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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
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Date:
December 27, 2005
Creator:
Archick, Kristin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Date:
December 9, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
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Date:
December 20, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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Date:
December 5, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations
This report highlights Qatar, a small peninsular country in the Persian Gulf, which has emerged as an important ally of the United States since the late 1990s and currently serves as host to major U.S. military facilities for command, basing, and equipment pre-positioning. U.S. officials have described Qatar's counterterrorism cooperation since 9/11 as significant; however, some observers have raised questions about possible support for Al Qaeda by some Qatari citizens, including members of Qatar's large ruling family.
Date:
December 21, 2005
Creator:
Blanchard, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defining Cable Broadband Internet Access Service: Background and Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Brand X Decision
This report provides an overview of the regulatory actions leading up to and an analysis of the Supreme Court's decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Associations v. Brand X Internet Services. It also provides a discussion of the possible legal and economic implications of the Court's decision.
Date:
December 22, 2005
Creator:
Welborn, Angie A. & Goldfarb, Charles B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Budget for FY2006: President’s Request, Congressional Appropriations, and Related Issues
None
Date:
December 16, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation: State Tax on Motor Fuels Distributed to Indian Tribal Retailers
This report discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decison, in Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (No. 94-631), which upheld the application of a non-discriminatory Kansas motor fuels tax to gasoline sold by off-reservation distributors to Indian tribal retailers for on-reservation sales.
Date:
December 9, 2005
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Price Determination in Agricultural Commodity Markets: A Primer
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Date:
December 20, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library