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Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring
The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Date:
April 8, 2003
Creator:
Abel, Amy & Parker, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education Vouchers: Constitutional Issues and Cases
This report details the constitutional standards that currently apply to indirect aid programs and summarizes all of the pertinent state and federal court decisions, including the Ohio case that will be heard by the Supreme Court. On September 25, 2001, the Supreme Court agreed to review a case raising the controversial issue of the constitutionality of education vouchers. In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris the Sixth Circuit held Ohio’s Pilot Scholarship Program, which provided up to $2500 to help low-income students in Cleveland’s public schools attend private schools in the city, to violate the establishment of religion clause of the First Amendment.
Date:
April 8, 2003
Creator:
Ackerman, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues
None
Date:
April 8, 2008
Creator:
Aheam, Raymond J.; Fischer, John W.; Goldfarb, Charles B.; Hanrahan, Charles E.; Eubanks, Walter W. & Rubin, Janice E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade and the Americas
None
Date:
April 8, 2002
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Possible Voucher Issues
None
Date:
April 8, 2003
Creator:
Apling, Richard N.; Jones, Nancy Lee & Smole, David P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
This report includes background information, information on recent developments, and proposals for progress on United Nations peacekeeping
Date:
April 8, 2005
Creator:
Browne, Marjorie Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species
This report is on Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species.
Date:
April 8, 2004
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dairy Policy Issues
This report gives an overview of Dairy policy issues and the contents include Dairy forward pricing pilot program, Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) payments, Milk protein concentrate trade issues, and dairy price support program
Date:
April 8, 2005
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Liability of Interactive Computer Service for Violating the Fair Housing Act
None
Date:
April 8, 2008
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006
On February 7th, 2005, the Bush Administration requested $3.16 billion for international HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria program in FY2006, a 9% increase over the estimated amount to be provided in FY2005. The request included $2.564 billion to be appropriated through the Foreign Operations appropriations and $596 million through appropriations for the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.
Date:
April 8, 2005
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cultural Property: International Conventions and United States Legislation
This report describes relevant treaties, U.N. Security Council Resolution 1483, current U.S. law, and proposed legislation, including H.Con.Res. 113, the Iraq Cultural Protection Act (H.R. 2009 and H.R. 3497), and the Emergency Protection for Iraqi Cultural Antiquities Act of 2004 (S. 1291 and S. 671, the latter of which has passed the Senate as an engrossed amendment to H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004).
Date:
April 8, 2004
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K. & Garcia, Michael John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC): Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
April 8, 2003
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisition Reform: Status and Current Issues
The end of the Cold War and its impact on defense spending has created a strong need to reform Department of Defense’s (DOD) acquisition system. With procurement spending down, DOD expects to depend on savings from acquisition reform to help finance future force modernization. Policymakers believe that DOD should use more commercial products because, in many instances, they cost less and their quality is comparable to products built according to DOD military specifications. Many such reform proposals are based on recognition that DOD regulatory barriers and a Cold War acquisition “culture” have inhibited the introduction of commercial products.
Date:
April 8, 2003
Creator:
Grasso, Valerie Bailey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Civic Programs in Washington, D.C.
This report highlights six of the most pupular programs among a number of programs in Washington D.C., explain the workings of the national government to a diverse range of Americans, from middle school to senior citizens.
Date:
April 8, 2002
Creator:
Greenfield, Susan W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Civics Programs in Washington, D.C.
A number of programs in Washington, D.C., explain the workings of the national government to a diverse range of Americans, from middle school students to senior citizens. This report highlights six of the most popular programs.
Date:
April 8, 2002
Creator:
Greenfield, Susan Watkins
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Former NFL Players: Disabilities, Benefits, and Related Issues
This report discusses professional football players' injuries and health conditions that might have long-term consequences for their health.
Date:
April 8, 2008
Creator:
Halchin, L. Elaine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Food Aid Needs and the U.S. Response
This report discusses the implementation of United States global food aid in response to tsunamis in the Indian Ocean region, including the FY2005 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act. Funding and resources are compared based on affected country and previous congressional actions. This report was updated on April 8, 2005.
Date:
April 8, 2005
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
This report contains a background introduction on the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) in the United States.
Date:
April 8, 2008
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment
This report covers the recent background of the Exon-Florio provision with special regards to issues faced in the 112th Congress. The Exon-Florio provision grants the President the authority to block proposed or pending foreign acquisitions of "persons engaged in interstate commerce in the United States" that threaten to impair the national security.
Date:
April 8, 2008
Creator:
Jackson, James K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Civil Charges in Corporate Scandals
This report lists civil suites filled by federal regulatory agencies charging individuals and corporations with violations related to these scandals. The list is limited to corporations and their offices or employees that fit within the Enron pattern. That is, these are cases that display one or more of the following: irregular accounting and auditing, management self-dealing, conflicts of interests between firms and financial advisors (or Wall Street firms and their costumers), and manipulation or abusive trading in energy markets.
Date:
April 8, 2004
Creator:
Jickling, Mark & Janov, Paul H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
Presidential elections in Afghanistan were held on October 9, 2004, with heavy turnout and minimal violence. Karzai was declared the winner on November 3, 2004 with about 55% of the vote. Parliamentary, provincial, and district elections were to be held in April-May 2005, but parliamentary and provincial elections are now to be held September 18, 2005; district elections are put off until 2006. See CRS Report RL30588, Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy.
Date:
April 8, 2005
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Possible Impacts of Major Counter Terrorism Security Actions on Research, Development, and Higher Education
None
Date:
April 8, 2002
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
India-U.S. Relations
This report discusses India - U.S relations, and its bilateral issues.
Date:
April 8, 2003
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
Some policymakers, believing that disparities in broadband access across American society could have adverse economic and social consequences on those left behind, assert that the federal government should play a more active role to avoid a “digital divide” in broadband access. One approach is for the federal government to provide financial assistance to support broadband deployment in underserved areas. Others, however, believe that federal assistance for broadband deployment is not appropriate. Some opponents question the reality of the “digital divide,” and argue that federal intervention in the broadband marketplace would be premature and, in some cases, counterproductive.
Date:
April 8, 2003
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library