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The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments Act of 1994, S. 2230 (103rd Cong., 2nd Sess.): A Brief Analysis
This report provides an analysis of S. 2230, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 1994 introduced June 23, 1994, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. It includes sections on stated purposes, enhanced powers of the National Indian Gaming Commission, proposed tribal-state compacting process, modifications of current law with respect to class II gaming, modification of current law with respect to class III gaming, and miscellaneous amendments.
Date:
August 25, 1994
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Brady Handgun Control Act: Constitutional Issues
The Brady Handgun Control Act established a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, during which local law enforcement can make reasonable efforts to conduct background checks in available records and block and sales to convicted felons and other disqualified persons. This report reviews the background of federal gun control legislation, analyzes the conflict in the courts over the constitutionality under the Tenth Amendment of the duties placed on local law enforcement, and considers the implications of the decisions for Brady Act enforcement.
Date:
October 25, 1995
Creator:
Schrader, Dorothy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq-Kuwait: United Nations Security Council Resolutions Test and Votes -- 1991
This report lists the 12 adopted United Nations Security Council resolutions relating to the Iraq-Kuwait situation through October 1991. The texts of these resolutions, along with the votes by members of the Council, are included in this report.
Date:
October 25, 1991
Creator:
Browne, Marjorie Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Awards of Attorney's Fees to Small Businesses and Labor Organizations that Prevail Against the NLRB or OSHA: H.R. 1987, 106th Congress
H.R. 1987, 106th Congress, the Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement (FAIR) Act, which was reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 14, 1999, would make it easier for small businesses and labor organizations that prevail against the NLRB or OSHA, in administrative or court proceedings, to recover their attorneys' fees from the government. It would do so by requiring fees to be awarded automatically in cases to which it applied, instead of only when the government's position was not substantially justified.
Date:
October 25, 1999
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq-Kuwait: United Nations Security Council Resolutions Tests and Votes – 1991
None
Date:
October 25, 1991
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations Supplemental for FY1999: Emergency Funding in P.L. 105-277 for Agriculture, Embassy Security, Y2K Problems, Defense, and Other Issues
This report describes emergency supplemental initiatives for the year 1999. The initiatives include: agriculture, embassy security and counter-terrorism, year 2000 computer conversion, U.S. troops in Bosnia, defense readiness, and other topics.
Date:
February 25, 1999
Creator:
Nowels, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
WIC Food Package: History of the Sugar Cap
This report provides a historic review of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food package and the controversy over the sugar cap on cereals allowed in the program.
Date:
October 25, 1999
Creator:
Porter, Donna V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Individual Transferable Quotas in Fishery Management
This report discusses individual transferable quota (ITQ), which is an allocated privilege of landing a specified portion of the total annual fish catch in the form of quota shares.
Date:
September 25, 1995
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Speechwriting in Perspective: A Brief Guide to Effective and Persuasive Communication
“Rhetoric,” wrote Aristotle, “is the power of determining in a particular case what are the available means of persuasion.” This report reviews some effective means for the rhetoric of persuasive communication in speeches written by congressional staff for Senators and Representatives.
Date:
February 25, 1998
Creator:
Neale, Thomas H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arts and Humanities: Funding and Reauthorization in the 105th Congress
This report summarizes the funding and re-authorization in the 105th congress on arts and humanities.
Date:
June 25, 1998
Creator:
Boren, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Russia and the IMF : Coming to Terms
None
Date:
March 25, 1994
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
South Korea's Economic Reforms And U.S. Interests
None
Date:
March 25, 1997
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Rights to Community Care: Olmstead v. L.C.
This report addresses the issue of whether the public treatment for the plaintiff mentally disadbled persons in community placement when such treatment could be provided in a state mental institute.
Date:
January 25, 1999
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Superfund Cleanup Standards Reconsidered
None
Date:
October 25, 1995
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Debt-Limit Legislation in the Congressional Budget Process
This report provides information about the Debt-Limit Legislation in the Congressional Budget Process. The gross federal debt consists of the debt held by the public plus the debt held by government accounts.
Date:
February 25, 1999
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: A Fact Sheet
None
Date:
June 25, 1998
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Messages, Petitions, Communications, and Memorials to Congress
None
Date:
February 25, 1999
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Religious Persecution Abroad: Congressional Concerns and Actions
None
Date:
June 25, 1998
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Its Rise, Fall, and Current Status
None
Date:
June 25, 1998
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Proposed Witness Protection and Interstate Relocation Act of 1997: H.R. 2181
None
Date:
March 25, 1998
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220
This report is concerned with the federal adult education and literacy programs authorized by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The report covers funding and spending in the program and how it is budgeted. The report also discusses the consequences of the AEFLA repealing the Adult Education Act (AEA) but continuing some of the programs that were under it.
Date:
March 25, 1999
Creator:
Irwin, Paul M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Budget Reconciliation Legislation: Development and Consideration
Budget reconciliation is an optional two-step process Congress may use to assure compliance with the direct spending, revenue, and debt-limit levels set forth in budget resolutions.
Date:
February 25, 1999
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Budget Resolution Enforcement
The annual budget resolution sets forth Congress's budget plan for a period of at least five fiscal years. It includes total levels of spending, revenues, and the debt limit for each of the fiscal years covered.
Date:
February 25, 1999
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 853, The Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act: Summary of Provisions
This report discusses the Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999, was introduced by Representative Jim Nussle on February 25, 1999, and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Date:
August 25, 1999
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library