Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation (open access)

Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation

This report compares and contrasts the differences in House and Senate action on a FY2006 budget resolution. The report details that both bills would require cuts to mandatory programs within each committee's jurisdiction. Although no cuts will be required until a conference agreement on the resolution is reached.
Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Chite, Ralph M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Immigration Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Border Security: Immigration Issues in the 108th Congress

This report provides background information on the main immigration-related border security issues that have been raised as a result of the terrorist attacks and resulting concern for homeland security. It describes enacted legislation in the 107th Congress as well as in previous Congresses that focus on immigration-related border security issues. The report also poses possible immigration-related border security issues the 108th Congress may consider.
Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Seghetti, Lisa M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Democratic Republic of Congo: Transitional Process and U.N. Mission (open access)

Democratic Republic of Congo: Transitional Process and U.N. Mission

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expected to hold local and national elections in mid-2005, as called for in the 2002 South African-sponsored Pretoria Agreement. The Transitional Government faces daunting challenges. The eastern part of the country is marred by insecurity and instability due to factional fighting and the presence of the Interhamwe, the group responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Dagne, Theodore S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 (H.R. 1360, 109th Congress) (open access)

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 (H.R. 1360, 109th Congress)

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Cohen, Henry & Brooks, Nathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities (open access)

The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress (open access)

Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses intelligence issues for Congress including coordination among intelligence agencies, terrorism, and Iraq. Updated March 22, 2005.
Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

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: March 22, 2005
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Safety, Interoperability and the Transition to Digital Television (open access)

Public Safety, Interoperability and the Transition to Digital Television

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Federal Crime Control Assistance to State and Local Governments (open access)

Selected Federal Crime Control Assistance to State and Local Governments

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Hill, Cindy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Size and Role of Government: Economic Issues (open access)

The Size and Role of Government: Economic Issues

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Title X Family Planning Program (open access)

The Title X Family Planning Program

This report discusses Title X of the Public Health Service Act. The program, enacted in 1970, is the only federal program devoted solely to family planning and related preventive health services. Although the authorization for Title X ended with FY1985, funding for the program has been provided through bills that provide appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies.
Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Coleman, Sharon K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): Army Corps of Engineers Authorization Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): Army Corps of Engineers Authorization Issues in the 109th Congress

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library