Export Tax Benefits and the WTO: Foreign Sales Corporations and the Extraterritorial Replacement Provisions (open access)

Export Tax Benefits and the WTO: Foreign Sales Corporations and the Extraterritorial Replacement Provisions

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Date: April 22, 2003
Creator: Brumbaugh, David L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

The report is about the FY2002 supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and neighbors.
Date: July 22, 2003
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Serafino, Nina M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preparation for Senate Committee Markup (open access)

Preparation for Senate Committee Markup

This report outlines a Markup, which is the legislative stage during which a committee chooses the language of a measure it expects to report to the Senate. Markups are carefully planned in advance to insure that the requirements of Senate rules have been met, political decisions have been made, and administrative issues have been addressed.
Date: April 22, 2003
Creator: Carr, Thomas P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long Term Care: 107th Congress Legislation (open access)

Long Term Care: 107th Congress Legislation

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Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendments on the House Floor: Summary of Major Restrictions (open access)

Amendments on the House Floor: Summary of Major Restrictions

This report discusses the opportunities for Representatives to offer floor amendments to a bill or resolution procedures by which the House considers the measure.
Date: August 22, 2003
Creator: Schneider, Judy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Ocean Policy Study: A Model for the Future? (open access)

The National Ocean Policy Study: A Model for the Future?

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Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles: Status and Issues (open access)

The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles: Status and Issues

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Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues (open access)

China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues

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.
Date: July 22, 2003
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Party Leaders in Congress, 1789-2003: Vital Statistics (open access)

Party Leaders in Congress, 1789-2003: Vital Statistics

This report presents tables that provide historical data including service dates, party affiliation, and other information, for 15 House and Senate party leadership posts. This information has been updated to reflect leadership changes in the 107th Congress.
Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S.; Sachs, Richard C. & Bullock, Faye M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the Superfund program designed for cleaning up the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites was created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA (P.L. 96-510, as amended). This report discusses recent development and background issues, superfund issues, revenue issues, comprehensive reauthorization, and legislation regarding superfund program.
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Reisch, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Endangered Species: Difficult Choices (open access)

Endangered Species: Difficult Choices

This report includes an overlook at issues regarding various endangered species. Issues include recovery plans, permits, and critical habitats.
Date: April 22, 2003
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne & Baldwin, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Certification/Designation Procedures for Illicit Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries (open access)

Drug Certification/Designation Procedures for Illicit Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries

This report summarizes the congressional-mandated presidential designation procedures on major illicit narcotics producing and transit countries that will be fully in effect for fiscal year 2004 and subsequent years. The report also provides background on the past procedures and presidential actions, congressional reform efforts, and the transitional procedures in effect for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.
Date: September 22, 2003
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Financing Requirements and Restrictions (open access)

Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Financing Requirements and Restrictions

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Date: July 22, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pensions and Retirement Savings Plans: Sponsorship and Participation (open access)

Pensions and Retirement Savings Plans: Sponsorship and Participation

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Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress (open access)

Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress

This report provides information about the Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress on Federal Research and Development. Federal R & D funding priorities change over time, reflecting presidential and national preferences.
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vaccine Policy Issues for the 108th Congress (open access)

Vaccine Policy Issues for the 108th Congress

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Date: May 22, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches (open access)

Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches

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Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Exemption for Repatriated Foreign Earnings: Proposals and Analysis (open access)

Tax Exemption for Repatriated Foreign Earnings: Proposals and Analysis

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Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues (open access)

Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

This report discusses the background and policy issues related to Internet domain names.
Date: April 22, 2003
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of the Blue Slip in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1917-Present. October 2003 (open access)

The History of the Blue Slip in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1917-Present. October 2003

This report provides a history of the Judiciary Committee blue-slip custom, a practice which emanated from the chambers tradition of senatorial courtesy.
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Sollenberger, Mitchel A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy (open access)

Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy

On June 26, 2000, in a special ceremony at the White House, the completion of the "rough draft" of the human genome was announced. This milestone, which has been compared to the discoveries of Galileo, and other advances in genetics have created novel legal issues relating to genetic information. This report discusses current federal law, state statutes, and legislation related to these issues.
Date: May 22, 2003
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee & Smith, Alison M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2004 Budget (open access)

The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2004 Budget

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Date: September 22, 2003
Creator: Bourdon, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change (open access)

Global Climate Change

This report includes information regarding global climate change and its recent developments, background, science and policy, and international action being taken.
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Justus, John R. & Fletcher, Susan R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airport Improvement Program (open access)

Airport Improvement Program

This issue brief discusses the Airport Improvement Program and its complement, the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC). After a brief history of federal support for airport construction and improvement, the report describes AIP funding, its source of revenues, the impact of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (FAIR21, P.L. 106-181), funding distribution, the types of projects the program funds, AIP and PFC policy issues, and the allowable use of AIP funds for airport security purposes.
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
System: The UNT Digital Library