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Abortion and Family Planning-Related Provisions in U.S. Foreign Assistance Law and Policy
This report details legislation and policies that restrict or place requirements on U.S. funding of abortion or family planning activities abroad. The level and extent of federal funding for these activities is an ongoing and controversial issue in U.S. foreign assistance and will likely continue to be a point of contention during the 113th Congress.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Blanchfield, Luisa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Conservation and the Next Farm Bill
This report discusses and debates the pieces of the 2008 farm bill that will expire at the close of the 2012 funding year. The report suggests that existing programs could be amended or consolidated. Moreover, the report addresses the budgetary issues that arise from keeping existing programs.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Stubbs, Megan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income
This report is an Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Keightley, Mark P. & Lunder, Erika
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the current state of Bahrain, which has undergone substantial political reforms since the late 1990s, but which still suffers from tension between the Shiite majority and the Sunni-led government. This report focuses particularly on Bahrain's relationship with Iran and with the United States.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Belarus: Background and U.S. Policy Concerns
This report provides an overview of the history of U.S.A - Belarus relations. The report discusses the political and economic situation in Belarus, the relations with Russia, European Union and NATO.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Woehrel, Steven
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Well-Being and Noncustodial Fathers
This report displays and discusses some of the data related to the poverty of children and their living arrangements and data on male employment and earnings, educational attainment, and incarceration. It then provides information on federal programs that could play a greater role in addressing poverty of children through the fathers of these children (nearly all noncustodial parents are fathers). The report also examines federal programs that have the purposes of preventing teen pregnancy and helping disadvantaged youth obtain the skills and support they need to make the transition to adulthood. The report concludes by presenting several public policy approaches proposed by the policy community that might improve the lives of low-income noncustodial fathers and their children.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen; Falk, Gene & Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments
This report discusses the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which bans all nuclear explosion and was in 1996 adopted by the U.N. General Assembly but rejected by the U.S. Senate in 1997. This report discusses the Obama Administration's stated goal of pursuing U.S. ratification of the CTBT, although the Administration has mainly focused on securing Senate consent to ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). This report also discusses other nuclear weapons-related issues as well as the long history of nuclear testing.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Benefits for Members of Congress
This report covers health benefits made available to Members of Congress through federal government employment, including Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, long-term care insurance, services at the Office of the Attending Physician and military hospitals, and Medicare. It also offers a comparison of FEHBP to health benefits offered by the private sector and state and local governments and a discussion of the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Members' health benefits.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Cornell, Ada S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Introduction to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
This report discusses the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program, which is one of the federal government’s primary policy tools for encouraging the development and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing. These non-refundable federal housing tax credits are awarded to developers of qualified rental projects via a competitive application process administered by state housing finance authorities.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Keightley, Mark P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions
This report provides an overview of the Federal Reserve and issues for Congress. The Federal Reserve (the Fed) defines monetary policy as the actions it undertakes to influence the availability and cost of money and credit. Because the expectations of market participants play an important role in determining prices and growth, monetary policy can also be defined to include the directives, policies, statements, and actions of the Fed that influence how the future is perceived. In addition, the Fed acts as a "lender of last resort" to the nation's financial system, meaning that it ensures continued smooth functioning of financial intermediation by providing financial markets with adequate liquidity.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Technical Issues
This report summarizes what is known from open sources about the North Korean nuclear weapons program — including weapons-usable fissile material and warhead estimates — and assesses current developments in achieving denuclearization.
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
Nikitin, Mary Beth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration Microloan Program
None
Date:
February 12, 2013
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Regulation and Agriculture
This report discusses the impact of environmental regulation on agriculture. Most environmental regulations, in terms of permitting, inspection, and enforcement, are implemented by state and local governments, often based on federal EPA regulatory guidance. In some cases, agriculture is the direct or primary focus of the regulatory actions. In other cases, agriculture is one of many affected sectors. Traditionally, farm and ranch operations have been exempt or excluded from many environmental regulations.
