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Disaster Evacuation and Displacement Policy: Issues for Congress
None
Date:
April 26, 2006
Creator:
Bea, Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War on Drugs: Reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
This report discusses the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2005 , which would reauthorize ONDCP for five years, through FY2010, and authorize funding in specific annual amounts for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, the media campaign, a Southwest Border violence study, and several anti-methamphetamine initiatives.
Date:
April 6, 2006
Creator:
Eddy, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress
Fish and marine mammals are important resources in open ocean and nearshore coastal areas; many federal laws and regulations guide their management. This report discusses a variety of laws and legislation pertaining to this issue.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Issues for the 109th Congress
Medicaid is jointly financed by the federal and state governments, but each state designs and administers its own state program under broad federal guidelines. Accordingly, state variation in eligibility, covered services, and the delivery of, and reimbursement for, services is the rule rather than the exception. How is Congress to respond to the numerous proposals to move Medicaid forward into the near and long term? This report lays out some of these issues, explains the factors underlying them, and provides links to CRS products that can help Members of Congress and their staff prepare to discuss Medicaid’s role today and into the future.
Date:
April 10, 2006
Creator:
Hearne, Jean
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 108th and 109th Congresses
This report examines two bills that have been introduced in the 109th Congress to address issues regarding Internet gambling.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles & Thomas, Kenneth R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. National Science Foundation: An Overview
This report discuses the National Science Foundation (NSF), which provides support for investigator-initiated, merit-reviewed, competitively selected awards, state-of-the-art tools, and instrumentation and facilities. The majority of the research supported by the NSF is conducted at U.S. colleges and universities.
Date:
April 19, 2006
Creator:
Matthews, Christine M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recreation on Federal Lands
This report discuses the 109th Congress's considering legislation and conducting oversight on issues involving recreation on federal lands, including traditional recreational pursuits and newer forms of motorized recreation. The Administration is addressing these issues through budgetary, regulatory, and other actions.
Date:
April 25, 2006
Creator:
Calvert, Kori & Vincent, Carol H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices
This report discusses various proposals to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; P.L. 93-205, 16 U.S.C. §§1531-1543). Major issues include changing the role of science in decision-making, modifying critical habitat (CH) procedures, reducing conflicts with Department of Defense activities, incorporating further protection and incentives for property owners, and increasing protection of listed species, among others.
Date:
April 12, 2006
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Baldwin, Pamela & Meltz, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress
Fish and marine mammals are important resources in open ocean and nearshore coastal areas; many federal laws and regulations guide their management. This report discusses a variety of laws and legislation pertaining to this issue.
Date:
April 13, 2006
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Program and Funding
This report discusses Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP) funds for FY2006 and FY2007. It also discusses current issues and legislation related to LIHEAP.
Date:
April 6, 2006
Creator:
Perl, Libby
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Credit Reform: Implementation Of the Changed Budgetary Treatment of Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees
This report explains the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA), examine the implementation of credit reform including credit reform provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA97), and discusses proposed modifications of credit reform. In order to achieve these objectives, it is necessary to initially discuss justifications for credit programs, federal credit concepts, and the budgetary treatment of federal credit before the FCRA.
Date:
April 25, 2006
Creator:
Bickley, James M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Canada Wheat Trade Dispute
This report provides background for understanding the U.S. and Canadian wheat trade dispute, as well as timelines, rulings, and other details for the International Trade Commission (ITC) and World Trade Organization (WTO) cases brought by the United States against Canadian wheat trading practices and the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).
Date:
April 19, 2006
Creator:
Schnepf, Randy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Outer Continental Shelf: Debate Over Oil and Gas Leasing and Revenue Sharing
Oil and gas leasing has been prohibited on most of the outer continental shelf (OCS) since the 1980s. Congress has enacted OCS leasing moratoria for each of fiscal years 1982-2006 in the annual Interior Appropriations bill, allowing leasing only in the Gulf of Mexico (except near Florida) and parts of Alaska. President George H.W. Bush in 1990 issued a Presidential Directive ordering the Department of the Interior not to conduct offshore leasing or preleasing activity in areas covered by the annual legislative moratoria until 2000. In 1998 President Clinton extended the offshore leasing prohibition until 2012. This report provides background on the issues and examines the current status of relevant legislation.
Date:
April 7, 2006
Creator:
Humphries, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wetland Issues
This report discusses various wetland policy topics, of particular interest are statements by the Bush Administration shortly after the 2004 election that restoration of 3 million wetland acres would be a priority.
Date:
April 5, 2006
Creator:
Zinn, Jeffrey A. & Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Background
This report discusses the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which was established in Geneva, Switzerland.
Date:
April 26, 2006
Creator:
Salaam, Tiaji
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Base Closures: Role and Costs of Environmental Cleanup
This report explains cleanup requirements for the transfer and reuse of base closure properties, discusses the status of property transfer on closed bases, and examines estimates of costs to clean up closed bases to make them safe for civilian reuse.
Date:
April 26, 2006
Creator:
Bearden, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Antitrust Effect of Patent on Tying Product: Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.
Antitrust law generally disfavors tying arrangements- those in which a vendor conditions the same of a desired product on the purchase of another product
Date:
April 13, 2006
Creator:
Rubin, Janice E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Consumer Credit Protection Act: An Overview of Its Major Components
This report discusses the major components of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as amended, including recent amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Truth-in-Lending Act, and summarizes the consumer's right and remedies under each.
Date:
April 6, 2006
Creator:
Lee, Margaret Mikyung
System:
The UNT Digital Library
India: Chronology of Recent Events
This report provides a reverse chronology of recent events involving India and India-U.S. relations.
Date:
April 18, 2006
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indonesia: Domestic Politics, Strategic Dynamics, and American Interests. April 2006
This report surveys key aspects of Indonesia's domestic politics and strategic dynamics in addition to providing general background information on Indonesia.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Vaughn, Bruce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Affirmative Action and Diversity in Public Education — Legal Developments
The first part of this report briefly reviews the judicial evolution of race-based affirmative action, particularly in relation to public education. Recent rulings challenging the use of racial admissions and hiring practices by public educational institutions are then considered for their implications on the future development of affirmative action law.
Date:
April 26, 2006
Creator:
Dale, Charles V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Enhancement-of-Survival Permits: Background and Status of Proposed Policy
This report summarizes and analyzes a proposed policy for enhancement-of-survival permits for foreign species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Date:
April 10, 2006
Creator:
Sheikh, Pervaze A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: FY2006 Appropriations
None
Date:
April 25, 2006
Creator:
Boyd, Eugene; Krouse, William J. & Smole, David P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment Legislation in the 109th Congress
This report discusses legislation regarding the death penalty in the 109th Congress. The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act (Reauthorization Act) contains a number of death penalty related provisions. Some create new federal capital offenses; some add the death penalty as a sentencing option in the case of preexisting federal crimes; some alter the procedural attributes of federal capital cases. Other proposals offered during the 109th Congress would have followed the same pattern: some new crimes; some new penalties for old crimes; and some procedural adjustments. Only one of the other proposals, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, passed, although at least one House approved several others. Three proposals do not fit the pattern; they either would have abolished the death penalty as a federal sentencing alternative or would have imposed a moratorium upon executions.
Date:
April 26, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library