H.R. 1417: The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 (open access)

H.R. 1417: The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004

H.R. 1417, 108th Congress, first session, was introduced on March 25, 2003 and passed by the House on March 3, 2004. If enacted, this bill would make extensive changed to the procedural framework for adjudicating royalty rates for compulsory licenses under the Copyright Act. This report details the background and legislative action on the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004.
Date: September 27, 2004
Creator: Jeweler, Robin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saving Incentives: What May Work, What May Not (open access)

Saving Incentives: What May Work, What May Not

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Date: September 27, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Lobbying: Statutory Controls (open access)

Executive Lobbying: Statutory Controls

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Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: Oleszek, Walter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco-Related Programs and Activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Operation and Cost (open access)

Tobacco-Related Programs and Activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Operation and Cost

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Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revenue Feedback from the 2001-2004 Tax Cuts (open access)

Revenue Feedback from the 2001-2004 Tax Cuts

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Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Park Management (open access)

National Park Management

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Date: September 27, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act and "Sound Science" (open access)

The Endangered Species Act and "Sound Science"

This report provides a context for evaluating legislative proposals through examples of how science has been used in selected cases, a discussion of the nature and role of science in general, and its role in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) process in particular, together with general and agency information quality requirements and policies, and a review of how the courts have viewed agency use of science.
Date: September 27, 2007
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. L.; Baldwin, Pamela & Alexander, Kristina
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 4: The Pension Protection Act (open access)

H.R. 4: The Pension Protection Act

This report discusses the Pension Protection Act (PPA) reforms and the funding rules for defined benefit pensions; requires employers to disclose more information about pension funding; restricts benefit payments and accruals in underfunded plans; and clarifies, prospectively, that cash balance pension plans do not violate legal prohibitions on age discrimination in employee benefits.
Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: Purcell, Patrick
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon (open access)

Lebanon

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Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Possible Effects on Gasoline Prices of Selected Fill Policies (open access)

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Possible Effects on Gasoline Prices of Selected Fill Policies

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Date: September 27, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Park Management and Recreation (open access)

National Park Management and Recreation

This report details various issues regarding national park management and recreation. Issues include maintenance backlog, aircraft overflights, and the National Trails System
Date: September 27, 2004
Creator: Vincent, Carol Hardy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Physician Self-Referral (“Stark I and II”) (open access)

Medicare: Physician Self-Referral (“Stark I and II”)

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Date: September 27, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combating Terrorism: 2001 Congressional Debate on Emergency Supplemental Allocations (open access)

Combating Terrorism: 2001 Congressional Debate on Emergency Supplemental Allocations

This report contains the 2001 Congressional debate on emergency supplemental allocations in combating terrorism, after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Date: September 27, 2002
Creator: Belasco, Amy & Nowels, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation (open access)

Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation

This report discusses the opportunities and barriers related to increasing U.S. cooperation with other countries in the hemisphere on biofuels development, focusing on the U.S.-Brazil agreement.
Date: September 27, 2007
Creator: Seelke, Clare Ribando & Yacobucci, Brent D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act: A Primer (open access)

The Endangered Species Act: A Primer

This report discusses the major provisions of the Endangered Species Act, both domestic and international, and also discusses some of the background issues, such as extinction in general, and the effectiveness of the statute.
Date: September 27, 2006
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne; Buck, Eugene H. & Baldwin, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Effects of 9/11: A Retrospective Assessment (open access)

The Economic Effects of 9/11: A Retrospective Assessment

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Date: September 27, 2002
Creator: Makinen, Gail
System: The UNT Digital Library
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2001 Summit in Shanghai (open access)

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2001 Summit in Shanghai

This report is on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2001 Summit in Shanghai.
Date: September 27, 2001
Creator: Nanto, Dick K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Institution Customer Identification Programs Mandated by the USA PATRIOT Act (open access)

Financial Institution Customer Identification Programs Mandated by the USA PATRIOT Act

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Date: September 27, 2004
Creator: Murphy, M. Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 110th Congress (open access)

Cuba: Issues for the 110th Congress

This report provides information on the Issues for the 110th Congress with Cuba.U.S policy of Cuba has consisted largely of isolating the communist nation's economic sanctions, which the Bush administration has tightened significantly.
Date: September 27, 2007
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Forest System Roadless Areas Initiative (open access)

The National Forest System Roadless Areas Initiative

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Date: September 27, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance (open access)

The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance

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Date: September 27, 2002
Creator: Cashell, Brian W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
German Elections of 2002: Aftermath and Implications for the United States (open access)

German Elections of 2002: Aftermath and Implications for the United States

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Date: September 27, 2002
Creator: Miko, Francis T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securities Investor Protection Corporation (open access)

Securities Investor Protection Corporation

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Date: September 27, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library