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Genetic Testing: Scientific Background and Nondiscrimination Legislation
Issues surrounding genetic discrimination and privacy in health insurance and employment are currently being debated in the 109th Congress. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the status of genetic testing in the United States.
Date:
March 21, 2005
Creator:
Schoonmaker, Michele & Williams, Erin D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Administrative Agencies and Claims of Unreasonable Delay: Analysis of Court Treatment
This report discusses judicial remedies available for delayed agency actions that are somewhat limited. Generally, a court is restricted to ordering an agency to act by a specific deadline. The following sections outline the timing requirements imposed by the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), discuss the available judicial remedies when actions are found to be unreasonably delayed, and provide an examination of cases where courts have been asked to compel agency action. Finally, the report concludes with a discussion of legislative tools that Congress can use to try to set agency priorities.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Shedd, Daniel T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency: Budget, Oil Conservation, and Electricity Conservation Issues
In the 108th Congress, debate over energy efficiency programs has focused on budget, oil, natural gas, and electricity issues, and provisions in the omnibus energy policy bill, S. 2095, H.R. 6, and S. 14/S. 1149. The Bush Administration’s FY2005 budget request for the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Energy Efficiency Program sought $875.9 million, including $543.9 for R&D and $332.0 million for grants. In the first session, the omnibus energy bill (H.R. 6) had several significant tax and regulatory measures for energy efficiency. It did not pass the Senate due to concerns about cost and an MTBE “safe harbor” provision.
Date:
March 21, 2002
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Impact Aid for Public K-12 Education: Reauthorization Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about the reauthorization of Impact Aid for public K-12 education under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). This report goes over recent appropriations of the act, as well as detailing how Impact Aid payments are made. Additionally, the report is meant to be updated when the 110th congress sees fit to make amendments and expand the ESEA.
Date:
March 21, 2008
Creator:
Skinner, Rebecca R. & Apling, Richard N.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Antisatellites (Killer Satellites)
This issue brief discusses "killer satellites," the unofficial moniker for antisatellite (ASAT) missiles possessed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as U.S. efforts to develop ASAT systems and simultaneously limit their development and use.
Date:
March 21, 1983
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Space Shuttle
The national Aeronautics an6 Space Administration's major manner program of the post-Apollo era is the development of a space transportation system (STS) based on a reusable space shuttle launch vehicle. Funded since FY71, the shuttle program is coming to fruition: the space shuttle successfully completed its series of four test flights on July 4, 1982. The first operational f1ig; fit was successfully completed in November 1982. The next shuttle flight has been delayed because of leaks in one of the orbiter's main engines. NASA hopes to be ready for launch on Apr. 4, 1963.
Date:
March 21, 1983
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
AIDS: An Overview of Issues
This report discusses the many difficult policy dilemmas associated with the AIDS epidemic, including past Congressional funding to support AIDS research and education efforts, strategies for controlling the spread of the AIDS virus, and methods and resources available for the care and treatment of persons with AIDS.
Date:
March 21, 1988
Creator:
Smith, Pamela W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Privacy: Total Information Awareness Programs and Related Information Access, Collection, and Protection Laws
None
Date:
March 21, 2003
Creator:
Stevens, Gina Marie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Haiti: Issues for Congress
Congress continues to express concern about a number of developments in Haiti, especially the stalled democratic process there and increase
Date:
March 21, 2003
Creator:
Taft-Morales, Maureen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries
This report discusses the Context and Incident Summaries on Data Security Breaches. Personal data security breaches are being reported with increasing regularity. A law implemented in July 2003 had increased awareness of these data security breaches.
Date:
March 21, 2007
Creator:
Tehan, Rita
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Federalism and the Constitution: Limits on Congressional Power
This report will discuss state and federal legislative power generally and will focus on a number of these "fedralism" cases
Date:
March 21, 2001
Creator:
Thomas, Kenneth R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections
This report provides the results of recent elections in Latin America and the Caribbean. It contains three tables organized by region that list the date of each country's independence, the name of the newly elected president or prime minister, and the projected date of the next election. Information in this report was gathered from numerous sources, including the U.S. State Department, the CIA's Open Source, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and other news sources.
Date:
March 21, 2014
Creator:
Torreon, Barbara Salazar
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Legal Framework
This report explains the nature of U.S. authority over offshore areas pursuant to international and domestic law. It also describes the laws, at both the state and federal levels, governing the development of offshore oil and gas and the litigation that has flowed from development under these legal regimes. Also included is an outline of recent changes to the authorities regulating offshore development, as well as a discussion of recent executive action and legislative proposals concerning offshore oil and natural gas exploration and production.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Vann, Adam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Monuments and the Antiquities Act
This report discusses the Antiquities Act of 1906, which authorizes the President to proclaim national monuments on federal lands that contain historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, or other objects of historic or scientific interest. The President is to reserve "the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected." The act was designed to protect federal lands and resources quickly, and Presidents have proclaimed a total of 137 monuments. Congress has modified many of these proclamations and has abolished some monuments. Congress also has created monuments under its own authority.
Date:
March 21, 2014
Creator:
Vincent, Carol H. & Alexander, Kristina
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
Veterans Affairs: Benefits for Service-Connected Disabilities
None
Date:
March 21, 2006
Creator:
Weimer, Douglas Reid
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Monetary Fund: Background and Issues for Congress
This report evaluates the purpose, membership, financing, and focus of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) activities. It also discusses the role of Congress in shaping U.S. policy at the IMF and concludes by addressing key issues, both legislative and oversight-related, that Congress may wish to consider.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Weiss, Martin A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Identity Theft and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: An Analysis of
This report provides information about An Analysis of on Identity Theft and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This report will provide a brief summary of the fair credit reporting act provisions in question, as well as an analysis of the recent supreme court decisions.
Date:
March 21, 2003
Creator:
Welborn, Angie A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Remedies Available to Victims of Identity Theft
None
Date:
March 21, 2003
Creator:
Welborn, Angie A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Buildings Funding Limitations and Their Implications
This report provides an overview of the federal buildings funding limitations and their implications.
Date:
March 21, 2008
Creator:
Wellbron, Clay H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Debt Limit: The Ongoing Need for Increases
The surpluses over the four fiscal years 1998-2001 reduced debt held by the public by $448 billion. More than offsetting this debt reduction, the surpluses credited to debt-holding government accounts (which generally must invest the surpluses in federal debt), increased their holdings by $853 billion over the same period. The combination ($853 billion minus $448 billion) raised total federal debt by $405 billion. During 2002, debt subject to limit increased enough to reach the then current statutory debt limit, $5.95 trillion, in early April and again in May 2002. Congress passed and the President signed legislation (P.L. 108-24) increasing the limit to $6.4 trillion in June 2002.
Date:
March 21, 2006
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library