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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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Holidays: Evolution and Application
This report discusses the history of each federal holiday and explains its rationale where a public record exists.
Date:
February 8, 1999
Creator:
Stathis, Stephen W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mandates Information Act: Action in the 106th Congress
None
Date:
February 8, 1999
Creator:
Beth, Richard S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996: Overview of P.L. 104-182
None
Date:
February 8, 1999
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996: Overview of P.L. 104-182
The 104th Congress made extensive changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) with the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (P.L. 104-182), bringing to a close a multi-year effort to amend a statute that was widely criticized as having too little flexibility, too many unfunded mandates, and an arduous but unfocused regulatory schedule. Among the many changes to the SDWA, the 1996 amendments added provisions to provide funding to communities for drinking water madates, focus regulatory efforts on contaminants posing health risks, and add some flexibility to the regulatory process
Date:
February 8, 1999
Creator:
Tiemann, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification
This report mainly discusses about the Scheduling and Notification on House Committee Hearings.Each house committee has the authority to hold hearings whether the white house is in the session has recessed or adjourned.
Date:
March 8, 1999
Creator:
Vincent, Carol Hardy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification
Each House committee has authority to hold hearings whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned (Rule XI, clause 2(m)(1)(A)). Regardless of the type of hearing, or whether a hearing is held in or outside of Washington, hearings share common aspects of planning and preparation. this report discusses the issues a committee faces in deciding whether to schedule a hearing.
Date:
March 8, 1999
Creator:
Hardy-Vincent, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Executive Budget Process Timetable
The executive budget process is a complex set of activities that includes formulation of the President’s budget, interaction with Congress, and execution of the budget. Table 1 provides a timetable of the major steps in the year and a half process. The initial development of the President’s budget begins in the individual federal agencies approximately 10 months before the President submits it to Congress (17 or 18 months before the start of the fiscal year).
Date:
April 8, 1999
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Roadless Areas: The Administration's Moratorium
On February 12, 1999, the Forest service announced a moratorium on new road construction in many roadless areas within the national Forest System. This measure is temporary (up to 18 moths) while national Forest transportation policy revision is being debated. areas protected by the moratorium include roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres, of at least 1,000 acres if contiguous to other roadless areas. However, the moratorium exempts 9 national forests with recently revised management plans and the 16 national forests encompassed by President Clinton's Northwest Forests Plan. Proponents of roadless area protection objected to exempting 25 national forests and roadless areas of less than 5,000 acres. Proponents of roadless area development object to the potential economic impact of halting planned and possible developing and to limiting public access. Congress may be asked to reverse the moratorium or to protect these areas permanently. This report will not be updated.
Date:
April 8, 1999
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China’s Technology Acquisitions: Cox Committee’s Report — Findings, Issues, and Recommendations
None
Date:
June 8, 1999
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Amendment Contained in S. 254, 106th Congress
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about an amendment made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The amendment outlines the most effective disciplinary actions to be made towards children with disabilities who exhibit violent or dangerous behaviors.
Date:
June 8, 1999
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NEW ZEALAND: POLITICAL/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
None
Date:
September 8, 1999
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CBI/NAFTA Parity Proposals: A Comparison
The tariff and quota treatment of U.S. imports from Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement has resulted in a distinct and increasing competitive disadvantage for imports from the beneficiary countries of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). To eliminate this disadvantage, proposals have been made to extend to imports from Caribbean Basin countries preferential treatment equivalent to that accorded imports of identical goods from Mexico. This report compares the provisions of four such proposals: Title I of H.R. 984, Title I of S. 371, H.R. 1834, and S. 1389.
Date:
October 8, 1999
Creator:
Pregelj, Vladimir N.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Turkey: After the Earthquake
None
Date:
October 8, 1999
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Effects, and Process
None
Date:
November 8, 1999
Creator:
Gressle, Sharon S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Housing for the Elderly: Legislation in the 106th Congress
This report
Date:
December 8, 1999
Creator:
Vanhorenbeck, Susan M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Weapons of Mass Destruction - the Terrorist Threat
The possibility of a terrorist attack using nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons is an ongoing debate in the national security policy arena. While terrorist motivations have traditionally been political onesthat would not benefitfrom such an attack, concern is now voiced over a possible trend of inflicting greater numbers of casualties. Terrorists most likely to attempt attacks with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are extremist religious millenarian groups and small splinter terrorist cells. N
Date:
December 8, 1999
Creator:
Bowman, Steven R. & Barel, Helit
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Weatherization Assistance Program: A Fact Sheet
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Weatherization Assistance PRogram (WAP) is one of the largest energy conservation programs in the nation. The DOE program is implemented in a 50 states, the District of Columbia and Native American Tribes. It weatherizes an average of 70,000 dwellings per year. The program strives to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings occupied by low-income persons in order to reduce their energy consumption and lower their fuel bills. It targets vulnerable groups including the elderly, people with disabilities, and families with children.
Date:
December 8, 1999
Creator:
Butler, Alice D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library