Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines (open access)

Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines

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Date: March 31, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
One-Minute Speeches: Current House Practices (open access)

One-Minute Speeches: Current House Practices

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Date: March 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Pacific Salmon Treaty: The 1999 Agreement and Renegotiation of Annex IV (open access)

The Pacific Salmon Treaty: The 1999 Agreement and Renegotiation of Annex IV

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Date: March 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the Endangered Species Act (open access)

Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the Endangered Species Act

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Date: March 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securities Fraud: Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. (open access)

Securities Fraud: Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.

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Date: March 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Special Order Speeches: Current House Practices (open access)

Special Order Speeches: Current House Practices

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Date: March 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Forces in Afghanistan (open access)

U.S. Forces in Afghanistan

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Date: March 30, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds (open access)

Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds

This report is categorized into six categories: (I) What is Avian Influenza?, (II) Status of Avian Influenza Outbreaks, (III) Transmission, (IV) Control, (V) Economic Impacts, and (VI) Legislative Actions.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Sequestration in Forests (open access)

Carbon Sequestration in Forests

This report provides an overview of the congressional interests in carbon sequestration.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress (open access)

Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress

This report presents a side-by-side comparison of the major provisions of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, and includes a glossary of common terms.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Parker, Larry & Yacobucci, Brent D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview of Egyptian politics and current issues in U.S.- Egyptian relations. It briefly provides a political history of modern Egypt, an overview of its political institutions, and a discussion of the prospects for democratization in Egypt. U.S.-Egyptian relations are complex and multi-faceted, and this report addresses the following current topics: the Arab-Israeli peace process, Iraq, terrorism, democratization and reform, human rights, trade, and military cooperation.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estate Tax Legislation in the 109th Congress (open access)

Estate Tax Legislation in the 109th Congress

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Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Noto, Nonna A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Commodity Policy: Programs and Issues for Congress (open access)

Farm Commodity Policy: Programs and Issues for Congress

This report summarizes the subsidies that are available for about 25 agricultural commodities representing about one-third of gross farm sales.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Group of Eight Summits: Evolution and Possible Reform (open access)

The Group of Eight Summits: Evolution and Possible Reform

This report discusses the evolution of the G8 and possible reform as background for the meeting
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Weiss, Martin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Support to the Severely Disabled: Overview of Service Programs (open access)

Military Support to the Severely Disabled: Overview of Service Programs

The Department of Defense (DOD) and each of the military services have established new programs to care for the severely disabled, ensuring rehabilitative assistance and easing the transition back to civilian life. Congress has followed these initiatives with interest and recently directed DOD to develop policies and procedures to standardize these programs. This report examines the background for the new initiatives and provides a status of each program, including contact information.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Henning, Charles A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2007 (open access)

Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2007

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Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alaska Natural Gas Pipelines: Interaction of the Natural Gas and Steel Markets (open access)

Alaska Natural Gas Pipelines: Interaction of the Natural Gas and Steel Markets

In 1976, Congress approved legislation to establish the regulatory framework for building a pipeline to bring natural gas from the Alaska North Slope to the lower 48 states. This report focuses on two major issues or uncertainties that may serve as economic constraints on a capital investment undertaking of this major scale.
Date: March 28, 2007
Creator: Cooney, Stephen & Pirog, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview (open access)

Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview

This report gives an overview of data mining and homeland security. The contents include what the data mining is, limitations of data mining, its uses, issues, and legislation in the 108th, 109th and 110th Congress.
Date: March 28, 2007
Creator: Seifert, Jeffrey W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment (open access)

Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment

This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment — of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for some types of speech.
Date: March 28, 2007
Creator: Cohen, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2007 Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Other Purposes (open access)

FY2007 Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Other Purposes

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Date: March 28, 2007
Creator: Daggett, Stephen; Belasco, Amy; Towell, Pat; Epstein, Susan B.; Veillette, Connie; Tarnoff, Curt et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legal Issues in Terminations of SingleEmployer Pension Plans: Beck v. PACE International Union (open access)

Legal Issues in Terminations of SingleEmployer Pension Plans: Beck v. PACE International Union

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Date: March 28, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade with Developing Countries: Trends, Prospects, and Policy Implications (open access)

U.S. Trade with Developing Countries: Trends, Prospects, and Policy Implications

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Date: March 28, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security (open access)

Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security

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Date: March 27, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library