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Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) (open access)

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)

Recent changes in the Nation's tax laws have made Individual Retirement Accounts available to many people previously excluded. This report provides general information on IRAs including material explaining these recent changes and their consequences.
Date: June 28, 1983
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The General Motors-Toyota Joint Venture and Its Competitive Implications (open access)

The General Motors-Toyota Joint Venture and Its Competitive Implications

This report reviews the economics of joint ventures by focusing on their implication for market competition. It also reviews the legislative history of mergers and joint ventures with special emphasis on aspects of the law that are directed at reducing market concentration.
Date: July 13, 1983
Creator: Bass, Gwenell L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Independent Truckers: The Effects of Recent Legislation on Earnings (Effects of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 and the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983, as they affect highway-related taxes, two trailers, length and width of vehicles, and weights and loads) (open access)

Independent Truckers: The Effects of Recent Legislation on Earnings (Effects of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 and the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983, as they affect highway-related taxes, two trailers, length and width of vehicles, and weights and loads)

Congress passed legislation late in 1982 that is expected to have a significant effect on the annual net earnings of independent truckers. About 90 percent of fresh produce, most used household goods, and from one-third to one-half of all fabricated steel and other commodities transported by truck are hauled by independent truckers. The legislation raised the Federal fuel tax by 5 cents per gallon and significantly raised a highway use tax that is based on the weight of the vehicle. The legislation also allowed truckers to use two trailers, longer and wider vehicles, and carry heavier loads. This CRS report discusses these 1982 changes in Federal legislation. It also contains an estimate of the upper and lower bound of the impact that these changes could have on the annual net earnings of independent truckers.
Date: March 1, 1983
Creator: Thompson, Stephen J.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Training Programs: Reauthorization and Funding Issues (open access)

Job Training Programs: Reauthorization and Funding Issues

This paper is divided into the following sections: (1) History of Federal Employment and Training Programs; (2) Reauthorization Issues; (3) Administration Legislative and Budget Proposals; and (4) Congressional Action.
Date: January 3, 1983
Creator: Spar, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Real Property: Inventory and Disposal Initiatives (open access)

Federal Real Property: Inventory and Disposal Initiatives

This report provides background and discusses the inventory and disposal of public lands and other Federal property. For many years the Federal Government has operated under a statutory policy of retaining public domain lands and has disposed of the proceeds from the sale of surplus property other than by the reduction of the national debt. Under the present system, the Government disposes of some types of land when it is determined to be surplus to Government needs, or, in the case of public lands, when it is determined that the national interest would best be served by the sale or exchange of particular tracts of land.
Date: January 27, 1983
Creator: Simmons, Malcolm; Baldwin, Pamela & Bea, Keith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hospital Cost Containment (open access)

Hospital Cost Containment

This report provides an overview of the dimensions of the problem of rising expenditures for hospital care, the reasons for rising hospital costs, general information on methods of controlling hospital costs and specific programs which have been developed, and some of the issues involved.
Date: January 10, 1983
Creator: Lundy, Janet Pernice
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Stamps: 1982 Legislation (open access)

Food Stamps: 1982 Legislation

This report discusses legislative issues regarding food stamp appropriations. Authorization for food stamp appropriations was to have expired at the end of FY82; in addition, the FY83-85 budget resolution assumed substantial savings in food stamps. As a result, and with the potential of an FY82 food stamp funding shortfall averted by the appropriation of a $1 billion supplemental, Congress acted to reauthorize appropriations and limit program costs in the 1982 budget reconciliation process.
Date: January 10, 1983
Creator: Richardson, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Issues and Legislation in the 98th Congress (open access)

Immigration Issues and Legislation in the 98th Congress

This report discusses Immigration reform, which continues to be of concern in the '96th Congress, and legislation has been moving quickly. Specific issues include illegal immigration, temporary workers, legalization, asylum adjudications, and legal immigration. The legislation under consideration is the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983, popularly referred to as the Simpson-Mazzoli bill, introduced in the House and Senate on Feb, 17, 1983 as H.R. 1510 and S. 529.
Date: December 2, 1983
Creator: Vialet, Joyce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archeological Testing at Fort St. Leon, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (open access)

Archeological Testing at Fort St. Leon, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

This report describes archaeological testing at a site known as Fort St. Leon in Louisiana. Studies were made of levee building, geomorphology, and comparison of archival maps and aerial photographs, which contribute to the understanding of human activity as well as geological processes at the site.
Date: May 1983
Creator: Gilmore, Kathleen & Noble, Vergil
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress for 1982 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress for 1982

