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Public secondary education systems in England, France, Japan, the Soviet Union, the United States, and West Germany
Title
Public secondary education systems in England, France, Japan, the Soviet Union, the United States, and West Germany: A comparative analysis
Date
1984
Summary
Issues regarding the quality and structure of public secondary education have recently attracted substantial public and legislative attention in the U.S. as well as several foreign nations. This paper provides an overview of the secondary education structure in the U.S., England, France, Japan, the Soviet Union, and West Germany, with a discussion of major issues and recent developments.
Nuclear powerplant licensing reform
Title
Nuclear powerplant licensing reform: Comparison of four bills
Date
1984
Summary
Three bills to reform the nuclear regulatory process have been submitted to the 98th Congress and draft sections of a fourth have been circulated. All four bills share the same general purposes which include: encouraging the standardization of nuclear powerplant designs; ensuring early and effective public participation in the nuclear powerplant licensing process; promoting the stability of regulatory standards; and improving the efficiency of the licensing process. This report compares the major provisions of the four bills and analyzes their potential impact.
Overview and analysis of the Reagan administration's budget requests for programs administered by the department of education
Title
Overview and analysis of the Reagan administration's budget requests for programs administered by the department of education: Fiscal years 1982 through 1985
Date
1984
Summary
This report contains detailed analyses of each of the Reagan Administration's budget requests for selected programs within the Department of Education for the fiscal years 1982 through 1985. Included are comparisons of each budget request to the funding level in effect at the time the request was submitted to the Congress and to the final appropriations for the fiscal year addressed by the request. In addition, the report contains a brief overview of the aggregate budget requests and funding levels for the Department of Education between fiscal years 1981 and 1985. Supplemental appropriations and rescission requests are discussed separately. Funding levels used in the report are in current dollars and are not adjusted for inflation.
Pornography depicting abuse of women as a form of sex discrimination
Title
Pornography depicting abuse of women as a form of sex discrimination: A constitutional analysis
Date
1984
Comparison of state plant closing laws
Title
Comparison of state plant closing laws
Date
1984
Summary
As of March 1, 1983, at least 10 States had enacted "plant closing" laws. These laws take various forms. Some require businesses to notify workers in advance of a closing. Others require the State or businesses to provide such benefits as health insurance, severance pay, or reemployment assistance to displaced workers. Still others set up a program of assistance to help workers buy plants threatened with closure. This paper outlines and compares the provisions of these 10 State laws.
Corporate ownership of banks and savings institutions, and interstate banking
Title
Corporate ownership of banks and savings institutions, and interstate banking: Selected listings
Date
1984
Summary
Financial developments in the 1980s have resulted in new ownership arrangements for depository financial institutions as well as new forms of interstate deposit-taking arrangements. Considerable interest exists in the pervasiveness of these arrangements. This report provides selected lists of corporate ownership of depository financial institutions and interstate banking in order to suggest the extent to which various forms of innovations have occurred and the firms involved; the listings are not necessarily comprehensive.
Displaced Farmers
Title
Displaced Farmers: A look at trends in farm numbers
Date
1984
Summary
Farm population in the U.S., currently about 5.2 million people, continues to decline each year. Data from a 1982 Census Bureau-USDA survey show a loss of 431,000 farm people between 1980 and 1982. This drop corresponds with a continuing pattern of declining farm employment, which has fallen from over 10 million in 1940 to under 4 million currently. The number of farm operators in the U.S. is now estimated at 2,370,000--down from 2,400,000 the previous year. This paper will discuss the changing farm population, focusing on the farm labor force. It will investigate who leaves farming, why they leave, what they do as disemployed farmers, and the implications of their employment shift.
EDB and the agriculture community
Title
EDB and the agriculture community: A background discussion
Date
1984
Summary
EDB is being removed from major agricultural uses because of concerns about possible adverse effects on human health. Regulatory actions to remove EDB from the food system will have impacts on the agricultural community. Uses of EDB in agriculture, regulatory actions to remove EDB from the food system quickly, and possible impacts of those regulatory actions on domestic and international markets are discussed.
Summary of information about foreign trade by states available from federal and non-federal sources
Title
Summary of information about foreign trade by states available from federal and non-federal sources
Date
1984
Summary
Many congressional offices find it occasionally useful to review the significance of foreign trade, especially exports, in the economies of their States or some region of special interest to them. This report is designed to provide an overview of what information is available, evaluate its usefulness, and explain how to obtain existing data.
Summary of state severance taxes and other taxes on the unit or value of natural resources as of july 1, 1984
Title
Summary of state severance taxes and other taxes on the unit or value of natural resources as of July 1, 1984
Date
1984
Summary
The Census Bureau's report for fiscal year 1983 showed 32 States with a total of $7.4 billion from severance tax collections. Our compilation also includes seven States which use the same tax base, i.e., the unit or value of natural resources extracted, within a broad tax of general application. Eleven States do not levy a State severance tax or any other levy on the unit of value of natural resources extracted.
The homeless
Title
The homeless: Overview of the problem and the federal response
Date
1984
Summary
Homelessness is not a new problem in many large American cities, but the issue recently has become more visible and has caught the attention of Federal officials and lawmakers. This report provides an overview of the problem and discusses existing Government efforts and pending legislation.
Summary of oversight hearings on implementation of the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980
Title
Summary of oversight hearings on implementation of the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980
Date
1984
Trucking regulation
Title
Trucking regulation: A selected bibliography
Date
1984
Summary
The following bibliography lists important published information and opinion about the Federal regulation of trucking in the United States. The entries of the bibliography appeared in print from 1975, when the deregulation of Federal control over trucking routes, rates, entry, and exit became a prominent issue nationally, to June 1984, the date of this report.
The real rate of interest and its measure
Title
The real rate of interest and its measure
Date
1984
Summary
The real rate of interest is a useful concept that is difficult to measure. This paper examines the conceptual distinction between nominal interest rates and real interest rates. The paper proceeds to discuss problems inherent in the estimation of the real interest rate.
Tax amnesty
Title
Tax amnesty: State and European experience
Date
1984
Summary
This paper surveys the recent experience of States and European countries with tax amnesty programs. The introductory section reflects the surge of interest in providing a Federal program of similar scope to some of the State tax amnesty programs already offered with quotes from Members of Congress and the Administration. A brief history of prior Federal involvement with tax amnesty programs follows. General observations pertaining to the State programs, along with what appear to be certain keys to success for State programs, is followed by a more detailed summary of each of the eight State programs held to date. The information gathered for this section was obtained from interviews held with State officials. The final section discusses the experience of European tax amnesty programs in France, Italy, and Belgium and concludes with possible lessons the United States might draw from them.
Summary of the Adult Education Act, as amended by the Education Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-511)
Title
Summary of the Adult Education Act, as amended by the Education Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-511)
Date
1984
Summary
The Education Amendments of 1984 amended the Adult Education Act, extending it through FY 1988, with $140 million authorized for Fy 1985. The 1984 amendments gave the States increased flexibility regarding advisory councils, but data reporting requirements were increased. The provision of programs to benefit educationally disadvantaged adults remains the basic program purpose.

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