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Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 1 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 1

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: January 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 6 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 6

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 16 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 16

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
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
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
The Passenger Service Act, Domestic Ocean Passenger Services, and the 106th Congress (open access)

The Passenger Service Act, Domestic Ocean Passenger Services, and the 106th Congress

The Passenger Service Act (PSA) requires that domestic ocean passenger transportation be provided only by ships that are U.S.-owned, U.S.-built and operated by U.S. crews. Proposed legislation to relax some PSA restrictions was introduced during the 105th Congress. Both the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and the Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, have made recent public statements indicating their strong interets enacting changes to the passenger Service Act during the 106th Congress. This report will be updated as developments warrant.
Date: January 15, 1999
Creator: Thompson, Stephen J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Harbor Maintenance Tax and the 106th Congress (open access)

The Harbor Maintenance Tax and the 106th Congress

Prior to 1986, general funds of the U.S. treasury were used to pay 65% of the cost to operate ocean and inland ports and to maintain and deepen their channels. The other 35 percent is paid by ports, or by state or local governments. In 1986, Congress enacted the Harbor Maintenance Tax and used the revenues to provide some of the funds for what has come to be considered the federal portion of such costs
Date: January 19, 1999
Creator: Thompson, Stephen J.
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
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 2 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 2

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: February 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mandates Information Act: Action in the 106th Congress (open access)

Mandates Information Act: Action in the 106th Congress

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Date: February 8, 1999
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization and the 106th Congress (open access)

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization and the 106th Congress

Authorization of the Surface Transportation Board (Board or STB), successor agency to the Interstate Commerce Commission, ended September 30, 1998. The FY2000 budget request is $16 million, $2.6 million of which could be offset by user fees which would become available at the beginning of FY2001. The Senate Commerce Committee scheduled a hearing for March 3, 1999, to consider S. 90, a bill to reauthorize the STB. The CRS report discusses the Board and selected public policy issues associated with its authority, activities, and reauthorization.
Date: February 26, 1999
Creator: Thompson, Stephen J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 4 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 4

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: March 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Judicial Improvement Act of 1999, S . 248, 106 th Congress P. L. Morgan Legislative Attorney (open access)

Judicial Improvement Act of 1999, S . 248, 106 th Congress P. L. Morgan Legislative Attorney

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Date: March 10, 1999
Creator: unknown
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
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
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 5 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 5

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: April 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 7 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 7

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: May 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Justice Department Ethics: Legislative Activity in the 106th Congress (open access)

Justice Department Ethics: Legislative Activity in the 106th Congress

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Date: May 11, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): Legislative Issues in the 106th Congress (open access)

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): Legislative Issues in the 106th Congress

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Date: May 13, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insurance Provisions of Financial Services Modernization Bills in the 106th Congress: Antecedent Supreme Court Decisions (open access)

Insurance Provisions of Financial Services Modernization Bills in the 106th Congress: Antecedent Supreme Court Decisions

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Date: May 13, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 8 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 8

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: June 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 9 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 9

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: June 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 10 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 10

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: June 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Amendment Contained in S. 254, 106th Congress (open access)

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
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library