Collection
Serial/Series Title
Country
147 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
147
next
Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program
About 94 percent of U.S. tobacco production is flue-cured and burley (cigarette tobacco types). These crops are particularly important to the agriculture of North Carolina and Kentucky. The federal tobacco price support program is designed to support and stabilize prices for farmers.
Date:
June 25, 2004
Creator:
Womach, Jasper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Iraq Marshes: Restoration Activities. June 2004
This report discusses the status of restoration activities and funding.
Date:
June 15, 2004
Creator:
Powers, Kyna
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Motor Carrier Safety: Oversight and Reauthorization Legislation
None
Date:
June 8, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: Summary and Analysis of the “Climate Stewardship Act” (S. 139/S.Amdt. 2028, and H.R. 4067)
None
Date:
June 16, 2004
Creator:
Parker, Larry
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:
June 4, 2004
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Procurement: Full Funding Policy — Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
This report discusses the Background, Issues, and Options for Congress on Defense Procurement. The full funding policy is a federal budgeting rule imposed on DOD by Congress in the 1950s that requires the entire procurement cost of a weapon of military equipment.
Date:
June 29, 2004
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald & Daggett, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
None
Date:
June 15, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress
This report discusses the conference report on the energy bill which came to the House and Senate floor for action the week of November 17, 2003, that contained several clean air act provisions. It also contains the most recent developments on clean air act issues.
Date:
June 23, 2004
Creator:
McCartht, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur
This report discusses the crisis in Darfur, which began in February 2003, when two rebel groups emerged to challenge the National Islamic Front (NIF) government in DarfurThe report describes the mechanisms used to cleanse the area of non-Arabs by “total disengagement of administration and suspension of all government services.”
Date:
June 16, 2004
Creator:
Dagne, Ted
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Prison Industries
None
Date:
June 15, 2004
Creator:
Seghetti, Lisa M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Biotechnology: Overview and Selected Issues
This report considers the issues surrounding genetically engineered (GE) crops or GMO's (genetically modified organisms). Moreover, the report debates the consequences of GE crops on the environment, food safety, and labeling. The report also debates the merits of regulation on the market the crops have entered.
Date:
June 4, 2004
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program
None
Date:
June 10, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, and Employers’ Affirmative Defenses: The U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders
None
Date:
June 18, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clarett v. National Football League and the Nonstatutory Labor Exemption in Antitrust Suits
None
Date:
June 22, 2004
Creator:
Brooks, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
This report includes information regarding issues and policy challenges with U.S.-European trade relations. Growing strains, resolving longstanding disputes, and strengthening the multilateral trading system are among topics discussed in this report.
Date:
June 8, 2004
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Oil Shocks on the Economy: A Review of the Empirical Evidence
This report surveys the econemetric literature on oil shocks to provide quantitative estimates of how large an effect oil price changes have on economic activity.
Date:
June 25, 2004
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports
This report includes information regarding space launch vehicles. Launch vehicle policy, vehicle programs and issues, and the U.S. commercial launch service industry are among topics discussed in this report.
Date:
June 25, 2004
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
June 21, 2004
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Senate Bills
This report discusses the sponsorship and co-sponsorship of Senate bills. A Senator who introduces a bill or other measure in the Senate is called its sponsor. Senators may together submit a bill, but the first-named Senator is considered the chief sponsor; the others are considered cosponsors.
Date:
June 21, 2004
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Endangered Species: Difficult Choices
This report discusses various measures being considered by Congress that propose to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Major issues in recent years have focused on whether to incorporate further protection for property owners and reduce regulatory impacts, whether to increase the protection afforded listed species, or whether to modify various aspects of the ESA, such as the role of science in decision-making.
Date:
June 14, 2004
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. L. & Baldwin, Pamela
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Funeral Honors: Frequently Asked Questions
This report is written in response to commonly asked questions about military funeral honors. It provides information on the eligibility criteria, required components of the honor detail, and the funeral ceremony. It also cites legislation that mandates that the Department of Defense (DOD) make military funeral honors available to every eligible veteran upon request.
Date:
June 29, 2004
Creator:
Richardson, Glenda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Base Closures: Implementing the 2005 Round
None
Date:
June 15, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Charitable Choice Provisions of H.R. 7
This documents explains the House's bill of president George Bush's faith-based initiatives.
Date:
June 14, 2004
Creator:
Burke, Vee
System:
The UNT Digital Library