Wilderness Laws: Permitted and Prohibited Uses (open access)

Wilderness Laws: Permitted and Prohibited Uses

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Date: January 13, 2006
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Emergency Powers (open access)

National Emergency Powers

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Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Expenditures: Trends and Critiques (open access)

Tax Expenditures: Trends and Critiques

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Date: September 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Rating Agencies: Current Federal Oversight and Congressional Concerns (open access)

Credit Rating Agencies: Current Federal Oversight and Congressional Concerns

This report discusses Federal oversight and congressional concerns related to Credit Rating Agencies.
Date: July 13, 2006
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution (open access)

Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution

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Date: March 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Operations: Precedents for Funding Contingency Operations in Regular or in Supplemental Appropriations Bills (open access)
Growth in Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt (open access)

Growth in Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt

This report discusses the special role that the dollar plays in international finance and the strength and stability of the U.S. financial markets (including Treasury securities) which make them attractive sources for foreign investment.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress (open access)

Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress

This report is on Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies (open access)

Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies

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Date: January 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with SubSaharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond (open access)

U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with SubSaharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond

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Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Nutrition and WIC Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses (open access)

Child Nutrition and WIC Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses

This report provides information about the Child Nutrition and Women, Infant and children (WIC) Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses.
Date: July 13, 2006
Creator: Richardson, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress (open access)

Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress

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Date: October 13, 2006
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methamphetamine Lab Clean-up and Remediation Issues (open access)

Methamphetamine Lab Clean-up and Remediation Issues

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Date: March 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety: Federal and State Response to the Spinach E. coli Outbreak (open access)

Food Safety: Federal and State Response to the Spinach E. coli Outbreak

This report details the events as they unfolded, and includes the number of cases, the detention of the first case, and the process by which relevant agencies acted as subsequent cases were reported.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Porter, Donna V. & Lister, Sarah A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressionally Chartered Nonprofit Organizations (“Title 36 Corporations”): What They Are and How Congress Treats Them (open access)

Congressionally Chartered Nonprofit Organizations (“Title 36 Corporations”): What They Are and How Congress Treats Them

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Date: January 13, 2006
Creator: Moe, Ronald C. & Kosar, Kevin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocean Dumping Act: A Summary of the Law (open access)

Ocean Dumping Act: A Summary of the Law

This report presents a summary of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (MPRSA, P.L. 92-532), describing the essence of the statute. The law has two basic aims: to regulate intentional ocean disposal of materials, and to authorize related research.
Date: December 13, 2006
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Environmental Policy Act: Streamlining NEPA (open access)

The National Environmental Policy Act: Streamlining NEPA

This report discusses elements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321, et seq.) relevant to streamlining, issues associated with determining project delays attributed to NEPA, common streamlining methods, and recently proposed and enacted legislative and administrative streamlining activities.
Date: February 13, 2006
Creator: Luther, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress (open access)

Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress

Fish and marine mammals are important resources in open ocean and nearshore coastal areas; many federal laws and regulations guide their management. This report discusses a variety of laws and legislation pertaining to this issue.
Date: April 13, 2006
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): Army Corps of Engineers Authorization Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): Army Corps of Engineers Authorization Issues in the 109th Congress

The Corps is a federal agency in the Department of Defense with military and civilian responsibilities. At the direction of Congress, the Corps plans, builds, operates, and maintains a wide range of water resources facilities in U.S. states and territories.
Date: March 13, 2006
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hearings in the House of Representatives: A Guide for Preparation and Procedure (open access)

Hearings in the House of Representatives: A Guide for Preparation and Procedure

The report describes provisions of House rules that pertain to hearings; citations to these rules are included for reference. While House rules generally apply to committees and subcommittees, it is House Rule XI that contains many provisions specific to hearings. House rules set the general framework in which committees hold hearings.
Date: June 13, 2006
Creator: Carr, Thomas P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iranian Nuclear Sites (open access)

Iranian Nuclear Sites

This report describes Iran's known nuclear sites listed in official International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports and includes a map with the location of the nuclear facilities. For further information and analysis of Iran's nuclear programs, see CRS Report RS21592, Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments, by Sharon Squassoni; and CRS Report RL32048 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, by Kenneth Katzman.
Date: November 13, 2006
Creator: Hassan, Hussein D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress (open access)

FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress

This report analyzes each of the areas that has changed as a result of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) actions and Court decisions. The various positions in the debate also are summarized.
Date: December 13, 2006
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antitrust Effect of Patent on Tying Product: Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. (open access)

Antitrust Effect of Patent on Tying Product: Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.

Antitrust law generally disfavors tying arrangements- those in which a vendor conditions the same of a desired product on the purchase of another product
Date: April 13, 2006
Creator: Rubin, Janice E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Federal Income Tax Exclusion for Civilians Serving in Combat Zones (open access)

Proposed Federal Income Tax Exclusion for Civilians Serving in Combat Zones

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Date: April 13, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library