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Tobacco-Related Activities and Programs in the Federal Government: A Summary (open access)

Tobacco-Related Activities and Programs in the Federal Government: A Summary

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Date: February 10, 1999
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): Status and Issues (open access)

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): Status and Issues

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides farmers with financial and technical assistance to plan and implement soil and water conservation practices. EQIP was enacted in 1996 and most recently amended by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Section 2301 of P.L. 107-171). It is a mandatory spending program (i.e., not subject to annual appropriations), administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). EQIP is guaranteed a total of $6.1 billion from FY2002 through FY2007 from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), making it the largest conservation cost-sharing program.
Date: March 2, 1998
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues (open access)

Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), enacted in 1985, enables producers to retire highly erodible or environmentally sensitive cropland, usually for 10 years. Congress reauthorized and amended the CRP in the 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (P.L. 104-127; 16 U.S.C. 3811, et seq.). The law caps enrollment at 36.4 million acres and makes funding mandatory through the commodity Credit Corporation.
Date: May 23, 2000
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues (open access)

Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), enacted in 1985, enables producers to retire highly erodible or environmentally sensitive cropland, usually for 10 years. Congress reauthorized and amended the CRP in the 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (P.L. 104-127; 16 U.S.C. 3811, et seq.). The law caps enrollment at 36.4 million acres and makes funding mandatory through the commodity Credit Corporation.
Date: May 8, 2001
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attorneys' Fees in the State Tobacco Litigation Cases (open access)

Attorneys' Fees in the State Tobacco Litigation Cases

In the past few years, many states have filed complaints against the tobacco industry in state court to recover Medicaid costs paid by the states to treat their citizens for tobacco related illnesses. The states are also attempting to recover other damages, such as punitive damages, against the tobacco industry. For various reasons, the states have hired private attorneys to assist the state Attorneys General in prosecuting these cases. In most cases, the retention of private counsel has included a fee agreement specifying the amount of compensation that these attorneys will receive for their services. These agreements are not uniform among the states, but most tend to provide some form of contingency fee arrangement. Some of these states have developed a sliding scale contingency fee schedule which varies with the amount of time spent on the litigation and whether a trial has begun. This report briefly summarizes the different fee agreements that the states have with private counsel.
Date: September 23, 1997
Creator: Contrubis, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws (open access)

Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws

This report includes a glossary of approximately 1,700 agriculture and related terms (e.g., food programs, conservation, forestry, environmental protection, etc.). Besides defining terms and phrases with specialized meanings for agriculture, the glossary also identifies acronyms, agencies, programs, and laws related to agriculture.
Date: October 1, 1997
Creator: Womach, Jasper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Exports: Technical Barriers to Trade (open access)

Agricultural Exports: Technical Barriers to Trade

Technical barriers to trade (TBTs) are widely divergent measures that countries use to regulate rnarkets, protect their consumers, and preserve natural resources, but which can also discriminate against imports in favor of domestic products. Most TBTs in agriculture are sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures designed to protect humans, animals, and plants from contaminants, diseases, and pests. In the wake of new trade agreements aimed at reducing tariffs, import quotas, and other trade barriers, TBTs have become more prominent concerns for agricultural exporters and policymakers.
Date: October 21, 1997
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: Methyl Bromide Control Measures (open access)

Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: Methyl Bromide Control Measures

This report is intended to help the reader follow changes over time in regulations domestic and international - governing methyl bromide for its potential ozone-depleting effects. Methyl bromide, like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), has been implicated by scientists in contributing to stratospheric ozone depletion, which may pose health threats to living organisms due to increased exposure to harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Methyl bromide is currently used widely as a pesticide in international agricultural commerce.
Date: October 16, 1997
Creator: Morrissey, Wayne A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco Advertising: The Constitutionality of Limiting its Tax Deductibility (open access)

Tobacco Advertising: The Constitutionality of Limiting its Tax Deductibility

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Date: March 4, 1998
Creator: Cohen, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy (open access)

U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy

None
Date: October 24, 2000
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E. & Dunkley, Mary L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco Marketing and Advertising Restrictions in S. 1648, 105th Congress: First Amendment Issues (open access)

Tobacco Marketing and Advertising Restrictions in S. 1648, 105th Congress: First Amendment Issues

None
Date: April 8, 1998
Creator: Cohen, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco Issues: National Public Opinion (open access)

Tobacco Issues: National Public Opinion

None
Date: May 14, 1998
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Commodity Programs: Sugar (open access)

Farm Commodity Programs: Sugar

This report discusses the federal sugar program, which authorized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 seeks to ensure the viability of the U.S. sugar producing sector primarily by supporting the incomes of sugar beet and sugarcane producers and of those firms that process each crop into sugar.
Date: April 24, 1998
Creator: Jurenas, Remy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco Marketing and Advertising Restrictions in S. 1415, 105th Congress: First Amendment Issues (open access)

Tobacco Marketing and Advertising Restrictions in S. 1415, 105th Congress: First Amendment Issues

