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| Date April 13, 1998 |
Report No. 98-360F |
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98-360 F April 13, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Jerusalem: Legislation to Move the U.S. Embassy Clyde Mark Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary The U.S. embassy in Israel is in Tel Aviv. Israel claims Jerusalem is its capital. Many Members of Congress want the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem. The CRS ...
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| Date April 13, 1998 |
Report No. 98-364 |
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98-364 GOV April 13, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Campaign Finance Reform Bills in the 105th Congress: Comparison of H.R. 3581 (Thomas), H.R. 3526 (Shays-Meehan), and Current Law Joseph E. Cantor Specialist in American National Government Government Division Summary On March 30, 1998, the House considered four campaign reform bills under a suspension of rules, focusing ...
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| Date April 13, 1998 |
Report No. 98-358 |
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98-358 A April 13, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Ban on Use of Polygraph Evidence Does Not Amount to Abridgement of Military Defendant s Right to Present a Defense Paul S. Wallace, Jr. Specialist in American Public Law American Law Division Summary Military Rule of Evidence 707 excludes polygraph evidence in military trials. The Supreme Court on March 31,1998, upheld ...
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| Date April 13, 1998 |
Report No. 98-364GOV |
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98-364 GOV April 13, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Campaign Finance Reform Bills in the 105th Congress: Comparison of H.R. 3581 (Thomas), H.R. 3526 (Shays-Meehan), and Current Law Joseph E. Cantor Specialist in American National Government Government Division Summary On March 30, 1998, the House considered four campaign reform bills under a suspension of rules, focusing ...
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| Date April 10, 1998 |
Report No. 98-349A |
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98-349 A April 10, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol David M. Ackerman Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary On December 10, 1997, delegates from 161 nations concluded the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change setting binding targets for reduction of ...
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| Date April 10, 1998 |
Report No. 98-260 |
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98-260 GOV Updated April 10, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Leslie W. Gladstone Analyst in American National Government Government Division Summary The Civil Rights Commission Act of 1998 (H.R. 3117) would reauthorize the commission through FY2001. It was introduced by Representative Canady on January 28, 1998, referred to the ...
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| Date April 10, 1998 |
Report No. 98-260GOV |
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98-260 GOV Updated April 10, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Leslie W. Gladstone Analyst in American National Government Government Division Summary The Civil Rights Commission Act of 1998 (H.R. 3117) would reauthorize the commission through FY2001. It was introduced by Representative Canady on January 28, 1998, referred to the ...
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| Date April 9, 1998 |
Report No. 97-714 |
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97-714 EPW Updated April 9, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Immigration: The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program Joyce Vialet Specialist in Immigration Policy Education and Public Welfare Division Summary In recent years, there have been various legislative efforts to modify or supplement the existing H-2A temporary agricultural program authorized by the ...
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| Date April 9, 1998 |
Report No. 97-714EPW |
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97-714 EPW Updated April 9, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Immigration: The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program Joyce Vialet Specialist in Immigration Policy Education and Public Welfare Division Summary In recent years, there have been various legislative efforts to modify or supplement the existing H-2A temporary agricultural program authorized by the ...
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| Date April 8, 1998 |
Report No. 98-343 |
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98-343 A Tobacco Marketing and Advertising Restrictions in S. 1648, 105th Congress: First Amendment Issues April 8, 1998 Henry Cohen Legislative Attorney American Law Division *98-343* *98-343* ABSTRACT Section 906 of S. 1648, 105th Congress, would prohibit, among other things, tobacco advertising on billboards and the Internet. Although the First Amendment provides only limited protection to ...
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| Date April 8, 1998 |
Report No. 98-344 |
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98-344 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Tobacco Litigation: Constitutional Issues Raised by Proposed Federal Legislation to Cap Attorneys Fees April 8, 1998 Henry Cohen and Robert Meltz Legislative Attorneys American Law Division Johnny H. Killian Senior Specialist, American Constitutional Law American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ...
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| Date April 8, 1998 |
Report No. 98-343A |
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98-343 A Tobacco Marketing and Advertising Restrictions in S. 1648, 105th Congress: First Amendment Issues April 8, 1998 Henry Cohen Legislative Attorney American Law Division *98-343* *98-343* ABSTRACT Section 906 of S. 1648, 105th Congress, would prohibit, among other things, tobacco advertising on billboards and the Internet. Although the First Amendment provides only limited protection to ...
