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Northern Ireland: The Peace Process
Since 1969, over 3,500 people have died as a result of political violence in Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom. The British and Irish governments as well as the Northern Ireland political parties participating in the peace talks announced an agreement, the Good Friday Agreement (also known as the Belfast Agreement), which called for devolved government in which unionist and nationalist parties would share power. U.S. administrations and many Members of Congress have actively supported the Northern Ireland peace process. For decades, the United States has provided development aid through the International Fund for Ireland (IFI). In recent years, congressional hearings have focused on the peace process, police reforms, and the status of public inquiries into several murders in Northern Ireland in which collusion between the security forces and paramilitary groups is suspected. Many such issues related to Northern Ireland may continue to be of interest in the 112th Congress.
Date:
March 6, 2012
Creator:
Archick, Kristin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Northern Ireland: The Peace Process
None
Date:
March 6, 2006
Creator:
Archick, Kristin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Responding to the Opioid Epidemic: Legal Developments and FDA's Role
This report discusses the opioid epidemic in the U.S. and the role of the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in helping end the epidemic. The report provides an overview of FDA's existing authorities, the historical context for the opioid epidemic, and the agency's current plan for combatting the opioid epidemic, concluding with an examination of the broader legal questions concerning the crisis.
Date:
March 6, 2018
Creator:
Armstrong, Kathryn B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After Hurricane Katrina: A Summary of Statutory Provisions
This report summarizes provisions from legislation enacted by the 109th Congress with regard to federal emergency management authorities but does not cover all legislation enacted in response to Hurricane Katrina, Rita, Wilma.
Date:
March 6, 2007
Creator:
Bea, Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Stafford Act Disaster Assistance: Presidential Declarations, Eligible Activities, and Funding
This report provides information about the Presidential Declarations, Eligible Activities, and Funding on Federal Stafford Act Disaster Assistance. Congress appropriates money to DRF for disaster assistance authorized by the Stafford Act, which is administered by FEMA.
Date:
March 6, 2007
Creator:
Bea, Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FEMA and Disaster Relief
None
Date:
March 6, 1998
Creator:
Bea, Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FEMA and Disaster Relief
This document describes the aid of 3.1 billion President Clinton has requested for FEMA. Past funds were brought up throughout the year and shows how this number is low for the needs of FEMA. The document lists needs and what all FEMA helps along with assistance under the Stafford Act.
Date:
March 6, 1998
Creator:
Bea, Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress
This report discusses intelligence issues for Congress including terrorism, conflicts between Israel and Palestine, in Iraq, and among the former Yugoslav states, and North Korean missile capabilities. Updated March 6, 2003.
Date:
March 6, 2003
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear-Powered Aegis Ship Alternatives
This report examines three basic solutions to satisfy the Navy's requirement.
Date:
March 6, 1978
Creator:
Bowen, Alva & Tinajero, A. A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
None
Date:
March 6, 2006
Creator:
Browne, Marjorie Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy
This report discusses the annual number of refugees that can be admitted into the United States, known as the refugee ceiling, and the allocation of these numbers by region that are set by the President after consultation with Congress at the start of each fiscal year.
Date:
March 6, 2014
Creator:
Bruno, Andorra
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Constitutional Analysis of Suspicionless Drug Testing Requirements for the Receipt of Governmental Benefits
This report provides an overview of the Fourth Amendment in order to effectively evaluate the constitutionality of laws requiring suspicionless drug tests to receive governmental benefits. It then reviews five Supreme Court decisions that have evaluated these programs. The report concludes with a synthesis of the various factors that likely will be important to a future court's assessment of the constitutionality of these laws.
Date:
March 6, 2015
Creator:
Carpenter, David H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
ERISA Regulation of Health Plans: Fact Sheet
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA, P.L. 93-406) places the regulation of employee benefit plans (including health plans) primarily under federal jurisdiction for about 124 million people. ERISA’s treatment of health plans is both complicated and confusing. ERISA has been interpreted as dividing health plans into two groups regulated differently under the law: about 54 million people are covered by self-insured plans for which the employer, rather than an insurer, assumes the risk for paying for covered services and about 70 million people are covered by purchased insurance (according to 2000 information from the Census Bureau and the Department of Labor).
Date:
March 6, 2003
Creator:
Chaikind, Hinda Ripps
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fish and Wildlife Service: Compensation to Local Governments
The Refuge Revenue Sharing Fund (RRSF) was enacted in response to the concern of local governments regarding losses to their tax base due to the presence of federally owned land under the jurisdiction of the Fish and Wildlife Service. This report outlines recent history of RRSF payment levels. It examines the RRSF and describes how the fund differs in its treatment of reserved and acquired lands under the jurisdiction of FWS. The report also examines the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program in detail.
Date:
March 6, 1990
Creator:
Corn, M. Lynne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Resolutions of Inquiry in the House
This report examines the use of resolutions of inquiry in the House of Representatives from 1947 to 2011. A resolution of inquiry is a measure that formally calls on the executive branch to provide specified factual information to Congress.
Date:
March 6, 2017
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Mentor-Protégé Programs
This report provides an overview of the various small business mentor-protégé programs of the federal government. As is discussed below, while all these programs are intended to assist small businesses in performing as contractors, subcontractors, or suppliers on federal or federally funded contracts, the programs differ significantly in their scope and operations. Table A-1 in the Appendix provides an overview of key differences among the programs.
Date:
March 6, 2018
Creator:
Dilger, Robert Jay
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Power: Three Mile Island Accident-- Congressional Rseponse and Investigations
This report contains background information and investigations regarding the Three Mile Island nuclear power accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It also shows the President's Commission and overall chronology of Committee responses on one of the largest nuclear power plant accident.
Date:
March 6, 1980
Creator:
Donnelly, Warren H. & Kramer, Donna S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006: Background and Performance
The report is about Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. The report contains Program Evaluation, Relationship with Workforce investment act and alternative funding mechanisms.
Date:
March 6, 2014
Creator:
Dortch, Cassandria
System:
The UNT Digital Library
WIRETAPPING, TAPE RECORDERS & LEGAL ETHICS: QUESTIONS POSED BY ATTORNEYINVOLVEMENT IN SECRETLY RECORDING CONVERSATION
None
Date:
March 6, 1998
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
ISTEA Reauthorization: Highway and Transit Legislative Proposals in the 105th Congress, 2nd Session
This report discusses the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), programs which are continuing to operate on the basis of limited interim financing enacted in the closing moments of the 1st Session.
Date:
March 6, 1998
Creator:
Fischer, John W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change Treaty: The Kyoto Protocol
Negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) were completed December 11, 1997, committing the industrialized nations to specified, legally binding reductions in emissions of six "greenhouse gases." This report discusses the major provisions of the Kyoto Protocol.
Date:
March 6, 2000
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance: Legislative Developments and Policy Issues in the 110th Congress
This report provides an overview of major legislative and policy developments related to campaign finance during the 110th Congress.
Date:
March 6, 2008
Creator:
Garrett, R. Sam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Judicial Salary-Setting Policy
None
Date:
March 6, 2003
Creator:
Gressle, Sharon S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library