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Intelligence Issues for Congress
This report gives an overview of current intelligence issues of interest to the 112th Congress. It includes background and analysis including most recent development, ongoing Congressional concerns, specific issues for the 112th Congress, and a summary of related legislation from the 109th through the 112th Congresses.
Date:
January 22, 2010
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment
This report covers the recent background of the Exon-Florio provision with special regards to issues faced in the 112th Congress. The Exon-Florio provision grants the President the authority to block proposed or pending foreign acquisitions of "persons engaged in interstate commerce in the United States" that threaten to impair the national security.
Date:
February 4, 2010
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress
This report highlights major international trade and finance issues Congress may address this year and next.
Date:
December 30, 2010
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating U.S. Foreign Assistance to Afghanistan
The commitee provided a draft of this report to the state Department and USAID underscored the importance of sustainability and expressed support.
Date:
2011
Creator:
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress
This report highlights major international trade and finance issues Congress may address this year.
Date:
January 7, 2011
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress
The 112th Congress, in both its legislative and oversight capacities, faces numerous international trade and finance issues. In addition to the broader congressional oversight of the economic and political context of the current U.S. participation in the global economy, this report highlights major international trade and finance issues Congress may address this year and next.
Date:
January 11, 2011
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax Reform: An Overview of Proposals in the 112th Congress
This report primarily covers fundamental tax reform. CRS reports are available online concerning the other three categories of tax reform: tax reform based on the elimination of the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT), proposals for reforming the corporate income tax, and proposals for reforming the U.S. taxation of international business.
Date:
January 14, 2011
Creator:
Bickley, James M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Trade and Finance: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress
Report concerning a variety of issues faced by the 112th Congress. Topics include trade negotiations with South Korea, Panama, Colombia, and China, export controls and sanctions, and international financial institutions.
Date:
January 21, 2011
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Security Letters: Proposals in the 112th Congress
This report reprints the text of the five National Security Letter (NSL) statutes as they now appear and as they appeared prior to amendment by the USA PATRIOT Act.
Date:
February 1, 2011
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Security: Issues for the 112th Congress
This report discusses how best to construct and finance a system of deterrence, protection, and response that effectively reduces the possibility and consequences of another terrorist attack without unduly interfering with travel, commerce, and civil liberties.
Date:
February 1, 2011
Creator:
Peterman, David Randall; Elias, Bart & Frittelli, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety Issues for the 112th Congress
This report looks at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It particularly looks at ways in which the 112th Congress may want to provide oversight for the Act.
Date:
February 10, 2011
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 112th Congress
This report provides a brief overview of the authority of the Department of Homeland Security to regulate chemical facilities for security purposes and the regulation implementing this authority. It describes several policy issues raised in previous debates regarding chemical facility security and identifies policy options for congressional consideration.
Date:
February 17, 2011
Creator:
Shea, Dana A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Relations: Key Policy Issues for the 112th Congress
This report examines the trade relations between the United States, the European Union, and China.
Date:
February 17, 2011
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public Health and Medical Emergency Management: Issues in the 112th Congress
This report summarizes key issues in domestic public health and medical preparedness and response, and discusses selected federal programs by citing other CRS reports and sources of additional information.
Date:
February 18, 2011
Creator:
Lister, Sarah A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 112th Congress: A Profile
This report presents a profile of the membership of the 112th Congress (2011-2012). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date:
March 1, 2011
Creator:
Manning, Jennifer E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 112th Congress
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has statutory authority to regulate chemical facilities for security purposes. The 112th Congress extended this authority through March 18, 2011. Debate continues in Congress over whether to let this extension expire or continue funding the authority. This report provides a brief overview of the existing statutory authority and the regulation implementing this authority. It describes several policy issues raised in previous debates regarding chemical facility security and identifies policy options for congressional consideration. Finally, legislation in the 112th Congress is discussed.
Date:
March 8, 2011
Creator:
Shea, Dana A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil Spill Legislation in the 112th Congress
This report focuses primarily on oil spill policy matters that concern prevention, preparedness, response, liability and compensation, and Gulf restoration. For the most part, the underlying statutes for these provisions are found in either the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the Clean Water Act (CWA) and its amendments, or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and its amendments.
Date:
March 11, 2011
Creator:
Ramseur, Jonathan L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 112th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices
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Date:
March 21, 2011
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Alexander, Kristina; Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Meltz, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Overview of Immigration Issues in the 112th Congress
This report synthesizes immigration issues as a multi-tiered debate. It breaks down the U.S. immigration law and policy into key elements: border control and visa security; legal immigration; documentation and verification; interior immigration enforcement; integration, status, and benefits; and refugees and other humanitarian populations. This report also delineates the debate in the 112th Congress for a range of issues, including border security, criminal aliens, and worksite enforcement.
Date:
March 21, 2011
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-112th Congresses
This report provides committee funding requests and authorizations as adopted pursuant to primary expense authorizations for House committees in the 104th-112th Congresses.
Date:
March 24, 2011
Creator:
Petersen, R. Eric; Garrett, R. Sam & Hemlin, Erin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Vietnam Economic and Trade Relations: Issues for the 112th Congress
This report discusses the economic relationship between Vietnam and the U.S. that resumed in the 1990s. Of particular interest to Congress is that both nations may soon be members of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TTP).
Date:
April 5, 2011
Creator:
Martin, Michael F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Development Block Grants: Funding Issues in the 112th Congress and Recent Funding History
This report discusses funding issues in the 112th Congress and recent funding history. The Administration's FY2012 budget proposes to: (1) increase funding for CDBG formula grants by 10.5% from $3.303 billion appropriated in FY2010 to $3.691 billion; (2) eliminate funding for the Neighborhood Initiative and Economic Development Initiative programs; (3) eliminate funding for Section 107 activities; (4) transfer its Sustainable Communities Initiative to a new stand alone account; and (5) convert Section 108 loan guarantees to a fee-based program.
Date:
April 6, 2011
Creator:
Boyd, Eugene
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 112th Congress: A Profile
This report presents a profile of the membership of the 112th Congress (2011-2012). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date:
April 11, 2011
Creator:
Manning, Jennifer E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 112th Congress
The economic rationale for interventions in energy markets helps inform the debate surrounding energy tax policy. This report begins by providing background on the economic rationale for energy market interventions, highlighting various market failures. After identifying possible market failures in the production and consumption of energy, possible interventions are discussed. The report concludes with an analysis of energy tax policy as it stands at the start of the 112th Congress.
Date:
April 14, 2011
Creator:
Sherlock, Molly F. & Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library