Modernizing Insurance Regulation: Optional Federal Charter Legislation (open access)

Modernizing Insurance Regulation: Optional Federal Charter Legislation

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Date: December 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Furniture Manufacturing: Overview and Prospects (open access)

U.S. Furniture Manufacturing: Overview and Prospects

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Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
WTO Dispute Settlement: Status of U.S. Compliance in Pending Cases (open access)

WTO Dispute Settlement: Status of U.S. Compliance in Pending Cases

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Date: August 14, 2007
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reporting a Measure from a Senate Committee (open access)

Reporting a Measure from a Senate Committee

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Date: September 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Side-by-Side Comparison of Climate Change Provisions in Omnibus Energy Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Side-by-Side Comparison of Climate Change Provisions in Omnibus Energy Legislation in the 110th Congress

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Date: December 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt (open access)

Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt

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Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Murray, Justin & Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Patent Reform: Issues in the Biomedical and Software Industries (open access)

Patent Reform: Issues in the Biomedical and Software Industries

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Date: December 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consumer Bankruptcy and Household Debt (open access)

Consumer Bankruptcy and Household Debt

This report provides information about the Consumer Bankruptcy and Household Debt. The principal impetus behind bankruptcy reform is high number of consumer bankruptcy filings which in 2005 and 2006 reached five times more than in 1980's.
Date: September 14, 2007
Creator: Jickling, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality: EPA’s 2006 Changes to the Particulate Matter (PM) Standard (open access)

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: May 14, 2007
Creator: Esworthy, Robert & McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forestry in the 2007 Farm Bill (open access)

Forestry in the 2007 Farm Bill

This report briefly describes the Agricultural committees' jurisdiction over forestry, with examples of legislation addressed by the committees, and also presents information on the forestry provisions in the Administration's proposal for the 2007 farm bill.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
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, enacted in 1985, provides payments to farmers to take highly erodible or environmentally sensitive cropland out of production for ten years or more to conserve soil and water resources. It is the federal government's largest private land retirement program. This report contains information on how the program was made, enrolling in the program, program costs and benefits, and current issues.
Date: February 14, 2007
Creator: Cowen, Tadlock
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out? (open access)

Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out?

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Date: June 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

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Date: November 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the Endangered Species Act (open access)

Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

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Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization: An Overview of Selected Provisions in Proposed Legislation (open access)

Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization: An Overview of Selected Provisions in Proposed Legislation

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Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Elias, Bart; Fischer, John W.; Kirk, Robert S.; Luther, Linda; Vincent, Carol Hardy; McCarthy, James E. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Drought: Federal Reservoir and Species Management (open access)

Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Drought: Federal Reservoir and Species Management

This report describes the Federal Reservoir and Species Management of Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Drought.
Date: November 14, 2007
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.; Corn, M. Lynne; Abel, Amy; Kaplan, Stan Mark; Buck, Eugene H.; Folger, Peter et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal (open access)

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

This report is on Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Holot, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Brief Overview of Selected Issues (open access)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Brief Overview of Selected Issues

This report briefly outlines three issues and touches upon some of the perspectives reflected in the ongoing debate. These issues include the inherent and often dynamic tension between national security and civil liberties, particularly rights of privacy and free speach.
Date: December 14, 2007
Creator: Bazan, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Single-Employer Plan Terminations (open access)

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Single-Employer Plan Terminations

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Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of Filipino Veterans’ Benefits (open access)

Overview of Filipino Veterans’ Benefits

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Date: February 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polygraph Use by the Department of Energy: Issues for Congress (open access)

Polygraph Use by the Department of Energy: Issues for Congress

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Date: February 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Court Security Improvement Act of 2007: A Legal Analysis of H.R. 660/S. 378 (open access)

Court Security Improvement Act of 2007: A Legal Analysis of H.R. 660/S. 378

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Date: February 14, 2007
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Employee Retirement Programs: Budget and Trust Fund Issues (open access)

Federal Employee Retirement Programs: Budget and Trust Fund Issues

Retirement annuities for civilian federal employees are provided mainly through two programs: the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). These annuities are financed through a combination of employee contributions and payments made by the federal government to the civil service retirement trust fund. This report discusses the two programs, how they work, and how they are financed.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Purcell, Patrick J.
System: The UNT Digital Library