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Automated teller machine (ATM) security
Title
Automated teller machine (ATM) security: State and federal legislation
Date
1987
Summary
This report discusses federal and state legislative efforts and banking industry self-policing measures to combat crimes occurring to those using automated teller machines (ATMs).
Authority of the federal bank supervisory agencies under the Bank Protection Act, 12 U.S.C. 1881-1884, to promulgate rules...
Title
Authority of the federal bank supervisory agencies under the Bank Protection Act, 12 U.S.C. 1881-1884, to promulgate rules...: requiring banks to install security measures to protect customers using automatic teller machines (ATM's)
Date
1987
Summary
Although it is uncertain, it appears likely that a court would hold that the federal bank supervisory agencies would have the power under the Bank Protection Act to promulgate rules requiring banks to install security measures to protect customers using automatic teller machines.
Counting migrant and seasonal farmworkers
Title
Counting migrant and seasonal farmworkers: A persistent data void
Date
1985
Summary
The Federal Government currently supports several ... [illegible] farmworkers and their families. Yet, the number ... [illegible]
Impact of legislative changes on major programs administered by the Department of Education
Title
Impact of legislative changes on major programs administered by the Department of Education: Fiscal years 1980-1988
Date
1987
Summary
This analysis describes the impact of legislative changes on 17 major programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education since its creation in 1980. Explanatory material is given for each program. Tables show annual appropriations from FY 1980, as well as the FY 1988 budget request, with adjustments for inflation. These programs account for approximately 90 percent of the Department's current budget.
Legality of receiving satellite signals carrying cable programs
Title
Legality of receiving satellite signals carrying cable programs
Date
1984
Summary
The right of satellite dish owners to tune into cable programs being relayed by satellite signals has been the subject of extensive consideration by the 98th Congress. On October 30, 1984, enactment of Public Law No. 98-549, effective on December 29, 1984, provided a statutory right of backyard dish owners to watch cable programming being carried by the unencrypted satellite signals. However, if the owners to the rights of such programming establish a marketing system for the sale of such viewing rights, the dish owners are obligated to purchase such rights at the agreed upon price. The report briefly discusses the provisions and context of this new law. A more in-depth analysis of the subject area is contained in the CRS report entitled Unauthorized Reception of Communications Satellite Signals Carrying Video Programs dated August 6, 1984 (before passage of the new law).
Legal and constitutional issues involved in the regulation of indecent or obscene cable television programs
Title
Legal and constitutional issues involved in the regulation of indecent or obscene cable television programs
Date
1985
Fifty state survey of state statutes concerning venereal disease as it may relate to AIDS
Title
Fifty state survey of state statutes concerning venereal disease as it may relate to AIDS
Date
1987
Legislative activity in the 98th Congress concerning religious activities in the public schools
Title
Legislative activity in the 98th Congress concerning religious activities in the public schools
Date
1984
Budget documents primer
Title
Budget documents primer
Date
1984
Summary
The primer describes basic budget documents, providing notes on content, usual date of issue, distribution, and availability at the Library of Congress.
Basic reference sources for use by congressional offices
Title
Basic reference sources for use by congressional offices: An annotated selection of publications and services
Date
1984
Summary
An annotated guide to publications and other sources of information useful to Members of Congress and their staffs, covering congressional office management, the organization and operation of Congress, legislative responsibilities, services to constituents, and other duties of Congress.
State allotments under Chapter 1 of Title I of H.R. 90, Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act of 1987
Title
State allotments under Chapter 1 of Title I of H.R. 90, Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act of 1987
Date
1987
Summary
The State allotment formula under chapter 1 of title I of H.R. 90 is described and analyzed. The Secretary of Education is to make grants for educational programs related to productivity and competitiveness. State estimates are calculated at the maximum authorization level of $384 million.
The farm credit system
Title
The Farm Credit System: Formation, capitalization, and structure
Date
1985
Summary
The Farm Credit System was established during the period 1916-1933 to meet the unique credit needs of agricultural producers, and to address the financial problems they faced during the deteriorating agricultural economic situation of the 1920s and early 1930s. This paper reviews the structure of the Farm Credit System; the legislation that established it; the System's initial capitalization by the Federal Government and subsequent steps that led to private ownership; and the current status of the System's revolving funds held by the U.S. Treasury.
