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A History of Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes
This report details the history of the three federal transfer taxes, tracing their development from their eighteenth century roots to the present.
Date:
April 9, 2003
Creator:
Luckey, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Export Tax Benefits and the WTO: Foreign Sales Corporations and the Extraterritorial Replacement Provisions
None
Date:
April 22, 2003
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Gender Wage Gap and Pay Equity: Is Comparable Worth the Next Step?
This report examines the trend in the male-female wage gap and the explanations offered for its existence. Remedies proposed for the gender wage gap's amelioration are addressed, with an in-depth focus on the comparable worth approach to achieving "pay equity" or "fair pay" between women and men.
Date:
April 21, 2003
Creator:
Levine, Linda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War on Drugs: The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
This report summarizes the Authorization of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, a multi-media federal program to persuade America's youth not to use drugs, expired at the end of FY2002. The 108th Congress is expected to consider the reauthorization of the campaign as part of the reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The campaign's effectiveness has been questioned, and the program has engendered its share of controversy.
Date:
April 10, 2003
Creator:
Eddy, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preparation for Senate Committee Markup
This report outlines a Markup, which is the legislative stage during which a committee chooses the language of a measure it expects to report to the Senate. Markups are carefully planned in advance to insure that the requirements of Senate rules have been met, political decisions have been made, and administrative issues have been addressed.
Date:
April 22, 2003
Creator:
Carr, Thomas P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Violence Against Women Office: Background and Current Issues
This report discusses issues regarding the Violence Against Women Office (VAWO), which was created in 1995 to address legal and policy issues concerning violence against women.
Date:
April 2, 2003
Creator:
Laney, Garrine P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Overview of Legislation in the 107th Congress
This report examines legislation in the 107th Congress pertaining to federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes (mandatory minimums), which demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. They cover drug dealing and using a gun to commit a federal crime, among other crimes.
Date:
April 17, 2003
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990
This report discusses U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, or Republic of China (ROC), including policy issues for Congress and legislation. The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), P.L. 96-8, has governed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan since 1979, when the United States recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) instead of the ROC. There are two other relevant elements of the “one China” policy: the August 17, 1982 U.S.-PRC Joint Communique and the “Six Assurances” made to Taiwan.
Date:
April 18, 2003
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alcohol Beverages: Labeling and Health Claims
This report concerns rules created in 2003 by the Alcohol and Tobacco and Trade Bureau that prohibits manufacturers from advertising substantive health benefits from alcoholic beverages. Moreover, the report covers the history and debate on this issue and of the Bureau.
Date:
April 10, 2003
Creator:
Porter, Donna V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House of Representatives Information Technology Management Issues: An Overview of the Effects on Institutional Operations, the Legislative Process, and Future Planning
This report is an Overview of the effects on Institutional operations, the Legislative process, and future Planning related to House of Representatives Information Technology Management issues.
Date:
April 2, 2003
Creator:
Seifert, Jeffrey W. & Petersen, Jeffrey L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Services Block Grant (Title XX of the Social Security Act)
The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) is a flexible source of funds that states may use to support a wide variety of social services activities. States have broad discretion over the use of these funds. This short report provides background information on the SSBG and tracks relevant legislation and appropriations measures.
Date:
April 28, 2003
Creator:
Gish, Melinda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Amending Process in the House of Representatives
This report summarizes many of the procedures and practices affecting the amending process on the floor of the House of Representatives. The process gives Members an opportunity to change the provisions of the bills and resolutions on which they are going to vote; it can be among the most complex as well as the most important stages of legislative consideration.
Date:
April 16, 2003
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M. & Bach, Stanley
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Discharge Rule in the House: Recent Use in Historical Context
This report discusses the "discharge rule" of the House of Representatives, which provides a means by which a majority of Members may bring to the floor for consideration a measure that has not been reported from committee.
Date:
April 17, 2003
Creator:
Beth, Richard S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Child Care and Development Block Grant: Background and Funding
This report discusses several federal programs support child care for low-income families, the principal being a federal block grant program: The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). The CCDBG is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and provides allotments to states, according to a formula, which are used to subsidize the child care expenses of low-income families with children under age 13.
Date:
April 7, 2003
Creator:
Butler, Alice & Gish, Melinda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals
This report provides background on payment limits related to farm commodity programs and discusses relevant legislation. The policy issue is mostly about farm size rather than the financial need of recipients, although the two may be related. Limits on commodity program payments have been imposed since 1970. The 2002 farm bill retains the former limits, adds limits for the new counter-cyclical program, and incorporates new commodities.
Date:
April 11, 2003
Creator:
Monke, James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fact Sheet on Congressional Tax Proposals in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
April 11, 2003
Creator:
Richards, Don C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Act of 2002: Legislative History and Pagination Key
This report presents an abbreviated legislative history of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, providing information on the sequence of events leading up to passage and references to related legislative proposals.
Date:
April 11, 2003
Creator:
Gressle, Sharon S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stewardship Contracting for Federal Forests
This report discusses the advantages and limitations of each of the two approaches suggested which are the traditional service procurement contracts and contracts that include exchanging goods (timber) for stewardship services. The report also provides background on the issue of stewardship contracting for federal forests.
Date:
April 10, 2003
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based Services – States Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Pennsylvania
None
Date:
April 2, 2003
Creator:
O'Shaughnessy, Carol; Weissert, Rob; Stone, Julie; Panangala, Sidath Viranga & Walters, Meridith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Fine: Legislative Discipline in the House of Representatives
This report discusses the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which is the nation's major program providing comprehensive vocational rehabilitation (VR) services to help persons with physical and mental disabilities become employable and achieve full integration into society.
Date:
April 28, 2003
Creator:
Panangala, Sidath V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of House Bills
This report discusses the sponsorship and co-sponsorship of House bills. A Representative who introduces a bill or other measure in the House is called its sponsor. Under House Rule XII, clause 7, several Members together may submit a bill, but the first-named Representative is considered the chief or primary sponsor; the others are considered cosponsors.
Date:
April 21, 2003
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Confirmation Process: An Overview
This report briefly describes the role of the Senate in the confirmation process, defined in the Constitution; Article II, Section 2 provides that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint high government officials."
Date:
April 4, 2003
Creator:
Tong, Lorraine H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Statutory Language and Recent Issues
This report discusses the major provisions of the ADA and will discuss selected recent issues, including the supreme court cases. It will be updated as development warrant.
Date:
April 23, 2003
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Going to Conference in the Senate
This report discusses the steps that the Senate must take, and one more step that it may take, as it arranges to send a bill to conference committee.
Date:
April 21, 2003
Creator:
Rybicki, Elizabeth & Bach, Stanley
System:
The UNT Digital Library