This report discusses the history, current posture, and outlook for federal energy tax policy. It also discusses current energy tax proposals and major energy tax provisions enacted in the 109th Congress.

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This report provides information about the Congressional Oversight and Related Issues Concerning the Prospective Security Agreement Between the United States and Iraq.

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This report discusses the political and economic conditions in Dominican Republic and its relations with United States.

This report discusses the farm bill, which renewed about every five years, governs federal farm and food policy.

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This report explores the reasons behind government funding of research and development and subsequent efforts to facilitate private sector commercialization of the results of such work.

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This report presents the factual situation presented by Andrew Speaker; briefly addresses the existing law relating to quarantine and isolation, with an emphasis on the interaction of state and federal laws and international agreements; and examines the relationship of quarantine and isolation to civil rights protections.

This report first describes the current select committees on intelligence and then the former Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, often cited as a model for a counterpart on intelligence.

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This report provides information aobut the Effects on Economic Recovery, Long-Term Growth, and the Stock Market on Dividend Tax Relief.

The Internal Revenue Service considers payments received under the Conservation Reserve Program self-employment income even though they are called "annual rental payments," and rental income from real property is generally excluded from self-employment income. Bills have been repeatedly introduced before Congress to statutorily exclude the Conservation Reserve Program payments from self-employment tax, but these bills generally have dies in committee. This report contains information on the background and congressional response to these issues.

This report provides brief summaries of the major federal laws affecting financial institutions and markets.

In Juen 2005, G8 finance ministers proposed the new Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). The MDRI proposes to cancel debts of some of the world's poorest countries owed to the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and African Development Bank. This report discusses MDRI's implementation and raises some issues regarding debt relief's effectiveness as a form of foreign assistance for possible congressional consideration.