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Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2017 (open access)

Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2017

This report provides data on elections of the Speaker in each Congress since 1913, when the House first reached its present size of 435 Members. During that period (63rd through 115th Congresses), a Speaker was elected five times with the votes of less than a majority of the full membership.
Date: January 4, 2017
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Heitshusen, Valerie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Reauthorizations and Regulatory Reform: From the 104th Congress to the 106th (open access)

Environmental Reauthorizations and Regulatory Reform: From the 104th Congress to the 106th

The 104th Congress pursued efforts to reform environmental regulations on several fronts: (1) revising regulatory decision making processes; (2) attaching specific reforms to funding bills; (3) establishing a House corrections day calendar of bills addressing specific regulatory problems; and (4) incorporating regulatory reforms into individual program reauthorization bills. The 105th Congress has pursued regulatory reform in four primary directions: (1) proposals to establish a comprehensive cost-benefit/risk analysis framework for regulatory programs, (2) private property “takings” initiatives, (3) amendments and reforms directed at individual environmental statutes, and (4) oversight of environmental programs.
Date: January 8, 1999
Creator: Blodgett, John E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Housing Issues in the 106th Congress (open access)

Housing Issues in the 106th Congress

This report summarizes current housing issues, cites legislative proposals, and in some cases, presents brief pro/con discussions.
Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Bourdon, E. Richard
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance Bills in the 106th Congress: Comparison of Shays-Meehan, as passed, with McCain-Feingold, as considered (open access)

Campaign Finance Bills in the 106th Congress: Comparison of Shays-Meehan, as passed, with McCain-Feingold, as considered

On September 14, 1999, the House passed the Shays-Meehan bill--H.R. 417, the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999, as amended, by a vote of 252-177. Senate sponsors of the companion measure, S. 26 (McCain-Feingold), revised their proposal and, on September 16, introduced S. 1593, containing just four sections of H.R. 417 and S. 26. The Senate debated S. 1593 from October 13-20, culminating in unsuccessful cloture votes October 19 on two amendments: Daschle amendment 2298, substituting text nearly identical to the House-passed H.R. 417; and Reid amendment 2229 (a perfecting amendment to no. 2298), substituting text of S. 1593 as offered, plus McCain amendment 2294 (adopted October 14), which added certain disclosure requirements. This report compares provisions of the House-passed bill with the one considered by the Senate in October 1999. No further updates are planned.
Date: January 12, 2000
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance Debate in the 106th Congress: Comparison of Measures Under House Consideration (open access)

Campaign Finance Debate in the 106th Congress: Comparison of Measures Under House Consideration

On September 14, the House passed H.R. 417 on a vote of 252-177, as amended by three perfecting amendments: Bereuter/Wicker #6; Faleomavaega #1; and Sweeney #21. This report features two tables. Table 1 summarizes and compares the ten perfecting amendments, current law, and the Shays-Meehan proposal. Table 2 summarizes and compares current law, the Shays-Meehan bill, and the three substitute amendments.
Date: January 12, 2000
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Crop Insurance: Issues in the 106th Congress (open access)

Federal Crop Insurance: Issues in the 106th Congress

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Date: January 14, 2000
Creator: Chite, Ralph M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Northern Ireland: Implementation of The Peace Agreement During the 106th Congress (open access)

Northern Ireland: Implementation of The Peace Agreement During the 106th Congress

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Date: January 5, 2001
Creator: Donfried, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Overview of Legislation in the 106th Congress (open access)

Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Overview of Legislation in the 106th Congress

This report discusses federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, which demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. They cover drug dealing, murdering federal officials, and using a gun to commit a federal crime. They circumscribe judicial sentencing discretion. They have been criticized as unthinkingly harsh and incompatible with a rational sentencing guideline system; yet they have also been embraced as hallmarks of truth in sentence and a certain means of incapacitating the criminally dangerous.
Date: January 11, 2001
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 106th Congress (open access)

Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 106th Congress

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Date: January 11, 2001
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Victims' Rights Amendment in the 106th Congress: Overview of Suggestions to Amend the Constitution (open access)

Victims' Rights Amendment in the 106th Congress: Overview of Suggestions to Amend the Constitution

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Date: January 12, 2001
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DNA Evidence: Legislative Initiatives in the 106th Congress (open access)

