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Veterans Affairs: Basic Eligibility for Disability Benefit Programs
This report examines the eligibility criteria and the fundamentals of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administered disability benefit programs and related issues.
Date:
September 28, 2005
Creator:
Weimer, Douglas Reid
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Google Book Search Project: Is Online Indexing a Fair Use Under Copyright Law?
This report provides background on the pending litigation. Google, Inc. is digitally scanning the collections of several prominent libraries in order to create a vast searchable database of literary works. Copyright holders who have not authorized and object to the digitization have filed suit against the company.
Date:
December 28, 2005
Creator:
Jeweler, Robin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues
This report discusses issues in U.S.-Jordanian relations. These issues include the stability of the Jordanian regime, democratic reform under way in Jordan, the role of Jordan in the Arab-Israeli peace process, Jordan’s concerns over the U.S.-led campaign against Iraq in 2003, and its relations with other regional states.
Date:
January 28, 2005
Creator:
Prados, Alfred B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
This issue brief discusses the increasing attention being paid to alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, the proponents of which point to their potential to improve urban air quality, decrease dependence on foreign oil, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The brief also discusses the major barriers currently preventing widespread use of such technologies, and discusses these technologies in the particular contexts of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Date:
February 28, 2005
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress
This report discuses lumber imports from Canada and provides a concise historical account of the dispute, summarizes the subsidy and injury evidence, and discusses the current issues and events.
Date:
June 28, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Telecommunications Discounts for Schools and Libraries: The “E-Rate” Program and Controversies
This report addresses the controversial issues surrounding the E-rate program’s implementation and subsequent legislative measures introduced to address these issues. An additional issue, concern that minors may gain access to “inappropriate” material through the Internet has also had an impact on the E-rate program.
Date:
July 28, 2005
Creator:
Gilroy, Angele A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Excise Taxes on Tobacco Products: Rates and Revenues
This report examines increases in excise tax rates on tobacco products contained in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33). Under that act, the increased rates on tobacco products became effective in two stages. The first scheduled increase in rates occurred on January 1, 2000, while the second increase in rates occurred two years later on January 1, 2002
Date:
April 28, 2005
Creator:
Talley, Louis Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education and Training Funded by the H-1B Visa Fee and the Demand for Information Technology and Other Professional Specialty Workers. April 2005
This report begins by discussing the provisions of the relevant immigration legislation passed in 1998, 2000, and by the 108th Congress in late 2004.
Date:
April 28, 2005
Creator:
Levine, Linda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparing Automotive and Steel Industry Legacy Cost Issues
Delphi is the largest U.S automotive parts supplier and concerns are growing over increasing costs of health care benefits. The automotive industry aims to reduce legacy costs and the article compares steel and automotive legacy costs.
Date:
November 28, 2005
Creator:
Cooney, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Animal Identification and Meat Traceability
This report focuses on animal ID and meat traceability. However, traceability, and the somewhat different but related concepts of “identity preservation” and “product segregation,” also pertain to other agricultural products (e.g., grains) and issues (e.g., genetically modified, or GM, crops; the labeling of GM foods; and the production and labeling of organic foods)
Date:
June 28, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Policy
This report brief discusses the history, current posture, and outlook for federal energy tax policy.
Date:
July 28, 2005
Creator:
Lazzari, Salvatore
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt
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Date:
November 28, 2005
Creator:
Murray, Justin & Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Loan Companies/Banks and the Separation of Banking and Commerce: Legislative and Regulatory Perspectives
This report analyzes the controversy by providing a historical overview of the separation of banking and commerce.
Date:
November 28, 2005
Creator:
Jackson, William D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 109th Congress
This report examines efforts to amend the FOI Act.
Date:
June 28, 2005
Creator:
Relyea, Harold C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Banking and Financial Infrastructure Continuity
This report outlines recovery modes to mitigate disasters in financial markets that events have tested, and recovery arrangements.
Date:
March 28, 2005
Creator:
Jackson, William D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations
This report is categorized into four categories: (I) Background, (II) U.S.-Andean Trade, (III) Selected Issues in the Negotiations and (IV) Prospects.
Date:
April 28, 2005
Creator:
Sek, Lenore
System:
The UNT Digital Library