Balancing the Budget and Limiting Federal Spending: A Selected Bibliography (open access)

Balancing the Budget and Limiting Federal Spending: A Selected Bibliography

This selected bibliography lists articles and books on various issues concerning legislation to limit Federal spending and proposed constitutional amendments requiring a balanced budget, especially economic issues. The bibliography focuses mainly on literature of recent years.
Date: August 23, 1982
Creator: Chin, Felix
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposals to Reform Our Presidential Electoral System: A Survey of the Historical Background and Development of the Electoral College, and a Compilation of Proposals to Reform It,  With Pro and Con Analyses (open access)

Proposals to Reform Our Presidential Electoral System: A Survey of the Historical Background and Development of the Electoral College, and a Compilation of Proposals to Reform It, With Pro and Con Analyses

"This report discusses the present method of electing the President by the Electoral College . . . [and] the various state laws relating to the nomination and election of Presidential electors" (p. iii).
Date: August 1, 1984
Creator: Durbin, Thomas M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Financing in Federal Elections: A Guide to the Law and Its Operation (open access)

Campaign Financing in Federal Elections: A Guide to the Law and Its Operation

This report provides an introduction to the laws governing the financing of Federal election campaigns and presents data on campaign finance activity in the 1980’s.
Date: August 8, 1986
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Block Grants (open access)

Block Grants

This report includes the material on block grants, including a CRS Report on the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981, several articles, and a guide to State block grant implementation. For additional information and assistance, we have also included addresses of people to contact on the Federal (p. 59) and State levels (p. 70-104).
Date: August 31, 1981
Creator: Osbourn, Sandra S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 As Amended by P.L. 97-35, The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (open access)

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 As Amended by P.L. 97-35, The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

"The attached chart shows the authorization levels established by P.L. 97-35 1/ and compares the House and Senate reconciliation bills for the vocational rehabilitation program" (p. 1).
Date: August 25, 1981
Creator: Smith, Mary F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catastrophic Health Insurance: Comparison of the Major Provisions of the "Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act of 1987" (H.R. 2470, as passed by the House July 22, 1987) and the "Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act of 1987" (S. 1127, as passed by the Senate Finance Committee, July 27, 1987) (open access)

Catastrophic Health Insurance: Comparison of the Major Provisions of the "Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act of 1987" (H.R. 2470, as passed by the House July 22, 1987) and the "Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act of 1987" (S. 1127, as passed by the Senate Finance Committee, July 27, 1987)

Catastrophic Health Insurance: Comparison of the Major Provisions of the “Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act of 1987” (H.R. 2470, as passed by t h e House July 22, 1987) and the "MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC LOSS PREVENTION ACT OF 1987" (S. 1127, as reported by the S e n a t e Finance Committee, July 27, 1987)
Date: August 5, 1987
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Safety: FAA Near Midair Collision Reports (open access)

Aviation Safety: FAA Near Midair Collision Reports

This report discusses the minimum separation distance in a near midair collision report which the event must meet in order to be classified a "near miss." If a pilot of flight crew member subjectively believes that the near miss occurred, the report of that event is accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and counts as a near miss in the FAA data base regardless of the actual separation distance. While no proximity limits are placed on near midair collision reports, the agency does attempt to categorize each reported encounter by degree of hazard represented from an aviation safety perspective.
Date: August 13, 1987
Creator: Moore, J. Glen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Women in the Armed Forces (open access)

Women in the Armed Forces

Women have become an integral part of the armed forces, but several issues remain. One is whether to reduce, maintain, or expand the number of women in the services as the total forces are being reduced. A second question is to what extent women should continue to be excluded from some combat positions by policy. A third question is whether or not women should be included if the draft is reinstated? Would national security be jeopardized or enhanced by increasing reliance on women in the armed forces? Should women have equal opportunities and responsibilities in national defense? Or do role and physical differences between the sexes, the protection of future generations, and other social norms require limiting the assignments of women in the armed forces? Opinion in the United States is deeply divided on the fundamental issues involved.
Date: August 31, 1982
Creator: Collier, Ellen C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of the Justice Department/American Telephone and Telegraph Company Antitrust Settlement: A Brief Overview (open access)

Status of the Justice Department/American Telephone and Telegraph Company Antitrust Settlement: A Brief Overview

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Date: August 30, 1982
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries and Allowances: Congress (open access)

Salaries and Allowances: Congress

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Date: August 20, 1982
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control (open access)

Gun Control

This report provides basic firearms-related issues and a summary of legislative action.
Date: August 11, 1982
Creator: Hogan, Harry L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parental Kidnapping (open access)

