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The City College of New York became a Federal documents depository in 1884. The primary mission of the depository collection is to reflect and support the research and teaching needs of the students, faculty and staff of the CCNY community, as well as the government document needs of the residents of the 15th Congressional District of New York. Depository items are selected based on a combination of current and anticipated usage, format and timeliness. CCNY currently selects 51% of the Federal depository documents available and we hold depository material in all available formats, including paper, microforms, maps and electronic materials. The bulk of CCNY's Federal documents are kept in the college's main library, (the Cohen Library), though documents of scientific interest are shelved in our Science/Engineering Library.

Documents are included in our online catalogue (CUNY + ) and the City College document collections are available to patrons during all the hours the libraries are open. Our government documents collection is a reference-only collection and documents do not circulate. Members of the public who wish to use any of CCNY's government documents are welcome at any time the libraries are open.



Abortion Debates Military
Adoption Declaration of Independence Native Americans
Aging Depository Libraries No Child Left Behind Act
Agriculture The Depression Nursing Homes
AIDS & HIV Desegregation Nutrition
Archaeology Digital Divide Patents & Trademarks
The Arctic Doing Business with the Government Pledge of Allegiance
Aviation Drought Prescription Drugs
Bankruptcy Earthquakes The Presidency
Banks & Banking Economic Indicators Presidential Libraries & Papers
Bibliographies Economics & Finance Privacy
Broadcasting Education Probation
Brown v. Board of Education Elections Public Debt
The Budget Electoral College Railroads
Catalogues Energy Recalls
Census Environment Rosenberg Spy Case
Children ERIC Salaries
Civil Rights Ethics SARS
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Federal Reserve System Senate Committees
Code of Federal Regulations Geography Serial Set
Congress Health Social Security
Congressional Districts Historic Documents Statistics
Congressional Hearings House Committees Taxes
Congressional Sessions International Monetary Fund Trade & Export
The Constitution Iraq Transportation
Constitutional Amendments Judges Treaties & International Agreements
Constitutional Convention The Justice System U.S. Code
Continental Congress Juveniles - Criminal Justice U.S. House of Representatives
Copyright Kid Stuff U.S. Senate
Courts Law Enforcement Veterans
Criminals Legal Resources Vetoes
Currency Legislation Weather & Climate
D-Day 1944 Libraries & Archives Zip Codes
Death Penalty Medicare



Abortion

See also: Children

Partial Birth Abortion

Statistics

Roe v. Wade

Partial Birth Abortion

5 November 2003
An Act to Prohibit the Procedure Commonly Known as Partial-Birth Abortion
Public Law 108-105
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42614 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42615 (PDF)

1 October 2003
Waiving Points of Order against the Conference Report to accompany S. 3, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 : Report (to accompany H. Res. 383)
House Report 108-290
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44089 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44090 (PDF)

30 September 2003
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 : Conference Report (to accompany S. 3)
House Report 108-288
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS38839 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS38840 (PDF)

3 June 2003
Providing for Consideration of H.R. 760, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 : Report (to accompany H. Res. 257)
House Report 108-139
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33268 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33270 (PDF)

3 April 2003
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 : Report together with Dissenting Views (to accompany H.R. 760) (including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
House Report 108-58
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS30430 (PDF)

25 March 2003
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 : Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 760
Serial No. 14
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33175

23 July 2002
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002 : Report together with Dissenting Views (to accompany H.R. 4965) (including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
House Report 107-604
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21874 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21875 (PDF)

23 July 2002
Providing for Consideration of H.R. 4965, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002 : Report (to accompany H. Res. 498)
House Report 107-608
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21881 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21882 (PDF)

9 July 2002
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002 : Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4965
Serial No.93
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42404 (PDF)

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Roe v. Wade

"A Pregnant Single Woman (Roe) Brought a Class Action challenging the Constitutionality of the Texas Criminal Abortion Laws which prescribe Procuring or Attempting an Abortion except on Medical Advice for the Purpose of Saving the Mother's Life. ... A Three-Judge District Court ... declared the Abortion Statutes Void as vague and overbroadly infringing those Plantiffs' Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights"

(The District Court's decision was then appealed to the Supreme Court.)
"We find it unnecessary to decide whether the District Court erred in withholding Innunctive Relief, for we assume the Texas Prosecutorial Authorities will give full Credence to this Decision that the Present Criminal Abortion Statutes of that State are Unconstitutional."

"The Judgment of the District Court as to Intervenor Hallford is Reversed, and Dr. Hallford's Complaint in Intervention is Dismissed in all other Respects, the Judgement of the District Court is Affirmed."
(Above from Roe v Wade - The Decision [see below])

Roe v Wade - The Decision
"ROE ET AL. V. WADE, District Attorney of Dallas County Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas No. 70-18. Argued December 13, 1971 -- Reargued October 11, 1972 -- Decided January 22, 1973 "
Case Name : ROE V. WADE, 410 U.S. 113
Text of Supreme Court Decision
FedWorld, U.S. Department of Commerce
http://www.fedworld.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?waisdocid=1236662397+0+0+0&waisaction=retrieve

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Statistics - Abortion

1996 onwards
Abortion Surveillance
An annual report that tracks the number of legal induced abortions
Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/surv_abort.htm

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Adoption

See also: Adopted Children - Education
See also: Children

Adopted Children in the Classroom

Intercountry Adoption

AFCARS

Presidential Communications - Adoption

Adopted Children in the Classroom

1999
Adopted Children in the Early Childhood Classroom
Judith E. Stroud, James C. Stroud and Lynn M. Staley
ED426819
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS23823

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AFCARS

AFCARS - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
"AFCARS collects case level information on all children in foster care for whom State child welfare agencies have responsibility for placement, care or supervision and on children who are adopted under the auspices of the State's public child welfare agency. AFCARS also includes information on foster and adoptive parents."
The Children's Bureau
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/dis/afcars/

Go to: Adoption

Intercountry Adoption

6 October 2000
An Act to Provide for Implementation by the United States of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption and for Other Purposes
Public Law 106-279
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8817 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8818 (PDF)

