Vietnam: Economic Reforms and Commercial Relations with the United States (open access)

Vietnam: Economic Reforms and Commercial Relations with the United States

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Date: October 29, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Energy: Programs and Reorganization Proposals (open access)

Department of Energy: Programs and Reorganization Proposals

This report analyzes the effect of proposed legislation on the nuclear weapons program; on the original mission of the department- enhancing energy security; and on DOE's energy R&D, basic research and environmental restoration programs.
Date: October 28, 1999
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Rowberg, Richard E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President's Forest/Roadless Area Initiative (open access)

The President's Forest/Roadless Area Initiative

On October 13, 1999, President Clinton announced a new approach to the management of the roadless areas in the National Forest System that may prohibit new road construction and certain other activities in inventoried readless areas and extend some protections to non-inventoried roadless areas as well.
Date: October 28, 1999
Creator: Baldwin, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Defense (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: 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: October 27, 1999
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Indian Law: Sources of General Information (open access)

Federal Indian Law: Sources of General Information

This is a list with a short description of the main reference sources in Federal Indian law. This information is to provide aid to those who would like to further pursue research in Indian law. The government publications are available in U.S. Government Depository Libraries; the other publications should be available in a university law library.
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: Ely, Dana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pacific Salmon and Anadromous Trout: Management Under the Endangered Species Act (open access)

Pacific Salmon and Anadromous Trout: Management Under the Endangered Species Act

Along the Pacific Coast, 26 distinct population segments of Pacific salmon and anadromous (sea-run) trout are listed as either endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A variety of human activities have combined to greatly reduce or eliminate historic fish habitat, degrade remaining habitat, and otherwise harm anadromous fish populations. In addition, natural phenomena stress fish populations and contribute to their variable abundance
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: Buck, Eugene H. & Dandelski, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Energy and Water Development (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: 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 Development Appropriations.
Date: October 26, 1999
Creator: Humphries, Marc & Behrens, Carl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Decorum in House Debate (open access)

Decorum in House Debate

This report describes the basic standards of decorum that govern remarks made in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: October 26, 1999
Creator: Mulvihill, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Decorum in House Debate (open access)

Decorum in House Debate

The basic standards of decorum that govern remarks made in the House of Representatives are described in this report. The report also discusses the procedure for "words taken down" and other mechanisms used in the House for enforcing these standards. The standards and mechanisms covered here include those set forth in House rules, related sections of Jefferson's Manual, published precedents, and supplementary policy statements by the Speaker. Also provided are examples from the 103rd-105th Congress of words spoken in House floor debate that led to one or more enforcement mechanisms being invoked.
Date: October 26, 1999
Creator: Mulvihill, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) (open access)

The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA)

The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) of 1930 was enacted in 1930 to promote fair trading practices in the fruit and vegetable industry. Sellers must ship the quantity and quality of produce specified in their contracts, and buyers must accept shipments that meet contract specifications. PACA protections benefit not only growers who are generally sellers , but also a range of parties who are both buyers and sellers, including truckers, packers, processors,
Date: October 26, 1999
Creator: Branaman, Brenda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Awards of Attorney's Fees to Small Businesses and Labor Organizations that Prevail Against the NLRB or OSHA: H.R. 1987, 106th Congress (open access)

Awards of Attorney's Fees to Small Businesses and Labor Organizations that Prevail Against the NLRB or OSHA: H.R. 1987, 106th Congress

H.R. 1987, 106th Congress, the Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement (FAIR) Act, which was reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 14, 1999, would make it easier for small businesses and labor organizations that prevail against the NLRB or OSHA, in administrative or court proceedings, to recover their attorneys' fees from the government. It would do so by requiring fees to be awarded automatically in cases to which it applied, instead of only when the government's position was not substantially justified.
Date: October 25, 1999
Creator: Cohen, Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Mitigation Bills in the 106th Congress: H.R. 707, S. 1691 Compared (open access)

Disaster Mitigation Bills in the 106th Congress: H.R. 707, S. 1691 Compared

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act authorizes the President to declare that an emergency or major disaster exists that overwhelms state and local resources. Legislation before the 106th Congress (H.R. 707 and S. 1691) would, among other matters, amend the Act to: (1) fund hazard mitigation projects designed to reduce future disaster losses; (2) add conditions to assistance; and (3) consolidate provisions governing the distribution of aid to disaster victims. This report compares provisions of the two bills, and will be updated as legislative action occurs.
Date: October 25, 1999
Creator: Bea, Keith
System: The UNT Digital Library
WIC Food Package: History of the Sugar Cap (open access)

