Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses legislative initiatives to address the challenges facing the U.S. Intelligence Community in the 21st century.
Date: December 22, 2005
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues (open access)

Renewable Energy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues

This report provides background an analysis of renewably energy, its contribution to the national energy supply, role in the long-term energy supply, history, relevant provisions considered during the 109th Congress, relation to the Department of Energy (DOE) budget for FY2006, energy production, and relation to climate change. It also includes information about relevant legislation, Congressional hearings, reports, and documents, and other resources.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: Sissine, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Special Rules Regulate Calling up Measures for Consideration in the House (open access)

How Special Rules Regulate Calling up Measures for Consideration in the House

This fact sheet describes how a special rule -- a House resolution that regulates consideration of a specific legislative measure named in the resolution -- may set terms for consideration by Representatives. It includes information about the system of privilege, forms of consideration, and how the rules are used to manage the agenda.
Date: December 5, 2005
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals (open access)

Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals

This report discusses policy options for Congress regarding gas prices. The high price of gasoline was an important consideration during the debate on major energy legislation, which ended with the Energy Policy Act of 2005, H.R. 6 (P.L. 109-58). However, prices continued to surge, due to a large number of factors, such as the effects of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast refineries, an increased world demand for crude oil, and inadequate U.S. refinery capacity.
Date: December 5, 2005
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
Violence Against Women Act: History and Federal Funding (open access)

Violence Against Women Act: History and Federal Funding

This report provides a brief legislative history of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and an overview of the crimes addressed through VAWA. It concludes with a brief description of the most recent reauthorization of VAWA.
Date: December 1, 2005
Creator: Laney, Garrine P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Presidential Election Campaign Fund and Tax Checkoff: Background and Current Issues (open access)

The Presidential Election Campaign Fund and Tax Checkoff: Background and Current Issues

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Date: December 12, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Questions and Answers (open access)

The European Union: Questions and Answers

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Date: December 27, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union in 2006 and Beyond (open access)

The European Union in 2006 and Beyond

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Date: December 27, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aircraft Carriers: Proposed Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy — Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy Aircraft Carriers: Proposed Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy — Issues and Options for Congress

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Date: December 8, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2006 Homeland Security Grant Guidance Distribution Formulas: Issues for the 109th Congress (open access)

FY2006 Homeland Security Grant Guidance Distribution Formulas: Issues for the 109th Congress

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Date: December 9, 2005
Creator: Reese, Shawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies (House)/ Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies (House)/ Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations

This report monitors actions taken by the 109th Congress for the House’s Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies (SSJC) and the Senate’s Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) FY2006 appropriations legislation.
Date: December 23, 2005
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F. & Epstein, Susan B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Value-Added Tax as a New Revenue Source (open access)

Value-Added Tax as a New Revenue Source

This report discusses the valueadded tax (VAT), which has been frequently discussed as a full or partial replacement for the U.S. income tax system.
Date: December 22, 2005
Creator: Bickley, James M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: An Overview (open access)

Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: An Overview

This report provides a historical overview of federal authority regarding pesticide fees, including the amount of fee revenues collected over time, and summarizes the key elements of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) and the revisions reflected in PRIA 2.
Date: December 19, 2005
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean (open access)

Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

This report describes the nature and scope of the problem of trafficking in persons in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report then describes U.S. efforts to deal with trafficking in persons in the region, as well as discusses the successes and failures of some recent country and regional anti-trafficking efforts. The report concludes by raising several issues for policy consideration that may be helpful as the 109th Congress continues to address human trafficking as part of its authorization, appropriations, and oversight activities.
Date: December 15, 2005
Creator: Ribando, Clare
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United States and Europe: Current Issues (open access)

The United States and Europe: Current Issues

The United States and Europe share a long and intertwined history. Despite the end of the Cold War, both sides of the Atlantic continue to face a common set of international concerns, have few other comparable partners, and share a huge economic relationship. Nevertheless, numerous foreign policy and trade conflicts have seriously challenged U.S.-European relations in recent years. This report examines the current state of the transatlantic relationship and key issues in Europe and beyond that have implications for U.S. interests.
Date: December 28, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Card Minimum Payments (open access)

Credit Card Minimum Payments

Recently, credit card issuers began adjusting their minimum payment formulas, raising the amount of the required monthly payment. Congress has focused on the need to increase consumer awareness of the financial jeopardy that can result from paying only the required minimum. This report provides an overview of the issues and congressional action. It will be updated as events warrant.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Smale, Pauline
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wild Horse and Burro Issues (open access)

Wild Horse and Burro Issues

This report discusses the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, which sought to protect wild horses and burros on federal lands and placed them under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS). Management of wild horses and burros has long been controversial. Current issues include the priority to be given wild horses and burros in land use decisions, removal of animals from the range, adoption and sales programs, slaughter of animals, holding animals in facilities, use of fertility control, and costs of management.
Date: December 9, 2005
Creator: Vincent, Carol H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importing Prescription Drugs: Objectives, Options, and Outlook (open access)

Importing Prescription Drugs: Objectives, Options, and Outlook

This report provides an overview about the Objectives, Options, and Outlook on Importing Prescription Drugs.it also examines the issues,spells out how they are treated from bill to bill, and refer to alternatives to important to ease the burden of prescription drug.
Date: December 8, 2005
Creator: Thaul, Susan & Vogt, Donna U.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture (open access)

Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture

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Date: December 9, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): Issues and Proposed Expansion (open access)

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): Issues and Proposed Expansion

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Date: December 9, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Azerbaijan’s 2005 Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Azerbaijan’s 2005 Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications for U.S. Interests

This report discusses Azerbaijan's democratization progress as evidenced by its 2005 legislative election.
Date: December 8, 2005
Creator: Nichol, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ricin: Technical Background and Potential Role in Terrorism (open access)

Ricin: Technical Background and Potential Role in Terrorism

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Date: December 20, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Intelligence and Policymaking: The Iraq Experience (open access)

U.S. Intelligence and Policymaking: The Iraq Experience

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Date: December 2, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism Risk Insurance Legislation: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side (open access)

Terrorism Risk Insurance Legislation: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side

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Date: December 5, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library