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| Date April 8, 1998 |
Report No. 97-249 |
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97-249 F Updated April 8, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web NATO Enlargement and the Former European Neutrals Stanley R. Sloan Senior Specialist in International Security Policy Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division1 Summary With the NATO enlargement process now underway, Europe s former neutral states Austria, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ireland are re- ...
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| Date April 6, 1998 |
Report No. 97-519 |
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97-519 EPW CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Charter Schools: State Developments and Federal Policy Options Updated April 6, 1998 Wayne Riddle Specialist in Education Finance James Stedman and Steven Aleman Specialists in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT Charter schools are public elementary ...
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| Date April 6, 1998 |
Report No. 98-63 |
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98-63 E CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Transportation Trust Funds: Budgetary Treatment Updated April 6, 1998 John W. Fischer Specialist in Transportation Economics Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report addresses issues associated with the purpose and use of transportation trust funds. Understanding how the trust funds operate and ...
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| Date April 6, 1998 |
Report No. 98-221 |
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98-221 E CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web ISTEA Reauthorization: Highway and Transit Legislative Proposals in the 105th Congress, 2nd Session Updated April 6, 1998 John W. Fischer Specialist in Transportation Economics Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT Legislative proposals to reauthorize federal surface transportation programs formerly ...
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| Date April 6, 1998 |
Report No. 98-63E |
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98-63 E CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Transportation Trust Funds: Budgetary Treatment Updated April 6, 1998 John W. Fischer Specialist in Transportation Economics Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report addresses issues associated with the purpose and use of transportation trust funds. Understanding how the trust funds operate and ...
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| Date April 6, 1998 |
Report No. 97-519EPW |
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97-519 EPW CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Charter Schools: State Developments and Federal Policy Options Updated April 6, 1998 Wayne Riddle Specialist in Education Finance James Stedman and Steven Aleman Specialists in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT Charter schools are public elementary ...
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| Date April 6, 1998 |
Report No. 96-504 |
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96-504 EPW CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Ideas for Privatizing Social Security Updated April 6, 1998 David Koitz Specialist in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT There has been considerable interest recently in privatizing Social Security. The ideas are wide-ranging: from adoption of a ...
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| Date April 6, 1998 |
Report No. 96-504EPW |
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96-504 EPW CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Ideas for Privatizing Social Security Updated April 6, 1998 David Koitz Specialist in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT There has been considerable interest recently in privatizing Social Security. The ideas are wide-ranging: from adoption of a ...
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| Date April 3, 1998 |
Report No. 97-813 |
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97-813 STM CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Violent and Abusive Behavior in Youth: A Public Health Problem Updated April 3, 1998 Edith Fairman Cooper Analyst in Social Science Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report provides general background information about violent behavior of youth and young ...
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| Date April 3, 1998 |
Report No. 97-813STM |
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97-813 STM CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Violent and Abusive Behavior in Youth: A Public Health Problem Updated April 3, 1998 Edith Fairman Cooper Analyst in Social Science Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report provides general background information about violent behavior of youth and young ...
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| Date April 2, 1998 |
Report No. 98-330 |
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98-330 F April 2, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Summit of the Americas II, April 18-19, 1998: Background, Objectives, and Expectations K. Larry Storrs Specialist in Latin American Affairs Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary President William Clinton will attend Summit of the Americas II in Santiago, Chile, on April 18-19, 1998, with 34 democratic ...
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| Date April 2, 1998 |
Report No. 96-356 |
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96-356 E Updated April 2, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Work Opportunity Tax Credit: A Fact Sheet Linda Levine Specialist in Labor Economics Economics Division The 104th Congress replaced the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC, 1978-1994) with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) in section 1201 of the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-188). The ...
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| Date April 2, 1998 |
Report No. 96-356E |
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96-356 E Updated April 2, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Work Opportunity Tax Credit: A Fact Sheet Linda Levine Specialist in Labor Economics Economics Division The 104th Congress replaced the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC, 1978-1994) with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) in section 1201 of the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-188). The ...