DNA Evidence: Legislative Initiatives in the 106th Congress

DNA evidence is a powerful forensic tool in criminal cases. Its use and capabilities have increased substantially since it was first introduced in the late 1980s. That growth has led to the emergence of the following issues that were considered by the 106th Congress in legislative initiatives: eliminating the nationwide backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples, expanding the kinds of offenders who are profiled, providing opportunities for post-conviction testing of DNA evidence, and continuing development of forensic science capabilities. This report discusses those and related issues and the legislation proposed and enacted to address them. It begins by describing provisions in prior federal law and then discusses issues and the legislation proposed, including the enacted DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (H.R. 4640, which became P.L. 106-546).
Date: January 26, 2001
Creator: Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Care Issues in the 106th Congress (open access)

Child Care Issues in the 106th Congress

This report documents the numerous child care policies by President Bill Clinton, going on to describe the difficulties in passing this type of legislation and the outcome of passing such policies.
Date: January 4, 2001
Creator: Gish, Melinda & Spar, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Research and Experimentation Tax Credit: Current Law and Selected Policy Issues for the 106th Congress (open access)

The Research and Experimentation Tax Credit: Current Law and Selected Policy Issues for the 106th Congress

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Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Guenther, Gary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Managed Care: Legislation in the 106th Congress (open access)

Patient Protection and Managed Care: Legislation in the 106th Congress

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Date: January 12, 2001
Creator: Hearne, Jean P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 2415: Bankruptcy Reform in the Closing Days of the 106th Congress (open access)

H.R. 2415: Bankruptcy Reform in the Closing Days of the 106th Congress

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Date: January 12, 2001
Creator: Jeweler, Robin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Discipline Legislation in the 106th Congress (open access)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Discipline Legislation in the 106th Congress

Although Congress described its 1997 changes to discipline provisions in the Individuals withDisabilitiesEducationAct (IDEA) as a “carefulbalance,” it was not long before amendmentsto change the provisionssurfaced. In 1999 the Senate passed S. 254, 106th Cong., the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999, and the House passed H.R. 1501, 106th Cong., the Child Safety and Protection Act, both of which contained amendments to IDEA. These amendments would have changed section 615 of IDEA to eliminate IDEA’s different disciplinary procedures for children with disabilities in certain situations. In the Senate the amendment applied to children with disabilities who carry a gun or firearm while in the House the amendment would cover a weapon. These amendments were not enacted.
Date: January 12, 2001
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform: Bills in the 106th Congress (open access)

Social Security Reform: Bills in the 106th Congress

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Date: January 5, 2001
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart & Kollmann, Geoffrey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Committee Responses to Reconciliation Directives (open access)

Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Committee Responses to Reconciliation Directives

This report examines the timing of certain stages of the budget reconciliation process and the extent to which the submission due date included in a reconciliation instruction is a predictor for the timing of committee response. Specifically, it provides information on the dates by which committees have been directed to respond to reconciliation directives and the timing of House and Senate committees in responding to such directives in the past 14 Congresses (101st-114th Congresses).
Date: January 19, 2016
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th - 113th Congresses (open access)

First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th - 113th Congresses

This report provides summary data on the number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who first entered Congress between the 64th Congress (1915-1917) and the 113th Congress (2013-2014).
Date: January 25, 2013
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E. & Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Review of Budget and Issues in the 106th Congress (open access)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Review of Budget and Issues in the 106th Congress

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Date: January 19, 2001
Creator: Morrissey, Wayne A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Encryption Technology: the Debate in the th 105 and 106th Congresses (open access)

Encryption Technology: the Debate in the th 105 and 106th Congresses

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Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Nunno, Richard M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign and Defense Policy: Key Issues in the 106th Congress (open access)

Foreign and Defense Policy: Key Issues in the 106th Congress

This report lays out foreign and defense policy issues likely to receive attention in the 106th Congress, either in oversight or in enacting legislation. The report discusses the U.S. role in the world, and addresses tools available to Members to affect foreign and defense policy, including: the use of military force, foreign assistance, foreign policy sanctions, export controls, participation in the United Nations, and oversight of the State Department.
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee System Rules Changes in the House, 106th Congress (open access)

Committee System Rules Changes in the House, 106th Congress

This fact sheet details changes in the committee system contained in H. Res. 5, the rules of the House for the 106th Congress
Date: January 22, 1999
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Connecting Fathers to Their Children: Fatherhood Legislation Considered in the 106th Congress (open access)

Connecting Fathers to Their Children: Fatherhood Legislation Considered in the 106th Congress

This report addresses Fatherhood Legislation considered in the 106th Congress connecting Fathers to their Children regarding connecting fathers to their children.
Date: January 29, 2001
Creator: Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library