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| Date Sept. 30, 1996 |
Report No. 96-798 |
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Order Code 96-798 September 30, 1996 Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands Dispute: The U.S. Legal Relationship and Obligations Larry A. Niksch Specialist in Asian Affairs Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary New tensions among China, Japan, and Taiwan over disputed islands in the East China Sea are based on long-standing territorial claims they have maintained. The United States has important ...
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| Date Sept. 24, 1996 |
Report No. 96-785 |
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| Date Sept. 23, 1996 |
Report No. 94-302 |
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94-302 A ^ !' I I I Intellectual Property Provisions Of the GATT 1994 And the Uruguay Round Agreements Act Dorothy Schrader Senior Specialist American Law Division Updated September 23, 1996 I Ui[ Ir 'l ' ' ' "r 1 (' ' I INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS O F T H E GATT 1994 AND T H E URUGUAY R O U N D A G R E E M E N T S A C T SUMMARY This report analyzes the intellectual property (IP) provisions ...
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| Date Sept. 16, 1996 |
Report No. 96-766 |
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96-766 ENR September 16, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web A Clean Air Option: Cash for Clunkers David M. Bearden Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 encourage states to pursue market-based approaches to improve air quality.1 An Accelerated Vehicle Retirement (AVR) program, commonly referred to as Cash for Clunkers, ...
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| Date Sept. 13, 1996 |
Report No. 96-767 |
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Order Code 96-767 F CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Chinese Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Background and Analysis September 13, 1996 Shirley A. Kan Analyst in Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Chinese Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Background and Analysis Summary ...
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| Date Aug. 20, 1996 |
Report No. 95-753 |
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95-753 A Updated August 20, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Presidential Emergency Powers: The So-Called "War Powers Act of 1933" David M. Ackerman Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary The "War Powers Act of 1933" is a name given by some members of the militia and patriot movement to emergency banking legislation passed in 1933 five days after President ...
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| Date Aug. 20, 1996 |
Report No. 96-696 |
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96-696 A Overview And Comparison Of Omnibus Patent Reform Bills (S. 1961 And H.R. 3460) Dorothy Schrader Senior Specialist American Law Division August 20, 1996 OVERVIEW AND C O M P A R I S O N O F O M N I B U S P A T E N T R E F O R M B I L L S ( S . 1961 AND H.R. 3460) SUMMARY The pending omnibus patent reform bills (S. 1961 and H.R.3460) propose reorganization of the Patent and Trademark Office ...
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| Date Aug. 15, 1996 |
Report No. TRANSFERS88-95 |
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96-677 F CRS Report for Congress Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1988-1995 Richard F. Grimmett Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division August 15, 1996 J Congressional Research Service _ _ _ _ _1 _ _ _ . The Library of Congress Illmllllll~III~IIIII~lml CRS Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1988-1995 SUMMARY Developing nations ...
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| Date Aug. 15, 1996 |
Report No. 96-677 |
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96-677 F CRS Report for Congress Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1988-1995 Richard F. Grimmett Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division August 15, 1996 CRS J Congressional Research Service _ _ _ _ _1 _ _ _ . The Library of Congress Illmllllll~III~IIIII~lml Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1988-1995 SUMMARY Developing nations ...
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| Date Aug. 15, 1996 |
Report No. 96-677F |
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| Date Aug. 13, 1996 |
Report No. 96-94 |
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96-94 E Glass-Steagall Act Modernization? William Jackson Specialist in Financial Institutions Economics Division Updated August 13, 1996 cps I 111 GLASS-STEAGALL ACT MODERNIZATION? SUMMARY Debate over reform of the Nation's financial structure in the Congress includes reexamination of the banking and securities industries . The two were divided by the Glass-Steagall Act (part of the Banking Act ...
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| Date Aug. 9, 1996 |
Report No. 96-671 |
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96-671 F CRS Report for Congress International Drug Trade and Its Impact on the United States Raphael F. Perl, Coordinator Specialist in International Affairs Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Jennifer A. Neisner Analyst in Social Legislation Education and Public Welfare Division David L. Teasley Analyst in American National Government Government Division August 9, 1996 CRS ...
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| Date July 30, 1996 |
Report No. 96-661 |
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Order Code 96-661 E CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Worker Rights Provisions and Trade Policy: Should They Be Linked? July 30, 1996 Mary Jane Bolle Specialist in Labor Economics Economics Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Worker Rights Provisions and Trade Policy: Should They Be Linked? Summary Should promotion of worker rights around the world be ...
