The Advanced Technology Program (open access)

The Advanced Technology Program

The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) was created by P.L. 100-418, the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, to encourage public-private cooperation in the development of pre-competitive technologies with broad application across industries. This activity has been targeted for elimination as a means to cut federal spending. This report discusses the ATP and related issues of federal appropriations (or the lack thereof).
Date: August 10, 1999
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Rights to Community Care: Olmstead v. L.C. (open access)

The Americans with Disabilities Act and Rights to Community Care: Olmstead v. L.C.

This report addresses the issue of whether the public treatment for the plaintiff mentally disadbled persons in community placement when such treatment could be provided in a state mental institute.
Date: January 25, 1999
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: An Overview (open access)

Appropriations for FY1999: An Overview

This is a funding level summary of each of the 13 annual appropriation acts for FY1999 appears in the summaries of annual appropriations spending section of this report.
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: Anderson, J. Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Defense (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: Defense

This report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS Products.
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: District of Columbia (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: District of Columbia

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 the District of Columbia.
Date: December 23, 1999
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Energy and Water Development (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: Energy and Water Development

This report summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date: August 4, 1999
Creator: Humphries, Marc & Behrens, Carl
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Legislative Branch (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: Legislative Branch

This report addresses Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY2000 passed on June 10, 1999.
Date: June 28, 1999
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Military Construction (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: Military Construction

This paper reviews the appropriations and authorization process for military construction. This report is categorized into seven categories (l) Most recent developments, (ll) Background, (lll) Status, (lV) Key Policy Issues, (V) History and Context, (Vl) Major Funding Trends, (Vll) Legislation
Date: August 2, 1999
Creator: Tyszkiewicz, Mary T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caribbean Basin Enhancement Legislation (open access)

Caribbean Basin Enhancement Legislation

Legislation provides Caribbean countries similar tariff benefits as Mexico under the Caribbean and Central American Relief and Economic Stabilization Act. A senate bill provides relief to the hurricane affected countries of Central America. The senate bill is more restrictive than the House bill in the scope of tariff benefits offered.
Date: March 26, 1999
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond
System: The UNT Digital Library
China’s Response to the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for U.S. Economic Interests (open access)

China’s Response to the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for U.S. Economic Interests

This report addresses implications for U.S. economic interests related China’s response to the Global Financial Crisis.
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Union Membership Act Implementation: Legal Issues (open access)

Credit Union Membership Act Implementation: Legal Issues

This report examines the background and issues of the litigation regarding Regulations implementing the Credit Union Membership Act of 1998 that is being challenged in court as impermissively expansive.
Date: March 12, 1999
Creator: Murphy, M. Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crime and Forfeiture: The Innocent Third Party (open access)

Crime and Forfeiture: The Innocent Third Party

Forfeiture has survived through time in American law, and since 1984, the use of forfeiture statutes to divest felons of their spoils has increased substantially. This report reviews the case law which raises the issue concerning many relative to whether some civil forfeiture proceedings constitute punishment which may violate the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause.
Date: June 29, 1999
Creator: Wallace, Paul S., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criminal Aliens: Expanded Detention, Restricted Relief from Removal (open access)

Criminal Aliens: Expanded Detention, Restricted Relief from Removal

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Date: March 9, 1999
Creator: Eig, Larry M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba-U.S. Relations: Chronology of Key Events 1959-1999 (open access)

Cuba-U.S. Relations: Chronology of Key Events 1959-1999

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Date: December 14, 1999
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P. & York, Suzanne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Decorum in House Debate (open access)

Decorum in House Debate

This report describes the basic standards of decorum that govern remarks made in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: October 26, 1999
Creator: Mulvihill, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic and Policy Developments in the Apparel and Textiles Sector (open access)

Economic and Policy Developments in the Apparel and Textiles Sector

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Date: August 24, 1999
Creator: Bivens, Josh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Sanctions to Achieve U.S. Foreign Policy Goals: Discussion and Guide to Current Law (open access)

Economic Sanctions to Achieve U.S. Foreign Policy Goals: Discussion and Guide to Current Law

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Date: November 1, 1999
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E. & Shuey, Robert D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation of Legislation (open access)

Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation of Legislation

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Date: March 2, 1999
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Exchange Stabilization Fund of the U.S. Treasury Department: Purpose, History, and Legislative Activity (open access)

The Exchange Stabilization Fund of the U.S. Treasury Department: Purpose, History, and Legislative Activity

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Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: Wilson, Arlene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Orders and Proclamations (open access)

Executive Orders and Proclamations

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Date: March 9, 1999
Creator: Contrubis, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative for the Former Soviet Union: Administration Proposals for FY2000 (open access)

The Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative for the Former Soviet Union: Administration Proposals for FY2000

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Date: May 20, 1999
Creator: Woolf, Amy F. & Tarnoff, Curt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program (open access)

Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program

This report discusses "Section 32", which is a permanent appropriation that since 1935 has earmarked the equivalent of 30% of annual customs receipts to support the farm sector through a variety of activities. Today, most of this sizeable appropriation (now about $5.7 billion per year) is simply transferred directly into the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) child nutrition account to fund school feeding and other programs.
Date: June 22, 1999
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Commodity Legislation: Chronology, 1933-98 (open access)

Farm Commodity Legislation: Chronology, 1933-98

Farm commodity programs were a product of the Great Depression. This report discusses the history of farm commodity legislation. Since 1933, Congress has required the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to administer a variety of programs providing price support and income protection for the nations farmers.
Date: February 9, 1999
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast-Track Legislative Procedures for Trade Agreements: The Great Debate of 1991 (open access)

Fast-Track Legislative Procedures for Trade Agreements: The Great Debate of 1991

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Date: May 3, 1999
Creator: Sek, Lenore
System: The UNT Digital Library