Latin America: Terrorism Issues (open access)

Latin America: Terrorism Issues

Report regarding U.S. attention to terrorism in Latin America, which has intensified in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks. The report talks about the 112th Congress's initiatives that have been introduced related to terrorism issues in the Western Hemisphere regarding Mexico, Venezuela, and the activities of Iran and Hezbollah.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P. & Beittel, June S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Europe's Energy Security: Options and Challenges to Natural Gas Supply Diversification (open access)

Europe's Energy Security: Options and Challenges to Natural Gas Supply Diversification

Report that focuses on potential approaches that Europe might employ to diversify its sources of natural gas supply, Russia's role in Europe's natural gas policies, and key factors that could hinder efforts to develop alternative suppliers of natural gas.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Ratner, Michael; Belkin, Paul; Nichol, Jim & Woehrel, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy (open access)

U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy

Report that provides background information and discussion related to immigration issues.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Kandel, William A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Insurance Continuation Coverage Under COBRA (open access)

Health Insurance Continuation Coverage Under COBRA

Report that provides background on Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), a brief explanation of the program, its origins, issues, and how the Affordable Care Act might impact COBRA.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Kinzer, Janet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and presents potential issues for Congress concerning the Navy's ship force-structure goals and shipbuilding plans, including the planned size of the Navy, the rate of Navy ship procurement, and prospective affordability. Congressional decisions on Navy shipbuilding programs can substantially affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: July 11, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, focusing particularly on the influence of the Taliban and other militant groups, and on the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This report also discusses the U.S.-Afghanistan relationship, in both the short and long term, and U.S. efforts under the Obama Administration to provide military, reconstructive, and stabilization aid.
Date: July 11, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Madagascar's Political Crisis (open access)

Madagascar's Political Crisis

This report looks at political instability that has plagued the country since 2009. It address other concerns that Congress has about the country as well, specifically threats to Madagascar's unique ecosystem.
Date: July 11, 2011
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations (open access)

Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Krouse, William J. & Murphy, Edward Vincent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle Technologies: Outlook and Policy Options (open access)

Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle Technologies: Outlook and Policy Options

This report starts out with an overview of nuclear technology and then discusses the Department of Energy DOE advanced nuclear programs, global nuclear energy partnership, and different industry studies.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Holt, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation (open access)

Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation

This report discusses the evolution of a national critical infrastructure policy and the institutional structures established to implement it. Critical infrastructure includes physical assets used to produce and distribute services such as electricity (including the power plants and electric grid), communications, and computers. The report highlights five issues of Congressional concern: identifying critical assets; assessing vulnerabilities and risks; allocating resources; information sharing; and regulation.
Date: July 11, 2011
Creator: Moteff, John D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Morocco: Current Issues (open access)

Morocco: Current Issues

This report discusses the current political and foreign policy status of Morocco, especially with regard to its relationship with the United States and its struggles combating terrorism.
Date: July 11, 2011
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues (open access)

Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues

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Date: July 11, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highway Bridges: Conditions and the Federal/State Role (open access)

Highway Bridges: Conditions and the Federal/State Role

This report examines the federal and state roles in the maintenance, inspection, reconstruction, and replacement of the nation's highway bridge infrastructure, as well as the emergency response and reconstruction role of the Department of Transportation.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Kirk, Robert S. & Mallett, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon (open access)

Lebanon

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Date: July 11, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Force F-22 Fighter Program (open access)

Air Force F-22 Fighter Program

This is a report that discusses the procurement of Air Force F-22 Raptor fighters, which began in Fiscal Year 1999, and a total of 195 (177 production aircraft, 16 test aircraft, and 2 development aircraft) were procured through FY2009.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Gertler, Jeremiah
System: The UNT Digital Library
RICO: An Abridged Sketch (open access)

RICO: An Abridged Sketch

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Date: July 11, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Charitable Giving and Donor Advised Funds (open access)

An Analysis of Charitable Giving and Donor Advised Funds

This report is on An Analysis of Charitable Giving and Donor Advised Funds.
Date: July 11, 2012
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F. & Gravelle, Jane G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Judicial Security: Comparison of Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Judicial Security: Comparison of Legislation in the 110th Congress

This report discusses the state of judicial security in the United States and the legislation introduced in the 110th Congress that would enhance judicial security.
Date: July 11, 2007
Creator: James, Nathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions (open access)

Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions

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Date: July 11, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regular Vetoes and Pocket Vetoes: An Overview (open access)

Regular Vetoes and Pocket Vetoes: An Overview

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Date: July 11, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dietary Supplements: Legislative and Regulatory Status (open access)

Dietary Supplements: Legislative and Regulatory Status

This report reviews the statutory changes that DSHEA contained and the status and impact of their implementation by the federal agencies responsible, particularly the Food and Drug Administration(FDA), within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Porter, Donna V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of U.S. Sanctions Regimes on Russia (open access)

Overview of U.S. Sanctions Regimes on Russia

This report discusses the U.S.-imposed sanctions on Russia for malicious cyber activity.
Date: July 11, 2017
Creator: Welt, Cory & Rennack, Dianne E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle Technologies: Outlook and Policy Options (open access)

Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle Technologies: Outlook and Policy Options

This report starts out with an overview of nuclear technology and then discusses the Department of Energy DOE advanced nuclear programs, global nuclear energy partnership, and different industry studies.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Holt, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report explores the various issues currently facing Congress in regards to intelligence and counterterrorism activities, including the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (P.L. 108-458), signed in December 2004; the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI), which that act created; the importance of collaborative efforts between various intelligence agencies to successfully carry out counterterrorism measures; and other pieces of legislation relevant to such matters.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library