Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific relevant topics.
Date: February 27, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's programs for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs).
Date: February 27, 2014
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance (open access)

Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, and the Afghan government. It also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date: February 27, 2014
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy (open access)

China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy

This report examines the importance to the U.S. economy of China's investment in U.S. securities, as well as U.S. concerns over the possibility that China might unload a large share of those holdings, including the likelihood that this would occur, and the potential implications such action could have for the U.S. economy. The report concludes that a large sell-off of Chinese Treasury securities holdings could negatively affect the U.S. economy, at least in the short-run. As a result, such a move could diminish U.S. demand for Chinese products and thus could lower China's economic growth as well.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Credit Card Market: Recent Trends, Funding Cost Issues, and Repricing Practices (open access)

The Credit Card Market: Recent Trends, Funding Cost Issues, and Repricing Practices

This report examines developments in the revolving credit market, including recent trends in usage, funding, and repricing practices. Descriptive data that document recent U.S. household experience with credit card usage and delinquency information is presented. It also provides a brief overview of credit card repricing practices is presented followed by a summary of possible policy responses.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Getter, Darryl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview (open access)

Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview

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Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: Burke, Vee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Activity in the 106th Congress (open access)

Tax Activity in the 106th Congress

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Date: February 27, 2001
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and “DREAM Act” Legislation (open access)

Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and “DREAM Act” Legislation

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Date: February 27, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructures: Background and Early Implementation of PDD-63 (open access)

Critical Infrastructures: Background and Early Implementation of PDD-63

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Date: February 27, 2001
Creator: Moteff, John D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food and Drug Administration: Selected Funding and Policy Issues (open access)

Food and Drug Administration: Selected Funding and Policy Issues

This report discusses funding and policy issues regarding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is responsible for ensuring the safety of foods, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and other products.
Date: February 27, 2001
Creator: Vogt, Donna U.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies: Current Status and Analysis (open access)

Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies: Current Status and Analysis

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Date: February 27, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Professions Programs in Title VII and Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act: Appropriations History (FY2002-FY2009) (open access)

Health Professions Programs in Title VII and Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act: Appropriations History (FY2002-FY2009)

The health professions programs in Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act provides grants, scholarships, and loans to support institutions and individuals in the education and training of health professional and the nursing workforce. This report contains information on Title VII Health Professional Education Appropriations, Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Appropriations, and related information.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: Reyes-Akinbileje, Bernice & Wright, Mary Vennetta
System: The UNT Digital Library
Millennium Challenge Account (open access)

Millennium Challenge Account

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Date: February 27, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2007 Budget Documents: Internet Access and GPO Availability (open access)

FY2007 Budget Documents: Internet Access and GPO Availability

This report provides brief descriptions of the budget volumes and related documents, together with internet addresses, Government Printing Office (GPO) stock numbers, and prices to obtain these publications. It also tells how to find locations of government depository libraries, which can provide both printed copies for reference use and internet access to the text.
Date: February 27, 2006
Creator: Teefy, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2003 (open access)

Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2003

This report responds to congressional inquiries concerning this process, and includes a historical examination and chronological list of these awards.
Date: February 27, 2004
Creator: Stathis, Stephen W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo and U.S. Policy: Background and Current Issues (open access)

Kosovo and U.S. Policy: Background and Current Issues

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Date: February 27, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
NAFTA Renegotiation and Modernization (open access)

NAFTA Renegotiation and Modernization

This report discusses the NAFTA renegotiation process and major topics of interest in the agreement as well as Congress's role in the negotiation and approval process.
Date: February 27, 2018
Creator: Villarreal, M. Angeles & Fergusson, Ian F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) which is a newly developed vehicle for the Army and Marine Corps. The major potential issues for Congress include whether an increase in endstrength and force structure might result in an increase in overall JLTV requirements, and possible effects of JLTV Foreign Military Sales.
Date: February 27, 2018
Creator: Feickert, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Farm Income Outlook 2018 (open access)

U.S. Farm Income Outlook 2018

This report discusses the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) 2018 farm income outlook. The report incorporates USDA's initial February 7, 2018, farm income projections and its November 30, 2017, U.S. agricultural trade outlook update.
Date: February 27, 2018
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Nuclear Weapons Activities (open access)

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Nuclear Weapons Activities

This report discusses the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill and the nuclear weapons related activities which are funded under it.
Date: February 27, 2018
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response (open access)

Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response

This report discusses the ongoing conflict in Syria, recent developments in Syria such as the siege of Eastern Ghouta, and U.S. policy toward Syria and involvement in the conflict.
Date: February 27, 2018
Creator: Humud, Carla E.; Blanchard, Christopher M. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Civil Aviation Programs: In Brief (open access)

Federal Civil Aviation Programs: In Brief

This report discusses federal civil aviation programs and their purposes, organization, and funding.
Date: February 27, 2018
Creator: Elias, Bart & Tang, Rachel Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Costs of Government Interventions in Response to the Financial Crisis: A Retrospective (open access)

Costs of Government Interventions in Response to the Financial Crisis: A Retrospective

This report presents how much the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) ultimately cost (or benefited) the taxpayers based on straightforward cash accounting as reported by the various agencies.
Date: February 27, 2014
Creator: Webel, Baird & Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 114th Congress (open access)

Cuba: Issues for the 114th Congress

This report is divided into three major sections analyzing Cuba's political and economic environment, U.S. policy toward Cuba, and selected issues in U.S.-Cuban relations. While legislative initiatives are noted throughout the report where appropriate, a final section of the report provides a listing of bills and resolutions introduced in the 114th Congress.
Date: February 27, 2015
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library