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Clean Water Act Issues in the 107th Congress
Key water quality issues that may face the 107th Congress include: actions to implement existing provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA), whether additional steps are necessary to achieve overall goals of the Act, and the appropriate federal role in guiding and paying for clean water activities. Legislative prospects for comprehensively amending the Act have for some time stalled over whether and exactly how to change the law. If clean water issues receive attention in the 107th Congress, consideration of specific issues will depend in part on the CWA policy agenda of the new Bush Administration and on priorities of the key committees that have major jurisdiction over the Act.
Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
COLAs for Military Retirees: Summary of Congressional and Executive Branch Action, 1982-2001 (FY1983-FY2002)
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Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
COLAs for Military Retirees: Summary of Congressional and Executive Branch Action, 1982-2001 (FY1983-FY2002)
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1982 (which applied to FY1983 budget issues) suspended previously existing permanent law pertaining to cost-of-living adjustments(COLAs) for federal civilian and military retirees, and changed the COLA calculation formulas to postpone and/or reduce future COLAs for military retirees during 1983-1985 (FY1984-FY1986).This report examines executive and congressional COLA-related initiatives associated with each of the fiscal year budgeting processes from calendar year 1982 (FY1983) through calendar year 2000 (FY2001).
Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Colleges and Universities Attended by Representatives of the 107th Congress
This report identifies the colleges and universities attended by representatives and delegates in the 107th Congress grouped by state.
Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Colleges and Universities Attended by Senators of the 107th Congress
This report identifies the colleges and universities attended by Senators serving in the 107th Congress. Where available in published sources, the degrees earned are also listed.
Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy
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Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Middle East Peace Talks
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Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues
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Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues
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Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of H.R. 40 – the “Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for AfricanAmericans Act”
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Date:
January 2, 2002
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
The United States recognized the independence of all the former Soviet republics by the end of 1991, including the South Caucasus states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The United States has fostered these states' ties with the West in part to end the dependence of these states on Russia for trade, security, and other relations. The FREEDOM Support Act of 1992 provides authorization for assistance to the Eurasian states for humanitarian needs, democratization, and other purposes. In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the Administration appealed for a national security waiver of the prohibition on aid to Azerbaijan, in consideration of Azerbaijan's assistance to the international coalition to combat terrorism. Azerbaijani and Georgian troops participate in stabilization efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Armenian personnel serve in Iraq.
Date:
January 3, 2002
Creator:
Nichol, Jim & Kim, Julie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran: Current Developments and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the developments in Iranian foreign policy, their involvement with terrorist organizations, the developments made with respect to weapons of mass destruction, and human rights concerns. It also details the Bush Administration's efforts to maintain the sanctions put in place by the Clinton Administration.
Date:
January 3, 2002
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Coverage of Household Workers - A Fact Sheet
On October 22, 1994, President Clinton signed legislation (P.L. 103-387) that changes social security coverage of household workers. The new law changed the threshold to a yearly amount and raised it (to $1,000 in 1994, indexed thereafter to average wage growth-it became $1,100 in 1998, 1,200 in 2000, and 1,300 in 2001). It remains at $1,300 in 2002. In addition, the new law exempted most domestic workers under age 18, and provided that Social Security and unemployment taxes will be reported on the employer's annual federal tax return.
Date:
January 3, 2002
Creator:
Kollmann, Geoffrey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Proposed Changes to the Earnings Test
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Date:
January 3, 2002
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Proposed Changes to the Earnings Test
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Date:
January 3, 2002
Creator:
Kollmann, Geoffrey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
South Korea-U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation, Friction, and Future Prospects
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Date:
January 3, 2002
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority
This report considers the issue of new "fast track" or trade promotion authority (APA) legislation in the 107th Congress. Moreover, the report summarizes the agricultural debates on the issue.
Date:
January 4, 2002
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S. & Hanrahan, Charles E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority
New “fast track” (or, trade promotion) authority (TPA) is at issue in the 107th Congress. Such authority could enable the Administration to submit negotiated foreign trade agreements to Congress for consideration under expedited procedures. Efforts to renew this authority, which expired in 1994, have not succeeded since then. Many agricultural and food industry interests are among the export-oriented enterprises that support TPA, arguing that foreign trading partners will not seriously negotiate with an Administration that lacks it. However, some farm groups argue that fast track ultimately will lead to new agreements that could have adverse effects on U.S. producers, at least in some commodity sectors.
Date:
January 4, 2002
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S. & Hanrahan, Charles E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assassination Ban and E.O. 12333: A Brief Summary
This report offers a brief summary of the assassination ban contained in Executive Order (E.O.) 12333, Section 2.11. E.O. 12333 is the latest in a series of three executive orders which included assassination bans. The first, Executive Order 11905, Sec. 5(g),1 41 Fed. Reg. 7703, 7733 (President Gerald Ford, 2/19/76), was part of an executive order issued by President Ford in response to concerns raised in the 1970's with respect to alleged abuses by the U.S. intelligence community.
Date:
January 4, 2002
Creator:
Bazan, Elizabeth B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2001
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Date:
January 4, 2002
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Review of FY2002 Budget Request and Appropriations
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Date:
January 4, 2002
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Selected Tax Law Changes Effective January 1, 2002
This report is a listing of the tax changes which were enacted during 2001 and effective at the beginning of 2002
Date:
January 4, 2002
Creator:
Morris, Marie B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Computer Services Personnel: Overtime Pay Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), as amended, is the primary federal statute in the area of minimum wages and overtime pay. Through administrative rulemaking, the Secretary of Labor has established two tests through which to define eligibility under the Section 13(a)(1) exemption: a duties test and an earnings test. In the 106th Congress, legislation was introduced by Representatives Andrews and Lazio that would have increased the scope of the exemption: first, by expanding the range of exempt job titles, and then, through a relative reduction in the value of the earnings threshold or test. For example, were the minimum wage increased to $6.15 per hour, as pending proposals would do, the value of the computer services exemption threshold would be 4.5 times the federal minimum wage. Ultimately, neither bill was enacted, but the issue has re-emerged as H.R. 1545 (Andrews) and H.R. 546 (Quinn).
Date:
January 6, 2002
Creator:
Whittaker, William G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Budget FY2002: A Chronology with Internet Access
This is a select chronology of, and a finding guide for information on, congressional and presidential actions and documents related to major budget events in calendar year 2001, covering the FY2002 budget. Brief information is provided for the President’s budget, congressional budget resolutions, appropriations measures (regular, continuing, supplementals, and rescissions), budget reconciliation, House and Senate votes, line-item vetoes, publications, testimony, charts, and tables.
Date:
January 7, 2002
Creator:
Murray, Justin
System:
The UNT Digital Library