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Possible Expiration (or Extension) of the 2002 Farm Bill
This report discusses the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171) that authorized an array of agricultural, rural, and nutrition programs. Many provisions of the 2002 farm bill were scheduled to expire in 2007. If a new farm bill or year-long extension were not enacted before the 2008 harvest, permanent law would have taken effect.
Date:
July 23, 2008
Creator:
Monke, Jim; Cowan, Tadlock; Hanrahan, Charles E. & Richardson, Joe
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Possible Federal Revenue from Oil Development of ANWR and Nearby Areas
This report estimates the potential revenues to the United States Treasury from Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) oil development should Congress approve such development. It has been prepared according to key oil price assumptions. More specifically, estimates of potential federal revenues are based on market oil prices — the price at which the ANWR output would be sold — of $60, $80, $90, $100, and $125 per barrel.
Date:
June 23, 2008
Creator:
Lazzari, Salvatore
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Current Conflicts
This report lists the beginning and ending dates for "periods of war" found in Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It also lists and differentiates other beginning dates given in declarations of war, as well as termination of hostilities dates and armistice and ending dates given in proclamations, laws, or treaties.
Date:
August 23, 2011
Creator:
Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
This report discusses the effects of economic sanctions against Iran; support to the Iranian democracy movement; and opposition against Iranian human rights violations and Iranian support for Syrian human rights violations. The Obama Administration identifies Iran as a major threat to U.S. national security interests. The sense of imminent crisis with Iran which greeted the beginning of 2012 follows three years in which the Obama Administration first offered Iran's leaders consistent and sustained engagement in exchange for limits to its nuclear program but, since 2010, has emphasized pressuring Iran through economic sanctions.
Date:
March 23, 2012
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Services Markets: Farm Bill Proposals
This report discusses environmental services markets in relation to the farm bill (P.L. 110-234, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008), which covers a range of farm and forestry sector services associated with improved water and air quality, increased carbon storage, and habitat protection. It gives an overview of environmental services markets as well as benefits and barriers, how they are affected by Congressional action, and possible considerations.
Date:
January 23, 2008
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Possible Expiration (or Extension) of the 2002 Farm Bill
This report provides background information regarding the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171), and discusses discretionary programs in the farm bill that include some conservation programs, federal farm loan programs, rural development programs, agricultural research, some foreign food aid, and other programs.
Date:
July 23, 2008
Creator:
Monke, Jim; Cowan, Tadlock; Hanrahan, Charles E. & Richardson, Joe
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What Is the “Farm Bill”?
This report describes the Farm Bill (P.L. 110-246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, which was enacted into law on June 18, 2008.
Date:
September 23, 2008
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Fuel Costs in Iraq
This report discusses the Department of Defense (DOD) fuel costs in Iraq. It analyzes the disparity between the higher price of fuel supplied to the United States Central Command compared to Iraq's civilian population that has been a point of contention.
Date:
July 23, 2008
Creator:
Andrews, Anthony & Schwartz, Moshe
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, Treaty Number: 102-38, 1992), the Copenhagen Accord (2009), and the UNFCCC Cancun Agreements (2010), wherein the higher-income countries pledged jointly up to $30 billion of "fast start" climate financing for lower-income countries for the period 2010-2012, and a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020. The Cancun Agreements also proposed that the pledged funds are to be new, additional to previous flows, adequate, predictable, and sustained, and are to come from a wide variety of sources, both public and private, bilateral and multilateral, including alternative sources of finance.
Date:
June 23, 2011
Creator:
Lattanzio, Richard K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2013 Budget and Appropriations
This report analyzes the FY2013 request and congressional action related to FY2013 State-Foreign Operations legislation. The 112th Congress is considering FY2013 international affairs funding within the context of the Budget Control Act that established discretionary spending limits for FY2012-FY2021 and contains automatic budget reductions (sequestration) on discretionary spending to begin on January 2, 2013.
Date:
July 23, 2012
Creator:
Epstein, Susan B.; Lawson, Marian Leonardo & Tiersky, Alex L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements
This report provides an overview of many of the key arms control and nonproliferation agreements and endeavors of the past 40 years, divided into three sections. The first describes arms control efforts between the United States and the states of the former Soviet Union, covering both formal, bilateral treaties, and the cooperative threat reduction process. The second section describes multilateral nuclear nonproliferation efforts, covering both formal treaties and less formal accommodations that have been initiated in recent years. The final section reviews treaties and agreements that address chemical, biological, and conventional weapons
Date:
March 23, 2011
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.; Nikitin, Mary Beth & Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Technology Innovation Program
This report discusses the elimination of the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) - specifically a renewal of the debate over the role of the federal government in promoting commercial technology development. TIP was established in 2007 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to replace the Advanced Technology Program (ATP). This effort was designed "to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need," according to the authorizing legislation.
Date:
March 23, 2011
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Outer Continental Shelf Moratoria on Oil and Gas Development
This report discusses moratoria measures for the outer continental shelf (OCS) which establish bans or restrictions on oil and gas exploration and development in federal ocean areas. It includes a background of offshore oil and gas development, the sources of U.S. moratorium policy, the background of ocean governance, U.S. moratoria in international areas, and related issues for congress.
Date:
March 23, 2011
Creator:
Hagerty, Curry L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch: FY2011 Appropriations
This report gives an overview of the status of FY2011 appropriations and funding issues for the Senate, House of Representatives, and support agencies.
Date:
March 23, 2011
Creator:
Brudnick, Ida A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Al Qaeda and Islamic State Affiliates in Afghanistan
This report outlines major terrorist groups affiliated and allied with Al Qaeda (AQ) and the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS, ISIL, or by the Arabic acronym Da'esh) and the complex, often shifting relations between them and various other state and non-state actors.
Date:
August 23, 2018
Creator:
Thomas, Clayton
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Columbia-class program, a program to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy's current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs. The program was previously known as the Ohio replacement program (ORP) or SSBN(X) program. The Navy has identified the Columbia-class program as the Navy's top priority program, and wants to procure the first Columbia-class boat in FY2021.
Date:
October 23, 2018
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions
This report provides resources to help answer frequently-asked questions regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It includes information and links for topics such as the individual mandate, private health insurance, exchanges and subsidies, employee-sponsored coverage, Medicaid and Medicare, specific populations, behavioral health, state innovation waivers, taxes, costs and statistics, and regulatory issues.
Date:
October 23, 2018
Creator:
Napili, Angela
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides background information and issues for Congress on three new ship-based weapons the Navy is developing that could improve the ability of Navy surface ships to defend themselves against missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and surface craft: the Surface Navy Laser Weapon System (SNLWS), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), and the gunlaunched guided projectile (GLGP), previously known as the hypervelocity projectile (HVP).
Date:
October 23, 2018
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
9/11 Commission Recommendations: Intelligence Budget
This report describes recommendations of the 9/11 Commission as pertains to the intelligence budget.
Date:
October 23, 2004
Creator:
Nicola, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Presidential and Vice Presidential Terms and Tenure
None
Date:
August 23, 2004
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dietary Supplements: Ephedra
This report will attempt to clarify the current regulatory status of dietary supplement products containing ephedra.
Date:
January 23, 2007
Creator:
Porter, Donna V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alien Legalization and Adjustment of Status: A Primer
This report consists of alien legalization and adjustment of status: A Primer.
Date:
January 23, 2007
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Statutory Royalty Rates for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings: Decision of the Copyright Royalty Board
None
Date:
March 23, 2009
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Middle East Peace Talks
This report includes information regarding Middle East peace talks. The role of the United States, the Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and congressional aid are among topics discussed in this report.
Date:
December 23, 2004
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library