs) to reduce unnecessary use of health care services, and summarizes the findings of previous research on the effects of managed care on health care utilization and outcomes.
Date:
March 30, 1998
Creator:
Purcell, Patrick
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform: Proposals Before the 105th Congress
This report examines several proposals for consumer bankruptcy reform which have been introduced in the 105th Congress.
Date:
March 20, 1998
Creator:
Jeweler, Robin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Checklists of CRS Products on Public Policy Issues
None
Date:
March 19, 1997
Creator:
Library Services Division
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): A Fact Sheet
This report provides an overview of the Convention and U.S. position on possible adherence. The treaty requires States parties to take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in political and public life, law, education, employment, health care, commercial transactions, and domestic relations.
Date:
March 1, 1999
Creator:
Ohara, Chikako
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Drug Certification of Mexico in 1998: Arguments For and Against Congressional Resolutions of Disapproval
None
Date:
March 20, 1998
Creator:
Storrs, K. Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.N. Reform in the 1997 General Assembly
None
Date:
March 23, 1998
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Forest Health: Overview
This report gives an overview of forest health.
Date:
March 27, 1998
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1998: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
None
Date:
March 2, 1998
Creator:
Nowels, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Timber Harvests: Implications for U.S. Timber Supply
None
Date:
March 10, 1998
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Executive Orders and Proclamations
None
Date:
March 9, 1999
Creator:
Contrubis, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FEMA and Disaster Relief
None
Date:
March 6, 1998
Creator:
Bea, Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Voter Eligibility Verification Pilot Program
None
Date:
March 20, 1998
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Summary Comparison of Selected Health
None
Date:
March 2, 1994
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Excise Taxes on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Gasoline: History and Inflation Adjusted Rates
None
Date:
March 7, 1997
Creator:
Talley, Louis Alan & Cashell, Brian W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: Legislative Branch
This report is a guide to appropriations of Legislative Branch.
Date:
March 11, 1999
Creator:
Dwyer, Paul E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library