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CRS-19D Others, while acknowledging that acidified aquatic environments were detrimentally altered, were more hesitant in citing acid deposition as the cause. Dr. Brown stated: Many scientists tend to believe that acid rain is responsible dfor the loss of fish in some lakes and other undesirable aquatic effects in the more sensitive areas; .... However they usually concede that the evidence
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SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT HEARINGS_ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACID PRECIPITATION ACT OF 1980 PURPOSE or HEARING On April 30, 1984 the Senate Comittee on Energy and Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on the implementation of the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980.. In effect, this hearing was a continuation of the Committee's 1982 hearing "Acid Precipitation and the Use of Fossil Fuels
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.S. While APPA believes action is warranted now, the actions taken should be moderate in scope. 1. There should be a nationwide funding mechanism based on S02 and NOX taxes on emissions from all fossil fueled sources. 2. Funds raised should be applied to the most cost-effective emission reduction measures. 3. Emission reductions should be based on a "pay as you go“ approach. 4. The reduction program
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CRS-20 Texas, stated that "it is my understanding that this legislation is expressly neutral with respect to that litigation." 131 Cong. Rec. H 9916 (daily ed., Nov. 7, 1985)(statement of Rep. Boulter). The floor manager agreed with this statement, but added that "my response is not intended to be inconsistent with the statutory language and the statement of managers which must
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action by employees challenging the law- fulness of an employer's unilateral reduction of regular pay or fringe bene- fits instituted prior to enactment of these amendments." 131 Cong. Rec. H 9916 (daily ed., Nov. 7, 1985) (statement of Rep. Bartlett). Another Rep- resentative, noting a court challenge to actions’by the city of Amarillo,
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cAvoibiNGiURBAN/RURAL WAGE INEQUITIES IN DETERMINATION OF PREVAILING WAGE RATES UNDER THE DAVIS-BACON ACT I. INTRODUCTlONtlr:1h The Davis-Bacon Actof 1931 (Public Law 71-798, as amended) mandates certain minimum wageistandards for persons employed in construction work, under contract, for the Eaiéfai Covernment and the District of Columbia and under certain Federally-as%§§ted-programs. The Act
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would hope no employer would have to undertake. However, I do not believe that anything within this bill pre- .cludes this response to the Garcia decision. I would be happy to yield to any Member who has a different view. 131 Cong. Rec. H. 9237 (daily ed., Oct. 23, (remarks of Rep. Jeffords). 1985)
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to an irrational result." 759 F.2d at 929-30 n.1l. with regard to the antidiscriminatory provision of P.L. 99-150, the 1 statutory language is clear, unambiguous, and logical: an assertion of FLSA coverage by public employees on or after February 19, 1985, is pro- tected from employer discrimination. Language in both the House Committee Report and the Conference Report indicates that a unilateral wage
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February 19, 1985, the employee asserted coverage under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 shall be held to have violated section 15(a)(3) of such Act. H.R. Rep. No. 99-331, 99th Cong., lst Sess. 4 (1985) The accompanying committee report explained the provision as follows: C. DISCRIMINATION Section 8 of the bill makes it unlawful, on or after February 19, 1985, for any state or local
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be selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and would face a service requirement to teach 2 years for each year of financial assistance received. P.L. 98-377 authorizes $5 million for fiscal year (FY) 1984 and $15 million for FY 1985 for this program. Thus, the scholarship program in P.L. 98-377 is similar to that of title VII of P.L. 98- 558 with respect to size of the grant, service requirement
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CRS-2 under H.R. 4477 as passed by the House. The bill, as amended, was agreed to by the Senate (page S13430), and sent to the House. On October 9, 1984, the House agreed to S. 2565 as passed by the Senate, by a vote of 376 yeas, 6 nays (roll no. 453, pages Hl1654-5). On October 30, 1984, she President signed 8. 2565, making it public law 98-S58. Provided below are a summary of the provisions
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CRS-4% llwould be spread over a number of years, rather than occurring fully in then initial year of application of the "absorption factor," The attached table contains both the estimated allocations with and with- M r»out the 2 percent "absorption factor," plus the county's formula eligible child percentage. sThe percentage gain--in comparison to estimated allocations
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than 10,000 scholarships could be supported. For the fellowship program, it is unclear whether the intent is to authorize one fellowship per year per Congressional district (see footnote 3]). Using the public classroom teacher average salary for 1981-82, 442 fellowships would cost $8,890,388--just somewhat below the Egg gregate authorization level of $10,000,000. Thus, whatever the intent, the
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CRS-8 5 percent of each school district's teachers may receive supplements of up to $2,000 annually to improve their instructional skills. Florida has recently adopted legislation providing for loans and scholarships for individuals in- tending to teach in shortage areas, as well as sumer institutes for experi- enced teachers in science and_mathematics. Student loans, with forgivenessi
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of pro-rata share of grant plus interest and collection fee under title VII of P.L. 98-558); and total authorization level and period (up to a total of $20 million in FY 1984-85 under P.L. 98-377; up to $20-23 million per year in FY 1986-90 under title VII of P.L. 98-558). Potential Effectiveness of Title VII of P.L. 98-558 There are at least four aspects to this topic: (a) whether title VII of P.L. 98
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CRS-17 authorized funding would be sufficient (assuming future increases in teacher salaries) to fund only one fellowship per Congressional district over the life of the program. Selection Processes For scholarship recipients, selection is to be made by State boards named by the "chief State elected officiall" Each State is to establish criteria for selection; the only standard element
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. _ __ ._ _ _.._?__# .:__l._.._.-,.___ , _ . __l,,,,., . , , , _ CRS-18 In response, proponents of title VII of P.L. 98-558 might argue that the proposal gives proper recognition to the weaknesses of standardized test scores A as a "universal" measure of academic achievement or ability, and further recog- nizes the decentralized educational governance system in the United States
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