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Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy

This updated report summarizes the debate on the government policy regarding industrial competitiveness and technological advancement and its influence on the U.S. economy. It discusses the most recent developments, dives into the background and analysis of the topic, and talks about Congress' plans and approach.
Date: September 21, 2004
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Regulatory Structure for Egg Safety: Fact Sheet (open access)

Federal Regulatory Structure for Egg Safety: Fact Sheet

This report discusses the federal role in regulating egg safety. Although the egg industry is primarily responsible for ensuring the safety of its products, four federal agencies hold statutory responsibilities for egg safety.
Date: September 21, 1999
Creator: Vogt, Donna U.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Economic Conditions (open access)

China's Economic Conditions

China’s economy continues to be a concern to U.S. policymakers. On the one hand, China’s economic growth presents huge opportunities for U.S. exporters. On the other hand, the surge in Chinese exports to the United States has put competitive pressures on many U.S. industries. Many U.S. policymakers have argued that greater efforts should be made to pressure China to fully implement its WTO commitments and to change various economic policies deemed harmful to U.S. economic interests, such as its currency peg and its use of subsidies to support its SOEs. In addition, recent bids by Chinese state-owned firms to purchase various U.S. firms have raised concerns among Members over the impact such acquisitions could have on U.S. national and economic security.
Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Directory of Some Interest Groups and Governmental Organizations Concerned With National Environmental Policies (open access)

A Directory of Some Interest Groups and Governmental Organizations Concerned With National Environmental Policies

This report briefly describes selected associations that have demonstrated strong and continuous interest in environmental protection policies of the United States. It provides background information on some of the active participants in national policy discussions. The set of organizations abstracted for this report is not comprehensive; many groups necessarily have been omitted, often because they failed to respond to our request for information. An attempt was made to balance divergent political opinions and to include groups with different perspectives. All associations included in the report have nationwide membership, maintain an office in the vicinity of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and actively seek to influence national (as opposed to international or regional) environmental policies. The financial information provided varies depending on what was available to CRS.
Date: September 21, 1993
Creator: Schierow, Linda-Jo
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government (open access)

Appropriations for FY2001: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government.
Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Gressle, Sharon S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program (open access)

North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program

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Date: September 21, 2001
Creator: Niksch, Larry A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook (open access)

U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook

The U.S.-Japan relationship is a long-term one involving mutually accepted principles -- regional economic and political stability; market-driven economies; and democratic systems of government. The relationship is also complex, encompassing many factors.
Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Management Laws and the 9/11 Commission's Proposed Office of National Intelligence Director (NID) and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) (open access)

General Management Laws and the 9/11 Commission's Proposed Office of National Intelligence Director (NID) and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)

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Date: September 21, 2004
Creator: Brass, Clinton T. & Copeland, Curtis W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security's Treatment Under the Federal Budget: A Summary (open access)

Social Security's Treatment Under the Federal Budget: A Summary

This report discusses the treatment of Social Security in the federal budget, which has become a major fiscal policy issue. Congressional views about what to do with budget surpluses are diverse—ranging from buying down the outstanding federal debt to cutting taxes to increasing spending. However, support for the proposition of “protecting” Social Security surpluses is substantial.
Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Koitz, David S. & Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 106th Congress: A Summary (open access)

Major Tax Issues in the 106th Congress: A Summary

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Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Government and Fiance Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toxic Pollutants and the Clean Water Act: Current Issues (open access)

Toxic Pollutants and the Clean Water Act: Current Issues

Controlling the discharge of toxic pollutants into the Nation's waters is once again an issue as Congress considers reauthorizing the Clean Water Act. This report describes the evolution of programs and policies in the Act concerning toxic pollutants, discusses current problems with implementation of some of these programs and policies, and outlines a number of issues that are on the legislative agenda.
Date: September 21, 1993
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments (open access)

Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments

Presidential claims of a right to preserve the confidentiality of information and documents in the face of legislative demands have figured prominently, though intermittently, in executive-congressional relations since at least 1792, when the president Washington discussed with his cabinet how to respond to a congressional inquiry into the military debacle that befell General St. Clair's expedition. Few such interbranch disputes over access to information have reached the courts for substantive resolution, the vast majority achieving resolution through political negotiation and accommodation. In fact, it was not until the Watergate-related lawsuits in the 1970s seeking access to President Nixon's tapes that the existence of a presidential confidentiality privilege was judicially established as a necessary derivative of the President's status in our constitutional scheme of separated powers.
Date: September 21, 1999
Creator: Rosenberg, Morton
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Statutes Governing Hate Crimes (open access)

State Statutes Governing Hate Crimes

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Date: September 21, 2005
Creator: Austin, Charlene A. & Wallace, Paul Starett, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt: 2005 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections (open access)

Egypt: 2005 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

This report provides an overview of the presidential election and its implications for U.S. policy toward Egypt and U.S. efforts to promote democracy in the region.
Date: September 21, 2005
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Egyptian politics and current issues in U.S.-Egyptian relations. It briefly provides a political history of modern Egypt, an overview of its political institutions, and a discussion of the prospects for democratization in Egypt, U.S.-Egyptian relations are complex and multi-faceted, and this report addresses the following current topics: the Arab-Israeli peace process, Iraq, terrorism, democratization and reform, human rights, trade, and military cooperation.
Date: September 21, 2005
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: The Public Health and Medical Response (open access)

Hurricane Katrina: The Public Health and Medical Response

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, causing catastrophic wind damage and flooding in several states, and a massive dislocation of victims across the country. The storm is one of the worst natural disasters in the nation’s history. Early estimates are that hundreds of people were killed and about one million displaced.
Date: September 21, 2005
Creator: Lister, Sarah A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Farm Economy (open access)

The U.S. Farm Economy

Report on the U.S. farms and their economic health, including examinations of crops, livestock, government payments, projected income, expenses, and more.
Date: September 21, 2005
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Visual Flying Illustration

Flying instrument panel
Date: September 21, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hangars "N" & "O" Showing Lights

Hangars - Randolph AFB
Date: September 21, 1932
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Visual Flying Illustration

Visual flying illustration used for flight instruction
Date: September 21, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, September 21, 1942 : week of September 11 to September 18

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Madagascar, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Aleutians, Far Eastern waters, Midway, China, West Coast, Western Europe, Mediterranean. Large map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show: Madagascar; Russian front (southern sectors), Madagascar in Africa Includes photographs: Night falls in North Africa; Stinger [twin machine-gun]; It was "impossible" [Capt. Edward Ellsberg's sub salvage work]; Blimps hunt subs. Back: Somewhere in Alaska. 13 photographs are captioned. Text headlined: Alaska's Defenders Go Underground. Includes map labeled: Still Our Northern Frontier.
Date: September 21, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States (open access)

Israel: Background and Relations with the United States

This report explains the background of Israel and its relation to the United States. It reviews government and politics, foreign policy, the economy, and other current issues.
Date: September 21, 2006
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy

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Date: September 21, 2006
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border (open access)

Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border

Congress has been considering expanding the barriers currently deployed along the U.S. international land border. Currently, the United States Border Patrol (USBP) deploys fencing, which aims to impede the illegal entry of individuals, and vehicle barriers, which aim to impede the illegal entry of vehicles (but not individuals) along the border. A number of policy issues concerning border barriers generally and fencing specifically may be of interest to Congress, including, but not limited to: their effectiveness; their costs versus their benefits; their location; their design; and their potential diplomatic ramifications. Prominent bills include House-passed H.R. 4437 and H.R. 6061, and Senate-passed S. 2611, and H.R. 5631.
Date: September 21, 2006
Creator: Nuñez-Neto, Blas & Viña, Stephen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library