Document: Executive branch congressional reports

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DESIRED OUTCOME: Make text completely searchable. For each of the following, search the output to connect a given report with the corresponding law or policy that authorizes it.

• Certification that a shrimp harvesting nation has adopted a regulatory program governing the incidental taking of certain sea turtles.
  Answer (on page 23): Pub. L. 101-162, Sec. 609(b)(2) (103 Sat. 1038)
• Library of Congress Register of Copyrights: Balance achieved between the rights of creators and the needs of users when copies are made by libraries
  Answer (on page 13): 17 U.S.C. 108(i)
• An evaluation of the financial impact of the CCA program, of changes in access to physicians and other health care providers and beneficiary satisfaction
  Answer (on page 97): 42 U.S.C. 1395w-29 Pub. L. 108-173, Sec. 241(a)
• A report on Federal Trade Commission's experience with authority to regulate spam and spyware
  Answer (on page 188): 15 U.S.C.  44 Pub. L. 109-455, Sec. 14

For each of the following, search your output to find when these reports are due to Congress.

• Expenditures incurred by the U.S. Government directly attributable to the exercise of emergency war powers or authorities
  Answer (on page 34): During each emergency; final report within 9 days after its termination.
• A report on the established procedure for expeditiously clearing individuals whose names have been mistakenly placed on a terrorist list or who may have names identical or similar to individuals on a terrorist database list
  Answer (on page 111): Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section

For each of the following, search your output to connect a given law or policy with the report it authorizes.

• 10 U.S.C. 1071 Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 723
  Answer (on page 62): Report on the quality of health care furnished under the health care programs of the Department of Defense
• Pub. L 108-199, Sec. Div. D, Title II (118 Stat. 160)
  Answer (on page 143): A determination that Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the activities of the IAEA