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Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations (open access)

Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations

This report discusses various policy aspects of the Agriculture appropriations bill for FY2010, which funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Monke, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Amendments Between the Houses: Procedural Options and Effects (open access)

Amendments Between the Houses: Procedural Options and Effects

This report explains the procedural options for resolving differences through amendments between the houses, and to discuss the procedural effects of resolving differences through this process as an alternative to conference committee.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brazil's WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program (open access)

Brazil's WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program

This report provides a description and status report on Brazil's challenge to certain aspects of the U.S. cotton program under the rules of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) dispute settlement process in case DS267. The "Brazil cotton case" had its WTO origins in 2002 and has since evolved into a sprawling legal enterprise that is still ongoing as of mid-2010.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on the Clean Air Act and Air Quality Standards (open access)

CRS Issue Statement on the Clean Air Act and Air Quality Standards

This report discusses the Broad questions regarding the effectiveness of economic versus regulatory approaches to controlling air pollution and the role of federal versus state governments in controlling emissions.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Implications of the Long-Term Federal Budget Outlook (open access)

The Economic Implications of the Long-Term Federal Budget Outlook

This report analyzes the long-run path of the federal budget. The United States is projected to undergo a demographic shift as the aging of the baby boomers causes an unprecedented increase in the fraction of the population that is retired. Coupled with rising life expectancy, this means, under current policy, a steady increase in the portion of the population that is both out of the workforce and receiving social insurance benefits from the government.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Email from Brett Burnham to multiple recipients] (open access)

[Email from Brett Burnham to multiple recipients]

Email from Brett Burnham to multiple recipients on January 4, 2010 discussing contact information for Stonewall Democrats of Denton County 2010 officers.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, January 4, 2010 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Monday, January 4, 2010

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Pittman, Jerry & Wray, Kelly
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 1, January 4, 2010, Pages 1-218 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 1, January 4, 2010, Pages 1-218

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Funeral Program for Earl Eugene Wilson, Sr., January 4, 2010] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Earl Eugene Wilson, Sr., January 4, 2010]

Funeral program for Earl Eugene Wilson, Sr., born January 14, 1939 and died December 29, 2009. The funeral was held January 4, 2010 at Greater Good News Missionary, officiated by Rev. Kenneth W. McIntyre. Funeral arrangements were made through the Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Sweet Home Community Cemetery in Guadalupe County, Texas.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer (open access)

Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer

This report provides an overview of nanotechnology, nanomanufacturing, and public understanding of and attitudes toward nanotechnology. Congress has demonstrated continuing support for nanotechnology and has directed its attention primarily to three topics that may affect the realization of this hoped for potential: federal research and development (R&D) in nanotechnology; U.S. competitiveness; and environmental, health, and safety (EHS) concerns.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer (open access)

Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer

This report discusses section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), the specific requirements of which must be met in order for the United States to engage in civilian nuclear cooperation with other states. The AEA also provides for exemptions to these requirements, export control licensing procedures, and criteria for terminating cooperation.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 042, Ed. 1 Monday, January 4, 2010 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 042, Ed. 1 Monday, January 4, 2010

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress (open access)

Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress

This report focuses on the creation of the Transatlantic Economic Council; the role of legislatures in the regulatory process; and the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue and its new role as an advisor to transatlantic regulatory efforts.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J. & Morelli, Vincent
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Army Corps of Engineers Reservoirs for Municipal and Industrial Water Supply: Current Issues (open access)

Using Army Corps of Engineers Reservoirs for Municipal and Industrial Water Supply: Current Issues

This report discusses the limited use of federal reservoir storage for Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water and the M&I water storage at corps facilities supply .
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
WTO Doha Round: Implications for U.S. Agriculture (open access)

WTO Doha Round: Implications for U.S. Agriculture

The Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations began in November 2001. From an agricultural viewpoint, the goal of the negotiations was to make progress simultaneously across the three pillars of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Agricultural Agreement—domestic support, market access, and export competition—by building on the specific terms and conditions established during the previous Uruguay Round of negotiations. This report reviews the current status of agricultural negotiations for domestic support, market access, and export subsidies, and their potential implications for U.S. agriculture.
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Schnepf, Randy & Hanrahan, Charles E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library