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• A Statistical Portrait of Women in the United States: 1978
  Current population report titled "A Statistical Portrait of Women in the United States: 1978" issued 1980 by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau. Includes cover, table of contents, introduction, and highlights.
• Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment (pamphlet) by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
  Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment by the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
• ERA Boycott Campaign: Put your money where your rights are...
  Leaflet by the National Organization for Women titled "ERA Boycott Campaign." The boycott campaign targets states where the Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified.
• The Equal Rights Amendment: It's Our Future.
  Leaflet by the National Organization for Women titled "The Equal Rights Amendment: It's Our Future." The leaflet is in support of the Equal Rights Amendment and targets college students.
• The need for the Equal Rights Amendment.
  Fact sheet titled "The need for the Equal Rights Amendment" and "Students and the ERA." The fact sheet argues in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
• No Retreat From Equality.
  Leaflet by the National Organization for Women titled "No Retreat from Equality." The leaflet argues in favor of women's equality and the continued need for it.
• Minority Women and the Equal Rights Amendment
  Leaflet by the National Organization for Women's Minority Women's Committee titled "Minority Women and the Equal Rights Amendment." The leaflet argues the importance of the Equal Rights Amendment would have on women of color.
• Poverty: A Women's Issue.
  Leaflet by the National Organization for Women titled "Poverty: A Women's Issue." The leaflet describes systematic economic and financial struggles women face.
• NOW Origins: A summary description of how 28 women changed the world by reviving a revolution everyone thought was dead.
  Leaflet by the National Organization for Women titled "NOW Origins." Describes the origins and founding of the National Organization for Women.
• ERA Yes.
  Leaflet by the National Organization for Women titled "ERA YES." The leaflet argues the benefits and importance of the Equal Rights Amendment.
• Legislative Notice re: S. 563 (NSF and Women in Science) from the U.S. (United States) Senate Republican Policy Committee
  Legislative Notice, No. 96, June 23, 1980 regarding the National Science Foundation and Women in Science Authorizations. Also includes a statement by Senator Dole and a memorandum to Senator Dole.
• The 1980 Virginia Slims American Women's Opinion Poll
  Polls on women and their opinions in the 1980s paid for by Virginia Slims and carried out by the Roper Organization, Inc.
• Durenberger-Packwood Hatfield Economic Equity Act of 1981 (Women's Equality Act of 1981)
  Copy of the Durenberger-Packwood-Hatfield Economic Equity Act of 1981.
• Concerned Women for America Correspondence and Questionnaire
  Anti- ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) form letter from Beverly LaHaye, Founder of Concerned Women for America directed towards politicians, along with a questionnaire to collect stances on issues such as education, abortion, women's rights, and sexual orientation.
• Women's Needs Agenda for the 97th Congress, a Legislative Summary
  Outline style agenda detailing actions the Women's Equity Action League would like to see done in Congress. Items included are anti-abortion, pro-family planning, pro-Medicare expansion, pro-substance abuse assistance, anti-affirmative action and among other things, call for non-enforcement of Title IX.
• Women's Rights Lobby Day Form Letter to Members of the 97th Congress
  Letter to members of the 97th Congress from pro-ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) groups including the National Organization for Women, League of Women Voters of the United States, American Association of University Women, National Education Association, Women's Equity Action League, ERAmerica, and the National Women's Political Caucus.
• Women's Issues, Legislation to be Introduced in 97th Congress
  Summary of legislation relating to women's rights that will be introduced to the 97th Congress based on legislation introduced in the 96th Congress
• Title IX: The Half Full, Half Empty Glass
  Report on Title IX and its effect on women's education programs in America nine years after its implementation.
• Letter to Member of Congress Reviewing Ten Years of Title IX
  Letter to members of Congress from the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education. Includes an informative summary on the work done by the coalition as well as a list of member organizations and a press release by the United States Department of Education.
• S. 65, Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act of 1985
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Dole Introduces S.64, Uniform Patent Procedures Act, and S.65, Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act
  Except from the Congressional Record in which Senator Bob Dole introduces S. 64, a bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code for the purpose of creating a uniform policy and procedure concerning patent rights in inventions developed with federal assistance, and for other purposes. Senator Dole also proposes S.65, a bill to improve the transfer of technology from government laboratories to the public.
