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Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues
Report on the military retirement system, including benefits, recent developments, key elements and issues, political climate, and more.
Date:
February 16, 2006
Creator:
Henning, Charles A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues
Report on prisoners of war and those missing in action, including issues in identifying them, historical context, Congressional interest, relevant terms, and more.
Date:
February 16, 2006
Creator:
Henning, Charles A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Medical Care Services: Questions and Answers
Report on the military health services system, including recent developments, background context, purpose and structure of the MHSS, beneficiaries, and more.
Date:
February 8, 2006
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China: Suspected Acquisition of U.S. Nuclear Weapon Secrets
This CRS Report discusses China’s suspected acquisition of U.S. nuclear weapon secrets, including that on the W88, the newest U.S. nuclear warhead, since the late 1970s. This current controversy, began in early 1999, raises policy issues about whether U.S. security is further threatened by the PRC’s suspected use of U.S. nuclear weapon secrets in its development of nuclear forces, as well as whether the Administration’s response to the security problems is effective or mishandled and whether it fairly used or abused its investigative and prosecuting authority.
Date:
February 1, 2006
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
The United States and its allies are helping Afghanistan emerging from more than 22 years of warfare, although substantial risk to Afghan stability remains. Before the U.S. military campaign against the orthodox Islamist Taliban movement began on October 7, 2001, Afghanistan had been mired in conflict since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The defeat of the Taliban has enabled the United States and its coalition partners to send forces throughout Afghanistan to search for Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters and leaders that remain at large, including Osama bin Laden. As the war against remaining Al Qaeda and Taliban elements winds down, the United States is shifting its military focus toward stabilizing the interim government, including training a new Afghan national army, and supporting the international security force (ISAF) that is helping the new government provide security.
Date:
February 21, 2006
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
Report on the U.S. Navy's desire to obtain three new classes of surface combatants, including background issues, oversight, Congressional options, legislative activity, and more.
Date:
February 28, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
Report on the threat of terrorism towards water infrastructure, including security measures, appropriations, information sharing, Congressional responses, and more.
Date:
January 24, 2006
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia & Cody, Betsy A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Transformation: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
This report addresses defense transformation from a DOD-wide perspective. The Bush Administration identified transformation as a major goal for the Department of Defense (DOD) soon after taking office and has since worked to refine and implement its plans for defense transformation. Defense transformation can be defined as large-scale, discontinuous, and possibly disruptive changes in military weapons, concepts of operations (i.e., approaches to warfighting) and organization. The issue for the 109th Congress is how to take the concept of defense transformation into account in assessing and acting on Administration proposals for DOD.
Date:
February 17, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): Overview and Application to Interrogation Techniques
None
Date:
January 25, 2006
Creator:
Garcia, Michael John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol
This report includes some issues for Congress to consider which could include the slow rate of integration between the USBP’s biometric database of illegal aliens and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) biometric database of criminals and terrorists; the number of unauthorized aliens who die attempting to enter the country each year; the organized human smuggling rings that have proliferated as entering the country has become more difficult; and the threat posed by terrorists along the sparsely defended Northern border as well as the more porous Southwest border.
Date:
January 25, 2006
Creator:
Nuñez-Neto, Blas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Implications for U.S. Policy
This report includes background information on Bolivia’s political unrest, economic situation, and relations with the United States. In the past few years, Bolivia has experienced extreme political unrest resulting in the country having six presidents since 2001. Under policies of recently-elected leftist-leaning President Evo Morales, Bolivia's relations with neighboring countries, foreign investors, and the United States have been complicated. For some 20 years, U.S. interest in Bolivia has centered on its role as a coca producer and its relationship to Colombia and Peru, the two other major coca- and cocaine-producing countries in the Andes. U.S.-Bolivian relations have become tense in 2006 in the wake of the Morales government's questionable commitment to combating illegal drugs, increasing ties with Venezuela and Cuba, and the nationalization measure.
Date:
January 25, 2006
Creator:
Ribando, Clare & Veillette, Connie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
February 14, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aircraft Carriers: Proposed Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy - Issues and Options for Congress
None
Date:
February 21, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 109th Congress
None
Date:
January 24, 2006
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.; Hornbeck, J. F.; Ribando, Clare; Storrs, K. Larry; Taft-Morales, Maureen; Veillette, Connie et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency
This report provides background on terrorism and non-state actor challenges, and how military aviation may contribute to operations against these actors. The report discusses issues associated with the use of military aviation against non-state actors, and potential options for consideration.
Date:
January 27, 2006
Creator:
Bolkcom, Christopher & Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Death Benefits: Status and Proposals
This report describes the various death benefits from the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and Social Security available to certain survivors of members of the Armed Forces who die on active duty.
Date:
January 24, 2006
Creator:
Burrelli, David F. & Corwell, Jennifer R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Procurement: Alternative Funding Approaches - Background and Options for Congress
None
Date:
February 21, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Peacekeeping and Conflict Transitions: Background and Congressional Action on Civilian Capabilities
None
Date:
January 26, 2006
Creator:
Serafino, Nina M. & Weiss, Martin A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bioterrorism Countermeasure Development: Issues in Patents and Homeland Security
Congressional interest in the development of bioterrorism countermeasures remains strong, even after passage of legislation establishing Project BioShield. In the 109th Congress, several bills have been introduced, including S. 3, the Protecting America in the War on Terror Act, S. 975, the Project Bioshield II Act, and S. 1873, the Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act, that would generate additional incentives for the creation of new technologies to counteract potential biological threats. These bills propose reforms to current policies and practices associated with intellectual property, particularly patents, and the marketing of pharmaceuticals and related products.
Date:
January 17, 2006
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H. & Thomas, John R.
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:
February 8, 2006
Creator:
Sharp, Jeremy M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China and the CNOOC Bid for Unocal: Issues for Congress
The bid by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to acquire the U.S. energy company Unocal for $18.5 billion raised many issues with U.S. policymakers. This report provides an overview and analysis of the CNOOC bid, U.S. interests, implications for U.S. energy security, U.S. investment in the PRC’s (People’s Republic of China’s) oil industry, the process for reviewing the security and other implications of foreign investment in the United States, Congressional activity, and a listing of unresolved issues.
Date:
February 27, 2006
Creator:
Nanto, Dick K.; Jackson, James K.; Morrison, Wayne M. & Kumins, Lawrence C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Biological Resources
"This report discusses the reported and potential impacts of Hurricane Katrina on the biological resources in the affected region" (p. i).
Date:
February 22, 2006
Creator:
Sheikh, Pervaze A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Development and Information Control in the People's Republic of China
Since its founding in 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has exerted great effort in manipulating the flow of information and prohibiting the dissemination of viewpoints that criticize the government or stray from the official Communist party view. The introduction of Internet technology in the mid-1990’s presented a challenge to government control over news sources, and by extension, over public opinion. While the Internet has developed rapidly, broadened access to news, and facilitated mass communications in China, many forms of expression online, as in other mass media, are still significantly stifled. This report discusses the history of this issue and examines the U.S.'s response.
Date:
February 10, 2006
Creator:
Lum, Thomas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls
None
Date:
January 26, 2006
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library