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Serbia and Montenegro Union: Prospects and Policy Implications
None
Date:
April 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
This report provides an overview of an omnibus energy legislation (H.R. 6), including revisions made and a history of the legislation.
Date:
April 19, 2005
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safeguards on Textile and Apparel Imports from China
None
Date:
April 14, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Advisory Committees: A Primer
This report provides information about a Primer on the Federal Advisory Committees. This report set forth definitions and requirements for creating commissions as required by FACA.
Date:
April 15, 2005
Creator:
Smith, Stephanie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Legal Overview
None
Date:
April 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency: Budget, Oil Conservation, and Electricity Conservation Issues
This report includes information related to energy efficiency, including history, various bills and budgets, and conservation. Climate change and energy security related to energy efficiency are also discussed in this report.
Date:
April 18, 2005
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude
This report provides background information and analysis of the U.S.-EU economic relationship.
Date:
April 15, 2005
Creator:
Cooper, William H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues
None
Date:
April 6, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Quasi Government: Hybrid Organizations with Both Government and Private Sector Legal Characteristics
None
Date:
April 26, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Review of Agency Rulemaking
None
Date:
April 5, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Work: Two Examples
This report includes a detailed recitation of factual information and of the Guideline and statutory provisions which the officer believes relevant and applicable.
Date:
April 4, 2005
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ukraine’s Orange Revolution and U.S. Policy
In January 2005, Viktor Yushchenko became Ukraine’s new President, after massive demonstrations helped to overturn the former regime’s electoral fraud, in what has been dubbed the “Orange Revolution,” after Yushchenko’s campaign color. The “Orange Revolution” has sparked a great deal of interest in Congress and elsewhere. This report examines the current political climate in Ukraine and policy issues for the U.S.
Date:
April 1, 2005
Creator:
Woehrel, Steven
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Affiliates in Banking, Finance, and Commerce: Development and Regulatory Background
The proliferation of corporate affiliates in banking, finance, and commerce has figured in discussion of several policy issues, including how to protect against (1) losses incurred by affiliated companies; (2) anticompetitive “tying” of bank and nonbank financial services; and (3) misuse of financial data of consumers. This report outlines the nature and evolution of affiliates, primarily from a regulatory perspective. It provides background for discussing financial issues involving corporate affiliates.
Date:
April 27, 2005
Creator:
Jackson, William D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress
This report discusses the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) also know as mad cow disease, which is a degenerative, fatal disease affecting the nervous system in cattle. Worldwide, BSE has been found in 187,000 animals, 183,000 of them in Great Britain, where it was first detected in 1986.
Date:
April 21, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mercury Emissions from Electric Power Plants: An Analysis of EPA’s Cap-and-Trade Regulations
None
Date:
April 15, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA): Budget, Programs, and Issues
None
Date:
April 11, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Copyright Protection of Digital Television: The “Broadcast Flag”
This report addresses the adoption of a "broadcast flag" system by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect digital division (DTV) broadcasts from unauthorization redistribution.
Date:
April 5, 2005
Creator:
Lening, Carey
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
An Overview of the Impeachment Process
The Constitution sets forth the general principles which control the procedural aspects of impeachment, vesting the power to impeach in the House of Representatives, while imbuing the Senate with the power to try impeachments. Both the Senate and the House have designed procedures to implement these general principles in dealing with a wide range of impeachment issues. This report provides a brief overview of the impeachment process, reflecting the roles of both the House and the Senate during the course of an impeachment inquiry and trial.
Date:
April 20, 2005
Creator:
Halstead, T. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the Deepwater program, which is a 20- to 25-year acquisition effort to replace or modernize 93 aging Coast Guard ships and 207 aging Coast Guard aircraft. The program’s estimated total acquisition cost is $19 billion to $24 billion. On March 25, 2005 the Coast Guard submitted to Congress a revised implementation plan for the program that alters the planned capabilities and numbers of Deepwater assets and the schedule for acquiring or modernizing them. Some Members of Congress have criticized the revised implementation plan. The Coast Guard’s proposed FY2006 budget requests $966 million for the program.
Date:
April 1, 2005
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Former Presidents: Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits
This report provides information about the Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits on Former Presidents, and explains various benefits, such as salary, Secret Service protection, mailing privileges, and travel expenses.
Date:
April 27, 2005
Creator:
Smith, Stephanie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues
This report includes information regarding United States relations and bilateral issues with Jordan. Jordan's reaction to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Jordan's role in peace negotiations, and trade issues are among topics discussed in this report.
Date:
April 13, 2005
Creator:
Prados, Alfred B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Standing Order and Rulemaking Statute: Possible Alternatives to the “Nuclear Option”?
None
Date:
April 20, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism Risk Insurance: An Overview
None
Date:
April 11, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library