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National Security Considerations in Asylum Applications:
A Case Study of 6 Iraqis.
-
"
Administrative Oversight of Financial Control Failures
at the Department of Defense "
"
Whose Right to Keep and Bear Arms: The Second Amendment
as a Source to Individual Rights "
- September
22, 1998 - Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition
- "
The BP/Amoco Merger: A Competitive Review "
- September
16, 1998 - Immigration Subcommittee
- "
Immigrational and Naturalization Oversight: Detention
"
- September
15, 1998 - Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition
Subcommittee
- "
Consolidation in the Telecommunications Industry:
Has It Gone Too Far? "
- September
9, 1998 - Constitution Subcommittee
- "
Impeachment or Indictment: Is a Sitting President
Subject to the Compulsory Criminal Process? "
- Thursday
Sept. 3, 1998 - Full Committee
- "US
Counter-Terrorism Policy"
- September
1, 1998 - Youth Violence Subcommittee
- "
Fixing a Broken System: Preventing Crime Through
Intervention "
JULY 1998
- July
31, 1998 - Full Committee
- "
Drugs, Dignity and Death: Physician Assisted
Suicide? "
- July
29, 1998 - Full Committee
- "S.
1554, Fairness in Punitive Damages Awards Act"
- July
29, 1998 - Immigration
- "Immigration
and Naturalization Oversight: The Enforcement
Side."
- July
23, 1998 - Full Committee
- "Competition
and Innovation in the Digital Age: Beyond the
Browser Wars."
- July
15, 1998 - Full Committee
- "Oversight
of the Department of Justice"
- July
8, 1998 - Full Committee
- "S.
1529, The Hate Crimes Prevention Act"
- July
8, 1998 - Full Committee
- "Flag
Amendment"
- July
7, 1998 - Antitrust Business Rights and Competition
- "Covergence
and Consolidation in the Entertainment and Information
Industries: What does the Future Hold?"
JUNE 1998
- June
25, 1998 - Administrative Oversight and
the Courts
- "
Conserving Judicial Resources: Considering
the Appropriate Allocation of Judgeships
in the Unites States Court of Appeals for
the Seventh Circuit."
- June
24, 1998 - Immigration
- "
The H-2A Program: Is it Working?"
- June
23, 1998 - Full Committee
- "
S.2148, Religious Liberty Protection Act
of 1998 "
- June
17, 1998 - Full Committee
- "
Drug Abuse Among Our Children: A Growing
National Crisis "
- June
16, 1998 - Full Committee
- "
Mergers and Corporate Consolidation in the
New Economy "
- June
15, 1998 - Administrative Oversight and
the Courts Subcommittee
- "
S. 1166, the Federal Agency Compliance Act,"
and "A Review of the Judgeship needs of
the 10th Circuit "
- June
11, 1998 - Immigration Subcommittee
- "Immigration
and Naturalization Service Reform: The Service
Side "
MAY 1998
- May
20, 1998 - Full Committee
- "S.
1645, The Child Custody Protection Act
"
- May
20, 1998 - Technology Terrorism and
Government Information
- "S.
512: Identity Theft "
- May
19, 1998 - Antitrust, Business Rights,
and Competition
- "Consolidation
in the Telephone Industry: Good or Bad
for Consumers? "
- May
19, 1998 - Administrative Oversight
and the Courts
- "
S. 1914, The Business Bankruptcy Reform
Act: Business Bankruptcy Issues in Review."
- May
13, 1998 - Full Committee
- "Tobacco
Legislation: Is it Constitutional?"
- May
12, 1998 - Full Committee
- "Raising
Tobacco Prices: The Consequences"
APRIL 1998
- April
22, 1998 - Terrorism, Technology
and Government Information
- "Chemical
and Biological Weapons Threats to
America: Are We Prepared?"
- April
1, 1998 - Antitrust, Business Rights
and Competition Subcommittee
- "Airline
Hubs: Fair Competition or Predatory
Pricing?"
