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The first question to be decided the seaman's personal injury suit for damages on the grounds of unseaworthiness and negligence under the Jones Act1 is whether the jury should have been allowed to determine, in the absence of supporting testimony by an expert in naval architecture, a claim that the shipowner failed to ... | 1. In this suit under the Jones Act based on unseaworthiness and negligence, seeking damages for personal injuries sustained by a seaman who fell as he went to his post in the crow's nest, held: It was error for the Court of Appeals to order a new trial on the ground that a jury could not determine, in the absence of s... |
Background Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States began military operations to combat terrorism both in the United States and overseas. Operations to defend the United States from terrorist attacks are known as Operation Noble Eagle. Overseas operations to combat terrorism are known as... | Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Department of Defense (DOD) has reported spending $191 billion through May 2005 to conduct the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). On an ongoing basis, DOD compiles and reports information on the incremental costs of the war, and uses these data in preparing future funding reque... |
Introduction Almost every conversation about surface transportation finance begins with a two-part question: What are the "needs" of the national transportation system, and how does the nation pay for them? This report is aimed almost entirely at discussing the "how to pay for them" question. Since 1956, federal surfac... | For many years, federal surface transportation programs were funded almost entirely from taxes on motor fuels deposited in the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Although there has been some modification to the tax system, the tax rates, which are fixed in terms of cents per gallon, have not been increased at the federal level ... |
Duthie brought suit for the recovery of damages for personal injuries in the circuit court of the United States for the western district of Texas against the Mexican Central Railway Company, Limited, and in his original complaint averred that he 'resides in El Paso, in El Paso county, state of Texas, in the western dis... | Under section 954, Rev. Stat., the Circuit Court has power in its discretion to allow plaintiff to amend his petition after judgment has been entered in his favor, but while the court still has control of the record, and it is not an abuse of such discretion to permit an amendment setting up plaintiff's citizenship, th... |
Background Since the early 1990s, GSA and the federal judiciary have been carrying out a multibillion-dollar courthouse construction initiative to address the judiciary’s growing needs. In 1993, the judiciary identified 160 court facilities that required either the construction of a new building or a major annex to an ... | Over the last 20 years, GAO has compiled a large body of work on courthouse construction and federal real property. The General Services Administration (GSA) owns federal courthouses and funds related expenses from its Federal Buildings Fund (FBF)--a revolving fund used to finance GSA real property services, including ... |
The petitioner, indicted with others in the Northern district of California, was convicted of conspiracy to violate section 215 of the Criminal Code. 35 Stat. 1088, 1130 (Comp. St. § 10385). The judgment was affirmed. 7 F.(2d) 961. And see Lupipparu v. United States (C. C. A.) 5 F.(2d) 504. The question for decision is... | A scheme for obtaining money, by means of intimidation through threats of murder and bodily harm, is not a "scheme to defraud," within the meaning of Crim. Code § 215, (Rev. Stats. § 54S0,) punishing the use of the mails for the purpose of executing any "scheme or artifice to defraud," etc. P. 625. 7 F. (2d) 961, rever... |
This cause is here upon a certificate from the Circuit Court of appeals requesting the instruction of this Court in respect of the following questions: '1. Is a high-caste Hindu, of full Indian blood, born at Amritsar, Punjab, India, a white person within the meaning of section 2169, Revised Statutes? 3), dis... | 1. A high caste Hindu, of full Indian blood, born at Amrit Sar, Punjab, India, is not a "white person ", within the meaning of Rev. Stats., § 2169, relating to the naturalization of aliens. -P. 207. 2. "Free white persons," as used in that section, are words of common speech, to be interpreted in accordance .with the u... |
Introduction The Constitution's Speedy Trial Clause protects the criminally accused against unreasonable delays between his indictment and trial. Before indictment, the statutes of limitation, and in extreme circumstances, the Due Process Clauses protect the accused from unreasonable delays. This is an overview of fede... | A statute of limitations dictates the time period within which a legal proceeding must begin. The purpose of a statute of limitations in a criminal case is to ensure the prompt prosecution of criminal charges and thereby spare the accused of the burden of having to defend against stale charges after memories may have f... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drug-Free Schools Reform Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended to read as
follows:
``Subpart 1--State ... | Drug-Free Schools Reform Act of 1996 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise requirements for State Grants for Drug and Violence Prevention Programs.
Revises requirements relating to State applications for such grants. Eliminates requirements relating to distribution of State funds among... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS OF SAFE CARE.
Section 103(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5104(b)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) th... | Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the national clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse, to maintain and disseminate information about the requirements and be... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``FDIC Enforcement Enhancement Act''.
SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT AGAINST MISREPRESENTATIONS REGARDING FDIC DEPOSIT
INSURANCE COVERAGE.
