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Federal deposit insurance funds
Title
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.
The reagan strategy for economic revitalization
Title
The Reagan strategy for economic revitalization: The results thus far
Date
1983
Summary
In 1981 President Reagan instituted a strategy for economic revitalization which was a major departure from the economic policies followed by previous administration. In essence, the program sought to reduce substantially the economic burdens of Government spending, taxation, and regulation in order to create an economic environment that would reduce inflation and interest rates, revive incentives for Americans to work harder, spur greater savings, and revive and greatly increase business investment. This paper reviews and analyzes the results of the Reagan Administration's economic strategy thus far.
The reagan approach to housing
Title
The Reagan approach to housing
Date
1987
Summary
There have been marked changes in the Federal Government's role in housing since 1981. Inflation, Federal budget deficits, slow income growth, public disenchantment with programs for the poor -- these and other factors would have compelled shifts in social programs such as housing regardless of the group who controlled the White House. But many of the housing programs in place in 1981 were essentially incompatible with the philosophy of the Reagan team. This paper identifies some of the major changes brought about or proposed by this Administration and the rationale for these efforts.
The president's steel import program
Title
The President's steel import program: One year later
Date
1985
Summary
The President's steel import restraint program has as its goal limiting imports of steel to 18.5 percent of the U.S. market for finished steel products and 20.2 percent for all steel products. One year after the announcement of the program, it appears that the goal for all steel products will only partially be achieved for the 1986-89 period. The import market share for all steel products could be reduced, but only to about 22.6 percent of the U.S. market. The ultimate success of the program hinges on the results of negotiations of voluntary export restraint agreements with countries or regions not presently subject to them.
Title III of the Higher Education Act
Title
Title III of the Higher Education Act: Provisions and funding
Date
1987
Summary
Title III of the Higher Education Act authorizes a number of programs to strengthen institutions of higher education, particularly those serving needy and minority students. The FY 1987 appropriation for these programs was $144.208 million. This paper reviews the current provisions of title III, the title's recent appropriatios history, and the FY 1988 Budget Request for its programs.
Ground water protection
Title
Ground water protection: Editorial commentary (September 3, 1984 - April 10, 1985)
Date
1985
Summary
This Editorial Commentary includes articles and editorials which focus on the concern over the quality and future availability of ground water. It is arranged in two sections. The first contains articles on the topic including one reproduced from the CRS Review. Editorials selected from the files maintained by the Congressional Research Service are included in the second section arranged chronologically.
Guide to selected federal assistance programs for undergraduate students
Title
Guide to selected federal assistance programs for undergraduate students
Date
1984
Summary
The Federal Government provides financial assistance to individuals enrolled in, or accepted for enrollment in institutions of higher education. This assistance flows through many programs and takes the form of loans, grants and work. In this CRS Guide to Selected Federal Assistance Programs for Undergraduate Students, 10 programs, administered by various Federal agencies, are briefly described.
Hazardous waste issues
Title
Hazardous waste issues: Selected references, 1983-1984
Date
1985
Summary
This three-part bibliography deals with Superfund, including evaluations of the program and discussions of its reauthorization; management of hazardous waste, including methods of disposal or detoxification as well as management of existing dumps; and the aspects of liability.
Head Start issues in FY 1986
Title
Head Start issues in FY 1986: Funding, administration, and recnet evaluations
Date
1986
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Title
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation: Recapitalization and alternatives
Date
1986
Summary
Among the problems in the U.S. financial system which the 100th Congress will be called on to consider is the financial condition of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), the Federal deposit insurance agency for most of the Nation's savings institutions. The number of failed savings institutions has strained the financial resources of the FSLIC. A major issue of immediate importance is how the FSLIC will meet its financial requirements to enable it to deal effectively with savings institutions now known to be in difficulty.
Drug abuse prevention and control
Title
Drug abuse prevention and control: Budget authority for federal programs, FY 1986 - FY 1988
Date
1987
Summary
The President's budget for fiscal year 1988 asks for a total of $3 billion for Federal programs to prevent or control the use of narcotics and other dangerous drugs. In the form of a table, this CRS report shows budget authority (BA) requested, by agency, as compared with actual BA for FY 1986 and estimated BA for FY 1987. In the case of FY 1987, increased amounts authorized by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 are also indicated, as are appropriations made pursuant to the Act under a separate title of the omnibus appropriations statute for that year, P.L. 99-571. A separate column shows the FY87 budget as proposed to be revised.
