Accounting Reform After Enron: Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Accounting Reform After Enron: Issues in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the anxieties within Congress in the wake of the Enron scandal. Moreover, the report notes that the 108th Congress is not likely to pass legislative reform as extreme as the 107th Congress, but will still confront issues of accounting reform. The report also highlights what the 108th Congress plans to reform.
Date: May 28, 2003
Creator: Jickling, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: July 28, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
War On Drugs: Legislation in the 108th Congress and Related Developments (open access)

War On Drugs: Legislation in the 108th Congress and Related Developments

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Date: May 28, 2003
Creator: Eddy, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Rules Changes Affecting the Congressional Budget Process in the 108th Congress (H.Res. 5) (open access)

House Rules Changes Affecting the Congressional Budget Process in the 108th Congress (H.Res. 5)

This report provides an explanation of rules changes.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 108th Congress (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 108th Congress

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Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.; Hornbeck, J. F.; Serafino, Nina M.; Storrs, K. Larry & Taft-Morales, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress

The purpose of this report is to provide background for and summarize current developments in U.S. - People’s Republic of China (PRC) relations, including current and pending congressional actions involving the PRC.
Date: April 28, 2003
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress

Clean air issues were discussed at length in the 107th Congress, but legislation was not enacted, leaving the same issues for possible consideration in the 108th. The most prominent air quality issues discussed in this report are; the controversy over EPA’s proposed changes to the New Source Review (NSR) requirements, Clear Skies / Multi-Pollutant Legislation, gasoline additive MTBE, Conformity of Transportation Plans and SIPs Deadlines for Achieving the Ozone Air Quality Standard.
Date: January 28, 2003
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress

Clean air issues were discussed at length in the 107th Congress, but legislation was not enacted, leaving the same issues for possible consideration in the 108th. The most prominent air quality issues discussed in this report are; the controversy over EPA’s proposed changes to the New Source Review (NSR) requirements, Clear Skies / Multi-Pollutant Legislation, gasoline additive MTBE, Conformity of Transportation Plans and SIPs Deadlines for Achieving the Ozone Air Quality Standard.
Date: March 28, 2003
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: July 28, 2003
Creator: Franco, Celinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress (open access)

Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress

This report provides information about the Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress on Federal Research and Development. Federal R & D funding priorities change over time, reflecting presidential and national preferences.
Date: August 28, 2003
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fact Sheet on Congressional Tax Proposals in the 108th Congress (open access)

Fact Sheet on Congressional Tax Proposals in the 108th Congress

After passing a major multi-year tax cut in Mid-2001 (which was sunsetted after ten years) and a stimulus bill in 2002, Congress is considering energy tax subsidies, tax incentives for charitable giving deductions, pension diversification in the wake of the ENRON problems, and tax shelters. The House has passed several bills that would make the multiyear tax cut permanent as well as a bill to speed up certain provisions.
Date: February 28, 2003
Creator: Richards, Don C.
System: The UNT Digital Library