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
Mental Health Parity: Federal and State Action and Economic Impact (open access)

Mental Health Parity: Federal and State Action and Economic Impact

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Date: June 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroad Retirement Board Annuities for Widows and Widowers (open access)

Railroad Retirement Board Annuities for Widows and Widowers

This report explains the provisions of the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001 law that affect widow(er) annuities and provides an illustration of the annuities under both prior law and current law.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Romig, Kathleen
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
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
Preliminary Observations on the Impact of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-8) (open access)
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Motions to Instruct Conferees (open access)

Congressional Budget Resolutions: Motions to Instruct Conferees

This report provides an overview of the motions to instruct conferees as a congressional budget resolution.
Date: August 14, 2007
Creator: Keith, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Constitutionality of Awarding the Delegate for the District of Columbia a Vote in the House of Representatives or the Committee of the Whole (open access)
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
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
Military Base Closures: Socioeconomic Impacts (open access)

Military Base Closures: Socioeconomic Impacts

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Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
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
H.R. 3162: Provisions in the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (open access)

H.R. 3162: Provisions in the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007

This report provides short description of the major provisions contained in H.R. 3162.
Date: August 14, 2007
Creator: Rimkunas, Richard
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
Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict? (open access)

Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict?

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Date: June 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals (open access)

Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals

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Date: November 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations

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Date: December 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues (open access)

Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues

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Date: November 14, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Burma: Economic Sanctions (open access)

Burma: Economic Sanctions

This report provides background information on existing economic sanctions against Burma and possible options to expand sanctions.
Date: December 14, 2007
Creator: Niksch, Larry A. & Weiss, Martin A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Overview, FY2008 Budget in Brief, and Key Issues for Congress (open access)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Overview, FY2008 Budget in Brief, and Key Issues for Congress

This report discusses the budget of the fiscal year of 2008 and the requests of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Morgan, Daniel & Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (open access)

Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

This report provides information about the Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service. The Broadband Loan and Grant Programs are intended to accelerate the deployment services in rural America.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
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
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs (open access)

Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

This report provides information about the Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide through Federal Assistance Programs.Digital divide used to characterize the gap between "information have and have-not."
Date: August 14, 2007
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G. & Gilroy, Angele A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Issues Raised by Provision in House Energy Bill (H.R. 6) Creating Incentives for Certain OCS Leaseholders to Accept Price Thresholds (open access)

Legal Issues Raised by Provision in House Energy Bill (H.R. 6) Creating Incentives for Certain OCS Leaseholders to Accept Price Thresholds

This report looks at several of the legal issues arguably raised by one such proposal, which on January 18, 2007, passed the House of Representatives as section 204 of H.R.6, the House energy bill.
Date: June 14, 2007
Creator: Meltz, Robert & Vann, Adam
System: The UNT Digital Library