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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, 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:
November 29, 2002
Creator:
Kirk, Robert S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
None
Date:
November 29, 2002
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Financing
This is one report in the series of reports that discuss the campaign finance practices and related issues. Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds. The report talks about the today’s paramount issues such as perceived loopholes in current law and the longstanding issues: overall costs, funding sources, and competition.
Date:
November 27, 2002
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals
In recent years conflicting budget priorities and divided political control have accentuated the institutional tensions between the executive and legislative branches inherent in the federal budget process. President Clinton, like his two predecessors, called for an item veto, or possibly expanded impoundment authority, to provide him with greater control over federal spending. This report provides a brief history of impoundment and discusses the debate surrounding the line item veto.
Date:
November 27, 2002
Creator:
McMurtry, Virginia A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program
None
Date:
November 27, 2002
Creator:
Niksch, Larry A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests
None
Date:
November 27, 2002
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W. & Hardy-Vincent, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran: Current Developments and U.S. Policy
Report discussing the most recent political developments in Iran, including who the country offers support to and opposes. The report also makes note of U.S. policy regarding these developments, as well as the measures put in place to ensure continued peaceful relations between the two countries.
Date:
November 26, 2002
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Hatch-Waxman Act: Proposed Legislative Changes Affecting Pharmaceutical Patents
This record provides information about The Hatch-Waxman Act: Proposed Legislative Changes Affecting Pharmaceutical Patents. Congressional interests in the cost of Pharmaceuticals have focused attention on several areas where the federal government has policies and programs.
Date:
November 25, 2002
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H. & Thomas, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress
This report discusses intelligence issues for Congress including narcotics trafficking, conflicts between Israel and Palestine, in Iraq, and among the former Yugoslav states, and North Korean missile capabilities. Updated November 25, 2002.
Date:
November 25, 2002
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Park Management and Recreation
None
Date:
November 25, 2002
Creator:
Hardy-Vincent, Carol & Whiteman, David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress
None
Date:
November 25, 2002
Creator:
Bolkcom, Christopher
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act
None
Date:
November 25, 2002
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2003
This report discusses the president's FY2003 budget that was proposed tax cuts and spending increases to stimulate the economy, rapid increases in defense and homeland security spending, and a selection of other spending increases and decreases in discretionary spending.
Date:
November 22, 2002
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues
U.S.-China economic ties have expanded substantially over the past several years. China is now the third largest U.S. trading partner, its second largest source of imports, and its fourth largest export market. However, U.S.-China commercial ties have been strained by a number of issues, including a surging U.S. trade deficit with China, China's refusal to float its currency, and failure to fully comply with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, especially its failure to provide protection for U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR). This report explores these issues in detail, especially concerning the lack of protection for U.S. IPR.
Date:
November 22, 2002
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Space Stations
None
Date:
November 22, 2002
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations
None
Date:
November 21, 2002
Creator:
Prados, Alfred B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues
None
Date:
November 20, 2002
Creator:
Prados, Alfred B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Environmental Protection
None
Date:
November 20, 2002
Creator:
Schierow, Linda-Jo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview
None
Date:
November 20, 2002
Creator:
Burke, Vee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative R&D: Federal Efforts to Promote Industrial Competitiveness
In response to the foreign challenge in the global marketplace, the United States Congress has explored ways to stimulate technological advancement in the private sector. The government has supported various efforts to promote cooperative research and development activities among industry, universities, and the federal R&D establishment designed to increase the competitiveness of American industry and to encourage the generation of new products, processes, and services. Among the issues before Congress are whether joint ventures contribute to industrial competitiveness and what role, if any, the government has in facilitating such arrangements.
Date:
November 19, 2002
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy, November 19, 2002
This report discusses congressional interest in the pace of U.S. technological advancement due to its influence on U.S. economic growth, productivity, and international competitiveness. The proper role of the federal government in technology development and the competitiveness of U.S. industry continues to be a topic of congressional debate.
Date:
November 19, 2002
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Weapons Threat, Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy
None
Date:
November 19, 2002
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues
None
Date:
November 19, 2002
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library