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The Japanese Health Care System (open access)

The Japanese Health Care System

This report provides (1) a description of the coverage, benefits, financing and administration of the Japanese health insurance plans; (2) a discussion of the way in which reimbursement levels for health care providers are determined; and (3) an analysis of the way in which the provision of health care system is organized in Japan.
Date: October 13, 1989
Creator: Sokolovsky, Joan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equal Rights for Women (open access)

Equal Rights for Women

Amendments to the Constitution to provide equality of rights for women have been reintroduced in every Congress from the 67th i n 1923 to the 100th in 1987. Also proposed in recent years, although not to date in the 100th Congress, has been legislation to improve women's rights without amending the Constitution: a statue to forbid enforcement of a classification based on sex -- except where necessary to achieve a “compelling state interest, " and a measure providing for selective revision of existing Federal laws that discriminate on the basis of sex.
Date: October 14, 1987
Creator: Gladstone, Leslie W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Child Support Enforcement Program (open access)

The Child Support Enforcement Program

This report provides summary information on the child support enforcement program, established under title IV-D of the Social Security Act. It includes basic program statistics and a description of the administrative structure and major characteristics of the program.
Date: October 5, 1982
Creator: Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abortion: Judicial and Legislative Control (open access)

Abortion: Judicial and Legislative Control

In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution protects a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy, Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, and that a State may not unduly burden the exercise of that fundamental right by regulations that prohibit or substantially limit access to the means of effectuating that decision, Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179. But rather than settling the issue, the Court's rulings have kindled heated debate and precipitated a variety of governmental actions at the national, State and local levels designed either to nullify the rulings or hinder their effectuation. This brief discusses this ongoing issue, including related legislation and judicial history.
Date: October 13, 1981
Creator: Lewis, Karen J.; Rosenberg, Morton & Porter, Allison I.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Power Generation: More Energy from Less Fuel (open access)

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Power Generation: More Energy from Less Fuel

This report discusses magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation, which is a method for converting heat directly into electrical energy without the use of a rotating electrical power generator.
Date: October 7, 1981
Creator: Crane, Langdon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Reform Act of 1986: Public Law 99-514 (open access)

Tax Reform Act of 1986: Public Law 99-514

"This Info Pack includes a summary of the [Tax Reform Act of 1986] and provides information on the following topics: general provisions affecting individuals, treatment of real estate and second homes, retirement savings provisions and pensions, [and] corporate tax change overview" (p. 1).
Date: October 22, 1986
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Persian Gulf and the War Powers Debate: Issue Summary and Review of Events (open access)

Persian Gulf and the War Powers Debate: Issue Summary and Review of Events

"This issue brief tracks chronologically the events in the Gulf with particular reference to major U.S. policy statements and actions relevant to the War Powers Resolution" (p. iii).
Date: October 19, 1987
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mandated Employer Provided Health Insurance (open access)

Mandated Employer Provided Health Insurance

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Date: October 11, 1988
Creator: Fuchs, Beth C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
How the Food Stamp Program Works (open access)

How the Food Stamp Program Works

This report briefly describes the present operation of the Food Stamp program, reflecting legislative revisions through 1982.
Date: October 7, 1982
Creator: Richardson, Joe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biotechnology: Commercialization of Academic Research (open access)

Biotechnology: Commercialization of Academic Research

This report provides an overview of the commercialization of academic research h in the field of biotechnology. It offers a brief definition, background and policy analysis, as well as legislation and hearings regarding the topic.
Date: October 26, 1981
Creator: Johnson, Judith A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electoral Votes by State: Changes Resulting from the 1980 Census (open access)

Electoral Votes by State: Changes Resulting from the 1980 Census

This report presents a chart and a U.S. map describing the electoral votes by state and the changes resulted from the 1980 census.
Date: October 15, 1982
Creator: Gorman, Joseph B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Investment in U.S. Industry (open access)

