The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (open access)

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices

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Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Meltz, Robert & Alexander, Kristina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Intercity Passenger Rail: Lessons for Amtrak? (open access)

Foreign Intercity Passenger Rail: Lessons for Amtrak?

This report reviews the causes and goals of railway restructuring in other countries and describes the advantages and disadvantages of alternative models of rail regulatory regimes.
Date: June 7, 2002
Creator: Frittelli, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives (open access)

Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives

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Date: June 7, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) of Pollutants (open access)

Clean Water Act and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) of Pollutants

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Date: June 7, 2002
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bilingual Education: An Overview (open access)

Bilingual Education: An Overview

The report is categorized into three categories: (I) Background, (II) Bilingual Education Act and (III) Selected Issues.
Date: June 7, 2001
Creator: Osorio-O'Dea, Patricia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform (open access)

Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform

In 1996, Congress enacted comprehensive reform of the nation’s statutory and regulatory framework for telecommunications by passing the Telecommunications Act, which substantially amended the 1934 Communications Act. The general objective of the 1996 Act was to open up markets to competition by removing unnecessary regulatory barriers to entry. This report discusses the history of the law and examines current issues.
Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Expenditures, FY2001 and FY2002 (open access)

Medicaid Expenditures, FY2001 and FY2002

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Date: June 7, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
AIDS: The Ryan White CARE Act (open access)

AIDS: The Ryan White CARE Act

This report discusses the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which makes federal funds available to metropolitan areas and states to assist in health care costs and support services for individuals and families affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This report discusses related legislation and appropriations.
Date: June 7, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Judith A. & Morgan, Paulette C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Do Local Election Officials Think about Election Reform?: Results of a Survey (open access)

What Do Local Election Officials Think about Election Reform?: Results of a Survey

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Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Fischer, Eric A. & Coleman, Kevin J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Tax Preferences: Significant Legislative Proposals in the 110th Congress (open access)

Small Business Tax Preferences: Significant Legislative Proposals in the 110th Congress

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Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Net Neutrality: Background and Issues (open access)

Net Neutrality: Background and Issues

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Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards (open access)

Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards

This report details the CAFE standards( Corporate Average Fuel Economy) related to Automobile and Light Truck fuel economy, and its recent developments.
Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Bamberger, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy (open access)

Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

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Date: June 7, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Child Welfare Workforce: An Overview (open access)

The Child Welfare Workforce: An Overview

This report gives an overview of the Child Welfare Workforce. The contents include who are child welfare workers, size and job characteristics of child welfare workforce, earnings, Working conditions, and job outlook.
Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Levine, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Aid: Understanding Data Used to Compare Donors (open access)

Foreign Aid: Understanding Data Used to Compare Donors

This report explains differences and discusses other issues to the debate over how much wealthy countries contribute to international development and what share U.S. resources represent.
Date: June 7, 2006
Creator: Nowels, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Environmental Policy Act: Background and Implementation (open access)

The National Environmental Policy Act: Background and Implementation

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Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Super-Majority Voting Requirement for Tax Increases: An Overview of Proposals for a Constitutional Amendment (open access)
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

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Date: June 7, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Head Start: Background and Issues (open access)

Head Start: Background and Issues

This report describes Background and Issues on Head Start. Program performance, fiscal management, and the long-term impact on children particularly with respect to educational attainment continue to be areas of focus and concern.
Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Gish, Melinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch: FY2007 Appropriations (open access)

Legislative Branch: FY2007 Appropriations

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Date: June 7, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: TANF Trends and Data (open access)

Welfare Reform: TANF Trends and Data

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Date: June 7, 2002
Creator: Burke, Vee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Regulation in the European Union: Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (open access)

Chemical Regulation in the European Union: Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals

On June 1, 200, the European Union (EU) began to implement a new law governing chemicals in EU commerce: Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). It is intended to protect human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals while at the same time protecting the competitiveness of European industry. This report contains information on the background, how each part of the REACH law are implemented, and related materials.
Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: Schierow, Linda-Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco-Related Programs and Activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Operation and Cost (open access)

Tobacco-Related Programs and Activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Operation and Cost

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Date: June 7, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Utility Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 6, 109th Congress (open access)

Electric Utility Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 6, 109th Congress

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Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Abel, Amy
System: The UNT Digital Library