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Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol
This report addresses legal issues after the United States signed the Kyoto Protocol to the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The protocol is not yet in effect internationally and cannot be legally binding on the U.S. unless and until the Senate gives its advice and consent.
Date:
March 29, 2001
Creator:
Ackerman, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Growth of the Private Sector in China and Implications For China’s Accession to the World Trade Organization
This report discusses the growth of the private sector in China, which has occurred to a large extent from the government’s efforts to reform China’s money-losing state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Workers who have been laid off from SOEs have been encouraged to find jobs in the private sector or to start their own businesses.
Date:
March 28, 2001
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The House's Corrections Calendar
This report discusses the establishment of the “Corrections Day”, a concept credited to Michigan Governor John Englerwhich, which is a procedure for repealing “the dumbest things the federal government is currently doing and just abolish them.”
Date:
March 28, 2001
Creator:
Oleszek, Walter J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Measures Are Brought to the House Floor: A Brief Introduction
This report presents a brief description of the five methods used to bring proposed legislation to the House floor for consideration.
Date:
March 26, 2001
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hong Kong’s Ongoing Transition: Implications of Chinese Sovereignty in 2001. March 2001
This report focuses on the situation in Hong Kong as it continues its political and social transformation after the July 1997 reversion to Chinese sovereignty.
Date:
March 23, 2001
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Sentencing: A Sketch of Apprendi v. New Jersey and Its Impact
None
Date:
March 20, 2001
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Executive Orders: Issuance and Revocation
Executive orders and proclamations are used extensively by Presidents to achieve policy goals, set uniform standards for managing the Executive Branch, or outline a policy view intended to influence the behavior of private citizens. The Constitution does not define these presidential instruments, and does not explicitly vest the President with the authority to issue them. Nonetheless, such orders are accepted as an inherent aspect of presidential power, and, if based on appropriate authority, they have the force and effect of law. This report discusses the nature of executive orders and proclamations, with a focus on the scope of presidential authority to execute such instruments and judicial and congressional responses thereto.
Date:
March 19, 2001
Creator:
Halstead, T. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Sentencing: How Much May the Judge Decide - The Impact of the Supreme Court's Decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey
None
Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Arranging Witnesses
This report briefly discusses the process of selecting and arranging witnesses for House committee hearings.
Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Carr, Thomas P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting, 1993-2000
This report describes executive and legislative activities relating to research and development budgets and priority-setting that occurred primarily during FY1993 to FY2001, the period of the two Clinton Administrations.
Date:
March 14, 2001
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Analysis of the Charitable Contribution Deduction for Non-Itemizers
None
Date:
March 13, 2001
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 107th Congress
None
Date:
March 13, 2001
Creator:
Neale, Thomas H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electricity Generation and Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Strategies
None
Date:
March 13, 2001
Creator:
Parker, Larry B. & Blodgett, John E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Farm Program Spending: What's Permitted Under the Uruguay Round Agreements
This report discusses farm income and commodity price support proposals that might succeed the programs due to expire in 2002. A key question being asked of virtually every new proposal is how it will affect U.S. commitments under the 1994 Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA), which commitsthe United States to spend no more than $19.1 billion annually on domestic farm supports most likely to distort trade. The URAA spells out the rules for countries to determine whether their policies are potentially trade distorting, and to calculate the costs.
Date:
March 13, 2001
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Subcommittees: Assignment Process
This report addresses the subcommittee assignment process.
Date:
March 9, 2001
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Preparation
Committee hearings afford Representatives an opportunity to gather information on, and draw attention to, legislation and issues within a committee's purview; conduct oversight of programs or agencies; and investigate allegations of wrongdoing. This report identifies many of the tasks that need to be performed by full committees and, in most cases, subcommittees in advance of a hearing. Some of these tasks are required by House or committee rules; others are common committee practice.
Date:
March 8, 2001
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The President’s Reorganization Authority: Review and Analysis
This report addresses three specific issues: (1) the historical basis and use of the President’s reorganization authority; (2) the factors contributing to the lapse of the President’s reorganization authority in 1984,1 and (3) thoughts on the future of reorganization in the executive branch.
Date:
March 8, 2001
Creator:
Moe, Ronald C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Predatory Lending: Background on the Issue and Overview of Legislation in the 106th Congress
This report presents an overview of the predatory lending issue, a summary of present law, a summary of joint HUD and Treasury recommendations to address the issue, and a side-by-side summary of five bills introduced in the 106th Congress that addressed the issue. Though no action occurred on these bills, the issue is expected to continue in the 107th Congress.
Date:
March 7, 2001
Creator:
Foote, Bruce E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
This report outlines the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and related legislation. The report discusses a comprehensive test ban treaty, which is the oldest item on the nuclear arms control agenda.
Date:
March 6, 2001
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Budget Resolution Enforcement
This report describes how the government enforces budget resolutions using the Congressional Budget Act (C.B.A.) of 1974.
Date:
March 5, 2001
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Formulation and Content of the Budget Resolution
The Congressional Budget Act (CBA) of 1974 (Titles I-IX of P.L. 93-344), as amended, established the concurrent budget resolution as the centerpiece of the congressional budget process. This report discusses the budget resolution, which provides the framework for subsequent legislative action on the annual appropriations bills, revenue measures, debt-limit legislation, reconciliation legislation (if required), and any other budgetary legislation.
Date:
March 5, 2001
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Functional Categories of the Federal Budget
This report presents a list of the 20 functional categories currently included in the federal budget, as well as the sub-functions.
Date:
March 5, 2001
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money
This report is categorized into seven categories: (I) Most recent developments, (II) Background and Analysis, (III) Definitions of Hard and Soft Money in Federal Elections, (IV) Political Party Soft Money, (V) Corporate and Labor Union Soft Money, (VI) Soft Money Spent on Issue Advocacy and (VII) Selected 107th Congress Legislation.
Date:
March 2, 2001
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals
This report discusses President's authority to call for an item veto, or possibly expanded impoundment authority, consideration of impoundment reform, to provide him with greater control over federal spending.
Date:
March 1, 2001
Creator:
McMurtry, Virginia A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library