Federal spending for education
Title
Federal spending for education: Tables and figures portraying the president's 1986 budget plan (1985-1990) in the context of the past 20 years
Date
1985
Summary
This report portrays and discusses Federal spending for education programs in the context of a 26-year span: the past 20 years of actual experience (1965-1984) and the spending plan for the next six years proposed in the President's 1986 budget. In addition to the 26-year review, various measures such as spending in constant dollars, as a percent of the gross national product (GNP), as a percent of total Federal budget and annual and cumulative change analyses are produced to provide context and perspective.
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings legislation
Title
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings legislation: Editorial commentary
Date
1985
Summary
Balanced Budget and Deficit Reduction Act (commonly known as Gramm-Rudman) calls for a balanced Federal budget by 1991. This Editorial Commentary looks at how Federal spending reductions may be achieved. It also includes comments on how the process for providing automatic budget reductions will effect the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches in the years when Congress cannot agree. The Editorial Commentary is divided into two sections. The first contains newspaper articles focusing on the passage of Gramm-Rudman and its impact. The second includes editorials selected from the editorial collection maintained by Library Services Division. Both sections are arranged in reverse chronological order.
Graduate programs in higher education Title IX of the Higher Education Act
Title
Graduate programs in higher education Title IX of the Higher Education Act: Summary, issues, and options
Date
1985
Summary
Title IX of the Higher Education Act authorizes funding for graduate education. Institutional grants are authorized for fellowships and program improvement. National graduate fellowships are authorized in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Programs are authorized to encourage under-represented groups to enter law schools and to encourage law school clinical programs.
Federal policy for the education of the gifted and talented
Title
Federal policy for the education of the gifted and talented
Date
1984
Summary
This paper provides background information and a discussion of the issues relating to Federal policy for the education of gifted and talented children since the late 1960s.
Fifty state survey regarding guardianship for retarded children
Title
Fifty state survey regarding guardianship for retarded children
Date
1985
Historical federal budget data, 1965-1982
Title
Historical federal budget data, 1965-1982
Date
1984
Summary
The tables and graphs in this report are meant as background for the FY 1985 budget documents. The tables and graphs contain budget data that are consistent with the data in the FY 1985 budget. The FY 1985 budget documents contain actual data for FY 1983, estimated budget data for FY 1984, and the requested budget for FY 1985 (and beyond). Thus, the tables in this report can be extended beyond 1982 by adding data from the tables in the back of the budget document, Budget of the United States Government, FY 1985.
Issues concerning the regulations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Title
Issues concerning the regulations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Date
1985
Interest deductibility after the Tax Reform Act of 1986
Title
Interest deductibility after the Tax Reform Act of 1986
Date
1986
Summary
This report briefly describes the limits placed by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on the deductibility of interest by individuals. It includes the categories of business interest, consumer interest, home mortgage interest, investment interest, interest on activities subject to the passive loss limits, and interest on rental real estate in which the taxpayer actively participates.
Housing requirements in rural areas
Title
Housing requirements in rural areas
Date
1986
Summary
Federal housing policy for rural areas is now at a crossroads. Since 1949 more than two million rural families have received benefits through housing programs of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and about 700,000 through the deep-subsidy programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Early in 1985 the Reagan Administration proposed that additional aid under these programs be suspended for two years, after which all subsidized housing in rural areas would be provided by HUD. While Congress has not yet concurred in these proposed changes, deep cutbacks in proggram levels are expected in the process of reducing the Federal budget deficit. In this transition period, legislators and community groups are going back to the drawing board and asking basic questions about rural housing needs and programs. The questions include the following: (1) What kinds of housing difficulties face low and moderate income families in rural areas? (2) Is there a chronic credit gap for housing in rural areas? (3) What is the connection between the problems of the farm economy and housing problems in rural areas? (4) Are the Federal and State programs now in place able to deal effectively with these problems? (5) Are additional or alternative measures--private as well as public--called for?

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