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Corrections in United States. (open access)

Corrections in United States.

This report has selected references of corrections in United states
Date: December 1, 1969
Creator: Jones, Charlotte
System: The UNT Digital Library
Undeclared War and the Right of the Serviceman to Refuse Service Abroad: The Massachusetts Law and Further Judicial Development (open access)

Undeclared War and the Right of the Serviceman to Refuse Service Abroad: The Massachusetts Law and Further Judicial Development

This report discusses the rights of service-members to refuse service abroad if the foreign service was in an undeclared war. The lawsuit of the State of Massachusetts which was brought against the federal government after the passage of a law in Massachusetts giving service-members this right is discussed as well as various other judicial decisions made in lower courts regarding the issue.
Date: December 1, 1971
Creator: Killian, Johnny H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Issues in the 104th Congress (open access)

Clean Water Issues in the 104th Congress

For the 104th Congress, reauthorization of the Clean Water Act would seem likely to be a priority, since the Act was last amended in 1987 and authorizations expired on September 30, 1990. But legislative prospects in the 104th Congress are uncertain. Clean water also was a priority for the 103rd Congress, but, in 1994, Congress ran out of time and did not act on comprehensive amendments. Many of the issues proved to be too complex and controversial to be resolved easily, while Congress also was considering a large agenda of environmental and other bills. Controversies arose in connection with issues specific to the Clean Water Act and a trio of regulatory relief issues that became barriers to a number of bills in the 103rd Congress.
Date: December 1, 1994
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Assault Weapons Ban: Review of Federal Laws Controlling Possessions of Certain Firearms (open access)

The Assault Weapons Ban: Review of Federal Laws Controlling Possessions of Certain Firearms

This report reviews the 1994 assault weapons ban, which is effective for ten years on 19 types of semiautomatic assault weapons. The Act builds upon a 60-year history of federal regulation of firearms. The report also summarizes the pre-1994 federal gun control laws, analyzes the major cases relating to constitutional and statutory challenges to these laws, and reviews judicial and legislative developments since enactment of the ban.
Date: December 1, 1995
Creator: Schrader, Dorothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 1998 Continuing Resolutions (open access)

Fiscal Year 1998 Continuing Resolutions

None
Date: December 1, 1997
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 1998 Continuing Resolutions (open access)

Fiscal Year 1998 Continuing Resolutions

Congress annually considers 13 regular appropriations bills providing funding for agency operations. If any of these bills are not enacted by the start of the fiscal year (October 1), the nonessential activities of the agencies funded in the outstanding bills must cease. In those years in which all 13 bills are not enacted by the deadline, Congress adopts measures continuing funding until the regular bills are enacted. This report discusses these measures, which are referred to as continuing resolutions.
Date: December 1, 1997
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies (open access)

Appropriations for FY1999: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies

This report is a guide to of the original (DOT and Related Agencies) appropriations bill for FY1999. The report summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date: December 1, 1998
Creator: Thompson, Duane A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies (open access)

Appropriations for FY1999: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies

The text of this report is a guide to of the original (Department of Transportation and Related Agencies) appropriations bill for FY1999. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation Appropriations. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS products.
Date: December 1, 1998
Creator: Thompson, Duane A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: 105th Congress Issues (open access)

Older Americans Act: 105th Congress Issues

None
Date: December 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget FY2000: A Chronology with Internet Access (open access)

Budget FY2000: A Chronology with Internet Access

This report provides a select chronology of congressional and presidential actions and documents related to major budget events in calendar year 1999, covering the FY2000 budget. While the paper copy provides numerous Internet addresses, congressional offices can also use the Internet version of this report to access active links to appropriations and budget legislation, budget and economic data tables, pie charts, glossaries, selected testimony, publications, the President’s budget documents, and CRS products.
Date: December 1, 1999
Creator: Watkins, Susan E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Centralized Collection and Disbursement of Child Support Payments (open access)

