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
Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues (open access)

Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues

More than 90,000 U.S. horses were slaughtered for human food in 2005, mainly for European and Asian consumers. Congress voted to limit the use of FY2006 appropriated funds for such slaughter, but USDA anticipates that the practice will continue, funded by industry user fees. This report examines the debate, which has focused on the acceptability of horse slaughter, and how to care for and eventually dispose of such horses if they no longer went for human food.
Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation (open access)

Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation

This report describes the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The report details that the act will make major cuts to agricultural programs.
Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: Chite, Ralph M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Superwaiver” Proposals in the Welfare Reform Debate (open access)

“Superwaiver” Proposals in the Welfare Reform Debate

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Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Diploma Mills: A Legal Overview (open access)

Diploma Mills: A Legal Overview

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Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: Feder, Jody
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Actions in 2006 (open access)

Congressional Budget Actions in 2006

This report discusses the congressional budget process, which consists of the consideration and adoption of spending, revenue, and debt-limit legislation within the framework of an annual concurrent resolution on the budget.
Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Roll Call and Other Record Votes: First Congress Through 108th Congress, 1789 Through 2004 (open access)

Congressional Roll Call and Other Record Votes: First Congress Through 108th Congress, 1789 Through 2004

This report is a compilation of information on roll call and other record votes taken in the House of Representatives and Senate from the first Congress through the 108th Congress, 1789 through 2004.
Date: March 3, 2005
Creator: Pontius, John S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: Payments to Physicians (open access)

Medicare: Payments to Physicians

This report discusses payment to physicians through Medicare, a nationwide program that offers health insurance protection for 40 million aged and disabled persons.
Date: March 3, 2003
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
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
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lands and National Forests (open access)

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lands and National Forests

The 109th congress is considering the issues related to the public lands managed by the Bureau of the Land Management (BLM) and the national forest managed by the Forest Service,
Date: March 3, 2005
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Vincent, Carol Hardy
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
Lobbying and Related Reform Proposals: Consideration of Selected Measures, 109th Congress (open access)

Lobbying and Related Reform Proposals: Consideration of Selected Measures, 109th Congress

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Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: unknown
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
Family Caregiving to the Elderly by Employed Persons: The Effects on Working Caregivers, Employers, and Federal Policy (open access)

Family Caregiving to the Elderly by Employed Persons: The Effects on Working Caregivers, Employers, and Federal Policy

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Date: March 3, 2003
Creator: Levine, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (open access)

Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty

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Date: March 3, 2003
Creator: unknown
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
Title IX and Gender Bias in Sports: Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

Title IX and Gender Bias in Sports: Frequently Asked Questions

This report answers a select number of often asked questions about Title IX and how it pertains to sports activities at educational institutions.
Date: March 3, 2003
Creator: Galemore, Gary L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals (open access)

Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals

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Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Life Expectancy in the United States (open access)

Life Expectancy in the United States

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Date: March 3, 2005
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
Gasoline Excise Tax – Historical Revenues: Fact Sheet (open access)

Gasoline Excise Tax – Historical Revenues: Fact Sheet

This report provides a fact sheet about the Gasoline Excise Tax - Historical Revenues. The gas tax was regarded as a user tax where the federal government has imposed a gasoline excise tax with the passage of the revenue act in 1932.
Date: March 3, 2004
Creator: Talley, Louis Alan & Jackson, Pamela J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues (open access)

Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

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Date: March 3, 2006
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
DOE Budget Earmarks: A Selective Look at Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy R&D Programs (open access)

DOE Budget Earmarks: A Selective Look at Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy R&D Programs

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Date: March 3, 2006
Creator: Sissine, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library