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Hemispheric Free Trade: Status, Hurdles, and Opposition
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Date:
September 29, 1997
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The European Union: Questions and Answers
This report provides a brief overview of the European Union (EU), an economic and political partnership between 27 sovereign member states. The report describes the formation of the EU, the three main institutions of the EU, and the EU's relationship with the United States.
Date:
September 29, 2014
Creator:
Archick, Kristin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The European Parliament
This report discusses the construction and history of the European Parliament (EP), its role in functions of the European Union as well as internationally, various international supports and criticisms of the EP, and the EP's ties with the U.S. Congress.
Date:
September 29, 2009
Creator:
Archick, Kristin & Mix, Derek E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program
This report discusses “Section 32”, which is a permanent appropriation that since 1935 has earmarked the equivalent of 30% of annual customs receipts to support the farm sector through a variety of activities. Today, most of this appropriation (now approximately $6.5 billion yearly) is transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) account that funds child nutrition programs.
Date:
September 29, 2004
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2004: Energy and Water Development
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 Appropriations Subcommittees on Energy and Water.
Date:
September 29, 2003
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E. & Humphries, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Integration in Latin America: An Annotated Bibliography, 1959-1969
This report provides a bibliography of sources related to economic integration in South America which were published between 1959 and 1969.
Date:
September 29, 1969
Creator:
Billings, Elden E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Libya: Unrest and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the revolution and current conflict in Libya. The current crisis was triggered in mid-February 2011 by a chain of events in Benghazi and other eastern cities that quickly spiraled out of Qadhafi's control. Although Libyan opposition groups had called for a so-called "day of rage" on February 17 to commemorate protests that had occurred five years earlier, localized violence erupted prior to the planned national protests. As of April 25, U.S. and coalition officials stated that coalition military operations had destroyed the ability of the Libyan military to control Libyan airspace and had reduced the capability of Libyan ground forces by roughly 30%-40%.
Date:
September 29, 2011
Creator:
Blanchard, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones: Trade Agreement Parity (TAP) Proposal
This report provides an introduction to U.S. Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ). The report discusses the details of the Trade Agreement Parity (TAP) proposal, the potential winners and losers under the TAP proposal, economic studies on the TAP proposal, and policy analysis on the TAP proposal.
Date:
September 29, 2008
Creator:
Bolle, Mary Jane
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Yellow Rain and Related Issues: Implications for the United States
The United States has charged that the Soviet Union is implicated in the use of chemical weapons in Afghanistan and of chemical and toxin weapons, including the toxin known as "Yellow Rain," in Laos and Kampuchea (Cambodia). These charges raise two significant sets of issues: First, issues surrounding the evidence that has been presented to show: (a) that such weapons have been used and (b) that the Soviet Union is implicated in this use. Second, issues connected with the implications of Soviet involvement, if proven, in chemical and toxin warfare.
Date:
September 29, 1983
Creator:
Bowman, Steven R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Law of the Sea Convention and U.S. Policy
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Date:
September 29, 2003
Creator:
Browne, Marjorie Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Endangered Species: Difficult Choices
This report discusses issues debated in the 107th Congress while is considering various proposals to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Major issues in recent years have included changing the role of science in decision-making, changing the role of critical habitat, reducing conflicts with Department of Defense activities, incorporating further protection for property owners, and increasing protection of listed species, among others. In addition, many have advocated including significant changes to ESA regulations made during the Clinton Administration in the law itself.
Date:
September 29, 2003
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne & Baldwin, Pamela
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Increases in Social Security Benefits on some other income benefits. 1980
This report discusses the general impact of cost-of-living increases in social security benefits upon incomes of persons with earnings, cash or non-cash welfare benefits, or other retirement or social insurance payments.
Date:
September 29, 1980
Creator:
Burke, Vee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Women in the Armed Forces
Women have become an integral part of the armed forces, but they are excluded from most combat jobs. Several issues remain. One is whether to reduce, maintain, or expand the number of women in the services as the total forces are being reduced. A second question is to what extent women should continue to be excluded from some combat positions by policy. Would national security be jeopardized or enhanced by increasing reliance on women in the armed forces? Should women have equal opportunities and responsibilities in national defense? Or do role and physical differences between the sexes, the protection of future generations, and other social norms require limiting the assignments of women in the armed forces? Opinion in the United States is deeply divided on the fundamental issues involved.
Date:
September 29, 1998
Creator:
Burrelli, David F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
First Responder Initiative: Policy Issues and Options
This report provides background information and policy analysis pertinent to proposals to restructure first responder assistance programs. Specifically, this report provides information on existing programs, appropriations, legislation in the 108th Congress, and selected policy issues. This report does not discuss all relevant policy issues, but, rather, those issues that may be germane to any significant restructuring of existing programs.
Date:
September 29, 2003
Creator:
Canada, Ben
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Army Corps of Engineers Water Resource Projects: Authorization and Appropriations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers attracts congressional attention because its projects can have significant local and regional economic benefits and environmental effects, in addition to their water resource development purposes. This report provides an overview of the Corps civil works program. It covers the congressional authorization and appropriation process, the standard project development process, and other Corps activities and authorities. It also includes an Appendix on the evolution of Corps civil works missions and authorities and a description of the limits on the Corps' role in levee accreditation and improvements for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Date:
September 29, 2010
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T. & Stern, Charles V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
This report discusses issues regarding U.S.-Japan economic relations. Japan is a significant partner of the United States in a number of foreign policy areas, particularly in U.S. security priorities, which range from hedging against Chinese military modernization to countering threats from North Korea.
Date:
September 29, 2015
Creator:
Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Manyin, Mark E.; Rinehart, Ian E.; Nelson, Rebecca M. & Williams, Brock R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Obscenity and Indecency: Constitutional Principles and Federal Statutes
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Date:
September 29, 2003
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Tort Reform Legislation: Constitutionality and Summaries of Selected Statutes
This report provides information about the Constitutionality and Summaries of Selected Statutes on Federal Tort Reform Legislation. This report also considers the functionality of federal reform legislation such as product liability.
Date:
September 29, 2008
Creator:
Cohen, Henry & Burrows, Vanessa K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane-Damaged Drinking Water and Wastewater Facilities: Impacts, Needs, and Response
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Date:
September 29, 2005
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 108th Congress
This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to approve energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Current law forbids energy leasing in the Refuge. This report addresses several legislative options on the issue, as well as policymakers' arguments for and against development, especially in the wake of increasing terrorism since 2000-2001.
Date:
September 29, 2004
Creator:
Corn, M. Lynne; Gelb, Bernard A. & Baldwin, Pamela
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations
This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS products.
Date:
September 29, 2005
Creator:
Daggett, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Pell Grant Program of the Higher Education Act: How the Program Works and Recent Legislative Changes
This report reviews how the program works and provides an analysis of recent program costs and funding, recipients, and the role the program plays in the distribution of federal student aid.
Date:
September 29, 2014
Creator:
Dortch, Cassandria
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Crime Victims’ Rights Act: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 3771
This is an abridgement of a report, which with quotation marks, citations, and footnotes, appears as CRS Report RL33679, Crime victims' Right Act: A summary and Legal Analysis of 18 U.S.C. 3771.
Date:
September 29, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Crime Victims’ Rights Act: A Summary and Legal Analysis of 18 U.S.C. 3771
This report will be revised as circumstances warrant and is available as abridged--without quotations marks, footnotes, appendices, and most of the citations to authority-- as CRS Report RS22518, Crime victims' Right Act: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 3771, by Charles Doyle.
Date:
September 29, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library