Centralized Collection and Disbursement of Child Support Payments

This report addresses Centralized Collection and Disbursement of Child Support Payments.
Date: December 1, 1999
Creator: Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 106th Congress (open access)

Environmental Protection Issues in the 106th Congress

None
Date: December 1, 1999
Creator: Lee, Martin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR): The U-2 Aircraft and Global Hawk UAV Programs (open access)

Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR): The U-2 Aircraft and Global Hawk UAV Programs

Among airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconaissance (ISR) platforms, the U-2 Dragon Lady and the RQ-4A Global Hawk are especially valuable. This report discusses how best to use existing and planned manned and unmanned ISR aircraft to most effectively satisfy the Department of Defense's (Dod) requirements for timely and accurate information on enemy forces.
Date: December 1, 2000
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr. & Bolkcom, Christopher
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2003 (open access)

Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2003

This report summarizes by what measures the Constitution requires Congress to determine its own pay, the annual payment adjustment procedure, changes in pay over time since 1789, and related legislation.
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2003 (open access)

Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2003

This report summarizes by what measures the Constitution requires Congress to determine its own pay, the annual payment adjustment procedure, changes in pay over time since 1789, and related legislation.
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: Current Procedures and Recent Adjustments (open access)

Salaries of Members of Congress: Current Procedures and Recent Adjustments

None
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children in Poverty: Profile, Trends, and Issues (open access)

Children in Poverty: Profile, Trends, and Issues

This report documents the trends of economic well-being of children, giving data on child poverty and the employment rate of their mothers.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Burke, Vee; Gabe, Tom & Falk, Gene
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives (open access)

The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives

This report provides information about the Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives.Committees do not actually change the texts of the bills they mark up.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Schneider, Judy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conference Reports and Joint Explanatory Statements (open access)

Conference Reports and Joint Explanatory Statements

The conference report presents the formal legislative language on which the conference committee has agreed. The joint explanatory statement explains the various elements of the conferees agreement in relation to the positions that the House and Senate had committed to the conference committee.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency: Budget, Oil Conservation, and Electricity Conservation Issues (open access)

Energy Efficiency: Budget, Oil Conservation, and Electricity Conservation Issues

In the 108th Congress, debate over energy efficiency programs has focused on budget, oil, natural gas, and electricity issues, and provisions in the omnibus energy policy bill, S. 2095, H.R. 6, and S. 14/S. 1149. The Bush Administration’s FY2005 budget request for the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Energy Efficiency Program sought $875.9 million, including $543.9 for R&D and $332.0 million for grants. In the first session, the omnibus energy bill (H.R. 6) had several significant tax and regulatory measures for energy efficiency. It did not pass the Senate due to concerns about cost and an MTBE “safe harbor” provision.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Sissine, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal-Aid Highway Program: "Donor-Donee" State Issues (open access)

Federal-Aid Highway Program: "Donor-Donee" State Issues

This report provides information about "Donor-Donee" State Issues on Federal-Aid Highway Program which raised such heated debate as the arguments over how closely the program's payment to the individual states.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress (open access)

Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress

This report discusses federal funding for research and development. National R&D funding continues to grow, but the federal R&D share has declined to less than 30% of the total. Debates focus on which fields of federal R&D should be increased and how to set priorities and to "balance" health and nonhealth fields.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor (open access)

The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor

This report focuses on the floor activities of the House during its first formal session in a new Congress, and serves as a guide for participating in or watching these proceedings.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Amer, Mildred
System: The UNT Digital Library
Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns (open access)

Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide first assumed office in February 1991, following elections that were widely heralded as the first free and fair elections in Haiti's then-186-year history. He was overthrown by a military coup in September 1991. The U.S. involved itself in this by cutting off aid to the government, imposing trade embargoes, and military intervention among other things. This report contains information on the Haitian government and U.S. Congressional concerns.
Date: December 1, 2004
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library