WIC Food Package: History of the Sugar Cap

This report provides a historic review of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food package and the controversy over the sugar cap on cereals allowed in the program.
Date: October 25, 1999
Creator: Porter, Donna V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Agency: FY2000 Budget Issues (open access)

Environmental Protection Agency: FY2000 Budget Issues

State and local wastewater and drinking water capital needs were the most prominent budgetary issues. Senate and House authorizing and appropriating chairmen expressed concern over the requested 17% decrease in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants account from $3.41 billion in FY1999 to $2.84 billion in FY2000. The conference agreement on H.R. 2684 provides a total of $3.47 billion. For clean water state revolving funds, the conference committee approved the Senate's level of $1.35 billion, about $175 million more than the House approved and roughly $550 million more than requested. The conference agreement included $332 million for special project grants, about $73 million more than the House's proposal, roughly $232 million more than the Senate approved, and about $304 million more than requested. For drinking water state revolving funds, the conference committee approved $820 million, $45 million more than the House's amount and $5 million less than the Senate approved and the President requested. The conference committee also approved the Administration's request of $885 million for state and tribal administrative grants, which is roughly the same as the amount enacted for FY1999.
Date: October 22, 1999
Creator: Lee, Martin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Authorization-Appropriation Process (open access)

Overview of the Authorization-Appropriation Process

A PRIMARY AVENUE FOR EXERCISING CONGRESS'S POWER OF THE purse is the authorization and appropriation of federal spending to carry out government activities. While the power over appropriations is granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution, the authorization-appropriation process is derived from House and Senate rules. The formal process consists of two sequential steps:
Date: October 22, 1999
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 1998-99 Term (open access)

Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 1998-99 Term

this report mainly focuses on the Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of Capital Punishment during the 1998-99 Term. This case reveals distinct characteristics.
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: Wallace, Paul Starett, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and the 105th Congress: Policy Issues and Legislation, 1997-1998 (open access)

China and the 105th Congress: Policy Issues and Legislation, 1997-1998

This report tracks trends in and legislation considered by the 105th Congress in regard to China.
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of the Congressional Budget Process (open access)

Overview of the Congressional Budget Process

The congressional budget process, in the broadest sense, consists of the consideration and adoption of spending, revenue, and debt-limit legislation within the framework of an annual concurrent resolution on the budget. Under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (TitlesI-IX of P.L. 93-344, 2 U.S.C. 601-688), the House and SenateBudgetCommittees develop the budget resolution, assisted by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 'Terminator Gene' and Other Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs) in Crops (open access)

The 'Terminator Gene' and Other Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs) in Crops

Plant Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs) are a group of complex genetic transformations that insert a genetic "on-off switch" in plants to prevent the unauthorized use of genetic traits contained within. GURTs are one of the latest bioengineering products developed for agriculture, with over 30 patents issued in the United States and Europe since 1997. The current state of biotechnology may allow GURTs to be introduced into the commercial seed market in the next 5 to 7 years
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: Segarra, Alejandro E. & Rawson, Jean M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies

This report discusses the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which includes funding for agencies and programs in four separate federal departments as well as numerous smaller agencies and diverse programs.
Date: October 20, 1999
Creator: Greenwood, Alfred R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 1907, 106th Congress: American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (open access)

H.R. 1907, 106th Congress: American Inventors Protection Act of 1999

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Date: October 19, 1999
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Erosion of International Isolation? (open access)

Iraq: Erosion of International Isolation?

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Date: October 19, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
NONCREATIVE DATABASE BILLS IN THE HOUSE (open access)

NONCREATIVE DATABASE BILLS IN THE HOUSE

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Date: October 19, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Funding Gaps: A Brief Overview (open access)

Federal Funding Gaps: A Brief Overview

This report briefly discusses federal funding gaps. The routine activities of most federal agencies are funded annually by one or more of the 13 regular appropriations bills. When action on the regular appropriations bills is delayed, a continuing resolution (CR) is used to provide interim funding. During the past 48 years, CRs have been enacted for all but four fiscal years (FY1953, 1989, 1995, and 1997). For some fiscal years, a series of as many as six CRs have been enacted.
Date: October 18, 1999
Creator: Keith, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library