Date:
March 12, 2013
Creator:
Lyke, Bob & Shorter, Gary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guns, Excise Taxes, and Wildlife Restoration
As a result of the recent debate over guns, gun rights, and gun-related violence, there has been a marked increase in sales of many weapons as well as ammunition. Through an excise tax on firearms and ammunition, such sales have a marked beneficial effect on funding for state wildlife programs through the Wildlife Restoration Program (also known as Pittman-Robertson or P-R). This report examines these taxes, their allocation, and their use. It also examines the effects of sequestration of this account, pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA, P.L. 112-25).
Date:
March 12, 2013
Creator:
Corn, M. Lynne & Gravelle, Jane G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Higher Education Tax Benefits: Brief Overview and Budgetary Effects
This report provides a brief overview of the higher education tax benefits that are currently available to students and their families. The report contrasts higher education tax benefits with traditional student aid, presents a brief history of higher education tax policy over the past 60 years, summarizes key features of the available tax benefits, and provides JCT estimates of revenue losses resulting from individual tax provisions.
Date:
March 12, 2013
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections
This report provides the results of recent elections in Latin America and the Caribbean. It contains three tables organized by region that list the date of each country's independence, the name of the newly elected president or prime minister, and the projected date of the next election. Information in this report was gathered from numerous sources, including the U.S. State Department, the CIA's Open Source, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and other news sources.
Date:
March 12, 2013
Creator:
Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Pigford Cases: USDA Settlement of Discrimination Suits by Black Farmers
None
Date:
March 12, 2013
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Local Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy
This report looks at the growing popularity of locally produced foods, and how that popularity and regional/local food systems are affected by the reauthorization of the 2008 farm bill.
Date:
March 12, 2013
Creator:
Johnson, Renée; Aussenberg, Randy A. & Cowan, Tadlock
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Policy Towards Burma: Issues for the 113th Congress
This report provides an overview of United States policy towards Burma. The report discusses the evolution of Obama's Burma policy, and issues for U.S. policy.
Date:
March 12, 2013
Creator:
Martin, Michael F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Authority to Regulate the Compounding of Human Drugs
This report will examine the FDA's regulation of drug compounding and will discuss relevant legal authorities. The report will conclude by discussing potential limits to the FDA's authority to regulate human drug compounding.
Date:
April 12, 2013
Creator:
Nolan, Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of the history of science and technology (S&T) advice to the President. It also discusses selected issues and options for Congress regarding the Office of Science and Technology Policy OSTP's Director, (OSTP) management and operations, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).
Date:
April 12, 2013
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr. & Shea, Dana A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The STOCK Act, Insider Trading, and Public Financial Reporting by Federal Officials
This report gives an overview of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (STOCK), which affirms and makes explicit the fact that there is no exemption from the "insider trading" laws and regulations for Members of Congress, congressional employees, or any federal officials.
Date:
April 12, 2013
Creator:
Maskell, Jack
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Animal Welfare Legislation
In 1966, Congress passed the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (P.L. 89-54) to prevent pets from being stolen for sale to research laboratories, and to regulate the humane care and handling of dogs, cats, and other laboratory animals. The law was amended in 1970 (P.L. 91-579), changing the name to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The AWA is adminstered by the U.S. Desprtment of Agricultures Animal and Plant Health Inspector Service. Congress periodically has amended the act to strengthen enforcement, expand coverage to more animals and activities, or curtail practices viewed as cruel, among other things.
Date:
June 12, 2013
Creator:
Cowan, Tadlock
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress
This report presents information on Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, including previous occupations and leadership positions (such as committee and subcommittee chairmanships), and the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. It also provides a list of Members' and Delegates' party affiliations, length and dates of service, and committee assignments. Also included in the report is a map showing the total number of Asian Pacific Americans and the states or territories they represent in the 113th Congress.
Date:
June 12, 2013
Creator:
Tong, Lorraine H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library