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Suspension of the Rules in the House of Representatives (open access)

Suspension of the Rules in the House of Representatives

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Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Carr, Thomas P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
VXX Presidential Helicopter: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

VXX Presidential Helicopter: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Middle East Peace Talks (open access)

The Middle East Peace Talks

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Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses intelligence issues for Congress including terrorism, conflicts between Israel and Palestine, in Iraq, and among the former Yugoslav states, and North Korean missile capabilities. Updated February 1, 2005.
Date: February 1, 2005
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress (open access)

Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress

This report provides background information for three types of attacks against computers (cyber-attack, physical attack, and electromagnetic attack), and discusses related vulnerabilities for each type of attack. The report also describes the possible effects of a coordinated cyberattack, or computer network attack (CNA), against U.S. infrastructure computers, along with possible technical capabilities of international terrorists.
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Wilson, Clay
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Union's Arms Control Regime and Arms Exports to China: Background and Legal Analysis (open access)

European Union's Arms Control Regime and Arms Exports to China: Background and Legal Analysis

This report provides detailed background and legal analysis of the nature of the current European Union embargo on arms exports to China. It also provides detailed background on the European Union’s current Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. A strengthened version of the Code would be one of the control mechanisms that would remain should the EU lift the embargo on arms exports to China. This report also gives information on recent EU arms exports authorized for China. It further summarizes U.S. concerns regarding the lifting of the arms embargo, and notes the prospective timing of EU action on the embargo issue.
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F. & Papademetriou, Theresa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals (open access)

Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals

This report details the information related to gasoline prices and discusses on policies and proposals.
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches (open access)

Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches

Over the past decade, worldwide production of illicit drugs has risen dramatically: opium and marijuana production has roughly doubled and coca production tripled. Street prices of cocaine and heroin have fallen significantly in the past 20 years, reflecting increased availability. Despite apparent national political resolve to deal with the drug problem, inherent contradictions regularly appear between U.S. anti-drug policy and other national policy goals and concerns. The mix of competing domestic and international pressures and priorities has produced an ongoing series of disputes within and between the legislative and executive branches concerning U.S. international drug policy. One contentious issue has been the Congressionally-mandated certification process, an instrument designed to induce specified drug-exporting countries to prioritize or pay more attention to the fight against narcotics businesses.
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate over Government Policy (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate over Government Policy

This updated report summarizes the debate on the government policy regarding industrial competitiveness and technological advancement and its influence on the U.S. economy. It discusses the most recent developments, dives into the background and analysis of the topic, and talks about Congress' plans and approach.
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance (open access)

The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance

This report explains the different measures of the U.S. government debt, discusses the historical growth in the debt, identifies the owners of the debt,presents comparisons with the public debt in other countries and examines the potential economic risks associated with a growing federal debt.
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Cashell, Brian W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nepal: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Nepal: Background and U.S. Relations

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Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2006 Appropriations for State and Local Homeland Security (open access)

FY2006 Appropriations for State and Local Homeland Security

This report provides information about the FY2006 Appropriations for the Department of Transportation which is funded through the annual appropriation act. The committee recomo\monded ore funding than the house approved for highway programs and Amtrak.
Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Reese, Shawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress (open access)

United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress

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Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Browne, Marjorie Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Economic Conditions (open access)

China's Economic Conditions

China’s economy continues to be a concern to U.S. policymakers. On the one hand, China’s economic growth presents huge opportunities for U.S. exporters. On the other hand, the surge in Chinese exports to the United States has put competitive pressures on many U.S. industries. Many U.S. policymakers have argued that greater efforts should be made to pressure China to fully implement its WTO commitments and to change various economic policies deemed harmful to U.S. economic interests, such as its currency peg and its use of subsidies to support its SOEs. In addition, recent bids by Chinese state-owned firms to purchase various U.S. firms have raised concerns among Members over the impact such acquisitions could have on U.S. national and economic security.
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) (open access)

The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)

On August 5, 2004, the United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic signed the Dominican Republic- Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, or the DR-CAFTA. The DR-CAFTA was negotiated as a regional agreement in which all parties would be subject to the “the same set of obligations and commitments,” but with each country defining its own separate schedules for market access. It is a comprehensive and reciprocal trade agreement, which distinguishes it from the unilateral preferential trade arrangement between the United States and these countries as part of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), as amended. It liberalizes trade in goods, services, government procurement, intellectual property, investment, and addresses labor and environment issues.
Date: June 1, 2005
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy (open access)

Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy

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Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Arabia:  Terrorist Financing Issues (open access)

Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues

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Date: March 1, 2005
Creator: Prados, Alfred B. & Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Millennium Challenge Account: Implementation of a New U.S. Foreign Aid Initiative (open access)

Millennium Challenge Account: Implementation of a New U.S. Foreign Aid Initiative

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Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Nowels, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate):  FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and the Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity.
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Nowels, Larry & Epstein, Susan B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Base Closures: Redevelopment Assistance Programs (open access)

Military Base Closures: Redevelopment Assistance Programs

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Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism Risk Insurance: An Overview (open access)

Terrorism Risk Insurance: An Overview

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Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reauthorization: Overview of the Issues (open access)

Welfare Reauthorization: Overview of the Issues

In 2003, 12.3 million children lived in families with incomes below the poverty line (a 17.2% child poverty rate). Research has shown that poverty can have negative consequences on a child’s development. Children depend upon their parents for support, and most of the recent policy attention has focused on initiatives to move poor parents (mostly single mothers) from welfare to work and on reducing welfare dependency.
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Falk, Gene; Gish, Melinda & Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development (open access)

Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development

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Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Network-Centric Warfare Concept: Key Programs and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Network-Centric Warfare Concept: Key Programs and Issues for Congress

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Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library