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Title: Interjurisdictional fisheries management: Issues and options
Date: 1985

Title: How the government borrows: A primer
Date: 1985
Summary: The United States Government is the world's largest debtor. It owes nearly $2 trillion and is borrowing more at a rate of approximately $200 billion a year. This report explains the basics of how the Government goes about borrowing these sums.

Title: Measuring vitality and performance in aging workers
Date: 1985

Title: Picking up the tab: The cost of acid rain legislation in indiana
Date: 1984

Title: Potential implications of funding reductions for programs administered by the department of education
Date: 1985
Summary: This paper presents the potential implications funding reductions might have for selected programs administered by the Department of Education. Also included is data on program funding levels since FY 1980 adjusted for inflation, the estimated number of recipients, the estimated Federal share of financing the program, and the types of services provided and activities supported by these programs.

Title: Private pension plan standards: A summary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended
Date: 1986
Summary: Protection and guarantees for employees covered by private pension and welfare benefit plans are provided in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). This report summarizes the provisions of ERISA and pertinent provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through the Single-Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1986.

Title: Effective tax rates in the administration and ways and means tax proposals updated tables
Date: 1985
Summary: On September 26, 1985 tax reform proposals for use in mark up in the Committee on Ways and Means were announced. The Administration has also proposed some changes in its May 28, 1985 tax reform, including the elimination of indexing of inventories. This report updates effective tax rates in "Effects of Business Tax Provisions in the Administration's Tax Proposal," Congressional Research Service Report No. 85-783 E, June 6, 1985 to incorporate these proposals.

Title: Overview of major legal issues under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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: Rural areas and clean water: Impacts of the Water Quality Act of 1987
Date: 1987
Summary: Cities throughout the country face capital shortfalls for wastewater treatment construction. Yet, rural communities face special problems in financing needed capital improvements such as sewage treatment facilities. This report reviews the impact of waste-water treatment funding provisions of the Water Quality Act of 1987 on rural communities.

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

Title: Selected options for federal support of state and local technology development programs
Date: 1987
Summary: In an attempt to foster regional economic growth, many State and local governments have developed and are supporting programs to enhance technological advancement within their jurisdictions. These programs are based upon the idea that economic benefits accrue from the creation of new firms and from increases in productivity in existing companies through the application of technological products and processes. These efforts very by State and often a jurisdiction supports several different approaches. Several Federal programs and policies have facilitated State and local technological development activities. These include programs to strengthen the science and technology capabilities of State governments, to encourage industry-university cooperation, to expand the use of Federal technical resources, and to strengthen the research capacity of universities. There is congressional interest in exploring ways to augment Federal support for State and local technological advancement efforts. Various options are identified to assist Members in determining if future congressional action is necessary, and if so, what types of activities might build upon an infrastructure already in place.

Title: School Board of Nassau County v. Arline: A person with the contagious disease of tuberculosis may be covered under section 504 of the Rehabilitation act of 1973
Date: 1987
Summary: The Supreme Court held in School Board of Nassau County v. Arline that a person with the contagious disease of tuberculosis may be a handicapped individual under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Title: Rural housing programs of the Farmers Home Administration: Brief descriptions and budget data
Date: 1987
Summary: This report provides brief descriptions of the rural housing programs of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA). The FmHA programs are classified according to the section under which they are authorized in the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. Each program description is followed by a table showing the dollar amount of loan or grant obligations and the number of housing units assisted or produced by the program for fiscal years 1977 through 1987.

Title: Selected federal internal revenue code provisions pertaining to education
Date: 1985
Summary: The Federal Internal Revenue Code has a number of provision pertaining to education. Some of these provisions refer explicitly to "educational institution" or "student" or the like, while others without such references still have implications for education. This report provides summaries of certain of these provisions, short legislative histories, data on how they affect education, tax expenditure revenue loss estimates, and mention of how they would be affected by President Reagan's May 1985, tax reform proposals.

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