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Nuclear Threat Reduction Measures for India and Pakistan (open access)

Nuclear Threat Reduction Measures for India and Pakistan

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Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Squassoni, Sharon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of the U.S. Public Health System in the Context of Emergency Preparedness (open access)

An Overview of the U.S. Public Health System in the Context of Emergency Preparedness

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Date: March 17, 2005
Creator: Lister, Sarah 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: March 17, 2005
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East: Historical Background, Recent Trends, and the FY2006 Request (open access)

U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East: Historical Background, Recent Trends, and the FY2006 Request

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Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation (open access)

Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation

The nation’s health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures (e.g. electricity, the power plants that generate it, and the electric grid upon which it is distributed). Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. This report aims to address the concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks raises the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructures to “cyber” attacks.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Moteff, John D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nomination and Confirmation of the FBI Director: Process and Recent History (open access)

Nomination and Confirmation of the FBI Director: Process and Recent History

This CRS Report for Congress details the process and recent history of the nomination and conformation of the FBI director.
Date: March 17, 2005
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals (open access)

Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals

This report details the information related to gasoline prices and discusses on policies and proposals.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations (open access)

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: May 17, 2005
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
India: Chronology of Recent Events (open access)

India: Chronology of Recent Events

This report provides a reverse chronology of recent events involving India and India - U.S relations.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

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Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Government-Procurement Obligations of the United States:  An Overview (open access)

International Government-Procurement Obligations of the United States: An Overview

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Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Tatelman, Todd B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Minimum Taxpayers by State (open access)

Alternative Minimum Taxpayers by State

This report discusses the alternative minimum tax (AMT) with respect to the percentage of taxpayers who fall under the AMT as divided by state. The report also briefly addresses related legislation.
Date: March 17, 2005
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (open access)

Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

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Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: Comprehensive Energy Legislation (H.R. 6, S. 10) in the 109th Congress (open access)

Energy Policy: Comprehensive Energy Legislation (H.R. 6, S. 10) in the 109th Congress

The House passed H.R. 6, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, on April 21, 2005 (249-183). The legislation includes a “safe harbor” provision to protect methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) refiners from product liability suits, which was retained after a close vote on an amendment to drop the language (213-219). In the 108th Congress, there was opposition to this provision in the Senate. It is unclear how its inclusion may affect Senate passage of an energy bill in the 109th Congress. House Republicans have indicated that a compromise will be sought to satisfy the other body. Language in the House-passed bill would also authorize opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to exploration and development. An amendment to delete the ANWR provisions from H.R. 6 was defeated (200-231).
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L. & Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process (open access)

The Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process

U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic and economic relations remained essentially frozen for more than a decade after the 1975 communist victory in South Vietnam. Relations took major steps forward in the mid-1990s, particularly in 1995, when the two sides opened embassies in each other’s capitals. Since then, the normalization process has accelerated and bilateral ties have expanded. Congress has played a significant role in the normalization process.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plan Colombia: A Progress Report (open access)

Plan Colombia: A Progress Report

Plan Colombia was developed by former President Pastrana (1998-2002) as a six-year plan to end Colombia’s long armed conflict, eliminate drug trafficking, and promote economic and social development. The Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) is the primary U.S. program that supports Plan Colombia. In addition, Colombia receives assistance from the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program and the Department of Defense’s central counternarcotics account. ACI funding for Plan Colombia from FY2000 through FY2005 totals approximately $2.8 billion. When FMF and DOD assistance is included, the total level of U.S. support to Colombia is $4.5 billion.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Veillette, Connie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Macedonia (FYROM): Post-Conflict Situation and U.S. Policy (open access)

Macedonia (FYROM): Post-Conflict Situation and U.S. Policy

In early 2001, an eight-month conflict between ethnic Albanian insurgent forces and Macedonian police and security forces threatened to derail the country’s fragile stability and lead to another extended conflict in the Balkans. Later that year, the U.S. and European intervention led to the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which outlined a package of political reforms to expand the rights of the ethnic Albanian minority while rebel forces were disarmed and disbanded under NATO supervision. Implementation of the Ohrid agreement proceeded slowly at first but has progressed in recent years. Numerous challenges in 2004, including the accidental death of President Trajkovski and violent inter-ethnic incidents in neighboring Kosovo, threatened to increase political instability. However, an opposition-sponsored referendum on November 7, 2004, which sought to halt plans for decentralization and local government reforms called for under the Ohrid accords, failed due to low turnout. Municipal elections under the new redistricting plan took place in March 2005. The multi-ethnic coalition government that was elected after the 2001 conflict looks likely to complete its term until 2006.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Kim, Julie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Assistance to Vietnam (open access)

U.S. Assistance to Vietnam

U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic and economic relations were non-existent for more then fifteen years following communist North Vietnam’s victory in 1975 over the U.S. ally South Vietnam. Normalization of relations, particularly in the economic sphere, between the United States and unified Vietnam began in earnest in the 1990s. As the normalization process has proceeded, the U.S. has eliminated most of the Cold Warera restrictions on U.S. aid to Vietnam, and U.S. assistance has increased markedly from around $1 million when assistance was resumed in 1991 to nearly $50 million in FY2004.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Chief Justice of the United States: Responsibilities of the Office and Process for Appointment (open access)

The Chief Justice of the United States: Responsibilities of the Office and Process for Appointment

As part of Senate consideration, the Judiciary Committee holds hearings on the nominee and votes on whether to report the nomination favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation. Regardless of the outcome of that vote, the reporting of a Supreme Court nomination sends it to the full Senate for debate and a vote. Like the President, Senators may evaluate the nominee by such standards as professional excellence, integrity, and leadership qualities, but may also (again, as the President is free to do) focus on the nominee's judicial philosophy, views on constitutional issues, or how they believe the appointment might affect the Court's future direction on major legal and constitutional issues.
Date: March 17, 2005
Creator: Rutkus, Denis Steven & Tong, Lorraine H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Al Qaeda: Profile and Threat Assessment (open access)

Al Qaeda: Profile and Threat Assessment

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Date: August 17, 2005
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Brokers: Federal and State Laws (open access)

Information Brokers: Federal and State Laws

This report discusses the federal and state laws that could be applicable to information brokers and legislation that has been introduced to address consumer concerns about the practice of information gathering, the selling of information, and identity theft resulting from security breaches.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Welborn, Angie A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposals to Amend the Senate Cloture Rule (open access)

Proposals to Amend the Senate Cloture Rule

Paragraph 2 of Senate Rule XXII, also known as the “cloture rule,” was adopted in 1917. It established a procedure, amended several times over the intervening years, by which the Senate may limit debate and act on a pending measure or matter. Aside from unanimous consent agreements, cloture is the only way the Senate can limit debate.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Davis, Christopher M. & Palmer, Betsy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Protecting Our Perimeter: “Border Searches” under the Fourth Amendment (open access)

Protecting Our Perimeter: “Border Searches” under the Fourth Amendment

This report is on Protecting Our Perimeter: “Border Searches” under the Fourth Amendment.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Viña, Stephen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress

This report discusses a number of immigration reform-related issues that have seen legislative action or are of significant congressional interest.
Date: October 17, 2005
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Siskin, Alison; Nuñez-Neto, Blas; Garcia, Michael John; Viña, Stephen R. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library