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| Date Jan. 22, 1999 |
Report No. 98-728GOV |
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| Date Jan. 21, 1999 |
Report No. 98-377 |
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98-377 STM CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Year 2000 Problem: Chronology of Hearings and Legislation Updated January 21, 1999 Richard M. Nunno Analyst in Information Technologies Science, Technology and Medicine Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT For nearly three years, congressional committees have been holding hearings and considering legislation ...
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| Date Jan. 21, 1999 |
Report No. 97-795 |
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97-795 A Updated January 21, 1999 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Its Rise, Fall, and Current Status David M. Ackerman Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary In City of Boerne, Texas v. Flores1 the Supreme Court on June 25, 1997, held the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" (RFRA) to be unconstitutional as applied to the ...
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| Date Jan. 21, 1999 |
Report No. RS20024 |
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Order Code RS20024 January 21, 1999 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web State Regulation of the Initiative Process: Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., et al. T.J. Halstead Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary While the authority to regulate political expression is sharply circumscribed by the Constitution, states traditionally have been granted ...
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| Date Jan. 21, 1999 |
Report No. 98-175GOV |
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| Date Jan. 20, 1999 |
Report No. RL30036 |
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Order Code RL30036 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Global Climate Change: Carbon Emissions and End-use Energy Demand January 20, 1999 Richard Rowberg Senior Specialist in Science and Technology Science, Technology, and Medicine Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT The United Nations (Kyoto) Protocol on greenhouse gas emission reductions sets a target ...
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| Date Jan. 7, 1999 |
Report No. 98-539 |
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98-539 F CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Radio Free Iraq and Radio Free Iran: Background, Legislation, and Policy Issues for Congress Updated January 7, 1999 Susan B. Epstein Specialist in Foreign Policy and Trade Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT In early 1998 after recurring conflicts with the Iraqi ...
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| Date Jan. 7, 1999 |
Report No. RS20015 |
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Order Code RS20015 January 7, 1999 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Electricity Restructuring Background: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) Amy Abel Specialist in Energy Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary In 1935, the Public Utilities Holding Company Act (PUHCA) was enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by ...
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| Date Jan. 7, 1999 |
Report No. 98-990 |
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98-990 A Updated January 7, 1999 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Standard of Proof in Senate Impeachment Proceedings Thomas B. Ripy Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary The Constitution gives the United States Senate the responsibility for trying impeachments, but does not address the standard of proof that is to be used in such trials. This report concludes that ...
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| Date Jan. 6, 1999 |
Report No. RL30020 |
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Order Code RL30020 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The International Criminal Court Treaty: Description, Policy Issues, and Congressional Concerns January 6, 1999 Ellen Grigorian Research Associate in Global Issues Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT The United Nations Diplomatic Conference of ...
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| Date Jan. 6, 1999 |
Report No. RL30013 |
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Order Code RL30013 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Grants and Foundations: Selected Print, Electronic, and Internet Sources on Government and Private Funding January 6, 1999 Rita Tehan Information Research Specialist Congressional Reference Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report describes more than 35 print, electronic, and ...
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| Date Jan. 5, 1999 |
Report No. 98-845 |
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98-845 STM CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Federal Government Information Technology Policy: Selected Issues Updated January 5, 1999 Glenn J. McLoughlin, Coordinator Specialist in Technology and Telecommunications Policy Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report provides an overarching review of ...
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| Date Jan. 5, 1999 |
Report No. RS20012 |
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Order Code RS20012 January 5, 1999 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Future of the Citizen Suit After Steel Co. and Laidlaw Robert Meltz Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary Two recent court decisions have called into question the viability of environmental citizen suits. In Steel Co., the Supreme Court denied plaintiff standing in a citizen suit where the ...
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| Date Jan. 5, 1999 |
Report No. 98-874 |
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98-874 STM Updated January 5, 1999 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Women s Health: Provisions of Selected Legislation, 1983-1998 Irene Stith-Coleman Joy Austin-Lane Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Summary For a number of years, Congress and several Administrations have been concerned about women s health issues. More than 20 laws with provisions relating to women s ...
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| Date Jan. 4, 1999 |
Report No. 98-199 |
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98-199 C CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Budget FY1999: A Chronology with Internet Access Updated January 4, 1999 Mary Frances Bley Information Research Specialist Congressional Reference Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Budget FY1999: A Chronology with Internet Access Summary This is a select chronology of, and a finding guide for information on ...
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| Date Jan. 4, 1999 |
Report No. RL30010 |
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Order Code RL30010 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Foreign and Defense Policy: Key Issues in the 106th Congress January 4, 1999 Dianne E. Rennack (coordinator) Analyst in Foreign Policy Legislation Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report lays out foreign and defense policy issues likely to ...
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| Date Jan. 4, 1999 |
Report No. 98-199C |
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98-199 C CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Budget FY1999: A Chronology with Internet Access Updated January 4, 1999 Mary Frances Bley Information Research Specialist Congressional Reference Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Budget FY1999: A Chronology with Internet Access Summary This is a select chronology of, and a finding guide for information on ...
