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Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power
When conducting investigations of the executive branch, congressional committees and Members of Congress generally receive the information required for legislative needs. If agencies fail to cooperate or the President invokes executive privilege, Congress can turn to a number of legislative powers that are likely to compel compliance. The two techniques described in this report are the issuance of subpoenas and the holding of executive officials in contempt. These techniques usually lead to an accommodation that meets the needs of both branches. Litigation is used at times, but federal judges generally encourage congressional and executive parties to settle their differences out of court. The specific examples in this report explain how information disputes arise and how they are resolved.
Date:
April 2, 2003
Creator:
Fisher, Louis
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism in Southeast Asia
None
Date:
August 13, 2004
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Cronin, Richard P.; Niksch, Larry A. & Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism in Southeast Asia
None
Date:
February 7, 2005
Creator:
Vaughn, Bruce; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Cronin, Richard P.; Manyin, Mark E. & Niksch, Larry A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations
On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, unleashed a tsunami that affected more than 12 countries throughout south and southeast Asia and stretched as far as the northeastern African coast. Current official estimates indicate that more than 160,000 people are dead and millions of others are affected, including those injured, missing, or displaced, making this the deadliest tsunami on record. News reports suggest that the death toll may be well above 200,000. Sections of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand have suffered the worst devastation. Eighteen Americans are confirmed dead, with another sixteen presumed dead, and 153 remain unaccounted for.
Date:
February 10, 2005
Creator:
Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1997: VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
The VA, HUD and Independent Agencies appropriations bill includes funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a number of independent agencies. This report describes some of the key issues affecting agency funding in FY1997.
Date:
November 20, 1996
Creator:
Vanhorenbeck, Susan M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transfer of FEMA to the Department of Homeland Security: Issues for Congressional Oversight
None
Date:
December 17, 2002
Creator:
Bea, Keith
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority; the History of Acquisition, Disposal, and Retention; and Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities
Federal land ownership and management are of perennial interest to Congress. This report describes the constitutional authority for federal land ownership. It provides the history of federal land acquisition and disposal, and describes the federal land management agency jurisdictions, based on congressional authorities to reserve or withdraw lands from disposal. The report then describes several efforts to force additional federal land disposal, including recent legislative activity. It concludes with describes the various current land acquisition and disposal authorities of the four major federal land management agencies. The report will be updated to reflect major legislative activity or changes in acquisition or disposal authorities.
Date:
April 7, 1999
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W. & Baldwin, Pamela
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The U.S.-EC Japan Trade Triangle
The world has entered the age of the economic triad of Europe, North America, and East Asia. These geo-economic centers comprise the leading industrial regions of the world and increasingly set international trade policy, generate consumer and industry trends, and provide much of the capital and expertise for the rest of the globe. Within these regions, the United States, the European Community (EC), and Japan take the leadership roles.
Date:
June 4, 1992
Creator:
Nanto, Dick K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wetlands Regulation and the Law of Property Rights "Takings"
When a wetland owner is denied permission to develop, or offered a permit with very burdensome conditions, the property's value may drop substantially. Wetlands programs also may impose costly development delays. For these reasons, federal and state wetlands regulation continues to generate "takings" lawsuits by land owners. Such suits allege that by narrowing or eliminating the economic uses to which a wetland can be put, the government has "taken" (permanently or temporarily) the wetland under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause.
Date:
February 17, 2000
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2005
None
Date:
October 18, 2005
Creator:
Garrett, R. Sam & Rutkus, Denis Steven
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Gazetteer of Texas
Geological and geographic survey and analysis of Texas at the onset of the 20th century. Also includes an index of place names in Texas.
Date:
1904
Creator:
Gannett, Henry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Congressional Staffing: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
This bibliography provides the reader an overview of the growth, development, responsibilities, and duties of personal staffs of Senators and Representatives and the staffs of congressional committees, as seen and studied by academicians, journalists, former Members of the House and Senate, and former staff members.
Date:
July 14, 1981
Creator:
Carlile, Judy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stem Cell Research
None
Date:
January 11, 2006
Creator:
Johnson, Judith A. & Williams, Erin D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Intellectual Property and the Free Trade Agreements: Innovation Policy Issues
This report discusses Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Australia, Chile, Singapore, and other trading partners in respect to copyrights, data protection, patents, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property.
