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Debt and Development in Poor Countries:Rethinking Policy Responses
This report discusses how debts fits into the broader development picture including, defining the circumstances that lead to heavy indebtedness, drawing specific lessons from the Latin American and African cases, and evaluating the success and failure of earlier debt policy responses.
Date:
March 1, 2000
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legal Issues Affecting the Right of State Employees to Bring Suit Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Other Federal Labor Laws
None
Date:
March 1, 2000
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NAFTA: Related Environmental Issues and Initiatives
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) includes several environment-related provisions, that while limited, were lauded for their inclusion in a trade agreement. However, further environmental (and labor) assurances were needed to secure passage of NAFTA, and ultimately, the negotiating parties agreed to a side accord that promotes trilateral cooperation on environmental matters and includes provisions to address a party's failure to enforce environmental laws
Date:
March 1, 2000
Creator:
Tiemann, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Rising U.S. Trade Deficit With Japan: Overview and Policy Options
None
Date:
March 1, 2000
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Taiwan Security Enhancement Act and Underlying Issues in U.S. Policy
None
Date:
March 1, 2000
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Project Echelon: U.S. Electronic Surveillance Efforts
None
Date:
March 2, 2000
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pinochet Extradition Case: Selected Legal Issues
None
Date:
March 3, 2000
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Medicare Spending: Fact Sheet
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Date:
March 3, 2000
Creator:
Chaikind, Hinda Ripps
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of the Bankruptcy Reform Act, H.R. 833, 106th Congress, Passed by the House and the Senate
This report surveys the legislation’s legislative history. It provides a brief narrative and side-by-side comparison of selected provisions in the House and Senate bills, with an emphasis on consumer bankruptcy.
Date:
March 6, 2000
Creator:
Jeweler, Robin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change Treaty: The Kyoto Protocol
Negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) were completed December 11, 1997, committing the industrialized nations to specified, legally binding reductions in emissions of six "greenhouse gases." This report discusses the major provisions of the Kyoto Protocol.
Date:
March 6, 2000
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Financing: Highlights and Chronology of Current Federal Law
This report provides a summary of major provisions of federal law and a chronology of key legislative and judicial actions.
Date:
March 8, 2000
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Financing: Highlights and Chronology of Current Federal Law
Current law governing financial activity of campaigns for federal office is based on two principal statutes: the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971, as amended in 1974, 1976, and 1979, and the Revenue Act of 1971. These laws were enacted to remedy widely perceived shortcomings of existing law, the Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, and in response to reports of campaign finance abuses over the years, culminating in the 1972-1974 Watergate scandal. This report provides a summary of major provisions of federal law and a chronology of key legislative and judicial actions.
Date:
March 8, 2000
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Constitutional Aspects of Qui Tam Actions: Background and Analysis of Issues in Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens
None
Date:
March 8, 2000
Creator:
Halstead, T. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Forest Service Accountability in Administering Its Trust Funds
The USDA Forest Service has numerous permanently appropriated trust funds and special funds that provide substantial funding independent of the annual appropriations process. Critics have alleged abuse of the funds and have sought greater congressional oversight, and the General Accounting Office has testified on the agency’s management of some of these accounts. While the Administration has offered few responses to the criticisms of these funds, it has, in its FY2001 budget request, proposed creating two new trust funds and combining several existing funds into a new fund with expanded purposes. This report provides an overview of the permanently appropriated Forest Service accounts and concerns over their use and proposed alternative structures that could provide greater public and congressional oversight and control over permanently appropriated funds.
Date:
March 8, 2000
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internships and Fellowships: Congressional, Federal, and Other Work Experience Opportunities
This report provides information on internships and fellowships in the federal government, with an emphasis on opportunities in the legislative branch. It also contains a bibliography of additional sources of information, including Internet resources.
Date:
March 8, 2000
Creator:
Watkins, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internships and Fellowships: Congressional, Federal, and Other Work Experience Opportunities
None
Date:
March 8, 2000
Creator:
Watkins, Susan E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
OPEC Oil Production - Facts and Figures
In light of 1999's oil production cuts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and several other non-OPEC members, the characteristics of the world's major oil producers are an important consideration for policymakers. These countries vary in importance as direct suppliers to the U.S. Their ability to add to current world supply varies as well.
Date:
March 8, 2000
Creator:
Kumins, Lawrence C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Attorneys’ Fees Reimbursement Under the Independent Counsel Law
This report addresses Attorneys’ Fees Reimbursement Under the Independent Counsel Law.
Date:
March 9, 2000
Creator:
Maskell, Jack
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electricity Restructuring and the Constitutionality of Retail Reciprocity Requirements
Retail reciprocity requirements have been included in the electricity restructuring legislation of at least four states. These requirements mandate generally that out-of-state utilities which operate in a state “closed” to retail competition cannot market power to retail consumers in the “open” state. Because state reciprocity requirements enacted without congressional authorization are probably unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Congress would have to include a reciprocity provision in federal electricity restructuring legislation if it wants to support the view that such a provision will increase competition. This report reviews the treatment of state reciprocity requirements by the U.S. Supreme Court and discusses Congress’ power under the Commerce Clause.
Date:
March 9, 2000
Creator:
Shimabukuro, Jon O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Property Rights: House Judiciary Committee Reports H.R. 2372
On March 9, 2000, the House Committee on the Judiciary reported favorably H.R. 2372. The bill, titled "Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2000," is aimed principally at lowering the threshold barriers of ripeness and abstention encountered when land owners file in federal court challenging local government actions as "takings." (1) Under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause (which applies to state and local, not only federal, actions), private property may not be "taken" for public use without just compensation.
Date:
March 10, 2000
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Russian Capital Flight, Economic Reforms, and U.S. Interests: An Analysis
None
Date:
March 10, 2000
Creator:
Cooper, William H. & Hardt, John P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Latin American Trade: Recent Trends
With the close of the second Summit of the Americas on April 19, 1998, 34 nations of the Western Hemisphere had formally agreed to negotiate a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). It is a long way from completion, but the prospect of achieving closer regional economic ties is now officially embraced. Except for Mexico, merchandise trade between the United States and Latin America is relatively small, but has been growing steadily this decade, a result of expanding U.S. global trade and reforms in Latin America. Still, some countries in Latin America are more closed to U. S. trade than others, raising the possibility of additional benefits accruing from an FTAA, This report tracks U.S. Latin American trade data in support of congressional interest in the regional trade negotiation process and will be updated as warranted.
Date:
March 10, 2000
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA): Overview and Current Legal Developments
This report provides an overview of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and discusses current legal and legislative developments.
Date:
March 13, 2000
Creator:
Jones, Kimberly D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Can Tax Policy Improve Economic Competitiveness?
This report mainly discusses whether Tax Policy Improve Economic Competitiveness or not.
Date:
March 13, 2000
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library