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| Date Dec. 31, 1998 |
Report No. 98-509 |
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98-509 E th Updated December 31, 1998 Nonna A. Noto Specialist in Public Finance Economics Division -i:i_.;-\';.';A )-i'!"'U': . !?'" -'" '?;.-i:-';*'""i;>, ''j''ii".--'"'1-jV'^''. ' i' i'^'**- .-. Illllllillllllllllllilllllllllllll ABSTRACT This report tracks the evolution and content of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, enacted as Titles XI and XII of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency ...
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| Date Dec. 31, 1998 |
Report No. RL30009 |
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Order Code RL30009 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Tax-Cut Legislation: Applicable Budget Enforcement Procedures December 31, 1998 Robert Keith Specialist in American National Government Government Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Abstract Consideration of tax-cut legislation is subject to two different sets of budget enforcement procedures. ...
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| Date Dec. 30, 1998 |
Report No. 97-871 |
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97-871 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Sampling for Census 2000: A Legal Overview Updated December 30, 1998 Margaret Mikyung Lee Legislative Attorney American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report will give an overview of the legal issues surrounding the use of sampling and statistical procedures. It will first review the ...
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| Date Dec. 29, 1998 |
Report No. 95-839 |
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95-839 EPW Updated December 29, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Social Security: The Chilean Example Geoffrey Kollmann Specialist in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Summary In 1981, Chile changed its state-run Social Security system in favor of mandatory individual private accounts. As Social Security programs in the United States and other countries increasingly experience ...
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| Date Dec. 29, 1998 |
Report No. 98-562 |
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98-562 GOV Updated December 29, 1998 CRS Report fbr Congress Campaign Finance Debate in the House: Substitute No. 13 (ShaysA'VLeehan)arid Non-Germane Amendments Joseph E. Cantor Specialist in American National Government Government Division Summary H. Rcs. 4 2 ,rcportcd on May20, 1998 (H.Rcpt. '05-545) and pas.& hy the House May 21. ~nade order for consideration H.R. 2 183 (HutchinsodAllenFthe ...
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| Date Dec. 23, 1998 |
Report No. 98-393 |
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98-393 F Updated December 23, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Iraq: U.S. Policy Options Kenneth Katzman Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary In the aftermath of the December 16-19 U.S.-British bombing campaign against Iraq (Operation Desert Fox), the United States continues to search for a sustainable and effective ...
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| Date Dec. 23, 1998 |
Report No. 98-952 |
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98-952 ENR Updated December 23, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Emergency Agricultural Provisions in the FY1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act Ralph M. Chite Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary The FY1999 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Appropriations Act (P.L. 105277) contains $5.9 billion in emergency spending ...
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| Date Dec. 22, 1998 |
Report No. RS20002 |
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Order Code RS20002 December 22, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Federal Land and Resource Management: A Primer Coordinated by Ross W. Gorte1 Natural Resource Economist and Policy Specialist Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary Four federal agencies administer most of the U.S. government s land. The National Park Service administers the Park System for ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1998 |
Report No. 98-201 |
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98-201 ENR CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Appropriations for FY1999: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Updated December 21, 1998 Ralph M. Chite, Coordinator Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1998 |
Report No. 98-201ENR |
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98-201 ENR CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Appropriations for FY1999: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Updated December 21, 1998 Ralph M. Chite, Coordinator Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process ...
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| Date Dec. 21, 1998 |
Report No. 98-993 |
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98-993 ENR December 21, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Carol Hardy Vincent Specialist Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary President Clinton created the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, by proclamation on September 18, 1996. The Monument contains geological, paleontological, ...
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| Date Dec. 18, 1998 |
Report No. 98-205 |
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98-205 F CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Appropriations for FY1999: Defense Updated December 18, 1998 Stephen Daggett Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, ...
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| Date Dec. 18, 1998 |
Report No. 98-205F |
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98-205 F CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Appropriations for FY1999: Defense Updated December 18, 1998 Stephen Daggett Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, ...
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| Date Dec. 18, 1998 |
Report No. 97-942 |
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97-942 F Updated December 18, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The International Labor Organization and International Labor Issues in the 105th Congress Lois McHugh Analyst in International Relations Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary The International Labor Organization (ILO) is a specialized technical agency of the United Nations system. It has an ...
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| Date Dec. 16, 1998 |
Report No. 98-537 |
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98-537 A Updated December 16, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Bank Loan Denial for Nuclear Proliferation under Section 102(b) of the Arms Export Control Act as Applicable to India and Pakistan M. Maureen Murphy Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary After the President has determined that a "non-nuclear-weapon state" has detonated a "nuclear explosive device," ...
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| Date Dec. 14, 1998 |
Report No. 98-299 |
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Russian Missile Technology and Nuclear Reactor Transfers to Iran Updated December 14,1998 Stuart D. Goldman, Kenneth Katzman, and Robert D. Shuey Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Carl E. Behrens Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division CRS This report examines Russian ballistic missile and nuclear reactor technology transfers to Iran and US. responses to those transfkrs. The ...
