Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class aircraft carrier program. Congress's decisions on the CVN-78 program could substantially affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements and the shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: March 21, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress

This report discusses major decisions on clean air issues facing the courts and the executive branch in 2006. One focus will be EPA's recent proposal to strengthen air quality standards for fine particles. Other issues of continuing interest are EPA's 2005 decisions limiting interstate transport of air pollution and establishing cap-and-trade systems for emissions from coal fired power plants, and the agency's proposed changes to New Source Review.
Date: March 21, 2006
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Environment Facility (GEF): Overview (open access)

Global Environment Facility (GEF): Overview

This report discusses the Global Environment Facility (GEF), established in 1991, which has served since then as a primary source of funding for several major international environmental concerns.
Date: March 21, 2006
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. Congress's decisions on this issue could affect Coast Guard funding requirements, the Coast Guard's ability to perform its polar missions, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
Date: March 21, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supreme Court Nominations Not Confirmed, 1789-2004 (open access)

Supreme Court Nominations Not Confirmed, 1789-2004

This report discusses Supreme Court nominations that were not confirmed between 1789 and 2004 (comprising 34 nominations). Over the course of United States history, approximately one-quarter of the presidential nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court have failed to place a new Associate or Chief Justice on the bench.
Date: March 21, 2005
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms: Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition (open access)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms: Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition

This report reviews the USPTO rules that would restrict claims and continuing applications. It begins by offering a summary of the patent system and the role of patents in innovation policy. The context, details, and legal challenges to the new USPTO rules are then explained. The report then offers both the policy justifications for the new rules, as well as concerns that patent professionals and other observers have expressed over their effectiveness and impact. The report closes by identifying congressional issues and options.
Date: March 21, 2008
Creator: Thomas, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Post-War Iraq: Foreign Contributions to Training, Peacekeeping, and Reconstruction (open access)

Post-War Iraq: Foreign Contributions to Training, Peacekeeping, and Reconstruction

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Date: March 21, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (open access)

Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

This report discusses the the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. It also discusses possible legislative issues involving OIRA.
Date: March 21, 2011
Creator: Copeland, Curtis W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The General Services Administration and Federal Real Property Management: Overview and Current Legislation (open access)

The General Services Administration and Federal Real Property Management: Overview and Current Legislation

This report provides an overview and the current legislation on the general services administration and federal real property management.
Date: March 21, 2008
Creator: Smith, Stephanie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid Provider Taxes (open access)

Medicaid Provider Taxes

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Date: March 21, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
K-12 Teacher Quality: Issues and Legislative Action (open access)

K-12 Teacher Quality: Issues and Legislative Action

This report provides a brief overview of some of the most salient issues regarding the K-12 teaching force, describes the current federal role in this area, describes major federal programs, and tracks major legislative action by the Congress.
Date: March 21, 2008
Creator: Kuenzi, Jeffrey J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybercrime: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 1030 and Related Federal Criminal Laws (open access)

Cybercrime: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 1030 and Related Federal Criminal Laws

This report discusses the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. 1030, outlaws conduct that victimizes computer system. It also points out about Computer Trespassing in a government computer.
Date: March 21, 2012
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prohibiting Television Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages: A Constitutional Analysis (open access)

Prohibiting Television Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages: A Constitutional Analysis

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Date: March 21, 2002
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
F-22 Raptor Aircraft Program (open access)

F-22 Raptor Aircraft Program

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Date: March 21, 2002
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybercrime: An Overview of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute and Related Federal Criminal Laws (open access)

Cybercrime: An Overview of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute and Related Federal Criminal Laws

This report discusses the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. 1030, outlaws conduct that victiizes computer system.
Date: March 21, 2012
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sugar Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79) (open access)

Sugar Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79)

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Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Child Support: Background and Current Policy (open access)

Medical Child Support: Background and Current Policy

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Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forestry Provisions in the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79) (open access)

Forestry Provisions in the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79)

This report is categorized into four categories: (I) Background, (II) The 2014 Farm Bill Forestry Title, (III) Forestry in Other Titles and (IV) Forestry Issues for Congress.
Date: March 21, 2014
Creator: Hoover, Katie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform (open access)

Social Security Reform

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Date: March 21, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capital Punishment: Constitutionality for Non-Homicide Crimes Such as Child Rape (open access)

Capital Punishment: Constitutionality for Non-Homicide Crimes Such as Child Rape

This report provides background on the 8th Amendment and court decision on states imposing the death penalty for any crime other than murder.
Date: March 21, 2008
Creator: Smith, Alison M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Averting Financial Crisis (open access)

Averting Financial Crisis

This report focuses on the efforts of regulators to reduce stress to the markets.
Date: March 21, 2008
Creator: Jickling, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline: Legal Issues (open access)

Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline: Legal Issues

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Date: March 21, 2013
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Force FB-22 Bomber Concept (open access)

Air Force FB-22 Bomber Concept

The Air Force has expressed interest in developing a bomber variant of the F-22A Raptor to "bridge the gap" between today's bombers and a follow-on bomber in 2037. Questions exist regarding the FB-22's feasibility, cost, and combat potential.
Date: March 21, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision: Overview of H.R. 556 (open access)

Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision: Overview of H.R. 556

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Date: March 21, 2007
Creator: Jackson, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library