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[The Beginning of My Words] V. 2
Title
[The Beginning of My Words] V. 2
Date
1471-07-05
Provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 pertaining to education
Title
Provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 pertaining to education
Date
1987
Summary
The Tax Reform Act of 1986, P.L. 99-514, contains a number of provisions pertaining to education. Some of these provisions refer explicitly to schools, teachers, students, and so on, while several others without such direct references also are significant. This report provides a short summary of both kinds of provisions and an explanation, where necessary, of why they are relevant.
Selected legislation affecting the elderly in the 98th Congress
Title
Selected legislation affecting the elderly in the 98th Congress
Date
1984
Summary
This paper briefly summarizes selected major legislation in the 98th Congress affecting the elderly, including proposals actually enacted and those pending final action as of August 1984. Legislation described includes that related to income, health, social services, employment and training, age discrimination and housing.
Retiree Benefits Security Act of 1987
Title
Retiree Benefits Security Act of 1987: Legal analysis of S. 548, 100th Congress
Date
1987
Summary
S. 548, 100th Congress, would protect life and health insurance benefits of retirees who worked for debtor corporations that file for reorganization under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Protecting visibility under the Clean Air Act
Title
Protecting visibility under the Clean Air Act
Date
1985
Summary
The Clean Air Act prevents visibility impairment - changes in visual range, contrast, and coloration caused by human activities - in three distinct programs: (1) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), (2) prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) in areas cleaner than the national standards, and (3) visibility protection in pristine areas such as National Parks. The 1970 amendments to the Act authorized the first program; the 1977 amendments made the second an express statutory requirement and authorized the third program. Since the Clean Air Act drew attention to visual air quality, researchers have defined the various aspects of visibility, determined visibility trends in different regions of the country, described its value, identified regions where visibility has special significance and thus where it must receive immediate regulatory attention. Regulators, moreover, have initiated the first phase of what will be a comprehensive visibility protection program for pristine parts of the country, mandatory Class I areas. This program extends some of the features found in the NAAQS and PSD programs and may have implications for visibility protection nationwide.
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.
Provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 affecting pay and benefits for federal workers and retirees
Title
Provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 affecting pay and benefits for federal workers and retirees
Date
1986
Summary
This paper describes the provisions of P.L. 99-177 ("Gramm-Rudman-Hollings") that pertain to Federal civil service employees and retirees.
Safe Drinking Water Act legislation
Title
Safe Drinking Water Act legislation: A section-by-section comparison of S. 124, as introduced, and HR 1650, as introduced with the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523, as amended)
Date
1985
Recent cases concerning congressional standing to sue
Title
Recent cases concerning congressional standing to sue
Date
1985
Selected provisions of legislation in the 99th Congress affecting the homeless
Title
Selected provisions of legislation in the 99th Congress affecting the homeless
Date
1985
Selected women's issues in the first session of the 99th Congress
Title
Selected women's issues in the first session of the 99th Congress
Date
1986
Summary
This report analyzes major legislation of the 99th Congress affecting the rights and interests of women.
Overviews: budget issues
Title
Overviews: budget issues
Date
1987
Summary
This Overview focuses on budget issues including reaction to the proposed FY 1988 budget -- the first trillion dollar budget, deficit reduction, and the domestic spending-military spending trade-off. The Overview is divided into three sections. The first contains two newspaper articles on the proposed FY 1988 budget. The second includes editorials selected from regional and local papers from around the United States; this section is arranged by the name of the newspaper. The third part is a listing of public opinion polls on these issues.
Minor children's income
Title
Minor children's income: Effect of the Tax Reform Act of 1986
Date
1987
Summary
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 made five changes in the taxation of minor children's income: changes in the personal exemption, changes in the standard deduction, changes in the taxation of unearned income of children under age 14, changes in the taxation of grantor trusts, and changes in the tax return filing requirements. This report summarizes these changes.
Overview of state lottery operations
Title
Overview of state lottery operations
Date
1985
Summary
The report uses published data to chronicle the historical experience of States now offering lotteries. Additional information is provided about suppliers and vendors, and for marketing techniques used by the States. The report also discusses the various organizational structures of lottery administrative agencies and commissions, and considers the effect Federal law and regulation have on State lotteries.
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.
Overtime provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for public fire protection or law enforcement employees
Title
Overtime provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for public fire protection or law enforcement employees
Date
1985
Summary
As a result of a recent Supreme Court decision, State and local fire protection and law enforcement employees have come under the wage and overtime provisions of the Fair labor Standards Act. This report examines the overtime coverage.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Title
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): Selected references
Date
1986
Summary
This bibliography presents annotated references on the incidence, effects, and management of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the environment. Health effects of PCBs, ocean dumping, incineration on land and at sea, and various technologies for PCB destruction and disposal are among the topics covered.
Pre- and post- Grove City judicial interpretation of "program or activity" as used in Title IX of the 1972 Education Act
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Pre- and post- Grove City judicial interpretation of "program or activity" as used in Title IX of the 1972 Education Act: Amendments and Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Date
1985
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

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