(a) In General.--Section 18(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1828(a)) is amended by adding at ... | FDIC Enforcement Enhancement Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to prohibit use of the terms "Federal Deposit," "Federal Deposit Insurance," "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation," any combination of such terms, or the abbreviation "FDIC," as part of the business name or firm name of any person or b... |
Select Agent Program Does Not Fully Meet Key Elements of Effective Oversight or Have Joint Strategic Planning Documents to Guide Its Efforts The Select Agent Program does not fully meet key elements of effective oversight. In particular, the program has oversight shortcomings related to each of our five key elements: i... | Safety lapses have occurred at laboratories in the United States that conduct research on select agents—such as Ebola virus or anthrax bacteria—that may cause serious or lethal infection in humans, animals, or plants, raising concerns about whether oversight is effective. This statement summarizes information contained... |
Background The federal judiciary consists of the Supreme Court, 12 geographic circuit courts of appeals, 94 district courts, 91 bankruptcy courts, the Court of International Trade, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Court of Federal Claims. The federal judiciary’s fiscal year 1996 budget is about $3.... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts' (AOUSC) assessment of local court operations, focusing on whether AOUSC is promoting efficient administrative practices within the judiciary. GAO found that: (1) AOUSC issued uniform written standards for nonfinancial progra... |
Introduction Transnational terrorists and criminals may collaborate, appropriate shared tactics, and otherwise benefit from interaction, resulting in bolstered capabilities, enhanced organizational infrastructure, improved access to resources, and expanded geographic reach. Historical examples also indicate that terror... | This report provides an overview of transnational security issues related to patterns of interaction among international terrorist and crime groups. In addition, the report discusses the U.S. government's perception of and response to the threat. It concludes with an analysis of foreign policy options. In recent years,... |
On February 18, 1943, the United States filed a petition in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to condemn certain land and buildings in Springfield, Massachusetts, for use by the Army for a term initially ending June 30, 1943, with a right to renew for additional yearly periods during th... | The United States condemned certain premises for use by the Army for a term initially ending June 30, 1943, with an option to renew for additional periods during the existing national emergency. Respondent was lessee of a portion of the premises for a term expiring October 31, 1944, and incurred expenses for the remova... |
Background NIH conducts and sponsors biomedical research through its institutes and centers (IC), each of which is charged with a specific mission. ICs’ missions generally focus on a given disease; a particular organ; or a stage in development, such as childhood or old age. ICs accomplish their missions chiefly through... | NIH reimburses universities for both the direct and indirect costs of conducting research. Indirect costs cover general facility and administrative expenses, and are paid as a percentage, or rate, of certain direct costs of awarded grants. GAO was asked to look at the indirect costs of NIH-funded research. This report ... |
The appellee, alleging itself to be 'a charitable corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Spain,' brought a bill in equity in the district court of the United States for Porto Rico against the appellants, alleging them to be citizens of Porto Rico. The object of the suit, generally describe... | All relations between Spain and Porto Rico having been severed by the cession of that Territory by the Treaty of Paris, a corporation organized under the laws of Spain for purely local and charitable purposes in Porto Rico is not to be regarded as a citizen of Spain within the meaning of the provisions of the act of Ap... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Beneficiaries
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO REISSUE BENEFITS MISUSED BY ORGANIZATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES.
(a) OASDI Amendment.--Section 205(j)(5) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(j)(5)) is amended by... | Amends SSA title XI part A (General Provisions) to extend civil monetary penalty authority for SSA titles II and XVI with respect to representative payees who misuse and convert a payment under such titles to unauthorized uses. |
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, the petition is granted. Hopfmann filed this action in the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts challeng... | Held: In federal-court proceedings wherein it was claimed that the Massachusetts Democratic Party's Charter, as enforced by a Massachusetts statute, violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments, the Court of Appeals erred in concluding, on the basis of Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U. S. 332, that the claim here was foreclosed... |
Background Until fiscal year 1998, Indian housing authorities and tribes received most of their funding for low-income housing through programs established under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 and administered by HUD’s Office of Native American Programs. Through its headquarters and six field offices, and with the help o... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) implementation of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA), focusing on: (1) how HUD allocated funding to Indian housing authorities and tribes before NAHASDA's enactment,... |
This is an action of replevin involving conflicting claims under certain chattel mortgages executed by Freedman Bros. & Co. formerly merchants in the city of Detroit. The firm was composed of Herman Freedman, who managed its business in Detroit; Benjamin Freedman, who resided in New York, and had entire charge of the b... | li Michigan, when a chattel mortgage is attacked as fraudulent against subsequent creditors or mortgagees in good faith, by reason of the mortgagor being permitted to remain in possession and to prosecute his business in the ordinary way, it is the province of the jury to determine whether such fraud is proved; but whe... |
That section 315(a) of
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 315) is amended to read as
follows:
``(a) Allowance of Television Broadcast Time for certain
Candidates; Censorship Prohibition.--Each licensee operating a
television broadcasting station shall make available without charge to
any legally qualifi... | Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each licensee operating a television (TV) broadcasting station to make available without charge to any legally qualified candidate for the Senate an amount of broadcast time as determined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) during the 45-day period preceding s... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Unemployed Workers Act''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF CERTAIN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
(a) Emergency Unemployment Compensation.--Section 4007 of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C.
3304 note) is amended--
... | Helping Unemployed Workers Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through March 31, 2011.
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and S... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) It is appropriate to exercise congressional enforcement
authority under section 5 of the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution of the Unit... | Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 - Prohibits states or local governments from imposing any new discriminatory tax on mobile services, mobile service providers, or mobile service property (i.e., cell phones) for five years after the enactment of this Act. Defines "new discriminatory tax" as a tax imposed on mobile serv... |
Applicants Dolman and Wilson were convicted of criminal contempt of court pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 401(3) for violation of an injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Their convictions were affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 7, 1978,... | Application to stay Court of Appeals' judgment and mandate affirming applicants' criminal contempt convictions for violating District Court's injunction is denied. The Court of Appeals apparently has granted a stay with respect to other individuals who were convicted of criminal contempt for violation of the same injun... |
The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed on the authority of Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1, 84 S.Ct. 526, without prejudice to the right of the appellants to apply by April 1, 1964, to the District Court for further equitable relief in light of the present circumstances including the imminence of ... | 214 F. Supp. 897, affirmed. |
SECTION 1. PREMIUMS FOR MORTGAGE INSURANCE.
