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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
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
Higher Education Tax Credits: An Economic Analysis
This report provides analysis of the education tax credit program.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Gonzalez, Christian & Keightley, Mark P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Distribution of Child Support Collections
This report discusses child support distribution policy. The general rules in effect as of October 1, 2000 are that child support collected during the time a family receives cash welfare belongs to the state; current child support and arrearages (past-due payments) that are owed to a family that is no longer receiving welfare belongs to the family; and child support owed to a family that never received welfare belongs to the family.
Date:
March 4, 2003
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
Title IX and Sex Discrimination in Education: An Overview
This report provides an overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the various aspects of education affected by this law. Although Title IX has been only partially successful in eliminating sex discrimination in education, the effects of this legislation have been far-reaching.
Date:
March 4, 2004
Creator:
Galemore, Gary L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation
This report examines The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which is funded by fees collected from customers. However, appropriation measures limit USPTO use of all fees accumulated within a fiscal year. Critics of this approach argue that because agency operations are supported by payments for services, all fees are necessary to fund these services in the year they are provided.
Date:
March 4, 2002
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Surface Transportation: Reauthorization of TEA-21
This report briefly examines the debate regarding spending levels to reauthorize federal highway, highway safety, and transit programs.
Date:
March 4, 2005
Creator:
Fischer, John W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Government Pension Offset (GPO)
This report discusses the social security benefits and the spousal benefits of individuals who are not financially dependent on their spouses because they receive benefits based on their own work records.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Shelton, Alison M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A New Farm Program Option: Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE)
None
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2004
None
Date:
March 4, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kenya: The December 2007 Elections and the Challenges Ahead
None
Date:
March 4, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Agency Emergency Preparedness and Dismissal of Employees
None
Date:
March 4, 2003
Creator:
Halchin, L. Elaine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Internet and the USA PATRIOT Act: Potential Implications for Electronic Privacy, Security, Commerce, and Government
None
Date:
March 4, 2002
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The North Korean Economy: Leverage and Policy Analysis
None
Date:
March 4, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Telecommunications Discounts for Schools and Libraries: The “E-Rate” Program and Controversies
None
Date:
March 4, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
None
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress
This report discusses selected campaign finance policy issues that may receive attention during the 111th congress. Questions about the health of the presidential public financing system were especially prominent during the 2008 election cycle.
Date:
March 4, 2009
Creator:
Garrett, R. Sam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Liability of Plan Fiduciaries under ERISA: LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates
None
Date:
March 4, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
This report discusses about political, economic, and security challenges facing Azerbaijan.
Date:
March 4, 2005
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library