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Homeland Security: Navy Operations — Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the Navy's homeland security (HLS) and homeland defense (HLD) operations, which raise several potential oversight issues for Congress, including Navy coordination with the Coast Guard in HLS and HLD operations.
Date:
November 22, 2005
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
This report discusses the increasing attention being paid to alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, the proponents of which point to their potential to improve urban air quality, decrease dependence on foreign oil, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report also discusses the major barriers currently preventing widespread use of such technologies, and discusses these technologies in the particular contexts of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Date:
November 22, 2005
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Budget Reconciliation Legislation in 2005
This report discusses the budget reconciliation process that is used by congress during the past quarter-century to implement major changes in budget policy.
Date:
November 22, 2005
Creator:
Keith, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Green Payments in U.S. and European Union Agricultural Policy
This report compares current United States and European Union (EU) efforts in the area of green payments. Green payments refer to "payments made to agricultural producers as compensation for environmental benefits that accrue at levels beyond what producers might otherwise achieve under existing market and regulatory conditions" (summary). The report gives an overview of policies, programs, financing, and various other aspects of comparison related to the topic.
Date:
November 22, 2005
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E. & Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library