22 March 2000
H.R. 2909, the Intercountry Adoption Act of 1999 : Markup before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session
Serial No. 106-157
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS9100 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS9101 (PDF)

20 October 1999
Implementation of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption : Hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session
Serial No. 106-110
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS5168
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS5169

5 October 1999
The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption : Treaty doc. 105-51 and its Implementing Legislation, S. 682 : Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session
Senate Hearing 106-257
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4063 (PDF)

11 June 1998
Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
Text of Communication to the Senate
President William J. Clinton
National Archives
http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/06/1998-06-11-transmittal-to-the-senate-on-intercountry-adoption.html

Go to: Adoption

Presidential Communications - Adoptions

24 November 1998
Using the Internet to Increase Adoptions
Text of "Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human Services"
President William J. Clinton
National Archives
http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/11/1998-11-24-memorandum-on-using-the-internet-to-increase-adoptions.html

11 June 1998
Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
Text of Communication to the Senate
President William J. Clinton
National Archives
http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/06/1998-06-11-transmittal-to-the-senate-on-intercountry-adoption.html

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Aging

See also: Nursing Homes
See also: Social Security

Administration on Aging

Senate Special Committee on Aging

Health - Aging Population

Statistics - Aging

Programs for Older Americans

Administration on Aging

Administration on Aging
"The Administration on Aging (AoA), an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is one of the nation's largest providers of home- and community-based care for older persons and their caregivers."
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Main Website
http://www.aoa.gov/

Authorization in U.S. Code
Title 42, Chapter 35, Subsection 2 - Administration on Aging
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapterii_.html

Go to: Aging

Health - Aging Population

Health of the Elderly
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/elderly.htm

Longitudinal Studies of Aging
"A family of surveys designed to measure changes in health status, health-related behaviors, health care utilization and the causes and consequences of these changes within and across two cohorts of elderly Americans."
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/lsoa.htm

Tables on Trends in Health and Aging
National Center for Health Statistics
http://209.217.72.34/aging/eng/ReportFolders/Rfview/Explorerp.asp?CS_referer=

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Programs for Older Americans

Title 42, Chapter 35 of the U.S. Code
Government Printing Office
Subchapter 1 - Declaration of Objectives and Definitions
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapteri_.html
Subchapter 2 - Administration on Aging
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapterii_.html
Subchapter 3 - Grants for State and Community Programs on Aging
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapteriii_.html
Subchapter 4 - Training, Research and Discretionary Projects and Programs
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapteriv_.html
Subchapter 5 - Multipurpose Senior Centers
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapterv_.html
Subchapter 6 - National Older Americans Volunteer Program
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchaptervi_.html
Subchapter 7 - Nutrition Program for the Elderly
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchaptervii_.html
Subchapter 8 - General Provisions
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapterviii_.html
Subchapter 9 - Community Service Employment for Older Americans
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapterix_.html
Subchapter 10 - Grants for Native Americans
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapterx_.html
Subchapter 11 - Allotments for Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection Activities
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title42/chapter35_subchapterxi_.html

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Senate Special Committee on Aging

Senate Special Committee on Aging
http://aging.senate.gov/

Go to: Aging

Statistics - Aging

AgingStats.Gov
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
http://www.agingstats.gov/

A Profile of Older Americans
This is an annual report on the demographics of the older population of the United States. Topics covered include Population, Marital Status, Living Arrangements, Racial & Ethnic Composition, Geographic Distribution, Income, Poverty, Housing, Employment, Health & Health Care and Disability & Activity Limitations.
Administration on Aging

2003 Report:
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2003/2003profile.pdf (PDF)
2002 Report:
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2002/profiles2002.asp
2001 Report:
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2001/2001profile.pdf (PDF)
2000 Report:
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2000/profile2000.pdf (PDF)
1999 Report:
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2002/profiles2002.asp

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Agriculture

See also: Drought
See also: Weather & Climate

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Legislation - Agriculture

Children - Agriculture

Livestock

Congressional Committees

Statistics - Agriculture

Crops

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Current
BSE Information Page
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/bse.html

18 March 2004
BSE Surveillance Plan: Questions and Answers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/BSE_surveil_Q&A.pdf (PDF)

15 March 2004
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announces an expanded surveillance effort for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States
Press Release
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/Newsroom/0105.04.html

20 January 2004
BSE Chronology
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/2003/12/bsechronology.htm

Go to: Agriculture

Children - Agriculture

Current
Federal Child Labor Laws re Farm Jobs
U.S. Department of Labor Fact Sheet
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs40.htm

1999 onwards
Childhood Agricultural Injuries
"These reports are "the initial product resulting from a telephone survey of 50,000 farm operators to obtain information for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health."
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/other/injury/

21 August 1998
Child Labor in Agriculture : Changes Needed to Better Protect Health and Educational Opportunities
GAO Report HEHS-98-193
General Accounting Office
http://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/he98193.pdf (PDF)

1997
Child Labor in Agriculture
Shelley Davis
ED405159
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed405159.html

1993
Health Problems among Migrant Farmworkers' Children in the U.S.
Gary Huang
ED357907
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed357907.html

1909-1917
Photographs Relating to Children & Agriculture
733 images from the National Child Labor Committee photographic collection (Lot 7475). "The emphasis is on field work and agricultural activities, but images also depict workers' housing conditions and schools."
Prints & Photographs Division
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/nclc:@FIELD(CALL(+7475))

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Congressional Committees - Agriculture

House Committee on Agriculture
http://agriculture.house.gov/

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
http://agriculture.senate.gov/

Go to: Agriculture

Crops

1998 onwards
Crop Insurance Policies
Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.rma.usda.gov/policies/

1995 onwards
Crop Production
"Crop Production data for the U.S., including Acreage, Area Harvested, Yield, etc."
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/field/pcp-bb/

1776-1990
U.S. Crops & Livestock : A Timeline 1776-1990
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/history2/text5.htm

Go to: Agriculture

Legislation - Agriculture

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
(Farm Bill 2002)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/farmbill/

Go to: Agriculture

Livestock

1776-1990
U.S. Crops & Livestock : A Timeline 1776-1990
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/history2/text5.htm

