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Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program (open access)

Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program

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Date: November 3, 2003
Creator: Womach, Jasper
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2003 (open access)

The Budget for Fiscal Year 2003

This report discusses the budget for fiscal year 2003. It debates issues such as budget action, receipts surpluses or deficits, and the economy.
Date: November 22, 2003
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent Practices (open access)

Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent Practices

This report is divided into two segments. The first segment provides the most recent developments and content of the FY2005 continuing resolutions. The second segment provides information on the history of CRs; the nature, scope, and duration of CRs during the last 35 years; the types of CRs that have been enacted; and an overview of those instances when funding (or budget authority2) has lapsed and a funding gap has resulted.
Date: November 5, 2003
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2003 (open access)

Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2003

Members of Congress and their staff frequently ask questions concerning the nature, history, and contemporary application of the process for awarding Gold Medals. This report responds to congressional inquiries concerning this process, and includes a historical examination and chronological list of these awards. It is intended to assist Members of Congress and staff in their consideration of future Gold Medal proposals, and will be updated as Gold Medals are approved.
Date: November 14, 2003
Creator: Stathis, Stephen W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism in Southeast Asia (open access)

Terrorism in Southeast Asia

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Date: November 18, 2003
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Cronin, Richard P.; Niksch, Larry A. & Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues (open access)

Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues

This report discusses several questions about voting-system security. To address these questions, this report begins with a description of the historical and policy context of the controversy. That is followed by an analysis of the issues in the broader context of computer security. The next section discusses several proposals that have been made for addressing those issues, and the last section discusses options for action that might be considered by policymakers.
Date: November 4, 2003
Creator: Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Space Programs: Issues Concerning DOD's SBIRS and STSS Programs (open access)

Military Space Programs: Issues Concerning DOD's SBIRS and STSS Programs

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Date: November 3, 2003
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations (open access)

Pakistan-U.S. Relations

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Date: November 3, 2003
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process (open access)

The Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process

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Date: November 28, 2003
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-North Korea Relations: Selected Issues (open access)

Japan-North Korea Relations: Selected Issues

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Date: November 26, 2003
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Continuity of Government: Current Federal Arrangements and the Future (open access)

Continuity of Government: Current Federal Arrangements and the Future

Continuity of government refers to the continued functioning of constitutional government under all circumstances. Arrangements for the continued operation of the federal government in the event of a national emergency or catastrophe are specified in law, policy, and plans, some of which are not public information, given their sensitive, contingent status. This report reviews the public record concerning federal continuity of government arrangements.
Date: November 7, 2003
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan: Chronology of Events (open access)

Pakistan: Chronology of Events

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Date: November 3, 2003
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Terrorism in South Asia (open access)

International Terrorism in South Asia

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Date: November 3, 2003
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Former Presidents: Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits (open access)

Former Presidents: Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits

This report provides information about the Federal Pension and Retirement Benefits on Former Presidents. The GSA is authorized by the FPA to provide an office staff and suitable office space at a location in the United States.
Date: November 13, 2003
Creator: Smith, Stephanie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance

Operation Iraqi Freedom accomplished a long-standing objective, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, but U.S. officials acknowledge that restoring security to postwar Iraq has proved more difficult than anticipated. Past U.S. efforts to change the regime failed because of limited U.S. commitment, disorganization of the Iraqi opposition, and the efficiency and ruthlessness of Iraq’s several overlapping security services. Previous U.S. Administrations had ruled out major U.S. military action to change Iraq’s regime, believing such action would be risky and not necessarily justified by the level of Iraq’s lack of compliance on WMD disarmament.
Date: November 18, 2003
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance

Operation Iraqi Freedom accomplished a long-standing objective, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, but replacing that regime with a stable, moderate, democratic political structure has run into substantial difficulty. Past U.S. efforts to change the regime failed because of limited U.S. commitment, disorganization of the Iraqi opposition, and the efficiency and ruthlessness of Iraq’s several overlapping security services. Previous U.S. Administrations had ruled out major U.S. military action to change Iraq’s regime, believing such action would be risky and not necessarily justified by the level of Iraq’s lack of compliance on WMD disarmament.
Date: November 25, 2003
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues (open access)

A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues

In 1994, 34 Western Hemisphere nations met at the first Summit of the Americas, envisioning a plan to create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by January 2005. Nine years later, the third draft text of an agreement is being readied for the eighth trade ministerial scheduled for November 17-21, 2003 in Miami. However, serious differences between Brazil and the United States, similar to those that led to the collapse of the September 2003 WTO talks in Cancún, Mexico, invite a cautious assessment. The Miami ministerial may determine if the FTAA negotiations proceed on time and with the goal of achieving a comprehensive agreement, as first conceived. The 108th Congress has followed developments closely as it exercises its expanded consultative and oversight role per the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) provisions of the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210). This report will be updated periodically.
Date: November 17, 2003
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles (open access)

Homeland Security: Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles

This report discusses about the Homeland Security on Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles where Recent events have focused attention on the threat that terrorists with shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) pose to commercial airliners. Most believe that no single solution exists to effectively mitigate this threat.
Date: November 3, 2003
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher; Elias, Bartholomew & Feickert, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress (open access)

Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress

The CWC bans the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons by members signatories. It also requires the destruction of all chemical weapons stockpiles and production facilities. Neither the United States nor Russia will be able to meet the original CWC’s deadlines for destruction of their CW stockpiles, and have been granted extensions to at least 2012. The Convention provides the most extensive and intrusive verification regime of any arms control treaty, extending its coverage to not only governmental but also civilian facilities. The Convention also requires export controls and reporting requirements on chemicals that can be used as warfare agents and their precursors. The CWC establishes the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to oversee the Convention’s implementation.
Date: November 14, 2003
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Tax Incentives of Domestic Manufacturing in Current Legislative Proposals (open access)

Comparison of Tax Incentives of Domestic Manufacturing in Current Legislative Proposals

This report presents two approaches that have quite different implications for tax administration and Compliance. First, additional domestic investment would have both a direct tax benefit effect, and an indirect effect through increasing the ratio of domestic to world production. Secondly, if one considers the other provisions of H.R. 2896 and S. 1637, these provisions provide benefits (in some cases quite large benefits) to investment overseas that could more than offset any domestic incentive.
Date: November 19, 2003
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
India-U.S. Relations (open access)

India-U.S. Relations

This report summarizes India-US relations from 1947 in preparation for the 2004 National elections, including information about bilateral relations, nuclear testing, separatist movements, and human rights issues.
Date: November 7, 2003
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Korea:  U.S.-Korean Relations - Issues for Congress (open access)

Korea: U.S.-Korean Relations - Issues for Congress

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Date: November 5, 2003
Creator: Niksch, Larry A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, H.R. 1036, S. 659, S. 1805, S. 1806, 108th Congress: Legal Analysis (open access)

Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, H.R. 1036, S. 659, S. 1805, S. 1806, 108th Congress: Legal Analysis

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Date: November 17, 2003
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
India: Chronology of Events (open access)

India: Chronology of Events

This report provides a reverse chronology of major events involving India and India - U.S relations.
Date: November 6, 2003
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library