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Border Security and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to improve border security is a technique that has garnered congressional attention. This report examines the strengths and limitations of deploying UAVs along the borders and related issues for Congress. This report is not intended to provide in-depth information regarding technical or military capabilities of UAVs, but to discuss their application at the border.
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Blazakis, Jason
System:
The UNT Digital Library
COLAs for Military Retirees: Summary of Congressional and Executive Branch Action, 1982-2003 (FY1983-FY2004)
None
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
COLAs for Military Retirees: Summary of Congressional and Executive Branch Action, 1982-2003 (FY1983-FY2004)
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1982 (which applied to FY1983 budget issues) suspended previously existing permanent law pertaining to cost-of-living adjustments(COLAs) for federal civilian and military retirees, and changed the COLA calculation formulas to postpone and/or reduce future COLAs for military retirees during 1983-1985 (FY1984-FY1986).This report examines executive and congressional COLA-related initiatives associated with each of the fiscal year budgeting processes from calendar year 1982 (FY1983) through calendar year 2000 (FY2001).
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues
None
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues
None
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
McCarthy, James E. & Tiemann, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues
None
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
McCarthy, James E. & Tiemann, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Supreme Court Recognition of Fifth Amendment Protection for Acts of Production
None
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts
None
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: Provisions That Expire on December 31, 2005
None
Date:
January 2, 2004
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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:
January 5, 2004
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H. & Thomas, John R.
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
Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2003
None
Date:
January 5, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues
This report includes information regarding the major legislative issues concerning military retirement. TERA, survivor benefit COLAs, and retirement budgeting are among topics discussed in this report.
Date:
January 5, 2004
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of California's Financial Information Privacy Act of 2003 with Federal Privacy Provisions
The California Financial Information Privacy Act,1 enacted on August 28, 2003, and effective on July 1, 2004, governs the rights of California residents with respect to the dissemination of nonpublic personal information by financial institutions. In some respects, it diverges from two federal laws that impose restrictions on the dissemination of nonpublic personally identifiable customer information by financial information.
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Croatia: 2003 Elections and New Government
This report analyzes the elections and key issues facing the new government of Croatia in 2003.
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
Kim, Julie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dependent Care: Current Tax Benefits and Legislative Issues
This report provides information about the Current Tax Benefits and Legislative Issues on Dependent Care. The dependent care tax credit use the same definition of qualified employment related expenses.
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
Scott, Christine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Immigration: Alien Registration
This report reviews the process of temporary legal residents becoming registered as U.S. citizens while providing preliminary factors involved before registration.
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
Bruno, Andorra
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Implications of Selected Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA)
None
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
Apling, Richard N. & Jones, Nancy Lee
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
Salaries of Members of Congress: Current Procedures and Recent Adjustments
None
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
unknown
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
The U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): Challenges for Sub-Regional Integration
None
Date:
January 6, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library