Go to: Agriculture

Statistics - Agriculture

Current
The Agriculture Fact Book
The Agriculture Fact Book contains "information about American food consumption, the agricultural sector and rural America. The book also describes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s wide-ranging programs and services."
Access issues from 1996 onwards
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2942

1992 onwards
Census of Agriculture
"The Census of Agriculture is the most comprehensive source of data portraying our Nation’s agriculture. It is the only source of uniform data on number of farms, land use, agricultural production and operator characteristics for each county, State and the United States. It is a measurement of where farmers and ranchers stand, their production costs and cropping systems, their farm supply needs and how trends are changing. Because of the importance of this information, Congress requires USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct the Census of Agriculture (Title 7, U.S. Code) once every five years."
National Agricultural Statistics Service
http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/

Go to: Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/

Go to: Agriculture
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AIDS & HIV

AIDS Overseas

Statistics - AIDS

AIDS Prevention

AIDS Overseas

31 July 2003
Solutions to the Problem of Health Care Transmission of HIV/AIDS in Africa : Hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, on examining Solutions to the problem of Health Care Transmission of HIV/AIDS in Africa, focusing on Injection Safety, Blood Safety, Safe Obstetrical Delivery Practices and Quality Assurance in Medical Care
Senate Hearing 108-294
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS45692 (PDF)

27 March 2003
AIDS Crisis in Africa : Health Care Transmissions : Hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session on Examining the Federal Role in combating the Global Transmission of AIDS, in Africa, Focusing on Issues relating to Research, Prevention, Care and Treatment, HIV Transmission through Unsafe Medical Practices and Global Control of Tuberculosis and Malaria
Senate Hearing 108-34
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33295 (PDF)

17 April 2002
AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Africa : Identifying the Best Practices for Care, Treatment and Prevention : Hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session
Serial No. 107-84
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42864 (PDF)

Go to: AIDS & HIV

AIDS Prevention

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm

Go to: AIDS & HIV

Statistics - AIDS

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
Published annually, "the HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report contains tabular and graphic information about U.S. AIDS and HIV case reports, including data by state, metropolitan statistical area, mode of exposure to HIV, sex, race/ethnicity, age group, vital status and case definition category."
Link to reports from 1982 onwards
Centers for Disease Control
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1040

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Archaeology

Archaeology Program
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/arch/start.htm

National Archaeological Database
This database contains approximately 240,000 reports about archaeological sites in the United States.
National Park Service
http://web.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nadb/nadb.mul.html

Remote Sensing Archaeology at NASA
The Global Hydrology and Climate Center
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/archeology/

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The Arctic

Aurora Borealis

Polar Acronyms

Energy Resources

Wildlife

IARPC

Aurora Borealis (The Northern Lights)

Aurora Borealis (The Northern Lights)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/lights.html

Go to: The Arctic

Energy Resources - Arctic

1998
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 Area, Petroleum Assessment, 1998, including Economic Analysis
USGS Open-File Report 98-34 (Revised)
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0028-01/fs-0028-01.htm

February 1989
Oil Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge : the Technology & the Alaskan Oil Context
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS27886 (PDF)

May 1985
Oil and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater
Report OTA-O-270
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS27884

Go to: The Arctic

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC)
Among its responsibilities, the IARPC "helps set priorities for future Arctic research; works with the Arctic Research Commission to develop and establish an integrated national Arctic research policy to guide Federal agencies in developing and implementing their research programs in the Arctic; ... coordinates preparation of multiagency budget requests for Arctic research [and] coordinates and promotes cooperative Arctic scientific research programs with other nations."
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/

Go to: The Arctic

Polar Acronyms

Polar Acronyms
International Arctic Science Committee
http://www.iasc.no/acronyms/polar_acronyms.htm

Go to: The Arctic

Wildlife - Arctic

Arctic Animals
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/animals.html

2002
Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain Terrestrial Wildlife Research Summaries
U.S.G.S. Biological Science Report BSR-2002-0001
U.S. Geological Survey
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS22287 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS18457 (PDF)

5 October 1994
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants : Removal of Arctic Peregrine Falcon From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines that Arctic Peregrine Falcons (Falco Peregrinus Tundrius) are no longer a threatened species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended."
Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service - Final Rule
Federal Register Printing - 50 CFR - Part 17
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/EPA-SPECIES/1994/October/Day-05/pr-5.html

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Aviation

See also: The Air Force

Airline Statistics

NASA's Aeronautics

Aviation Accidents

Naval Aviation

Federal Aviation Administration

Safety & Security - Aviation

Legislation - Aviation

Airline Statistics

Airline Statistics
Includes on-time statistics, air traffic statistics, financial statistics and fuel & consumption statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.bts.gov/programs/oai/

Go to: Aviation

Aviation Accidents

Preliminary Accident and Incident Data
Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/iirform.htm

Aviation Accident Database & Synopses
"The NTSB aviation accident database contains information from 1962 and later about civil aviation accidents and selected incidents within the United States, its territories and possessions and in international waters."
National Transportation Safety Board
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp

Go to: Aviation

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Licenses and Certifications
(Aircraft and Pilots)
Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov/licenses/index.cfm

Main Website
Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov/

Go to: Aviation

Legislation - Aviation

Legislation - Aircraft Piracy
United States Attorneys' Manual
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm01403.htm

Title 49 of the U.S. Code
Chapters 401-501 - Aviation
http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/49_USC_Chapters_401_to_501.pdf (PDF)

Go to: Aviation

NASA's Aeronautics

NASA's Aeronautics
"Latest advances in Flight Technology. Learn how NASA is working to build better and safer airplanes."
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/index.html

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Naval Aviation

The Blue Angels
(The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron)
Department of the Navy
http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/flashindex.html

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Department of the Navy
http://www.navair.navy.mil/

Naval Air Warfare Center
Department of the Navy
Aircraft Division:
http://www.nawcad.navy.mil/
Training Systems Division:
http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/
Weapons Division:
http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/

Naval Helicopters
Department of the Navy
Helicopter Tactical Wing - Pacific Fleet:
http://www.chtwp.navy.mil/
Helicopter Training Squadron Eight:
https://www.cnet.navy.mil/tw5/ht8/