Date:
December 21, 2005
Creator:
Thomas, John R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Awards of Attorneys' Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies
In the United States, the general rule, which derives from common law, is that each side in a legal proceeding pays for its own attorney. There are many exceptions, however, in which federal courts, and occasionally federal agencies, may order the losing party to pay the attorneys’ fees of the prevailing party. The major common law exception authorizes federal courts (not agencies) to order a losing party that acts in bad faith to pay the prevailing party’s fees. This report discusses the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), which makes the United States liable for attorneys’ fees of up to $125 per hour in many court cases and administrative proceedings that it loses (and some that it wins) and fails to prove that its position was substantially justified.
Date:
January 24, 2006
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lobby Act Reform
This report discusses the methods to achieve effective accountability form lobbyists groups and individuals who seek to influence the governmental decision-making process.
Date:
March 19, 1981
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Information Services for Agriculture: The Role of Technology
Significant improvements in technology-supported information services have created opportunities for their utilization by the farmers and ranchers of our Nation. This report highlights the development and expanded offering of these systems, describes current operational and experimental systems, and presents salient legislative initiatives which address this priority area.
Date:
November 16, 1982
Creator:
Chartrand, Robert L.; Carr, A. B. & Miller, Nancy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Value-Added Agricultural Enterprises in Rural Development Strategies
None
Date:
October 8, 2002
Creator:
Cowan, Tadlock
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trilateral Commission
None
Date:
May 1, 1981
Creator:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends
The Supreme Court has expressed an interest "that Congress be able to legislate against a background of clear interpretive rules, so that it may know the effect of the language it adopts." This report identifies and describes some of the more important rules and conventions of interpretation that the Court applies. Because the Court has recently placed renewed emphasis on statutory text and somewhat reduced emphasis on legislative history and other interpretive sources "extrinsic" to the text, this report focuses primarily on the Court's methodology in construing statutory text. The Court's recent approaches to reliance on legislative history are also briefly described.
Date:
August 3, 2001
Creator:
Costello, George
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture: Payment in Kind (PIK) Program
On January 11, 1983, President Reagan announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture would implement a payment-in-kind (PIK) program to help reduce Government grain surpluses and to improve farm income. The materials included in this report were compiled by Congressional Research Staff for Member of Congress desirous of more information on the subject.
Date:
January 12, 1984
Creator:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Genocide Convention
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide has been a matter of pending business before the Senate since its transmittal to that body in 1949. On May 21, 1985, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended that the Senate give its advice and consent to ratification of the Convention subject to eight conditions: two reservations, five understandings, and one declaration. This report examines the differing opinions on whether and under what conditions the Senate should approve ratification of the Genocide Convention.
Date:
July 25, 1985
Creator:
Bite, Vita
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Enforcement within the United States
This report provides an analysis of immigration enforcement within the United States. The report opens with a definition of immigration enforcement, a discussion of the statutory authority to conduct immigration enforcement, and an overview of immigration enforcement related legislation since 1986. It follows with an exposition on the dichotomy of interior and border enforcement. The report then details different aspects of immigration enforcement in the United States including detention and removal, alien smuggling and trafficking, document and benefit fraud, worksite enforcement, inspections at ports of entry, and patrolling the border between ports of entry. The report continues with a discussion of the role of state and local law enforcement in the enforcement of immigration laws. The report then presents a comparative analysis of the resources devoted to divergent immigration enforcement activities. It concludes with a discussion of crosscutting immigration enforcement issues related to the structure of the Department of Homeland Security.
Date:
April 6, 2006
Creator:
Siskin, Alison; Bruno, Andorra; Nuñez-Neto, Blas; Seghetti, Lisa M. & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Immigration: The Labor Market Effects of a Guest Worker Program for U.S. Farmers
Temporary alien worker programs are meant to assure employers, including growers, of an adequate supply of labor when and where it is needed without adding permanent residents to the U.S. population. Guest worker programs are not supposed to harm the wage and job opportunities of U.S. workers while they alleviate spot labor shortages. President Bush’s proposal of a broad guest worker program has reignited interest in legislation introduced during the 108th Congress that relates specifically to the agricultural industry.
Date:
February 20, 2004
Creator:
Levine, Linda
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library