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Child Welfare Issues in the 108th Congress
Child welfare services are intended to protect children who have been abused or neglected or are at risk of maltreatment. These services take various forms, ranging from counseling and other supports for parents — which are intended to improve child well-being and prevent child abuse and neglect — to removal of the children from their homes. At the most extreme, these services include termination of parental rights and placement of the children for adoption. This report describes child welfare legislative issues in the 108th Congress.
Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
Stoltzfus, Emilie
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Historic Preservation: Background and Funding
This report summarizes the federal role in historic preservation. It provides descriptions of and funding information for some of the major preservation programs, including the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Register for Historic Places.
Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
Boren, Susan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries
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Date:
August 11, 2004
Creator:
Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues
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Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
McCarthy, James E. & Tiemann, Mary
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress
The 108th Congress has acted on a variety of disparate environmental measures; some of these represent proposals or issues that had been under consideration in the 107th Congress and earlier. Environmental issues considered by Congress tend to fall into several major categories: (1) funding issues — whether funding levels are adequate and focused on appropriate priorities; (2) expanding, renewing, or refocusing specific environment programs; (3) environmental issues that are important “subsets” of other major areas of concern, such as energy, defense, or transportation programs; and more recently, (4) terrorism and infrastructure protection in areas such as wastewater and chemical facilities.
Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: Defense
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 Defense Appropriations Subcommittees.
Date:
August 11, 2000
Creator:
Daggett, Stephen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
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 Subcommittees on Transportation of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Date:
August 11, 2000
Creator:
Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israeli-United States Relations
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Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon
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Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Egypt-United States Relations
Among the current issues in U.S.-Egyptian relations are the shared concerns over the terrorist attacks against Egyptian police, religious, government, and tourist facilities, and what those attacks maysignal for Egypt’s domestic stability. The two nations may disagree over Egypt’s interpretation of applying human rights practices to Islamic terrorists. The two countries disagree over the speed and depth, but not the need for some of Egypt’s economic reforms. Egypt and the United States agree on the importance of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, the need to continue current Arab-Israel peace talks, and the need for regional stability. The two nations agree on Egypt’s determination to introduce democratic reforms to Egypt.
Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations
None
Date:
August 11, 2004
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 108th Congress
Cuba under Fidel Castro remains a hard-line communist state with a poor record on human rights that has deteriorated significantly since 2003. With the cutoff of assistance from the former Soviet Union, Cuba experienced severe economic deterioration from 1989 to 1993. While there has been some improvement since 1994, as Cuba has implemented limited reforms, the economy remains in poor shape. This report discusses the most recent development in Cuba, including political and economic conditions and the U.S. policy towards Cuba. It also considers the issues in U.S.-Cuban Relations.
Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Issues in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
August 11, 2003
Creator:
Peterman, David Randall
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Trust Fund
The Social Security program is financed primarily through taxes, which are deposited in the U.S. Treasury and credited to the Social Security trust fund. Any revenues credited to the trust fund in excess of the costs (benefit payments and administrative costs) are invested in special U.S. obligations (debt instruments of the U.S. government).
Date:
August 11, 2005
Creator:
Scott, Christine
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sunset Amendments
None
Date:
August 11, 2005
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Sunset Commission for the Federal Government: Recent Developments
The sunset concept provides for programs and agencies to terminate automatically on a periodic basis unless explicitly renewed by law. In recent years bills to create a federal sunset commission, modeled on the sunset review process in Texas, have been introduced. President Bush called for creation of a federal sunset commission in his FY2006 budget submission. Bills reflecting an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) draft proposal have been introduced (S. 1399, H.R. 3276, H.R. 3277). This report will be updated as events warrant.
Date:
August 11, 2005
Creator:
McMurtry, Virginia A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Legislation in the 108th Congress
Several bills have been introduced in the 108th Congress to address issues that have been raised about the security of direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines. Touchscreen and other DREs using computer-style displays are arguably the most versatile and voter-friendly of any current voting system. The popularity of DREs, particularly the touchscreen variety, has grown in recent years. In addition, the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA, P.L. 107 — 252), while not requiring or prohibiting the use of any specific kind of voting system, does promote the use of DREs through some of its provisions.
Date:
August 11, 2004
Creator:
Fischer, Eric A. & Coleman, Kevin J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control
This report provides basic firearms-related issues and a summary of legislative action.
Date:
August 11, 1982
Creator:
Hogan, Harry L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law
Crime is ordinarily proscribed, tried and punished according to the laws on the place where it occurs. American criminal law applies beyond the geographical confines of the United States, however, under some limited circumstances. The federal exceptions to the general rule usually involve crimes like drug trafficking, terrorism, or crimes committed aboard a ship or airplane. State prosecution for overseas misconduct is limited almost exclusively to multijurisdictional crimes, i.e., crimes where some elements of the offense are committed within the state and others are committed abroad. The Constitution, Congress, and state law define the circumstances under which American criminal law may be used against crimes occurring, in whole or in part, outside the United States
Date:
August 11, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy
None
Date:
August 11, 2006
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E.; Banks, Beverly & Canada, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications
This report provides historical background on the enactment of declarations of war and authorizations for the use of force and analyzes their legal effects under international and domestic law. It also sets forth their texts in two appendices. Because the statutes that confer standby authority on the President and the executive branch potentially play such a large role in an armed conflict to which the United States is a party, the report includes an extensive listing and summary of the statutes that are triggered by a declaration of war, a declaration of national emergency, and/or the existence of a state of war. The report concludes with a summary of the Congressional procedures applicable to the enactment of a declaration of war or authorization for the use of force and to measures under the War Powers Resolution.
Date:
August 11, 2006
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K. & Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Conventional Forces and Nuclear Deterrence: A China Case Study
None
Date:
August 11, 2006
Creator:
Bolkcom, Christopher; Kan, Shirley A. & Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy
None
Date:
August 11, 2006
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E.; Banks, Beverly & Canada, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications
This report provides historical background on the enactment of declarations of war and authorizations for the use of force and analyzes their legal effects under international and domestic law. It also sets forth their texts in two appendices. Because the statutes that confer standby authority on the President and the executive branch potentially play such a large role in an armed conflict to which the United States is a party, the report includes an extensive listing and summary of the statutes that are triggered by a declaration of war, a declaration of national emergency, and/or the existence of a state of war. The report concludes with a summary of the Congressional procedures applicable to the enactment of a declaration of war or authorization for the use of force and to measures under the War Powers Resolution.
Date:
August 11, 2006
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K. & Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library