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CRS Issue Statement on Civil Rights and Discrimination
This report discusses about civil right statues as well as several constitutional provisions. It also points out about different types of discrimination.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
Feder, Jody
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on Health Care Reform
Interests in health care reform are driven by growing concern about several widely discussed problems, most especially health insurance coverage, health care costs, and patients' access to quality care.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
Peterson, Chris L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on Housing for LowIncome Individuals and Families
This report contains a Congressional Service Report (CRS) Issue statements on housing for low income individuals and families.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Jones, Katie; Carpenter, David H.; Garvey, Todd et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Design and Implementation of Patent Revocation Proceedings: Innovation Issues
This report contains an overview of the innovation issues of the design and implementation of patent revocation proceedings.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
Thomas, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning, and Research
This report discusses earthquake hazards and risk in the United States, federal programs that support earthquake monitoring, the U.S. capability to detect earthquakes and issue notifications and warnings, and federally-supported research to improve the fundamental scientific understanding of earthquakes with a goal of reducing U.S. vulnerability.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
Folger, Peter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Future of NASA: Space Policy Issues Facing Congress
This report analyzes questions regarding space policy challenges and gives some possible answers. It also addresses a number of cross-cutting issues, such as NASA's (the National Aeronautics and Space Agency's) interactions with other federal agencies and the growing role of the commercial space industry.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
Morgan, Daniel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Insurance Coverage of People Aged 55 to 64: Implications for a Medicare Buy-In
This report shows that the near elderly are significantly more likely than other nonaged adults to be in fair or poor health, and to have had a heart attack or stroke.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
Peterson, Chris L. & Newsom, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Job Creation Programs of the Great Depression: the WPA and the CCC
This report first describes the social policy environment in which the 1930s job creation programs were developed and examines the reasons for their shortcomings then and as models for current-day countercyclical employment measures. It then provides a brief overview of the two job creation programs of the Depression-era that Members of Congress have asked about most frequently: the Works Progress or Projects Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
Levine, Linda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons
This report provides basic information about U.S. and Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons. It begins with a brief discussion of the differences between strategic and nonstrategic nuclear weapons. It then provides some historical background, describing the numbers and types of nonstrategic nuclear weapons deployed by both nations during the Cold War and in the past decade; the policies that guided the deployment and prospective use of these weapons; and the measures that the two sides have taken to reduce, eliminate, and, more recently, augment their forces.
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Rules in the 111th Congress: A Comparison of Key Provisions
None
Date:
January 14, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate
This report discusses the current debate over "net neutrality." While there is no single accepted definition of "net neutrality," most agree that any such definition should include the general principles that owners of the networks that compose and provide access to the Internet should not control how consumers lawfully use that network, and they should not be able to discriminate against content provider access to that network.
Date:
April 14, 2010
Creator:
Gilroy, Angele A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Unemployment and Recessions
This report analyzes the trend in long-term unemployment over the postwar period and offers explanations for its unusually high incidence during the most recent recession. It compares the individual, job, and household characteristics of the long-term unemployed during the latest recession (2007-2009) with the long-term unemployed at the end of the two previous recessions (1990-1991 and 2001).
Date:
April 14, 2010
Creator:
Mayer, Gerald & Levine, Linda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The SAFRA Act: Education Programs in the FY2010 Budget Reconciliation
None
Date:
April 14, 2010
Creator:
Dortch, Cassandria; Smole, David P. & Mahan, Shannon M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
This report discusses the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), a free trade agreement that includes nations on both sides of the Pacific. Original members of the TPP were Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore. The United States, Australia, Peru, and Vietnam have committed themselves to joining and expanding this group. This report discusses similar trade partnerships, the importance of Asia to U.S. trade and security interests, and U.S. participation in the TPP.
Date:
April 14, 2010
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F. & Vaughn, Bruce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations
None
Date:
April 14, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Understanding China's Political System
This report provides an overview of contemporary PRC (People's Republic of China) politics by analyzing the main institutional actors and their interactions. The goal is not so much to provide the definitive study of the current political dynamics in China, but to offer a framework for examining and understanding PRC politics as they play out with respect to particular policies or issues.
Date:
April 14, 2010
Creator:
Martin, Michael F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA): Issues and Options for Congress
This report provides background information about the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) system, describes the major issues WMATA currently faces, and discusses possible approaches for addressing these issues.
Date:
April 14, 2010
Creator:
Fischer, John W. & Mallett, William J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Force KC-X Tanker Aircraft Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the issues for Congress in FY2011, which are whether to approve, reject, or modify DOD's new KC-X competition strategy, and whether to approve, reject, or modify the Air Force's request for FY2011 research and development funding for the new KC-X program. Congress' decision on these issues could affect DOD capabilities and funding requirements, and the aircraft manufacturing industrial base.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Gertler, Jeremiah
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Factors Affecting the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance: Issues for Congress
This report provides information about the issues for Congress on Factors Affecting the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance. This report will discuss the role of LTCI in financing LTC costs and current trends in the LTCI industry.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Mulvey, Janemarie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Greece's Debt Crisis: Overview, Policy Responses, and Implications
Greece is currently facing such a sovereign debt crisis. On May 2, 2010, the Eurozone members and International Monetary Fund (IMF) endorsed a historic €110 billion (about $145 billion) financial package for Greece in an effort to avoid a Greek default and to stem contagion of Greece's crisis to other European countries, particularly Portugal, Spain, Ireland, and Italy. This report provides an overview of the crisis; outlines the major causes of the crisis, focusing on both domestic and international factors; examines how Greece, the Eurozone members, and the IMF have responded to the crisis; and highlights the broader implications of Greece's debt crisis, including for the United States.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Nelson, Rebecca M.; Belkin, Paul & Mix, Derek E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homelessness: Targeted Federal Programs and Recent Legislation
This report contains information on the federal response to homelessness, including programs within different federal agencies, current issues relating to homelessness that are being considered by Congress, legislation enacted in the 111th Congress, and federal funding.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Perl, Libby
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Trade: Rules of Origin
This report deals with rules of origin (ROO) in three parts. First, we describe in more detail the reasons that country of origin rules are important and briefly describe U.S. laws and methods that provide direction in making these determinations. Second, we discuss briefly some of the more controversial issues involving rules of origin, including the apparently subjective nature of some CBP origin determinations, and the effects of the global manufacturing process on ROO. Third, we conclude with some alternatives and options that Congress could consider that might assist in simplifying the process.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Jones, Vivian C. & Martin, Michael F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Jurisprudence of Justice John Paul Stevens: Selected Opinions on Intellectual Property Law
This report briefly surveys decisions of retiring Justice John Paul Stevens in intellectual property cases. An examination of Justice Stevens' written opinions relating to intellectual property law reveals a strong desire to ensure that the rights of intellectual property creators are balanced with the rights of the public to access creative and innovative works.
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
Yeh, Brian T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Potential Employer Penalties Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
None
Date:
May 14, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library