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Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 106th Congress
Fish and marine mammals are important resources in the open ocean and nearshore coastal areas. A diverse body of laws and regulations guides the management of these resources by a multitude of federal agencies.
Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
DNA Evidence: Legislative Initiatives in the 106th Congress
DNA evidence is a powerful forensic tool in criminal cases. Its use and capabilities have increased substantially since it was first introduced in the late 1980s. That growth has led to the emergence of the following issues that were considered by the 106th Congress in legislative initiatives: eliminating the nationwide backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples, expanding the kinds of offenders who are profiled, providing opportunities for post-conviction testing of DNA evidence, and continuing development of forensic science capabilities. This report discusses those and related issues and the legislation proposed and enacted to address them. It begins by describing provisions in prior federal law and then discusses issues and the legislation proposed, including the enacted DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (H.R. 4640, which became P.L. 106-546).
Date:
January 26, 2001
Creator:
Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): Legislative Issues in the 106th Congress
Bills introduced in the 106th Congress would have raised the limit on contributions to individualretirement accounts(IRAs) and eased other federal IRA rules. The House passed H.R. 5203, incorporating the higher IRA contribution limits of H.R.1102, on September 19, 2000. The IRA provisions of the bill would have cost $21.7 billion in foregone revenue over 10 years. The Senate Finance Committee ordered H.R. 1102 reported (with amendments) on September 7, 2000, but the bill did not reach the Senate floor before the 106th Congress adjourned in December 2000. The Finance Committee’s bill, in addition to raising contribution limits, would have allowed tax credits in lieu of deductions for a portion of IRA contributions.
Date:
January 10, 2001
Creator:
Storey, James R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Science, Technology, and Medicine: Issues Facing the 106th Congress, First Session
Science, technology, and medicine is playing an integral part in many of the policy issues that are coming before this Congress. Legislative action in certain areas directly affects the progress of science, technology, and medicine (STM). And advances in those areas can significantly affect broader public policy issues. This issue brief provides an overview of several of those issues and identifies CRS reports that treat them in more depth.
Date:
July 16, 1999
Creator:
Rowberg, Richard E
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Science, Technology, and Medicine: Issues Facing the 106th Congress, Second Session
None
Date:
March 16, 2000
Creator:
Rowberg, Richard E
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform: Bills in the 106th Congress
None
Date:
January 5, 2001
Creator:
Koitz, David Stuart & Kollmann, Geoffrey
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Superfund Reauthorization Issues in the 106th Congress
Two reauthorization bills have been reported in the House: the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported H.R. 1300 (H.Rept. 106-353, Part I), and the Commerce Committee reported H.R. 2580 (H.Rept. 106-775, Part I). The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has considered a brownfields bill, S. 2700. The outlook for passage of any of them is not bright.
Date:
October 30, 2000
Creator:
Reisch, Mark
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Development Block Grants: Funding and Other Issues in the 106th Congress
In this report Congress addresses a number of community development issues, including reauthorization of the CDBG and revision of the CDBG program definitions of entitlement communities and low- and moderate-income households. Congress also will consider legislation appropriating funds for the program for FY2001, including funding for a number of new initiatives proposed by the Clinton Administration.
Date:
September 20, 2000
Creator:
Boyd, Eugene
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mandates Information Act: Action in the 106th Congress
None
Date:
February 8, 1999
Creator:
Beth, Richard S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 106th Congress: A Summary
None
Date:
September 21, 2000
Creator:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Government and Fiance Division.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 106th Congress: A Summary
Taxes have been a major focus of congressional attention during the first half of 2000. In part, Congress has returned to many of the issues it addressed last year. In August, 1999, Congress passed a set of tax cuts with the Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act (H.R. 2488; TRRA). However, President Clinton vetoed the bill, arguing that the cuts were too large (an estimated $792 billion over 10 years), would drain funds from Social Security surpluses, and would force reductions in domestic spending. Early in 2000, Congress signaled its intention of revisiting tax cuts with passage on April 13 of a fiscal year (FY) 2001 budget resolution (H.Con.Res. 290) calling for a 5-year tax cut of $175 billion.