None
Date: May 15, 1998
Creator: Cohen, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agriculture and the International Monetary Fund (open access)

U.S. Agriculture and the International Monetary Fund

Congress is considering legislation to provide supplemental resources to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to strengthen its ability to deal with future financial crises like those currently in Asia and in 1994-95 in Mexico. many in U.S.
Date: July 6, 1998
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Tobacco Industry in Domestic and World Markets (open access)

The U.S. Tobacco Industry in Domestic and World Markets

None
Date: June 9, 1998
Creator: Knight, Edward; Ayers, Patricia C. & Mayer, Gerald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco Legislation in the 105th Congress: Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 1415, S. 1530, S. 1638, S. 1889, H.R. 3474, and H.R. 3868 (open access)

Tobacco Legislation in the 105th Congress: Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 1415, S. 1530, S. 1638, S. 1889, H.R. 3474, and H.R. 3868

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Date: August 19, 1998
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Austin-Lane, Joy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws (open access)

Tobacco Control: Enforcement and Effectiveness of Federal and State Youth Access Laws

This report reviews recent efforts to limit youth access to cigarettes through enforcement of federal and state laws prohibiting tobacco sales to minors. Under the federal Synar Amendment, states must conduct compliance checks and enforce their minimum age-of-sale laws or risk losing block grant funds
Date: August 19, 1998
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Austin-Lane, Joy
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Farm Income: Recent National and Regional Changes and the Federal Response (open access)

U.S. Farm Income: Recent National and Regional Changes and the Federal Response

Major segments of U.S. agriculture are experiencing declining farm income and financial difficulty. The degree of decline, however, differs among regions and commodities. In 1996, the overall farm sector experienced record high income that declined 6.7% in 1997, and is forecast to decline by another 3.6% in 1998. Several factors are responsible for the recent drop in farm income. Reduced export demand and large global supplies have reduced crop prices
Date: December 15, 1998
Creator: Heykoop, Jerry & Jones, Jean Yavis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Animal Agriculture: Issues for the 106th Congress (open access)

Animal Agriculture: Issues for the 106th Congress

This report discusses a variety of animal agriculture issues that generated debate during the 106th Congress, including low livestock prices, especially for hogs. Economic difficulties have revived questions such as the impacts of consolidation in the livestock industry, and the price effects of animal imports from Canada and Mexico. This report also discusses a number of legislative proposals to assist livestock producers and enforce sanitary and phytosanitary standards, as well as continuing trade disputes and negotiations with China, the European Union, New Zealand, and Australia.
Date: September 2, 1999
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Agricultural Trade: Food Safety and Biotechnology Issues (open access)

U.S.-European Agricultural Trade: Food Safety and Biotechnology Issues

The European Union (EU) is the second largest market for U.S. agricultural exports. The EU's ban on meat produced using growth-promoting hormones is a food safety issue that has been particularly contentious in U.S.-EU agricultural trade relations. EU policy on bio-engineered products has also been an issue. A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel has ruled that the ban contravenes the EU's international obligations under the WTO, but left open the option to the EU to conduct a risk assessment of hormone-treated meat. Rules governing trade in bio-engineered products may become an issue in WTO agricultural trade negotiations scheduled to begin in 1999. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Date: October 21, 1998
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. European Agricultural Trade: Food Safety and Biotechnology Issues (open access)

U.S. European Agricultural Trade: Food Safety and Biotechnology Issues

This report discusses the differences over food safety measures and biotechnology between U.S. and European Union (EU) in agricultural trade, particularly the EU's ban on meat produced using growth-promoting hormones and resulting contention in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Date: January 17, 2001
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Trade Issues in the 106th Congress (open access)

Agricultural Trade Issues in the 106th Congress

Agricultural interests have been following trade policy developments against a backdrop of weak foreign demand and large world supplies of agricultural products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that the value of U.S. agricultural exports fell between FY1996 (a record year) and FY1999 by almost $11 billion. USDA forecasts agricultural exports at $50.5 billion in FY2000 and $51.5 billion in FY2001. However, the projected agricultural trade surpluses for those years, of $11.5 billion and $12 billion, would be less than half the FY1996 surplus of $27.2 billion. Many agricultural groups and their supporters in Congress believe that the sector's future prosperity depends upon such U.S. trade policies as: 1) encouraging China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), with its binding rules and responsibilities; 2) exempting agriculture from U.S. unilateral economic sanctions; 3) fully using export and food aid programs; and 4) aggressively battling foreign-imposed barriers to the movement of U.S. farm products. A few U.S. farm groups are wary of such approaches.
Date: November 27, 2000
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.; Hanrahan, Charles E. & Jurenas, Remy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Economic Relief: Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Farm Economic Relief: Issues and Options for Congress

This report discusses issues regarding Agriculture funding, specifically the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act (P.L. 104-127), which prescribed farm commodity support policy through 2002.
Date: December 6, 2000
Creator: Womach, Jasper & Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library