China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress

This report summarizes the current developments in U.S-PRC relations, including current and pending congressional actions involving the PRC. It also points out U.S. Policy Trends and Key Issues in U.S- PRC Relations.
Date: May 20, 2004
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
American National Government: An Overview (open access)

American National Government: An Overview

This report is about the decentralization of power into three branches.
Date: May 20, 2003
Creator: Kaiser, Frederick M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges (open access)

U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges

This report examines the economic partnership between the United States and the European Union. Not only is the U.S.-EU trade and investment relationship the largest in the world, but it is also arguably the most important. Agreement between the two partners in the past has been critical to making the world trading system more open and efficient.
Date: May 20, 2005
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit: Role of Foreign Governments (open access)

Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit: Role of Foreign Governments

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Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Labonte, Marc & Makinen, Gail
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potential Farm Sector Effects of 2009 H1N1 "Swine Flu": Questions and Answers (open access)

Potential Farm Sector Effects of 2009 H1N1 "Swine Flu": Questions and Answers

This report discusses how the outbreak of the strain of influenza A (H1N1), commonly referred to as "swine flu," affected the domestic and international pork markets.
Date: May 20, 2009
Creator: Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens (open access)

Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens

This report focuses on the terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and deportation/removal. It opens with an overview of the terror-related grounds as they evolved through key legislation enacted in recent years. The section on current law explains the legal definitions of "terrorist activity," "engage in terrorist activity," and "terrorist organization," and describes the terror-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal. The report then discusses the alien screening process to determine admissibility and to identify possible terrorists, both during the visa issuance process abroad and the inspections process at U.S. ports of entry.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Garcia, Michael John & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer (open access)

Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer

This report provides an overview of Congressional support for the economic and societal benefits of nanotechnology; discusses three areas of focus - federal research and development (R&D) in nanotechnology, U.S. competitiveness, and environmental, health, and safety (EHS) concerns; and also discusses nanomanufacturing and public understanding of and attitudes toward nanotechnology.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Sargent, John F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Minimum Wage and Average Hourly Earnings of Manufacturing Production Workers (open access)

The Federal Minimum Wage and Average Hourly Earnings of Manufacturing Production Workers

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Date: May 20, 2003
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs): Legislative History (open access)

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs): Legislative History

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Date: May 20, 2003
Creator: Snyder, Todd S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Interstate Rule: Review and Analysis (open access)

Clean Interstate Rule: Review and Analysis

This report discusses about Clean Air Interstate Rule. It is categorized into Five categories (I) Overview, (II) Background, (III) The Rule, (IV) Issues and (V) Conclusion.
Date: May 20, 2005
Creator: Parker, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts (open access)

Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts

This report contains information regarding the Current Economic Conditions, Recent Macroeconomic Developments, Posture of Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Summary of Current Developments, Sources of GDP Growth, Economic Forecasts 2001, and Promotion of Economic Growth.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Makinen, Gail E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Medical Care: Questions and Answers (open access)

Military Medical Care: Questions and Answers

This report answers several frequently asked questions about military health care, including: how the system is structured, a TRICARE summary, TRICARE eligibility and plan options, cost of military health care to beneficiaries, relationship of TRICARE to MEDICARE, how the Affordable Care Act affects TRICARE, long-term trends of defense health care costs, and a summary of the fund which funds TRICARE - the Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care fund.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the United States' relationship with India as it relates to nuclear arsenals and nuclear nonproliferation policies. The report includes background information on India's nuclear history and nuclear weapons-specific U.S. legislation.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs (open access)

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs

This report describes the current status of direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug advertising; analyzes issues surrounding it; and discusses potential options for Congress.
Date: May 20, 2009
Creator: Thaul, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress (open access)

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress

This report discusses the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the America COMPETES Act (P.L. 110-69), which was authorized by Congress in August 2007. Modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), ARPA-E would support transformational energy technology research projects with the goal of enhancing the nation's economic and energy security.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Stine, Deborah D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Former Soviet Union and U.S. Foreign Assistance in 1992: The Role of Congress (open access)

The Former Soviet Union and U.S. Foreign Assistance in 1992: The Role of Congress

This report discusses the key role Congress played in formulating an aid program for the former Soviet Union in 1992. Focusing on tensions in the political and legislative system, it delineates congressional achievements — chief of which was the Freedom Support Act. The legislation that was ultimately produced became the basis on which future debate would be conducted regarding how the United States could continue to influence events in the former Soviet Union and assist its transition to an open market economy and democratic institutions.
Date: May 20, 2004
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
System: The UNT Digital Library