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Criminal Money Laundering Legislation in the 109th Congress
This report gives a brief overview of U.S. law as it relates to the crime of money laundering by identifying bills in the 109th Congress that have amended definitions or sentencing for money laundering and predicated offenses.
Date:
March 15, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers: Recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues
This report discusses options for airline passenger explosives trace detection, ongoing federal R&D efforts and pilot equipment deployments, and policy issues related to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-458). The legislation directs the Department of Homeland Security to place high priority on developing and deploying equipment for passenger explosives screening; requires TSA to submit a strategic plan for deploying such equipment; and authorizes additional research funding.
Date:
February 7, 2005
Creator:
Shea, Dana A. & Morgan, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Committee Responses to Reconciliation Directives
This report examines the timing of certain stages of the budget reconciliation process and the extent to which the submission due date included in a reconciliation instruction is a predictor for the timing of committee response. Specifically, it provides information on the dates by which committees have been directed to respond to reconciliation directives and the timing of House and Senate committees in responding to such directives in the past 14 Congresses (101st-114th Congresses).
Date:
January 19, 2016
Creator:
Lynch, Megan S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress
This report provides background and analysis on several issues related to the Clean Air Act, including: Clear Skies / Multi-Pollutant Legislation, Mercury from Power Plants, New Source Review (NSR), MTBE and Ethanol, Ozone Nonattainment Area Deadlines, and Conformity of Transportation Plans and SIPs. It also discusses the most recent developments.
Date:
February 22, 2005
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax Benefits for Health Insurance: Current Legislation
This report discusses a variety of potential proposals to change the tax benefits for health insurance and medical expenses, including measures that would expand the availability and attractiveness of health savings accounts (HSAs), or employer tax credits.
Date:
February 6, 2006
Creator:
Lyke, Bob
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Methamphetamine: Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
This report provides a brief overview of illicit methamphetamine (MA) abuse, production, trafficking, the federal methamphetamine-specific programs, and anti-MA legislation introduced in the 109th Congress. MA abuse has implications for public health, child welfare, crime and public safety, border security, and international relations.
Date:
May 22, 2006
Creator:
Franco, Celinda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 109th Congress
This report provides an overview of key environmental issues that are receiving or may receive attention in the 109th Congress. The sections on specific issues contain references to more detailed and extensive CRS reports on the subjects covered.
Date:
March 25, 2005
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret M.
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:
December 11, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress
This report discusses major decisions on clean air issues facing the courts and the executive branch in 2006. One focus will be EPA's recent proposal to strengthen air quality standards for fine particles. Other issues of continuing interest are EPA's 2005 decisions limiting interstate transport of air pollution and establishing cap-and-trade systems for emissions from coal fired power plants, and the agency's proposed changes to New Source Review.
Date:
January 3, 2005
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress
This report discusses trade issues in the 109th Congress. For over 50 years, U.S. trade officials have negotiated multilateral trade agreements to achieve lower trade barriers and rules to cover international trade. During the 108th Congress, U.S. officials negotiated and Congress approved four bilateral free-trade agreements with Australia, Chile, Morocco, and Singapore.
Date:
August 3, 2005
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F. & Sek, Lenore M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: H.R. 5, 109th Congress
This report discusses H.R. 5, which would preempt state law regarding some aspects of medical malpractice liability and liability for defective medical products, including drugs. The legislation would among other things, place caps on noneconomic and punitive damages (in states that have not enacted and do not enact caps), eliminate joint and several liability, modify the collateral source rule, limit lawyers' contingent fees, enact a federal statute of limitations, and provide for periodic payment of future damages.
Date:
January 18, 2006
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Issues in the 109th Congress
This report discusses various issues in the 109th Congress pertaining to water infrastructure and water quality standards. Legislative initiatives to comprehensively amend the Clean Water Act (CWA) have stalled for some time as interested parties have debated whether and exactly how to change the law. Congress has recently focused legislative attention on narrow bills to extend or modify selected CWA programs, rather than taking up comprehensive proposals.
Date:
January 24, 2005
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Party Ratios: 98th-115th Congresses
This report provides, in tabular form, Senate committee party ratios for 18 Congresses, covering the period of the 98th Congress (1983-1985) through April 2017, the first part of the 115th Congress (2017-2019).
Date:
November 8, 2018
Creator:
Eckman, Sarah J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-115th Congresses
This report documents, in tabular form, House committee party ratios for 18 Congresses -- covering the period from the 98th Congress (1983-1985) through February 2017, the first part of the 115th Congress (2017-2019).
Date:
November 8, 2018
Creator:
Eckman, Sarah J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Family Caregiving to the Older Population: Legislation Enacted in the 109th Congress and Proposals in the 110th Congress
None
Date:
September 7, 2007
Creator:
Colello, Kirsten J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House, and 109th and 110th Congresses Epilogue
None
Date:
March 2, 2007
Creator:
Koempel, Michael L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FEMA Reorganization Legislation in the 109th Congress
None
Date:
September 1, 2006
Creator:
Bea, Keith & Hogue, Henry B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FEMA Reorganization Legislation in the 109th Congress
None
Date:
August 1, 2006
Creator:
Bea, Keith & Hogue, Henry B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices
None
Date:
August 2, 2005
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Baldwin, Pamela & Meltz, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Minimum Wage, Overtime Pay, and Child Labor: Inventory of Proposals in the 109th Congress to Amend the Fair Labor Standards Act
This report discusses potential changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act that may occur during the 109th Congress.
Date:
May 4, 2005
Creator:
Whittaker, William G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress
None
Date:
October 31, 2005
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Care Issues in the 109th Congress
This report discusses how the federal support for child care comes in many forms, ranging from grant programs to tax provisions. It also points out how some programs serve as specifically dedicated funding sources for child care services, while for others, child care is just one of many purposes for which funds may be used.
Date:
March 9, 2006
Creator:
Gish, Melinda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flood Insurance Reform: Analysis and Comparison of 109th Congress Bills (H.R. 4973 and S. 3589)
None
Date:
October 12, 2006
Creator:
King, Rawle O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress
This report replaces CRS Issue Brief IB10139, Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine MAmmal Legislation in the 109th Congress.
Date:
October 27, 2006
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library