MARCH 1998
- March
25, 1998 - Constitution, Federalism
and Property Rights Subcommittee
- "The
Tradition and Importance of Protecting
the United States Flag"
- March
19, 1998 - Subcommittee on Antitrust,
Business Rights and Competition
- "International
Airline Alliance"
- March
17, 1998 - Technology, Terrorism
and Government Information Subcommittee
- "Critical
Infrastructure Protection: Toward
A New Policy Directive"
- March
17, 1998 - Constitution, Federalism,
and Property Rights Subcommittee
- "Privacy
in the Digital Age: Encryption
and Mandatory Access."
- March
12, 1998 - Full Committee
- "
S. 1530, The PROTECT Act and Children's
Health: Can We "
- March
11, 1998 - Administrative Oversight
and the Courts Subcommittee
- "S.
1301, The Consumer Bankruptcy
Reform Act: Seeking Fair and Practical
Solutions to the Consumer Bankruptcy
Crisis
- March
10, 1998 - Full Committee
- "United
States Marshals Service: A Selection
Process for the 21st Century"
- March
9, 1998 - Youth Violence Subcommittee
- "Myths
and Facts of S. 10's Juvenile
Record Keeping Requirements"
- March
6, 1998 - Full Committee
- "S.
1530, The PROTECT Act: Civil Liability
Provisions"
- March
5, 1998 - Immigration Subcommittee
- "INS
Oversight: Reforming the Naturalization
Process"
- March
4, 1998 - Antitrust, Business
Rights and Competition Subcommittee
- "The
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Moving Toward Competition under
Section 271."
- March
4, 1998 - Technology, Terrorism,
and Government Information Subcommittee
- "Biological
Weapons: The Threat Posed by Terrorists
"
- March
4, 1998 - Full Committee
- "Office
of National Drug Control Policy
- Drug Strategy"
- March
3, 1998 - Full Committee
- "Market
Power and Structural Change in
the Software Industry"
FEBRUARY 1998
- February
25, 1998 - Full Committee
- "High
Tech Worker Shortage and U.S.Immigration
Policy"
- February
24, 1998 - Constitution, Federalism,
and Property Rights
- "Term
Limits"
- February
24, 1998 - Terrorism, Technology,
and Government Information
- "Foreign
Terrorists in America: Five
years after the World Trade
Center."
- February
10, 1998 - Full Committee
- "Cigarette
Advertising and the First Amendment
to the Constitution."
JANUARY 1998
- January
21, 1998 - Constitution, Federalism
and Property Rights Committee
- "The
25th Anniversary of Roe v.
Wade: Has It Stood the Test
of Time?"
- November
5, 1997 - Immigration
- S.
1360 - The Border Improvement
and Immigration Act of
1997.
- November
5, 1997 - Technology,
Terrorism, and Government
Information
- Oversight
hearing to review the
findings and recommendations
of the President's Commission
on Critical Infrastructure
Protection report, and
to examine policy implications
of new risks to the information-based
national infrastructure.
- November
5, 1997 - Youth Violence
- Oversight
hearing to examine the
effectiveness of Federal
crime prevention programs
that serve at-risk and
delinquent youth.
- November
4, 1997 - Full Committee
- Oversight
hearing to examine the
impact of high-growth
technology and the internet
on antitrust, intellectual
property, competition
policy and enforcement,
including Microsoft's
recent efforts to exercise
its monopoly power and
the Department of Justice's
pending action against
the company.
- November
3, 1997 - Administrative
Oversight and the Courts
- Oversight
hearing to examine issues
with regard to telephone
slamming which is the
unauthorized switching
of a consumer's phone
carrier without their
authorization.
OCTOBER 1997
- October
30, 1997 - Administrative
Oversight and the Courts
- Oversight
hearing to examine how
awards from certain
class action lawsuits
are distributed to victims
and to the lawyers who
represent them, focusing
on how some lawyers
may be using the class
action lawsuit structure
as a way to win great
sums of money in attorney's
fees, and how this action
can impact on the victim's
compensation.
- October
29, 1997 - Antitrust,
Business Rights, and
Competition
- Oversight
hearing to examine certain
antitrust implications
of the proposed settlement
between State Attorneys
General and tobacco
companies to mandate
a total reformation
and restructuring of
how tobacco products
are manufactured, marketed,
and distributed in America.
