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Brief Summaries of Federal Animal Protection Statutes
The report talks about federal animal protection statutes and statutes enacted to implement treaties. It mentions statutes which allow the disabled to use service animals and statutes aimed at acts of animal rights advocates.
Date:
February 10, 2006
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Advanced Wireless Services
None
Date:
February 24, 2006
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act: A Summary of the Law
This report discusses the financial assistance for constructing municipal sewage treatment plants and certain other types of water quality improvements projects. It also points out Titles II and VI--Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction.
Date:
February 1, 2006
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Central Asia’s Security: Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests
The Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) face common security challenges from crime, corruption, terrorism, and faltering commitments to economic and democratic reforms. This report contains information on Central Asia's external security context, security problems and progress, border tensions, crime and corruption, economic and defense security, implications for U.S. interests, U.S. security assistance, and related issues and figures.
Date:
February 7, 2006
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Peace Corps: Current Issues
None
Date:
February 16, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Recent Developments
None
Date:
February 28, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arts and Humanities: Background on Funding
This report
Date:
February 16, 2006
Creator:
Boren, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle R&D: FreedomCAR and the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
This report discusses the organization, funding, and goals of the Freedom CAR and Fuel partnerships, and discusses legislation relevant to the partnerships.
Date:
February 7, 2006
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Prescription Drug Coverage Under Medicaid
Medicaid is a joint federal-state entitlement program that pays for medical services on behalf of certain groups of low-income persons. It is the third largest social program in the federal budget, exceeded only by Social Security and Medicare and is typically the second largest spending item for states. This report discusses prescription drug policies under the program.
Date:
February 21, 2006
Creator:
Hearne, Jean
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Postal Reform Bills: A Side-by-Side Comparison of H.R. 22 and S. 662
None
Date:
February 15, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Davis-Bacon Act: Suspension
This report reviews the several cases during which that Davis-Bacon Act was suspended.
Date:
February 8, 2006
Creator:
Whittaker, William G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Emergency Preparedness and Response
This report addresses the the Americans with Disabilities Act and Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Date:
February 14, 2006
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Global Peace Operations Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides the background and issues for Congress of the global peace operations initiatove.
Date:
February 8, 2006
Creator:
Serafino, Nina M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education for the Disadvantaged: Overview of ESEA Title I-A Amendments Under the No Child Left Behind Act
This report provides an overview of aspects of ESEA Title I-A that were substantially amended by the NCLBA.
Date:
February 10, 2006
Creator:
Riddle, Wayne C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Procurement: Full Funding Policy — Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
This report discusses the full funding policy, which is a federal budgeting rule that has been applied to Department of Defense (DOD) procurement programs since the 1950s. In recent years, some DOD weapons — specifically, certain Navy ships — have been procured with funding profiles that do not conform to the policy as it traditionally has been applied to DOD weapon procurement programs.
Date:
February 22, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald & Daggett, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Intelligence and Policymaking: The Iraq Experience
None
Date:
February 21, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
South Korea-U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation, Friction, and Prospects for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
None
Date:
February 9, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax Credits for Individual Development Accounts
An individual development account (IDA) is a structured savings instrument for lower income individuals. This report discusses legislation introduced in the 108th Congress to establish IDA programs utilizing tax benefits to encourage program development.
Date:
February 8, 2006
Creator:
Scott, Christine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Morocco-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
This report discusses the free trade agreement (FTA) between United States and Morocco. The United States and Morocco reached agreement on March 2, 2004 to create a free trade agreement.
Date:
February 16, 2006
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Civil Charges in Corporate Scandals
This report lists civil suits filed by federal regulatory agencies charging individuals and corporations with violations related to these scandals.
Date:
February 23, 2006
Creator:
Jickling, Mark & Janov, Paul H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199): A Side-by-Side Comparison of Existing Law, H.R. 3199 (Conference) and H.R. 3199 (Senate Passed)
None
Date:
February 17, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ad Hoc Select Committees: Use in the House of Representatives
This report explains what a select committee is in the House of Representatives, and how it is used. The report explains that the recent usage of the select committee has been for fragmented or largely overlapping areas of jurisdiction for multiple committees.
Date:
February 21, 2006
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals
None
Date:
February 3, 2006
Creator:
McMurty, Virginia A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda
None
Date:
February 23, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library