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Air Quality and Transportation Enhancement Provisions in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
This report describes how the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) and enhancement programs function, examines the policy issues surrounding them, and summarizes relevant provisions in major legislation to reauthorize ISTEA in the 105th Congress.
Date:
June 10, 1998
Creator:
Bearden, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China: Pending Legislation in the 105th Congress
The 105 Congress has been active on issues involving China. This report, which will be updated as developments occur, tracks pending human rights legislation, including bills concerning: prison conditions and prison labor exports; coercive abortion practices; China’s policies toward religion; and more general human rights issues.
Date:
June 19, 1998
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education Savings Accounts for Elementary and Secondary Education
None
Date:
June 19, 1998
Creator:
Lyke, Bob
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico: A Chronology of Political Status History
This report outlines the chronology of the political status of Puerto Rico. In 1952, Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory since 1898, became a commonwealth. Since then at least three significantly different political status options have been offered by the three major political parties in Puerto Rico. On March 4, 1998, the House passed H.R. 856, a bill to address the political status of Puerto Rico, by a vote of 209-208. On June 23, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on issues raised by separate sovereignty and independence.
Date:
June 24, 1998
Creator:
Laney, Garrine P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Sanctions to Achieve U.S. Foreign Policy Goals: Discussion and Guide to Current Law
This report provides background on foreign policy sanctions and the events that might necessitate their use, criteria to consider when determining if sanctions are appropriate, approaches that might be effective, and aspects of the use of sanctions that are sometimes overlooked or not considered fully. The report also provides an uncomplicated map of where sanctions policies and options currently may be found in U.S. law.
Date:
June 5, 1998
Creator:
Rennack, Dianne E. & Shuey, Robert D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education Vouchers: The Constitutional Standards
This report sketches the constitutional standards that apply to public aid to sectarian schools and especially to programs of indirect assistance such as education vouchers.
Date:
June 11, 1998
Creator:
Ackerman, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Taxpayer Protections in the IRS Restructuring Bill: Attorneys' Fees and Damages for IRS Abuses
This report discusses the proposals to expand a court's authority to award attorneys' fees and costs in certain cases and the proposal to permit a taxpayer to collect damages for negligent collection actions by IRS agents. These provisions are covered in sections 311 and 312 of the House version and in sections 3101 and 3102 of the Senate version.
Date:
June 15, 1998
Creator:
Morris, Marie B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Budget: Social Spending Targets in the FY 1999 House Budget Resolution
None
Date:
June 11, 1998
Creator:
Nuschler, Dawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Marriage Penalty Tax Relief: The Gramm Amendment
This report provides a brief description of the amendment to the Tobacco Settlement bill, which is intended to provide marriage penalty tax relief for low to middle income taxpayers and discusses some associate issues.
Date:
June 5, 1998
Creator:
Esenwein, Gregg A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food and Drug Administration: Selected Funding and Policy Issues
None
Date:
June 9, 1998
Creator:
Vogt, Donna U.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food Stamp Benefits for Legal Immigrants in P.L. 105-185
None
Date:
June 30, 1998
Creator:
Vialet, Joyce C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Immigration-Related Provisions of Selected Bills on Religious Persecution
This report analyzes immigration-related provisions of H.R. 2431, the “Freedom from Religious Persecution Act,” as passed by the House on May 14, 1998, and S. 1868, the “International Religious Freedom Act,” as introduced in the Senate.
Date:
June 4, 1998
Creator:
Eig, Larry M. & Vialet, Joyce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Long Beach: Proposed Lease by China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO) at Former Naval Base
None
Date:
June 3, 1998
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Naturalization Trends, Issues, and Legislation
Report discussing the processes by which immigrants can become U.S. citizens and various problems that impede the process: "This report analyzes the trends in naturalization, discusses the controversies and issues, and tracks the legislative proposals to reform the naturalization process" (Abstract).
Date:
June 24, 1998
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Overview
This report discusses the fluctuation in budget and funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology until FY 1999.
Date:
June 1, 1998
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G. & Schacht, Wendy H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library