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| Date July 17, 1996 |
Report No. 96-631 |
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96-631 F July 17, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests? Potential Test Ban Risks and Technical Benefits Jonathan Medalia Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary During the negotiations on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), India blocked the draft treaty from becoming an official Conference ...
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| Date July 10, 1996 |
Report No. 96-609 |
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96-609 A CRS Report for Congress "In God We Trust" on the Nation's Coins and Currency and As the National Motto: History and Constitutionahty David M. Ackerman Legislative Attorney American Law Division July 10, 1996 CRS Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress "IN GOD WE TRUST" ON T H E N A T I O N ' S C O I N S AND C U R R E N C Y AND A S T H E NATIONAL M O T T O : H I S T O R Y ...
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| Date July 1, 1996 |
Report No. 95-166 |
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95-166 F Updated July 1, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web World Health Organization: A Fact Sheet Lois McHugh Analyst in International Relations Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division The World Health Organization (WHO), established in 1948, is the U.N. System's authority on international public health issues. It assists governments in improving national health ...
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| Date June 21, 1996 |
Report No. 96-575 |
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96-575 A CRS Report for Congress Homosexuality and the Federal Constitution: A Legal Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Romer v. Evans Charles V. Dale Legislative Attorney American Law Division June 21, 1996 CRS Congressioiial Research Service The Library of Congress HOMOSEXUALITY AND T H E F E D E R A L C O N S T I T U T I O N : A LEGAL ANALYSIS O F T H E U . S . S U P R E M E C O U R T ...
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| Date June 21, 1996 |
Report No. 96-566 |
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96-566 F June 21, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Europe and China An Emerging Relationship Robert G. Sutter Senior Specialist in International Security Policy Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary Reflecting in large part European concern to become more closely linked with China's rising market, the 16-member European Union (EU) has been unusually active ...
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| Date June 19, 1996 |
Report No. 96-561 |
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96-561 F June 19, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web NATO Adapts for New Missions: The Berlin Accord and Combined Joint Task Forces (CJTF) Stanley R. Sloan Senior Specialist in International Security Policy Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division1 Summary The NATO Foreign Ministers, meeting on June 3, 1996 in Berlin, Germany, agreed in principle on significant new ...
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| Date June 13, 1996 |
Report No. 96-545 |
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96-545 A Moorhead-Schroeder Patent Reform Act: An Overview of H.R. 3460 Dorothy Schrader Senior Specialist American Law Division June 13, 1996 j j ' "-1 1"* ) ' M O O R H E A D - S C H R O E D E R P A T E N T R E F O R M ACT: AN OVERVIEW O F H.R. 3460 SUMMARY The Moorhead-Schroeder Patent Reform Act, H.R. 3460, contains six titles dealing with various patent reform issues. Title I ~ the Patent and ...
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| Date June 7, 1996 |
Report No. 95-629 |
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95-629 ENR Appropriations for FY1996 : Interior One of a series of CRS Reports on FY1996 appropriations Alfred R . Greenwood, Coordinator Senior Analyst in Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Updated June 7, 1996 CBS I I I 1 1 1 1 Ii Appropriations for FY1996 : Interior Summary The annual Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill includes funding for ...
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| Date June 6, 1996 |
Report No. 96-518 |
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96-518 F China's Rising Power: Alternative U.S. National Security Strategies -Findings of a Seminar Robert G. Sutter Senior Specialist in International Politics With the Assistance of Peter Mitchener Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division June 6, 1996 CRS CongressionaarchSere - Te L r of C ess l l l III IIII CHINA'S RISING POWER: ALTERNATIVE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES -- FINDINGS OF ...
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| Date June 5, 1996 |
Report No. 96-494 |
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96-494 F June 5, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web War Powers Resolution: A Brief Summary of Pro and Con Arguments Richard F. Grimmett Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary The War Powers Resolution, Public Law 93-148, was enacted by Congress over the veto of President Nixon on November 7, 1973. Through more than twenty-two ...
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| Date June 3, 1996 |
Report No. 96-499 |
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Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996: A Summary file:///C:/DOCUME~1/fgibson/LOCALS~1/Temp/metacrs309_96-499A... 96-499 A Charles Doyle Senior Specialist American Law Division June 3, 1996 ANTITERRORISM AND EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1996: A SUMMARY SUMMARY The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is the product of legislative efforts stretching back well over ...
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| Date May 31, 1996 |
Report No. 96-490 |
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96-490 E May 31, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Legislative Procedure for Disapproving the Renewal of China s Most-Favored-Nation Status Vladimir N. Pregelj Specialist in International Trade and Finance Economics Division Summary The continuation in effect of China s most-favored-nation status with the United States is contingent principally on the maintenance in force ...
