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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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Office of Management and Budget in Budget Development (open access)

The Role of the Office of Management and Budget in Budget Development

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) assists the President in carrying out his budgetary duties. Originally created by the 1921 Budget and Accounting Act as the Bureau of the Budget, it was reconstituted as OMB in 1970. Its primary function is to oversee the development and implementation of the federal budget.
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Regulatory Structure for Egg Safety: Fact Sheet (open access)

Federal Regulatory Structure for Egg Safety: Fact Sheet

This report discusses the federal role in regulating egg safety. Although the egg industry is primarily responsible for ensuring the safety of its products, four federal agencies hold statutory responsibilities for egg safety.
Date: September 21, 1999
Creator: Vogt, Donna U.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Jurisdiction and Referral: Rules and Practice (open access)

House Committee Jurisdiction and Referral: Rules and Practice

This report briefly discusses the factors that determine House committee jurisdiction and more specifically House Rule X.
Date: January 21, 1999
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of House Bills (open access)

Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of House Bills

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Date: January 21, 1999
Creator: Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committees: Assignment Process? (open access)

House Committees: Assignment Process?

This report briefly discusses House Committee assignments, examining the process and assessing its effects.
Date: January 21, 1999
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo: International Reactions to NATO Air Strikes (open access)

Kosovo: International Reactions to NATO Air Strikes

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Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: Donfried, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Changes to the Unified Command Plan: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Military Changes to the Unified Command Plan: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: June 21, 1999
Creator: Story, William C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Electoral College: How it Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections (open access)

The Electoral College: How it Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections

The Constitution assigns each state a number of electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of Representatives delegations; at present, the number of electors per state ranges from three to 55, for a total of 538. This report discuses constitutional origins, the electoral college today and explains the allocation of electors and electoral votes.
Date: July 21, 1999
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Superfund Act Reauthorization: Liability Provisions of Leading Congressional Proposals (open access)

Superfund Act Reauthorization: Liability Provisions of Leading Congressional Proposals

Congress is currently seeking to reauthorize and amend the Superfund Act (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or "CERCLA"). This report targets the liability issues addressed in the two House committee-reported bills, H.R. 1300 and H.R. 2580, and the House Committee on Commerce's minority substitute offered by Representative Towns. Senate bills are not covered at this time because the Senate has decided to wait until the House acts.
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environment and the World Trade Organization (WTO) at Seattle: Issues and Concerns (open access)

Environment and the World Trade Organization (WTO) at Seattle: Issues and Concerns

This meeting of the decision making body of the WTO was expected to make decisions that would lead to another round of negotiations on a wide variety of trade rules and related issues. Although the United States continues to assert the necessity of pursuing the twin goals of free trade and environmental protection and to argue that these need not be in conflict, controversy remains over how the multilateral trading system should address the specifics of environmental issues.
Date: December 21, 1999
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural Resources: Assessing Nonmarket Values through Contingent Valuation (open access)

Natural Resources: Assessing Nonmarket Values through Contingent Valuation

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Date: June 21, 1999
Creator: Breedlove, Joseph & Gorte, Ross W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nationwide Permits for Wetlands Projects: Permit 26 and Other Issues and Controversies (open access)

Nationwide Permits for Wetlands Projects: Permit 26 and Other Issues and Controversies

Nationwide permits of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers authorize certain types of projects in wetlands and other waters and are a key means of minimizing the regulatory burden on landowners This report discusses the nationwide permits reissued in 1996, focusing on one of the most controversial permits (number 26), and a July 1998 proposal to modify nationwide permit 26 further. The revised permits and a federal court decision that invalidated certain Corps' regulations could be impetus for congressional activity. This report will be updated as developments warrant. Also see CRS Issue Brief 97014, Wetland Issues in the 105th Congress.
Date: January 21, 1999
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments (open access)

Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments

Presidential claims of a right to preserve the confidentiality of information and documents in the face of legislative demands have figured prominently, though intermittently, in executive-congressional relations since at least 1792, when the president Washington discussed with his cabinet how to respond to a congressional inquiry into the military debacle that befell General St. Clair's expedition. Few such interbranch disputes over access to information have reached the courts for substantive resolution, the vast majority achieving resolution through political negotiation and accommodation. In fact, it was not until the Watergate-related lawsuits in the 1970s seeking access to President Nixon's tapes that the existence of a presidential confidentiality privilege was judicially established as a necessary derivative of the President's status in our constitutional scheme of separated powers.
Date: September 21, 1999
Creator: Rosenberg, Morton
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 51, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 21, 1999 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 51, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 21, 1999

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 38, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 21, 1999 (open access)

The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 38, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 21, 1999

Weekly student newspaper from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 21, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 11, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 21, 1999 (open access)

McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 11, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 21, 1999

Weekly student newspaper from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 21, 1999 (open access)

The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 21, 1999

Weekly student newspaper from Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 21, Pages 3801-3944, May 21, 1999 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 21, Pages 3801-3944, May 21, 1999

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: May 21, 1999
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 157, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1999 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 157, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1999

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 158, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1999 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 158, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1999

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 150, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1999 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 150, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1999

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 21, 1999
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1999 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1999

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 21, 1999
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History