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Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress

This report discusses the key policy objectives of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that were threefold: (1) reduce the nation's flood risk through floodplain management; (2) improve flood hazard data and risk assessment by mapping the nation's floodplains; and (3) make affordable flood insurance widely available in communities that adopt and enforce measures to make future construction safer from flooding.
Date: June 24, 2008
Creator: King, Rawle O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress

This report provides background information regarding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and discusses the key points for flood insurance reform and the changes that should be made in the broader context of program re-authorization.
Date: June 24, 2008
Creator: King, Rawle O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Credit Reform: Implementation of the Changed Budgetary Treatment of Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees (open access)

Federal Credit Reform: Implementation of the Changed Budgetary Treatment of Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees

This report is to explain the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA), examine the implementation of credit reform including credit reform provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA97), and discuss proposed modifications of credit reform. In order to achieve these objectives, it is necessary to initially discuss justifications for credit programs, federal credit concepts, and the budgetary treatment of federal credit before the FCRA.
Date: June 24, 2008
Creator: Bickley, James M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress

This report provides background information regarding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and discusses the key points for flood insurance reform and the changes that should be made in the broader context of program re-authorization.
Date: June 24, 2008
Creator: King, Rawle O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Bills Amend Statutes (open access)

How Bills Amend Statutes

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Date: June 24, 2008
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks (open access)

Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks

Iraq's current government, the result of a U.S.-supported election process designed to produce democracy, continues to be riven by sectarianism and factional infighting. However, the Administration says that the passage of some key laws in 2008 represents major progress on national reconciliation and that planned provincial elections will help heal remaining communal rifts.
Date: June 24, 2008
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library