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Whether a State May Elect Its United States Senators From Single-Member Districts Rather Than At-Large, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Aug. 20, 1992

U n d e r th e S ev en teenth Am endm ent to the C onstitution, a State m ay not constitutionally elect its, U n ited S tates S enators from tw o single-m em ber districts rather than at large., Election o f Senators by Popular Vote, S. Rep. No. 961, 61st Cong.

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Transfers of Forfeited Property to State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Jan. 23, 1992

S ectio n 9 8 1 (e)(2 ) o f title 18 d o e s not prevent a state or local law enforcem ent agency from, retran sferrin g to o th e r state o r local governm ent agencies property th at has b een transferred, fro m th e fed eral governm ent pursuant to th at section. L. No. 98-, 743, tit.

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Statutory Authority to Contract With the Private Sector for Secure Facilities, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Mar. 25, 1992

T h e F ederal B ureau o f Prisons has statutory authority to contract with the private se cto r for, secure facilities.

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Recess Appointments During an Intrasession Recess, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Jan. 14, 1992

T he President may make interim recess appointments during an intrasession recess o f eighteen days. The longstanding view of the Attorneys General, has been that the term recess includes intrasession recesses if they are of, substantial length.Office of Legal Counsel at 3 (Dec. 3, 1971).

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Proposed Federal Abortion Legislation, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Jul. 01, 1992

Similarly, although the Senate bill has been amended to, allow a state to refuse to pay for abortions, section 3(b)(2), nothing in that, provision or any other part of the bill appears to permit a state to deny the, use of a state facility to a woman who was willing to pay for the abortion.

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Marketing Loans for Grains and Wheat, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Jun. 03, 1992

These, provisions prescribe formulas governing repayment of marketing loans for, feed grains and wheat for the 1991 through 1995 crop years.subclauses in clause (ii).rather than three, factors in the second clause, because the formulas do not have a factor referring to an, unreduced loan level.

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Legal Authority of the Department of the Treasury to Issue Regulations Indexing Capital Gains for Inflation, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Sep. 01, 1992

The Department of the Treasury does not have legal authority to index capital gains for inflation, by means of regulation. in general, the, basis of property is the cost of such property. In 1939, Congress began the practice of codifying the, tax laws.486 U.S. at 291. 676 F.2d at 1155.

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Issues Raised by Provisions Directing Issuance of Official or Diplomatic Passports, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Jan. 17, 1992

The State De-, partm ent has avoided the application of this policy to United States official, and diplomatic personnel by issuing dual official or diplomatic passports to, United States government employees whose responsibilities require travel to, both Israel and Arab League nations.

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Immigration and Naturalization Service Participation in Computer Matching Program with Department of Education, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Sep. 21, 1992

That automated system is the ASVI.ML, We conclude that INS does have legal authority to participate in a com-, puter matching program with Education in order to verify the immigration, status of alien applicants for federal student aid under Title IV of the Higher, Education Act of 1965.

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Funding for the Critical Technologies Institute, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: May 12, 1992

This responds to your request for our opinion whether the Department of, Defense (DoD) may make $5 million available to the Director of the Na-, tional Science Foundation (NSF) out of monies appropriated in the, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991, Pub.on Appropriations, 102d Cong.

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Fourth Amendment Implications of Military Use of Forward Looking Infrared Radars Technology for Civilian Law Enforcement, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Mar. 04, 1992

United States v. Devorce, 526 F. Supp. 1980) (use of X-ray machine to reveal shapes of objects, is a Fourth Amendment search), cert, denied, 451 U.S. 972(1981); FLIR is mentioned in a reported court, decision as early as 1977, see U nited States v. P otter, 552 F.2d 901, 906 n.7 (9th Cir.

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Enforcement Jurisdiction of the Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Aug. 17, 1992

Therefore, the Antidiscrimination Provision may be applied to, federal agencies only if Congress has waived the governments sovereign, immunity against enforcement actions under section 1324b(j).4, In determining whether Congress has waived sovereign immunity. U.S. Const, art., United States ex.

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Congressional Pay Amendment, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: May 13, 1992

T h e C o n g ressio n al Pay A m endm ent, w hich w as originally proposed by C ongress to the States, for ratification in 1789, and having been ratified by three-fourths o f the S tates, h as b een, ratified p u rsu an t to A rticle V and is accordingly now part o f the C onstitution. amendment .

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Authority to Use United States Military Forces in Somalia, (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Dec. 04, 1992

See also 53 Dept St. Bull. Accordingly, where, as here, United, States government personnel and private citizens are participating in a law-, ful relief effort in a foreign nation, we conclude that the President may, com m it United States troops to protect those involved in the relief effort.

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Application of 18 U.S.C. § 205 to Proposed "Master Amici", (1992)
United States Attorneys General Filed: Mar. 12, 1992

You have requested the Department of Justices opinion whether 18 U.S.C., § 205 would bar an attorney employed in the government from serving as a, master amicus in the United States Court of Veterans Appeals. P., 25(b) (service o f briefs to be made on counsel for a represented party);

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