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| Date March 31, 1998 |
Report No. 96-293 |
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96-293 SPR Updated March 31, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web AIDS Funding for Federal Government Programs: FY1981-FY1999 Judith A. Johnson Specialist in Life Sciences Science Policy Research Division Summary This report provides a synopsis of the budget activity related to AIDS from the discovery of the disease in 1981 through FY1999. Funding for AIDS research, prevention ...
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| Date March 31, 1998 |
Report No. 98-73 |
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98-73 EPW Updated March 31, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Medicare Expansion: President Clinton s Proposals to Allow Coverage Before Age 65 Bob Lyke, Beth C. Fuchs, and Jennifer O Sullivan Specialists in Social Legislation Madeleine Smith Consultant Education and Public Welfare Division Summary President Clinton has proposed allowing people ages 62 through 64 to buy ...
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| Date March 31, 1998 |
Report No. 96-293SPR |
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96-293 SPR Updated March 31, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web AIDS Funding for Federal Government Programs: FY1981-FY1999 Judith A. Johnson Specialist in Life Sciences Science Policy Research Division Summary This report provides a synopsis of the budget activity related to AIDS from the discovery of the disease in 1981 through FY1999. Funding for AIDS research, prevention ...
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| Date March 30, 1998 |
Report No. 98-352 |
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Distributed by Penny Hill Press 98-352 EPW Health Insurance and Medical Care: Physician Services under Managed Care March 30, 1998 Patrick Purcell Analyst in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division ABSTRACT Based on data from a 1995 national survey of physicians, this CRS Report compares the frequency of diagnostic services and therapeutic services during office visits to ...
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| Date March 30, 1998 |
Report No. 98-287 |
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98-287 GOV Updated March 30, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Campaign Finance Reform Bills in the 105th Congress: Comparison of H.R. 3485 (Thomas), S. 25 (McCain-Feingold), and Current Law Joseph E. Cantor Specialist in American National Government Government Division Summary The House plans to consider campaign reform legislation H.R. 3485 (Thomas) reported by the House ...
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| Date March 27, 1998 |
Report No. 96-212ENR |
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96-212 ENR CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Civilian Nuclear Spent Fuel Temporary Storage Options Updated March 27, 1998 Mark Holt Specialist in Energy Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT The Department of Energy (DOE) is studying a site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for a permanent underground ...
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| Date March 27, 1998 |
Report No. 98-303 |
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98-303 F CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web International Financial Institutions and Population Programs: A Survey of Current Activity March 27, 1998 Jonathan E. Sanford Analyst in International Political Economy Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report examines the population or family planning ...
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| Date March 27, 1998 |
Report No. 98-33 |
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98-33 STM CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Drunk Driving: Should Each State Be Required to Enact a 0.08 Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Law? Updated March 27, 1998 Paul F. Rothberg Specialist in Science and Technology Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Drunk Driving: Should Each State Be Required to Enact a 0.08 ...
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| Date March 27, 1998 |
Report No. 96-212 |
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95-548 ENR Updated March 27, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Forest Health: Overview Ross W. Gorte Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary The pine ecosystems in the intermountain West are considered by many to be unhealthy. While the data are inconclusive, studies show at least localized problems of timber ...
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| Date March 27, 1998 |
Report No. 95-548 |
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95-548 ENR Updated March 27, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Forest Health: Overview Ross W. Gorte Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary The pine ecosystems in the intermountain West are considered by many to be unhealthy. While the data are inconclusive, studies show at least localized problems of timber ...
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| Date March 27, 1998 |
Report No. 95-548ENR |
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95-548 ENR Updated March 27, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Forest Health: Overview Ross W. Gorte Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary The pine ecosystems in the intermountain West are considered by many to be unhealthy. While the data are inconclusive, studies show at least localized problems of timber ...
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| Date March 27, 1998 |
Report No. 98-33STM |
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98-33 STM CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Drunk Driving: Should Each State Be Required to Enact a 0.08 Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Law? Updated March 27, 1998 Paul F. Rothberg Specialist in Science and Technology Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Drunk Driving: Should Each State Be Required to Enact a 0.08 ...
