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

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: Clean Air Act provisions to protect national parklands
Date: 1985

Title: 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

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.

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

Title: Town of Burlington v department of education, commonwealth of Massachusetts: Private school placement under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Date: 1985

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.

Title: Congressional and state legislative redistricting and reapportionment
Date: 1985

Title: Environmental protection issues of the 99th Congress
Date: 1985

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.

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

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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Title: Fifty state survey regarding guardianship for retarded children
Date: 1985

Title: National teachers' examination: Background and issues
Date: 1985
Summary: This paper provides background information on the current proposals that would require all new teachers to pass a national teacher competency test before becoming eligible for internship or certification. In addition to providing an overview of the current proposals, brief discussions are provided about the various problems and experiences with testing programs of other professions such as law, medicine, nursing, and professional engineers. Current teacher examination practices among the States are summarized, and alternative responses for professional organizations and teacher education institutions are explored. The last sections of this paper address procedural questions, potential impact, and Federal options.

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