According to the Sino-British Joint Declaration ( 1984 ) and the Basic Law, Hong Kong will retain its political, economic, and judicial systems and unique way of life and continue to participate in international agreements and organisations as a dependent territory for at least 50 years after retrocession.

According to a 1996 report of the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress, during Reagan's two terms, and through 1993, the top 10 % of taxpayers paid an increased share of income taxes ( not including payroll taxes ) to the Federal government, while the lowest 50 % of taxpayers paid a reduced share of income tax revenue.

According to DoD documents, “ The MIL-STD-188 series may be based on, or make reference to, Joint Technical Architecture, American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) standards, International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector ( ITU-T ) recommendations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) Standardization Agreements ( STANAG ), and other standards wherever applicable .”

According to Joint Publication 1-02, the United States Department of Defense defines a resistance movement as " an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability ".

According to the findings of Lord Butler of Brockwell's Review of Weapons of Mass Destruction, the reduction of operational capabilities in the Middle East and of the Requirements division's ability to challenge the quality of the information the Middle East Controllerate was providing weakened the Joint Intelligence Committee's estimates of Iraq's nonconventional weapons programmes.

According to the Joint Report, 12 % of all bank holding companies had qualified as financial holding companies to exercise the new powers provided by the GLBA, and those companies held 78 % of all bank holding company assets.

According to the 2012 Military Pay Table effective 1 January 2012, While serving as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff / Vice Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Chief of Navy Operations, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Army / Air Force Chief of Staff, Commander of a unified or specified combatant command, basic pay is $ 20, 587. 80 a month plus additional allowances / pay.

According to the rules of most air transportation authorities, such as the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration and European Union's Joint Aviation Authorities, should passengers flying internationally with checked baggage fail to arrive at the departure gate before the flight is closed, that person's baggage must be retrieved from the aircraft hold before the flight is permitted to take off.

According to OSGEOINT, these bases include Creech Air Force Base, the Yucca Lake UAV testing facility, and Nellis Air Force Base, operating the MQ-1-9, MQ-170, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in addition to other aircraft.

According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS, he was chosen because his political position, his respect throughout the Pacific region, and his outspokenness on AIDS-related issues.

According to a paper by Besebes on the library, prepared for the 62nd IFLA Conference, " The Congress Library is organized as one of the Joint Programs under the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

According to AFSPC, its mission is " to provide resilient and cost-effective Space and Cyberspace capabilities for the Joint Force and the Nation.

According to the Act, the Chairman may not exercise military command over the Joint Chiefs of Staff or any of the armed forces.

According to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission's 2002 Southerly Crossings Corridor Study, Scudders Fall Bridge carries roughly 55, 000 vehicles per day ( traffic counts have increased since then ), well beyond the design load of 40, 000 vehicles per day.

According to Colin Powell, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the future Secretary of State, the " shooting gallery " scenes carnage was the reason to end the Gulf War hostilities after the Liberation of Kuwait campaign.

According to the Council Joint Action of 20 July 2001, which established the EUISS, the mission of the EUISS is to ' contribute to the development of the CFSP, in particular the ESDP, in coherence with the European Security Strategy.

According to Joint Protocol Manual 1 ( JPM-1 )- 2009 the Chapter Squadron Chief of Protocol, if in AAS, holds the rank of AAS C / Capt.

According to the National Newspapers of Ireland and Joint National Readership Survey 91 % of Irish adults regularly read newspapers.

According to Senomyx ’ s website, it " received a positive review by the Joint FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, which determined that there were no safety concerns with the use of the Company ’ s savory flavor ingredients in foods.

According to documents published in the Guantanamo Bay files leak, the US military Joint Task Force Guantanamo believed in November 2007 that Aamer had led a unit of fighters in Afghanistan, including the Battle of Tora Bora, while his family was paid a stipend by Osama bin Laden.

According to documents published in the Guantanamo Bay files leak, the US military Joint Task Force Guantanamo believed in November 2007, partly based on evidence given by informant and fellow detainee Yasim Muhammed Basardah, that Aamer was a “ recruiter, financier, and facilitator ” for al-Qaeda, The leaked documents alleged that had confessed to interrogators that he was in Tora Bora with Osama bin Laden at the time of the US bombing.

According to D. C. Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Hill's treatment by the panel also contributed to the large number of women elected to Congress in 1992, " women clearly went to the polls with the notion in mind that you had to have more women in Congress ", she said.