Navy Air Logistics Office
Department of the Navy
http://www.nalo.nola.navy.mil/

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Safety and Security - Aviation

Air Travel Safety and Security
Transportation Security Administration
http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=175

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Bankruptcy

See also: Legal Resources

Forms - Bankruptcy

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

National Bankruptcy Review Commission

U.S. Code - Bankruptcy

Statistics - Bankruptcy

Forms - Bankruptcy

Forms - Bankruptcy
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
http://www.uscourts.gov/bkforms/index.html

Go to: Bankruptcy

National Bankruptcy Review Commission

"The National Bankruptcy Review Commission [was] an independent commission established pursuant to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-394, 108 Stat. 4106. The Commission was created to: [1] investigate and study issues relating to the Bankruptcy Code; [2] solicit divergent views of parties concerned with the operation of the bankruptcy system; [3] evaluate the advisability of proposals with respect to such issues; and [4] prepare a report to be submitted to the President, Congress and the Chief Justice not later than two years after the date of the first meeting."

"By operation of law (Public Law 103-394), the Commission ceased to exist on November 19, 1997."

National Bankruptcy Review Commission

Main website
Cyber Cemetery - University of North Texas Libraries
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/nbrc/index.html

20 October 1997
Bankruptcy, The Next Twenty Years
Report of The National Bankruptcy Review Commission
http://purl.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS213

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Statistics - Bankruptcy

Statistics - Bankruptcy
"The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts compiles statistics on bankruptcy filings for each quarter ending December, March, June and September. The fiscal year for the federal Judiciary ends September 30. The calendar year ends December 31. Quarterly and 12-month statistics are available approximately 2 months after the close of a quarter."
U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/bnkrpctystats/bankruptcystats.htm

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U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

"Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. Bankruptcy cases cannot be filed in state court. Each of the 94 federal judicial districts handles bankruptcy matters. The primary purposes of the law of bankruptcy are: (1) to give an honest debtor a "fresh start" in life by relieving the debtor of most debts, and (2) to repay creditors in an orderly manner to the extent that the debtor has property available for payment."
Above from U.S. Bankruptcy Courts website (See below)

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts.html

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U.S. Code - Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy
Title 11, U.S. Code
U.S. House of Representatives
http://uscode.house.gov/title_11.htm

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Banks & Banking

See also: Currency
See also: Economics & Finance
See also: Federal Reserve System

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Small Business Administration & Banks

Legislation - Banks

World Bank

Multinational Development Banks

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Main website
Founded in 1933, "the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions for up to $100,000; by identifying, monitoring and addressing risks to the deposit insurance funds; and by limiting the effect on the economy and the financial system when a bank or thrift institution fails."
http://www.fdic.gov/

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Legislation - Banks & Banking

U.S. Code
Title 21 - Banks & Banking
Cornell Law School
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/12/

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Multinational Development Banks

Multinational Development Banks, (also called Multilateral Development Banks), concern themselves with supporting economic progress and the growth of market economies in developing/emerging countries. Each of these banks are supported by a number of countries and usually concentrate on a specific geographic area.

The African Development Bank Group
Created in 1964, the African Development Bank Group is "supported by 77 nations from Africa, North and South America, Europe and Asia. Headquartered in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire, the Bank Group consists of three institutions, [1] The African Development Bank, [2] the African Development Fund and [3] The Nigeria Trust Fund."
http://www.afdb.org/ (English)
http://www.afdb.org/french_version.htm (French)

Asian Development Bank
"Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific"
http://www.adb.org/

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
"Investing in countries from central Europe to central Asia"
http://www.ebrd.com/

Inter-American Development Bank
"The Bank’s two main goals are to promote poverty reduction and social equity as well as environmentally sustainable growth. ... the IDB Group includes three institutions: [1] Inter-American Development Bank, [2] Inter-American Investment Corporation, [3] Multilateral Investment Fund"
http://www.iadb.org/

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Small Business Administration & Banks

Banks Participating in SBA Programs
Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/oit/finance/banks.html

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The World Bank

"The World Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty." Five agencies make up the World Bank Group, [1] The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, [2] The International Development Association, [3] The International Finance Corporation, [4] The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, [5] The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

Main website
http://www.worldbank.org/ (English)
http://www.albankaldawli.org/ (Arabic)
http://www.banquemondiale.org/ (French)
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ECA/Rus.nsf (Russian)
http://www.bancomundial.org/ (Spanish)
http://www.worldbank.org.vn/TV/index.htm (Vietnamese)

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Bibliographies of Government Documents

Government Views of D-Day 1944
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/DDay.html

Government Views of Iraq
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/Iraqbib.html

Government Views of the Rosenberg Spy Case
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/rosenbergs.html

Government Views of SARS
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/SARS.html

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Broadcasting

American Forces Radio and Television

Federal Communications Commission

Cable Television

Voice of America

American Forces Radio and Television

American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS)

Main Website
"AFRTS provides stateside radio and television programming, 'a touch of home,' to U.S. service men and women, DoD civilians and their families serving outside the continental United States. AFRTS includes the Radio and Television Production Office (RTPO), NewsCenter, Television-Audio Support Activity (T-ASA) and [the] Broadcast Center.
http://www.afrts.osd.mil/

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Cable Television

October 2003
Telecommunications : Issues related to Competition and Subscriber Rates in the Cable Television Industry
GAO Report 04-8
General Accounting Office
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS43136 (PDF)

15 October 2002
Telecommunications : Issues in providing Cable and Satellite Television Services
GAO Report 03-130
General Accounting Office
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS31577

July 2000
Telecommunications : the Effect of Competition from Satellite Providers on Cable
GAO Report RCED-00-164
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8503 (PDF)

3 February 2000
Rural Satellite and Cable Systems Loan Guarantee Proposal and the Digital Divide in Rural America : Hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session
Senate Hearing 106-697
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS9171 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS9053 (PDF)

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Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission
"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable."
http://www.fcc.gov/

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Voice of America

Voice of America
"The Voice of America (VOA) is an international multimedia broadcasting service funded by the U.S. Government. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, informational, educational and cultural programs every week to an audience of some 94 million people worldwide. VOA programs are produced and broadcast in 45 languages through radio, satellite television and the Internet."
http://www.voanews.com/

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Brown v. Board of Education - 1954

See also: Civil Rights
See also: Desegregation

"On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. This historic decision marked the end of the "separate but equal" precedent set by the Supreme Court nearly 60 years earlier in Plessy v. Ferguson and served as a catalyst for the expanding civil rights movement during the decade of the 1950s."
Above from Brown v. Board of Education - ourdocuments.gov (see below)

Census Stats - Then & Now

Lesson Plan

Congressional Gold Medals

National Historic Site

The Decision

Overview

50th Anniversary

Plessy v. Ferguson

Implementation of the Decision

Thurgood Marshall

The Justices




Census Statistics - Then & Now

"To commemorate that landmark decision [Brown v. Board of Education], the Census Bureau has assembled data on the educational attainment and school enrollment of blacks — then and now."