(a) In General.--Paragraph (3) of section 163(h) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified residence interest) is
amended by adding after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph:
``(E) Mortgage insurance premiums treated a... | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the deduction of premiums for mortgage insurance. Provides for the phaseout of such deduction based on income. |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Southern Campaign of the Revolution
Heritage Area Study Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Heritage area.--The term ``Heritage Area'' means the
Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area.
(2) Secretary.-... | Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating specified South Carolina counties, cities, public sites, other sites maintained by the State, and National Park ... |
Overview Federal education legislation continues to emphasize the role of assessment in elementary and secondary schools. Perhaps most prominently, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95 ), requires the use of test-based educational accountabil... | Federal education legislation continues to emphasize the role of assessment in elementary and secondary schools. Perhaps most prominently, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), requires the use of test-based educational accountability system... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land
Exchange Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Conservation district.--The term ``conservation
district'' means the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation
District, a political subdiv... | Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior: (1) to quitclaim to the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District in California approximately 327 acres of identified federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management; and (2) in exchange for such land, to ac... |
Background Direct Loan Program Education administers federal student financial aid programs, including the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program, through the Office of Federal Student Aid. Education issues several types of loans under the Direct Loan program, including subsidized and unsubsidized lo... | As of September 2017, $149 billion of nearly $1.4 trillion in outstanding federal student loan debt was in default. GAO was asked to examine schools' strategies to prevent students from defaulting and Education's oversight of these efforts. This report examines (1) how schools work with borrowers to manage default rate... |
Petitioners brought suit in admiralty in the District Court for Southern New York, to recover damages for injury to a shipment of onions on respondent's steamship Vallescura from Spain to New York City. The onions, receipt of which in apparent good condition was acknowledged by the bill of lading, were delivered in New... | 1. The provision of § 3 of the Harter Act, relieving vessels and their owners from the consequences of " fault or error in navigation or management" of the vessels, does not relate to damage caused to cargo by failure to care for it properly on the voyage, e. g., failure to give proper ventilation to a shipment of onio... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family and Medical Leave Enhancement
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.
Section 101(2)(B)(ii) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ``less than 50'' each
place it appears and inserting ``f... | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to cover employees at worksites that employ fewer than 50 employees, but not fewer than 25 employees. Continues to exempt from FMLA coverage employees at worksites that employ fewer than 25 employees (currently 50)... |
This is a bill in equity, filed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, by Richard H. Porter against Stephen V. White. The case arises as follows: On the 4th of July, 1868, a convention was concluded between the United States and Mexico, (15 St. 679,) providing for the adjustment of the claims of citizens of ... | In this case it was held, on the facts, that the plaintiff in a suit in equity had not established his right to a decree that he is entitled to the one-half of the attorney's fees in an award against Mexico by the joint United States and Mexican commission, which fees had been collected by the defendant. The plaintiff ... |
Respondents filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in which they asserted that petitioner's employee insurance benefits and maternity leave regulations discriminated against women in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended ... | Respondents filed a complaint alleging that petitioner's employee insurance benefits and maternity leave regulations discriminated against its women employees in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and seeking injunctive relief, damages, costs, and attorneys' fees. After ruling in respondents' favor... |
Introduction The renewal of military commission proceedings against Khalid Sheik Mohammad and four others for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has focused renewed attention on the differences between trials in federal court and those conducted by military commission. The decision to try the defen... | The renewal of military commission proceedings against Khalid Sheik Mohammad and four others for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has focused renewed attention on the differences between trials in federal court and those conducted by military commission. The decision to try the defendants in mili... |
Introduction This report discusses mortgage markets in selected nations and identifies aspects of housing finance that may suggest interesting policy options as Congress debates housing finance reform in the United States. The report describes similarities and differences in a number of countries by comparing homeowner... | The United States, Canada, Denmark, and Australia are advanced economies that share many features, but their approaches to financing homeownership have differed. As the U.S. Congress considers housing finance reform, the experiences of these other nations may suggest some potentially useful policy approaches. In recent... |
On March 5, 1975, respondent, a member of the police force in Muskegon, Mich., was charged in a three-count indictment with distribution of various narcotics. Both before his trial in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, and twice during the trial, respondent moved to dismiss the two ... | Respondent, indicted for federal drug offenses, moved before trial and twice during trial for dismissal of two counts of the indictment on the ground that his defense had been prejudiced by preindictment delay. At the close of all the evidence the trial court granted respondent's motion. The Government sought to appeal... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008'' or
the ``OFS Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The status of oil as a strategic commodity, which
derives from its domination of the trans... | Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008 or the OFS Act - Amends federal transportation law to require each light-duty automobile manufacturer's annual inventory to comprise at least: (1) 50% fuel choice-enabling automobiles in years 2012-2014; and (2) 80% fuel choice-enabling automobiles in 2015, and in each subsequent year.
