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Access to Broadband Networks
The purpose of this report is to provide a more concrete discussion of access to wireline broadband networks. To that end, this report provides a discussion of what broadband networks look like; how both consumers and independent applications providers gain access to these networks; and the parameters available to network providers (such as their choices about network architecture, overall bandwidth capacity, bandwidth reserved for their own use, traffic prioritization, the terms and rates for access to their networks and for their retail services) that can affect end users’ and independent applications providers’ access to those networks.
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
Goldfarb, Charles B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress
This report analyzes each of the areas that has changed as a result of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) actions and Court decisions. The various positions in the debate also are summarized.
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
Goldfarb, Charles B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Offset Amendments to Appropriations Bills: Procedural Considerations
This report is an introduction to selected House rules and practices governing the consideration of offset amendments to appropriations measures considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
Streeter, Sandy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Warheads: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and the Life Extension Program
None
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ocean Dumping Act: A Summary of the Law
This report presents a summary of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (MPRSA, P.L. 92-532), describing the essence of the statute. The law has two basic aims: to regulate intentional ocean disposal of materials, and to authorize related research.
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Radioactive Waste Streams: Waste Classification for Disposal
None
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
SCHIP Provisions of H.R. 6164 (NIH Reform Act of 2006)
None
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions
None
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Rising Oil Prices
None
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Water Infrastructure Project Earmarks in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications
None
Date:
December 13, 2006
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality: EPA’s 2006 Changes to the Particulate Matter (PM) Standard
In order to better understand EPA’s actions, this report provides an analysis of the agency’s final 2006 revisions to the particulates NAAQS, and the estimated costs and benefits of the new standards and of a more stringent alternatives analyzed. The report concludes by highlighting concerns and issues raised regarding the revisions to the particulates standards, including those of the science advisory committee (Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, or CASAC), and actions in Congress.
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
Esworthy, Robert & McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress
This report is on Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress.
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
Shea, Dana A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Courts Narrow McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Exemption for “Business of Insurance”; Possible Congressional Response
None
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
Rubin, Janice E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety: Federal and State Response to the Spinach E. coli Outbreak
This report details the events as they unfolded, and includes the number of cases, the detention of the first case, and the process by which relevant agencies acted as subsequent cases were reported.
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
Porter, Donna V. & Lister, Sarah A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growth in Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt
This report discusses the special role that the dollar plays in international finance and the strength and stability of the U.S. financial markets (including Treasury securities) which make them attractive sources for foreign investment.
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iranian Nuclear Sites
This report describes Iran's known nuclear sites listed in official International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports and includes a map with the location of the nuclear facilities. For further information and analysis of Iran's nuclear programs, see CRS Report RS21592, Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments, by Sharon Squassoni; and CRS Report RL32048 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, by Kenneth Katzman.
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
Hassan, Hussein D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legal Comments on H.R. 4772: The Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006
None
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Emergency Powers
None
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Pacific Salmon Treaty: The 1999 Agreement and Renegotiation of Annex IV
None
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with SubSaharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond
None
Date:
November 13, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress
None
Date:
October 13, 2006
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hedge Funds: Should They Be Regulated?
This report discusses various causes and effects in regards to the economy if hedge funds were regulated.
Date:
October 13, 2006
Creator:
Jickling, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Honduras: Political and Economic Situation and U.S. Relations
This report discusses the relationship of United States with Honduras, characterized by significant foreign assistance, an important trade partnership, a U.S. military presence in the country, and cooperation on a range of transnational issues.
Date:
October 13, 2006
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library