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Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress (open access)

Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress

Since 1965, United States policy has supported international population planning based on principles of voluntarism and informed choice that gives participants access to information on all methods of birth control. This policy, however, has generated contentious debate for over two decades, resulting in frequent clarification and modification of U.S. international family planning programs.
Date: March 22, 2001
Creator: Nowels, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 1998 (open access)

The Budget for Fiscal Year 1998

This report discusses the efforts to reach an agreement on the fiscal year (FY) 1998 budget were, in many respects, a continuation of the efforts to balance the federal budget by (or before) FY2002. The proposals and legislation for FY1998 were designed to move the budget further towards balance.
Date: July 22, 1998
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent Practices (open access)

Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent Practices

For FY2001, twenty-one continuing resolutions became law. These measures extended funding for the outstanding FY2001 regular appropriations bills from October 1, 2000, through midnight, December 21, 2000.
Date: December 22, 2000
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program: Background and Context (open access)

The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program: Background and Context

Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about the context and background of the Safe and Drug-Free schools and Communities Program. Topics include, impact evaluation, the national coordinator program, grants to reduce alcohol abuse etc..
Date: April 22, 2002
Creator: Cooper, Edith Fairman
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: An Overview (open access)

Appropriations for FY2001: An Overview

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 broad overview of all appropriations activity and a guide to the CRS Appropriation Product Series that provides analytical perspectives on the 13 annual FY2001 appropriations bills.
Date: September 22, 2000
Creator: Bley, Mary Frances
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2002: An Overview (open access)

Appropriations for FY2002: An Overview

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.
Date: January 22, 2002
Creator: Bley, Mary Frances
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Funding (open access)

Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Funding

About a dozen federally supported child nutrition programs and related activities – including school meal programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (the WIC program) – reach over 37 million children and almost 2 million lower-income pregnant and postpartum women. Total FY2002 spending on these efforts was $15.1 billion. FY2003 spending is projected at an estimated $15.9 billion under the Agriculture Department appropriations portion (Division A) of the FY2003 Consolidated Appropriations Resolution (P.L. 108-7; H.Rept. 108-10; enacted February 20,2003). And the Administration anticipates spending $16.3 billion under its FY2004 budget.
Date: April 22, 2003
Creator: Richardson, Joe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2004 (open access)

The Budget for Fiscal Year 2004

In March, CBO released its report analyzing the President’s policies. CBO’s estimates of the President’s budget, a recasting of the policies using CBO assumptions and budget estimating methods, raise the expected deficit for FY2004 to $338 billion from the OMB estimated $307 billion. The report also included an update to CBO’s January baseline that pushed the deficit for FY2004 to $200 billion from $145 billion. The revisions delay the return-to-a-surplus from FY2007 to FY2008 and reduce the cumulative FY2004-FY2013 surplus from $1,336 billion (January) to $891 billion (March).
Date: May 22, 2003
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Facilities Infrastructure: Background and Legislative Proposals in the 106th Congress (open access)

School Facilities Infrastructure: Background and Legislative Proposals in the 106th Congress

Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing background information and legislative proposals in the 106th Congress in regards to school facilities and infrastructure. Topics include, legislative action, enrollment projections and construction, estimates of construction needs, etc..
Date: September 22, 2000
Creator: Boren, Susan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Authorization-Appropriation Process (open access)

Overview of the Authorization-Appropriation Process

A PRIMARY AVENUE FOR EXERCISING CONGRESS'S POWER OF THE purse is the authorization and appropriation of federal spending to carry out government activities. While the power over appropriations is granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution, the authorization-appropriation process is derived from House and Senate rules. The formal process consists of two sequential steps:
Date: October 22, 1999
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events (open access)

Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events

This report provides a concise historical account of the dispute, summarizes the subsidy and injury evidence, and discusses the current issues and events regarding lumber imports from Canada.
Date: March 22, 2002
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Grimmett, Jeanne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events (open access)

Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events

This report provides a concise historical account of the dispute, summarizes the subsidy and injury evidence, and discusses the current issues and events regarding lumber imports from Canada.
Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Grimmett, Jeanne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
E-Commerce Statistics: Explanation and Sources (open access)

E-Commerce Statistics: Explanation and Sources

Congress will play a vital role in many e-commerce policy issues, including Internet taxation, encryption and electronic authentication (i.e., digital signatures), intellectual property protection (i.e., patent or copyright infringement), computer network security, and privacy safeguards for individuals and organizations, as well as consideration of how European Union (EU) and World Trade Organization (WTO) policies may affect U.S. e-commerce activities. This report addresses the complexities of measuring e-commerce growth, and provides background information on government and private firms’ methods for estimating it.
Date: February 22, 2002
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment (open access)

Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment

This report is divided into two parts. The first gives a brief history of the protection of the flag issue from the enactment of the Flag Protection Act in 1968 until the present consideration of an amendment to the Constitution in the 106th Congress. The second part briefly summarizes the two decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichmann, which struck down the state and federal flag protection statutes as applied in the context punishing expressive conduct.
Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Luckey, John R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Monument Issues (open access)

National Monument Issues

None
Date: August 22, 2003
Creator: Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House and Senate Vacancies: How Are They Filled? (open access)

House and Senate Vacancies: How Are They Filled?

Vacancies in Congress occur due to the death, resignation, or declination (refusal to serve) of a Senator or Representative, or as the result of expulsion or exclusion by either house. The Constitution requires that vacancies in both houses be filled by special election, but in the case of the Senate, it empowers state legislatures to provide for temporary appointments by the state governor until special elections can be scheduled. This report describes this process.
Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: Richardson, Sula P. & Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Rules Affecting Committees (open access)

House Rules Affecting Committees

House Rules, especially Rules X-XIII, govern the authority and operations of its committees and subcommittees. This report identifies and summarizes these and other rules and directives affecting committee powers, authority, activities, and operations.
Date: February 22, 1999
Creator: Bach, Stanley & Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preparation for Senate Committee Markup (open access)

Preparation for Senate Committee Markup

None
Date: April 22, 2003
Creator: Carr, Thomas P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties: Origins, Deadlines, Requirements, and Uses (open access)

Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties: Origins, Deadlines, Requirements, and Uses

In addition to bill and/or joint resolution this report presents two other acts of congress; 1) nominations and 2) treaties. It also discusses the characteristics and uses of six different kind of business before Congress, such as designation, origin, deadline for action, requirements for approval, and use.
Date: January 22, 1999
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Sergeant at Arms: Fact Sheet on Legislative and Administrative Duties (open access)

House Sergeant at Arms: Fact Sheet on Legislative and Administrative Duties

This report discusses the chief law enforcement officer of the House, the Sergeant at Arms, responsible for security in the House wing of the Capitol, the House office buildings, and on adjacent grounds.
Date: March 22, 2002
Creator: Tong, Lorraine H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Act Points of Order (open access)

Congressional Budget Act Points of Order

Title III of the Congressional Budget Act (CBA) of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended, establishes the points of order that are used to enforce congressional budget procedures and substantive provisions of a budget resolution. These points of order prohibit certain congressional actions and consideration of certain legislation.
Date: October 22, 1998
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries and Allowances: The Congress (open access)

Salaries and Allowances: The Congress

None
Date: November 22, 1999
Creator: Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History and Authority of the Office (open access)

The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History and Authority of the Office

None
Date: January 22, 2003
Creator: Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Capitol Visitors' Center: An Overview (open access)

The Capitol Visitors' Center: An Overview

This report presents the cost of the center, the most extensive addition to the Capitol since the Civil War, and the largest in the structure’s more than 200-year history, is now estimated to be at least $555 million. The project is being financed with appropriated funds, and a total of $65 million from private donations and revenue generated by the sale of commemorative coins.
Date: July 22, 2003
Creator: Stathis, Stephen W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library