D... |
In the Republic Aviation Corporation case, the employer, a large and rapidly growing military aircraft manufacturer, adopted, well before any union activity at the plant, a general rule against soliciting which read as follows: 'Soliciting of any type cannot be permitted in the factory or offices.' The Republic plant w... | 1. The National Labor Relations Board was warranted in these cases in finding unfair labor practices, violative of § 8 of the National Labor Relations Act, in the employer's (1) enforcement of a "nosolicitation" rule against the solicitation of union membership by employees on company property during lunch hour; (2) di... |
On March 14, 1917, Mrs. Woodbury took the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway at San Antonio, Tex., for El Paso, Tex., and checked her trunk, which she took with her. It was lost and she sued the company in a state district court for the value of trunk and contents, which the jury found to be $500. Mrs. Woodbur... | 1. The declaration of the Act to Regulate Commerce (§ 1) that it shall apply to any common carrier engaged in the transportation of persons or property from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country,contemplates its application also to the transportation by such a carrier from the adjacent foreign c... |
The question presented by the certificate of division does not appear to us difficult of solution. Upon principle, an act which is not an offence at the time it is committed cannot become such by any subsequent independent act of the party with which it has no connection. By the clause in question, the obtaining of goo... | 1 An act which is not an offence at the time it is committed cannot become such by any subsequent independent act of the party with which it has no connection. Accordingly, that part of sect. 5132, Rev. Stat., which declares that every personrespecting whom proceedings in bankruptcy are commenced, either upon his own p... |
Federal Child Care and Early Education Programs and Tax Provisions Several federal programs support child care, education, or related services, primarily for low-income working families. In addition, the tax code includes provisions specifically targeted to assist families with child care expenses. Descriptions of thos... | Federal support for child care and education comes in many forms, ranging from grant programs to tax provisions. Some programs serve as specifically dedicated funding sources for child care services (e.g., the Child Care and Development Block Grant, or CCDBG) or education programs (e.g., Elementary and Secondary Educat... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``9/11 Memorial Cross National
Monument Establishment Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the 9/11 Memorial Cross is located at the National 9/11
Memorial Museum at the intersection of Albany and Greenwich
... | 9/11 Memorial Cross National Monument Establishment Act of 2011 - Establishes the 9/11 Memorial Cross located at the National 9/11 Memorial Museum in the city of New York, New York, as a national monument.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a general management plan for such monument.
Terminates desig... |
Introduction Many Members of the 116 th Congress have demonstrated an ongoing interest in Trump Administration efforts to reform the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The reforms, branded Transformation at USAID , target a broad range of programs, structures, and processes in an effort to improve the a... | The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has initiated a series of major internal reforms, branded as Transformation at USAID . The reforms are largely in response to Trump Administration directives aimed at making federal agencies more efficient, effective, and accountable. Most of the reforms proposed un... |
Introduction The nearly 12,000 federally insured banks and thrifts in the United States, which hold more than $5 trillion in assets, are regulated and supervised by four federal agencies with similar and sometimes overlapping regulatory and supervisory responsibilities. Although many industry representatives, legislato... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed its previous work on the structure and operations of bank oversight in five countries, focusing on: (1) aspects of those systems that may be useful for Congress to consider in any future modernization efforts; (2) perceived problems with federal bank oversight in the Un... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Whistleblower Improvement Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
(a) Exclusion of Certain Compliance Officers and Internal Reporting
as a Condition of Award.--Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.... | Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to require a whistleblower employee, as a prerequisite to eligibility for a whistleblower award, to: (1) first report information relating to misconduct to his or her employer before reporting it to the Sec... |
After our previous remand, 409 U.S. 1052, 93 S.Ct. 555, 34 L.Ed.2d 506 (1972), the three-judge District Court held that amended New York Social Services Law § 101—a 'engraft(ed) . . . a condition on to the Congressionally prescribed initial AFDC eligibility requirements or on to the grounds for discontinuance of benefi... | Amendment, subsequent to this Court's noting probable jurisdiction of appeal from judgment of three-judge District Court, of § 402 (a) of Social Security Act resolves question below of conflict between § 402 (a) and provision of New York Social Services Law requiring the recipient, as a condition of eligibility for ben... |
Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that, in FY2012, financed the delivery of primary and acute medical services, as well as long-term services and supports, to nearly 57 million people and cost states and the federal government a total of $431 billion. Each state designs and administers its own version of M... | The federal Medicaid statute and accompanying regulations include provisions that states can apply to certain program beneficiaries with respect to out-of-pocket cost-sharing, including premiums that may be required on a monthly or quarterly basis, enrollment fees that may be applied on an annual or semiannual basis, a... |
Background The government's purchase card program has its origins in Executive Order (E.O.) 12352, issued by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. E.O. 12352 directed agencies to develop programs that simplified procedures and reduced the administrative costs of procurement, particularly with regard to "small" purchases ($2... | Following their introduction in the mid-1990s, the usage of government purchase cards expanded at a rapid rate. Spurred by legislative and regulatory reforms designed to increase the use of purchase cards for small acquisitions, the dollar volume of government purchase card transactions grew from $527 million in FY1993... |