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| Date March 26, 1998 |
Report No. 97-917 |
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97-917 STM Updated March 26, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Disease Funding and NIH Priority Setting Judith A. Johnson Specialist in Life Sciences Science, Technology, and Medicine Division Summary Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has strong political support, but a heated debate rages over the allocation of NIH funds among various diseases. NIH ...
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| Date March 26, 1998 |
Report No. 98-292 |
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98-292 A March 26, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Promulgating Procedural Rules For the United States District Courts and Courts of Appeals P. L. Morgan Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary By rules enabling acts, Congress has authorized federal courts to promulgate rules of procedure, but it has generally reserved the right to review proposed rules before ...
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| Date March 25, 1998 |
Report No. 98-295 |
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98-295 A March 25, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Legal Analysis of the 10% Disadvantaged Small Business Set-Aside Provisions of H.R. 2400, the "Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997" Charles V. Dale Legislative Attorney Congressional Research Service Summary Surface transportation authorization bills before the 105th Congress continue a 10 % ...
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| Date March 25, 1998 |
Report No. 98-289 |
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98-289 A March 25, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Proposed Witness Protection and Interstate Relocation Act of 1997: H.R. 2181 Paul S. Wallace, Jr. Specialist in American Public Law American Law Division Summary H.R. 2181 addresses the problem of gang-related witness intimidation by making it a federal offense to travel in interstate or foreign commerce with the ...
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| Date March 25, 1998 |
Report No. 98-295A |
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98-295 A March 25, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Legal Analysis of the 10% Disadvantaged Small Business Set-Aside Provisions of H.R. 2400, the "Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997" Charles V. Dale Legislative Attorney Congressional Research Service Summary Surface transportation authorization bills before the 105th Congress continue a 10 % ...
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| Date March 24, 1998 |
Report No. 97-670 |
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97-670 ENR CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Agriculture and EPA s New Air Quality Standards for Ozone and Particulates Updated March 24, 1998 James E. McCarthy and Jeffrey A. Zinn Senior Analysts in Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress ABSTRACT This report discusses ...
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| Date March 24, 1998 |
Report No. 98-285 |
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98-285 E CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: Disclosure of Fees to Mortgage Brokers March 24, 1998 Bruce E. Foote Analyst in Housing Economics Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Abstract This report provides an overview of one of the issues involving the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA), ...
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| Date March 23, 1998 |
Report No. 98-275 |
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Order Code 98-275 F March 23, 1998 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web U.N. Reform in the 1997 General Assembly Lois B. McHugh Foreign Affairs Analyst Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary This short report provides background and summarizes U.N. reforms considered and adopted by the 1997 U.N. General Assembly. During 1997, Congress considered legislation which ...
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| Date March 20, 1998 |
Report No. 97-926 |
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97-926 EPW CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The State Children s Health Insurance Program: Guidance on Frequently Asked Questions Updated March 20, 1998 Jean Hearne Consultant Jennifer A. Neisner Analyst in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Abstract The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97, P.L. 105-33 ...
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| Date March 20, 1998 |
Report No. 98-276 |
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98-276 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Consumer Bankruptcy Reform: Proposals Before the 105th Congress March 20, 1998 Robin Jeweler Legislative Attorney American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Abstract This report examines several proposals for consumer bankruptcy reform which have been introduced in the 105th Congress. In 1997, two bills ...
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| Date March 20, 1998 |
Report No. 98-288 |
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98-288 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Federal Excise Taxes and Statutory Exemptions March 20, 1998 Marie B. Morris Legislative Attorney American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Abstract This report consists of a chart of selected federal excise taxes that apply to sales of goods and services. The report covers how each tax is imposed and ...
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| Date March 20, 1998 |
Report No. 98-276A |
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98-276 A CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Consumer Bankruptcy Reform: Proposals Before the 105th Congress March 20, 1998 Robin Jeweler Legislative Attorney American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Abstract This report examines several proposals for consumer bankruptcy reform which have been introduced in the 105th Congress. In 1997, two bills ...
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| Date March 20, 1998 |
Report No. 97-926EPW |
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97-926 EPW CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The State Children s Health Insurance Program: Guidance on Frequently Asked Questions Updated March 20, 1998 Jean Hearne Consultant Jennifer A. Neisner Analyst in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Abstract The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97, P.L. 105-33 ...
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