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Humble address of the House of Commons to the King
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The Humble address of the House of Commons to the King
Summary
About the Treaty of Partition.
Humble address of the House of Commons to the King
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The Humble address of the House of Commons to the King
The doings of death
Title
The doings of death
Date
1901
The youth sub-minimum wage
Title
The youth sub-minimum wage: An overview of recent consideration
Date
1984
Summary
For at least the past fifteen years, legislation to create a reduced wage option for employers of youth workers (a sub-minimum wage) has been more-or-less continuously before the Congress. New proposals to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (as amended) to provide for a general youth sub-minimum wage have been introduced in the 97th and 98th Congresses. This paper presents a brief overview of recent legislative consideration of the sub-minimum wage issue.
The "Fitzgerald Act" and the federal role in apprenticeship training
Title
The "Fitzgerald Act" and the federal role in apprenticeship training: Recent interest and current initiatives
Date
1985
Summary
The Fitzgerald Act (National Apprenticeship Act) of 1937 serves as the charter for the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training in the Department of Labor. It also provides the legal framework for the Federal Government's involvement in apprenticeship training programs. Briefly, this paper examines the evolution of apprentice training in America, the provisions of the Fitzgerald Act, and recent legislative interest in apprentice training.
U.S.-Latin American trade
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U.S.-Latin American trade: An overview
Date
1986
Summary
U.S.-Latin America trade flows have changed dramatically over the last few years. This paper briefly examines U.S.-Latin American trade to determine, among other things, the cause and possible consequences of the shift in trade flows.
Federal deposit insurance funds
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Federal deposit insurance funds: An overview of FDIC and FSLIC finances
Date
1987
Summary
In the late 1980s bad agriculture, energy, and real estate loans have caused the largest number of bank and savings institution failures since the Depression. Such failures have strained the resources of the deposit-insuring agencies FDIC and FSLIC. This report analyzes the financial resources of these agencies, in view of potential congressional reexamination of their nature.
National minimum drinking age
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National minimum drinking age: Provisions and analysis
Date
1984
Summary
The National Minimum Drinking Age (NMDA) law reqiures that States not in the compliance with the 21-minimum-age-law by fiscal year 1987 face a loss of a portion of their Federal-aid highway funds. The report discusses the provisions and sanction effects.
Measuring vitality and performance in aging workers
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Measuring vitality and performance in aging workers
Date
1985
State and local assistance for narcotics control
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State and local assistance for narcotics control: The Anti-Drug Act of 1986
Date
1987
Summary
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-570) established a program of grants to State and local agencies for drug law enforcement. Under that statute, the Bureau of Justice Assistance is authorized, under the State and Local Assistance for Narcotics Control Formula Grant Program, to make grants to States, for use by States and local units of government. These grants are awarded to State and local governments to enforce laws that establish offenses similar to offenses established in the Controlled Substances Act. These funds may be used to support programs which improve the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, detention, and rehabilitation of drug offenders. Eradication programs, treatment programs, and programs which concentrate on major drug offenders are also eligible for funding.
Avoiding urban/rural wage inequities in determination of prevailing wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act
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Avoiding urban/rural wage inequities in determination of prevailing wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act
Date
1985
Summary
Through a rulemaking proceeding that has spanned nearly five years, the Secretary of Labor has fashioned regulations restricting the use of urban wage data in the determination of "prevailing" wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act (P.L. 71-798, as amended). This paper traces the evolution of the urban/rural data controversy and reviews questions concerning legislative action on the issue.
Labor standards
Title
Labor standards: Statistics concerning staffing and compliance activity by the United States Department of Labor, 1976-1986
Date
1986
Summary
This report presents a statistical review of the pattern of staffing and enforcement/compliance activity within the United States Department of Labor through fiscal years 1976 to 1986. It notes the work hours required to administer the following statutes: the Fair Labor Standards Act; the several Federal procurement labor standards statutues -- the Davis-Bacon Act, the Walsh-Healy Act, and the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act; and the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act and its successor, after 1983, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act. It also notes the number of violations of the several acts and the dollar amounts of back wages involved, where applicable. All tables have been developed from data provided by the Wage and Hour Division, United States Department of Labor.

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