Parental Kidnapping

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Date: August 25, 1982
Creator: McCoy, Meredith
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leasing of Energy and Mineral Resources on Federal Lands (open access)

Leasing of Energy and Mineral Resources on Federal Lands

This report discusses the leasing of energy and mineral resources on federal lands. Leasing of energy minerals has been an issue of varying intensity for most of the past century, as oil, gas, and coal became indispensable commodities in both U.S. and world commerce.
Date: August 9, 1982
Creator: Lindahl, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Benefits Earned Under Social Security and Civil Service Retirement (open access)

A Comparison of Benefits Earned Under Social Security and Civil Service Retirement

This report provides a brief side-by-side comparison of Civil Service Retirement and Social Security benefits.
Date: August 2, 1982
Creator: Snook, Dennis W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large and Continuing Deficits: Their Influence on Macroeconomic Performance (open access)

Large and Continuing Deficits: Their Influence on Macroeconomic Performance

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Date: August 1, 1983
Creator: Woodward, G. Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement: Selected References (open access)

Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement: Selected References

This report is a compilation of selected articles, books, and executive agency and congressional publications on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, primarily to health facilities and physicians.
Date: August 1, 1984
Creator: Shirley-Reynolds, Saundra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polygraph Testing of Employees In Private Industry (open access)

Polygraph Testing of Employees In Private Industry

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Date: August 7, 1985
Creator: Liddicoat, Britt D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polygraph Testing: Employee and Employer Rights (open access)

Polygraph Testing: Employee and Employer Rights

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Date: August 28, 1987
Creator: McCallion, Gail
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Superconducting Super Collider (open access)

Superconducting Super Collider

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Date: August 27, 1987
Creator: Boesman, William C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black and Hispanic Federal Judges: 1900 to Present (open access)

Black and Hispanic Federal Judges: 1900 to Present

This report shows that in recent years, attention has increasingly focused upon the minority composition of the Federal judiciary, in apparent response to concerns that judges appointed to the Federal bench should more compositely reflect the U.S. population they serve. Two of the larger U.S. subpopulations served by the Federal judiciary are blacks and Hispanics. Accordingly, this mini brief lists chronologically and cumulatively the appointments of blacks and Hispanics to the Federal bench, which includes the U.S.Supreme Court, Circuit Courts of Appeals, and District courts.
Date: August 9, 1983
Creator: Bailey, Dorothy J
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AT and T Divestiture: Restructuring the U.S. Domestic Telephone Industry (open access)

AT and T Divestiture: Restructuring the U.S. Domestic Telephone Industry

On January 8, 1982, the Justice Department and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company announced the settlement of the Government's seven year old antitrust suit against AT&T. Nineteen months later, in August 1983, U.S. District Court Judge Harold Greene gave final approval to the AT& T divestiture agreement. The breakup of AT&T will affect every aspect of the U.S. domestic telephone industry from the yellow pages to the manufacture of telephones. AT&T officially spun off its 22 local operating companies into seven regional phone companies on January 1, 1984. This Info Pack focuses on the Department of Justice settlement with AT&T and how the resulting divestiture will affect the U.S. domestic telephone industry.
Date: August 10, 1984
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bankruptcy and Business Failure Data (open access)

Bankruptcy and Business Failure Data

The purpose of this report is to provide statistical data on the actual number of businesses that are filing for bankruptcy or ceasing operations. Tabular data of both a historical and current nature concerning business failures and bankruptcies is provided.
Date: August 20, 1982
Creator: Scott, Oscar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drunk Driving and the National Driver Register (open access)

Drunk Driving and the National Driver Register

At the 0.08 BAC level of alcohol, braking, steering, lane changing, and judgment are degraded and the driving performance of virtually all drivers is substantially impaired. During the debate on reauthorization of the federal surface transportation programs, an amendment that would require each state either to enact a 0.08 BAC law or face the loss of a portion of its Federal Highway Trust Fund monies passed the Senate and will likely be considered in the House. This proposal raises questions about the effectiveness and impacts of a 0.08 BAC law, the rights of states versus the federal government, and alternative ways to encourage the states to adopt stronger impaired driving countermeasures.
Date: August 5, 1985
Creator: Segal, Migdon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pay Compatibility for Federal White-Collar Workers (open access)

Pay Compatibility for Federal White-Collar Workers

This report reviews the Congress's decision to freeze federal pay for one year as part of the budget resolution for the year, 1986. It discusses the standards to determine the Federal pay rate and the levels of pay that are set in place in the Federal government.
Date: August 7, 1985
Creator: Schwemle, Barbara L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library