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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
Tax reform and federal subsidy of the state-local sector
Title
Tax reform and federal subsidy of the state-local sector: Is there a role for state-local tax deductibility?
Date
1985
Summary
This report explains the economic rationales for Federal subsidy of public spending by the State-local sector and evaluates the changes in deductibility of State-local taxes proposed by the Treasury, Bradley-Gephardt, and Kemp-Kasten tax reform plans for consistency with these rationales.
Analysis of the provision in S. 1806 (Sen. Boren, 99th Congress) making the definition of "independent expenditure" more precise
Title
Analysis of the provision in S. 1806 (Sen. Boren, 99th Congress) making the definition of "independent expenditure" more precise
Date
1986
Summary
This report is concerned with the definition of "independent expenditure." Any analysis of the provision in S. 1806 (Sen. Boren, 99th Congress) that would amend the definition of "independent expenditure" is made. An examination of the legislative history of the FECA Amendments of 1976 concerning the meaning of an independent expenditure is made.
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.
Tax amnesty
Title
Tax amnesty: State and european experience
Date
1984
Summary
This paper surveys the recent experience of States and European countries with tax amnesty programs. The introductory section reflects the surge of interest in providing a Federal program of similar scope to some of the State tax amnesty programs already offered with quotes from Members of Congress and the Administration. A brief history of prior Federal involvement with tax amnesty programs follows. General observations pertaining to the State programs, along with what appear to be certain keys to success for State programs, is followed by a more detailed summary of each of the eight State programs held to date. The information gathered for this section was obtained from interviews held with State officials. The final section discusses the experience of European tax amnesty programs in France, Italy, and Belgium and concludes with possible lessons the United States might draw from them.
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
Date
1985
Sign languages
Title
Sign languages: stories
Date
1993
Acid rain
Title
Acid rain: Selected references, 1983-1985
Date
1985
Summary
Citations in this bibliography cover different aspects of the acid rain issue including research into its cause, effects on the environment (particularly forests), and problems with control.
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.
Grants to state agencies for the education of neglected or delinquent children under chapter 1
Title
Grants to state agencies for the education of neglected or delinquent children under chapter 1: Education consolidation and improvement act, brief legislative and funding history and analysis of program evaluations
Date
1985
Summary
Since 1966, the Department of Education's State agency program for the neglected or delinquent has provided supplementary educational services to this group of educationally disadvantaged children and youth. This paper provides a legislative history, funding history, and a discussion and analysis of evaluations of this program.
Proposed sports relocation legislation
Title
Proposed sports relocation legislation: Background and legal implications
Date
1985
Federal spending for education
Title
Federal spending for education: Tables and figures portraying the president's 1984 budget plan (1983-1988) in the context of the past 20 years
Date
1983
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 (1963-1982) and the spending plan for the next six years proposed in the President's 1984 budget. In addition to the 26-year perspective, 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 used to help the reader gain a sense of context and perspective.
Worker relocation assistance
Title
Worker relocation assistance: Moving people to jobs
Date
1983
Summary
One characteristic of the dislocated worker problem is that a mismatch exists between the number and kinds of jobs offered by employers and the number and kinds of skills possessed by workers in the same geographic area. At the same time, other geographic areas have unfilled job openings and relatively low unemployment rates. Government-assisted worker relocation is one tool of employment policy that might be used to reduce these regional imbalances in labor supply and demand. This report describes the U.S. experience with both unassisted and Government-assisted worker relocation. It examines the applicability of this experience to the current dislocated worker problem, as well. In addition, the report evaluates the feasibility of establishing a nationwide worker relocation program.
Comparison of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's groundwater protection strategies
Title
Comparison of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's groundwater protection strategies
Date
1984
Summary
Since 1979, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has expended considerable effort on developing an approach to protect groundwater from pollution. Because groundwater protection has traditionally been a right of the States, EPA sought to develop a groundwater protection strategy that would establish agency policy to protect groundwater under existing Federal statutes, but be sensitive to the rights and protection efforts of the States. EPA's efforts to prepare a groundwater strategy have been controversial and the strategy has been redrafted three times. This report compares and contrasts the three EPA groundwater strategies. EPA's executive summary of the proposed third version of the groundwater strategy is included in an appendix.
Distributing acid rain mitigation costs
Title
Distributing acid rain mitigation costs: Analysis of a one-mill user fee on electricity generation in the contiguous 48 states
Date
1983
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.
Spouse abuse
Title
Spouse abuse: Background and federal programs to address the problem
Date
1986
Summary
In recent years, spouse abuse has received increased public and congressional attention. Although there are varying estimates on the number of abused spouses, many observers suggest that the problem is widespread. Many States and Federal Government have responded to the problem by providing some form of assistance to victims. This paper presents a brief discussion of the issues relating to spouse abuse, its incidence, and Federal programs that may provide services to victims.
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 (FeHA) 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.
Summary of pay equity/comparable worth activities by state governments
Title
Summary of pay equity/comparable worth activities by state governments
Date
1985
Summary
Almost half the States have studies or are studying their civil service systems for discriminatory pay practices particularly in female-dominated classifications. These studies and their results may have implications for the Federal Government as there are similarities between the civil service systems of the state and the Federal Government. The report includes a table highlighting comparable worth activities in the States.

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