This report is a brief overview of some selected issues related to animal agriculture that are drawn from CRS reports.

This report discusses both the house and senate appropriations committees merged their subcommittees on transportation and treasury and created a new subcommittee to consider appropriation for the newly created department of homeland security.

This report provides information about the Regulation and Issues for Congress in Chemical Facility Security. The proposed security regulations will preempt local and facility submission.

This report discusses the national security problem of China's role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the U.S. policy response, including legislation, since the mid-1990's.

This report discusses Greenhouse Gas reduction bills in the 110th Congress regarding Climate change. It presents a side-by-side comparison of the major provisions of those bills and includes a glossary of common terms.

This report briefly discusses the USDA's FY2006 appropriation, which postpones rules requiring many retailers to provide country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for fresh produce, red meats, and peanuts until September 30, 2008. The report also discusses related legislation.

This report mainly provides information about the Farm Labor Shortages and Immigration Policy.

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This report provides a brief overview of the House's PAYGO rule, including a legislative history and a discussion of procedures under the rule.

This report provides a brief overview of the act with particular attention paid to issues of recent congressional concern, such as funding and private school enrollment.

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This report provides an overview of the legislative history of the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Education Act and Congress's funding of the gifted and talented program. The report also discusses the impact of No Child Left Behind on the program and alternative legislation related to it.

This report details the legal side of importation of prescription drugs as well as the sale of prescription drugs online. Updated January 31, 2007.

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This report profiles significant legislation from 1974 to the present that authorizes the use of presidential Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), previously known as fast-track trade negotiating authority. The report also identifies significant bills and resolutions that had floor votes. It also includes a list of floor votes on implementing legislation for trade agreements from 1979 to the present; these bills were passed under TPA expedited procedures by Congress and signed by the President.

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This report consists of the amending process in the house of representatives.

Generally speaking, United States patent law does not have extraterritorial effect. The exception, however, is § 271(f) of the Patent Act, which makes it an act of patent infringement to manufacture within the United States the components of a patented invention and then export those disassembled parts for combination abroad into an end product. This report discusses Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (550 U.S. ___ , No. 05-1056, decided April 30, 2007), in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that software companies are not liable for patent infringement under § 271(f) when they export software that has been embodied in machine-readable, physical form (a CD-ROM, for example), with the intent that such software be copied abroad for installation onto foreign-manufactured computers.

This report presents an overview of current issues related to foreign direct investment in the economy and the development of U.S policy toward inward and outward direct investment. It also assesses the role of foreign direct investment in the economy and the costs and benefits of direct investment.

This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.