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Agricultural Disaster Assistance
This report has two sections. The first provides an overview of the current USDA disaster assistance programs: federal crop insurance, NAP payments, emergency disaster loans, the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE), and four other smaller disaster programs authorized in the 2008 farm bill. The second section reviews the recent history of emergency supplemental farm disaster assistance.
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
Shields, Dennis A. & Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Argentina's Defaulted Sovereign Debt: Dealing with the "Holdouts"
This report reviews Argentina's financial crisis, the bond exchanges of 2005 and 2010, ongoing litigation, prospects for a final solution, related U.S. legislation, and broader policy issues. These include lessons on the effectiveness and cost of Argentina's default strategy, the ability to force sovereigns to meet their debt obligations, and ways to avoid future defaults like Argentina's.
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Logistical Support Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Issues for Congress
This report examines logistical support contracts for troop support services (also known as service contracts) in Iraq and Afghanistan, primarily administered through a smaller program, the United States Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP) and a larger program, the United States Army's Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP). It focuses on contracts involving Department of Defense (DOD) appropriated funds, although some projects involve a blending of funds from other agencies.
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
Grasso, Valerie Bailey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Insurance Premium Credits in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
This report describes the premium credits as reflected in current law through this legislation.
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
Peterson, Chris L. & Gabe, Thomas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks
This report provides an overview of Iraq's political transition from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein to a plural polity that encompasses varying sects and ideological and political factions. This report also addresses ongoing governmental instabilities and their causes, as well as U.S. concerns about possible Iranian influence in Iraq as U.S. forces depart the country.
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in PPACA
None
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
Stone, Julie; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Binder, Cliff; Herz, Elicia J.; Heisler, Elayne J.; Wilkicki, Kelly et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Durable Medical Equipment: The Competitive Bidding Program
None
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures: Overview and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
TRICARE and VA Health Care: Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
The 111th Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and hereafter referred to as PPACA. This report addresses key questions concerning how PPACA affects the Department of Defense (DOD) TRICARE program and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care.
Date:
April 28, 2010
Creator:
Panangala, Sidath Viranga & Jansen, Don J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library