Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (open access)

Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

This report discusses political, economic, and security challenges facing Azerbaijan, including the unsettled conflict in the breakaway Nagorno Karabakh region. A table provides basic facts and biographical information. Related products include CRS Report RL33453, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, by Jim Nichol.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Nichol, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fair Housing Act: Legal Overview (open access)

The Fair Housing Act: Legal Overview

This report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Housing Practices in Which Discrimination is Prohibited, (III) Familial Discrimination and Housing for Older Persons, (IV) Discrimination Based on Handicap, (V) Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Constitutional Issues Relating to Proposals for Legislation to Impose an Interest Rate Freeze/Reduction on Existing Mortgages (open access)

Constitutional Issues Relating to Proposals for Legislation to Impose an Interest Rate Freeze/Reduction on Existing Mortgages

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Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Telework for Executive Agency Employees: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Legislation Pending in the 111th Congress (open access)

Telework for Executive Agency Employees: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Legislation Pending in the 111th Congress

S. 1000, the Telework Enhancement Act of 2007, and H.R. 4106, the Telework Improvements Act of 2008, are currently pending in the 110th Congress. Under the pending legislation and Senate amendments, the heads of executive branch agencies would be required to establish policies under which employees (with some exceptions) could be eligible to participate in telework. This report presents a side-by-side comparison of the provisions of S. 1000, as reported; H.R. 4106, as passed by the House.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Schwemle, Barbara L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: An Overview (open access)

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: June 11, 2008
Creator: Esworthy, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

This report gives a summary of the usage of the War Powers Resolution (WPR) and various issues related to proposals to modify or repeal the resolution. The report summarizes most recent developments and background, and gives an overview of United Nations actions, and WPR activities in former Yugoslavia/Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq (post-1991), Haiti, and Somalia. It also includes commentary on the instances formally reported under the WPR, consultation with Congress, and the current issues which Congress is considering.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests (open access)

Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

This report discusses political, economic, and security challenges facing Azerbaijan, including the unsettled conflict in the breakaway Nagorno Karabakh region.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Nichol, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions (open access)

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions

This report describes provisions of the LOS Convention relating to living marine resources and discusses how these provisions comport with current U.S. marine policy.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nigeria (open access)

Nigeria

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Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

this report mainly focuses on Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests in Central Asia.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Nichol, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Income Tax: Legal Analysis of Common Tax Protester Arguments (open access)

Federal Income Tax: Legal Analysis of Common Tax Protester Arguments

This report addresses some of the commonly raised historical, constitutional, procedural, and legal questions concerning the federal income tax.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Luckey, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Health Service: Health Care Delivery, Status, Funding, and Legislative Issues (open access)

Indian Health Service: Health Care Delivery, Status, Funding, and Legislative Issues

This report provides an overview of the Indian Health Service and how it provides for the health care problems and needs of AI/AN.
Date: June 11, 2008
Creator: Walke, Roger
System: The UNT Digital Library