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Title: Reduction of wage rates under anti-retaliation provisions of 1985 FLSA amendments
Date: 1986

Title: Patterns in selected data on U.S. agricultural exports
Date: 1987
Summary: This paper provides a series of tables on U.S. agricultural exports in terms of both value and volume since 1977. By covering a nine-year period, the tables demonstrate export growth and decline. U.S. agricultural exports in 1986 are just above 1977's, and the 1986 trade balance is the lowest in the nine-year period covered in this paper.

Title: Genealogie de la tres ancienne et noble famille de Faesch, originaire de la ville de Baste en Suisse
Date: 1806

Title: Overview of major legal issues under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Date: 1985

Title: Overview of recent judicial decisions on the constitutional right of mental patients to refuse treatment
Date: 1985

Title: Overview of the independent counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act
Date: 1986
Summary: This report provides an overview of the provisions of the Ethics in Government Act concerning the appointment of an independent counsel (formerly "special prosecutor"), the duties and authority of the independent counsel, and the congressional oversight of the independent counsel.

Title: P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act: Its development, implementation, and current issues
Date: 1986
Summary: P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, is generally regarded as a landmark in the establishment of educational equality for school-age handicapped children in the United States. This paper, written upon the 10th anniversary of the enactment of P.L. 94-142, examines the law's background, development, and implementation, and discusses issues before Congress on its future.

Title: Preservation of food by irradiation
Date: 1986
Summary: The phrase "irradiation of food" refers to the treatment of food with one of several types of radiation processes. This report focuses on only one type of food irradiation -- the process of using ionizing radiation to preserve food. The paper includes a discussion of the technical aspects of irradiation, the potential uses of irradiation for food preservation, and the issues of food safety, wholesomeness and labeling of irradiated foods.

Title: Proposed coverage of handicapped persons by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: An analysis of H.R. 1294 and H.R. 370
Date: 1985

Title: Private support for public elementary and secondary education
Date: 1983
Summary: Citizens, business leaders, and school officials are promoting increased private sector support for public elementary and secondary schools. Current efforts include volunteer programs, education foundations, donation of equipment, and joint staffing. These efforts serve to supplement tax funds for schools rather than provide a substitute for adequate financing of schools.