The Continental Shelf and The Deep Ocean Floor: A Brief Survey of United States Jurisdiction and Control Under International and Federal Law (open access)

The Continental Shelf and The Deep Ocean Floor: A Brief Survey of United States Jurisdiction and Control Under International and Federal Law

This report discusses the ideas of what parts of underwater lands is owned/claimed by what legal powers.
Date: April 4, 1969
Creator: Zafren, Daniel Hill
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Chronology of Selected Statements by Administration Officials on the Subject of Postwar Reconstruction Aid to Indochina: April 7, 1965 - April 4, 1973 (open access)

A Chronology of Selected Statements by Administration Officials on the Subject of Postwar Reconstruction Aid to Indochina: April 7, 1965 - April 4, 1973

This report is a record of official statements made by the Presidents Johnson and Nixon's administrations concerning reconstruction aid to Indochina from April 7th, 1965 to April 4th, 1973.
Date: April 4, 1973
Creator: Niehaus, Marjorie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Financial Deregulation: Current Status and Legislative Issues (open access)

Financial Deregulation: Current Status and Legislative Issues

This report reviews deregulation to date and its effects on financial markets. Current policy issues are also identified.
Date: April 4, 1985
Creator: Wells, F. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guiding a Bill Through the Legislative Process (open access)

Guiding a Bill Through the Legislative Process

This report describes each stage of the legislative process that legislative assistants may find helpful as they seek to further the progress of a specific bill.
Date: April 4, 1994
Creator: Nickels, Ilona B
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade and Environment: GATT and NAFTA (open access)

Trade and Environment: GATT and NAFTA

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Date: April 4, 1994
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade and Environment: GATT and NAFTA (open access)

Trade and Environment: GATT and NAFTA

Environmental concerns in trade negotiations have received extensive attention by policymakers both with regard to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Date: April 4, 1994
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R. & Tiemann, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 1996 Farm Bill: Comparisons of Selected Provisions with Previous Law (open access)

The 1996 Farm Bill: Comparisons of Selected Provisions with Previous Law

Final congressional approval was given to H.R. 2854, the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act, otherwise known as the "1996 farm bill," on March 28, 1996. President Clinton signed the bill into law on April 4, 1996 (P.L. 104-127). In tabular format, this CRS report lays out in descriptive, rather than legislative language, the major provisions of the new farm bill in contrast to preceding law.
Date: April 4, 1996
Creator: Library of Congress. Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division. Food and Agriculture Section.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs (open access)

Appropriations for FY2001: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittees.
Date: April 4, 2001
Creator: Nowels, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Transformation and Modernization: Overview and Issues for Congress (open access)

Army Transformation and Modernization: Overview and Issues for Congress

The U.S. Army has begun an ambitious program intended to transform itself into a strategically responsive force dominant in all types of ground operations. As planned, its Objective Force will eventually meld all ongoing initiatives into a force based on a high-tech Future Combat System. This short report briefly describes the program and discusses issues of feasibility, viability, and affordability of potential interest to Congress.
Date: April 4, 2001
Creator: Bruner, Edward F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases (open access)

Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

This report discusses global climate change and the possibility that human activities are releasing gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), at rates that could affect global climate change.
Date: April 4, 2001
Creator: Parker, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Environmental Protection Issues in the 107th Congress

This report discuss issues that received congressional attention in the 107th Congress, such as The impact of air quality regulations, key water quality issues, superfund, solid/hazardous wastes, multibillion dollar cleanup and compliance programs, climate change, pesticides, EPA budget, and Science and Technology.
Date: April 4, 2002
Creator: Isler, Margaret M. & Lee, Martin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 107th Congress (open access)

Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 107th Congress

This report presents the information related to the fishery, aquaculture, and marine mammal legislation enacted by the 107th congress
Date: April 4, 2002
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

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Date: April 4, 2002
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
AIDS in Africa (open access)

AIDS in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has been far more severely affected by AIDS than any other part of the world. The United Nations reports that 29.4 million adults and children are infected with the HIV virus in the region, which has about 10% of the world's population but more than 70% of the worldwide total of infected people. This report discusses this issue in detail, including the cause of the African AIDS epidemic, the social and economic consequences, response and treatment, and U.S. policy.
Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Branch Reorganization and Management Initiatives (open access)

Executive Branch Reorganization and Management Initiatives

This issue brief views reorganization and management as involving the alteration of the program administrative structure and operations of the executive branch for reasons of efficiency, economy, and direction. The underlying issue is who reorganizes or sets management policy—Congress or the President— and by what authority and, also, for what purpose?
Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Deposit and Share Insurance: Proposals for Change (open access)

Federal Deposit and Share Insurance: Proposals for Change

This report provides information about the Proposals for Change on Federal Deposit and Share Insurance since deposit insurance for holders of accounts at banks and thrift institutions are under scrutiny for the last several congresses.
Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Jackson, William D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israeli-United States Relations (open access)

Israeli-United States Relations

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Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon (open access)

Lebanon

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Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Libya (open access)

Libya

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Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Major Tax Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Brumbaugh, David L. & Richards, Don C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations (open access)

Pakistan-U.S. Relations

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Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests (open access)

Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests

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Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Hardy-Vincent, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Confirmation Process: An Overview (open access)

Senate Confirmation Process: An Overview

This report briefly describes the role of the Senate in the confirmation process, defined in the Constitution; Article II, Section 2 provides that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint high government officials."
Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Tong, Lorraine H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Confirmation Process: An Overview (open access)

Senate Confirmation Process: An Overview

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Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Tong, Lorraine H.
System: The UNT Digital Library