Background DNA Analysis of Crime Scene Evidence Analysis of DNA evidence from crime scenes can help law enforcement link offenders or victims to crime scenes. After crimes occur, law enforcement submits physical evidence from crime scenes, victims, and suspects (hereafter referred to as “crime scene evidence”) to labs ... | Many state and local crime labs have backlogs of requests for DNA analysis of crime scene evidence, as reported by grantees participating in DOJ's CEBR grant program. These backlogs can include sexual assault kits. Since 2011, DOJ's Office of Justice Programs—the primary grant-making arm of DOJ—has awarded nearly $500 ... |
An Illinois statute of 1903 (Laws 1903, p. 217) amended the act of 1853 (Laws 1853, p. 97) which gave a right of action for wrongful death by adding thereto: 'Provided further, that no action shall be brought or prosecuted in this state to recover damages for death occurring outside of this state.' Our jurisd... | A federal question which could have been raised before but was first raissd in the state Supreme Court by a petition for rehearing, which that court merey ovemiled, does not confer jurisdiction on this CourL Writ of error to review 290 Illinois, 227, dismissed. |
Prevalence of Identity Theft Appears to be Growing No single hotline or database captures the universe of identity theft victims. Some individuals do not even know that they have been victimized until months after the fact, and some known victims may not know to report or may choose not to report to the police, credit ... | Identity theft involves "stealing" another person's personal identifying information, such as their Social Security number, date of birth, or mother's maiden name, and using that information to fraudulently establish credit, run up debt, or take over existing financial accounts. Another pervasive category is the use of... |
Background VA provides nursing home care for some veterans, as required, and makes these services available to other veterans on a discretionary basis, as resources permit. Specifically, VA is required by law to provide nursing home care to any veteran who needs it for a service-connected disability and to any veteran ... | The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) annually provides care to more than 46,000 elderly and disabled veterans in 132 VA-operated nursing homes, called community living centers (CLC). After media reports of problems with the care delivered to veterans in CLCs, VA contracted with the Long Term Care Institute, Inc. (LT... |
Background Medicare is the nation’s health insurance program for those aged 65 and older and certain disabled individuals. All beneficiaries may receive health care through Medicare’s traditional FFS arrangement. Alternatively, a beneficiary may enroll in a Medicare managed care plan if one is available in the county i... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on managed care plans' decisions to leave the Medicare program or to reduce the geographic areas that they serve, focusing on: (1) plans that receive capitated payments; (2) the patterns of plan and beneficiary participation in managed care; (3) factors asso... |
The plaintiff in error filed his petition on April 26, 1884, in the circuit court of the city of Richmond, against Greenhow, the defendant, as treasurer of the city of Richmond, praying for a rule nisi, commanding the said Greenhow to show cause why a peremptory mandamus should not be awarded to the plaintiff, commandi... | United States, it may be sued by its own citizens. This would be to deprive the State, with regard to its own citizens, of its sovereign right of exemption from suit. It seems to us that the absurdity of this proposition is its sufficient answer. Unless the State chooses to allow itself to be sued, it cannot be sued; i... |
Mr Chief Justice Marshall considered the certificate evidence that there were such laws as those stated in it; but the laws should be produced. He would have been willing that the paper should be read, unless objected to; but being objected to, it was not evidence. Mr Whipple then offered in evidence, to show the cours... | A paper certified by the secretary of state of Rhode Island, and by the governor, under the seal of the state, stating that certain laws were passed by the legislature of that state, and that certain matters were cognizable by the general assembly of Rhode Island, and of the practice of the assembly of Rhode Island in ... |
Petitioner was tried and convicted of knowingly transporting a woman in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution, in violation of the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2421, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2421. At the trial, the woman, who had since the date of the offense married the petitioner, was ordered, over her obj... | Petitioner was tried and convicted in a Federal District Court of knowingly transporting a woman in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution, in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 2421. At the trial, the woman, who had married petitioner since the date of the'offense, was ordered over her objection and that of petit... |
In establishing a federal death penalty for certain drug offenses under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 848(e), Congress created a statutory right to qualified legal representation for capital defendants in federal habeas corpus proceedings. § 848(q)(4)(B). This case presents the question whether a capit... | Title 21 U. S. C. § 848(q)(4)(B) entitles capital defendants to qualified legal representation in any "post conviction proceeding" under 28 U. S. C. § 2254 or § 2255, sections of the federal habeas corpus statute. Having failed to obtain a modification of his impending execution date in Texas state court, petitioner Mc... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Access to Diabetes
Supplies Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING RULES APPLIED IN CASE OF COMPETITION FOR DIABETIC
TESTING STRIPS.
(a) Special Rule Applied in Case of Competition for Diabetic
Testing Strips.--
(1) ... | Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the special competitive acquisition program rule applied to diabetic testing strips to require the volume for such types of products to be determined through the use of multiple sources of data that me... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hydrogen Future Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of titles II and III--
(1) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Energy; and
(2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.
... | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Hydrogen
Title II: Fuel Cells
Title III: DOE Scientific and Technical Program Quality
Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 -
Title I: Hydrogen
- Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to replace its mandate for a comprehens... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Investment Security Act of
2005''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY UNDER DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT.
Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App.
