Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session (open access)

Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session

This report reviews major banking and finance issues that are receiving congressional attention in the 2nd session of the 105th Congress. It will be updated periodically to reflect legislative developments. Relevant CRS products are referenced.
Date: August 10, 1998
Creator: Shorter, Gary & Wells, F. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-111th Congresses (open access)

House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-111th Congresses

This report provides statistical information on and selected analyses of the House committee party ratios for 14 Congresses, covering the period from the 98th through the 111th Congresses (1983-2011). This report also discusses trends and compares party ratios in selected Congresses. Possible reforms to the apportionment of committee seats are also examined.
Date: November 4, 2010
Creator: Tong, Lorraine H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 3 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 3

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Party Ratios: 94th - 111th Congresses (open access)

Senate Committee Party Ratios: 94th - 111th Congresses

This report provides an overview of Senate standing committee sizes and ratios for the 94th Congress through the 111th Congress. Also included are data on permanent select committees with legislative jurisdiction. A table for each Congress shows the party division in the Senate, total number of seats on each committee, number of seats assigned to the majority and minority parties, and, where present, number of seats assigned to independents. The tables also provide the number of majority-minority caucus seat margins in the chamber and for each committees.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: Tong, Lorraine H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-112th Congresses (open access)

House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-112th Congresses

This report provides committee funding requests and authorizations as adopted pursuant to primary expense authorizations for House committees in the 104th-112th Congresses.
Date: March 24, 2011
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric; Garrett, R. Sam & Hemlin, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Statutes At Large, Volume 111, 1997 (open access)

United States Statutes At Large, Volume 111, 1997

United States Statutes at Large include the text of various legislation passed by Congress such as private and public laws, concurrent resolutions, and Constitutional amendments as well as proclamations, changes to the structure of government departments, etc. Part One indexes start on page a1 after page 1106. Part Two indexes start on page a1 after page 2114. Part Three indexes start on page a1 after page 3010.
Date: 1998
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2010 (74th-111th Congresses) (open access)

Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2010 (74th-111th Congresses)

This report discusses how lame duck sessions occur, and the background of the lame duck sessions between 1940 and 2010. A “lame duck” session of Congress occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the term of the current Congress ends.
Date: August 30, 2011
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th - 113th Congresses (open access)

First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th - 113th Congresses

This report provides summary data on the number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who first entered Congress between the 64th Congress (1915-1917) and the 113th Congress (2013-2014).
Date: January 25, 2013
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E. & Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses) (open access)

Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses)

This report discusses how lame duck sessions occur, and the background of the lame duck sessions between 1940 and 2012. A "lame duck" session of Congress occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the term of the current Congress ends.
Date: September 19, 2014
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Votes and Legislative Actions, 95th Congress through 110th Congress (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Votes and Legislative Actions, 95th Congress through 110th Congress

This report provides a summary of legislative attempts to address issues of energy development and preservation in the Refuge from the 95th Congress through the 110th Congress, with emphasis on the 108th through 110th Congresses. The analysis below covers, first, the economic and geological factors that have triggered new interest in development, followed by the philosophical, biological, and environmental quality factors that have triggered opposition to it. That analysis is followed by a history of congressional actions on this issue, with a focus on those in the 107th Congress through the 109th Congress.
Date: November 19, 2008
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne & Roberts, Beth A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-113th Congresses (open access)

House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-113th Congresses

This report describes the House Committee funding process provides tables for each of the Congresses from the 104th through the 113th containing committee funding requests and authorizations as adopted pursuant to primary expense authorizations.
Date: February 3, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Issues in the 105th Congress (open access)

Clean Water Issues in the 105th Congress

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Date: August 21, 1997
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session (open access)

Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session

This report reviews major banking and finance issues that are receiving congressional attention in the 2nd session of the 105th Congress.
Date: August 10, 1998
Creator: Shorter, Gary & Wells, F. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China: Pending Legislation in the 105th Congress (open access)

China: Pending Legislation in the 105th Congress

The 105 Congress has been active on issues involving China. This report, which will be updated as developments occur, tracks pending human rights legislation, including bills concerning: prison conditions and prison labor exports; coercive abortion practices; China’s policies toward religion; and more general human rights issues.
Date: June 19, 1998
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th-111th Congresses (open access)

Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th-111th Congresses

This report contains data on votes for Speaker of the House for the 94th through 110th Congresses and elections in party conferences or caucuses for major leaders within each party for the 94th through 111th Congresses. It reflects actual balloting on the House floor for Speaker and in the Democratic Caucus and Republican Conference for other positions.
Date: December 31, 2008
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Training Reform: Legislation in the 105th Congress (open access)

Job Training Reform: Legislation in the 105th Congress

This report focus on the job training provisions of the House and Senate-passed versions of H.R. 1385.
Date: May 15, 1998
Creator: Lordeman, Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
East Asia and the Pacific: Issues at the End of the 105th Congress (open access)

East Asia and the Pacific: Issues at the End of the 105th Congress

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Date: November 19, 1998
Creator: Sutter, Robert G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Sunset Proposals: Developments in the 94th to 107th Congresses (open access)

Federal Sunset Proposals: Developments in the 94th to 107th Congresses

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Date: June 17, 2002
Creator: McMurtry, Virginia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education Issues in the 105th Congress, 2nd Session (open access)

Education Issues in the 105th Congress, 2nd Session

This report provides a brief summary of education issues anticipated for the 2nd Session, as well as a synopsis of education activity during the 1st Session.
Date: January 26, 1998
Creator: Irwin, Paul M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Encryption Technology: the Debate in the th 105 and 106th Congresses (open access)

Encryption Technology: the Debate in the th 105 and 106th Congresses

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Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Nunno, Richard M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Regulation of Working Hours: Consideration of the Issues Through the 105th Congress (open access)

Federal Regulation of Working Hours: Consideration of the Issues Through the 105th Congress

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Date: May 24, 1999
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization by the 105th Congress (open access)

The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization by the 105th Congress

This report provides a brief overview of the main HEA programs, and summarizes the main provisions of the House and Senate bills and final HEA Amendments of 1998.
Date: February 2, 1999
Creator: Stedman, James B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee System: Rules Changes in the House, 105th Congress (open access)

Committee System: Rules Changes in the House, 105th Congress

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Date: January 23, 1997
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Census 2000: Sampling as an Appropriations Issue In the 105th Congress (open access)

Census 2000: Sampling as an Appropriations Issue In the 105th Congress

The 105th Congress has debated the decennial census sampling issue mainly in the appropriations process, beginning with FY 1997 supplemental appropriations legislation for disaster relief. In Fy 1998, appropriation for Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies, the Senate instructed the Bureau of the Census not to make "irreversible" Census 2000 sampling plans, while the House sought a moratorium on these plans, pending expedited judicial review of their constitutionally and legality. This report contains information on FY 1997 and 1998 appropriations and related Congressional actions
Date: September 1, 1998
Creator: Williams, Jennifer D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library