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Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues
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Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
Lazzari, Salvatore
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Global Financial Crisis: The Role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
This report discusses two potential roles the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have in helping to resolve the current global financial crisis: (1) immediate crisis control through balance of payments lending to emerging market and less-developed countries and (2) increased surveillance of the global economy through better coordination with the international financial regulatory agencies.
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
Weiss, Martin A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homelessness: Targeted Federal Programs and Recent Legislation
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Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
Perl, Libby; Fernandes, Adrienne L.; McCallion, Gail; Laney, Garrine P.; Sundararaman, Ramya; McCarthy, Francis X. et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions In a New Congress
This report addresses some of the critical matters a House committee chair confronts from the time of the early organization meetings in November to approximately the spring district work-period in March or April.
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
Schneider, Judy & Koempel, Michael L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
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Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy
This report discusses issues related to peace in the Middle East, including post-Gulf War negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon; U.S. interest in these and continuing negotiations and peacetalks between Middle Eastern countries; and the role of the U.S., the U.N., the European Union, and Russia in Middle Eastern relations.
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress
Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy. Congress in recent years has proposed, and sometimes passed, legislation regarding the naming of specific ships.
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Transition Act: Provisions and Funding
The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (PTA), as amended, authorizes funding for the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide suitable office space, staff compensation, and other services associated with the presidential transition process. The President's FY2009 budget proposal included $8.52 million in funding for the 2008-2009 presidential transition. This report outlines facets of the PTA, as well as the details of the FY2009 budget appropriations for the 2008-2009 presidential transition.
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
Hogue, Henry B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies
This report examines issues regarding the recent acquisitions of U.S. meat companies. In July 2007, JBS — a Brazilian company regarded as the world’s largest meat processor — purchased the U.S. beef processor Swift & Co., then the third-largest U.S. beef processing company. In February and March 2008, JBS signed agreements to acquire the fourth- and fifth-largest U.S. beef packers, National Beef Packing Company and the Smithfield Beef Group, respectively. These planned acquisitions have undergone customary regulatory review by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division.
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Regulation of Naked Short Selling
None
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Postal Service’s Use of Contractors to Deliver Mail
None
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
VA-Home Loan Guaranty Program: An Overview
None
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wool and Mohair Price Support
This report provides an overview of the wool and mohair price support.
Date:
October 30, 2008
Creator:
Canada, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library