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Reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Issues for Consideration
This report provides a discussion of the National Drug Control Strategy, the National Drug Control Budget, and Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) evaluation of the National Drug Control Strategy implementation. It then provides an analysis of selected legislative and oversight issues that Congress may consider when debating the reauthorization of ONDCP.
Date:
August 13, 2013
Creator:
Sacco, L. N. & Finklea, Kristin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program: Overview and Current Issue
This report begins with an explanation of the various Ticket to Work provisions and provides an analysis of program performance and return-to-work barriers encountered by ticket holders and ENs. The report concludes with a discussion of program-related issues that may be of interest to Congress.
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Morton, William R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Budget "Sequestration" and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules
Report that looks at the history and current status of sequestration at it relates to Congress, including how it is enacted and special rules that can apply.
Date:
June 13, 2013
Creator:
Spar, Karen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Weapons: A Summary Report of Characteristics and Effects
This report describes chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals which cause a variety of symptoms in their victims. The report discusses the potential for terrorist use of chemical agents.
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Shea, Dana A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Workforce Programs in Title VII of the Public Health Service Act
This report describes and summarizes Title VII of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) programs. It describes federal support for institutions and individuals in efforts to expand and sustain the pipeline for health professions education and training.
Date:
August 13, 2013
Creator:
Reyes-Akinbileje, Bernice
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Annual Fee on Health Insurers
This report discusses the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, P.L. 111-148) and the Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152) that impose a fee on certain for-profit health insurers, starting in 2014.
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Kirchhoff, Suzanne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Climate Change Funding from FY2008 to FY2014
This report summarizes direct federal funding identified as climate change-related from FY2008 enacted funding through FY2013 and the FY2014 request (as well as a less consistent series beginning with FY2001). It reports the Administration's estimates of tax revenues not received due to energy tax provisions that may reduce GHG emissions. The report briefly identifies the programs and funding levels, as well as some qualifications and observations on reporting of federal funding. It further offers some issues that Members may wish to consider in deliberating on U.S. climate change strategies.
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.; Lattanzio, Richard K. & Bruner, Emily
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rebuilding Household Wealth: Implications for Economic Recovery
Report regarding the slower than normal pace of the ongoing economic recovery and the likely role in that of weak consumer spending forced by a sharp loss of household net worth during the recession and the subsequent need to rebuild that lost wealth.
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Elwell, Craig K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guide to Individuals Seated on the Senate Dais
This report discusses the seating of the members of senate chamber in the Capitol.
Date:
August 13, 2013
Creator:
Heitshusen, Valerie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Consumers and Food Price Inflation
This report is divided into five sections that cover the following: major economic concepts underlying consumer food behavior; descriptions how U.S. food price inflation rates have evolved since 1915, when federal price data collection for inflation-measuring purposes began; information on recent history and projections for U.S. food expenditure shares relative to total household budget; an examination of retail food price inflation; and a discussion on the impact that rapid food price inflation can have on government food programs and the more vulnerable consumer groups.
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Schnepf, Randy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guantanamo Detention Center: Legislative Activity in the 111th Congress
This report analyzes relevant provisions in enacted legislation and selected pending bills relating to the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a facility in which alleged enemy belligerents are detained.
Date:
January 13, 2011
Creator:
Garcia, Michael John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Committee on the Budget in the House of Representatives: Structure and Responsibilities
Report describing the structure and responsibilities of the Committee on the Budget in the House of Representatives.
Date:
January 13, 2011
Creator:
Lynch, Megan Suzanne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
GSEs and the Government's Role in Housing Finance: Issues for the 113th Congress
This report examines options concerning the future of the GSEs and the future government role in residential mortgage markets. Other CRS reports address related issues such as conservatorship, the GSEs' financial condition, residential mortgage markets in other nations, and affordable housing.
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Weiss, N. Eric
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices
Report that provides an estimate of the initial impact of the changing oil prices on the nation's merchandise trade deficit.
Date:
January 13, 2011
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress
Report that discusses the process of naming Navy ships, which have traditionally been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy. Congress in recent years has proposed, and sometimes passed, legislation regarding the naming of specific ships.
Date:
January 13, 2011
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Sanctions on Burma: Issues for the 113th Congress
This report provides a brief history of U.S. policy towards Burma and the development of U.S. sanctions, a topical summary of those sanctions, and an overview of actions taken to waive or ease those sanctions by the Obama Administration. The report concludes with a discussion of actions taken by the 112th Congress and options for the 113th Congress.
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Martin, Michael F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP): Available Health Insurance Options
This report discusses the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), a program administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which is statutorily given the authority to contract with qualified carriers offering plans and to prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the statute, among other duties.
Date:
November 13, 2013
Creator:
Mach, Annie L. & Cornell, Ada S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Poverty in the United States: 2012
This report discusses poverty in United States that varies widely across the population according to age, education, labor force attachment, family living arrangements, and area of residence, among other factors. The report elaborates on the poverty among selected groups, the geography of poverty, and the research supplemental poverty measure.
Date:
November 13, 2013
Creator:
Gabe, Thomas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2014 Appropriations
This report discusses the Energy and Water Development bill, which includes funding for civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Department of the Interior's Central Utah Project (CUP) and Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and a number of independent agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
Date:
September 13, 2013
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lighting II, is a new strike fighter being procured in different versions by the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. The F-35 program is the Department of Defense's (DOD's) largest weapon procurement program in terms of total estimated acquisition cost. This report details the Obama Administration's proposed FY2010 defense budget requests for F-35 program funding and outlines the issues that Congress must consider when deciding whether to approve, reject, or modify the administration's funding requests.
Date:
July 13, 2009
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues
This report discusses the U.S.-China economic relationship and China's rapid expansion as a global economic market, both with respect to the current global economic crisis. It also examines major U.S.-China trade issues and related legislation.
Date:
January 13, 2014
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Department: FY2011 Appropriations
This report describes the FY2011 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $45.0 billion in budget authority for FY2011. This amounts to a $1.1 billion, or a 2.4% increase from the $43.9 billion enacted for FY2010. Total budget authority requested by the Administration for DHS for FY2011 amounts to $52.6 billion as compared to $51.7 billion enacted for FY2010.
Date:
October 13, 2010
Creator:
Haddal, Chad C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statues Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping
This report provides an overview of federal law governing wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping. It also appends citations to state law in the area and contains a bibliography of legal commentary as well as the text of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This report also includes a brief summary of the recently expired Protect America Act, P.L. 110-55 and of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008, P.L. 110-261 (H.R. 6304).
Date:
January 13, 2003
Creator:
Stevens, Gina & Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armed Career Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. 924(e)): An Overview
This report briefly explores the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e), which requires imposition of a minimum 15-year term of imprisonment for recidivists convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g). Section 924(e) applies only to those defendants who have three prior state or federal convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses. The report includes descriptions of constitutional challenges to the application of section 924(e), which have been generally unsuccessful.
Date:
October 13, 2010
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library