Immigration: Foreign Physicians and the J-1 Visa Waiver Program (open access)

Immigration: Foreign Physicians and the J-1 Visa Waiver Program

Report on the Educational and Cultural Exchange Visitor program and how it has been used for foreign medical graduates to enter the United States.
Date: June 17, 2004
Creator: Ester, Karma
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Junk E-Mail”: An Overview of Issues Concerning Commercial Electronic Mail and “Spam” (open access)

“Junk E-Mail”: An Overview of Issues Concerning Commercial Electronic Mail and “Spam”

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Date: June 17, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union (open access)

Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union

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Date: June 17, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Participation in the Management of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management Lands: Overview and Recent Changes (open access)
Assistance to Afghan and Iraqi Women: Issues for Congress (open access)

Assistance to Afghan and Iraqi Women: Issues for Congress

This report reviews the U.S.-sponsored funding and programs directed toward women and children in Afghanistan and Iraq. The national and international response to the plight of Afghan and Iraqi women, even to their most recent experience under the Taliban in Afghanistan or Baathist regime in Iraq, will impact their future role and the long-term developments in each country, such as the implementation of a new constitution, the incorporation of women in local and national governance, the role of Islam and the state, the growth of the economy, the curbing of security concerns, and the role of U.S. and international assistance. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Date: June 18, 2004
Creator: Armanios, Febe & Margesson, Rhoda
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Constitutionality of Including the Phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance (open access)

The Constitutionality of Including the Phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance

On October 14, 2003, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the appeal regarding the California statute, and on June 14, 2004, the Court reversed the Ninth Circuit’s decision finding that Newdow lacked standing to challenge the school district’s policy in federal court. This report summarizes the facts of the case, the opinions that have been rendered, congressional action, and the appeal to the Supreme Court. It will be updated as circumstances warrant.
Date: June 18, 2004
Creator: Welborn, Angie A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Marine Mammal Protection Act: Reauthorization Issues (open access)

The Marine Mammal Protection Act: Reauthorization Issues

This discusses a range of issues likely to be raised during any reauthorization debate, the reasons behind them, and possible proposals that could be offered to address these concerns.
Date: June 18, 2004
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Offshoring (a.k.a. Offshore Outsourcing) and Job Insecurity Among U.S. Workers (open access)

Offshoring (a.k.a. Offshore Outsourcing) and Job Insecurity Among U.S. Workers

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Date: June 18, 2004
Creator: Levine, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: History of Appropriations, FY1966-FY2004 (open access)

Older Americans Act: History of Appropriations, FY1966-FY2004

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Date: June 18, 2004
Creator: O'Shaughnessy, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Carolina Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

South Carolina Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of South Carolina.
Date: June 18, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Dakota Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

South Dakota Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of South Dakota.
Date: June 18, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability Act of 2003, H.R. 1528, and Tax Administration Good Government Act, S. 882 (open access)
Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: June 21, 2004
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highway and Transit Program Reauthorization: An Analysis of Environmental Protection Issues (open access)

Highway and Transit Program Reauthorization: An Analysis of Environmental Protection Issues

This report provides background information and analysis of key issues to serve as a resource document for the reauthorization debate. This report provides background information on activities intended to help mitigate pollution resulting from highway construction and travel, and analyzes key issues for Congress.
Date: June 21, 2004
Creator: Bearden, David M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Holocaust-era Insurance Claims: Federal Court Decisions and State Statutes and Federal Legislative Proposals (open access)

Holocaust-era Insurance Claims: Federal Court Decisions and State Statutes and Federal Legislative Proposals

This report will discuss in detail the Supreme Court case and the lower court decisions that preceded it, providing only so much information on the background and history of the issue as us necessary to an appreciation of the litigation.
Date: June 21, 2004
Creator: Weimer, Douglas Reid & Rubin, Janice E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2004 (open access)

Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2004

This report describes and discusses changes to the list of recipients of the Medal since the release of the committee print, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1978, which lists recipients and provides the full text of the citations describing the actions that resulted in the awarding of the Medal.
Date: June 21, 2004
Creator: Richardson, Glenda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues (open access)

Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

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Date: June 21, 2004
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quorum Requirements in the House: Committee and Chamber (open access)

Quorum Requirements in the House: Committee and Chamber

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Date: June 21, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Senate Bills (open access)

Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Senate Bills

This report discusses the sponsorship and co-sponsorship of Senate bills. A Senator who introduces a bill or other measure in the Senate is called its sponsor. Senators may together submit a bill, but the first-named Senator is considered the chief sponsor; the others are considered cosponsors.
Date: June 21, 2004
Creator: Sachs, Richard C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism Insurance: The Marketplace After the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (open access)

Terrorism Insurance: The Marketplace After the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002

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Date: June 21, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues (open access)

Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues

This report is about the Broadband Internet Access, The Background and analysis of Broadband. It's importance, and about broadband technologies like Cable, Satellite and other technologies. The status of Broadband Deployment and Development Issues.
Date: June 22, 2004
Creator: Angele. A
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clarett v. National Football League and the Nonstatutory Labor Exemption in Antitrust Suits (open access)

Clarett v. National Football League and the Nonstatutory Labor Exemption in Antitrust Suits

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Date: June 22, 2004
Creator: Brooks, Nathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Illicit Drugs and the Terrorist Threat: Causal Links and Implications for Domestic Drug Control Policy (open access)

Illicit Drugs and the Terrorist Threat: Causal Links and Implications for Domestic Drug Control Policy

This report discusses the relationships between drug trafficking and terrorism and analyzes some of the policy implications of those relationships for anti-drug policy. This report also addresses issues relating to the formulation and execution of drug control policy in the context of its implications for terrorism.
Date: June 22, 2004
Creator: Kleiman, Mark A.R.
System: The UNT Digital Library