• US GAO Report: Patent Policy
  United States General Accounting Office. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives. Patent Policy. Department of Commerce Involvement in Department of Energy Activities.
• Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 Senate Report 99-283
  Directly cites the Bayh-Dole Act of 1984. This booklet has highlighted sections and handwritten notes.
• H.R. 3773: An Act to Amend the Stevenson-Wylder Technology Innovation Act of 1980
  Copy of H.R. 3773, An Act to amend the Stevenson-Wylder Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to promote technology transfer by authorizing Government-operated laboratories to enter into cooperative research agreements and by establishing a Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer within the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. This became the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Senate Calendar of Business: Monday, June 23, 1986
• Memo from Steve Coen to Senator Dole on the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986
• Memo from Steve Coen to Senator Dole on the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986
  Has a handwritten dash on the upper-righthand corner.
• Statement of Senator Bob Dole on the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986
• Memo: Compromise on Dole Amendment to Federal Technology Transfer Bill
  Memo from legislative assistant Pete Velde to Senator Dole.
• Letter to Senator Dole from the Chemical Manufacturers Association
  Letter to Senator Bob Dole from the William M. Stover, Vice President of the Chemical Manufacturers Association expressing reservations on Section 6 of H.R. 3773.
• Excerpt from the Congressional Record: Reading of and amendments to H.R. 3773, the Federal Technology Transfer Act, which amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980
• Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 PL 99-502
  Talking points or report for a presentation. This summarizes and succinctly explains the major points of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Back to Basics: Technology Transfer and Economic Growth
  This press release references Bayh-Dole 1980 legislation.
• Article: Transfers and Patents of Federally Funded Technology
  The article discusses changes in federal patent policy between 1980 and 1986 and how it impacts universities, big and small businesses, and federal laboratories.
• Draft of H.R. 3773, to Amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980
  H.R. 3773 became the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Draft of Technology Transfer Bill, Section 13: Rewards for Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Personnel of Federal Agencies
  This copy of part of the technology transfer bill House draft contains a handwritten internal note from a Dole staffer about the House bill being closer to the Senate position.
• Conference Report: Section 7 of Technology Transfer Bill, Distribution of Royalties Received by Federal Agencies
  Report from the congressional Conference on the Federal Technology Transfer bill with the conferees' recommendations on remedying differences between House and Senate bills.
• Note: Conference on Federal Technology Transfer
  Handwritten note on the House version of the Federal Technology Transfer Bill.
• Article: Why Subsidize Importers? Foreigners Use Our Universities to Bury Our Industry
  Appeared in The Washington Post. Discusses some of the problems that led to the passing of the Bayh-Dole Act.
• Memorandum of Call from Cassie Phillips regarding S. 65 - Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act of 1985
  A memorandum of call from Cassie Phillips to Dole legislative assistant Steve Coen regarding S. 65, the Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act of 1985. The Federal Laboratory Technology Utilization Act's House companion bill, H.R. 695, was reintroduced as H.R. 3773, the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
• Memorandum of Call from Cassie Phillips for Steve Coen about the Federal Technology Transfer Bill
  A memorandum of call from Cassie Phillips to Dole legislative assistant Steve Coen regarding the Federal Technology Transfer bill and a note about what Senator Domenici doesn't like about the bill.
• Differences Between House and Senate Version of Technology Transfer Bills
  List of categories of major and minor differences between the House and Senate version of the Technology Transfer bills. Additionally, contains a handwritten note about the Office of Management and Budget's objections to the bill and the Department of Defense's objections to the bill.
• Report Concerning Misinformation on the Issue of American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action in Southeast Asia
• Remarks from National League of Families Executive Director Ann Mills Griffiths
• Memo from Bryan Culp to Senator Dole
• Review of the Bayh-Dole Act: Testimony by Senator Dole
  Review of the Bayh-Dole Act Testimony by Senator Dole to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks. Dole discusses the successes of the Bayh-Dole Act, 14 years after it was signed.
• Global Competitiveness and the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
  Mentions the Bayh-Dole Act and HR 1443 (Federal Research Commercialization Act).
• Implementation of the Bayh-Dole Act, 96-517 at the University of Kansas
• New York Times Articles on the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act
• Letter to Michael Pettit from Allan Goldstein on the Bayh-Dole Act
  Fifteen year retrospective on the Bayh-Dole Act.
