Forest Service Timber Sale Practices and Procedures: Analysis of Alternative Systems (open access)

Forest Service Timber Sale Practices and Procedures: Analysis of Alternative Systems

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Date: October 30, 1995
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Issues (open access)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Issues

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Date: October 16, 1997
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: Legislative Branch (open access)

Appropriations for FY1999: Legislative Branch

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriation bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliations bills. This report is over the LEgislative branch appropriations for the fiscal year 1999.
Date: October 27, 1998
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China: U.S. Economic Sanctions (open access)

China: U.S. Economic Sanctions

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Date: October 1, 1997
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and the 105th Congress: Policy Issues and Legislation, 1997-1998 (open access)

China and the 105th Congress: Policy Issues and Legislation, 1997-1998

This report tracks trends in and legislation considered by the 105th Congress in regard to China.
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Covert Action: An Effective Instrument of U. S. Foreign Policy? (open access)

Covert Action: An Effective Instrument of U. S. Foreign Policy?

This report addresses the statutory basis for covert actions, criteria for their use in the post-Cold War world, and procedures for their planning, conducting, and funding.
Date: October 21, 1996
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mammography Quality Standards Act: Background and Issues (open access)

Mammography Quality Standards Act: Background and Issues

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Date: October 22, 1998
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Higher Educati by the 1 (open access)

Higher Educati by the 1

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Date: October 7, 1998
Creator: Stedman, James B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: An Overview (open access)

The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: An Overview

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Date: October 17, 1997
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highway Fund Sanctions for Clean Air Act Violations (open access)

Highway Fund Sanctions for Clean Air Act Violations

This report provides information concerning the authority to impose sanctions, lists the 14 areas that have been subject to sanctions since 1990, describes their status as of October 1997, and discusses the role of sanctions and alternatives under the act.
Date: October 22, 1997
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gold Auctions: Current Proposal, History, and Congressional Role (open access)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gold Auctions: Current Proposal, History, and Congressional Role

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Date: October 4, 1996
Creator: Wertman, Patricia A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impeachment Grounds: Part 5: Selected Douglas/Nixon Inquiry Materials (open access)

Impeachment Grounds: Part 5: Selected Douglas/Nixon Inquiry Materials

This report is a collection of selected background materials pertinent to the issue of what constitutes impeachable misconduct for purposes of Article II, section 4 of the United States Constitution. It includes excerpts from material prepared in connection with the impeachment inquiries involving Justice Douglas and President Nixon.
Date: October 30, 1998
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environment in Fast Track Trade Authority: Summary of the Clinton Administration Proposal (open access)

Environment in Fast Track Trade Authority: Summary of the Clinton Administration Proposal

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Date: October 1, 1997
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Primary Dates, 1998 (open access)

Congressional Primary Dates, 1998

This report lists the dates of 1998 primary elections and, where applicable, runoff primary dates for the states and the District of Columbia.
Date: October 31, 1997
Creator: Coleman, Kevin
System: The UNT Digital Library
China’s Economic Development: An Overview (open access)

China’s Economic Development: An Overview

This report is on China’s Economic Development: An Overview.
Date: October 10, 1997
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vietnam: Economic Reforms and Commercial Relations with the United States (open access)

Vietnam: Economic Reforms and Commercial Relations with the United States

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Date: October 29, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
African-American Participation At The United Nations (open access)

African-American Participation At The United Nations

This report discusses the variety of roles African Americans have played at the United Nations, and their impact. Moreover, the report details several distinct cases in which African Americans played key roles in peace talks.
Date: October 20, 1995
Creator: Bite, Vita & Carmi, Juanita
System: The UNT Digital Library
Burundi: Update (open access)

Burundi: Update

This report is an update on Burundi.
Date: October 26, 1998
Creator: Dagne, Theodros
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Housing and Section 8 Reforms: The Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (open access)

Public Housing and Section 8 Reforms: The Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998

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Date: October 30, 1998
Creator: Bourdon, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Exports: Technical Barriers to Trade (open access)

Agricultural Exports: Technical Barriers to Trade

Technical barriers to trade (TBTs) are widely divergent measures that countries use to regulate rnarkets, protect their consumers, and preserve natural resources, but which can also discriminate against imports in favor of domestic products. Most TBTs in agriculture are sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures designed to protect humans, animals, and plants from contaminants, diseases, and pests. In the wake of new trade agreements aimed at reducing tariffs, import quotas, and other trade barriers, TBTs have become more prominent concerns for agricultural exporters and policymakers.
Date: October 21, 1997
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Welfare Law: Comparison of the New Block Grant Program with Aid to Families with Dependent Children (open access)

New Welfare Law: Comparison of the New Block Grant Program with Aid to Families with Dependent Children

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Date: October 6, 1997
Creator: Burke, Vee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biosphere Reserves: Fact Sheet (open access)

Biosphere Reserves: Fact Sheet

This report details the information related to Biosphere reserves, under the Man and the Biosphere(MAB) program.
Date: October 3, 1997
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Authorization-Appropriation Process (open access)

Overview of the Authorization-Appropriation Process

A PRIMARY AVENUE FOR EXERCISING CONGRESS'S POWER OF THE purse is the authorization and appropriation of federal spending to carry out government activities. While the power over appropriations is granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution, the authorization-appropriation process is derived from House and Senate rules. The formal process consists of two sequential steps:
Date: October 22, 1999
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development Funding: Fiscal Year 2000 (open access)

Research and Development Funding: Fiscal Year 2000

The Administration requested $78.242 billion for research and development (R&D) in FY2000, 1.3% below the FY1999 estimated level of $79.267 billion. As with past proposals, the Administration requested an increase for civilian R&D, 3% to $39.761 billion, while overall defense R&D would decline 5.3% to $38.481 billion.
Date: October 15, 1999
Creator: Davey, Michael E.
System: The UNT Digital Library