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Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues (open access)

Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues

This report includes background, issues, and legislation regarding safe drinking water.
Date: July 7, 2004
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon (open access)

Lebanon

This report includes information regarding the relationship between the United States and Lebanon, as well as Lebanon's political profile, and foreign presence in Lebanon
Date: March 7, 2005
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards (open access)

Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards

This report details the CAFE standards( Corporate Average Fuel Economy) related to Automobile and Light Truck fuel economy, and its recent developments.
Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Bamberger, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues (open access)

Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues

This report contains information regarding the Safe Drinking Water Act. Amendments to the act, drinking water infrastructure funding, and drinking water security are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: November 7, 2005
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt-United States Relations (open access)

Egypt-United States Relations

This report includes information about Egyptian and U.S. relations, issues with these relations, and U.S. foreign assistance to Egypt.
Date: March 7, 2005
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring (open access)

Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring

The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Date: September 7, 2001
Creator: Abel, Amy & Parker, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: International Policy and Options (open access)

Drug Control: International Policy and Options

Over the past decade, worldwide production of illicit drugs has risen dramatically: opium and marijuana production has roughly doubled and coca production tripled. Street prices of cocaine and heroin have fallen significantly in the past 20 years, reflecting increased availability. Despite apparent national political resolve to deal with the drug problem, inherent contradictions regularly appear between U.S. anti-drug policy and other national policy goals and concerns. The mix of competing domestic and international pressures and priorities has produced an ongoing series of disputes within and between the legislative and executive branches concerning U.S. international drug policy. One contentious issue has been the Congressionally-mandated certification process, an instrument designed to induce specified drug-exporting countries to prioritize or pay more attention to the fight against narcotics businesses.
Date: January 7, 1997
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (open access)

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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Date: December 7, 2001
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Energy Policy (open access)

Nuclear Energy Policy

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Date: November 7, 2001
Creator: Holt, Mark & Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Environmental Protection (open access)

The Role of Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Environmental Protection

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Date: December 7, 2001
Creator: Schierow, Linda-Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Space Stations (open access)

Space Stations

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Date: December 7, 2001
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports (open access)

Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports

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Date: September 7, 2001
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports (open access)

Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports

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Date: December 7, 2001
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Middle East Peace Talks (open access)

The Middle East Peace Talks

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Date: August 7, 2002
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: Setting the Stage for the Current Debate (open access)

Energy Policy: Setting the Stage for the Current Debate

The Bush Administration issued its plan for a national energy policy on May 16, 2001. The plan was controversial, characterized by some as leaner on conservation and renewables than Democratic proposals, and predisposed to trade off environmental considerations to increase supply. Comprehensive energy legislation was introduced in the Senate by both parties by late March (S. 388, S. 389, S. 596, S. 597). Bills reported by several House committees (H.R. 2436, H.R. 2460, H.R. 2511, and H.R. 2587) were combined in a single bill, H.R. 4, passed by the House, August 1, 2001. The House version of H.R. 4 would require a 5 billion gallon reduction in light-duty truck and SUV fuel consumption and would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to leasing.
Date: May 7, 2002
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues (open access)

Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

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Date: June 7, 2002
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2003 (open access)

The Budget for Fiscal Year 2003

This report discusses the budget for fiscal year 2003. It debates issues such as budget action, receipts surpluses or deficits, and the economy
Date: October 7, 2002
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (open access)

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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Date: September 7, 2005
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

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Date: July 7, 2005
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches (open access)

Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches

Over the past decade, worldwide production of illicit drugs has risen dramatically: opium and marijuana production has roughly doubled and coca production tripled. Street prices of cocaine and heroin have fallen significantly in the past 20 years, reflecting increased availability. Despite apparent national political resolve to deal with the drug problem, inherent contradictions regularly appear between U.S. anti-drug policy and other national policy goals and concerns. The mix of competing domestic and international pressures and priorities has produced an ongoing series of disputes within and between the legislative and executive branches concerning U.S. international drug policy. One contentious issue has been the Congressionally-mandated certification process, an instrument designed to induce specified drug-exporting countries to prioritize or pay more attention to the fight against narcotics businesses.
Date: June 7, 2005
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress (open access)

Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress

The CWC bans the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons by members signatories. It also requires the destruction of all chemical weapons stockpiles and production facilities. Neither the United States nor Russia will be able to meet the original CWC’s deadlines for destruction of their CW stockpiles, and have been granted extensions to at least 2012. The Convention provides the most extensive and intrusive verification regime of any arms control treaty, extending its coverage to not only governmental but also civilian facilities. The Convention also requires export controls and reporting requirements on chemicals that can be used as warfare agents and their precursors. The CWC establishes the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to oversee the Convention’s implementation.
Date: January 7, 2003
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview (open access)

Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview

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Date: January 7, 2003
Creator: Burke, Vee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals (open access)

Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals

This report details the information related to gasoline prices and discusses on policies and proposals.
Date: October 7, 2004
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States (open access)

Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States

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Date: March 7, 2005
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
System: The UNT Digital Library