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Interjurisdictional fisheries management
Title
Interjurisdictional fisheries management: Issues and options
Date
1985
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.
The distribution of income among families with children, 1968-1984
Title
The distribution of income among families with children, 1968-1984
Date
1985
Summary
This paper examines changes in the distribution of total money income among families with children from 1968 to 1984. The paper supplements the discussion of this topic contained in "Children in Poverty" (Ways and Means Committee Print 99-8). Using data from the Bureau of the Census' Current Population Surveys, families with children are divided into five groups (quintiles) based on their income. The paper then examines changes in 1) the average income received by each group and 2) the share of total money income received by each group.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Title
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act: A condensed history of the original act and major amendments
Date
1985
Overview of major legal issues under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Title
Overview of major legal issues under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Date
1985
Overview of recent judicial decisions on the constitutional right of mental patients to refuse treatment
Title
Overview of recent judicial decisions on the constitutional right of mental patients to refuse treatment
Date
1985
Proposed coverage of handicapped persons by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
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
Clean Air Act provisions to protect national parklands
Title
Clean Air Act provisions to protect national parklands
Date
1985
Summary and analysis of the major legal developments under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. 1983,
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Summary and analysis of the major legal developments under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. 1983,: With respect to actions against schools and school officials
Date
1985
Employment and labor
Title
Employment and labor: An alphabetical microthesaurus of terms selected from the Legislative Indexing Vocabulary
Date
1985
Summary
The microthesaurus is a compilation of terms from the Legislative Indexing Vocabulary on employment and labor. While it does not include specific occupations, selected occupational groups are included. These terms may be used in searching the CRS Bibliographic Data Base, the Bill Digest files, and the Major Issues System on SCORPIO.
Vouchers for the education of disadvantaged children
Title
Vouchers for the education of disadvantaged children: Analysis of the Reagan Administration proposal
Date
1985
Summary
The Reagan Administration has recently renewed its proposal to authorize Federal aid for the education of disadvantaged children (Chapter 1, Education Consolidation and Improvement Act) in the form of vouchers, this time proposing that the parents of all children served by the program have this option available to them. This paper provides background on the voucher concept, an analysis of existing proposals, and pro/con arguments regarding vouchers for the education of the disadvantaged, plus a discussion of possible alternatives
Town of Burlington v. department of education, commonwealth of Massachusetts
Title
Town of Burlington v department of education, commonwealth of Massachusetts: Private school placement under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Date
1985
Social security and the national debt
Title
Social security and the national debt
Date
1985
Summary
The national debt is the amount of liabilities of the Federal Government outstanding at any given time. Because surplus resources of the social security trust funds are invested in Federal securities, and hence constitute part of the national debt, a question sometimes asked is what effect does social security have on the size of the national debt. This paper provides a technical description of how the financial operations of the social security program relate to the national debt and the debt ceiling.
Congressional and state legislative redistricting and reapportionment
Title
Congressional and state legislative redistricting and reapportionment
Date
1985
Environmental protection issues of the 99th Congress
Title
Environmental protection issues of the 99th Congress
Date
1985
Bank and thrift institution failures
Title
Bank and thrift institution failures: Selected references
Date
1985
Summary
Is the U.S. financial system in trouble? Do the recent failures of thrift institutions, banks and government-securities dealers--and the fears of further collapses--foreshadow serious trouble? Part I of the bibliography cites works on bank failures and Part II deals with thrift institutions, focusing on these questions and issues.
Extent to which the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act authorize...
Title
Extent to which the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act authorize...: and enforce grandparent visitation rights
Date
1985
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.
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.
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.

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