The Department of the Treasury’s Authority to Regulate GSE Debt: A Legal Analysis (open access)

The Department of the Treasury’s Authority to Regulate GSE Debt: A Legal Analysis

This report analyzes the Department of the Treasury's legal authority over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and concludes that a court would likely hold that the department possesses the power to regulate the amount of debt issued by these two organizations.
Date: March 3, 2008
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Threats and U.S. Policy (open access)

International Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Threats and U.S. Policy

This report focuses on the international trade in terrestrial fauna, largely excluding trade in illegal plants, including timber, and fish.
Date: March 3, 2008
Creator: Wyler, Liana S. & Sheikh, Pervaze A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) — Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) — Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: March 3, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Markets Tax Credit: An Introduction (open access)

New Markets Tax Credit: An Introduction

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Date: March 3, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Experimentation Tax Credit: Current Status and Selected Issues for Congress (open access)

Research and Experimentation Tax Credit: Current Status and Selected Issues for Congress

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Date: March 3, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Tax Benefits: Overview and Economic Rationales (open access)

Small Business Tax Benefits: Overview and Economic Rationales

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Date: March 3, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the WTO (open access)

Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the WTO

This report discusses the trade preferences and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) most-favored-nation (MFN) requirements, World Trade Organization (WTO) waivers for preferential trade agreements, and WTO waivers for U.S. preference programs.
Date: March 3, 2008
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer (open access)

Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer

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Date: March 3, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Force Air Refueling: The KC-X Aircraft Acquisition Program (open access)

Air Force Air Refueling: The KC-X Aircraft Acquisition Program

This report discusses the U.S. Air Force in-flight aerial refueling aircraft program. The KC-135, which makes up the preponderance of the Air Force's tanker force, is among the Air Force's oldest aircraft.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher & Knight, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
California's Waiver Request to Control Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act (open access)

California's Waiver Request to Control Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act

This report reviews the nature of Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) authority, as well as that of California and other states, to regulate emissions from mobile sources. It includes a discussion fo the applicability of that authority to greenhouse gases (GHGs) and issues related to the California waiver request.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: McCarthy, James E. & Meltz, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments (open access)

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments

This report provides a brief history and recent developments regarding the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (CTBT). The U.N. General Assembly adopted the CTBT in 1996. The report discusses the national positions on testing and the CTBT, The North Korean nuclear test, stockpile stewardship, and CTBT pros and cons.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Redistricting: The Constitutionality of Creating an At-Large District (open access)

Congressional Redistricting: The Constitutionality of Creating an At-Large District

This report discusses the constitutionality of the creation of an at-large congressional district.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Whitaker, L. Paige
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Exemptions for the Navy’s Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training Program (open access)

Environmental Exemptions for the Navy’s Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training Program

The report discusses the laws such as MMPA,ESA,NEPA and CZMA related to marine mammals,Environment and Coastal zone.It also reviews the litigation surrounding the Navy's compliance with these laws in the context of mid frequency active sonar for training purposes of California's coast.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Alexander, Kristina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Proposals to Regulate Their Mortgage Portfolio Size in the 110th Congress (open access)

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Proposals to Regulate Their Mortgage Portfolio Size in the 110th Congress

This report analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of proposals to limit portfolio size.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Weiss, N. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans (open access)

Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans

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Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Mulvey, Janemarie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kenya: The December 2007 Elections and the Challenges Ahead (open access)

Kenya: The December 2007 Elections and the Challenges Ahead

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Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liability of Plan Fiduciaries under ERISA: LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates (open access)

Liability of Plan Fiduciaries under ERISA: LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates

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Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The North Korean Economy: Leverage and Policy Analysis (open access)

The North Korean Economy: Leverage and Policy Analysis

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Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests (open access)

Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests

This report discusses the current political and economic conditions in Russia, focusing on the impact of Vladimir Putin's leadership and the leadership of his successor/protégé, Dmitriy Medvedev. The report also discusses the state of the economy since the Soviet collapse in 1999, how the recent global economic downturn has affected Russia, the state of Russia's military, and the current relationship between Russia and the United States.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Goldman, Stuart D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Veterans Affairs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims — Judicial Review of VA Decision Making (open access)

Veterans Affairs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims — Judicial Review of VA Decision Making

This report examines the historical and legislative background of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC), which is an independent federal court, entirely separate from the VA, and its current operation.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Weimer, Douglas Reid
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT): Income Entry Points and “Take Back” Effects (open access)

The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT): Income Entry Points and “Take Back” Effects

This report describes how the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is ineffective under the tax reductions of 2004-2007.
Date: March 5, 2008
Creator: Maguire, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices (open access)

Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices

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Date: March 5, 2008
Creator: Kim, Yule
System: The UNT Digital Library