Serbia and Montenegro Union: Prospects and Policy Implications (open access)

Serbia and Montenegro Union: Prospects and Policy Implications

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Date: April 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress (open access)

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress

This report provides an overview of an omnibus energy legislation (H.R. 6), including revisions made and a history of the legislation.
Date: April 19, 2005
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The "Right to Die": Constitutional and Statutory Analysis (open access)

The "Right to Die": Constitutional and Statutory Analysis

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Date: September 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions (open access)

Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions

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Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: An Overview (open access)

Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: An Overview

This report provides a historical overview of federal authority regarding pesticide fees, including the amount of fee revenues collected over time, and summarizes the key elements of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) and the revisions reflected in PRIA 2.
Date: December 19, 2005
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Policy Options After Hurricane Katrina (open access)

Tax Policy Options After Hurricane Katrina

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Date: September 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of State Breastfeeding Laws and Related Issues (open access)

Summary of State Breastfeeding Laws and Related Issues

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Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lead in Drinking Water: Washington, DC, Issues and Broader Regulatory Implications (open access)

Lead in Drinking Water: Washington, DC, Issues and Broader Regulatory Implications

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Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parliament and Congress: A Brief Comparison of the British House of Commons and the U.S. House of Representatives (open access)
FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, Tsunami Relief, and Other Activities (open access)

FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, Tsunami Relief, and Other Activities

This report provides an overview and context of the FY2005 supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, tsunami relief, and other activities.
Date: April 19, 2005
Creator: Belasco, Amy & Nowels, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Affirmative Action: Justice O'Connor's Opinions (open access)

Affirmative Action: Justice O'Connor's Opinions

This report briefly surveys decisions of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in affirmative action cases, an area where her opinions have frequently determined the outcome. An examination of Justice O'Connor's opinions reveals a gradual shift in perspective regarding the legal and constitutional standards to be applied in evaluating governmental affirmative action efforts, and the manner of their application in various legal and factual settings.
Date: July 19, 2005
Creator: Dale, Charles V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federalism Jurisprudence: The Opinions of Justice O'Connor (open access)

Federalism Jurisprudence: The Opinions of Justice O'Connor

This report examines the opinions of Justice O'Connor related to limits on federal power. In majority opinions regarding the Tenth Amendment, sovereign immunity, and the power of Congress under the 14th Amendment, she has emphasized the dictates of the Founding Fathers and noted the policies underlying federalism such as the promotion of state accountability.
Date: July 19, 2005
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth R. & Tatelman, Todd B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns (open access)

Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns

This report discusses the social and political development in Haiti and U.S. its relations with United States. Following elections that were widely heralded as the first free and fair elections in Haiti's then-186-year history, Jean-Bertrand Aristide first became Haitian President in February 1991.
Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The World Bank: Changing Leadership and Issues for the United States and Congress (open access)

The World Bank: Changing Leadership and Issues for the United States and Congress

The decision of World Bank President James Wolfensohn to resign in May 2005 has triggered the search for a successor. This report discusses the process for choosing a successor and the implications for U.S. policy.
Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: Weiss, Martin A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo's Future Status and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kosovo's Future Status and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the issue of Kosovo's future status; that is, whether it should become an independent country, or have some form of autonomy within Serbia.
Date: July 19, 2005
Creator: Woehrel, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
AGOA III: Amendment to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (open access)

AGOA III: Amendment to the African Growth and Opportunity Act

This report discusses the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which seeks to spur economic development and help integrate Africa into the world trading system by granting trade preferences and other benefits to Sub-Saharan African countries that meet certain criteria relating to market reform and human rights.
Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: Langton, Danielle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

The United States recognizes the independence of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and has fostered these states to end their dependence on Russia for trade. Gives an insight to the three countries and the relation to the United States and how they obtained their peace and independence and the aid from the United States.
Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: Nichol, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Response: Civil Liability of Volunteer Health Professionals (open access)

Emergency Response: Civil Liability of Volunteer Health Professionals

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Date: September 19, 2005
Creator: Swendiman, Kathleen & Brooks, Nathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missile Defense: The Current Debate (open access)

Missile Defense: The Current Debate

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Date: July 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nigeria in Political Transition (open access)

Nigeria in Political Transition

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Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Eligibility for Adults and Children (open access)

Medicaid Eligibility for Adults and Children

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Date: September 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visa Waiver Program (open access)

Visa Waiver Program

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Date: April 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation (open access)

Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation

This report opens with an overview of visa issuances, with sections on procedures for aliens coming to live in the United States permanently and on procedures for aliens admitted for temporary stays. It includes a discussion of visa screening policies, including inadmissibility, databases, an analysis of visa refusals, biometric visas and other major visa policy procedures. Summaries of key laws revising visa policy enacted in the 107th Congress follows. The final section analyzes selected issues in the 108th Congress, notably the 9/11 Commission recommendations, visa revocation and removal, new technologies, potential impact on business, and other security concerns.
Date: January 19, 2005
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System: The UNT Digital Library