Brown v. Board of Education : 50th Anniversary
Statistics include School Enrollment, High School Graduates, College Graduates and Total Number of Students (Nursery School through College)
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features/001676.html

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Congressional Gold Medals

15 December 2003
An Act to Award Congressional Gold Medals Posthumously on Behalf of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs and Levi Pearson in Recognition of Their Contributions to the Nation as Pioneers in the Effort to Desgregate Public Schools that Led Directly to the Landmark Desegregation Case of Brown et al. . the Board of Education of Topeka et al
Public Law 108-180
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44499 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44500 (PDF)

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The Decision

March/April 2004
"Brown v. Board : 50 Years Later"
Michael J. Klarman
An overview of factors in the decision making process of the Supreme Court Justices in this case
Humanities Magazine National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2004-03/brown.html

1954
Brown v. Board of Education
Transcript and images of the Supreme Court decision
ourdocuments.gov
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=87

Introduction to the Court Opinion on the Brown v. Board of Education Case
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/36.htm

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50th Anniversary

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission
"On September 18, 2001, Public Law 107-41 established the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission for the purpose of encouraging and providing for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education."
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/brownvboard50th/index.html

19 September 2001
Transcript of remarks by President George W. Bush on the signing of the Law to establish the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010919-16.html

18 September 2001
Act to Establish a Commission for the Purpose of Encouraging and Providing for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education
Public Law 107-41
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16522 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16523 (PDF)

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Implementation of the Decision

"With All Deliberate Speed"
Information re the implementation of the Brown v. Board of Education decision --- included is an image of page 2 of the draft decree with Justice Felix Frankfurter's annotations
American Treasures of the Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr007.html

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The Justices

In June 1952 when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Brown v. Board of Education case, the Court consisted of Chief Justice Fred Vinson and Associate Justices Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Stanley Reed, William O. Douglas, Tom Clark, Robert Jackson, Harold Burton and Sherman Minton. Chief Justice Vinson died on 8 September 1953. On 30 September President Eisenhower nominated Earl Warren, the then Governor of California, to replace Vinson. Warren was sworn in as the Court's 14th Chief Justice on 5 October 1953.

Felix Frankfurter's Draft Decree to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education Decision, [8 April 1955]
(Click on the image to enlarge)
The Felix Frankfurter Papers
The Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/073))

The Justices : Coming to a Decision
The Smithsonian
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/5-decision/justices.html

Notes, William O. Douglas to Earl Warren, 11 May 1954; Harold H. Burton to Warren, 17 May 1954; and Felix Frankfurter to Warren, 17 May 1954, concerning Chief Justice Warren's decision in Brown v. Board of Education
The Earl Warren Papers
The Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/052))

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Lesson Plan

Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan : Documents relating to Brown v. Board of Education
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/brown_v_board_documents/brown_v_board.html

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National Historic Site

Brown v. Board of Education - National Historic Site
"On October 26, 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-525 establishing Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site to commemorate the landmark Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools. ... The site consists of the Monroe Elementary School, one of the four segregated elementary schools for African American children in Topeka and the adjacent grounds."
National Parks Service
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/

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Overview

March/April 2004
"Brown v. Board : 50 Years Later"
Michael J. Klarman
An overview of factors in the decision making process of the Supreme Court Justices in this case
Humanities Magazine National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2004-03/brown.html

Separate is Not Equal
The Brown v. Board of Education Case
The Smithsonian
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/index.html

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

In this 1896 Supreme Court decision, the Court ruled that as long as separate facilities for Blacks were not inferior, that such separate facilities were constitutional. The Majority Opinion ended with the words: "If the civil and political rights of both races be equal one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane."

Justice Harlen wrote a famous dissent to the Majority Opinion in which he said: "in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law."

This decision stood until 1954 when the unanimous Court declared the "separate but equal" segregation of public schools to be unconstitutional in the case of Brown v. Board of Education.

Introduction to the Court Opinion on the Plessy v. Ferguson Case
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/33.htm

Plessy v. Ferguson
Transcript and image of the decision
ourdocuments.gov
The National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=52

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Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall, who was later to be named the first African American Supreme Court Justice, argued the Brown v. Board of Education case for the plaintiffs before the Supreme Court.

Photograph of Louis L. Redding and Thurgood Marshall outside the Supreme Court at a recess during the Brown v. Board of Education Case
Prints & Photographs Division
The Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3c17797))

Photo of Thurgood Marshall (center) with George E.C. Hayes and James Nabri in front of the Supreme Court after the Brown v. Board of Education decision
Copyprint, 1954. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection
Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos
The African American Odyssey, Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_marshall_1_e.html

Thurgood Marshall
Brief biography and links to information about Thurgood Marshall
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct02.html

Thurgood Marshall : A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Tha Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?faid/faid:@field(DOCID%2Bms001047)

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The Budget

The Budget

Glossary

Congressional Budget Office

Historical Data

Consolidated Federal Funds Report

The Budget

Citizen's Guide to the U.S. Budget
GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/citizensguide.html

Fiscal Year 1996 onwards
The Budget of the United States Government
Online version of the FY 1996 budget, plus searchable databases of Budgets from FY 1997 onwards
GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/index.html

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Congressional Budget Office

Current
Congressional Budget Office
"CBO aims to provide the Congress with the objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process."
http://www.cbo.gov/

