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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1984
This document contains transcripts of witness testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to review the need for a national health care policy for long-term care. Opening statements are presented from committee chairman Claude Pepper and from Representatives Sala Burton and Barbara Boxer. Testmonies are presented from…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Government Role, Health Insurance, Hearings
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1984
The views of private industry and government are offered in this report of a hearing on the Federal Audiovisual Policy Act, which would establish an office to coordinate federal audiovisual activity and require most audiovisual material produced for federal agencies to be acquired under contract from private producers. Testimony is included from…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Coordination, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Armed Services. – 1993
The text of a bill to provide a statutory charter for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and to establish a personnel system for civilian faculty, and the text of hearings on that legislation, are presented. The statements of the following individuals are included: Nicholas Mavroules, chairman of the Investigations Subcommittee…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Language Teachers
McClure, Charles R. – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Discusses issues related to the High Performance Computing and Communication program and National Research and Education Network (NREN) established by the High Performance Computing Act of 1991, including program management, specific program development, affecting policy decisions, access to the NREN, the Department of Education role, and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing concerns the rural elderly in southern Arizona. Arizona has many service programs to respond to everyday problems of the elderly. Some of these problems are unique, but others are similar to those experienced by older Americans throughout the nation. Topocs addressed include: transportation, health care services, housing, nutrition…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs, Hearings
Peer reviewedMcClellan, E. Fletcher – WICAZO SA Review, 1990
Discusses enactment, implementation, feedback, and reformulation of P.L. 93-638, permitting tribes to assume control of federal Indian programs. Focuses on 1975-80, during which policymakers addressed the lack of responsiveness by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service to tribal takeover demands. Contains 26 references. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
The House Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations met to hear testimony from leaders in government and higher education on managing the federal direct student loan program. Focus was on the Department of Education's plans to correct existing management problems of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program and implement the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Hearings, Higher Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1982
Presented in this document are transcripts of hearings on the subject of national materials policy. The hearings focused on implementation of P.L. 96-479, the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (including the recent Presidential program plan and report made to Congress) and on H.R. 4281, the Critical…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Ceramics, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1992
This congressional report presents amendments to the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 and recommends the amended bill's passage. The amended bill extends the authorizations for Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). The bill repeals parts B and C of Title I, consolidating the authorities for the elementary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Costs, Deafness, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. – 1987
This congressional report contains the testimony that was given on the proposed Federal Voluntary Service Opportunities for Young People Act of 1987, which is an act to establish a commission to study federal voluntary service opportunities for youth, particularly a national youth service. Testimony was provided by representatives of the following…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Services, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing concerns the nation's rural elderly, and focuses on the Elderly Indian in Arizona. Problems addressed include: the lack of transportation, the lack of adequate housing and nursing homes, the scarcity of home care and homemaking services, and insufficient income. Programs in existence, as well as programs that are needed are discussed.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing focuses on conditions of the rural elderly in northern Arizona. Arizona has many service programs to respond to the elderly's everyday problems. Some of these problems are unique, but others are similar to those experienced by older Americans throughout the nation. Topics addressed include: transportation, health care services,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1976
This document contains (1) the text of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1976 (H.R. 50), a bill to establish a national policy and nationwide machinery for guaranteeing to all adult Americans able and willing to work the availability of equal opportunities for useful and rewarding employment, (2) the statements made in committee…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Equal Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1995
This document is a congressional joint hearing report of a panel discussion exploring issues related to privatization of two government-sponsored entities (GSEs): the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) and the College Construction Loan Insurance Association (Connie Lee). The two issues specifically addressed by the panel were: (1)…
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Educational Economics, Federal Government, Federal Programs
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1991
This paper offers information and analysis of the direct lending portion of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The direct lending proposal is described in an opening letter to the reader as a provision that would make the Pell Grant Program an entitlement and raise the maximum award to $4,500 with provisions that would…
Descriptors: Banking, Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
