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Homeland Security Department: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Homeland Security Department: FY2006 Appropriations

The annual consideration of appropriations bills (regular, continuing, and supplemental) by Congress is part of a complex set of budget processes that also encompasses the consideration of budget resolutions, revenue and debt-limit legislation, other spending measures, and reconciliation bills. In addition, the operation of programs and the spending of appropriated funds are subject to constraints established in authorizing statutes. Congressional action on the budget for a fiscal year usually begins following the submission of the President’s budget at the beginning of each annual session of Congress. Congressional practices governing the consideration of appropriations and other budgetary measures are rooted in the Constitution, the standing rules of the House and Senate, and statutes, such as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Date: October 5, 2005
Creator: Lake, Jennifer E. & Nuñez-Neto, Blas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations (open access)

Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS products.
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security since 9/11 (open access)

The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security since 9/11

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, CRS estimates that the Administration has allocated a total of about $357 billion for military operations, reconstruction, embassy costs, and various foreign aid programs in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for enhanced security at defense bases. This total includes $45 billion in “bridge” funding for the Department of Defense (DOD) as provided in H.J.Res. 68 /P.L.109- 77, a FY2006 Continuing Resolution, which was signed by the President on September 30, 2005.
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security since 9/11 (open access)

The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security since 9/11

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, CRS estimates that the Administration has allocated a total of about $357 billion for military operations, reconstruction, embassy costs, and various foreign aid programs in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for enhanced security at defense bases. This total includes $45 billion in “bridge” funding for the Department of Defense (DOD) as provided in H.J.Res. 68 /P.L.109- 77, a FY2006 Continuing Resolution, which was signed by the President on September 30, 2005.
Date: October 6, 2005
Creator: Belasco, Amy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact on States of Revised Redistribution of Unspent FY2002 SCHIP Allotments (open access)

Impact on States of Revised Redistribution of Unspent FY2002 SCHIP Allotments

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Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Peterson, Chris L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricanes Katrina (open access)

Hurricanes Katrina

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has three primary mechanisms of providing federal funding to meet the mental health and substance abuse prevention needs of victims of recent hurricanes: the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP), SAMHSA Emergency Response Grants (SERG), and supplemental appropriations. CCPs may be of interest to Congress, as questions have arisen regarding their appropriate scope and duration following two previous large-scale emergency situations (the Oklahoma City bombing, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks). SERG may also be of interest, as Congress may consider amending or suspending existing law to enhance the availability of grant money. Congress has already passed two supplemental appropriations . This may lead Congress to consider a range of oversight options. This report will be updated as needed.
Date: October 5, 2005
Creator: Williams, Erin D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Base Closures: Highlights of the 2005 BRAC Commission Report and Proposed Legislation (open access)

Military Base Closures: Highlights of the 2005 BRAC Commission Report and Proposed Legislation

This report presents an overview of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) report presented to the President, which recommended 190 bases for closure and realignment. This report also highlights legislation recommendations made by the commission.
Date: October 5, 2005
Creator: Else, Daniel H. & Lockwood, David E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uzbekistan's Closure of the Airbase at Karshi-Khanabad: Context and Implications (open access)

Uzbekistan's Closure of the Airbase at Karshi-Khanabad: Context and Implications

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Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act: Legislation Concerning Notification Prior to Initiating Legal Action (open access)

The Americans with Disabilities Act: Legislation Concerning Notification Prior to Initiating Legal Action

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides broad nondiscrimination protection in employment, public services, and public accommodation and services operated by private entities. Since the 106th Congress, legislation has been introduced to require plaintiffs to provide notice to the defendant prior to filing a complaint regarding public accommodations. In the 109th Congress, H.R. 2804 was introduced by Representative Foley to amend title III of the ADA to require notification.
Date: October 12, 2005
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Davis-Bacon Suspension and Its Legislative Aftermath (open access)

Davis-Bacon Suspension and Its Legislative Aftermath

During the last week of August 2005, Hurricane Katrina gathered strength in the Atlantic and moved against the gulf states. On September 8, 2005, amid the devastation left in Katrina’s wake, President George W. Bush suspended the Davis-Bacon Act as it applies to certain jurisdictions in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Although the President has the authority, under Section 6 of the Act, to render such suspensions during a national emergency, that authority has rarely been utilized.1 This report analyzes the legislative aftermath of the suspension.
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal and State Laws Regarding Pharmacists Who Refuse to Dispense Contraceptives (open access)

Federal and State Laws Regarding Pharmacists Who Refuse to Dispense Contraceptives

This report provides an analysis of federal and state laws that govern whether or not pharmacists may refuse to fill valid prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraceptives.
Date: October 7, 2005
Creator: Feder, Jody
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Survivors Benefits (open access)

Social Security Survivors Benefits

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Date: October 6, 2005
Creator: Romig, Kathleen & Szymendera, Scott
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

District of Columbia: FY2006 Appropriations

This report is a guide to the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant.
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Revisions and Adjustments (open access)

Congressional Budget Resolutions: Revisions and Adjustments

Following a brief discussion of budget resolutions and the congressional budget process, this report examines the several ways in which budget levels and other matters included in budget resolutions may be revised or adjusted, the authorities that underpin the making of such revisions and adjustments, and actual practices of the House and Senate in this regard.
Date: October 19, 2005
Creator: Keith, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Rule XIV Procedures for Placing Measures Directly on the Senate Calendar (open access)

Senate Rule XIV Procedures for Placing Measures Directly on the Senate Calendar

This report describes the Senate Rule XIV, para. 2, which requires that bills and resolutions have three readings before passage, and that they be read twice before being referred to committee.
Date: October 25, 2005
Creator: Koempel, Michael L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals (open access)

Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals

This report provides background information and analysis regarding oil related issues and issues beyond the Energy Policy Act.
Date: October 5, 2005
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations (open access)

Pakistan-U.S. Relations

This report provides background and analysis on Pakistan and discusses most recent developments, as well as Pakistan-U.S. relations.
Date: October 13, 2005
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
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, and is updated as events warrant.
Date: October 20, 2005
Creator: Nowels, Larry & Epstein, Susan B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Issues for the 109th Congress (open access)

Medicaid Issues for the 109th Congress

This report provides background information for medicaid reforms and discuses proposals for reform.
Date: October 20, 2005
Creator: Hearne, Jean P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress

This report discusses a number of immigration reform-related issues that have seen legislative action or are of significant congressional interest.
Date: October 17, 2005
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Nuñez-Neto, Blas; Garcia, Michael John; Viña, Stephen R. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues (open access)

Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues

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Date: October 25, 2005
Creator: Henning, Charles A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speaker Hastert's Plan to Offset Spending: A Procedural Perspective (open access)

Speaker Hastert's Plan to Offset Spending: A Procedural Perspective

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Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Keith, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues (open access)

Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues

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Date: October 20, 2005
Creator: Rollins, John & Wilson, Clay
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Disruption from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (open access)

Oil and Gas Disruption from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

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Date: October 21, 2005
Creator: Kumins, Lawrence C. & Bamberger, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library