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| Date Dec. 14, 1998 |
Report No. 98-299F |
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Russian Missile Technology and Nuclear Reactor Transfers to Iran Updated December 14,1998 Stuart D. Goldman, Kenneth Katzman, and Robert D. Shuey Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Carl E. Behrens Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division CRS This report examines Russian ballistic missile and nuclear reactor technology transfers to Iran and US. responses to those transfkrs. The ...
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| Date Dec. 11, 1998 |
Report No. 98-980 |
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98-980 ENR December 11, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Federal Sales of Natural Resources: Pricing and Allocation Mechanisms Coordinated by Ross W. Gorte1 Natural Resource Economist and Policy Specialist Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary Although the federal government ended FY1997 with a budget surplus, pressures to realize federal budget savings ...
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| Date Dec. 10, 1998 |
Report No. 98-979 |
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98-979 E CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Mortgage Escrow Accounts: An Analysis of the Issues December 10, 1998 Bruce E. Foote Analyst in Housing Economics Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report discusses the rationale for mortgage escrow accounts, limits on the accounts, recent changes in regulations covering escrow accounts on ...
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| Date Dec. 10, 1998 |
Report No. 98-164 |
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98-164 A Updated December 10, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Uniform Standards in Private Securities Litigation: Limitations on Shareholder Lawsuits Michael V. Seitzinger Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary The 104th Congress enacted the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, P.L. 10467, to address the perceived problem of an increase in frivolous ...
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| Date Dec. 9, 1998 |
Report No. RL30002 |
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Order Code RL30002 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web A Defense Budget Primer December 9, 1998 Mary T. Tyszkiewicz Analyst in National Defense Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division and Stephen Daggett Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report is a primer for ...
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| Date Dec. 9, 1998 |
Report No. 98-975 |
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98-975 ENR December 9, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web An Endangered Species Act Issue for Southeastern Florida: Johnson s Seagrass Eugene H. Buck Senior Analyst in Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary Johnson s seagrass, a small marine plant growing in shallow estuaries and coastal lagoons only along the southeastern Florida ...
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| Date Dec. 8, 1998 |
Report No. 97-108 |
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97-108 EPW CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Child Nutrition Issues in the 105th Congress Updated December 8, 1998 Joe Richardson Specialist in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report summarizes proposed and enacted legislative initiatives to change child nutrition programs (including ...
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| Date Dec. 8, 1998 |
Report No. 98-843 |
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98-843 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Censure of the President by the Congress Updated December 8, 1998 Jack Maskell Legislative Attorney American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT Exploring a possible compromise between an impeachment and taking no congressional action, certain Members of Congress and congressional commentators ...
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| Date Dec. 7, 1998 |
Report No. 98-973 |
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98-973 E December 7, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Appalachian Development Highway Program(ADHP): An Overview Robert S. Kirk Economics Division Summary The Appalachian Development Highway Program (ADHP) is a road building program that is intended to break Appalachia s regional isolation and encourage Appalachian economic development. Administered by the Appalachian ...
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| Date Dec. 4, 1998 |
Report No. 98-561 |
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98-561 E CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Child Labor in Hazardous Occupations: On-the-Job Driving by Youth Workers Updated December 4, 1998 William G. Whittaker Specialist in Labor Economics Economics Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report examines the joint manner in which Congress and the Secretary of Labor have approached the ...
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| Date Dec. 2, 1998 |
Report No. 98-959 |
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98-959 E December 2, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Volunteers at Non-Profit Food Banks: Treatment under the Fair Labor Standards Act William G. Whittaker Specialist in Labor Economics Economics Division Summary The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, as amended, provides minimum wage, overtime pay and related protections for covered workers. While setting such ...
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| Date Dec. 1, 1998 |
Report No. 98-208 |
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98-208 STM CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Appropriations for FY1999: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Updated December 1, 1998 Duane Thompson Coordinator Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, ...
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| Date Dec. 1, 1998 |
Report No. 96-846 |
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96-846 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web School Prayer: The Congressional Response, 1962 - 1998 Updated December 1, 1998 David M. Ackerman Legislative Attorney American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT Since 1962 school prayer has been one of the most volatile issues in American politics. As a result, Congress has repeatedly been ...
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| Date Dec. 1, 1998 |
Report No. 98-208STM |
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98-208 STM CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Appropriations for FY1999: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Updated December 1, 1998 Duane Thompson Coordinator Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, ...
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| Date Dec. 1, 1998 |
Report No. 96-976 |
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96-976 EPW CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Older Americans Act: 105th Congress Issues Updated December 1, 1998 Carol V. O Shaughnessy Specialist in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report sums up 105th Congress action on reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. It describes ...
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| Date Nov. 30, 1998 |
Report No. 92-56A |
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Order Code 92-56 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-92-56 The Son of Sam Case: First Amendment Analysis and Legislative Implications Updated February 27, 2002 Henry Cohen Legislative Attorney American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress The Son of Sam Case: First Amendment Analysis and Legislative Implications ...
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| Date Nov. 30, 1998 |
Report No. 98-986 |
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98-986 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Television Satellite License: Retransmission of Network and Local Signals November 30, 1998 Dorothy Schrader Senior Specialist American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT The satellite compulsory license of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 119) authorizes retransmission of superstation and network ...
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