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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act
This report is intended to provide an overview of the Adequate Yearly Process (AYP) concept and several related issues, a description of the AYP provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, and an analysis of the implementation of these provisions by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the states. It will be updated when major administrative actions are taken by ED, or substantial new data on state implementation become available.
Date:
July 28, 2004
Creator:
Riddle, Wayne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues
This report discusses three major vehicle technologies — electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles — as well as advanced component technologies. Each technology is discussed in terms of cost, fueling and maintenance infrastructure, and performance. The report also discusses key legislation in the 108th Congress, as well as federal, state, and local activity relevant to these technologies. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Date:
January 28, 2004
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
The United States and its allies are helping Afghanistan emerging from more than 22 years of warfare, although substantial risk to Afghan stability remains. Before the U.S. military campaign against the orthodox Islamist Taliban movement began on October 7, 2001, Afghanistan had been mired in conflict since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The defeat of the Taliban has enabled the United States and its coalition partners to send forces throughout Afghanistan to search for Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters and leaders that remain at large, including Osama bin Laden. As the war against remaining Al Qaeda and Taliban elements winds down, the United States is shifting its military focus toward stabilizing the interim government, including training a new Afghan national army, and supporting the international security force (ISAF) that is helping the new government provide security.
Date:
December 28, 2004
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
AIDS in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has been far more severely affected by AIDS than any other part of the world. The United Nations reports that 26.6 million adults and children are infected with the HIV virus in the region, which has about 10% of the world's population but more than two-thirds of the worldwide total of infected people. This report discusses this issue in detail, including the cause of the African AIDS epidemic, the social and economic consequences, response and treatment, and U.S. policy.
Date:
May 28, 2004
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2005: VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
This report discusses the Veterans Affairs (VA), Housing and Urban Development(HUD), and Independent Agencies Appropriations for FY2005.
Date:
December 28, 2004
Creator:
Bordon, Richard & Graney, Paul
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arsenic-Treated Wood: Background and Overview
This report provides a background and overview of arsenic-treated wood.
Date:
May 28, 2004
Creator:
Simpson, Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Athens Olympics 2004: U.S. Government Involvement in Security Preparations
This report discusses the U.S. government involvement in security preparations for the Athens Olympics 2004, the first Summer Games to be held since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Date:
July 28, 2004
Creator:
Halchin, L. Elaine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: U.S.-Canada Immigration Border Issues
This report discusses the U.S.-Canada Immigration Border Issues related to Border Security.
Date:
December 28, 2004
Creator:
Seghetti, Lisa M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2005
This report discusses the federal budget for fiscal year 2005.
Date:
May 28, 2004
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
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:
October 28, 2004
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Care and Child Welfare: Background Checks
This report discusses the details related to background checks to help ensure the safety of children served through their organizations.
Date:
June 28, 2004
Creator:
Swenson, Kendall
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Civil Service Reform: Analysis of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2004
This report analyzes each of the provisions in Title XI of P.L. 108-136.
Date:
January 28, 2004
Creator:
Schwemle, Barbara L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress
This report provides information about the Clean Air Act Issues in the 106th Congress. Congress last enacted major amendments to the clear air act in 1990 and EPA is in the midst of implementing numerous provisions of those amendments.
Date:
July 28, 2004
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Issues in the 108th Congress
Prospects for legislative initiatives to comprehensively amend the Clean Water Act have stated for some time over whether and exactly how to change the law, and Congress has recently focused legislative attention on narrow bills to extend or modify selected Clean Water Act programs, rather than taking up comprehensive proposals. This report contains information on the issues and actions regarding the Clean Water Act addressed in the 108th Congress.
Date:
June 28, 2004
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of 9/11 Commission Recommended Intelligence Reforms, S. 2845, S. 2774, H.R. 5024, Administration Proposal, H.R. 10, Current Law
This report, the second of two reports, presents side-by-side comparisons of the 9/11 Commission recommendations and current law and legislation proposed by Senators Collins and Lieberman (S. 2845) and unanimously approved by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on September 22, 2004, as amended; House Speaker Dennis Hastert (H.R. 10), as reported out be the House Committee on Rules; Senators McCain and Lieberman (S. 2774); Representative Pelosi (H.R. 5024); and President Bush. CRS Report RL32600 presents side-by-side comparisons of the 9/11 Commission recommendations and current law; and legislation proposed by Senators Feinstein, Bob Graham, Daschle, and Roberts; President Bush; and relevant provisions of current law.
Date:
September 28, 2004
Creator:
Cumming, Alfred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparisons of U.S. and Foreign Military Spending: Data from Selected Public Sources
This report lists and compares military expenditures of the United States and foreign nations using two sources: the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies’ (IISS) The Military Balance, and the U.S. State Department’s World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (WMEAT). Although the IISS and the U.S. State Department aim to provide figures that are as consistent and accurate as possible, cross-national comparisons of defense spending are inherently imperfect. Available sets of figures are useful, but often do not correspond with one another for a variety of reasons. This report provides two sets of figures from widely recognized sources in order to offer Congress a sample of the data published on this topic.
Date:
January 28, 2004
Creator:
Chamberlin, Jeffrey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Budget Process: A Brief Overview
This report provides an overview of the congressional budget process. It also consists an accompanying flow chart, which are intended to describe each parts of the budget process that involve Congress, clarify the role played by each, and explain hoe they operate together.
Date:
January 28, 2004
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Copyright Law: Digital Rights Management Legislation
Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to the technology that copyright owners use to protect digital media. This report surveys several of the DRM bills that were introduced in the 107th Congress and those that are pending in the 108th Congress. Generally, the bills are directed at two separate goals. One goal is to increase access to digitally-protected media for lawful purposes. The other attempts to thwart digital piracy and would do so by enhancing civil and criminal sanctions for digital (and traditional) copyright infringement and educating the public about the rights of copyright holders.
Date:
May 28, 2004
Creator:
Jeweler, Robin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): FY2005 Budget
None
Date:
December 28, 2004
Creator:
Bourdon, Richard; Foote, Bruce E.; McCarty, Maggie & Boyd, Eugene
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Duration of Continuing Resolutions in Recent Years
None
Date:
September 28, 2004
Creator:
Keith, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education for the Disadvantaged: Overview of ESEA Title 1-A Amendments Under the No Child Left Behind Act
Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) authorizes federal aid to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the education of disadvantaged children. Title I-A grants provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving and other pupils attending schools with relatively high concentrations of pupils from low-income families in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Title I-A is the largest federal elementary and secondary education assistance program, with services provided to (a) over 90% of all LEAs; (b) approximately 45,000 (58% of all) public schools; and (c) approximately 11 million (22% of all) pupils, including approximately 167,000 pupils attending private schools. Four-fifths of all pupils served are in pre-kindergarten through grade 6, while only 5% of pupils served are in grades 10-12.
Date:
October 28, 2004
Creator:
Riddle, Wayne C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of State-Legalized Same-Sex Marriage on Social Security Benefits and Pensions
None
Date:
July 28, 2004
Creator:
Heltzel, Laura & Purcell, Patrick J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Electoral College: How it Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
The Constitution assigns each state a number of electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of Representatives delegations; at present, the number of electors per state ranges from three to 55, for a total of 538. This report discuses constitutional origins, the electoral college today and explains the allocation of electors and electoral votes.
Date:
September 28, 2004
Creator:
Neale, Thomas H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Communications: The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings
This report summarizes the technology and administration of EAS and the NOAA/NWS all-hazard network, and some of the key proposals for change.
Date:
September 28, 2004
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library