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Worker relocation assistance
Title
Worker relocation assistance: Moving people to jobs
Date
1983
Summary
One characteristic of the dislocated worker problem is that a mismatch exists between the number and kinds of jobs offered by employers and the number and kinds of skills possessed by workers in the same geographic area. At the same time, other geographic areas have unfilled job openings and relatively low unemployment rates. Government-assisted worker relocation is one tool of employment policy that might be used to reduce these regional imbalances in labor supply and demand. This report describes the U.S. experience with both unassisted and Government-assisted worker relocation. It examines the applicability of this experience to the current dislocated worker problem, as well. In addition, the report evaluates the feasibility of establishing a nationwide worker relocation program.
Comparison of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's groundwater protection strategies
Title
Comparison of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's groundwater protection strategies
Date
1984
Summary
Since 1979, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has expended considerable effort on developing an approach to protect groundwater from pollution. Because groundwater protection has traditionally been a right of the States, EPA sought to develop a groundwater protection strategy that would establish agency policy to protect groundwater under existing Federal statutes, but be sensitive to the rights and protection efforts of the States. EPA's efforts to prepare a groundwater strategy have been controversial and the strategy has been redrafted three times. This report compares and contrasts the three EPA groundwater strategies. EPA's executive summary of the proposed third version of the groundwater strategy is included in an appendix.
Distributing acid rain mitigation costs
Title
Distributing acid rain mitigation costs: Analysis of a one-mill user fee on electricity generation in the contiguous 48 states
Date
1983
Meaning more than we know ...
Title
Meaning more than we know ...
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand
Title
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: the renowned Missouri "bushwhacker" ... being his complete confession
Battle of Westport
Title
The Battle of Westport
Missouri
Title
Missouri
Chronicles of the Civil War in Monroe County
Title
Chronicles of the Civil War in Monroe County
Gross national product and basic manufacturing industries in the United States
Title
Gross national product and basic manufacturing industries in the United States: Comparative analysis of growth rates, 1950-1982
Date
1984
Summary
This report analyzes and compares trends in the growth of real GNP and real output in manufacturing and basic manufacturing in the Unites States between 1950 and 1982. As a corollary, the report also looks at trends in the real output growth of six basic manufacturing industries in the same period: primary metals, motor vehicles and equipment, textile mill products, paper and allied products, chemicals and allied products, and rubber and miscellaneous plastic products. The results indicate, among other things, that (1) manufacturing is not in imminent danger of disappearing, as some proponents of the "deindustrialization" thesis seem to believe, (2) since the mid-1970s, basic manufacturing at once is contributing less and less to national income and continues to be greatly influenced by changes in national income, and (3) it can be misleading to treat all basic American manufacturing industries as though they constitute a homogeneous sector facing the same competitive challenges and commercial opportunities.
Residential and community services for persons with mental retardation and related disabilities
Title
Residential and community services for persons with mental retardation and related disabilities: Background information and proposed legislation
Date
1985
Summary
Since 1973, Federal Medicaid funds have been used to help support services for institutionalized mentally retarded persons. Legislation has been introduced in the 99th Congress that would transfer most of these funds out of the institutions and make this funding available for community -based services. Advocates of the legislation believe that community -based services are preferable to institutional services, but some parents of institutionalized persons feel that the larger residential facilities are a necessary part of the service system.
Campaign in Missouri
Title
The Campaign in Missouri: in September and October 1864
Historic preservation program
Title
Historic preservation program: Structure, history and congressional policies
Date
1987
Summary
This report reviews the current historic preservation partnership between the Federal/State/local government sectors, and the private sector; the partnership evolution from 1906 through 1976; the historic preservation legislation of the 95th through 99th Congresses; the congressional jurisdiction for historical preservation in the 100th Congress; and historic preservation issues which may be debated in the 100th Congress.
Smokeless tobacco
Title
Smokeless tobacco: Health concerns spark advertising and labeling controversy
Date
1986
Summary
Prompted by growing concerns about the health effects associated with smokeless tobacco products - both chewing tobacco and snuff - several bills are being considered by the 99th Congress which are designed to warn consumers about the dangerous health consequences of such products and discourage their consumption. This report provides background information on these products, including usage, their advertising and promotion, and health concerns. It also discusses legislative proposals which include labeling requirements, advertising bans and restrictions, tax measures, and public education efforts.
Shewed a rare knowledge ...
Title
Shewed a rare knowledge ...
Union cause in St. Louis in 1861
Title
The Union cause in St. Louis in 1861: an historical sketch
Federal funding for education services for undocumented alien children
Title
Federal funding for education services for undocumented alien children
Date
1983
Summary
This paper describes the program under which funds were made available in the 98th Congress for the education of immigrant children, including the undocumented, as well as other federally funded education programs for alien children. Concerns in the area of education of aliens, including the availability of data on the undocumented, are discussed.
ACTION and its volunteer programs
Title
ACTION and its volunteer programs
Date
1986
Summary
ACTION is authorized by the Domestic Volunteer Service Act; its major program components include Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and the Older American Volunteer Program (OAVP). This legislation was last reauthorized in 1984 (P.L. 98-288) and will be reviewed for reauthorization by Congress during the 99th Congress. This paper provides an overview of ACTION programs.
Drug and alcohol abuse
Title
Drug and alcohol abuse: Prevention, treatment, and education
Date
1986
Summary
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, P.L. 99-570, authorizes a wide-ranging Federal effort to prevent and control substance abuse. This paper describes the background and development of Federal support for substance abuse education, prevention, and treatment programs and activities, including provisions for such support in P.L. 99-570.
Legal issues and legislation concerning use of backyard satellite earth stations to receive cable television programs
Title
Legal issues and legislation concerning use of backyard satellite earth stations to receive cable television programs
Date
1985
Legislative vetoes enacted after Chadha
Title
Legislative vetoes enacted after Chadha
Date
1987
Summary
This report identifies the legislative vetoes that have been enacted into law after the Supreme Court, in INS v. Chadha (1983), which held the legislative veto unconstitutional. Most of the legislative vetoes enacted after Chadha vest the veto power in committees or subcommittees of Congress.

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