Foreign Investment in U.S. Industry

Although the total amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the U.S. is small relative to U.S. direct investment abroad, it is growing rapidly and may have a large effect on some industries and geographic areas of the U.S. The two main issues raised by FDI in the U.S. are first, shall Congress require more extensive data collection efforts than are already underway, and second, should laws be enacted to limit foreign direct investment in the U.S. These two issues turn in substantial measure on whether the benefits of additional data collection and/or restrictions on FDI in the U.S. exceed the costs. This report discusses the legislative history of the issue, the magnitude and distribution of FDI in the U.S., the existing data collection efforts, the potential implications for the U.S., the motivations for FDI in the U.S., and U.S. policy regarding FDI.
Date: October 18, 1982
Creator: Wilson, Arlene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S./Soviet Military Balance: Statistical Trends, 1970-1980 (open access)

U.S./Soviet Military Balance: Statistical Trends, 1970-1980

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Date: October 1, 1981
Creator: Collins, John M. & Severns, Elizabeth Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soviet Gas Pipeline: U.S. Options (open access)

Soviet Gas Pipeline: U.S. Options

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Date: October 8, 1982
Creator: Hardt, John P. & Gold, Donna L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries and Allowances: The Executive Branch (open access)

Salaries and Allowances: The Executive Branch

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Date: October 20, 1982
Creator: Gressle, Sharon S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cost Overruns in Major Weapon Systems: Current Dimensions of a Longstanding Problem (open access)

Cost Overruns in Major Weapon Systems: Current Dimensions of a Longstanding Problem

This paper reviews the initiatives of the Reagan Administration to control cost overruns during the last 2 and a half years and the actions taken by the Congress to strengthen its oversight role. Particular attention is directed at the critical need to enhance management incentive and accountability at all level of the acquisition process. If recently instituted reform in the Department of Defense fail to control cost overruns, pressure may grow for a more sweeping and radical approach. Serious consideration in such an event might even be given to removing responsibility for weapons acquisition management for the military service and assigning it to a civilian-operated supply agency.
Date: October 15, 1983
Creator: Lockwood, David E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Student Benefits (open access)

Social Security Student Benefits

As part of his program for economic recovery, President Reagan included a proposal to discontinue social security benefits for 18 to 22-year-old students attending college or vocational school. Critics of the student benefit believe that other federally funded educational assistance programs which tailor the amount of aid provided to actual educational costs and family income should be relied upon to help finance the college educations of students who are children of retired, disabled, and deceased workers.
Date: October 18, 1983
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The FTC's Used Car Rule (open access)

The FTC's Used Car Rule

This report discusses the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) used car rule, which aims to prevent and discourage oral misrepresentations and deceptive omissions of material facts by those selling used cars concerning warranty coverage and mechanical condition.
Date: October 14, 1983
Creator: Mulock, Bruce K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crime Control: Administration and Congressional Initiatives (open access)

Crime Control: Administration and Congressional Initiatives

The Reagan Administration announced its major crime Control proposals in 1981, shortly after the final report from the Attorney General's Task Force on Violent Crimes, and reiterated support for significant changes in Crime control legislation in 1983. Congressional initiatives and modifications of those proposals continue interest and controversy in crime control matters in the 98th Congress.
Date: October 21, 1983
Creator: Kaiser, Frederick M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dioxin: Environmental Impacts and Potential Human Health Effects (open access)

Dioxin: Environmental Impacts and Potential Human Health Effects

This issue brief presents a short background on the physical/chemical properties of dioxin, describes several existing sources of possible human exposure, and highlights what is currently known about its environmental impacts and human health effects. Congressional interest is intense at this time because of large numbers of Vietnam veterans' claims for benefits associated with use of herbicides in that war as well as because of certain incidents of potential significance to health involving disposal of wastes containing dioxin.
Date: October 21, 1983
Creator: Simpson, Michael M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why U.S. Agricultural Exports Have Declined in the 1980s (open access)

Why U.S. Agricultural Exports Have Declined in the 1980s

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Date: October 29, 1984
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Minimum Drinking Age: Provisions and Analysis (open access)

National Minimum Drinking Age: Provisions and Analysis

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Date: October 29, 1984
Creator: Lipford, William A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: President's FY88 Budget (open access)

Medicaid: President's FY88 Budget

This report provides background and analysis on Medicaid and discusses the President's FY88 budget.
Date: October 30, 1987
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Superconductivity: An Overview (open access)

Superconductivity: An Overview

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Date: October 1, 1987
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G. & Rowberg, Richard E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library