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Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004
This report provides background information on defense-related environmental programs, analyzes key implementations issues, and examines final versions of legislation to authorize and appropriate funding for these activities for FY2004.
Date:
January 5, 2004
Creator:
Bearden, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Identity Theft and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: An Analysis of TRW v. Andrews and Current Legislation
This report provides a brief summary of the Fair Credit Reporting Act provisions in question, as well as an analysis of the recent Supreme Court decision and an overview of recently enacted legislation.
Date:
January 5, 2004
Creator:
Welborn, Angie A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2004
This report summarizes by what measures the Constitution requires Congress to determine its own pay, the annual payment adjustment procedure, changes in pay over time since 1789, and related legislation.
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
Dwyer, Paul E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Sketch of Supreme Court Recognition of Fifth Amendment Protection for Acts of Production
This report discusses privilege under the Court Recognition of Fifth Amendment Protection for Acts of Production. The privilege covers an individual’s actions rather than his speech or writing, yet many incriminating actions such as providing a blood sample or a handwriting sample are ordinarily not protected because they are not testimonial.
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment
This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment.
Date:
January 7, 2004
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. . . .” This language restricts government both more and less than it would if it were applied literally. It restricts government more in that it applies not only to Congress, but to all branches of the federal government, and to all branches of state and local government. It restricts government less in that it provides no protection to some types of speech and only limited protection to others. This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment — of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for some types of speech.
Date:
January 7, 2004
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A History of Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes
This report details the history of the three federal transfer taxes, tracing their development from their eighteenth century roots to the present.
Date:
January 7, 2004
Creator:
Luckey, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Legislative Procedures: Published Sources of Information
The Senate publishes its rules, precedents, and other related information so that Senators and their staff have convenient access to the Senate’s legislative procedures and can gauge how those procedures are likely to apply in various situations. Information about the Senate’s legislative procedures is published in four official documents. This report discusses these documents.
Date:
January 7, 2004
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues
This report reviews several issues relating to alternative fuels and vehicles, mainly to combat dependence on petroleum imports and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report discusses the advantages and drawbacks of various alternative fuels and vehicles, as well as related legislation.
Date:
January 9, 2004
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress
This report discusses the conference report on the energy bill which came to the house and senate floor for action the week of November 17, that contains several clean air act provisions. It also points out the most recent developments on clean air act issues.
Date:
January 9, 2004
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hydropower Licenses and Relicensing Conditions: Current Issues and Legislative Activity
This report provides an overview of the current issues and legislative activity of the hydro power licenses and re-licensing conditions.
Date:
January 9, 2004
Creator:
Powers, Kyna
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Windfall Benefit Provision
This report discusses the windfall elimination provision, which reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security. Its purpose is to remove an advantage these workers would otherwise receive because of Social Security's benefit formula that favors workers with smaller amounts of Social Security-covered career earnings. Opponents contend that the provision is basically inaccurate and often unfair. In both the 107th and 108th Congresses, five bills have been introduced that would modify or repeal the provision.
Date:
January 9, 2004
Creator:
Haltzel, Laura
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Phosphorus Mitigation in the Everglades
This report discusses the FY2004 appropriations provisions that condition federal funding for Everglades restoration on compliance with water quality standards, provides a side-by-side analysis of pending appropriations legislation, and provides background and a timeline of efforts to address Everglades phosphorus pollution (from Summary).
Date:
January 13, 2004
Creator:
Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Johnson, Barbara
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Hydrogen Economy and Fuel Cells: An Overview
This report discusses six key questions related to the hydrogen economy and fuel cells.
Date:
January 14, 2004
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D. & Curtright, Aimee E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Border and Transportation Security: Budget for FY2003 and FY2004
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Date:
January 15, 2004
Creator:
Snook, Dennis & Lake, Jennifer
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Support Enforcement: New Reforms and Potential Issues
P.L. 104-193 (the 1996 welfare reform legislation) made major changes to the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program. Some of the changes include requiring states to increase the percentage of fathers identified, establishing an integrated, automated network linking all states to information about the location and assets of parents, and requiring states to implement more enforcement techniques to obtain collections from debtor parents. Additional legislative changes were made in 1997, 1998, and 1999, but not in 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003. This report describes several aspects of the revised CSE program and discusses three issues that probably will be reexamined by the 108th Congress — CSE financing, parental access by noncustodial parents, and distribution of support payments.
Date:
January 15, 2004
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Regulating Private Pensions: A Brief Summary of ERISA
This report briefly discusses the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and how it protects the interests of participants and beneficiaries in private-sector employee benefit plans. ERISA covers a number of fringe benefits provided by employers, but most of its provisions deal with pension plans. Pension plans sponsored by the federal, state, and local governments, or by churches generally are exempt from ERISA.
Date:
January 15, 2004
Creator:
Purcell, Patrick
System:
The UNT Digital Library
“Fair Use” on the Internet: Copyright’s Reproduction and Public Display Rights
None
Date:
January 16, 2004
Creator:
Jeweler, Robin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions in the Department of Homeland Security
None
Date:
January 16, 2004
Creator:
Hogue, Henry B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NASA Workforce Flexibilities: H.R. 1085 and S. 610, 108th Congress
This report compares H.R. 1085, as reported to the House, and S. 610, as passed by the Senate, with current law. Both bills would provide enhanced flexibilities for human resources management at NASA by creating a new Chapter 98 on NASA in Title 5 of the United States Code.
Date:
January 16, 2004
Creator:
Schwemle, Barbara L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Intelligence and Policymaking: The Iraq Experience
This report explores in broad terms the relationship between the production of intelligence and the making of policy as reflected in the period prior to the war against Iraq in March 2003 and the implications for Congress.
Date:
January 16, 2004
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dual-Use Biological Equipment: Difficulties in Domestic Regulation
A question in the current debate over chemical and biological terrorism is: how well do current United States policies limit opportunities to terrorist groups for acquisition of such weapons? The domestic purchase and use of “dual-use” biological equipment, such as fermenters, centrifuges, and other equipment, is one area suggested as potentially providing opportunities for terrorist, biological weapons development. Dual-use equipment has both legitimate civilian and military use. Regulating international sale of dual-use equipment is used as a nonproliferation policy tool. Similar regulation of domestic sales has not been employed. This report will discuss the difficulties of applying domestic controls on dual-use biological equipment and the potential advantages and disadvantages of doing so.
Date:
January 22, 2004
Creator:
Shea, Dana A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employees’ Retirement System: Summary of Recent Trends
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Date:
January 23, 2004
Creator:
Purcell, Patrick J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Merger Review Authorities and Electric Utility Restructuring
This report explains the regulatory environment now in place and address some of the proposed changes to current merger review procedures.
Date:
January 23, 2004
Creator:
Flynn, Aaron M.; Rubin, Janice E. & Seitzinger, Michael V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library