2170) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by... | Foreign Investment Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 relating to authorized investigations of the effects on national security of a proposed acquisition, merger, or takeover (transaction) by or with foreign persons which could result in foreign control of persons engaged in U.S. commerce ... |
Background Each day, an estimated 13,400 people worldwide are newly infected with HIV; more than 20 million have died from AIDS since 1981. HIV is transmitted both sexually (through sexual intercourse with an infected person) and nonsexually (through the sharing of needles or syringes with an infected person; unsafe bl... | The U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 authorizes the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and promotes the ABC model (Abstain, Be faithful, or use Condoms). It recommends that 20 percent of funds appropriated pursuant to the act be spent on prevention and requires th... |
Background NASA’s mission is to drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration and contribute to education, innovation, our country’s economic vitality, and the stewardship of the Earth. To accomplish this mission, NASA establishes programs and projects that rely on complex instruments and sp... | The proposed Space Leadership Preservation Act of 2015, which includes provisions related to NASA's leadership structure, budget development, and contracting authorities, would affect the way NASA develops its vision for space exploration and executes the projects that implement it. It could also have implications for ... |
Introduction The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act (PACT Act) requires remote retailers of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco—that is, retailers who sell cigarettes and smokeless tobacco without a face-to-face transaction with the buyer—to pay all state and local taxes before delivering the purchased goods. Three rem... | The Jenkins Act requires out-of-state sellers of cigarettes to register and file a report with the states in which they sell cigarettes listing the name, address, and quantity of cigarettes sold to state residents. In the past, the states would use this information to collect taxes from the buyers directly. However, wi... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Build the Fence Now Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. TWO-LAYERED REINFORCED FENCING ALONG THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES-
MEXICO BORDER.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 102(b)(1) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility ... | Build the Fence Now Act of 2011 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) construct two layers of reinforced fencing along the entire international land border between the United States and Mexico; (2) provide for the ins... |
. . . 'They were the only measure of value which the people had, and their use was a matter of almost absolute necessity. In the light of these facts, it seems hardly less than absurd to say that these dollars must be regarded as identical in kind and value with the dollars which constitute the money of the United Stat... | THE ATLANTIC, TENNESSEE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, THas CHARLOTTE AND SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, JOSEPH WILSON AND ANDERSON MITCHELL, |
The motion to dismiss the appeal in this case is now before the court. Counsel for the Pullman Company took the appeal directly from the circuit court to this court, on the theory that the case involved the construction or application of the constitution of the United States, because of the holding of the court below t... | By taking an appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals the Pullman Company did not, under the peculiar circuinstances of this case, waive its tight to appeal to this court, and the case being now before this court either on appeal or- by the writ of certiorari, it has jurisdiction. In order to authorize a denial of a plai... |
Background The IG Act establishes OIGs both at select major federal agencies, called establishments, and at some smaller agencies, called designated federal entities (DFE), to conduct oversight of their programs and operations. The IG Act also sets out, among other things, (1) the duties and responsibilities of each IG... | The IG Act established OIGs to conduct and supervise audits and investigations; recommend policies to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness; and prevent and detect fraud and abuse. The Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016 included a provision for GAO to review prolonged IG vacancies during which a tempora... |
Background From May 2003 through June 2004, the CPA, led by the United States and the United Kingdom, was the UN-recognized coalition authority responsible for the temporary governance of Iraq and for overseeing, directing, and coordinating the reconstruction effort. In May 2003, the CPA dissolved the military organiza... | The United States, along with coalition partners and various international organizations, has undertaken a challenging and costly effort to stabilize and rebuild Iraq following multiple wars and decades of neglect by the former regime. This enormous effort is taking place in an unstable security environment, concurrent... |
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The heading of Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 1070) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
CHAPTER 4.6. Public Transit Service Contracts and Contracts for the Collection and Transportation of Solid Waste
SEC. 2.
Sectio... | Existing law requires a local government agency letting a public transit service contract out to bid to give a bidding preference for contractors and subcontractors who agree to retain for a specified period certain employees who were employed to perform essentially the same services by the previous contractor or subco... |
Background In 1997 and 1998, the quality of service IRS provided to taxpayers was identified as a problem both in and outside IRS. The Vice President’s National Performance Review looked within and across federal agencies at how existing programs could operate more efficiently and effectively and what activities the go... | Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) efforts to improve customer service. GAO noted that: (1) IRS' strategy for managing the implementation of its customer service initiatives shows promise but could be improved; (2) IRS' basic approach was to establish a... |
There are two well-settled rules of decision, invoked respectively by the parties. One, that findings of fact made by the Land Department in the progress of a contest before it are conclusive upon the courts; the other, that questions of fact decided by a state court are not subject to review by this court in proceedin... | Where a commutation entry made in good faith after the passage of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1098, was rightful, save for the fact that it was premature, the act of June 3, 1896, 29 Stat. 197, does away with that objection and confirms the entry, and the right to such confirmation is not destroyed by anything t... |
