F-22 Aircraft Program (open access)

F-22 Aircraft Program

This report discusses the background information, analysis and the recent developments in the F-22 Aircraft Program. The F-22 program raises questions about its cost and the need for this aircraft, the capabilities it would have, and the number of these planes needed to meet military requirements. The F-22 has had strong congressional support, although some have criticized the program on grounds of cost, requirements, and coordination with other tactical aircraft programs. Deletion of procurement funds in the FY2000 defense appropriation bill passed by the House made the future of the program a major issue for House and Senate conferees in 1999.
Date: March 21, 2000
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grants Work in a Congressional Office (open access)

Grants Work in a Congressional Office

From Abstract: This report covers using the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, grant proposal writing, and print, Internet, and other sources of federal as well as private grants information.
Date: April 21, 2000
Creator: Gerli, Merete F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Management of U.S. Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (open access)

Management of U.S. Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species

This report provides information on how Highly Migratory Species (HMS) like tunas, oceanic sharks, sailfishes, swordfishes, bill-fishes, and marlins are managed differently because of their migratory behavior. This includes information on which of these fish belongs to who basing on the jurisdiction on where these species migrate to. Updated April 21, 2000.
Date: April 21, 2000
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and the WTO: Labor Issues (open access)

China and the WTO: Labor Issues

This report discusses China's prospective membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the issues it raises for U.S. workers and organized labor.
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Bolle, Mary Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2001 (open access)

Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2001

The Department of Defense operates six environmental programs: cleanup of past contamination at military facilities, acceleration of cleanup at military bases designated for closure, compliance with environmental laws and regulations that apply to ongoing military operations, pollution prevention, natural resource conservation, and environmental technology. In addition to these activities, the Department of Energy is responsible for managing defense nuclear waste and remediating contaminated sites. This report discusses the federal laws that established these programs, describes their scope and purpose, provides a history of appropriations, indicates the President’s budget request for FY2001, examines authorization and appropriations legislation for FY2001, and discusses other relevant legislation considered in the 106th Congress.
Date: August 21, 2000
Creator: Bearden, David M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Care: The President's FY2001 Budget Proposals and Related Legislation (open access)

Long-Term Care: The President's FY2001 Budget Proposals and Related Legislation

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Date: August 21, 2000
Creator: O'Shaughnessy, Carol; Lyke, Bob & Merck, Carolyn L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government (open access)

Appropriations for FY2001: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government.
Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Gressle, Sharon S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Economic Conditions (open access)

China's Economic Conditions

China’s economy continues to be a concern to U.S. policymakers. On the one hand, China’s economic growth presents huge opportunities for U.S. exporters. On the other hand, the surge in Chinese exports to the United States has put competitive pressures on many U.S. industries. Many U.S. policymakers have argued that greater efforts should be made to pressure China to fully implement its WTO commitments and to change various economic policies deemed harmful to U.S. economic interests, such as its currency peg and its use of subsidies to support its SOEs. In addition, recent bids by Chinese state-owned firms to purchase various U.S. firms have raised concerns among Members over the impact such acquisitions could have on U.S. national and economic security.
Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 106th Congress: A Summary (open access)

Major Tax Issues in the 106th Congress: A Summary

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Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Government and Fiance Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security's Treatment Under the Federal Budget: A Summary (open access)

Social Security's Treatment Under the Federal Budget: A Summary

This report discusses the treatment of Social Security in the federal budget, which has become a major fiscal policy issue. Congressional views about what to do with budget surpluses are diverse—ranging from buying down the outstanding federal debt to cutting taxes to increasing spending. However, support for the proposition of “protecting” Social Security surpluses is substantial.
Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Koitz, David S. & Nuschler, Dawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook (open access)

U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook

The U.S.-Japan relationship is a long-term one involving mutually accepted principles -- regional economic and political stability; market-driven economies; and democratic systems of government. The relationship is also complex, encompassing many factors.
Date: September 21, 2000
Creator: Cooper, William H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity (open access)

Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity

The entry into force, on January 1, 1994, of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has eliminated the advantage that the beneficiaries of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) and related provisions of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) had enjoyed in trade with the United States relative to Mexico, and gave Mexico an increasingly significant competitive edge over the CBERA countries. The scheduled further implementation of the NAFTA would have resulted in a substantial advantage to Mexico over the CBERA countries and vitiate in part the purpose of the CBERA.
Date: November 21, 2000
Creator: Pregelj, Vladimir N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: A Chronology, FY1970-2001 (open access)

Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: A Chronology, FY1970-2001

The passage of the Department of Defense authorization and appropriations bills through Congress often does not follow the course laid out in textbooks on legislative procedure. This report is a research aid, which lists the DOD authorization bills ad appropriation bills. This includes all the pertinent information on the passage of these bills through the legislative process: bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and vote tallies, dates of the passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes, vetos, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers.
Date: November 21, 2000
Creator: Reynolds, Gary K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Endangered Species: Continuing Controversy (open access)

Endangered Species: Continuing Controversy

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) has been one of the most controversial of all environmental laws. Undoubtedly, the controversy stems from the strict substantive provisions of this law compared to many other environmental laws which tend to be more procedurally oriented or to permit greater administrative discretion. As a result of the ESA’s standards, the Act often plays a role in disputes in which all sides agree that a given species is not the center of the debate.
Date: November 21, 2000
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Class Actions and Proposed Reform in the 106th Congress: Class Action Fairness Act of 2000 (open access)

Class Actions and Proposed Reform in the 106th Congress: Class Action Fairness Act of 2000

This report discusses Class Actions and proposed reform in the 106th Congress of Class Action Fairness Act of 2000.
Date: February 21, 2001
Creator: Wallace, Paul Starett, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources (open access)

Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources

This report presents Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal online news and information sources.
Date: February 21, 2001
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest Ecosystem Health: An Overview (open access)

Forest Ecosystem Health: An Overview

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Date: February 21, 2001
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest Ecosystem Health: An Overview (open access)

Forest Ecosystem Health: An Overview

Legislative and administrative efforts have generally focused on the national forests, to create new forest health programs and management tools or to authorize alternative treatment approaches. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Date: February 21, 2001
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Space Activities: Highlights of the Rumsfeld Commission Report and Key Organization and Management Issues (open access)

Military Space Activities: Highlights of the Rumsfeld Commission Report and Key Organization and Management Issues

This report discusses the Rumsfeld Commission's report and areas of concern within military space activities.
Date: February 21, 2001
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federalism and the Constitution: Limits on Congressional Power (open access)

Federalism and the Constitution: Limits on Congressional Power

This report will discuss state and federal legislative power generally and will focus on a number of these "fedralism" cases
Date: March 21, 2001
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions on Regulatory and Other Collegial Boards and Commissions, 106th Congress (open access)
Social Security and Medicare "Lock Boxes" (open access)

Social Security and Medicare "Lock Boxes"

With the onset of burgeoning federal budget surpluses, Social Security and Medicare's treatment in the budget has become a major policy issue. Congressional views about what to do with the surpluses are diverse -- ranging from "buying down" the federal government's outstanding debt to cutting taxes to increasing spending.
Date: March 21, 2001
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart; Kollmann, Geoffrey & Nuschler, Dawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Benefits Are Not Paid for the Month of Death: A Fact Sheet (open access)

Social Security Benefits Are Not Paid for the Month of Death: A Fact Sheet

Social security benefits are not paid for the month in which a recipient dies. Legislation is routinely introduced that would either pay the full amount of the benefits for the month of death or pro-rate the benefits based on the proportion of the month that the recipient was alive.
Date: March 21, 2001
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security's Treatment Under the Federal Budget: A Summary (open access)

Social Security's Treatment Under the Federal Budget: A Summary

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Date: March 21, 2001
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart
System: The UNT Digital Library