Date:
October 19, 2000
Creator:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Government and Fiance Division.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Information Technology Labor Shortage? Legislation in the 106th Congress
None
Date:
June 14, 2001
Creator:
Levine, Linda
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Legislation in the 106th Congress: An Overview
None
Date:
February 8, 2000
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Legislation in the 106th Congress: An Overview
The 106th Congress completed action on a number of major trade initiatives. The impact on American firms and workers was a paramount concern in the passage of this legislation. Most notably, bills were passed to establish "normal trade relations" with China, deepen economic ties with the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, enhance trade benefits for 24 Caribbean Basin countries, and to ease trade sanctions on Cuba and other countries. Congress also voted to maintain U.S. participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as worked with the Clinton Administration to pass replacement legislation for the Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) tax benefit for U.S. exports. The latter action averted, at least until mid-2001, the imposition of punitive tariffs by the European Union on an estimated $4 billion in U.S. exports.
Date:
March 7, 2001
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J. & Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Harbor Maintenance Tax and the 106th Congress
Prior to 1986, general funds of the U.S. treasury were used to pay 65% of the cost to operate ocean and inland ports and to maintain and deepen their channels. The other 35 percent is paid by ports, or by state or local governments. In 1986, Congress enacted the Harbor Maintenance Tax and used the revenues to provide some of the funds for what has come to be considered the federal portion of such costs
Date:
January 19, 1999
Creator:
Thompson, Stephen J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Passenger Service Act, Domestic Ocean Passenger Services, and the 106th Congress
The Passenger Service Act (PSA) requires that domestic ocean passenger transportation be provided only by ships that are U.S.-owned, U.S.-built and operated by U.S. crews. Proposed legislation to relax some PSA restrictions was introduced during the 105th Congress. Both the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and the Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, have made recent public statements indicating their strong interets enacting changes to the passenger Service Act during the 106th Congress. This report will be updated as developments warrant.
Date:
January 15, 1999
Creator:
Thompson, Stephen J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Issues in the 106th Congress
This report briefly discusses the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR21 or FAIR21), which helps ensure that all aviation trust fund receipts (including interest) are spent for aviation purposes on an annual basis.
Date:
November 2, 2000
Creator:
Fischer, John W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Restructuring DOE and Its Laboratories: Issues in the 106th Congress
A number of legislative proposals to restructure or eliminate the Department of Energy (DOE) and the DOE laboratories have been introduced since the end of the Cold War, especially since the beginning of the 104th Congress. This legislation has been introduced because of perceived major problems with DOE, including its overall mission. Sponsors state, for example, that about 85% of DOE's budget is for non-energy programs, even though the nation's dependency on foreign energy sources has increased since the establishment of the department. Also of concern is the department's failure to go far enough, in their view, in solving its long-term management problems, downsizing, and reducing budgets.
Date:
May 17, 2000
Creator:
Boesman, William C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 106th Congress
In the months approaching China's resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, policy analysts are trying to assess how the territory will fare under Chinese rule. The answer is important to U.S. interests because of the enormous U.S. economic presence in Hong Kong; because any adverse developments in Hong Kong are likely to affect U.S.-China relations; and because China's promise to give Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy under the "one-China, two-systems" policy has major implications for Taiwan. But given the political situation, the American ability to affect the course of events in Hong Kong seems marginal unless the U.S. decides to confront Beijing more directly. Developments in U.S.-China relations in 1994-1995 suggest Washington might be hesitant to do so.
Date:
October 18, 2000
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Bruno, Andorra; Krouse, William J. & Eig, Larry M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Funding Resolutions, 109th Congress, and Funding Authorizations 104th-109th Congresses
All standing and select committees of the Senate (except for the Appropriations and Ethics Committees) obtain their operating budgets pursuant to a biennial committee funding resolution.
Date:
February 25, 2005
Creator:
Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-109th Congresses
Under House Rule X, clause 6, each standing and select committee of the House (except the Appropriations Committee) is required to submit an operating budget request for its necessary expenses over the two years of a Congress. Each committee chair normally introduces a House resolution to provide his or her committee with the requisite funds for the two years of the Congress.
Date:
May 3, 2005
Creator:
Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Party Ratios: 94th - 110th Congresses
This report provides an overview of Senate standing committee sizes and ratios for the 94th and 110th Congresses. 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 18, 2008
Creator:
Tong, Lorraine H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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 2
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:
February 1999
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library