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Housing assistant
Title
Housing assistant: A brief history and description of current HUD programs
Date
1987
Summary
Federal assistance to housing for low-income families began with the United States Housing Act of 1937 (PL 75-412) which provided funds for construction and administration of low-rent projects by local, State-chartered public housing agencies (PHA). This report is concerned with those subsidey programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and whether as presently constituted they best serve the housing needs of the Nation's low-income families.
Space issues
Title
Space issues: Bibliography-in-brief, 1986-1987
Date
1987
Summary
This bibliography presents citations on U.S. space policy, including assessments of the space program and the management of NASA. It also provides citations to literature on the space shuttle and space station programs.
Immigration research tips
Title
Immigration research tips
Date
1987
Medicare, medicaid, and material and child health programs
Title
Medicare, medicaid, and material and child health programs: An overview of major legislation enacted from 1980 through 1986
Date
1987
Summary
This report traces the major Medicare amendments which have effected hospitals, physicians, and beneficiaries since 1980. It also reviews the major Medicaid amendments effecting Federal financial participation in program, coverage of pregnant mothers and children, as well as those amendments designed to give States increased flexibility in administering their programs. Lastly, the report describes the consolidation of Federal health service programs for mothers and children under a new block grant authority.
The higher education amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-498)
Title
The higher education amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-498): A summary of provisions
Date
1987
Summary
This report delineates in detail the provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-498), the major piece of legislation reauthorizing the Higher Education Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-329, as amended) through FY 1991. Additional titles of Higher Education Amendments of 1986 are discussed that add authorities and amend legislation other than the Higher Education Act.
Federal assistance for elementary and secondary education
Title
Federal assistance for elementary and secondary education: Background information on selected programs likely to be considered for reauthorization by the 100th congress
Date
1987
Summary
The authorizations of appropriations for several of the largest Federal programs of aid to elementary and secondary education expire during the 100th Congress. This report provides background information - including legislative and funding histories, evaluation findings, participation trends, allocation formulas, and references - for each of these elementary and secondary education programs being considered for reauthorization.
Patterns in selected data on U.S. agricultural exports
Title
Patterns in selected data on U.S. agricultural exports
Date
1987
Summary
This paper provides a series of tables on U.S. agricultural exports in terms of both value and volume since 1977. By covering a nine-year period, the tables demonstrate export growth and decline. U.S. agricultural exports in 1986 are just above 1977's, and the 1986 trade balance is the lowest in the nine-year period covered in this paper.
U.S. housing
Title
U.S. housing: Problems and policies
Date
1987
Housing and homelessness provisions
Title
Housing and homelessness provisions: A side-by-side comparison of H.R. 4, H.R. 286, and H.R. 558
Date
1987
Summary
This paper compares the provisions of three bills introduced in the 100th Congress: H.R. 4, H.R. 286, and H.R. 558. All of these bills attempt to provide not only support services and emergency shelter for the homeless, but also strive to prevent homelessness through the preservation of the existing housing stock occupied by low-income persons.
Historic preservation program
Title
Historic preservation program: Structure, history and congressional policies
Date
1987
Summary
This report reviews the current historic preservation partnership between the Federal/State/local government sectors, and the private sector; the partnership evolution from 1906 through 1976; the historic preservation legislation of the 95th through 99th Congresses; the congressional jurisdiction for historical preservation in the 100th Congress; and historic preservation issues which may be debated in the 100th Congress.
Tax-exempt bonds
Title
Tax-exempt bonds: A summary of changes made by the tax reform act of 1986
Date
1987
Summary
This report summarizes recent changes in the treatment of tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments. While many former rules have been retained in amended form, some new restrictions have been added.
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.
Public welfare
Title
Public welfare: An alphabetical microthesaurus of terms selected from the legislative indexing vocabulary
Date
1987
Summary
The microthesaurus identifies terms on public welfare in the Legislative Indexing Vocabulary. Some terms for various social services also appear. These terms may be used in searching the CRS Bibliographic Data Base, the Bill Digest files, and the Major Issues System on SCORPIO.
Educational attainment of select groups of "at risk" children and youth
Title
The educational attainment of select groups of "at risk" children and youth
Date
1987
Summary
This paper focuses on three select groups of children and youth who appear to be "at risk" for depressed educational attainment - those from single-parent families, those from persistently poor families, and those who give birth during their teenage years. It addresses three basic questions: (1) Are these groups of children and youth at risk of depressed educational attainment? (2) How might these characteristics lead to depressed educational attainment? (3) What implications does the current research have for examining Federal responses to the educational needs of these children and youth?
Indoor air pollution
Title
Indoor air pollution: A brief review of regulatory and research issues
Date
1987
Summary
Research and regulatory issues associated with problems of indoor air pollution are reviewed briefly. Sources and estimated health effects of the mor e common indoor air pollutants are summarized in three tables. Regulatory responsibility for indoor air pollution is diffuse and often unclearly defined.
Rural areas and clean water
Title
Rural areas and clean water: Impacts of the water quality act of 1987
Date
1987
Summary
Cities throughout the country face capital shortfalls for wastewater treatment construction. Yet, rural communities face special problems in financing needed capital improvements such as sewage treatment facilities. This report reviews the impact of waste-water treatment funding provisions of the Water Quality Act of 1987 on rural communities.
Legislative vetoes enacted after Chadha
Title
Legislative vetoes enacted after Chadha
Date
1987
Summary
This report identifies the legislative vetoes that have been enacted into law after the Supreme Court, in INS v. Chadha (1983), which held the legislative veto unconstitutional. Most of the legislative vetoes enacted after Chadha vest the veto power in committees or subcommittees of Congress.
The Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1986
Title
The Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1986: The constitutionality of its retroactive authorization of awards of attorneys' fees
Date
1987
Summary
In 1986, Congress, overturning a Supreme Court decision, authorized courts to award attorney's fees to prevailing plaintiffs in actions or proceedings brought under the Education of the Handicapped Act. This report examines whether retroactive application of the 1986 Act, to the data of the Supreme Court decision, is constitutional.
Leadership in educational administration developmnet program
Title
Leadership in educational administration developmnet program: A summary of provisions
Date
1987
Summary
This paper summarizes the provisions of the Leadership in Educational Administration Development program. This program funds technical assistance centers in each State to enhance the leadership skills of elementary and secondary school administrators, such as principals.
Housing assistance
Title
Housing assistance: A brief history and description of curren HUD programs
Date
1987
Summary
Federal assistance to housing for low-income families began with the United States Housing Act of 1937 (P.L. 75-412) which provided funds for construction and administration of low-rent projects by local, State-chartered public housing agencies (PHA). This report is concerned with those subsidy programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and whether as presently constituted they best serve the housing needs of the Nation's low-income families.

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