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Renewable Energy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues
This report provides background an analysis of renewably energy, its contribution to the national energy supply, role in the long-term energy supply, history, relevant provisions considered during the 109th Congress, relation to the Department of Energy (DOE) budget for FY2006, energy production, and relation to climate change. It also includes information about relevant legislation, Congressional hearings, reports, and documents, and other resources.
Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Understanding Government Employment Data After a Natural or Other Disaster, with Special Emphasis on Hurricane Katrina
None
Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade-Through Rule Reform: The SEC’s Depth of Book Alternative
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Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: Federal Expenditures for Science and Technology
This report discusses direct climate-focused scientific and research programs of the federal government, as well as an array of energy programs that relate indirectly to climate change.
Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
Simpson, Michael M. & Justus, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine (DRE) Controversy: FAQs and Misperceptions
As Congress considers proposals relating to DREs, salient issues might include the lack of information about DRE security, especially in relation to other systems and other components of election integrity; potential conflicts with HAVA requirements that might be associated with the proposals; how those proposals might impact voter confidence; and what impacts they might have on future innovation.
Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
Fischer, Eric A. & Coleman, Kevin J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposals in the 109th Congress to Split the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Report on the Ninth Circuit court of appeals, including the geography, population, caseload, proposals to split the circuit, and more.
Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
Garrett, R. Sam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Excited Utterances, "Testimonial" Statements, and the Confrontation Clause
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument this term in appeals from two state supreme court cases, Hammon v. Indiana and Davis v. Washington, concerning the admissibility of “excited utterance” statements made by non-testifying witnesses at criminal trials. In the landmark Crawford v. Washington case in 2004, the Court held that the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause forbids hearsay “testimonial” evidence from being introduced against the accused unless the witness is unavailable to testify and the defendant has had a prior opportunity to crossexamine the witness. However, the Crawford Court declined to provide a comprehensive definition of “testimonial,” leaving such task “for another day.”
Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
Yeh, Brian T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Livestock Price Reporting: Background
This report summarizes how the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting (LMPR) law expired on September 30, 2005. And after considering all the approaches they took in the past, the house agreed to the bill to extend LMPR for Five more years while Senate agreed to one-year extension. Updated December 14, 2005.
Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library