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Parental Notification and Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (open access)

Parental Notification and Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England

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Date: December 2, 2005
Creator: Shimabukuro, Jon O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet: An Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth (open access)

Internet: An Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth

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Date: December 20, 2005
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.; Moteff, John D.; Kruger, Lennard G.; Gilroy, Angele A.; Seifert, Jeffrey W.; Figliola, Patricia Moloney et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress

This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to approve energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Current law forbids energy leasing in the Refuge. This report addresses several legislative options on the issue, as well as policymakers' arguments for and against development, especially in the wake of increasing terrorism since 2000-2001.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne; Gelb, Bernard A. & Baldwin, Pamela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reauthorization: An Overview of the Issues (open access)

Welfare Reauthorization: An Overview of the Issues

The conference agreement on the spending budget reconciliation bill (S. 1932) includes a scaled-back version of welfare reauthorization legislation. The agreement would extend the basic Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant at current funding levels through FY2010; increase the share of TANF families required to participate in work activities; increase child care funding from current levels by $200 million per year ($1 billion over five years, FY2006-FY2010); provide federal cost-sharing for child support passed through to TANF and former TANF families; provide up to $100 million per year in demonstration grants for the promotion of “healthy marriages”; and establish $50 million per year for “responsible fatherhood” initiatives.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Falk, Gene; Gish, Melinda & Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Energy Policy (open access)

Nuclear Energy Policy

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Date: December 13, 2005
Creator: Holt, Mark
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: December 29, 2005
Creator: Browne, Marjorie Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missile Defense: The Current Debate (open access)

Missile Defense: The Current Debate

This report discusses the missile defense programs, elimination of the distinction between national and theater missile defense and the deployment options for a “layered” capability to intercept missiles aimed at U.S. territory across the whole spectrum of their flight path.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Hildreth, Steven A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations (open access)

Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations

This report provides an annotated list of U.N. agencies that are involved in Iraq, key U.S. government agencies, and a sample list of major international and U.S.- based aid organizations that are providing humanitarian assistance to Iraq. Internet links to the U.N. agencies and humanitarian aid organizations are also provided.
Date: December 6, 2005
Creator: Coipuram, Thomas, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
European Views and Policies Toward the Middle East (open access)

European Views and Policies Toward the Middle East

Managing policy differences on a range of issues emanating from the Middle East poses serious challenges for the United States and its European allies and friends. The most vitriolic dispute has centered on the conflict in Iraq. However, divisions over how best to approach the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, manage Iran and Syria, and combat terrorism also persist. How deep and lasting the clash over Iraq and subsequent Middle East policies will be to transatlantic relations will likely depend on several factors, including whether Washington and European capitals can cooperate more robustly to rebuild Iraq; whether Europeans perceive a renewed U.S. commitment to revive the Middle East peace process; and whether differences over Mideast issues spill over into NATO or impede EU efforts to forge a deeper Union.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues (open access)

Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues

Report on the legal issues surrounding same-sex marriage, including the Defense of Marriage Act, challenges to the act, state response, federal legislation, and more.
Date: December 5, 2005
Creator: Smith, Alison M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S. Relations (open access)

Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S. Relations

This report deals with broader issues in U.S. relations with the Caribbean and does not include an extensive discussion of Haiti and Cuba. U.S. policy toward these Caribbean nations is covered in two CRS products: CRS Report RL32294, Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns, and CRS Report RL32730, Cuba: Issues for the 109th Congress.
Date: December 20, 2005
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis (open access)

Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis

Report on the regulations on broadcasting, including discussions of the Golden Globe and Super Bowl Halftime incidents, current regulations, Congressional response, and more.
Date: December 2, 2005
Creator: Welborn, Angie A. & Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns (open access)

Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns

This report discusses the socioeconomic and political situation in Haiti, and U.S. policy since 1991.
Date: December 1, 2005
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Major Tax Issues in the 109th Congress

Report on tax issues facing Congress in late 2005, including state of the economy, federal budget, Hurricane Katrina, and more.
Date: December 8, 2005
Creator: Brumbaugh, David L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Energy and Water Development: 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 House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development. 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: December 1, 2005
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
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: December 9, 2005
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: 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 and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 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: December 1, 2005
Creator: Irwin, Paul M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens (open access)

Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens

This report discusses immigration policy and expedited removal, an immigration enforcement strategy originally conceived to operate at the borders and ports of entry, recently has been expanded in certain border regions.
Date: December 9, 2005
Creator: Siskin, Alison & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget Reconciliation Legislation in 2005 (open access)

Budget Reconciliation Legislation in 2005

The budget reconciliation process is a two-step process involving the inclusion of reconciliation instructions in the budget resolution, which direct committees to develop legislation achieving the desired budgetary outcomes, and the subsequent consideration of the resultant reconciliation legislation under expedited procedures.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Keith, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Law of Church and State: Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito (open access)

The Law of Church and State: Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito

This report provides an overview of opinions addressing issues related to the law of church and state written by Judge Alito while serving on the Third Circuit and Supreme Court precedent relevant to those cases.
Date: December 12, 2005
Creator: Welborn, Angie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority (open access)

Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority

This report provides an overview of federal and state public health laws as they relate to the quarantine and isolation of individuals, a discussion of constitutional issues that may be raised should individual liberties be restricted in a quarantine situation, and federalism questions that may arise where federal and state authorities overlap. In addition, the possible role of the armed forces in enforcing public health measures is discussed, specifically whether the Posse Comitatus Act would constrain any military role, and other statutory authorities that may be used for the military enforcement of health measures.
Date: December 12, 2005
Creator: Swendiman, Kathleen S. & Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: A Primer (open access)

Medicaid: A Primer

This report describes the basic elements of Medicaid, focusing on federal rules governing who is eligible, what services are covered, how the program is financed and how beneficiaries share in the cost, how providers are paid, and the role of special waivers in expanding eligibility and modifying benefits.
Date: December 19, 2005
Creator: Herz, Elicia J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199): A Side-by-Side Comparison of Existing Law, H.R. 3199 (Conference) and H.R. 3199 (Senate Passed) (open access)

USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199): A Side-by-Side Comparison of Existing Law, H.R. 3199 (Conference) and H.R. 3199 (Senate Passed)

The Uruguay Round Agreements Act, which legislatively approved the United States' membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), also contains provisions setting out the legislative procedure for revoking such approval, potentially leading to the withdrawal of the United States from the WTO. This report sets out the functional timetable and requirements for taking legislative action for United States withdrawal from the WTO.
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Yeh, Brian T. & Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1997-2004 (open access)

U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1997-2004

Report on U.S. arms sales, including the agreements and deliveries, tables of the purchases, and more.
Date: December 29, 2005
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library