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Health programs appropriations: FY 1980 - FY 1987
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1987
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This table includes appropriations for fiscal years 1980 through 1987 for selected health programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. To the maximum extent possible, appropriations shown on the table include funding for program activities only, and exclude program support funds for administrative activities.
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The peer review organization (PRO) program
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1987
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This paper presents the legislative history of Medicare's Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organization (PRO) program, a summary of major program features and the issues which surround them, and finally an overview of other relevant issues.
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Federal aid for the education of disadvantaged children: Analysis of proposals to provide aid in the form of vouchers
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1985
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Proposals to authorize Federal aid for the education of disadvantaged children in the form of vouchers have been made in the past by the Reagan Administration and others, and Secretary of Education William Bennett has recently been attracting new attention to the concept. 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.
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Higher education conditions and issues for the 1980s
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1983
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American higher education is confronted with interactive challenges related to demographics, a reduced rate of economic growth, increased private sector cooperation, and rising demands from other social services. These developments will impact on institutional enrollment, role and mission, and fiscal support, as well as possible Federal options.
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Summary and analysis of the education amendments of 1984, p.l. 98-511
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1984
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The Education Amendments of 1984 extends and amends a variety of Federal education programs and would establish other new Federal education activities. This paper provides a summary and analysis of these amendments including provisions regarding the adult education, bilingual education, impact aid, women's educational equity, Indian education, emergency immigrant education, and higher education student financial assistance programs.
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Magnet schools assistance: Federal aid to desegregating school districts
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1985
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This paper provides an overview of the provisions, the background and legislative history, and current status of the new Magnet Schools Assistance program. This program will support magnet schools (those offering a special curriculum to attract voluntarily students from different racial backgrounds) in desegregating school districts. Current issues affecting the program include debate over a prohibition against using any of its funds for magnet school courses the substance of which is "secular humanism," and unsuccessful efforts by the Reagan Administration to rescind its FY 1985 funding.
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The youth sub-minimum wage: An overview of recent consideration
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1984
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For at least the past fifteen years, legislation to create a reduced wage option for employers of youth workers (a sub-minimum wage) has been more-or-less continuously before the Congress. New proposals to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (as amended) to provide for a general youth sub-minimum wage have been introduced in the 97th and 98th Congresses. This paper presents a brief overview of recent legislative consideration of the sub-minimum wage issue.
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Federal tax payments by state residents and federal expenditures in individual states, fiscal year 1983
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1984
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This report uses statistical information designed for other purposes to develop interstate comparisons of Federal taxes paid by State residents and Federal funds expended within the State. Emphasis is given to figures showing percentage distributions, per capita data, and State rankings. The analysis does not draw Federal policy inferences concerning the allocation of Federal funds or their impact on State or regional development.
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Welfare reform: Brief summary of selected major proposals
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1987
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This report provides brief summaries of selected proposals to revise programs of aid for needy children and their families. All proposals would alter treatment of recipients of the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and some also include recommendations to revise cash welfare for the needy aged, blind, or disabled (Supplemental Security Income--SSI). The report summarizes several provisions of current law and then describes how the proposals would change them. Examined are: benefit rules, work/school obligations, treatment of earnings, job refusal on income grounds, eligibility of two-parent families, the Federal funding share, and the interaction of AFDC with other programs.
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Sole source aquifers and related congressional districts
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1984
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This report examines the importance of sole source aquifers of groundwater to the Nation's drinking water supply and how these aquifers are protected under Federal law. The report also includes a description of the sole source aquifers recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency and identifies the Congressional districts that overlie them. At this time, 17 sole source aquifers in 12 States have been designated, and they are located beneath all or parts of 49 Congressional districts.
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Video display terminals: The controversy about health and safety issues
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1984
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The possible adverse health effects of chronic occupational exposure to video display terminals (VDT's) are discussed. There persists a controversy about the possible causes of wide range of maladies, including pregnancy disorders, reported by many VDT operators in the United States and Canada. It is not clear at this time whether adverse health effects are caused by low levels of low frequency non-ionizing radiations or other ergonomic factors in the VDT workplace.
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