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Consolidated Federal Funds Report

1993 onwards
Consolidated Federal Funds Report
"The Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR) covers all states, the District of Columbia, and US Outlying Areas. CFFR data were obtained from Federal government agencies. These data cover Federal expenditures or obligations for the following categories: grants, salaries and wages, procurement contracts, direct payments for individuals, other direct payments, direct loans, guaranteed or insured loans and insurance. Dollar amounts reported represent either actual expenditures or obligations."
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cffr.html

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Glossary - The Budget

January 2003
Glossary of Budgetary and Economic Terms
Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4032&sequence=14

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Historical Data - The Budget

1962 onwards
Historical Budget Data
Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1821&sequence=0

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Catalogues of Government Documents

Education Documents

Military Documents

General Documents

Technical/Scientific Documents

Education Documents

EdPubs Online Catalogue
"This system is intended to help you identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education."
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.edpubs.org/webstore/Content/search.asp

ERIC Digests
"ERIC Digests are: 1) short reports (1,000 - 1,500 words) on topics of prime current interest in education, 2) targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers and other practitioners, but generally useful to the broad educational community and 3) designed to provide an overview of information on a given topic, plus references to items providing more detailed information."
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/index/

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Electronic Catalogue
"NCES is the primary Federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations."
The entries in this searchable database date from 1980 onwards
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/

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General Documents

GPO Catalogue of U.S. Government Publications
This catalogue is an interdisciplinary database which includes entries for both print and electronic U.S. Government Documents published from January 1994 onwards
Government Printing Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cgp/index.html

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Military Documents

Department of Defense & Military E-Journals
Air University Library
U.S. Air Force
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/periodicals/dodelecj.htm

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
Publications
U.S. Air Force
http://www.usafa.af.mil/inss/pubs.htm

Military Full Text E-Journals
National Defense University
http://www.ndu.edu/library/ejrnl_military.html

Naval Research Laboratory
"TORPEDO Ultra v2.2.0 [is] the Ruth H. Hooker Research Library's upgraded retrieval system for searching NRL's locally loaded Digital Library"
Department of the Navy
http://torpedo.nrl.navy.mil/tu/ps/collections.html

Research Publications
Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.nps.navy.mil/research/publications.html

Strategic Studies Institute
Publications
U.S. Army War College
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs.html

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Technical/Scientific Documents

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
"NTIS is the federal government's central source for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering and related business information by or for the U.S. government and complementary materials from international sources."
This catalogue/database contains over 750,000 records of titles published 1990 onwards. Some of the entries include links to free, online full-text versions of the publication. Some of the publications are only available for purchase.
http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.asp?loc=3-0-0

Publications Warehouse - U.S. Geological Survey
This online searchable database includes over 61,000 bibliographic citations dating back to 1882. Many of the more current titles are available full-text.
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/index.jsp?view=adv

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The Census

Gateway to Census 2000
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html

Main website
U.S.Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

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Children

See also: Adoption
See also: Children - Agriculture
See also: Education
See also: Juveniles - Criminal Justice
See also: Juveniles in Courts
See also: Kid Stuff
See also: No Child Left Behind Act

High School Debate Topics

Recalls - Child Related

High School Debate Topics

National Debate Topics for High Schools from 1996-1997 onwards
Each year the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Speech, Debate & Theatre Association chooses the national high school debate topic. Under the provisions of Title 44 of the U.S. Code, the Library of Congress then produces a compilation of materials on the annual topic. These compilations are published as a Senate Document.
U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/debatetopic.html

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Recalls - Child Related

Child Safety Seat Recalls
Search for recalls from January 1990 onwards by either seat manufacturer, or vehicle manufacturer
Office of Defects Investigation
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/childseat.cfm

Infant/Child Product Recalls (not including Toys)
Information from 1974 onwards
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/child.html

School Bus Recalls from January 1997 onwards
Office of Defects Investigation
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/buses/schoolbusrecalls.htm

Toy Hazard Recalls
Information from 1974 onwards
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/toy.html

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Civil Rights

See also: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954
See also: Civil Rights Act of 1964
See also: Desegregation
See also: Plessy v. Ferguson

The Civil Rights Era

Legislation - Civil Rights

Department of Justice - Civil Rights

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Historic Sites - Civil Rights

The Civil Rights Era

The Civil Rights Era
The Library of Congress
Part 1 : Desegregation - Civil Rights in the Arena and on the Stage
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
Part 2 : Sit-Ins, Freedom Rides and Demonstrations
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9b.html

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Department of Justice- Civil Rights

Civil Rights Division
"The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice was established in 1957. The Division is the program institution within the Federal Government responsible for enforcing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, handicap, religion and national origin."
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.justice.gov/crt/crt-home.html (English)
http://www.justice.gov/crt/index_esp.htm (Spanish)

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Historic Sites - Civil Rights

We Shall Overcome
Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
National Register of Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/index.htm

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Legislation - Civil Rights

See also: Civil Rights Act of 1964
See also: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

The Civil Rights Act of 1991
"Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve Federal civil rights laws, to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination, to clarify provisions regarding disparate impact actions, and for other purposes. It also provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination."
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/cra91.html

Overview of Civil Rights Law
Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/civil_rights.html

U.S. Code
Title 42, Chapter 21 - Civil Rights
Cornell Law School
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch21.html

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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Filing A Complaint
Getting Uncle Sam to Enforce Your Civil Rights
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
http://www.usccr.gov/filing/flndx.htm

Main website
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
http://www.usccr.gov/

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

See also: Brown v. Board of Education
See also: Civil Rights
See also: Desegregation
See also: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Background - Civil Rights Act of 1964

Lesson Plan

Civil Rights Act (1964)

President Johnson

Congress & the Civil Rights Act

"This Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights discrimination since Reconstruction."
Above from ourdocuments.gov website (see below)

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Background - Civil Rights Act (1964)

Backgrounder on the Civil Rights Act
U.S. Senate
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/39.htm