- October
21, 1997 - Administrative
Oversight and the Courts
- Oversight
hearing to examine the
recommendations of the
National Bankruptcy
Review Commission to
reform the Federal Bankruptcy
Code.
- October
14, 1997 - Immigration
- Oversight
hearing on the impact
of section 110 of the
1996 Immigration Act
on the Canadian-American
border
- October
8, 1997 - Antitrust,
Business Rights, and
Competition
- Oversight
hearing on the implementation
of the Telecommunications
Competition and Deregulation
Act (Public Law 104
- 104), focusing on
antitrust and competition
issues raised by the
deregulation of the
cable and video marketplace.
- October
7, 1997 - Full Committee
- S.
781 - The Omnibus Property
Rights Act of 1997.
- S.
1204 - The Property
Owners Access to Justice
Act of 1997.
- H.R.
992 - The Tucker Act
Shuffle Relief Act of
1997.
- H.R.
1534 - The Private Property
Rights Implementation
Act of 1997.
- October
1, 1997 - Full Committee
- Oversight
hearing to examine Congress'
constitutional role
in protecting religious
liberty in the wake
of the Supreme Court's
decision in the case
of City of Boerne v.
Flores in which the
court held the Religious
Freedom Restoration
Act unconstitutional
under the 14th amendment
as applied to the States.
SEPTEMBER
1997
- September
30, 1997 - Constitution,
Federalism, and
Property Rights
- Oversight
hearing to examine
the use of racial
and ethnic preferences
in Federal procurement
programs, focusing
on the constitutionality
of Department of
Transportation proposed
regulations to modify
the Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise
Program for highway
and transit projects,
and a related Supreme
Court decision in
Adarant v. Pena.
- September
29, 1997 - Administrative
Oversight and the
Courts
- Oversight
hearing to review
the operations of
the Federal Bureau
of Investigation
crime laboratory.
- September
23, 1997 - Full
Committee
- Oversight
hearing to examine
competitive trends
in the health care
marketplace to assess
the currency and
effectiveness of
antitrust law enforcement.
- September
17, 1997 - Joint
Hearing
Senate Committee
on the Judiciary
& Senate Committee
on Indian Affairs
- Oversight
hearing to examine
the incidence of
youth violence and
criminal gang activity
within Indian country,
and the Federal
response.
- September
17, 1997 - The 1996
Telecom Act: An
Antitrust Perspective
- September
12, 1997 - Immigration
- Oversight
hearing on proposals
to permanently extend
the expiring provisions
of current immigration
law which provides
special immigrant
visas for religious
workers sponsored
by religious organizations
in the United States.
- September
9, 1997 - Immigration
- Oversight
hearing to examine
the economic and
fiscal impact of
immigration in the
United States.
- September
4, 1997 - Full Committee
- S.
1146 - The Digital
Copyright Clarification
and Technology Education
Act of 1997.
- September
4, 1997 - Administrative
Oversight and the
Courts
- Oversight
hearing to examine
the allocation of
judgeships in the
United States Court
of Appeals for the
Second and Eighth
Circuits.
- September
3, 1997 - Technology,
Terrorism, and Government
Information
-
Oversight hearing
on the impact of
encryption technology
on public safety
and law enforcement,
focusing on the
security needs of
business and industry
and the use of encryption
by organized crime
and terrorists.
- September
3, 1997 - Full Committee
- S.
230 - The Freedom
From Union Violence
Act of 1997.
- September
22, 1997 - Administrative
Oversight and the
Courts
- Section
548 of Title II
of the U.S. Code
(Bankruptcy Code)
- Proposed legislation
to exempt certain
contributions to
religious or other
charitable organizations
from being subject
to recovery by trustees
in bankruptcy proceedings,
and to review the
need for additional
Federal bankruptcy
judgeships.
AUGUST
1997
- August
11, 1997 - Immigration
- Field
Hearing - Ellis
Island, NY,
Oversight hearing
to examine immigration
policies; legal
and illegal
immigration;
and INS policies
regarding suspected
terrorists,
criminal aliens,
detention space,
and alien smuggling.
- August
8, 1997 - Administrative
Oversight and
the Courts,
Field Hearing
- Des Moines,
IA
- S.
