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The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the State Budgets of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi
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Date:
November 15, 2005
Creator:
Maguire, Steven
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Influence in Iraq
None
Date:
November 15, 2005
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform: Effect on Benefits and the Federal Budget of Plans Proposed by the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
In 2001, President Bush established the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security to make recommendations on ways to “modernize and restore fiscal soundness to the Social Security system” in accordance with six principles, one of which mandated the creation of voluntary personal retirement accounts. The Commission proposed three alternative reform models. Under all three proposals, workers could choose to invest in personal accounts and have their traditional Social Security benefits reduced by some amount. Model 1 would make no other changes to the program.
Date:
July 15, 2003
Creator:
Nuschler, Dawn & Kollmann, Geoffrey
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based Services — States Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Indiana
Many states have devoted significant efforts to respond to the desire for home and community-based care for persons with disabilities and their families. Nevertheless, financing of nursing home care, chiefly by Medicaid, still dominates most states’ spending for long-term care today. To assist Congress in understanding issues that states face in providing long-term care services, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) undertook a study of 10 states in 2002. This report, one in a series of 10 state reports, presents background and analysis about long-term care in Indiana.
Date:
December 15, 2003
Creator:
Tilly, Jane; O'Shaughnessy, Carol & Weissert, Rob
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax Expenditures Compared with Outlays by Budget Function: Fact Sheet
This report is on Tax Expenditures Compared with Outlays by Budget Function: Fact Sheet.
Date:
January 15, 2004
Creator:
Noto, Nonna A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment
The proposed acquisition of major operations in six major U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World and of Unocal by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation sparked intense concerns among some Members of Congress and the public and has reignited the debate over what role foreign acquisitions play in U.S. national security. The United States actively promotes internationally the national treatment of foreign firms. Several Members of Congress have introduced various measures during the 2nd Session of the 109th Congress that can be grouped into four major areas: those that deal specifically with the proposed Dubai Ports World acquisition; those that focus more generally on foreign ownership of U.S. ports; those that would amend the CFIUS process; and those that would amend the Exon-Florio process.
Date:
July 15, 2005
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Price Increases in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Authority to Limit Price Gouging
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Date:
September 15, 2005
Creator:
Welborn, Angie A. & Flynn, Aaron M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Terms of Trade: Significance, Trends, and Policy
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Date:
September 15, 2004
Creator:
Elwell, Craig K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Force Architecture and Ship Acquisition: Selected FY2006 Issues for Congress
This report is based on CRS testimony at a March 10, 2005, hearing on Navy force structure and ship acquisition before the Projection Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. Since February 2003, if not earlier, there has been no current, officially approved, unambiguous plan for the future size and structure of the Navy.
Date:
March 15, 2005
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Proposals and Related Matters in Brief
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Date:
July 15, 2005
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Europe and Counterterrorism: Strengthening Police and Judicial Cooperation
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States gave new momentum to European Union (EU) initiatives to combat terrorism and other crossborder crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, and financial fraud. For many years, EU efforts to address such challenges were hampered by national sovereignty concerns, insufficient resources, and a lack of trust among law enforcement agencies. However, the terrorist attacks and the subsequent revelation of Al Qaeda cells in Europe changed this status quo as it became increasingly evident that the EU’s open borders and different legal systems allowed terrorists and other criminals to move around easily and evade arrest and prosecution. Thus, EU officials renewed their efforts to harmonize national laws and bring down traditional barriers among member states’ police, intelligence, and judicial authorities. As part of this initiative, the EU has also sought to enhance ongoing cooperation with U.S. law enforcement and judicial authorities so that information can be meaningfully shared and suspects apprehended expeditiously.
Date:
October 15, 2004
Creator:
Archick, Kristin
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: Medicaid Issues
This report discusses the following: Medicaid’s rules on eligibility, benefits, and financing in the context of current questions and issues raised by Hurricane Katrina. Recent state actions in response to Medicaid issues raised by the hurricane. Federal Medicaid waiver authority, including information on current activity in this area and the New York Disaster Relief Medicaid waiver granted in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Current federal legislation related to Medicaid and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Date:
September 15, 2005
Creator:
Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Grady, April; Hearne, Jean P.; Herz, Elicia J.; Rimkunas, Richard; Stone-Axelrad, Julie et al.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: Insurance Losses and National Capacities for Financing Disaster Risk
This report discusses losses and national disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina that made landfall on the Gulf of Mexico coast with high velocity winds, storm surge, heavy rain, flooding, coastal erosion, hail, and tornadoes.