Civil Rights Filibuster Ended
"At 9:51 on the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator Robert C. Byrd completed an address that he had begun fourteen hours and thirteen minutes earlier. The subject was the pending Civil Rights Act of 1964, a measure that occupied the Senate for fifty-seven working days, including six Saturdays. A day earlier, Democratic Whip Hubert Humphrey, the bill's manager, concluded he had the sixty-seven votes required at that time to end the debate."
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Civil_Rights_Filibuster_Ended.htm

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Civil Rights Act (1964)

Civil Rights Act - 1964
Transcript and images of the Act
Public Law 88-352
ourdocuments.gov, The National Archives
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=97

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Congress & the Civil Rights Act

Treasures of Congress
Congress and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Online Exhibit - The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/treasures_of_congress/page_24.html#

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Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan - Teaching with Documents
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/civil_rights_act/civil_rights_act.html

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President Lyndon Johnson & the Civil Rights Act

President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
jpeg photograph of President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act into law. The law was signed in the East Room of the White House on 2 July 1964. Martin Luther King, Jr. is standing directly behind the President.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/av.hom/images/276-10-64.JPG

Transcript of Remarks broadcast by President Johnson on 2 July 1964 upon signing the Civil Rights Act
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/speeches.hom/640702.asp

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Code of Federal Regulations

See also: Legal Resources

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
"The Code of Federal Regulations is an annual codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government."
"The CFR is divided into 50 titles representing broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each Title is divided into chapters that are assigned to agencies issuing regulations pertaining to that broad subject area. Each chapter is divided into parts and each part is then divided into sections -- the basic unit of the CFR."
Federal Register, The National Archives
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

Searchable database of the Code of Federal Regulations
GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

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Congress

See also: Congress & the Civil Rights Act of 1964
See also: Congressional Districts
See also: Congressional Ethics
See also: Congressional Hearings
See also: Congressional Sessions
See also: Continental Congress
See also: House Committees
See also: Senate Committees
See also: Serial Set
See also: U.S. House of Representatives
See also: U.S. Senate

Congressional Documents

Members of Congress

Congressional Documents

Congressional Documents
"Congressional documents originate from Congressional committees and cover a wide variety of topics and may include reports of executive departments and independent organizations, reports of special investigations made for Congress and annual reports of non-governmental organizations. There are three types of documents: House and Senate Documents; Senate Executive Documents; and Senate Treaty Documents."
Search for online versions of these documents from the 104th Congress onwards (1995-1996)
U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/index.html

Congressional Reports
"Congressional reports originate from congressional committees and deal with proposed legislation and issues under investigation. There are two types of reports House and Senate Reports and Senate Executive Reports."
Search for online versions of these documents from the 104th Congress onwards (1995-1996)
U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/index.html

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Members of Congress

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
Search by Last Name, First Name, Position, State, Party, Year or Congress
U.S. Congress
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

Congressional Directory
"The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress, prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). Published since 1888, the Congressional Directory presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries and room and telephone numbers.

It also lists officials of the courts, military establishments and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C. government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats and members of the press, radio and television galleries."

Search from the 104th Congress (1995-1996) onwards
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS194

Salaries and Allowances : The Congress
(Updated 22 November 1999)
Paul E. Dwyer
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.house.gov/rules/RL30064.pdf (PDF)

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Congressional Districts

"The Constitution requires that States be represented in the House in accord with their population. It also requires that each State have at least one Representative, and that there be no more than one Representative for every 30,000 persons ... Over the years since the ratification of the Constitution the number of Representatives has varied, but in 1941 Congress resolved the issue by fixing the size of the House at 435 Members. How to apportion those 435 seats, however, continued to be an issue because of disagreement over how to handle fractional entitlements to a House seat in a way that both met constitutional and statutory requirements and minimized unfairness."
Above taken from "The House Apportionment Formula in Theory and Practice" (See below)

2003 - 2004
Cartographic Boundary Files - 108th Congress
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cd108.html

2003 - 2004
Printable Maps - Congressional Districts, 108th Congress
Maps are available in either GIF or PDF formats
National Atlas of the United States
U.S. Department of the Interior
http://nationalatlas.gov/congdistprint.html

10 October 2000
The House Apportionment Formula in Theory and Practice
David C. Huckabee
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.house.gov/rules/RL30711.pdf (PDF)

2000 Census
Congressional Apportionment - Census 2000
"The fundamental reason for conducting the decennial census of the United States is to apportion the members of the House of Representatives among the 50 states. A state's resident population consists of those persons "usually resident" in that state (where they live and sleep most of the time). A state's apportionment population is the sum of its resident population and a count of overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to the state, as reported by the employing federal agencies.

Based on the Census 2000 apportionment, each member of the U.S. House of Representatives represents an average population of 646,952."

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/apportionment.html

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Congressional Hearings

See also: Congressional Hearings - Death Penalty
See also: Congressional Hearings - Digital Divide
See also: Congressional Hearings - Transportation

Congressional Hearings on the Web
Arranged by Committee, by Government Agency, by Lobby Group and by Subject
University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/hearings.html

105th Congress onwards
Congressional Hearings
Searchable Database
Government Printing Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/chearings/index.html

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Congressional Sessions

See also: Congress
See also: Continential Congress

"The Constitution (Article I, Section 4) originally provided that 'The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.' Pursuant to a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation in 1788, the first session of the First Congress under the Constitution convened March 4, 1789."

The first and second sessions of the First Congress were held in New York City. Subsequently, Philadelphia was the meeting place through the first session of the Sixth Congress and, since then, Congress has covened in Washington, D.C. The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, proclaimed as ratified February 6, 1933, established noon on the 3rd day of January as the meeting date, unless the Congress by law appoints a different day."

