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
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 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
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
Libya: Background and U.S. Relations. June 2007 (open access)

Libya: Background and U.S. Relations. June 2007

This report provides background information on Libya and U.S.-Libyan relations.
Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Air Carrier Access Act (open access)

Overview of the Air Carrier Access Act

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Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Milestones Since the Ouster of Saddam Hussein (open access)

Iraq: Milestones Since the Ouster of Saddam Hussein

This report lists significant recent events in Iraq since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Sources include, but are not limited to White House press releases, the U.S. Department of State, U.N. Secretary-General's statements, and major news stories.
Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: Hassan, Hussein D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The New Markets Tax Credit: An Introduction (open access)

The New Markets Tax Credit: An Introduction

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Date: June 19, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missing and Exploited Children: Background, Policies, and Issues (open access)

Missing and Exploited Children: Background, Policies, and Issues

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