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Juvenile Justice Legislation: Overview and the Legislative Debate (open access)

Juvenile Justice Legislation: Overview and the Legislative Debate

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Date: November 27, 2002
Creator: O'Bryant, JoAnne; Teasley, David & Cooper, Edith Fairman
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
SCHIP Financing Issues for the 108th Congress (open access)

SCHIP Financing Issues for the 108th Congress

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Date: June 27, 2003
Creator: Kraut, Peter & Baumrucker, Evelyne P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment (open access)

Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. . . .” This language restricts government both more and less than it would if it were applied literally. It restricts government more in that it applies not only to Congress, but to all branches of the federal government, and to all branches of state and local government. It restricts government less in that it provides no protection to some types of speech and only limited protection to others. This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment – of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for some types of speech.
Date: August 27, 2003
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Privacy Protection: Mandating New Arrangements to Implement and Assess Federal Privacy Policy and Practice (open access)

Privacy Protection: Mandating New Arrangements to Implement and Assess Federal Privacy Policy and Practice

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Date: May 27, 2004
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment (open access)

Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment

This report is divided into two parts. The first gives a brief history of the flag protection issue, from the enactment of the Flag Protection Act in 1968 through current consideration of a constitutional amendment. The second part briefly summarizes the two decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, that struck down the state and federal flag protection statutes as applied in the context punishing expressive conduct.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Luckey, John R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Fast Track Trade Legislation (open access)

Agriculture and Fast Track Trade Legislation

The 107th Congress is expected to consider new "fast track" (or, Presidential trade promotion) authority, which could enable the Administration to submit trade agreements negotiated with foreign countries to Congress for consideration under expedited procedures. Many agricultural and food industry interests are among the export-oriented enterprises that support fast track authority, arguing that foreign trading partners will not seriously negotiate with an Administration that lacks it. However, some agricultural groups argue that fast track ultimately will lead to new agreements that deliver more benefits to foreign than to U.S. producers, at least in some commodity sectors.
Date: March 27, 2001
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S. & Hanrahan, Charles E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures (open access)

House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures

This report provides general guidance to committees for conducting meetings to mark up legislation.
Date: January 27, 1999
Creator: Bach, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instructing House Conferees (open access)

Instructing House Conferees

This report describes the process of reaching the final agreement between house and senate over the final version of a bill that the two houses have passes in different forms.
Date: January 27, 1999
Creator: Bach, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bills and Resolutions: Examples of How Each Kind is Used (open access)

Bills and Resolutions: Examples of How Each Kind is Used

This report provides background information regarding the bill and joint resolution, which must be passed by both houses in identical form, then presented to the President for his approval or disapproval.
Date: January 27, 1999
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives (open access)

Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives

This report provides an overview of the three types of parliamentary reference materials and their availability. The types are as follows: official sources such as "House Rules and Manual", publications from offices of the House and of the committees, and documents from leadership organizations and the House party. The report also provides an overview of parliamentary procedures.
Date: July 27, 2001
Creator: Carr, Thomas P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parliamentary Reference Sources: Senate (open access)

Parliamentary Reference Sources: Senate

This report discusses the types of Senates parliamentary reference materials and provides information on the Senate's parliamentary procedures. The three types of Senate parliamentary reference materials are official sources such as the "Senate Manual", publications from offices of the Senate and of the committees, and the rules of the party conference.
Date: July 27, 2001
Creator: Carr, Thomas P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2003: Legislative Branch (open access)

Appropriations for FY2003: Legislative Branch

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2003: Legislative Branch (open access)

Appropriations for FY2003: Legislative Branch

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Legislative Branch Appropriations.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2004: Legislative Branch (open access)

Appropriations for FY2004: Legislative Branch

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This Report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Legislative Branch Appropriations.
Date: May 27, 2003
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee Funding for the House and Senate, 108th Congress (open access)

Committee Funding for the House and Senate, 108th Congress

The Senate adopted ad hoc procedures in approving committee operating budgets. With the Senate divided 51-48-1 at the beginning of the 108th Congress, Senate Democrats argued for a proportional allocation of committee staff between the parties. On January 15, after a week-long delay in the appointment of Senate committees, a unanimous consent agreement was reached providing for the proportional allocation of staff and office space between the parties on each committee, with a separate provision for each committee chair to control up to 10% of the committee budget to employ administrative staff serving both parties.
Date: March 27, 2003
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S. & Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee of the Whole: An Introduction (open access)

Committee of the Whole: An Introduction

The House of Representatives uses this parliamentary device to take procedural advantage of a somewhat different set of rules governing proceedings in the Committee than those governing proceedings in the House. The purpose is to expedite legislative consideration. This report briefly reviews the history of the Committee of the Whole, describes the current procedure associated with it, and identifies its procedural advantages.
Date: May 27, 2003
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the Senate Floor (open access)

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

This report provides a guide to proceedings on the senate floor related to the first day of a new congress.
Date: June 27, 2003
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: A Compilation of Legislation Enacted and Resolutions Adopted by Congress, 1990-2003 (open access)

Iraq: A Compilation of Legislation Enacted and Resolutions Adopted by Congress, 1990-2003

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Date: March 27, 2003
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Procedure in Congress: Basic Sources for Congressional Staff (open access)

Legislative Procedure in Congress: Basic Sources for Congressional Staff

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Date: November 27, 2002
Creator: Greenfield, Susan Watkins
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: A Sketch (open access)

USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: A Sketch

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Date: January 27, 2005
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identity Theft and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: An Analysis of (open access)

Identity Theft and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: An Analysis of

This report provides information about An Analysis of on Identity Theft and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This report will provide a brief summary of the fair credit reporting act provisions in question, as well as an analysis of the recent supreme court decisions.
Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: Welborn, Angie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control Legislation in the 107th Congress (open access)

Gun Control Legislation in the 107th Congress

This report discusses the information related to gun control legislation. The contents include Gun-related statistics, federal regulation of firearms, legislative action in the 107th Congress
Date: August 27, 2002
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the information related to gun control legislation. The contents include Gun-related statistics, federal regulation of firearms, possible issues in the 108th Congress
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act (open access)

Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act

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Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library