According to White House and Congressional Budget Office figures, the maximum share of income that enrollees would have to pay for the " silver " healthcare plan would vary depending on their income relative to the federal poverty level, as follows: for families with income 133 – 150 % of FPL will be 3-4 % of income, for families with income of 150 – 200 % of FPL will be 4-6. 3 % of income, for families with income 200 – 250 % of FPL will be 6. 3-8. 05 % of income, for families with income 250-300 % of FPL will be 8. 05-9. 5 % of income, for families with income from 300 to 400 % of FPL will be 9. 5 % of income.

According to Congressional testimony, the CIA experimented with utilizing LSD and hypnosis for mind control.

According to Congressional testimony, Daugherty allegedly arranged for Jess Smith and Howard Mannington to sell these permits to drug company agents who in actuality represented bootleggers.

According to former Congressional Budget Office analyst Christopher Barnekov, such contracts allowed the rail carriers and their shippers much more opportunity readily to develop more efficient transport arrangements which lowered costs for the carriers, yielding better returns for the carriers and lower rates for the shippers.

According to Congressional Quarterly, " In 2002, Sanchez voted against reviving fast-track procedures for congressional action on trade deals.

According to the Congressional Quarterly Press ' 2008 City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America, Virginia Beach, Virginia ranks 311th in violent crime amount 385 cities containing more than 75, 000 inhabitants.

According to Texas Republican Congressman Dr. Ron Paul in his " A Tribute to the Late Harry Browne " which was read into the Congressional Record in 2006, " How You Can Profit From the Coming Devaluation is generally recognized as the founding document of the hard money movement, which combined the insights of the Austrian economists with a practical investment strategy.

According to Congressional Budget Office estimates, the federal tax system is a progressive tax system for earners all but the richest 1 % of Americans.

* * According to the Congressional Research Service, Sen. Chambliss is the only senator since 1947 to have chaired a full standing Senate Committee ( Agriculture ) after serving in the Senate for just two years.

According to U. S. Navy officials and the Congressional Research Service the U. S. Navy has drawn up plans to expand its fleet of ballistic missile-defense-capable warships from 26 ships today to 36 by 2018.

According to the CRS, " The LIS ... provides bill summary and status, full text of legislation and public laws, full text of committee reports, hearings, and other documents, and the Congressional Record for the current and earlier Congresses.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Baca, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, directed Caucus funds from its PAC BOLDPAC ( Building Our Leadership Diversity ) to the unsuccessful California campaigns of his sons, Joe Baca, Jr. and Jeremy Baca.

According to Henry B. Hogue, of the Government and Finance Division of the Congressional Research Service,

According to the Congressional Research Service, President Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments.

According to Minnesota Congressional Election 2008 Political Courage Test, Oberstar supports having taxes on corporate earnings, gasoline and cigarettes.

According to the website, this taskforce " The Task Force on Oversight and Regulatory Review is responsible for taking a look at the nearly 8, 000 regulations issued annually by the federal government and for analyzing these new rules to ensure Congressional intent is appropriately followed.

According to Congressional Quarterly, " The conference chairman manages the private meetings to elect floor leaders, handles distribution of committee assignments and helps set legislative priorities.

According to Congressional Quarterly, " Created in 1947, the Policy Committee is in effect a legislative think tank.

" According to Judicial Watch, Clinton and top Congressional Democrats encouraged the IRS to audit them and say that an IRS agent asked them, " What do you expect when you sue the President?

According to the " baseline " forecast of federal revenue and spending by the Congressional Budget Office ( in its January 2005 Baseline Budget Projections, the budget deficits will decrease over the next several years.

According to the U. S. Trade Representative website, Zoellick completed negotiations to bring China and Taiwan into the World Trade Organization ( WTO ); developed a strategy to launch new global trade negotiations at the WTO meeting in Doha, Qatar ; shepherded Congressional action on the Jordan Free Trade Agreement and the Vietnam Trade Agreement ; and worked with Congress to pass the Trade Act of 2002, which included new Trade Promotion Authority.

According to Lewis, it " prompted a Justice Department ruling, a General Accounting Office report, a Congressional hearing, was cited by four presidential candidates in 1992 and was partly responsible for an executive order in January 1993 by President Clinton, placing a lifetime ban on foreign lobbying by White House trade officials.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, between 1979 and 2007 incomes of the top 1 % of Americans grew by an average of 275 %.