Hong Kong’s Ongoing Transition: Implications of Chinese Sovereignty in 2001. March 2001 (open access)

Hong Kong’s Ongoing Transition: Implications of Chinese Sovereignty in 2001. March 2001

This report focuses on the situation in Hong Kong as it continues its political and social transformation after the July 1997 reversion to Chinese sovereignty.
Date: March 23, 2001
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2003 (H.R. 1375): Credit Union Provisions (open access)

Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2003 (H.R. 1375): Credit Union Provisions

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Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Smale, Pauline H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs (open access)

Veterans' Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs

This report describes several pension benefit programs for veterans and their families, including the eligibility criteria and current benefit levels.
Date: March 23, 2009
Creator: Scott, Christine & Davis, Carol D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lobbying Disclosure and Ethics Proposals Related to Lobbying Introduced in the 109th Congress: A Comparative Analysis (open access)

Lobbying Disclosure and Ethics Proposals Related to Lobbying Introduced in the 109th Congress: A Comparative Analysis

This report provides context, comparison, discussion, and analysis of the issues addressed in the legislative proposals that have been introduced in the 109th Congress to address lobbying disclosure and related laws and congressional rules.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Financial Health of the Pension Guaranty Benefit Corporation (PBGC) (open access)

The Financial Health of the Pension Guaranty Benefit Corporation (PBGC)

This report focuses on the financial condition of the PBGC and the effects of the Pension Protection Act.
Date: March 23, 2007
Creator: Klunk, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field Hearings: Fact Sheet on Purposes, Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines (open access)

Field Hearings: Fact Sheet on Purposes, Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines

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Date: March 23, 2007
Creator: Heitshusen, Valerie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Savings Accounts (open access)

Health Savings Accounts

This report provides summary of the principal rules governing HSAs and then compares HSAs to the other types of tax-advantaged accounts mentioned above.
Date: March 23, 2005
Creator: Lyke, Bob; Peterson, Chris & Ranade, Neela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Prison Industries (open access)

Federal Prison Industries

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Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Saghetti Lisa M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Export-Import Bank: Legislative Mandate for Small Business (open access)

Export-Import Bank: Legislative Mandate for Small Business

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Date: March 23, 2005
Creator: Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity (open access)

Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity

This report discusses the commercial cultivation of industrial hemp in the U.S. The terms "hemp" and "industrial hemp" refer to varieties of Cannabis sativa characterized by low levels of the primary psychoactive chemical (tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC) in their leaves and flowers.
Date: March 23, 2007
Creator: Rawson, Jean M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism (open access)

The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism

This report develops three scenarios to approximate different dimensions of the relationship between the global economic downturn and protectionism. The scenarios are not predictions, but descriptions of how and why pressures for protection could be manifested and transmitted under different circumstances and assumptions.
Date: March 23, 2009
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Tax Incentive Resources (open access)

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Tax Incentive Resources

This report contains a list of authoritative resources is designed to assist in responding to a broad range of constituent questions and concerns about renewable energy and energy efficiency tax incentives.
Date: March 23, 2009
Creator: Cunningham, Lynn J. & Roberts, Beth A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA): Does It Provide for a Private Cause of Action? (open access)

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA): Does It Provide for a Private Cause of Action?

This report discusses the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, which seeks to provide for, strengthen, and expedite the national defense by protecting servicemembers, enabling them to "devote their entire energy to the defense needs of the Nation." The SCRA protects servicemembers by temporarily suspending certain judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect their legal rights during military service.
Date: March 23, 2009
Creator: Mason, R. Chuck
System: The UNT Digital Library
Text and Multimedia Messaging: Emerging Issues for Congress (open access)

Text and Multimedia Messaging: Emerging Issues for Congress

This report covers issues for Congress regarding text and multimedia messaging. The increasing use of text and multimedia messaging has raised several policy issue, such as distracted driving, SMS spam, the inability of consumers to disable text messaging, text messaging price fixing, carrier blocking of common short code messages, deceptive and misleading common short code programs, protecting children from inappropriate content on wireless devices.
Date: March 23, 2009
Creator: Moloney Figliola, Patricia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2003: District of Columbia (open access)

Appropriations for FY2003: District of Columbia

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittees.
Date: March 23, 2003
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kentucky Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized (open access)

Kentucky Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized

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Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Richardson, Sula P.; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oregon Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Oregon Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Oregon.
Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pennsylvania Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Pennsylvania Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Pennsylvania.
Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alabama Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Alabama Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Alabama.
Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kansas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized (open access)

Kansas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized

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Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Dakota Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

North Dakota Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of North Dakota.
Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lobbying, Ethics and Related Procedural Reforms: Comparison of Current Provisions of S. 2349 and H.R. 4975 (open access)

Lobbying, Ethics and Related Procedural Reforms: Comparison of Current Provisions of S. 2349 and H.R. 4975

This report provides context, comparison, and discussion of the issues addressed in the various legislative proposals addressing lobbying and lobbying-related laws and congressional Rules introduced thus far in the 109th Congress.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Maskell, Jack; Petersen, R. Eric & Streeter, Sandy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lobbying and Related Reform Proposals: Consideration of Selected Measures, 109th Congress (open access)

Lobbying and Related Reform Proposals: Consideration of Selected Measures, 109th Congress

This report discusses numerous measures related to the reform of lobbying activities, including lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance provisions, and congressional ethics and procedural rules have been introduced in the House and Senate in the 109th. This report describes action taken on three measures that have received committee consideration and have been subsequently reported either to the House or Senate.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Government Corporations: An Overview (open access)

Federal Government Corporations: An Overview

This report provides an overview of federal government corporations, a category currently consisting of some 18 corporate agencies performing functions assigned to them in law. A government corporation, as defined in this report, is an agency of government, established by Congress to provide a market-oriented public service and intended to produce revenues that meet or approximate its expenditures.
Date: March 23, 2006
Creator: Moe, Ronald C. & Kosar, Kevin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library