Soil and Water Conservation Issues (open access)

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

None
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal (open access)

Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

This report mainly provides information about the Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal.Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safety.
Date: November 25, 2005
Creator: Holt, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aircraft Carriers: Proposed Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy — Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy Aircraft Carriers: Proposed Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy — Issues and Options for Congress

None
Date: November 18, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture. 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: November 8, 2005
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Navy Operations — Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Homeland Security: Navy Operations — Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Navy's homeland security (HLS) and homeland defense (HLD) operations, which raise several potential oversight issues for Congress, including Navy coordination with the Coast Guard in HLS and HLD operations.
Date: November 22, 2005
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2005 (open access)

Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2005

None
Date: November 18, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations

This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture. 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: November 17, 2005
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Financial Services Regulatory Consolidation: An Overview (open access)

Federal Financial Services Regulatory Consolidation: An Overview

This report provides an overview on Federal Financial Services Regulatory Consolidation.This provides an overview of the U.S federal financial services regulatory structure.
Date: November 15, 2005
Creator: Eubanks, Walter W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2005 (open access)

Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2005

This report provides information on the amount of time taken to act on all Supreme Court nominations occurring between 1900 and the present. It focuses on the actual amounts of time that Presidents and the Senate have taken to act (as opposed to the elapsed time between official points in the process).
Date: November 7, 2005
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam; Rutkus, Denis Steven & Copeland, Curtis W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Map Sources (open access)

Iraq: Map Sources

This report identifies selected websites for maps of Iraq, including government, library, and organizational websites. Maps of the Middle East, Iraq, facilities used by U.S. forces in the Gulf, and U.S. government humanitarian assistance and reconstruction activities in Iraq are also provided.
Date: November 8, 2005
Creator: Fischer, Hannah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Postal Service for Katrina Survivors (open access)

Postal Service for Katrina Survivors

This report discusses the affected areas served by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Date: November 2, 2005
Creator: Stevens, Nye
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heritage Areas: Background, Proposals, and Current Issues (open access)

Heritage Areas: Background, Proposals, and Current Issues

This report focuses on heritage areas designated by Congress, and related issues and legislation.
Date: November 23, 2005
Creator: Vincent, Carol Hardy & Whiteman, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectrum Management: Auctions (open access)

Spectrum Management: Auctions

This report discusses the radio frequency spectrum that is used for all forms of wireless communications, including cellular telephony, paging, personal communications service, radio and television broadcast, telephone radio relay, aeronautical and maritime radio navigation, and satellite command and control.
Date: November 4, 2005
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress

None
Date: November 28, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Ukraine and U.S.-Ukrainian Economic Ties (open access)

Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Ukraine and U.S.-Ukrainian Economic Ties

This report discusses the permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) between United States and Ukraine.
Date: November 22, 2005
Creator: Cooper, William H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th 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: November 1, 2005
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne; Gelb, Bernard A. & Baldwin, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Love Field: The Wright and Shelby Amendments (open access)

Dallas Love Field: The Wright and Shelby Amendments

The history of the Wright Amendment dates back to the 1960s when the now defunct Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) proposed the creation of a single regional airport in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area. This report discusses legislation affecting the Wright/Shelby restrictions that have been introduced in the 109th Congress.
Date: November 9, 2005
Creator: Tatelman, Todd B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress (open access)

Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress

None
Date: November 10, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (open access)

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices

19 p.
Date: November 16, 2005
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Baldwin, Pamela & Meltz, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Major Policy Issues and Status of Negotiations (open access)

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

This report provides information about the Major Policy Issues and Status of Negotiations on the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The FTAA began as a commitment by 34 countries to consider a comprehensive trade agreement.
Date: November 8, 2005
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues (open access)

Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

This report discusses the background and policy issues related to Internet domain names.
Date: November 25, 2005
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

This report includes information regarding U.S. relations and bilateral issues within Syria. Relations with Iraq, arms proliferation, and U.S. aid and sanctions are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: November 2, 2005
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
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

None
Date: November 21, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Haitian Textile Industry: Impact of Proposed Trade Assistance (open access)

Haitian Textile Industry: Impact of Proposed Trade Assistance

This report defines the term textile industry as including apparel manufacture/assembly. Moreover, such a definition is essential in the present context inasmuch as apparel making constitutes nearly all "textile" manufacturing in Haiti.
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: Gelb, Bernard A.
System: The UNT Digital Library