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This report provides Selected Federal Spending and Morbidity and Mortality Statistics related to Cancer Research.

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This report provides an overview of FY1999 budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

This report focuses on several economic aspects of the Asian financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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This report provides the background information and early implementation of the clean water action plan.

This report is about the rivers designated as American Heritage Rivers by President Clinton.

This report lists the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the 50 states, plus Amarican Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

This report provides an overview of the Chinese space program since 1970, including commercial launches of U.S.- built spacecraft.

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The Viruses, Serums, Toxins, Antitoxins, and Analogous Products Act (21 U.S.C. 151-159), also known as the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (VSTA), is intended to assure the safe and effective supply of animal vaccines and other biological products. The act and its applicable regulations are administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

This report discusses the American Heritage Rivers Initiative, implemented in 1998 by President Bill Clinton. The Initiative designed 14 rivers as "American Heritage Rivers," and declared that each "will receive help over the next five years tapping federal resources to carry out their plans for revitalizing their rivers and riverfronts." This report also discusses the reactions from both supporters and detractors of the initiative, and related legislation and appropriations.

This report discusses the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program, Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, was enacted in January 1975 (P.L. 93-647).

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This report provides an overview of FY1999 budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Initially, the report is limited to the Administration’s budget request for HUD. The report is updated periodically as legislative action occurs on FY1999 appropriations for HUD and as action occurs on authorizing legislation to implement the budget proposals.

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This report shows federal spending at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research on selected cancer sites.

In October 1997, Vice President Gore directed federal agencies to develop a Clean Water Initiative to improve and strengthen water pollution control efforts. The multiagency plan was released on Feb. 19, 1998, and identifies nearly 100 key actions. Most are existing activities, now labeled as part of the Initiative. The President's FY1999 budget requests $2.2 billion for five departments and agencies to fund implementation of the Plan. While Congress is considering appropriations bills to fund the Plan, federal agencies are beginning or accelerating activities to carry out the actions under the Plan.