• Bob Dole: A Vision for the Information Age
  List of legislation regarding technology and telecommunication that Senator Dole was involved with, ranging from 1971-1995.
• Coalition to Promote Technology Transfer
• AAU Steering Committee on Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property: A Proposal
  Association of American Universities Steering Committee Proposal. Discusses the general research agreement situation between universities and industry and in response to recent government actions, calls for reviews, reports, recommendations going forward.
• Message from Jack Crowley to Mark Wrighton on University Research and Patents
  Bayh-Dole is discussed in this message.
• Handwritten Note on Commercialization of Technology
  A handwritten note in Senator Dole's legislative assistant Mark Scanlan's files listing recent updates and actions related to patent, technology transfer, and research and development policy.
• Message from Jack Crowley on Patent Legislation and Universities
  Contains articles on the Bayh-Dole Act and patent legislation relating to Universities.
• Article: Technology Transfer Boom Offers Scientists Rewards - And Challenges
  Top article on the front page of The Scientist: the newspaper for the science professional.
• National Patterns of R&D Resources: 1994
  Table with statistics on the national expenditure for research and development (R&D), by performing sectors and sources of funds for the years 1953-1994.
• Congressional Quarterly: Patent Law Amendments
• Congressional Record: Senator Birch Bayh Introduces S.4396, Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act
  Senator Birch Bayh's introduction of Senate Bill 3496, the Small Business Nonprofit Organization Patent Procedures Act on the Senate floor. It is a bill to amend title 35 of the United States Senate code to establish a uniform federal patent procedure for small businesses and nonprofit organizations; to create a consistent policy and procedure concerning patentability of inventions made with Federal assistance; and for other related purposes. This bill would later become the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act, which would become known as the Bayh-Dole Act.
• United States Code Annotated: Title 35 Patents
  Official revision and codification of laws relating to patents under arrangement of official code of the laws of the United States with annotations from Federal and State Courts.
• Congressional Record: Senator Bob Dole Presents Amendment to H.R. 6933
  Senator Bob Dole presents an amendment on the Senate floor to include the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act in H.R. 6933.
• Article: Bayh-Dole +25
  Twenty-five year retrospective of the Bayh-Dole Act from the perspectives of Birch Bayh and Bob Dole; in the April-May 2005 issue of TechComm.
• CBS Reports The POWs: Pawns of War Part II
• CBS Reports The POWs: Pawns of War Part I
• Joint Resolution (Accounting and Return of All American Prisoners in Southeast Asia)
• Democratic Republic of North Vietnam Violations of 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War Flyer
• National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia Literature
• National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia Newsletter
• POW/MIA Action Report from Air Force Magazine
• Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws for the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
• National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia-Suggestions for Events at Annual Meeting
• Fact Sheet-National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
• Briefing Materials-National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
• Statement by Senator Bob Dole -- Kansas -- Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments
• Dear Colleague letter from Senator Bob Dole about a Joint Session of Congress to hear Colonel Frank Borman Report on his Recent Journey on Behalf of POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia
• Sybil Stockdale's May 1 Tribute Speech
• Remarks of Senator Bob Dole at the Appeal for International Justice at Constitution Hall
• Senator Bob Dole's Appeal for International Justice Program
• Message from President Richard Nixon to Families of American POW/MIAs
• Appeal for International Justice Program
• Analysis of Draft Version of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989
  Memorandum to the House Education and Labor Committee from the American Law Division regarding an analysis of a draft version of the Americans with Disabilities Act from 1989.
• Questions on Draft Americans with Disabilities Act Bill
  Memorandum to the House Education and Labor Committee from the American Law Division. Enclosed is a list of questions posed to the drafters of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Effect on Coverage by the Disabilities Discrimination Legislation of Exempting Facilities with Fewer than Fifty Employees from the Requirements of the Legislation
  Memorandum to Senator Dole from the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service regarding the effect on coverage by disability discrimination legislation of exempting facilities with fewer than fifty employees from the requirements of the law.
• Analysis of "Regarded as Having an Impairment" and "About to be Discriminated Against" Language in Draft Americans with Disabilities Act
  Memorandum from the American Law Division analyzing specific language used in the Americans with Disabilities Act. Language includes "regarded as having an impairment" and "about to be discriminated against."
