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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
Committee Funding Resolutions and Processes, 106th Congress
This report describes the procedures under which committee funding resolutions are considered in the two chambers, and 106th Congress action to review and approve committee operating budgets. Also noted are changes in the Senate’s committee funding processes to move from a session-based biennial funding process to one more closely matched to a fiscal year cycle. Tables at the end of the report show funds approved for the 105th Congress, and the funds requested, recommended, and approved for the 106th Congress for each House and Senate committee.
Date:
November 3, 1999
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul S. & Bullock, Faye M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
One-Minute Speeches: Current House Practices
None
Date:
April 12, 1999
Creator:
Mulvihill, Mary & Schneider, Judy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress
he United States Constitution divides foreign policy powers between the President and the Congress so that both share in the making of foreign policy. The executive and legislative branches each play important roles that are different but that often overlap. Both branches have continuing opportunities to initiate and change foreign policy, and the interaction between them continues indefinitely throughout the life of a policy. This report reviews and illustrates 12 basic ways that the United States can make foreign policy.
Date:
June 1, 1999
Creator:
Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives
This report discusses aspects of the process by which House committees mark up and report legislation. Among the subjects discussed are: selecting the text to be marked up, offering and debating amendments, and making motions to conclude debates during markups. The report also discusses relevant rules and practices concerning motions, quorums, votes, points of order, and parliamentary inquiries.
Date:
November 1, 1999
Creator:
Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Allocations and Subdivisions in the Congressional Budget Process
This report briefly explains how the annual budget resolution sets forth total spending and revenue levels, which are then allocated to the appropriate House and Senate committees, which in turn help Congress determine how best to enforce spending once a budget resolution is adopted.
Date:
April 5, 1999
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview
“Secret” or “closed door” sessions of the House of Representatives and Senate are held periodically to discuss business, including impeachment deliberations, deemed to require confidentiality and secrecy. Authority for the two chambers to hold these sessions is implied by Article I, section 5, of the Constitution. Both the House and the Senate have supplemented this clause through rules and precedents.
Date:
April 6, 1999
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Congressional Budget Process
The congressional budget process, in the broadest sense, consists of the consideration and adoption of spending, revenue, and debt-limit legislation within the framework of an annual concurrent resolution on the budget. Under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (TitlesI-IX of P.L. 93-344, 2 U.S.C. 601-688), the House and SenateBudgetCommittees develop the budget resolution, assisted by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Date:
October 21, 1999
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Task Forces in the House
None
Date:
December 28, 1999
Creator:
Oleszek, Walter J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality: EPA's Ozone Transport Rule, OTAG, and Section 216 Petitions - A Hazy Situation?
The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments provided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states with new tool to address the problem of interstate transport of air pollutants. This report discusses the actions undertaken as a direct result of this act, additional pollution reduction enforcement measures pursued by the EPA, and actions undertaken by states to reduce offending emissions not in compliance with these measures.
Date:
June 15, 1999
Creator:
Parker, Larry & Blodgett, John E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Highway Fund Sanctions and Conformity Under the Clean Air Act
This report discusses two Clean Air Act provisions that can result in denial of federal highway funding to local areas: sanctions and the lapse of what is called "conformity." Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is required to impose highway fund or other sanctions on areas that have not submitted or not implemented adequate plans to attain air quality standards. In addition, federal agencies may not provide financial support to transportation improvements in areas that have not attained air quality standards, unless the improvements conform with the State Implementation Plan for achieving air quality. This report provides information concerning the authority to impose sanctions and to make conformity determinations, lists the areas that have been subject to sanctions determinations since 1990, describes their current status, and discusses the role of sanctions and alternatives under the Act. This report will be updated as developments warrant.
Date:
October 15, 1999
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The D.C. Circuit Remands the Ozone and Particulate Matter Clean-Air Standards:
On May 14, 1999, in American Trucking Ass'ns v. EPA, a U.S. court of Appeals ruled that deficiencies in EPA's promulgation of new primary and secondary air quality standards required that they be remanded to the agency for further consideration. The decision is controversial, in part because the two-judge majority opinion relied principally on a long-moribund legal doctrine known as the nondelegation doctrine. The decision, if it survives appeal, will thus have implications for all delegations of congressional authority to agencies. In addition, its holding that the revised ozone ambient standard cannot be enforced has sparkled debate. By itself, however, the decision is unlikely to have major short-term effects on the ozone and particulate matter control programs
Date:
June 10, 1999
Creator:
Meltz, Robert & McCarthy, James E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Research: A Primer on the Department of Defense's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT and E) Program
This report describes the basic elements and issues of the Department of Defense's (DOD) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Program. It defines basic activities supported by the program, presents budget trends, discusses the management of program, and describes the infrastructure in which the program is implemented. This report is for staff new to the area of defense research and for senior staff interested in historical trends.
Date:
July 14, 1999
Creator:
Moteff, John D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Research: DOD's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Program
The Administration has requested $34.4 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) program for FY2000. This is almost $3 billion below what was available for RDT&E in FY1999. In addition, the 6-year budget would maintain RDT&E between $34 billion and $35 billion over the next 6 years. In constant dollars, RDT&E spending will decline.
Date:
August 13, 1999
Creator:
Moteff, John D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2000
Although Congress authorizes most federal programs for multiple years, it annually authorizes programs for national defense as well as appropriating funding for them each fiscal year. Of the activities traditionally authorized and funded, the Department of Defense (DOD) administers the following six environmental programs: environmental restoration, compliance, cleanup at base closure sites, pollution prevention, environmental technology, and natural resource conservation.
Date:
December 13, 1999
Creator:
Bearden, David M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo: International Reactions to NATO Air Strikes
None
Date:
April 21, 1999
Creator:
Donfried, Karen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo Conflict Chronology: September 1998 - March 1999
None
Date:
April 6, 1999
Creator:
Kim, Julie
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo Conflict: Russian Responses and Implications for the United States
None
Date:
June 2, 1999
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo and NATO: Selected Issues of International Law
None
Date:
April 28, 1999
Creator:
Ackerman, David M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-1999
None
Date:
May 17, 1999
Creator:
Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Military Construction
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 Military Construction Appropriations.
Date:
August 23, 1999
Creator:
Tyszkiewicz, Mary T.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Changes to the Unified Command Plan: Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
June 21, 1999
Creator:
Story, William C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo: Lessons Learned from Operation
None
Date:
November 19, 1999
Creator:
Gallis, Paul E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library