Trade Remedy Legislation: Applying Countervailing Action to Nonmarket Economy Countries (open access)

Trade Remedy Legislation: Applying Countervailing Action to Nonmarket Economy Countries

This report provides an overview on applying countervailing action to non market economy countries.
Date: April 19, 2007
Creator: Jones, Vivian C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties (open access)

Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties

this report is about us agreements such as North American free trade agreement, world trade organization agreements.
Date: November 19, 2007
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nicaragua: The Election of Daniel Ortega and Issues in U.S. Relations (open access)

Nicaragua: The Election of Daniel Ortega and Issues in U.S. Relations

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Date: April 19, 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: June 19, 2007
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests

This report addresses political developments and implications for U.S. interests regarding Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
Date: December 19, 2007
Creator: Nichol, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectrum Management: Auctions (open access)

Spectrum Management: Auctions

This report discusses the radio frequency spectrum that is used for all forms of wireless communications, including cellular telephony, paging, personal communications service, radio and television broadcast, telephone radio relay, aeronautical and maritime radio navigation, and satellite command and control. The issues discussed here refer principally to spectrum management for terrestrial technologies.
Date: July 19, 2007
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

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Date: October 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal R&D Funding Under a Continuing Resolution (open access)

Federal R&D Funding Under a Continuing Resolution

This report expressed growing concerns about America's ability to compete in the technological global market place.
Date: January 19, 2007
Creator: Davey, Michael E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2008 Appropriations (open access)

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2008 Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: Peterman, David R. & Frittelli, John
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: June 19, 2007
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conventional Warheads for Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Conventional Warheads for Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides information about the Background and Issues for Congress on Conventional Warheads for Long-Range Ballistic Missiles.
Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters: Federal Authority and Funding (open access)

The Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters: Federal Authority and Funding

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Date: September 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law: Recent Legislation and Issues (open access)

Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law: Recent Legislation and Issues

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Date: September 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards (open access)

Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards

On April 6, 2006, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a final rulemaking for sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and light duty trucks beginning with model year (MY) 2008. The rule restructures the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program for light trucks to establish standards based upon vehicle size, as opposed to the current program with one average standard for all light trucks. It marks a significant change to the CAFE program for trucks.
Date: January 19, 2007
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D. & Bamberger, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Labeling: Allergy Information (open access)

Food Labeling: Allergy Information

This report provides background information on food allergies and review efforts to provide improved labeling information for food allergy sufferers.
Date: March 19, 2007
Creator: Porter, Donna V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Profit by the Five Major Oil Companies (open access)

The Use of Profit by the Five Major Oil Companies

The five major integrated oil companies operating in the U.S. market have earned net incomes totaling $308 billion since 2004. This report analyzes the uses of accrued profits by the five major integrated oil companies from 2004 through 2006.
Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: Pirog, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: FY2007 Funding and FY2008 Budget Request (open access)

Older Americans Act: FY2007 Funding and FY2008 Budget Request

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Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
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: October 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement (open access)

Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement

This report discusses a plan announced by EPA in January 2005, called the Air Compliance Agreement, that would produce air quality monitoring data on animal agriculture emissions from a small number of farms, while at the same time protecting all participants (including farms where no monitoring takes place) through a “safe harbor” from liability under certain provisions of federal environmental laws.
Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans’ Benefits: Issues in the 110th Congress (open access)

Veterans’ Benefits: Issues in the 110th Congress

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Date: September 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment (open access)

Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment

This report provides information about A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Flag Protection.This report is divided into two reports.The first report gives a brief history of the flag protection issue and the other summarizes the two decisions of the United States supreme court.
Date: January 19, 2007
Creator: Luckey, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields Tax Incentive Extension (open access)

Brownfields Tax Incentive Extension

This report discusses the brownfields tax incentive, which expires on December 31, 2007. Enacted in 1997, the provision allowed a taxpayer to fully deduct the costs of environmental cleanup in the year the costs were incurred, rather than spreading the costs over a period of years.
Date: January 19, 2007
Creator: Reisch, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy

This report provides an overview of the debate over government policy on industrial competitiveness and technological advancement.
Date: March 19, 2007
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Forest System Roadless Area Initiative (open access)

National Forest System Roadless Area Initiative

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Date: January 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library