Mining on Federal Lands: Hardrock Minerals (open access)

Mining on Federal Lands: Hardrock Minerals

This report discusses the mining of hardrock minerals on fedearl lands, which is governed by the claim-patent system under the General Mining Law of 1872. It gives an overview the issues involved with the current system, such as competing land uses, and discusses proposed legislation meant to reform the claim-patent system.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Humphries, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Airline Industry: Issues and Role of Congress (open access)

U.S. Airline Industry: Issues and Role of Congress

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Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean and Central America (open access)

HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean and Central America

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Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Zone Management: Background and Reauthorization Issues (open access)

Coastal Zone Management: Background and Reauthorization Issues

This report contains background and an overview of the reauthorization issues of the coastal zone management.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Upton, Harold F. & Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Trade Situation for Fruit and Vegetable Products (open access)

The U.S. Trade Situation for Fruit and Vegetable Products

This report presents recent trends in U.S. fruit and vegetable trade, and highlights some of the factors contributing to these trends. This summary excludes trade data for tree nuts and processed tree nut products. Although not presented here, U.S. exports and imports of tree nuts and processed tree nut products (excluding peanuts) have shown continued increases, with a growing trade surplus of $1.8 billion in 2006.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions (open access)

Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions

Monetary policy can be defined as any policy relating to the supply of money. Since the agency concerned with the supply of money is the nation’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, monetary policy can also be defined in terms of the directives, policies, statements, and actions of the Federal Reserve, particularly those from its Board of Governors that have an effect on national spending. This report discusses current issues regarding monetary policy.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Labonte, Marc & Makinen, Gail E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarantine and Isolation: Selected Legal Issues Relating to Employment (open access)

Quarantine and Isolation: Selected Legal Issues Relating to Employment

This report examines the employment-at-will doctrine, possible application of the public policy exception in the case of a potential influenza pandemic, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and possible application of the nondiscrimination mandates of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee & Shimabukuro, Jon O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts (open access)

Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts

This report contains the economic conditions and selected forecasts in the U.S. in 2008.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Makinen, Gail E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulating a Carbon Market: Issues Raised By the European Carbon and U.S. Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Markets (open access)

Regulating a Carbon Market: Issues Raised By the European Carbon and U.S. Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Markets

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Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments (open access)

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments

This report provides a background on the comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban treaty and its current developments.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bureau of Reclamation’s Aging Infrastructure (open access)

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Aging Infrastructure

This report describes Reclamation's approach to managing aging infrastructure as well as that of two other agencies--- the Army Corps of Engineers and the natural Resources Conservative Service--- involved with significant portfolios of dams and related infrastructures.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Lane, Nic
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption: Status and Recent Developments (open access)

Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption: Status and Recent Developments

This report provides the status and developments of the Hague convention on intercountry adoption.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Weimer, Douglas Reid
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the Endangered Species Act (open access)

Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

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Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources (open access)

The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources

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Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report considers the debate on the efficacy of U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. Moreover, the report discusses how the Bush Administration's review of the progress resulted as inadequate, and thus ways of changing progress are being considered. The report also discusses the NATO led troops in the region.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Marine Protected Areas: An Overview, April 30, 2008] (open access)

[Marine Protected Areas: An Overview, April 30, 2008]

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Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.; Buck, Eugene H. & Upton, Harold F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Long Can the Defense Department Finance FY2008 Operations in Advance of Supplemental Appropriations? (open access)

How Long Can the Defense Department Finance FY2008 Operations in Advance of Supplemental Appropriations?

This report discusses FY2008 appropriations bill, H.R. 2764, providing $485 billion in regular FY2008 appropriations for most agencies of the government.
Date: April 30, 2008
Creator: Daggett, Stephen & Towell, Pat
System: The UNT Digital Library