• CRS Report for Congress: Affirmative Action Revisited: A Review of Recent Supreme Court Actions
  This report reviews five cases seen over the Supreme Court's two most recent terms. All are regarding upholding affirmative action to promote equal opportunity employment.
• CRS Report for Congress: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act: Statutory Provisions, Legislative History, and Regulatory Requirements
  Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination based on a disability. This report discusses the various amendments made to the act, including the Civil Rights Restoration Act and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.
• CRS Report for Congress: Disabled Persons: State Laws Concerning Accessibility and Discrimination
  This report surveys and discusses the statutes in the fifty states and the District of Columbia which concern accessibility of buildings, transportation and public accommodations for disabled persons along with the right of disabled persons to be accompanied by a guide dog within all of these facilities. In addition, laws prohibiting discrimination of disabled persons in the areas of employment, public accommodation and transportation were examined.
• CRS Report for Congress: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): An Overview of Selected Major Legal Issues
  This report provides a brief overview of the proposed legislation and compares the bills in the101st Congress with the legislation from the 100th Congress. Selected controversial legal issues are analyzed.
• CRS Report for Congress: Affirmative Action: The Debate, The Supreme Court, and Employment; Selected References
  This bibliography focuses on several of the key issues important to an understanding of affirmative action. The first section identifies materials that debate the pros and cons of affirmative action and discuss its constitutionality. The second unit contains materials on Supreme Court cases on affirmative action. The third part addresses employment issues. This portion is divided into subsections on general materials, the Federal Government, State and municipal government, and private employers. The bibliography is comprised of materials from newspapers, magazines, reports, hearings, and scholarly journals.
• CRS Report for Congress: The Americans with Disabilities Act: An Overview of Major Provisions
  This report summarizes the non-discrimination protection covered in the Titles of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), enacted on July 26, 1990. Title I - Employment; Title II - Public Services; Title II - Public Accommodations and Services Operated by Private Entities; Title IV - Telecommunications; Title V - Miscellaneous Provisions.
• CRS Report for Congress: The Americans with Disabilities Act, S. 933, As Passed by the Senate: An Overview
  CRS Report for Congress titled "The Americans with Disabilities Act, S. 933, As Passed by the Senate: An Overview."
• CRS Report for Congress: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989: Analysis of the Remedies and Enforcement Provisions of S.933, as Passed by the Senate
  S. 933, the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989," would broaden current federal sanctions against handicap discrimination which, as found mainly in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, are restricted in coverage to the agencies of the federal government, federal contractors, and recipients of federal aid. The bill would augment this protection with a panoply of new safeguards applicable to public and private employers, bus, rail, and related transportation services and facilities, most places of public accommodation, and telecommunication relay services. For the most part, the relief provided by the bill to enforce these new protections draws expressly upon the remedies and procedures found in other civil rights laws. This report analyzes the various remedy provisions in S. 933, as passed the Senate on September 7, 1989, in relation to current provisions of existing federal civil rights legislation.
• CRS Report for Congress: Remedies and Standing to Sue Under S. 933, the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989"
  CRS Report for Congress titled "Remedies and Standing to Sue Under S.933, the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989."
• "Handicapped Requirements Handbook" Supplement No. 126 and Handbook Page Changes
  This issue of this monthly publication shares current developments in legislation, funding opportunities, and education updates all related to accommodating people with disabilities.
• Background on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989
  Memorandum from the Labor Counsel of the Committee on Education and Labor. Attached is a status report, overview of the ADA, and major problems with the bill.
• CRS Report for Congress: The Americans with Disabilities Act: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Proposed Regulations on Equal Employment Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities
  CRS Report for Congress titled "The Americans with Disabilities Act: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Proposed Regulations on Equal Employment Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities."
• Senate/ House ADA Differences
  Memorandum to Senator Dole covering amendments and changes of the Americans with Disabilities Act bill between the House and the Senate, as of May 24, 1990.
• The Americans With Disabilities Act: Major Distinctions Between the Senate and House Versions As Passed
  Memo from the Congressional Research Service that covers the differences between the passed versions of the Americans With Disabilities Act from both the House and Senate. Variations include provisions over food handling, coverage of Congress, building codes, and closed captioning, etc.
• CRS Report for Congress: The Americans with Disabilities Act: Final Rules and Information Sources
  The report contains citations and contact information for regulations and organizations that were either mentioned in the Americans with Disabilities Act or would be useful resources for constituents.