Congressional Sessions

Secret Sessions of Congress : A Brief Historical Overview
"'Secret,' or 'closed,' sessions of the House and Senate exclude the press and the public. These sessions are used for Senate deliberations during impeachment trials, as well as to discuss issues of national security, confidential information and sensitive communications received from the President. During a secret session, the doors of the chamber are closed and the chamber and its galleries are cleared of all individuals except Members and those officers and employees specified in the rules or essential to the session. Secret sessions occur infrequently and have been held more often in the Senate than the House. Any Member of Congress may request a secret session."
Congressional Research Service Report
http://www.house.gov/rules/rs20145.pdf (PDF)

Session Dates of Congress from 1789 onwards
Information includes the beginning and adjournment dates for each Congress, the number of days each Congress was in session and the dates of House Recesses (if any).
Office of the Clerk
U.S. House of Representatives
http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/Session_Dates/sessionsAll.html

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The Constitution

See also: Constitutional Amendments
See also: Constitutional Convention
See also: Historic Documents
See also: U.S. Supreme Court

The Constitution of the United States
Images of the original document and a transcript
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/constitution.html

Elliot's Debates
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
"The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution is a five-volume collection compiled by Jonathan Elliot in the mid-nineteenth century. The volumes remain the best source for materials about the national government's transitional period between the closing of the Constitutional Convention in September 1787 and the opening of the First Federal Congress in March 1789."
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwed.html

A More Perfect Union : The Creation of the U.S. Constitution
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/constitution_history.html

1992 edition onwards
The Constitution : Analysis & Interpretation
Annotations of Cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS29924

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Constitutional Amendments

See also: The Constitution

"The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their will and lives only by their will. Chief Justice John Marshall, 1821"
Above from the National Archives website (see below)

There are currently 27 Amendments to the United States Constitution, of which the first 10 are collectively known as The Bill of Rights.

Amendments 1-10 (The Bill of Rights)
The National Archives
Text:
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/bill_of_rights_transcript.html
Images:
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/bill_of_rights_zoom_1.html

Amendments 11-27
The National Archives
Text : http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/constitution_amendments_11-27.html

Text of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Government Printing Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/html/conamt.html

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Constitutional Convention

See also: The Constitution
See also: Constitutional Amendments

The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
"One of the great scholarly works of the early twentieth century was Max Farrand's The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Published in 1911, Farrand's work gathered the documentary records of the Constitutional Convention into four volumes--three of which are included in this online collection--containing the materials necessary to study the workings of the Constitutional Convention. ... Farrand's Records remains the single best source for discussions of the Constitutional Convention. The notes taken at that time by James Madison, and later revised by him, form the largest single block of material other than the official proceedings."
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwfr.html

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Continential Congress

Journals of the Continental Congress
"The First Continental Congress met from September 5 to October 26, 1774. The Second Continental Congress ran from May 10, 1775, to March 2, 1789. The Journals of the Continental Congress are the records of the daily proceedings of the Congress as kept by the office of its secretary, Charles Thompson."
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwjc.html

Letters of Delegates to Congress
"The twenty-six volumes of the Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789 aims to make available all the documents written by delegates that bear directly upon their work during their years of actual service in the First and Second Continental Congresses, 1774-1789."
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwdg.html

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Copyright

Copyright Basics

Legislation - Copyright

Duration of Copyright

U.S. Copyright Office

Basics of Copyright

Copyright Basics
Includes information on what is and what is not protected by copyright, who can claim copyright, how to secure copyright, transfer of copyright and international copyright protection.
Copyright Office, Library of Congress
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

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Duration of Copyright

"In General. - Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation and, except as provided by the following subsections, endures for a term consisting of the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death."

Current
Duration of Copyright
Title 17, Chapter 3, U.S. Code
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html

April 1999
Duration of Copyright : Provisions of the Law dealing with the Length of Copyright Protection
Copyright Office, Library of Congress
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4956 (PDF)

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Legislation - Copyright

Current
Copyright Law of the United States
Title 17, U.S. Code
U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

28 October 1998
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
"Act to Amend Title 17, United States Code, to Implement the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty and for Other Purposes"
Public Law 105-304
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=105_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ304.105.pdf (PDF)

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U.S. Copyright Office

Main website
Library of Congress
http://www.copyright.gov/

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Courts

See also: Judges
See also: Juveniles in Courts

International Court of Justice

U.S. Courts of Appeals

International Criminal Court

U.S. District Courts

Military Courts-Martial

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

International Court of Justice

"The International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has its seat in The Hague, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations."
Above from main website (see below)

Current
Main website
International Court of Justice
(Mirror site hosted by Cornell Law School)
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/cijwww/icjwww/icj002.htm

Spring 1998
The International Court of Justice and the Use of Nuclear Weapons
Lieutenant Colonel Michael N. Schmitt, U.S. Air Force
Naval War College Review
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/review/1998/spring/art6-sp8.htm

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International Criminal Court

October 2002
International Criminal Court
Library Notes, Vol.1, No.2
Naval War College
"The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was adopted in 1998. Its purpose is the creation of a permanent international criminal tribunal that would deter crimes against humanity, genocide and make wars of aggression a war crime. This court is now in effect; but it is opposed by the United States, who has not joined."
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/library/3Publications/NWCLibraryPublications/LibNotes/libInternatCrimCt.htm

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Military Courts-Martial

Manual for Courts-Martial : United States
2000 Edition
Joint Service Committee on Military Justice
http://www.jag.navy.mil/documents/mcm2000.pdf (PDF)

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U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

"Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. Bankruptcy cases cannot be filed in state court. Each of the 94 federal judicial districts handles bankruptcy matters. The primary purposes of the law of bankruptcy are: (1) to give an honest debtor a "fresh start" in life by relieving the debtor of most debts, and (2) to repay creditors in an orderly manner to the extent that the debtor has property available for payment."
Above from U.S. Bankruptcy Courts website (See below)

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts.html

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U.S. Courts of Appeals

U.S. Courts of Appeals
"The 94 U.S. judicial districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each of which has a United States court of appeals. A court of appeals hears appeals from the district courts located within its circuit, as well as appeals from decisions of federal administrative agencies. In addition, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has nationwide jurisdiction to hear appeals in specialized cases, such as those involving patent laws and cases decided by the Court of International Trade and the Court of Federal Claims."
U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/courtsofappeals.html

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U.S. District Courts

U.S. District Courts
"The United States district courts are the trial courts of the federal court system. Within limits set by Congress and the Constitution, the district courts have jurisdiction to hear nearly all categories of federal cases, including both civil and criminal matters. There are 94 federal judicial districts, including at least one district in each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Three territories of th