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (P. L. 98-524)
Title
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (P. L. 98-524): Summary and comparison with selected provisions of the Vocational Education Act of 1963
Date
1985
Summary
On October 19, 1984, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act was signed into law, replacing the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Authorization is thorugh FY 1989, with $950 million authorized for FY 1985. Programs for population considered to be underserved are strengthened, and a stronger emphasis is placed on program improvement at the local level. This report summarizes the Perkins Act and analyzes the major changes from prior law.
The Reagan administration proposes dramatic changes to National Defense Stockpile goals
Title
The Reagan administration proposes dramatic changes to National Defense Stockpile goals
Date
1986
Summary
The Reagan Administration has proposed significant reductions in the goals for a number of strategic and critical materials currently stored in the National Defense Stockpile. The report discusses the President's stockpile policy decisions, the National Security Council's stockpile study, the uncertainties involved in stockpile goal determination, and the initial congressional response to the President's proposal.
The Farmers Home Administration's new regulations for handling delinquent farm borrowers
Title
The Farmers Home Administration's new regulations for handling delinquent farm borrowers: Background and current policy issues
Date
1986
Summary
On November 1, 1985, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) published regulations instituting new procedures for handling farm loan program borrowers who are one year or more delinquent in their loan payments. This report outlines the history of the lawsuit that led to the promulgation of the new regulations, examines the arguments against them contained in the subsequent legal challenge, and discusses some of the policy issues underlying FmHA's actions regarding delinquent borrowers.
Campaign finance proposals to limit PACs and to grant free broadcast time
Title
Campaign finance proposals to limit PACs and to grant free broadcast time: A legal analysis of s. 1806 (Sen. Boren, 99th Congress)
Date
1986
Summary
This report analyzes the major campaign finance provisions of S. 1806 which was introduced by Senator David L. Boren in the 99th Congress. A constitutional analysis of the proposals to limit political action committees and to grant free broadcast time is made. The constitutionality of other provisions is made regarding such proposals as the prohibition of "bundling" by PACs of contributions to federal candidates.
Import restrictions on meat
Title
Import restrictions on meat: History and current issues
Date
1985
Summary
Throughout the 20th century, imports of meat into the United States have been subject to qualitative and quantitative restrictions as well as to tariffs. The former developed as a result of health and safety concerns, and the latter as a direct response to increasing meat imports and deteriorating economic conditions in the domestic cattle industry. These two concerns still motivate periodic efforts to change the Meat Import Act of 1979 and the Federal Meat Inspection Act. This report traces the development of meant import restrictions and analyzes current proposals for change in meat import requirements. Since the Meat Import Act (which relates to imports of fresh or frozen beef, veal, mutton, and goat meat) is the focus of this paper, issues related to pork imports receive only brief mention.
Federal spending for education
Title
Federal spending for education: Tables and figures portraying the president's 1985 budget plan (1984-1989) in the context of the past 20 years
Date
1984
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 (1964-1983) and the spending plan for the next six years proposed in the President's 1985 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 reduced to provide context and perspective.
Ethylene dibromide
Title
Ethylene dibromide: History, health effects, and policy questions
Date
1984
Summary
Much attention has recently been focused on the chemical ethylene dibromide (EDB). This chemical has been widely used in leaded gasoline, and has also been used to treat grains, citrus, and other crops. It has been found in foods and in groundwater. This paper examines the possible health effects of exposure to EDB, as well as its regulation. The possible health effects and regulation of various chemical and physical alternatives to EDB are also examined. This paper concludes with some policy considerations pertinent to EDB.
Ethylene dibromide
Title
Ethylene dibromide
Date
1984
Summary
Much attention has recently been focused on the chemical ethylene dibromide (EDB). This chemical has been widely used in leaded gasoline, and has also been used to treat grains, citrus and other crops. It has been found in foods and in groundwater. This paper examines the possible health effects of exposure to EDB, as well as its regulation. The possible health effects and regulation of various chemical and physical alternatives to EDB are also examined. This paper concludes with some policy considerations pertinent to EDB.

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