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Medicare: Selected Prescription Drug Proposals in the 107th Congress
Medicare, the nationwide health insurance program for the aged and disabled, does not cover most outpatient prescription drugs. On several occasions, the Congress has considered providing coverage for at least a portion of beneficiaries’ drug costs. The issue received renewed attention in the 106th Congress. However, there was no consensus on how the coverage should be structured. This report provides a side-by-side comparison of bills introduced in the 107th Congress that have received the most attention.
Date:
August 13, 2001
Creator:
O'Sullivan, Jennifer
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Activity: Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000
This report discusses the use of committees as crucial centers of policymaking, oversight of federal agencies, and public education is an organizing principle of the contemporary Congress.
Date:
August 9, 2001
Creator:
Petersen, R. Eric & Beth, Richard S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stewardship Contracting for the National Forests
This report discusses the advantages and limitations of proposed approaches to stewardship contracting to reduce threats to national forests exacerbated by unnaturally high amounts of biomass.
Date:
August 10, 2001
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: What Happens to Future Benefit Levels Under Various Reform Options
The report first examines several benefit-constraint options. Among them are raising the age at which full Social Security retirement benefits can be received, changing the way initial benefits are computed, and constraining cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). It also illustrates the effects of creating new personal savings accounts and presents their projected impact as a supplement to, or partial replacement of, the existing system, or as a means to close the gap between the benefit levels promised by the existing system and what can be paid under its projected future income. Finally, because across-the-board cuts may be seen as too severe for several types of recipients, other options that would ameliorate their effects, including one that would raise revenue, are also illustrated.
Date:
August 20, 2001
Creator:
Koitz, David; Kollmann, Geoffrey & Nuschler, Dawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The House of Representatives Apportionment Formula: An Analysis of Proposals for Change and Their Impact on States
This report examines the methods and formulas used to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives following a Census. Although modern Congresses have rarely considered the issue of the formula used in the calculations, this report describes apportionment options from which Congress could choose and the criteria that each method satisfies.
Date:
August 10, 2001
Creator:
Huckabee, David C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes: Modification, Phase Out and Repeal Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
None
Date:
August 14, 2001
Creator:
Luckey, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Trade Security Initiative: Background and Status
This report gives the background on the DTSI and discusses associated congressional actions that are reflected in the Security Assistance Act of 2000.
Date:
August 29, 2001
Creator:
Else, Daniel H. & Cogliani, Leland
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Discharge Rule in the House: Recent Use in Historical Context
None
Date:
August 6, 2001
Creator:
Beth, Richard S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change
This report discusses different perspectives used to consider issues related to the global climate change and issues related to the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto Agreement.
Date:
August 13, 2001
Creator:
Justus, John R. & Fletcher, Susan R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: The Next Chapter
This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for energy development. The report discusses arguments for and against such development and focuses especially on related pieces of legislation that directly affects the future of the ANWR.
Date:
August 1, 2001
Creator:
Corn, M. Lynne; Gelb, Bernard A. & Baldwin, Pamela
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: U.S. Economic Assistance
This article mentions how the U.S. economic assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) seeks to foster democratic institutions and economic reform.
Date:
August 16, 2001
Creator:
Tarnoff, Curt
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Immigration of Agricultural Guest Workers: Policy, Trends, and Legislative Issues
This report discusses the revision of U.S. immigration policy on agricultural guest workers that are coming from various perspectives, and several major bills have already been introduced in the 107th Congress
Date:
August 23, 2001
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen & Collver, Geoffrey K
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monopoly and Monopolization - Fundamental But Separate Concepts in U.S. Antitrust Law
This report illustrates the difference between the concepts of “monopoly” and “monopolization” by touching on the monopoly/monopolization thinking in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as illustrated in (1) statements on merger enforcement made by recent antitrust enforcement officials (generally indicative of the agencies’ concerns about competitive conditions and the effect of various market transactions), (2) the 1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines 2 and (3) some observations on the Government actions against the Microsoft and Intel Corporations.
Date:
August 20, 2001
Creator:
Rubin, Janice E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library