Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2005 (open access)

Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2005

This report identifies the names, committee assignments, dates of service, and (for Representatives) districts of the 229 women Members of Congress.
Date: September 22, 2005
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Defense Fuel Spending, Supply, Acquisition, and Policy (open access)

Department of Defense Fuel Spending, Supply, Acquisition, and Policy

This report discusses various aspects of the Department of Defense's (DOD) fuel consumption and any resulting policy considerations for Congress.
Date: September 22, 2009
Creator: Andrews, Anthony
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 July 31, 2003, the Senate, facing obstacles to passage of its comprehensive energy bill (S. 14), substituted the energy legislation the Senate had passed in the 107th Congress. It is in conference, now as H.R. 6, in the 108th Congress. The Senate bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to issue, not later than 15 months after enactment, “newregulations setting forth increased fuel economy standards” reflecting “maximum feasible fuel economy levels” consistent with factors set out in the original legislation authorizing the corporate average fuel economy [CAFE] standards – the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA, P.L. 94-163).
Date: September 22, 2003
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions (open access)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions

This report will examine the detailed statutory structure provided by FISA and related provisions of E.O. 12333. In addition, it will discuss the decisions of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
Date: September 22, 2004
Creator: Bazan, Elizabeth B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vermont Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Vermont Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Vermont.
Date: September 22, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Washington Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Washington Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Washington.
Date: September 22, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Environmental Education Act of 1990: Overview, Implementation, and Issues for Congress (open access)

National Environmental Education Act of 1990: Overview, Implementation, and Issues for Congress

This report summarizes major provisions of the National Environmental Education Act of 1990, discusses appropriations for activities authorized in that statute, examines the implementation of these activities, and analyzes key issues and relevant legislation.
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Bearden, David M.
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

This report details the total cost of counterterrorism operations in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This report also includes descriptions of relevant budgetary legislation.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Belasco, Amy
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

This report details the total cost of counterterrorism operations in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This report also includes descriptions of relevant budgetary legislation.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Belasco, Amy
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

This report details the total cost of counterterrorism operations in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This report also includes descriptions of relevant budgetary legislation.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Belasco, Amy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congress, The President and the War Powers: A Bibliography (open access)

Congress, The President and the War Powers: A Bibliography

This report is about Congress, The President and the War Powers
Date: September 22, 1975
Creator: Bite, Vita & McHugh, Lois
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congress, The President and the War Powers: A Bibliography (open access)

Congress, The President and the War Powers: A Bibliography

This report is about Congress, The President and the War Powers.
Date: September 22, 1975
Creator: Bite, Vita & McHugh, Lois
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congress, The President and the War Powers: A Bibliography (open access)

Congress, The President and the War Powers: A Bibliography

This report is a bibliography about the Congress, The president, and the war powers.
Date: September 22, 1975
Creator: Bite, Vita; McHugh, Lois & Wu, Leneice N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: An Overview (open access)

Appropriations for FY2001: An Overview

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 broad overview of all appropriations activity and a guide to the CRS Appropriation Product Series that provides analytical perspectives on the 13 annual FY2001 appropriations bills.
Date: September 22, 2000
Creator: Bley, Mary Frances
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Facilities Infrastructure: Background and Legislative Proposals in the 106th Congress (open access)

School Facilities Infrastructure: Background and Legislative Proposals in the 106th Congress

Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing background information and legislative proposals in the 106th Congress in regards to school facilities and infrastructure. Topics include, legislative action, enrollment projections and construction, estimates of construction needs, etc..
Date: September 22, 2000
Creator: Boren, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2004 Budget (open access)

The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2004 Budget

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Date: September 22, 2003
Creator: Bourdon, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Extraterritorial Income (ETI) and Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) Export Tax-Benefit Controversy (open access)

A History of the Extraterritorial Income (ETI) and Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) Export Tax-Benefit Controversy

This report provides a history of the Extraterritorial Income (ETI) and Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) Export Tax-Benefit controversy.
Date: September 22, 2006
Creator: Brumbaugh, David L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syrian Refugee Admissions to the United States (open access)

Syrian Refugee Admissions to the United States

This report discusses the U.S.'s plans to admit Syrian and other refugees in FY2016 and beyond. The Obama Administration initially proposed an overall refugee ceiling of 75,000 for FY2016 and held consultations with Congress on that proposal, as required by law.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation (open access)

Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation

Supporters of comprehensive immigration reform have urged the President and Congress to pursue reform legislation. While legislative action on comprehensive reform does not appear likely during the remainder of the 111th Congress, there may be an effort to enact a measure, commonly referred to as the "DREAM Act," to enable certain unauthorized alien students to legalize their status. Multiple bills have been introduced in recent Congresses to address the unauthorized student population. This report discusses the DREAM Act, the topic of unauthorized alien students in general, and other related legislation.
Date: September 22, 2010
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Endangered Species: Difficult Choices (open access)

Endangered Species: Difficult Choices

This report discusses issues debated in the 107th Congress while is considering various proposals to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Major issues in recent years have included changing the role of science in decision-making, changing the role of critical habitat, reducing conflicts with Department of Defense activities, incorporating further protection for property owners, and increasing protection of listed species, among others. In addition, many have advocated including significant changes to ESA regulations made during the Clinton Administration in the law itself.
Date: September 22, 2003
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne & Baldwin, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Recruitment on High School and College Campuses: A Policy and Legal Analysis (open access)

Military Recruitment on High School and College Campuses: A Policy and Legal Analysis

This report describes the various laws regarding military recruitment on high school and college campuses, as well as discusses the policy and legal issues that they may raise. Meanwhile, several bills that would amend these military recruitment provisions have been introduced in the 111th Congress, including H.R. 1026, H.R. 1091, and S. 87.
Date: September 22, 2009
Creator: Burrelli, David F. & Feder, Jody
System: The UNT Digital Library
Customer Choice and the Power Industry of the Future (open access)

Customer Choice and the Power Industry of the Future

This report will begin to explore the issues, discussing what forms a transition from today's electric power grid to a grid of the future could take, and suggest questions that Congress may want to address. The United States seems to be at a turning point in the history of the electric power sector, some have advocated for the electric utility industry model to be reinvented under a "Utility 2.0" paradigm, wherein the modern needs of society for electric power and services become the driving force behind utility investments.
Date: September 22, 2014
Creator: Campbell, Richard J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Finding Quotes for Speeches: Fact Sheet (open access)

Finding Quotes for Speeches: Fact Sheet

This report provides sources for finding quotes. The resources are divided into three categories: (1) General Quotations, (2) Americana, and (3) Religion.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Crane-Hirsch, Audrey C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

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Date: September 22, 2003
Creator: Cronin, Richard P.; Cooper, William H.; Manyin, Mark E. & Niksch, Larry A.
System: The UNT Digital Library