Background Innovation is a dynamic process through which problems and challenges are defined, new and creative ideas are developed, and new solutions are selected and implemented. It is also a complex process that involves taking iterative steps to solve problems. Innovation requires an environment that encourages part... | Organizations from around the globe are emphasizing that strategies promoting innovation are vital to solving complex problems. To try to instill a culture of innovation in its agency, OPM followed the lead of a number of private sector companies, nonprofit organizations, and government bodies by creating an innovation... |
It does not appear, from the proceedings before the District Court, that the land claimed is within the Northern Judicial District of California. This is necessary to give that court jurisdiction. It can exercise no power over any claim, where the land lies in the Southern Judicial District of the same State. This cour... | Upon an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, where it did not appear, from the proceedings, whether the land, claimed was within the Northern or Southern District, this court will reverse the judgment of the District Court and remand the case for the purpgse of ma... |
This case is here on direct appeal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1253,1 2325, from an order of the District Court which permanently enjoined the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing, against the appellee railway system,2 an order requing the application of increased revenues to deferred capital improvements and de... | In April 1974, virtually all the Nation's railroads, including appellees, the Chessie System, filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) a joint petition for a general revenue increase, stating as a reason therefor that "billions of dollars are needed immediately and in the coming decade for maintenance and im... |
The Internal Revenue Code provides that taxpayers seeking a refund of taxes unlawfully assessed must comply with tax refund procedures set forth in the Code. Under those procedures, a taxpayer must file an administrative claim with the Internal Revenue Service before filing suit against the Government. Such a claim mus... | The Internal Revenue Code requires a taxpayer seeking a refund of taxes unlawfully assessed to file an administrative claim with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) before filing suit against the Government, see 26 U. S. C. §7422(a). Such claim must be filed within three years of the filing of a tax return or two years ... |
Background Overview of Federal Disability Benefit Programs The Social Security Administration administers two main programs that provide benefits to individuals with disabilities: SSI and DI. Adults are generally considered disabled if (1) they cannot perform work that they did before; (2) they cannot adjust to other w... | For years, states and counties have helped individuals who receive state or county assistance apply for federal disability programs. Federal benefits can be more generous, and moving individuals to these programs can allow states and counties to reduce their benefit costs or reinvest savings into other services. Some s... |
By the act of Congress of March 3d, 1887, chap. 376, it was provided that if, at the completion of the adjustments of land grants thereby directed to be made, or sooner, it appeared that lands had been from any cause erroneously certified or patented to or for any company claiming by, through, or under grant from the U... | In a suit brought under the act of Congress of March 3, 1887, c. 376, to compel the reconveyance of lands covered by patent issued February 20, 1893 on the ground that it included land to which there were adverse claims of settlers to the land on which they respectively resided and which the United States now claimed f... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Family Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The World Health Organization formally recognizes
infertility as a disease, and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention have stated that infert... | Family Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based tax credit for 50% of qualified infertility treatment expenses. Allows $13,360 of such expenses to be taken into account for purposes of such credit for all taxable years. Defines "qualified infertility treatment expenses" as amounts paid fo... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cyber Economic Espionage
Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States faces persistent cyber espionage of
intellectual property from foreign governm... | Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: cyber economic espionage should be a priority issue in all economic and diplomatic discussions with the People's Republic of China, including during all meetings of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, and with the Russian F... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gifted and Talented Students
Education Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Gifted and talented students give evidence of high
performance capability in specific ... | Gifted and Talented Students Education Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to assist local educational agencies to develop or expand gifted and talented education programs through one or more of the following activities: (1) professional development programs;... |
In Kelly v. Robinson, 479 U.S. 36, 50, 107 S.Ct. 353, 361, 93 L.Ed.2d 216 (1986), this Court held that restitution obligations imposed as conditions of probation in state criminal actions are nondischargeable in proceedings under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. The Court rested its holding on... | Respondents pleaded guilty to welfare fraud and were ordered by a Pennsylvania court, as a condition of probation, to make monthly restitution payments to petitioner county probation department for petitioner state welfare department. Subsequently, respondents filed a petition under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code in... |
Petitioner Elijah Manuel was held in jail for some seven weeks after a judge relied on allegedly fabricated evidence to find probable cause that he had committed a crime. The primary question in this case is whether Manuel may bring a claim based on the Fourth Amendment to contest the legality of his pretrial confineme... | During a traffic stop, police officers in Joliet, Illinois, searched petitioner Elijah Manuel and found a vitamin bottle containing pills. Suspecting the pills to be illegal drugs, the officers conducted a field test, which came back negative for any controlled substance. Still, they arrested Manuel and took him to the... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Zeroing In American Energy Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Establishing a clean energy future requires new
innovative technologies.
(2) Solar energy offers the United State... | Zeroing In American Energy Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a program for the leasing of federal lands for the advancement, development, assessment, installation, and operation of commercial photovoltaic and concentrating solar power energy systems.
