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Federal Advisory Committees: A Primer
This report provides information about a Primer on the Federal Advisory Committees. This report set forth definitions and requirements for creating commissions as required by FACA.
Date:
April 4, 2008
Creator:
Smith, Stephanie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FDA Amendments Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-85)
None
Date:
April 28, 2008
Creator:
Williams, Erin D. & Thaul, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Uganda: Current Conditions and the Crisis in North Uganda
None
Date:
April 4, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security
None
Date:
April 18, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Reporting Deadline in the Senate
This report addresses reporting deadline in the Senate regarding Congressional Budget Resolutions.
Date:
April 23, 2008
Creator:
Keith, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy
In April 2003, the sequence of the human genome was deposited into public databases. This milestone, which has been compared to the discoveries of Galileo, and other advances in genetics have created novel legal issues relating to genetic information. This report discusses current federal law, state statutes, and legislation related to these issues.
Date:
April 28, 2008
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee & Sarata, Amanda K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Government Formation and Performance
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, as well as the Afghan government. This report also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date:
April 10, 2008
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Private Activity Bonds: An Analysis of State Use, 2001 to 2006
None
Date:
April 25, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Airport Improvement Program: Issues for Congress
This report discusses the Airport Improvement Program and its complement, the passenger facility charge (PFC), within the broader context of airport capital development finance. After a brief history of federal support for airport construction and improvement, the report describes AIP funding, its source of revenues, funding distribution, and the types of projects the program funds
Date:
April 25, 2008
Creator:
Kirk, Robert S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy
None
Date:
April 15, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 110th Congress
This report reviews the status of energy efficiency and renewable energy legislation introduces during the 110th Congress. Most action in the second session is focused on the FY2009 budget request, the Farm Bill, and the proposed Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act. The U.S. Department of Energy's FY 2009 budget seeks $1,256.1 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, compared to FY 2008 appropriations of $1,722.4 million on such programs.
Date:
April 4, 2008
Creator:
Sissine, Fred; Cunningham, Lynn J. & Gurevitz, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Insurance Regulation: Major Interest Groups
This report is intended to assist in understanding the issues inherent in creating a federal system of insurance regulation by providing some insight into the interests of organizations most involved in the issue.
Date:
April 7, 2008
Creator:
Webel, Baird
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Deposit and Share Insurance: Proposals for Change
This report provides information about the Proposals for Change on Federal Deposit and Share Insurance since deposit insurance for holders of accounts at banks and thrift institutions are under scrutiny for the last several congresses.
Date:
April 18, 2008
Creator:
Jackson, William D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Government Interventions in Financial Markets: Economic and Historic Analysis of Subprime Mortgage Options
This report summarizes and analyzes four previous government market interventions (Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1933, Continental Illinois in 1984, the savings and loan insurance fund shortfall in 1989, and the Latin American debt crisis in 1989), in light of current mortgage market conditions. Current proposals to help delinquent homeowners share many features in common with all of these actions.
Date:
April 18, 2008
Creator:
Weiss, N. Eric
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congress’s Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
This report examines the source of the contempt power, reviews the historical development of the early case law, outlines the statutory and common law basis for Congress's contempt power, and analyzes the procedures associated with each of the three different types of proceedings.
Date:
April 15, 2008
Creator:
Rosenberg, Morton & Tatelman, Todd B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Organization, Funding, and Congressional Issues
None
Date:
April 25, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War on Drugs: Reauthorization and Oversight of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
None
Date:
April 23, 2008
Creator:
Eddy, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ocean Commissions: Ocean Policy Review and Outlook
None
Date:
April 25, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Investment, CFIUS, and Homeland Security: An Overview
None
Date:
April 17, 2008
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes
None
Date:
April 15, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Financial Turmoil: Federal Reserve Policy Responses
This report provides information about the Federal Reserve Policy Responses on Financial Turmoil. The federal reserve has been central in the response to the current financial turmoil.
Date:
April 7, 2008
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library