Native American Issues in the 109th Congress (open access)

Native American Issues in the 109th Congress

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Date: June 5, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (open access)

Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004

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Date: June 14, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
OMB’s Proposed Bulletin on Risk Assessment (open access)

OMB’s Proposed Bulletin on Risk Assessment

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Date: June 29, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood Insurance Reform: Side-By-Side Comparison of H.R. 4973 and Senate Committee Bill (open access)

Flood Insurance Reform: Side-By-Side Comparison of H.R. 4973 and Senate Committee Bill

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Date: June 6, 2006
Creator: King, Rawle O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Forces in Iraq (open access)

U.S. Forces in Iraq

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Date: June 14, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives (open access)

Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives

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Date: June 7, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

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Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Middle East Free Trade Area: Progress Report (open access)

Middle East Free Trade Area: Progress Report

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Date: June 22, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Minimum Taxpayers By State: 2003, 2004, and Projections for 2007 (open access)

Alternative Minimum Taxpayers By State: 2003, 2004, and Projections for 2007

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Date: June 14, 2006
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Basel Accords: The Implementation of II and the Modification of I (open access)

The Basel Accords: The Implementation of II and the Modification of I

This report is on The Basel Accords: The Implementation of II and the Modification of I.
Date: June 16, 2006
Creator: Eubanks, Walter W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fair Labor Standards Act: Minimum Wage in the 109th Congress (open access)

The Fair Labor Standards Act: Minimum Wage in the 109th Congress

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Date: June 16, 2006
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Operations: Precedents for Funding Contingency Operations in Regular or in Supplemental Appropriations Bills (open access)
U.S. and Coalition Military Operations in Afghanistan: Issues for Congress (open access)

U.S. and Coalition Military Operations in Afghanistan: Issues for Congress

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Date: June 9, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations (open access)

Pakistan-U.S. Relations

This report discusses U.S.-Pakistan relationship marked by periods of both cooperation and discord, which was transformed by the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States into the enlistment of Pakistan as a key ally in U.S.-led counterterrorism efforts. This report outlines key aspects of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, as well as of Pakistan's economic conditions, political environment, handling of ongoing separatist violence, and nuclear nonproliferation.
Date: June 21, 2006
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Low-Income Provisions (open access)

Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Low-Income Provisions

This report begins by providing an overview of Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) benefits, including premium and cost-sharing liabilities for the general Medicare population. The overview is followed by a discussion of the subsidy benefits available for low-income individuals. The report then highlights some of the key implementation issues.
Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abortion: Legislative Response (open access)

Abortion: Legislative Response

The primary focus of this issue brief is legislative action with respect to abortion. However, discussion of those legislative proposals necessarily involves a brief discussion of the leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy. For a more detailed discussion of the relevant case law, see CRS Report 95-724, Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview.
Date: June 8, 2006
Creator: Lewis, Karen J. & Jon, Shimbukuro O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other International Activities; Additional Hurricane Katrina Relief (open access)

FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other International Activities; Additional Hurricane Katrina Relief

This report discusses the two separate FY2006 supplemental appropriations requests submitted on February 16, 2006. The first, totaling $72.4 billion, would fund ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan ($67.9 billion), non-DOD intelligence operations ($0.3 billion), State Department operations in Iraq and various foreign aid programs, including additional assistance for Iraq ($4.2 billion), and other counter-terrorism funding for other agencies ($12 million). The other supplemental would provide $19.8 billion for recovery and reconstruction activities in hurricane affected Gulf Coast areas. Thus, Congress is to consider during the early months of 2006 a combined spending proposal of $92.2 billion.
Date: June 15, 2006
Creator: Irwin, Paul M. & Nowels, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations and Related Issues (open access)

Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations and Related Issues

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Date: June 27, 2006
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Emergency Management and Homeland Security Organization: Historical Developments and Legislative Options (open access)

Federal Emergency Management and Homeland Security Organization: Historical Developments and Legislative Options

This report provides background information on the establishment and evolution of federal emergency management organizational arrangements since the end of World War II and briefly summarizes the legislative proposals.
Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: Hogue, Henry B. & Bea, Keith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis (open access)

Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis

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Date: June 8, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Services Through Managed Care (open access)

Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Services Through Managed Care

This report discusses efforts to improve the delivery of health and long-term care services for individuals who are dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare, which generally includes the elderly and some individuals with disabilities.
Date: June 27, 2006
Creator: Tritz, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Outsourcing: Economic Implications and Policy Responses (open access)

Foreign Outsourcing: Economic Implications and Policy Responses

This report discusses Lost Jobs, Trade, Outsourcing, and wages, A Rising Level of Trade and Economic Well-Being and Implications for Economic Policy.
Date: June 21, 2006
Creator: Elwell, Craig K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations (open access)

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations

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Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) (open access)

The Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA)

This report outlines the background and original passage of the ILSA (Iran-Libya Sanctions Act), its key provisions which excluded Libya from the act, its implementation and effectiveness and the proposed modifications and extensions to the ILSA.
Date: June 21, 2006
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library