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| Date May 30, 1996 |
Report No. 96-513 |
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96-513 A CRS Report for Congress Prison Litigation Reform Act: An Overview Dorothy Schrader Senior Specialist American Law Division May 30, 1996 CRS Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress P R I S O N LITIGATION R E F O R M ACT: AN OVERVIEW SUMMARY The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Public Law 104-134, effective April 26, 1996, makes major procedural and substantive changes in the ...
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| Date May 29, 1996 |
Report No. 96-460 |
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96-460 E CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Tax-Exempt Bonds and the Economics of Professional Sports Stadiums May 29, 1996 Dennis Zimmerman Specialist in Public Finance Economics Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Tax-Exempt Bonds and the Economics of Professional Sports Stadiums Summary Users of publicly owned stadiums receive subsidies from both ...
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| Date May 28, 1996 |
Report No. 96-477 |
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96-477 ENR May 28, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Crop Insurance and Risk Management: Provisions in the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill Ralph M. Chite Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary Provisions in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-127, the 1996 farm bill) make several changes to the ...
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| Date May 24, 1996 |
Report No. 96-469 |
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96-469 E May 24, 1996 )-:V ;**i."[ ) ' ! ' { -'-"> The China-U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Dispute: Background and Implications for China-U.S. Economic Relations Wayne M. Morrison Analyst in International Trade and Finance Economics Division SUMMARY The United States has pressed China over the past several years to improve its protection of U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR) and to afford ...
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| Date May 22, 1996 |
Report No. 96-462 |
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96-462 F May 22, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web German Military Presence in the United States: The Case of Holloman Air Force Base Karen Donfried Specialist in European Affairs Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary For four decades, Germany has sent pilots to the United States for training. On May 1, 1996, this bilateral military cooperation took an ...
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| Date May 20, 1996 |
Report No. 96-351 |
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96-351 ENR Updated May 20, 1996 Received through the CRS Web Wheat, Feed Grains, Cotton, Rice, and Oilseeds Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill1 Geoffrey S. Becker Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division SUMMARY The "Agricultural Market Transition Act" (Title I of the 1996 farm law) ushers in a new system of price and income supports for producers ...
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| Date May 20, 1996 |
Report No. 96-351ENR |
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96-351 ENR Updated May 20, 1996 Received through the CRS Web Wheat, Feed Grains, Cotton, Rice, and Oilseeds Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill1 Geoffrey S. Becker Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division SUMMARY The "Agricultural Market Transition Act" (Title I of the 1996 farm law) ushers in a new system of price and income supports for producers ...
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| Date May 17, 1996 |
Report No. 96-440 |
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96-440 ENR May 17, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Dairy Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill Ralph M. Chite Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-127, the enacted 1996 farm bill) contains provisions (Title I, Subtitle D, Chapter 1) that ...
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| Date May 16, 1996 |
Report No. 96-431 |
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96-431 ENR May 16, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Credit Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill Ralph M. Chite Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary The Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-127, the 1996 farm bill), which was signed into law on April 4, 1996, contains a credit title ( ...
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| Date May 2, 1996 |
Report No. 96-389 |
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96-389 ENR May 2, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web NAFTA and U.S.-Mexico Cattle Trade Lenore Sek Specialist in International Trade and Finance Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was implemented in January 1994. Thus far, no clear pattern has emerged regarding U.S.-Mexico cattle trade: in the first year ...
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| Date April 29, 1996 |
Report No. 96-373 |
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Order Code 96-373 April 29, 1996 Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 Michael V. Seitzinger Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary Division D of the 1996 Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 104-106), referred to as the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996, concerns changes to the procurement requirements for armed services acquisitions and for civilian agency acquisitions. Although the ...
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| Date April 19, 1996 |
Report No. 96-353 |
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Order Code 96-353 A April 19, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web State Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity: Seminole Tribe v. Florida (1996) M. Maureen Murphy Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary This report summarizes the Supreme Court's decision in Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996), holding unconstitutional the provision of the Indian Gaming ...
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| Date April 18, 1996 |
Report No. 96-354 |
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| Date April 11, 1996 |
Report No. 96-330 |
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96-330 ENR April 11, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Conservation Provisions in the 1996 Farm Bill: A Summary Jeffrey Zinn Senior Analyst in Natural Resources Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary This report briefly reviews the setting in which the farm bill was passed, then describes the provisions in Title III -- Conservation. For a ...