Requires the Secretary, acting through... |
This was a suit to set aside a will probated in common form, and to avoid its probate. The suit was begun in the United States court for the Indian Territory, wherein the will had been probated, and was transferred to an Oklahoma court when that state was admitted into the Union. The plaintiff ultimately prevailed and ... | Sections 6509 and 6521, Mansfield's Digest of the General Laws of Arkansas dealing with appeals from the Probate to the. Circuit Court, were not put in force in Indian Territory by the Act of May 2, 1890, c. 182, § 31, 26 Stat. 81, as they were inapplicable to conditions then existing in:Indian Territory. Section 6525 ... |
At times, it appears that a major segment of the drug industry cannot avoid being the center of controversy. Firms that develop, produce, and sell brand-name or patented drugs have been praised for their successes in developing safer or more effective versions of existing medicines and new medicines that advance the tr... | A key issue in congressional debates over expanding consumer access to prescription drugs is the impact of proposed initiatives on the development of new medicines. Some of the initiatives entail significant changes in one or more of the federal policies affecting new drug development. One such policy is federal taxati... |
On the trial of this cause the agreement of September 13th, 1861, was admitted in evidence, without the exhibit to which it refers, against two objections of the defendants: 1st, that it was incomplete without the exhibit; 2d, that it was invalid, because executed by one of the firm of Kelly & Co. after its dissolution... | 1. Where agents, in the sale of an article, acknowledging a debt of unascertained amount due their principals, sign an agreement passing certain debts described as "all accounts hereunto attached,: and marked Exhibit A,"-no exhibit, however, being then or afterwards annexed,-and "all other debts die" (for the particula... |
This case involves the validity of a qualifying test administered to applicants for positions as police officers in the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department. The test was sustained by the District Court but invalidated by the Court of Appeals. We are in agreement with the District Court and hence reverse... | Respondents Harley and Sellers, both Negroes (hereinafter respondents), whose applications to become police officers in the District of Columbia had been rejected, in an action against District of Columbia officials (petitioners) and others, claimed that the Police Department's recruiting procedures, including a writte... |
This is a negligence case under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 35 Stat. 65, 45 U.S.C. § 51, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51. Petitioner, an employee of respondent, was injured while shifting various railroad cars on its tracks in and about the Ford Motor Company plant at Norfolk, Virginia. His first cause of action charged res... | In this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act to recover damages for injuries resulting from petitioner's fall from a freight car while acting as a conductor in charge of shifting various railroad cars on respondent's tracks at an industrial plant, held: 1. The issue whether the injury was caused by respond... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing
Levels Act'' or the ``LEVEL Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EXPANSION OF RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(o)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1)... | Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act or the LEVEL Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the renewable fuel program, including by: (1) redefining "renewable fuel"; (2) revoking the requirement that the Administrator ensure that renewable fuel achieves a 20% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emis... |
For over 30 years the Attorney General has possessed statutory authority to withhold the deportation of an alien upon a finding that the alien would be subject to persecution in the country to which he would be deported. The question presented by this case is whether a deportable alien must demonstrate a clear probabil... | After he was ordered to surrender for deportation, respondent alien in 1977 moved to reopen the deportation proceedings, seeking relief under § 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA), which then authorized the Attorney General to withhold deportation of an alien upon a finding that the alien "would... |
This is a suit by Heye, a cotton broker in Bremen, against the petitioner, a cotton exporter in Texas, to recover sums that Heye had to pay on its account. The payments were made upon cotton sold by Heye as the petitioner's agent, to different buyers, for alleged failure of the cotton to correspond to the description u... | A judgment for an alien enemy is objectionable only in so far as it may give aid and comfort to the other side in the war. P. 323. A judgment recovered in the District Court by an alien enemy before he became such, the satisfaction of which was delayed by the other party's appeal until the intervention of war, may prop... |
Introduction The United States is considering fundamental changes in its natural gas supply policy. Facedwith rising natural gas demand and perceived limitations in North American gas production, manyin government and industry are encouraging greater U.S. imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Recent activities by Con... | Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to the United States are increasing to supplementdomestic gas production. Recent actions by Congress and federal agencies have promoted greaterLNG supplies by changing regulations, clarifying siting authorities, and streamlining the approvalprocess for LNG import terminals. Were thes... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Rights Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution
guarantee that all individuals are entitled to equal protection
of th... | Civil Rights Act of 1997 - Prohibits discrimination or preferences in Federal employment and contracting and other Federal programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. Prohibits requiring or encouraging any Federal contractor or subcontractor to so discriminate or grant a preference.
D... |
Order.— It appearing from the twelfth report made by the receiver in this cause that an action recently was commenced against him in the District Court of Wichita County, Tex., by J. H. Duhon and H. J. Kebideaux to recover from him certain moneys for the drilling of a river-bed well, now known as No. 168 and also as De... | 1. Order to show cause why prosecution of an action brought against the receiver in this case should not be enjoined. 2. Order fixing time for filing suggestions, contentions, and arguments, (1), respecting the distribution and incidence of receivership expenses, including those incurred, and losses sustained, from unr... |
Background Oil—the product of the burial and transformation of biomass over the last 200 million years—has historically had no equal as an energy source for its intrinsic qualities of extractability, transportability, versatility, and cost. But the total amount of oil underground is finite, and, therefore, production w... | The U.S. economy depends heavily on oil, particularly in the transportation sector. World oil production has been running at near capacity to meet demand, pushing prices upward. Concerns about meeting increasing demand with finite resources have renewed interest in an old question: How long can the oil supply expand be... |
It is contended that neither the plaintiff in the pending suit nor the bondholders whom it represents were parties or privies to the actions in the state court; that therefore the judgments of the latter court were not conclusive in the foreclosure proceeding as to the nature of the causes of action; that whether they ... | Section 1255 of the Code of North Carolina of 1883 provides that mortgages of corporations shall not exempt the property mortgaged from execution for judgments obtained in the state courts against the corporation for torts and certain other causes. A corporation constructed a plant for supplying a city with water, havi... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export
Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(a) In General.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Export-Import Bank of the United States
administers--
(A) the Working Capital Loan Guarantee Pr... | Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export Act of 2015 This bill declares that it is the policy of this Act: that, should the statutory authority for the export loan programs administered by the Export-Import Bank of the United States lapse, the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall serve the Bank's small business clie... |
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Accountability Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF CONTRACT OR GRANT IN EXCESS OF
SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD TO POTENTIAL CONTRACTOR
OR GRANT APPLICANT WITH SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.
(a) Governmenta... | Tax Accountability Act of 2017 This bill declares that no government contracts or grants should be awarded to individuals or companies with seriously delinquent federal tax debts. Agencies offering a grant or issuing a solicitation for bids or a request for proposals for a contract in an amount greater than the simplif... |
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