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CRS Issue Statement on Climate Change
This report discusses the congressional activities that have included ratification of the UNFCCC (1992), enactment of implementing legislation and funding of research and development of climate change.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance
This report explains the different measures of the U.S. government debt, discusses the historical growth in the debt, identifies the current owners of the debt, presents comparisons with government debt in other countries, and examines the potential economic risks associated with a growing federal debt.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Cashell, Brian W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Polar Bears: Listing Under the Endangered Species Act
On May 14, 2008, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the listing of polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing itself was praised by some environmentalists, other parties, who opposed the listing itself, argued that the science supporting listing was weak, but felt that the regulations mitigated some of the economic impacts of the listing.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. L. & Alexander, Kristina
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Effects of Capital Gains Taxation
This report discusses tax policy in relation to capital gains. Proposals dealing with the taxation of capital gains have ranged from the outright elimination of capital gains taxation to the reduction of capital gains tax rates for certain classes of taxpayers to the elimination of the preferential tax treatment.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Hungerford, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Register, Volume 74, Number 41, March 4, 2009, Pages 9343-9564
Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues
This report provides an overview of U.S.-China economic relations, surveys major trade disputes, and lists bills introduced in the 111th Congress that would impact bilateral commercial ties.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA): A Summary
This report summarizes the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the major regulatory programs that mandate reporting by industrial facilities of releases of hazardous chemicals to the environment, as well as local planning to respond in the event of significant, accidental releases.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Schierow, Linda-Jo
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Department: FY2009 Appropriations
This report describes the FY2009 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $38, 849 million in budget authority for FY2009.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Lake, Jennifer E. & Nuñez-Neto, Blas
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library