U.S.-European Union Relations and the 2007 Summit (open access)

U.S.-European Union Relations and the 2007 Summit

This report evaluates the results of the annual U.S.-EU summit on April 30, 2007, in Washington, DC.
Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond; Archick, Kristin & Belkin, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
S. 1893/H.R. 976: The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (open access)

S. 1893/H.R. 976: The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007

This report tracks the Children's Health Reauthorization of Act of 2007 in both the Senate and the House, while also providing a summary of the bill. The report lists each title of the bill. what they do, and their implications. The report also examines costs by analyzing the immediate outlay and future outlay, starting at 28.6 billion and potentially increasing to 35.2 billion over time.
Date: August 14, 2007
Creator: Baumrucker, Evelyne; Fernandez, Bernadette; Grady, April; Herz, Elicia; Peterson, Chris & Rimkunas, Richard
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 Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11 (open access)

The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11

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Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Belasco, Amy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy

This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.
Date: September 14, 2007
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
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
Elections Reform: Overview and Issues (open access)

Elections Reform: Overview and Issues

This report provides information about the Elections Reform. HAVA created a new federal agency.set requirements for voting, voter- registration system and other aspects of election administration.
Date: May 14, 2007
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Permitting: Status of Implementation and Issues (open access)

Clean Air Permitting: Status of Implementation and Issues

This report provides information about the Implementation and Issues of Clean Air Permitting. It also describes the statutory background of Title V and the status of implementation, in terms of federal approval and local permitting authorities.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
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
District of Columbia Representation: Effect on House Apportionment (open access)

District of Columbia Representation: Effect on House Apportionment

This report shows the distribution of House seats based on the 2000 census for 435 seats and for 437 seats as specified in the proposal. The report also examines the impact of using the 2006 estimated population to allocate the 437 seats, including the single seat provided to the District.
Date: November 14, 2007
Creator: Crocker, Royce
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
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

This report provides information about the Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy on China-U.S. Relations. China has been steadily signing trade agreements,oil and gas contracts.
Date: June 14, 2007
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

The bilateral relationship between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China (PRC) is vitally important, touching on a wide range of areas including, among others, economic policy, security, foreign relations, and human rights. This report addresses relevant policy questions in current U.S.-China relations, discusses trends and key legislation in the current Congress, and provides a chronology of developments and high-level exchanges.
Date: February 14, 2007
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Congestion and Delay: System-Wide and New York-Area Issues (open access)

Aviation Congestion and Delay: System-Wide and New York-Area Issues

This report addresses System-Wide and New York-Area Issues of Aviation Congestion and Delay.
Date: December 14, 2007
Creator: Elias, Bart; Fischer, John W. & Tatelman, Todd B.
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
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
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: March 14, 2007
Creator: Esworthy, Robert & McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amtrak: Budget and Reauthorization (open access)

Amtrak: Budget and Reauthorization

This report is on Amtrak: Budget and Reauthorization.
Date: November 14, 2007
Creator: Frittelli, John & Peterman, David Randall
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues (open access)

Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues

This report provides information about the Broadband Internet Regulation and Access.It also discuss its Background and Issues.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A. & Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks (open access)

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: March 14, 2007
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
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
The Cigarette Tax Increase to Finance SCHIP (open access)

The Cigarette Tax Increase to Finance SCHIP

This report mainly provides information about The rise in Cigarette Tax to Finance SCHIP. An original proposal would be mandated a 61 percent increase per pack.but, the resolution makes such a tax possible but not mandatory and does not set the level.
Date: December 14, 2007
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
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