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| Date March 20, 1996 |
Report No. 96-261 |
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Order Code 96-261 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Russia and U.S. Foreign Assistance: 1992-1996 March 20, 1996 Curt Tarnoff Specialist in Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Russia and U.S. Foreign Assistance: 1992-1996 Summary This report, written in 1996, provides historical background that may ...
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| Date March 11, 1996 |
Report No. 96-225 |
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96-225 E NAFTA, Mexican Trade Policy, and U.S .-Mexico Trade : A LongerTerm Perspective J. F . Hornbeck Specialist in International Trade and Finance Economics Division March 11, 1996 a OEM CRS NAFTA, MEXICAN TRADE POLICY, AND U.S :MEXICO TRADE : A LONGERTERM PERSPECTIVE SUMMARY After two years of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the debate over liberalizing trade with Mexico ...
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| Date March 7, 1996 |
Report No. 96-140 |
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96-140 F Updated March 7, 1996 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Greece and Turkey: The Rocky Islet Crisis Carol Migdalovitz Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Summary The dispute between Greece and Turkey over the sovereignty of Imia/Kardak islet escalated rapidly because bilateral relations are hampered by historic distrust and ...
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| Date March 6, 1996 |
Report No. 96-221 |
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96-221 ENR Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension : Questionnaire Responses from Partners and Stakeholders Jean M . Rawson Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division March 6, 1996 wa 1st-lift CRS II I I I Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension : Questionnaire Responses from Partners and Stakeholders SUMMARY The public agricultural research ...
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| Date Feb. 28, 1996 |
Report No. 96-184 |
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96-184 A CRS Report for Congress Campaign Activities By Congressional Employees Jack Maskell Legislative Attorney American Law Division February 28, 1996 CRS Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress I CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES BY CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES SUMMARY Employees of the House and Senate, not covered by "Hatch Act" restrictions, may engage in general campaigning and partisan ...
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| Date Feb. 28, 1996 |
Report No. 95-969 |
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95-969 A Public Performance Right in Digital Audio Transmission of Sound Recordings Dorothy Schrader Senior Specialist American Law Division Updated February 28, 1996 E)s!:!;,;j^>|7li)c ;^:J-^:j::i^'iS'^Ai& 'r^-'i PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHT IN DIGITAL AUDIO TRANSMISSIONS OF SOUND RECORDINGS SUMMARY The Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 amended the 1976 CopjTight Act to create ...
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| Date Feb. 1, 1996 |
Report No. 96-109 |
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96-109 GOV Committee Numbrs, Sizes, Assignments, and Staff-: Selected Hi orieal Carol Hardy Vincent Speci list in American National Government Elizabeth Rybicki Analvst in American National Government Government Division February 1, 1996 Nrm COMMITTEE NUMBERS, SIZES, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STAFF: SELECTED HISTORICAL DATA SUMMARY The long periods of gradual growth and the intervals of decline in the ...
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| Date Feb. 1, 1996 |
Report No. 96-109GOV |
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96-109 GOV Committee Numbrs, Sizes, Assignments, and Staff-: Selected Hi orieal Carol Hardy Vincent Speci list in American National Government Elizabeth Rybicki Analvst in American National Government Government Division February 1, 1996 Nrm COMMITTEE NUMBERS, SIZES, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STAFF: SELECTED HISTORICAL DATA SUMMARY The long periods of gradual growth and the intervals of decline in the ...
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| Date Feb. 1, 1996 |
Report No. 96-116 |
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Order Code 96-116 Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions on the Death Penalty February 1, 1996 Dorothy M. Schrader Senior Specialist American Law Division Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions on the Death Penalty Summary This report summarizes the death penalty decisions of the Supreme Court, with an emphasis upon the cases decided from 1987 through 1995. Several ...
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| Date Jan. 5, 1996 |
Report No. 96-82 |
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96-82 EPW Title I, Education for the Disadvantaged : Perspectives on Studies of Its Achievement Effects Wayne Riddle Specialist in Education Finance Education and Public Welfare Division Fat January 5, 1996 a MMM ~M \` . CRS I I 1 II I TITLE I, EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGE D: PERSPECTIVES ON STUDIES OF ITS ACHIEVEMENT EFFECTS SUMMARY Since the program's initiation in 1965, there has been ...
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| Date Jan. 5, 1996 |
Report No. IB95044 |
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Order Code IB95044 ry Manpower and Compensation: FYI996 Legislative Issues Updated January 5, 1996 by Robert L. Goldich Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division CONTENTS SUMMARY MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS Military Pay, Retired Pay, and a Federal Government Shutdown Military Pay Administration Request Congressional Action Policy Issues Military Retired Pay and Survivor ...
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