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Cost-of-Living Increases Under the Civil Service Retirement System
This report is an examination of the history of cost-of-living provisions under the civil service retirement systems and contains arguments for and against amending the formula for computing cost-of-living increases.
Date:
February 27, 1976
Creator:
Greenberg, Joel M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of the Brooke-Cranston Program: A Comparison of Assisted and Unassisted Home Mortgages in 1975
This report concerns efficacy in stimulating home construction and the outcome of this, as well as if the Brooke-Cranston Program has mostly assisted wealthy households in purchasing new homes, as opposed to low and middle income families.
Date:
September 22, 1976
Creator:
Milgram, Grace; Miles, Barbara; Dovell, Susan & Bendt, Douglas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Major New Consumer Concerns in the 94th Congress.
This report is a discussion of three major new consumer concerns in consumer protection during the 94th Congress.
Date:
July 26, 1976
Creator:
Mulock, Bruce K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sex Discrimination and the U.S. Supreme Court
This report outlines the United States Supreme Court's view of sex discrimination and the decisions it has made concerning this topic.
Date:
November 18, 1976
Creator:
Lewis, Karen J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Common Situs Picketing Issue: Background and Activity in the 94th Congress
This report documents Congressional activities related to the National Labor Relations Act and situs picketing in construction. Documented activities are from the 94th congress.
Date:
July 21, 1976
Creator:
Whitaker, William G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Statistical Base and Trends of National H&D Funding y Sector, Source and Performer, Function, and Character of Work
This report was created to summarize the statistical base of national research and development funding.
Date:
July 12, 1976
Creator:
Guarisco, Elizabeth J. & Boesman, William C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retirement Systems of State and Local Governments -- Dimensions of the Pension Problem
This report is a Congressional study of state and local public plans to help legislation for private retirement plans.
Date:
February 3, 1976
Creator:
Schmitt, Raymond
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Employees and Campaign Activities: Participation by House Staff Employees in Members Campaign Committee
This report outlines the "Hatch Act" and its effects on campaign activities by Congressional employees.
Date:
June 29, 1976
Creator:
Fiori, Patricia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Emergency Powers: A Brief Overview of Presidential Suspensions of the Habeas Corpus Privilege and Invocations of Martial Law
This report outlines martial law and the suspension of habeus corpus.
Date:
September 20, 1976
Creator:
Relyea, Harold C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Veterans: General and Statistical Information
This report is an update of a paper originally compiled in June 1976 that includes statistics and general information on veterans, the Veterans Administration, the Veterans Administration Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1979, and veterans organizations.
Date:
June 1, 1976
Creator:
Rashkow, Ilona N.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legalized Gambling in the United States
This report is an analysis of legal gambling methods in the United States and their history.
Date:
September 13, 1976
Creator:
McCalip, Bernevia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Discussion of the Congressional Veto Provisions Contained in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
This report outlines the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which contains three provisions concerning congressional vetoes.
Date:
February 20, 1976
Creator:
Melsheimer, John T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Access to Information and Executive Privilege
This report outlines Executive privilege and whether or not Congress has access to private Executive information.
Date:
May 5, 1976
Creator:
Ehlke, Richard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Capital Punishment in the Supreme Court: Recent Developments
This report is a review of the Supreme Court's developments concerning capital punishment at the time of the document's creation.
Date:
February 19, 1976
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Reform: 93rd and 94th Congress
This document is comprised of three issue briefs concerning congressional reform measures considered by the 93rd and 94th Congress.
Date:
November 19, 1976
Creator:
Yacker, Marc D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Work-Sharing as an Alternative to Layoffs
This report is a proposal to discuss the model of work-sharing as an alternative to laying off workers during an economic recession.
Date:
July 19, 1976
Creator:
Henle, Peter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Citizen Enforcement of Federal Laws Through Qui Tam Actions
This report is a history of qui tam actions and citizen enforcement of these laws.
Date:
June 28, 1976
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Developments in the Right of Privacy: Whalen v. Roe and the Extent of the Right to Anonymity in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
This report outlines the question of privacy between doctor and patient and the potential abuse of prescription drugs without state and federal intervention.
Date:
November 1, 1976
Creator:
Parrat, Donna C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
General Revenue Sharing: A Comparison of Basic Provisions of the 1972 Act with the 1976 Extension Legislation
This report is a comparison of the General Revenue Sharing Act with the extension legislation from 1976.
Date:
November 19, 1976
Creator:
McBreen, Maureen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Benefits to Former Presidents of the United States
This report covers the benefits received by former presidents of the United States.
Date:
December 23, 1976
Creator:
Gressle, Sharon S. & Smith, Stephanie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Awards of Attorneys' Fees in Federal Courts After Alyeska
This report outlines the history of the "American rule", where winners in civil court cases can transfer attorneys' fees to the other party in a court case, and provides a list of court cases where these fees were transferred to federal or state courts.
Date:
March 1976
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food Power: The use of U.S. Agriculture Exports as a tool in international affairs. 1976
This report is about the importance of U.S agriculture productivity to the global community.
Date:
February 20, 1976
Creator:
Baker, Janice E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Older Americans Act: Summary of Major Provisions, As Amended; Development of Major Provisions, 1965-1975; Authorizations and Appropriations, 1965-1978
This report summarizes the major provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, as well as the outgrowth of events leading to the original Act and its subsequent amendments.
Date:
November 5, 1976
Creator:
Tager, Evelyn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Free Press and Fair Trial Controversy
This report outlines the conflict concerning free press during criminal trials.
Date:
September 20, 1976
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library