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Amtrak: Background and Selected Public Policy Issues (open access)

Amtrak: Background and Selected Public Policy Issues

This report discusses the financial troubles of Amtrak, its request for federal financial operating assistance, the Amtrack Reform and Accountability Act of 1997, Amtrak's Strategic Business Plan for FY1999-2002, Amtrak's operating losses, and other rail passenger services that might emerge in the absence of Amtrak, should the company fail.
Date: March 2, 1999
Creator: Thompson, Stephen J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (open access)

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

This report gives an overview of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, which was intended to prohibit bribery of foreign officials by American corporations. It includes information about the original legislation, amendments in 1988, and amendments in 1998 that brought the legislation into conformance with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's agreement on bribery.
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Performance and Results Act: Implementation and Issues of Possible Concern, 106th Congress (open access)

Government Performance and Results Act: Implementation and Issues of Possible Concern, 106th Congress

Most federal agencies have submitted their second performance plans (for FY2000) that were mandated by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, P.L. 103-62. The GAO and congressional groups have assessed implementation activities
Date: March 30, 1999
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Commerce Clause as a Limit on Congressional Power to Protect the Environment (open access)

The Commerce Clause as a Limit on Congressional Power to Protect the Environment

Several times during the 1990s the Supreme Court struck down federal enactments as exceeding Congress' power under the Commerce Clause or Tenth Amendment. This report briefly reviews three of these decisions -- United States v. Lopez, New York v. United States, and Printz v. United States. Its focus, however, is how these cases have played out in subsequent lower-court challenges to federal environmental laws. The report shows that Supreme Court rulings in favor of these states notwithstanding, such laws have generally, though not always, been found within Commerce Clause and Tenth Amendment limits.
Date: March 12, 1999
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 105th Congress (open access)

Clean Air Act Issues in the 105th Congress

This Issue Brief discusses clean air issues that arose in the 105th Congress. CRS Issue Brief IB10004 addresses the 106th Congress.
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Certification of Mexico in 1999: Arguments For and Against Congressional Resolutions of Disapproval (open access)

Drug Certification of Mexico in 1999: Arguments For and Against Congressional Resolutions of Disapproval

This report presents arguments for and against congressional resolutions to disapprove President Clinton’s February 26, 1999 certification of Mexico as a fully cooperative country in efforts to control illicit narcotics.1 These resolutions (H.J.Res. 35--Bachus, and H.J.Res. 43--Mica and Gilman) would disapprove the President’s certification, but would permit him to avoid withholding of assistance to Mexico if he determined that vital national interests required such assistance.
Date: March 30, 1999
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Missile Defense and the ABM Treaty: Overview of Recent Events (open access)

National Missile Defense and the ABM Treaty: Overview of Recent Events

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Date: March 19, 1999
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and U.S. Missile Defense Proposals: Reactions and Implications (open access)

China and U.S. Missile Defense Proposals: Reactions and Implications

The Chinese government has strongly criticized U.S. announcements that it will develop or assist in deploying missile defense systems involving cooperation with U.S. allies in East Asia, and reports of such possible U.S. cooperation with Taiwan. For those in the United States, the U.S. plans have many perceived disadvantages and advantages;1 the latter include notably providing degrees of protection for the United States and its allies against ballistic missile attack. Many in China believe that proposed U.S. development and deployment of ballistic missile defenses at home and in East Asia pose potentially serious complications for China’s ability to use its nuclear weapons to deter possible U.S. pressure and aggression, and to use Chinese ballistic missile capability to exert leverage over Japan, Taiwan, and others in East Asia.
Date: March 17, 1999
Creator: Sutter, Robert G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee Funding Resolutions and Processes, 106th Congress (open access)

Committee Funding Resolutions and Processes, 106th Congress

This report describes the procedures under which committee funding resolutions are considered in the two chambers. A table at the end of the report shows funds approved for the 105th Congress, and the funds requested, recommended, and approved for the 106th Congress for each House committee. The Senate agreed to temporary funding extensions for its committees pending a decision to shift to a fiscal year-based funding process.
Date: March 25, 1999
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation of Legislation (open access)

Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation of Legislation

Engrossment, enrollment, and presentation of legislation are technical components of the legislative process. They attest to the accuracy of bill texts, confirm passage by the House and Senate, and confirm delivery of the bills to the President for his review.
Date: March 2, 1999
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification (open access)

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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: Legislative Branch (open access)

Appropriations for FY1999: 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: March 11, 1999
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Surpluses and Federal Debt (open access)

Surpluses and Federal Debt

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Date: March 1, 1999
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library