Date:
September 15, 2005
Creator:
King, Rawle O.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Expiring Amendments in Brief
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Date:
September 15, 2005
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Katrina's Wake: Restoring Financial Services
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, damage to the financial infrastructure appears to be largely confined to small depository institutions. Directives stemming from the 9/11 attacks require most banking and securities firms to maintain off-site redundancy for significant personnel and daily data backups. The damaged area is sufficiently wide, however, and the possibility of long-term loan delinquency sufficiently high, that greater harm may yet surface. To date, most depository institutions are functioning to some degree and, despite concerns over large
Date:
September 15, 2005
Creator:
Jackson, William D. & Miles, Barbara L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees: Human Resources Management Flexibilities in Emergency Situations
This report presents Human Resources Management flexibilities in emergency situations regarding Federal Employees.
Date:
September 15, 2005
Creator:
Schwemle, Barbara L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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:
September 15, 2003
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Map Sources
This report identifies selected Web sites for maps of Iraq. Selected government, library, and organizational Web site addresses are provided. Maps of the Middle East, Iraq, Facilities Used by U.S. Forces in the Gulf, and USG Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstruction Activities in Iraq are also provided.
Date:
May 15, 2003
Creator:
Nelson, Marilyn L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress
The Superfund program for cleaning up the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites was created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA (P.L. 96-510, as amended). This report discusses recent development and background issues, superfund issues, revenue issues, comprehensive reauthorization, and legislation regarding superfund program.
Date:
April 15, 2003
Creator:
Reisch, Mark
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Export Tax Benefits and the WTO: Foreign Sales Corporations and the Extraterritorial Replacement Provisions
The U.S. tax code’s Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) provisions provided a tax benefit for U.S. exporters. However, the European Union (EU) in 1997 charged that the provision was an export subsidy and thus contravened the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements. A WTO ruling upheld the EU complaint, and to avoid WTO sanctioned retaliatory tariffs, U.S. legislation in November 2000 replaced FSC with the “extraterritorial income” (ETI) provisions, consisting of a redesigned export tax benefit of the same magnitude as FSC. The EU maintained that the new provisions are also not WTO-compliant and asked the WTO to rule on the matter.
Date:
May 15, 2003
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues
At the second Summit of theAmericas in Santiago,Chile (April 1998), 34 Western Hemisphere nations agreed to initiate formal negotiations to create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by 2005. The process so far has led to two draft texts, with a third draft expected to be completed for the eighth trade ministerial scheduled for November 17-21, 2003 in Miami. Currently there are serious differences between Brazil and the United States, the co-chairs of the trade negotiating committee, which will need to be resolved by then. Although implementing legislation is not anticipated until the next Congress, for an FTAA to be signed in January 2005, the 108th Congress will play a crucial role during this last phase of the negotiations given its expanded consultative and oversight authority as defined in the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) provisions of the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210). This report will be updated periodically.
Date:
August 15, 2003
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jordan-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Labor Issues
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Date:
July 15, 2003
Creator:
Bolle, Mary Jane
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository that is unlikely to be disturbed for thousands of years. Low-level waste sites are a state responsibility under the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980. Pursuant to that act, 10 regional compacts for disposal of low level waste have been approved by Congress. Three commercial low-level waste sites are currently operating, in the states of South Carolina, Utah, and Washington.
Date:
September 15, 2003
Creator:
Holt, Mark
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Junk E-mail": An Overview of Issues and Legislation Concerning Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail ("Spam")
Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), also called “spam” or “junk e-mail,” aggravates many computer users. Not only can it be a nuisance, but its cost may be passed on to consumers through higher charges from Internet service providers who must upgrade their systems to handle the traffic. Proponents of UCE insist it is a legitimate marketing technique and protected by the First Amendment. Legislation to place limits on UCE was considered by the last three Congresses (105th-107th), but no federal law was enacted (27 states have anti-spam laws, however). Two bills have been introduced in the 108th Congress: S. 563 (Dayton) and S. 877 (Burns).
Date:
April 15, 2003
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library