Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses intelligence issues for Congress including narcotics trafficking, conflicts between Israel and Palestine, in Iraq, and among the former Yugoslav states, and North Korean missile capabilities. Updated December 16, 2002.
Date: December 16, 2002
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Transit Program Funding Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization (open access)

Public Transit Program Funding Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization

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Date: April 16, 2008
Creator: Mallett, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Science Foundation: Background and Selected Policy Issues (open access)

The National Science Foundation: Background and Selected Policy Issues

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Date: March 16, 2015
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet: Status Report on Legislative Attempts to Protect Children from Unsuitable Material on the Web (open access)

Internet: Status Report on Legislative Attempts to Protect Children from Unsuitable Material on the Web

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Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet—Protecting Children from Unsuitable Material and Sexual Predators: Historical Information Through the 106th Congress (open access)
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunamis: Food Aid Needs and the U.S. Response (open access)

Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunamis: Food Aid Needs and the U.S. Response

This report discusses the implementation of United States global food aid in response to tsunamis in the Indian Ocean region, including the FY2005 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. Funding and resources are compared based on affected country and previous congressional actions.
Date: February 16, 2005
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advanced Technology Program (open access)

The Advanced Technology Program

This report summarizes the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) and its creation. According to the report, the ATP was created to insure competitive technologies with broad applications throughout multiple industries. The report also covers information surrounding the budget of the program and its funding.
Date: February 16, 2007
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History and Authority of the Office (open access)

The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History and Authority of the Office

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Date: September 16, 2015
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. International Food Aid Programs (open access)

U.S. International Food Aid Programs

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Date: April 16, 2015
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Health Care: The Issue of “Promised” Benefits (open access)

Military Health Care: The Issue of “Promised” Benefits

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Date: January 16, 2001
Creator: Burrelli, David F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans’ Benefits Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Veterans’ Benefits Issues in the 109th Congress

This report presents a brief overview of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs for veterans as well as some of the issues that have been or likely will be subjects of congressional attention during the 109th Congress. In particular, it outlines the veterans benefits provisions that have seen legislative action. Issues concerning the Veterans Health Administration and health care issues are discussed in a companion report, CRS Report RL32961, Veterans’ Health Care Issues in the 109th Congress, by Sidath Viranga Panangala.
Date: January 16, 2007
Creator: Davis, Carol D. & Scott, Christine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Oil-for-Food Program, International Sanctions, and Illicit Trade (open access)

Iraq: Oil-for-Food Program, International Sanctions, and Illicit Trade

This report discusses the "oil-for-food" program (OFFP) as the centerpiece of a long-standing U.N. Security Council effort to alleviate human suffering in Iraq while maintaining key elements of the 1991 Gulf war-related sanctions regime. The program, in operation from December 1996 until March 2003, is detailed.
Date: April 16, 2003
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): Frequently Asked Questions

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Date: June 16, 2015
Creator: Hahn, Jim; Davis, Christopher M. & Liu, Edward C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative History of the World War II Memorial and World War II Commemorative Legislation (open access)

Legislative History of the World War II Memorial and World War II Commemorative Legislation

This report traces the legislative history of the World War II Memorial and related legislation, from 1985 until the present day. The legislative history of forty pieces of relevant legislation and the related public events occurring simultaneously with the legislative process are examined in this report.
Date: April 16, 2002
Creator: Weimer, Douglas Reid
System: The UNT Digital Library