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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.

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.

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

Title: Selected provisions of legislation in the 99th Congress affecting the homeless
Date: 1985

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Title: 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

Title: Pornography depicting abuse of women as a form of sex discrimination: A constitutional analysis
Date: 1984

Title: Liability insurance issues: Editorial commentary
Date: 1986
Summary: The rising cost and reduced availability of liability insurance in recent years has been a concern for business, government, and consumers. This Editorial Commentary looks at such liability insurance areas as products liability, malpractice, local government liability, and other forms of liability insurance. The Editorial Commentary is divided into two sections. The first contains an introductory news article on liability insurance and a chart showing what States have been doing about this problem. The second includes editorials selected from newspapers from all regions of the United States. This section is arranged in reverse chronological order.