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Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program
About 94 percent of U.S. tobacco production is flue-cured and burley (cigarette tobacco types). These crops are particularly important to the agriculture of North Carolina and Kentucky. The federal tobacco price support program is designed to support and stabilize prices for farmers.
Date:
June 25, 2004
Creator:
Womach, Jasper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Premiums: Fact Sheet
Financing for social security -- Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance -- and the Hospital Insurance part of Medicare is provided primarily by taxes levied on wages and net self-employment income. Financing for the Supplementary Medical Insurance portion of Medicare is provided by premiums from enrollees and payments from the government. This report describes these taxes and premiums.
Date:
January 13, 2004
Creator:
Nuschler, Dawn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brief Facts About Congressional Pensions
This report contains a table that lists the number of retired Members of Congress and the average amount of congressional pension they receive in retirement.
Date:
January 13, 2004
Creator:
Purcell, Patrick J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Job Loss: Causes and Policy Implications
This report provides an overview of the causes and policy implications of job loss in the United States.
Date:
January 12, 2004
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
None
Date:
November 10, 2004
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
None
Date:
May 28, 2004
Creator:
Copeland, Curtis W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abortion: Legislative Response
The primary focus of this issue brief is legislative action with respect to abortion. However, discussion of those legislative proposals necessarily involves a brief discussion of the leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy. For a more detailed discussion of the relevant case law, see CRS Report 95-724, Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview.
Date:
November 22, 2004
Creator:
Lewis, Karen J.; Shimabukuro, Jon O. & Ely, Dana
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:
February 4, 2004
Creator:
Porter, Donna V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Estimates Since 1986
None
Date:
September 15, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Iraq Marshes: Restoration Activities. June 2004
This report discusses the status of restoration activities and funding.
Date:
June 15, 2004
Creator:
Powers, Kyna
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education Matters: Earnings by Educational Attainment Over Three Decades
None
Date:
November 17, 2004
Creator:
Levine, Linda
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.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Home Health — Benefits and Payments
None
Date:
April 12, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Motor Carrier Safety: Oversight and Reauthorization Legislation
None
Date:
June 8, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Presidential and Vice Presidential Terms and Tenure
None
Date:
August 23, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Distance Education and Title IV of the Higher Education Act: Policy, Practice, and Reauthorization
This report explores the growth of DE into a significant component of the modern post secondary education landscape and then examines a number of issues involved in the debate surrounding HEA reauthorization.
Date:
July 26, 2004
Creator:
Kuenzi, Jeffrey J.; Skinner, Rebecca R. & Smole, David P.
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
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 2003-2004 Term
This report is a Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 2003-2004 Term related to Capital Punishment.
Date:
August 12, 2004
Creator:
Wallace, Paul Starett, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Options for House and Senate Committee Organization
This report contains an overview of the options for house and senate committee organization on the Department of Homeland Security since the terrorist attacks of 2001.
Date:
August 13, 2004
Creator:
Schneider, Judy & Rundquist, Paul
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Definition, Patterns and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
December 22, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Forest System Roadless Areas Initiative
None
Date:
July 15, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
None
Date:
August 12, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 1417: The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
H.R. 1417, 108th Congress, first session, was introduced on March 25, 2003 and passed by the House on March 3, 2004. If enacted, this bill would make extensive changed to the procedural framework for adjudicating royalty rates for compulsory licenses under the Copyright Act. This report details the background and legislative action on the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004.
Date:
September 27, 2004
Creator:
Jeweler, Robin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Topics in Aging: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2002
None
Date:
December 15, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library