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ACA: A Brief Overview of the Law, Implementation, and Legal Challenges
This report summarizes the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the legal challenges it has faced. The report contains information on various lawsuits due to the ACA and provides the reasoning behind them as Congress violating its enumerated powers in the constitution. Moreover, the report covers the challenges of implementing the law.
Date:
March 23, 2012
Creator:
Redhead, C. Stephen; Staman, Jennifer; Burrows, Vanessa K. & Fernandez, Bernadette
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Administrative Appeals in the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service
This report describes Congressional interest in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) appeal process due to rumors that it affects the BLM's capacity to handle various resources. Moreover, the report defines what an administrative appeal is, and describes the process required to undertake one. The report also lists the various types of administrative appeals.
Date:
March 28, 2012
Creator:
Alexander, Katrina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Affordable Care Act: Litigation Resources
This report discusses the lawsuits challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Moreover, the report also discusses how the Supreme Court granted three petitions of certiorari and scheduled oral arguments in 2012.
Date:
March 23, 2012
Creator:
Taylor, Julia & Tarnay, Eva M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians
This report collects statistics from a variety of sources on casualties sustained during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which began on October 7, 2001, and is ongoing. OEF actions take place primarily in Afghanistan; however, OEF casualties also include American casualties in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Yemen.
Date:
March 21, 2012
Creator:
Chesser, Susan G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, as well as the Afghan government. This report also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai, to address corruption within the Afghan government. The report also includes discussion of election fraud and corruption in Afghanistan.
Date:
March 30, 2012
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report covers concerns and issues relating to governance, elections, election fraud/nepotism, human rights, and Afghan culture in Afghanistan. It discusses the pros and cons of U.S.A. intervention in the shaping of these endeavors.
Date:
March 8, 2012
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
African American Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2012
A history and current status report of African Americans in Congress.
Date:
March 6, 2012
Creator:
Manning, Jennifer E. & Shogan, Colleen J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension: Issues and Background
This report considers the U.S. Department of Agriculture's program for Research, Education, and Economics (REE). Moreover, the report discusses the amount of funding for the REE and debates the direction of it.
Date:
March 23, 2012
Creator:
Shields, Dennis A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
America COMPETES 2010 and the FY2013 Budget
The 112th Congress faces several budget and appropriations decisions that may affect implementation of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. Signed on January 4, 2011, this law seeks to improve U.S. competitiveness and innovation by authorizing, among other things, increased federal support for research in the physical sciences and engineering; and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The specific debate about FY2013 funding for America COMPETES 2010 provisions will occur within the broader context of the national conversation about U.S. competitiveness.
Date:
March 20, 2012
Creator:
Gonzalez, Heather B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Application to the Internet
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides broad nondiscrimination protection in employment, public services, public accommodations, and services operated by private entities, transportation, and telecommunications for individuals with disabilities. As stated in the act, its purpose is "to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities".
Date:
March 28, 2012
Creator:
DeBergh, James V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Movie Captioning and Video Description
Title III of the ADA prohibits discrimination by public accommodations, which are defined to include movie theaters, but the statute does not include specific language on closed captioning or video description. Although the Department of Justice (DOJ) has promulgated regulations under Title III, it has not specifically addressed issues regarding closed captioning or video description. The ANPR asks for input in several areas including the implications of a sliding compliance schedule, and the appropriate basis for calculating the number of movies that will be captioned and video described.
Date:
March 29, 2012
Creator:
DeBergh, James V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Statutory Language and Recent Issues
This report consists of the Americans with disabilities act (ADA): statutory language and recent issues.
Date:
March 22, 2012
Creator:
Brougher, Cynthia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the “Buffett Rule”
This report is an Analysis of the “Buffett Rule”.
Date:
March 28, 2012
Creator:
Hungerford, Thomas L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements
This report provides an overview of many of the key arms control and nonproliferation agreements and endeavors of the past 40 years. It is divided into three sections. The first describes arms control efforts between the United States and the states of the former Soviet Union, covering both formal, bilateral treaties, and the cooperative threat reduction process. The second section describes multilateral nuclear nonproliferation efforts, covering both formal treaties and less formal accommodations that have been initiated in recent years. The final section reviews treaties and agreements that address chemical, biological, and conventional weapons.
Date:
March 7, 2012
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.; Nikitin, Mary Beth & Kerr, Paul K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Army's Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report looks at the history and current need for a Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. Potential issues for Congress include the role and need for the GCV in a downsized Army that will likely have fewer heavy brigade combat teams (HBCTs).
Date:
March 1, 2012
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aviation and the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme
This report looks at how the European Union Emission Trading Scheme's coverage of carbon emission from commercial flights affects air carriers from the United States and other countries.
Date:
March 7, 2012
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.; Elias, Bart & Shedd, Daniel T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Background and Issues for Congressional Oversight of ARRA Broadband Awards
This report discusses the background and issues for congressional oversight of ARRA Broadband Awards.
Date:
March 14, 2012
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the current state of Bahrain, which has undergone substantial political reforms since the late 1990s, but which still suffers from tension between the Shiite majority and the Sunni-led government. This report focuses particularly on Bahrain's relationship with Iran and Bahrain's relationship with the United States.
Date:
March 15, 2012
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology
This report is about the Baby-Dole Act: Selected issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology.
Date:
March 16, 2012
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources
This report examines the original intent and purpose of the Berry Amendment and legislative proposals to amend the application of domestic source restrictions, as well as potential options for Congress.
Date:
March 22, 2012
Creator:
Grasso, Valerie Bailey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biomass: Comparison of Definitions in Legislation Through the 111th Congress
The use of biomass as an energy feedstock is emerging as a potentially viable alternative to address U.S. energy security concerns, foreign oil dependence, rural economic development, and diminishing sources of conventional energy. Biomass (organic matter that can be converted into energy) may include food crops, crops for energy, crop residues, wood waste and byproducts, and animal manure. Most legislation involving biomass has focused on encouraging the production of liquid fuels from corn. For over 30 years, the term biomass has been a part of legislation enacted by Congress for various programs, indicating some interest by the general public and policymakers in expanding its use. To aid understanding of why U.S. consumers, utility groups, refinery managers, and others have not fully adopted biomass as an energy resource, this report investigates the characterization of biomass in legislation.
Date:
March 7, 2012
Creator:
Bracmort, Kelsi & Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brazil-U.S. Relations
This report analyzes Brazil's political, economic, and social conditions, and how those conditions affect its role in the world and its relationship with the United States.
Date:
March 7, 2012
Creator:
Meyer, Peter J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
This report provides information about the Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide through Federal Assistance Programs.Digital divide used to characterize the gap between "information have and have-not."
Date:
March 13, 2012
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G. & Gilroy, Angele A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Budget Control Act: Potential Impact of Automatic Spending Reduction Procedures on Health Reform Spending
This report discusses the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. 112-25), which established new budget enforcement mechanisms for reducing the federal deficit by at least $2.1 trillion over the 10-year period FY2012-FY2021. The BCA places statutory limits, or caps, on discretionary spending for each of those 10 fiscal years, which will save an estimated $0.9 trillion during that period. In addition, it creates a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint Committee), which is instructed to develop legislation to reduce the federal deficit by at least another $1.5 trillion through FY2021.
Date:
March 23, 2012
Creator:
Redhead, C. Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library