This report includes statements form OTA Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Director, as well as TAAC Chairman. The report also discusses industry, commerce, and international security division, as well as health, life sciences and the environment division.
Date: March 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial and Commercial Cogeneration (open access)

Industrial and Commercial Cogeneration

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "describes the available and promising future cogeneration technologies, including their likely costs and operating characteristics, and reviews the potential applications for these technologies in industry, commercial buildings, and rural/agricultural areas" (p. iii).
Date: February 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Energy Use (open access)

Industrial Energy Use

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on the "prospects for energy efficiency in the U.S. industrial sector, the technologies available to improve industrial energy efficiency, and the effect of various legislative policies on stimulating increased efficiency" (p. iii).
Date: June 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Information Content of Premanufacture Notices (open access)

The Information Content of Premanufacture Notices

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that presents the analysis of pre-manufacture notices and "reports the results of analyzing those notices for the presence or absence of the information specified by the Toxic Substances Control Act and for other items of physical chemical and toxicity information that are useful for estimating potential health and environmental effects" (p. iii).
Date: April 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Competitiveness in Electronics (open access)

International Competitiveness in Electronics

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that looks at the international competitiveness of the electronics technology industry.
Date: November 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plants: The Potential for Extracting Protein, Medicines, and Other Useful Chemicals: Workshop Proceedings (open access)

Plants: The Potential for Extracting Protein, Medicines, and Other Useful Chemicals: Workshop Proceedings

Proceedings prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that describe "technological opportunities for commercially developing plant extracts, examples of some work being done in this field, and workshop participants' conclusions and recommendations concerning the Government's role in the area" (p. iii).
Date: September 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Postharvest Technology and Marketing Economics Research (open access)

Agricultural Postharvest Technology and Marketing Economics Research

A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that presents "findings and conclusions regarding the role of the public and private research participants in the PHTME (postharvest technology and marketing economics) research, the benefits and burdens of PHTME research, trends in PHTME research funding, quality of PHTME research, and management of PHTME research in the public sector (p. iii).
Date: May 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Maritime Trade and Technology (open access)

An Assessment of Maritime Trade and Technology

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of maritime trade and technology that "traces prevailing conditions and dominant trends that are important to the way the Federal Government assumes its responsibility for developing and implementing policy" (p. iii).
Date: October 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study Twenty-six: Assistive Devices for Severe Speech Impairments (open access)

Health Technology Case Study Twenty-six: Assistive Devices for Severe Speech Impairments

A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that is "about the revolution in communication aids that has since changed the outlook for this population [nonspeaking population], its accomplishments to date, its promise for the future, and its problems" (p. 3).
Date: December 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automation and the Workplace: Selected Labor, Education, and Training Issues (open access)

Automation and the Workplace: Selected Labor, Education, and Training Issues

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines "the nature and development of automation technologies (such as robotics, computer-aided design, and manufacturing, and automated materials handling, storage, and retrieval)" (p. iii).
Date: March 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology, Innovation, and Regional Economic Development: Background Paper: Census of State Government Initiatives for High-Technology Industrial Development (open access)

Technology, Innovation, and Regional Economic Development: Background Paper: Census of State Government Initiatives for High-Technology Industrial Development

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that gives information about high-technology development programs ate state and local levels.
Date: May 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) and the Medicare Program: Implications for Medical Technology (open access)

Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) and the Medicare Program: Implications for Medical Technology

A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment that evaluates the results of Diagnosis Related Groups and "their implications for use in the Medicare program" (p. iii).
Date: July 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study Twenty Two: The Effectiveness and Costs of Alcoholism Treatment (open access)

Health Technology Case Study Twenty Two: The Effectiveness and Costs of Alcoholism Treatment

A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that provides "scientific background for congressional of Medicare reimbursement for alcoholism treatment services" (p. 3).
Date: March 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology, Innovation, and Regional Economic Development: Background Paper Two: Encouraging High-Technology Development (open access)

Technology, Innovation, and Regional Economic Development: Background Paper Two: Encouraging High-Technology Development

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that looks at initiatives of regions of the United States that are promoted high-technology development and the role played by "State and local governments, universities, and the private sector in encouraging high-technology industrial development" (p. 3).
Date: April 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library