DR-CAFTA Labor Rights Issues (open access)

DR-CAFTA Labor Rights Issues

This report provides information about the Labor Rights Issues for DR-CAFTA. Congress had linked labor protections to trade promotion vehicles for at least two decades with purposes in mind.
Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Bolle, Mary Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Salaries and Allowances (open access)

Congressional Salaries and Allowances

This report provides basic information on congressional salaries and allowances. First, the report briefly summarizes the current salary of Members of Congress, limits on their outside earned income and honoraria, and applicable health insurance and retirement benefits.
Date: January 26, 2004
Creator: Brudnick, Ida A. & Dwyer, Paul E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Tax Reform and Its Potential Effects on Saving (open access)

Federal Tax Reform and Its Potential Effects on Saving

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Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Returns and Resubmissions of Nominees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals and District Courts, 1977-2006 (open access)

Returns and Resubmissions of Nominees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals and District Courts, 1977-2006

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Date: January 26, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measuring and Monitoring Carbon in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors (open access)

Measuring and Monitoring Carbon in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors

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Date: January 26, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estate and Gift Taxes: Economic Issues (open access)

Estate and Gift Taxes: Economic Issues

This report is a brief explanation of how the tax operates,analyzes the arguments for and against the tax.It concludes with an inventory and discussion of alternative policy options.
Date: January 26, 2007
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Maguire, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade in the U.S. Gulf Region: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Beyond (open access)

Trade in the U.S. Gulf Region: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Beyond

This report examines trade entering and leaving the United States through the Gulf of Mexico and its 16 major ports - a region extending from southern Florida to southern Texas. It is designed as a tool for planning or reaction in the 109th Congress, 2nd session, as Congress continues to deal with the hurricanes' aftermath; and as a resource to help quickly identify some of the potential trade effects of any other natural or man-made disaster that might strike the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Bolle, Mary Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (open access)

Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

This report discusses the paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. It also discusses Possible legislative issues involving OIRA.
Date: January 26, 2010
Creator: Copeland, Curtis W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-French Commercial Ties (open access)

U.S.-French Commercial Ties

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Date: January 26, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues (open access)

Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues

This report discusses the issue of U.S. economic assistance to sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of continued assistance in light of U.S. national security and also various U.S.-led efforts to promote reform among African citizens themselves. U.S. assistance finds its way to Africa through a variety of channels, including the USAID-administered DA program, food aid programs, and indirect aid provided through international financial institutions and the United Nations.
Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Langton, Danielle J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases (open access)

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

This report gives an overview of the federal debt limit, its history, and recent increases
Date: January 26, 2012
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Levit, Mindy R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) Option for Linking U.S. Stock Markets (open access)

The Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) Option for Linking U.S. Stock Markets

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Date: January 26, 2001
Creator: Gray Shorter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importing Prescription Drugs: Objectives, Options, and Outlook (open access)

Importing Prescription Drugs: Objectives, Options, and Outlook

This report provides an overview about the Objectives, Options, and Outlook on Importing Prescription Drugs.it also examines the issues,spells out how they are treated from bill to bill, and refer to alternatives to important to ease the burden of prescription drug.
Date: January 26, 2007
Creator: Thaul, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (open access)

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices

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Date: January 26, 2007
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Meltz, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs: FY2007 Appropriations (open access)

Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs: FY2007 Appropriations

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Date: January 26, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leasing and Permitting for Oil and Gas Development on Federal Public Domain Lands (open access)

Leasing and Permitting for Oil and Gas Development on Federal Public Domain Lands

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Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Early Childhood Care and Education Programs: Background and Funding (open access)

Early Childhood Care and Education Programs: Background and Funding

Several federal programs support child care, education, or related services, primarily for low-income working families. In addition, the tax code includes provisions specifically targeted to assist families with child care expenses. This report includes an update on FY2010 funding developments and the status of FY2009 appropriations in the early childhood care and education arena. This report also provides a six-year funding history and brief descriptions of the various related programs and tax provisions.
Date: January 26, 2010
Creator: Lynch, Karen E. & McCallion, Gail
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pension Issues Cloud Postal Reform Debate (open access)

Pension Issues Cloud Postal Reform Debate

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Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Relations with the United States (open access)

Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Relations with the United States

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Date: January 26, 2007
Creator: Ribando, Claire M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Medical Graduates: A Brief Overview of the J-1 Visa Waiver Program (open access)

Foreign Medical Graduates: A Brief Overview of the J-1 Visa Waiver Program

This report focuses on those international medical graduates (IMGs) who are foreign nationals, hereafter referred to as foreign medical graduates (FMGs).
Date: January 26, 2007
Creator: Ester, Karma
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dakota Access Pipeline: Siting Controversy (open access)

Dakota Access Pipeline: Siting Controversy

This report discusses the Dakota Access Pipeline including background on the project and information about siting approval, as well as opposition and litigation against the pipeline.
Date: January 26, 2017
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Kingdom's Prime Minister Visits President Trump (open access)

United Kingdom's Prime Minister Visits President Trump

This report describes the visit of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister, Theresa May, at the White House. She was the first foreign leader to meet with President Donald Trump.
Date: January 26, 2017
Creator: Mix, Derek E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes (open access)

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes

This report discusses the process and criteria for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive various portions of the renewable fuel standard (RFS), and the modification of applicable volumes.
Date: January 26, 2017
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress (open access)

The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), which is a federal agency that includes private sector and other non-federal representation on its board of directors. FirstNet was created by Congress with provisions in Title VI (Spectrum Act) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96) to ensure the deployment and operation of a nationwide, broadband network for public safety communications.
Date: January 26, 2017
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library