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The Columbia River Basin’s Fish Passage Center
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Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Lane, Nic
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Data on Enrollment, Premiums, and Cost-Sharing in HSA-Qualified Health Plans
This report analyzes data from America's Health Insurance Plans(AHIP), the national association representing health insurers, on the number of enrollers in HSA-qualified HDHPs.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Peterson, Chris L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations
This report provides an overview of Egyptian politics and current issues in U.S.-Egyptian relations. It briefly provides a political history of modern Egypt, an overview of its political institutions, and a discussion of the prospects for democratization in Egypt, U.S.-Egyptian relations are complex and multi-faceted, and this report addresses the following current topics: the Arab-Israeli peace process, Iraq, terrorism, democratization and reform, human rights, trade, and military cooperation.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Sharp, Jeremy M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History of Supplemental Appropriations, FY1989-FY2006
From FY1989 through FY2006, 33 appropriations, authorization, or farm disaster acts added approximately $55.4 billion in supplemental funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The two most recent supplemental appropriations were provided in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf of Mexico and in preparation for a possible U.S. outbreak of avian influenza. Some FY1989, the vast majority of the total supplemental funding has been paid directly to farmers, primarily through two mechanisms: "market loss payments" and crop disaster payments. This report includes the total annual funding additions in the 33 acts providing economic and farm disaster assistance through USDA programs since FY1989.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment
The proposed acquisition of major operations in six major U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World and of Unocal by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation sparked intense concerns among some Members of Congress and the public and has reignited the debate over what role foreign acquisitions play in U.S. national security. The United States actively promotes internationally the national treatment of foreign firms. Several Members of Congress have introduced various measures during the 2nd Session of the 109th Congress that can be grouped into four major areas: those that deal specifically with the proposed Dubai Ports World acquisition; those that focus more generally on foreign ownership of U.S. ports; those that would amend the CFIUS process; and those that would amend the Exon-Florio process.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Major Policy Issues and Status of Negotiations
This report presents Major policy issues and Status of negotiations related to a Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Warming: The Litigation Heats Up
This report focuses on the legal debate related to global warming, and past and possible litigation. The court cases, decided and pending, address four principal issues, whether the EPA has the authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, from either stationary or mobile sources; whether state regulation of GHG emissions from motor vehicles (limited to California at the moment) preempted by federal law; can the common law of nuisance be used to force cutbacks in GHG emissions; and do the alleged global warming impacts of federal agency actions allow a National Environmental Policy Act challenge?
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Related Border Security Legislation in the 109th Congress
Report on immigration with a focus on border security and related legislation, considered by the 109th Congress.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Nuñez-Neto, Blas & Beaver, Cheryl
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indonesia: Domestic Politics, Strategic Dynamics, and American Interests. April 2006
This report surveys key aspects of Indonesia's domestic politics and strategic dynamics in addition to providing general background information on Indonesia.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Vaughn, Bruce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA)
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Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Transaction Fee on Futures Contracts
None
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
El Salvador: Political, Economic, and Social Conditions and Relations with the United States
This report is on El Salvador: Political, Economic, and Social Conditions and Relations with the United States.
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Ribando, Clare
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues
None
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues
None
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Protection Funding
None
Date:
April 3, 2006
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-Southeast Asia Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications for the United States
This report explores what is behind this shift in China - ASEAN relations and how it may affect American interests in the region. The key policy issue for Congress is to assess how the United States should view China’s expanding posture in Southeast Asia and decide what is the best way to react to this phenomenon. This report may be of assistance to Congressional decision makers as they review legislation such as H.Res. 43 or H.Con.Res. 33 (109th Congress).
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Vaughn, Bruce & Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Impact on the U.S. Automotive Industry
This report discusses China’s impact on the U.S. Automotive Industry. Congress has been concerned with broad policies giving Chinese exporters unfair trade advantages. The Senate approved a bill, added as an amendment to other legislation that would place a high tariff on Chinese imports unless China revalues its pegged exchange rate (S. 295). Further action has been postponed on this measure. Legislation to allow U.S. producers to bring countervailing duty cases against Chinese firms subsidized by their government has been approved in the House (H.R. 3283), and a new law has tightened rules against trade in counterfeited goods (P.L. 109-181).
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Cooney, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Daylight Saving Time
This report gives information on Daylight Saving Time. The contents include its historical background, Changing an Area's time zone, and moving an area o or off DST
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Gurevitz, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
This report addresses the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The CAFTA-DR is a regional agreement with all parties subject to “the same set of obligations and commitments,” but with each country defining its own market access schedule.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Excise Tax on Gasoline and the Highway Trust Fund: A Short History
Excise taxes have long been a part of our country's revenue history. The federal government first imposed its excise tax on gasoline at a one-cent per gallon rate in 1932 to correct a federal budgetary imbalance. The burden for much of the tax ultimately falls on the consumer. The Highway Revenue Act of 1956 established the federal Highway Trust Fund for the direct purpose of funding the construction of an interstate highway system and aiding in the finance of primary, secondary, and urban routes. This act increased the tax on gasoline from two to three cents per gallon. President Bush recently signed a piece of legislation that calls for the extension of the Highway Trust Fund excise tax and an eventual expiration after September 30, 2011.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Jackson, Pamela J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Excise Tax on Tires: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
This report provides an overview of the excise tax on tires.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Jackson, Pamela J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress
Fish and marine mammals are important resources in open ocean and nearshore coastal areas; many federal laws and regulations guide their management. This report discusses a variety of laws and legislation pertaining to this issue.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 108th and 109th Congresses
This report examines two bills that have been introduced in the 109th Congress to address issues regarding Internet gambling.
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles & Thomas, Kenneth R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
None
Date:
April 4, 2006
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library