1024 - The Family
Farmer Protection
Act of 1997.
- August
1, 1997 - Administrative
Oversight and
the Courts
-
Oversight hearing
to examine the
negative impact
of bankruptcy
on education
funding, and
the proposed
Investment in
Education Act
of 1977.
JULY
1997
- July
31, 1997
- Immigration
- Oversight
hearing
to examine
the President's
proposed
annual refugee
admissions
and allocation
for fiscal
year 1998.
- July
30, 1997
- Full Committee
- Oversight
hearing
to examine
the terms
and parameters
of the proposed
settlement
between
State Attorneys
General
and tobacco
companies
to mandate
a total
reformation
and restructuring
of how tobacco
products
are manufactured,
marketed
and distributed
in America,
focusing
on its long-term
impact on
children
and the
public health,
and its
legal and
constitutional
ramifications.
- July
29, 1997
- Constitution,
Federalism,
and Property
Rights
- S.J.
Res. 26
- Proposing
a constitutional
amendment
to establish
limited
judicial
terms of
office.
- July
28, 1997
- Technology,
Terrorism,
and Government
Information
- S.
474 - The
Internet
Gambling
Prohibition
Act of 1997.
- July
28, 1997
- Technology,
Terrorism,
and Government
Information
- Oversight
hearing
to examine
Federal
law enforcement
efforts
with regard
to the investigation
of the circumstances
surrounding
the interview
of Richard
Jewell in
connection
with the
July 27,
1996, bombing
at Centennial
Olympic
Park in
Atlanta.
- July
24, 1997
- Antitrust,
Business
Rights,
and Competition
- Oversight
hearing
to examine
the state
of competition
in the defense
industry,
the administration's
policy on
defense
mergers,
and the
antitrust
implications
of defense
industry
consolidation.
- July
23, 1997
- Full Committee
- S.
1053 - Authorizing
Funds for
the Office
of National
Drug Control
Policy.
- July
17, 1997
- Immigration
- S.
290 - The
Visa Waiver
Pilot Program.
- July
16, 1997
- Antitrust,
Business
Rights,
and Competition
- S.
539 - The
Television
Improvement
Act of 1997.
- July
16, 1997
- Full Committee
- Oversight
hearing
to examine
the terms
and parameters
of the proposed
Global Tobacco
Settlement
which will
mandate
a total
reformation
and restructuring
of how tobacco
products
are manufactured,
marketed
and distributed
in America,
focusing
on its long-term
impact on
children
and the
public health,
and its
legal and
constitutional
ramifications.
- July
15, 1997
- Constitution,
Federalism,
and Property
Rights
- Oversight
hearing
to examine
issues with
regard to
the constitutional
role of
Federal
judges to
decide cases
and controversies,
focusing
on the problem
and impact
of judicial
activism,
whereby
Federal
judges'
decisions
are based
on policy
preferences.
- July
9, 1997
- Full Committee
- S.
376 - The
Encrypted
Communications
Privacy
Act.
- S.
909 - The
Secure Public
Networks
Act.
- July
8, 1997
- Administrative
Oversight
and the
Courts
-
Oversight
hearing
of the Federal
Government's
administrative
process
for disposing
of surplus
military
parts and
equipment.
JUNE
1997
- June
26,
1997
- Full
Committee
- Oversight
hearing
to receive
a briefing
on the
terms
and
parameters
of the
proposed
Global
Tobacco
Settlement
which
will
mandate
a total
reformation
and
restructuring
of how
tobacco
products
are
manufactured,
marketed
and
distributed
in America,
focusing
on its
long-term
impact
on children
and
the
public
health,
and
its
legal
and
constitutional
ramifications.
- June
24,
1997
- Full
Committee
- Oversight
hearing
to examine
the
current
punitive
damage
award
system
and
its
effect
on the
legal
system,
the
economy,
and
the
American
consumer,
focusing
on the
RAND
report
on punitive
damages
in financial
injury
jury
verdicts.
- June
20,
1997
- Youth
Violence
- Field
Hearing
- St.
Louis,
MO,
Combating
Youth
Violence:
Tracking
Violent
Juveniles
and
Targeting
Adults
Who
Use
Them.
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