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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Estimated Allocations (open access)

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Estimated Allocations

This report discusses the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). This report contains two tables that show estimated LIHEAP allocations to the states. Table 1 shows state allocations at various levels: (1) the amount appropriated for FY2006, (2) the amount appropriated for FY2007, (3) the amount appropriated in FY2008, and (4) estimated state allocations based on the amount requested by the President for FY2009. Table 2 shows estimated state allocations at other hypothetical appropriations increments.
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: Perl, Libby
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Export Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill (open access)

Agricultural Export Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill

This report discusses the agricultural export provisions in the 2008 Farm Bill. It discusses programs that deal with U.S. agricultural exports that are a major focus of Title III, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, H.R. 6124).
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA Disaster Housing and Hurricane Katrina: Overview, Analysis, and Congressional Issues (open access)

FEMA Disaster Housing and Hurricane Katrina: Overview, Analysis, and Congressional Issues

This report discusses the issues with the housing policies of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), particularly as they relate to the Post-Katrina Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-295) and the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Plan (P.L. 93-288). It includes an overview of the Stafford Act sections 403 and 408 as well as a breakdown of issues for Congress and possible Congressional approaches to address the policies.
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: McCarthy, Francis X.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 110th Congress (open access)

Cuba: Issues for the 110th Congress

This report discusses the current political conditions of Cuba as well as its relationship with the United States. In particular, the report focuses on U.S. policy regarding how to best support political and economic change in one of the world's remaining communist nations, in the context of Fidel Castro's departure from heading the government because of poor health.
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) With Fewer than Four Members: Overview of Policy Implications (open access)

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) With Fewer than Four Members: Overview of Policy Implications

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Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Developmental Disabilities Act (open access)

The Developmental Disabilities Act

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Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: Sommers, Andrew R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA's Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program: Overview and Issues (open access)

FEMA's Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program: Overview and Issues

This report discusses Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), and "Project Impact," a FEMA pilot program. It provides an overview of PDM, legislative history, funding and mitigation studies related to Hurricane Katrina, issues for Congress, and overall observations.
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: McCarthy, Francis X.
System: The UNT Digital Library