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Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview
This report summarizes the history of legislation on abortion. Moreover, the report discusses the conflict that surrounds the history of the court cases and how it has effected legislation passed since Roe v. Wade. The report also covers how Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton did not cover a variety of issues that have since been raised by states seeking to restrict abortion.
Date:
January 2, 2001
Creator:
Jon, Shimbukuro O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview
This report offers an overview of the development of abortion law from 1973 to the present. Beginning with a brief discussion of the historical background, the report analyzes the leading Supreme Court decisions over the past twenty-eight years, emphasizing particularly the landmark decisions in Roe and Doe, the Court’s shift in direction in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, and the Court’s most recent decision on abortion, Stenberg v. Carhart. The Court’s decisions on the constitutionality of restricting public funding for abortion are also discussed.
Date:
January 2, 2001
Creator:
Lewis, Karen J. & Shimabukuro, Jon O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 107th Congress
Revisions to the air quality standards for ozone and particulates, promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1997, may also command renewed attention in the 107th Congress. The standards were challenged in the courts, and implementation is currently in limbo, pending resolution of appeals to the Supreme Court. The Court heard oral arguments November 7, 2000, and a decision is expected in spring 2001. The decision is likely to stimulate congressional oversight, and perhaps legislation.
Date:
January 2, 2001
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Oversight
This report provides information about the Congressional Oversight of implementation and administration has occurred through out the history of United States government under the constitution.
Date:
January 2, 2001
Creator:
Kaiser, Frederick M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Oversight
Congressional oversight of policy implementation and administration, which has occurred throughout the U.S. government experience under the Constitution, takes a variety of forms and utilizes various techniques. These range from specialized investigations by select committees to annual appropriations hearings, and from informal communications between Members or congressional staff and executive personnel to the use of extra congressional mechanisms, such as offices of inspector general and study commissions. Oversight, moreover, is supported by a variety of authorities—the Constitution, public law, and chamber and committee rules—and is an integral part of the system of checks and balances between the legislature and the executive
Date:
January 2, 2001
Creator:
Kaiser, Frederick M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The “Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000”
None
Date:
January 2, 2001
Creator:
Jeweler, Robin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization
On December 4, 1991, President George Bush signed into law the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to counter illicit drug production and trade in Latin America. For ten years, it has provided preferential, mostly duty-free, treatment of selected U.S. imports from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The goal of ATPA is to encourage increased exports, thereby promoting development and providing an incentive for Andean farmers and other workers to pursue economic alternatives to the drug trade. This report discusses the ATPA, its background, and issues regarding its potential reauthorization.
Date:
January 3, 2001
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2002: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies
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 Agriculture.
Date:
January 3, 2001
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Department of Energy Research and Development Budget for FY2001: Description and Analysis
This report focuses on the R&D programs. It divides the programs into four categories: energy resources R&D, science, national security R&D, and environmental management R&D. Those categories, which approximate the way DOE has divided up its programs, are set up to keep similar research activities together.1 This arrangement is somewhat different from the way the R&D budget is approached by the congressional appropriations committees. This report gives a description of the programs within each category including their research objectives and the activities where significant budget changes were requested for FY2001. It then describes the request and congressional actions on the request.
Date:
January 3, 2001
Creator:
Rowberg, Richard E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Medical Care Services: Questions and Answers
None
Date:
January 3, 2001
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology Challenge Programs in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
None
Date:
January 3, 2001
Creator:
Osorio-O'Dea, Patricia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology Challenge Programs in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about technology challenges programs in the elementary and secondary education act. Topics include, the technology literacy challenge fund, technology innovation challenge grant, program impact and evaluation, etc..
Date:
January 3, 2001
Creator:
Osorio-O'Dea, Patricia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Care Issues in the 106th Congress
This report documents the numerous child care policies by President Bill Clinton, going on to describe the difficulties in passing this type of legislation and the outcome of passing such policies.
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Gish, Melinda & Spar, Karen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electricity Restructuring: The Implications for Air Quality
This paper reviews the changed now underway in the utility industry from the perspective of their environmental implications specifically, the potential for electric utility restructuring to increase emissions of air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act(CAA) and of greenhouse gases that could be affected by the Kyoto agreement to address climate change.
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Parker, Larry B. & Blodgett, John E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electricity Restructuring: The Implications for Air Quality
In the context of federal and state proposals to restructure the electric utility industry, this paper analyzes forces and policies affecting utility generation that may have consequences for emissions of air pollutants and of greenhouse gases. Key concerns are potential increases in nitrogen oxide emissions, raising questions about the effectiveness of the Clean Air Act to regulate a restructured industry, and in carbon dioxide emissions, which are not currently regulated but could be if the U.S. ratifies the Kyoto Agreement. These issues may be raised in the context of electricity restructuring legislation. For ongoing legislative activities, see CRS Issue Brief IB10006, Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring.
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Parker, Larry & Blodgett, John E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 107th Congress
This report discuss issues that received congressional attention in the 107th Congress, such as The impact of air quality regulations, key water quality issues, superfund, solid/hazardous wastes, multibillion dollar cleanup and compliance programs, climate change, pesticides, EPA budget, and Science and Technology.
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Lee, Martin R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Excise Tax on Telephone Service: A History
This report traces the history of the federal excise tax on telephone service from 1898.
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Talley, Louis Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Budget Surpluses Change Federal Debt
This report discusses how budget surpluses change federal debt. The answer involves understanding what drives changes in the two components of total federal debt, debt held by the public (which includes debt held by individuals, pension funds, banks, and insurance companies, among other entities) and debt held by government accounts (almost all in federal trust funds, such as Social Security).
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Managing Regional Growth: Is There a Role for Congress?
None
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid, SCHIP, and Other Health Provisions in H.R. 5661: Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000
This report discusses Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The report also discusses other major health provisions provisions of H.R. 5661 are incorporated, by reference into H.R. 4577, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001.
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Hearne, Jean P.; Herz, Elicia J. & Baumrucker, Evelyne P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
E-Rate for Schools: Background on Telecommunications Discounts Through the Universal Service Fund
None
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
E-Rate for Schools: Background on Telecommunications Discounts Through the Universal Service Fund
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about telecommunications discounts through the Universal Service Fund, in regards to E-rate for schools. Topics include, impacts on education, current level of access, available federal assistance, application and award process, etc..
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Stedman, James B. & Osorio-O'Dea, Patricia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform
None
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Koitz, David Stuart & Kollmann, Geoffrey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Twenty-five Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 1999
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Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library