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527 Groups and Campaign Activity: Analysis Under Campaign Finance and Tax Laws
This report focuses on the controversy surrounding 527 groups in terms of their increased campaign-related activity and their regulation by the federal government. The report describes the origins of the contention and how groups that may not be necessarily "political committees" under FECA (Federal Election Campaign Act) guidelines are still eligible for beneficial tax deductions. This report also examines the extent to which FECA regulates such organizations.
Date:
June 12, 2008
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige & Lunder, Erika
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The 2008 Farm Bill: A Summary of Major Provisions and Legislative Action
The report discusses the 2008 farm bill (H.R. 2419), covering a wide range of programs including The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, farm credit, agricultural conservation, research, rural development, and foreign and domestic food programs, among others.
Date:
June 19, 2008
Creator:
Johnson, Renée; Becker, Geoffrey S. & Capehart, Tom
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) design. The report discusses the legislative origins and policy debates prior to ARPA-E authorization and Bush administration response to ARPA-E authorization.
Date:
June 20, 2008
Creator:
Stine, Deborah D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the Afghanistan's political transition, which was completed with the convening of a parliament in December 2005, but since then insurgent threats to Afghanistan's government have escalated to the point that some experts are questioning the future of U.S. stabilization efforts.
Date:
June 6, 2008
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agency Justification of the President’s Budget
This report details the process by which the president must confirm their budget through Congress. Moreover, this report focuses specifically on the justifications for spending requests.
Date:
June 12, 2008
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Export Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill
This report discusses the agricultural export provisions in the 2008 Farm Bill. It discusses programs that deal with U.S. agricultural exports that are a major focus of Title III, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, H.R. 6124).
Date:
June 26, 2008
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education: Farm Bill Issues
This report discusses the farm bill (P.L. 110-234) that will authorize and direct the implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) major programs across the spectrum of its mission areas through FY2012. The enacted bill reorganizes the Department's research, extension, and economics mission area, which currently comprises four agencies that separately administer intramural and extramural programs supporting agricultural research and development (R&D).
Date:
June 12, 2008
Creator:
Rawson, Jean M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Forestry Provisions in Climate Change Legislation (S. 3036)
This report summarizes some of the domestic agriculture and forestry provisions in the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. 3036, formerly S. 2191), as ordered reported out of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in December 2007.
Date:
June 3, 2008
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Force Air Refueling: The KC-X Aircraft Acquisition Program
The report discusses the KC-X program which is expected to acquire 179 new, commercial, off-the-shelf airliners modified to accomplish air refueling.
Date:
June 23, 2008
Creator:
Knight, William; Bolkcom, Christopher & Else, Daniel H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Allocations and Subdivisions in the Congressional Budget Process
The report discusses the annual budget resolution sets forth total spending and revenue levels for at least five fiscal years.
Date:
June 17, 2008
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Alternative Minimum Tax for Individuals
This report consists of the alternative minimum tax for individuals.
Date:
June 6, 2008
Creator:
Maguire, Steven
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments Between the Houses
This report describes the process whereby the House and the Senate revise measures to be identical before sending them to the president. This is a revised edition of a report published in 1999.
Date:
June 27, 2008
Creator:
Rybicki, Elizabeth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): New Directions in the 110th Congress
This report provides background and analysis regarding the legislative history of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northeastern Alaska. It also discusses actions in the 109th Congress, the energy resources, oil and natural gas and the impact they have on wildlife.
Date:
June 18, 2008
Creator:
Corn, M. L.; Gelb, Bernard A. & Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
This report discusses the relationships between the United States and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as these three nations' political and economic conditions. The report also discusses key related issues in the second session of the 111th Congress, including the question of the United States' role in the South Caucasus, the significance of regional energy resources to U.S. interests, and other pertinent issues.
Date:
June 17, 2008
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues
This report discusses the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996. These amendments directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update the standard for arsenic in drinking water.
Date:
June 1, 2008
Creator:
Tiemann, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress
Asian Pacific Americans have served in both houses of Congress representing California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Oregon, Virginia, American Samoa, and Guam. They have served in leadership positions, including committee and subcommittee chairmanships. This report presents information on Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, including party affiliations, length and dates of service, and committee assignments.
Date:
June 23, 2008
Creator:
Tong, Lorraine H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress
This report contains a background about the nine Asian Pacific Americans who served in the first session of the 110th Congress: two Senators, six Representatives, and on delegate.
Date:
June 23, 2008
Creator:
Tong, Lorraine H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program
This report is about the assistance to firefighters program, also called as the FIRE act grant program. established by the National Defense Authorization Act.
Date:
June 25, 2008
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Awards of Attorneys' Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies
In the United States, the general rule, which derives from common law, is that each side in a legal proceeding pays for its own attorney. There are many exceptions, however, in which federal courts, and occasionally federal agencies, may order the losing party to pay the attorneys' fees of the prevailing party. There are roughly two hundred statutory exceptions, which were generally enacted to encourage private litigation to implement public policy.
Date:
June 20, 2008
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
Balkan Cooperation on War Crimes Issues
Balkan cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague remains an issues of ongoing U.S. and international concern. Full cooperation with ICTY has long been a key prerequisite to advancing the shared goal of closer association with and eventual membership in the European Union and NATO for the western Balkan countries. This policy of conditionality has affected Serbia the most, but also other western Balkan countries to varying degrees.
Date:
June 17, 2008
Creator:
Kim, Julie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species
This report provides background on various approaches to ballast water management and reviews current ballast water management laws and programs.
Date:
June 10, 2008
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species
This report provides background on various approaches to ballast water management and reviews current ballast water management laws and programs.
Date:
June 10, 2008
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library