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Medicare Payment Policies
None
Date:
December 29, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Historical Information
None
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr. & Murray, Justin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
VA-Home Loan Guaranty Program: An Overview
None
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Issues and Summary
None
Date:
July 29, 2010
Creator:
Webel, Baird
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fee Disclosure in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans: Background and Legislation
This report provides information on the kinds of fees that are charged in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans and details the provisions of bills introduced in the 111th Congress that address fee disclosure in retirement plans.
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Topoleski, John J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
This report discusses the windfall elimination provision (WEP), which reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security. Its purpose is to remove an advantage or “windfall” these workers would otherwise receive as a result of the interaction between the Social Security benefit formula and the workers’ relatively short careers in Social Security-covered employment. Opponents contend that the provision is basically imprecise and can be unfair.
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Shelton, Alison M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Previewing the Next Farm Bill: Unfunded and Early-Expiring Provisions
None
Date:
September 29, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
October 29, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dependent Care: Current Tax Benefits and Legislative Issues
This report discusses current tax treatment of dependent care expenses under the dependent care tax credit (DCTC) and the dependent care assistance programs(DCAP); and issues for Congress is expanding tax benefits for working caregivers.
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Mulvey, Janemarie & Scott, Christine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Forestry in the Next Farm Bill
This report discusses about Possible Forestry Issues for a future Farm bill, Markets for Carbon Sequestration, Markets for Other Ecosystem Services, Control of Invasive Species etc.
Date:
April 29, 2010
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interactions Between the Social Security COLA and Medicare Part B Premiums
None
Date:
October 29, 2010
Creator:
Hahn, Jim & Shelton, Alison M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Private Health Insurance Provisions in Senate-Passed H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
None
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technical Assistance for Agriculture Conservation
None
Date:
November 29, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The SBA Disaster Loan Program: Overview and Possible Issues for Congress
None
Date:
June 29, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nanotechnology and Environmental, Health, and Safety: Issues for Consideration
None
Date:
September 29, 2010
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Drilling in the Great Lakes: Background and Issues
This report provides background information on historical and current drilling practices in the Great Lakes, and statistics on oil and natural gas production by Canada and the United States, where data are available.
Date:
July 29, 2010
Creator:
Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Humphries, Marc; Ramseur, Jonathan L. & Vann, Adam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Zone Management: Background and Reauthorization Issues
This report contains background information on the coastal zone management. This report also lists the reauthorization issues of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA).
Date:
September 29, 2010
Creator:
Upton, Harold F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview
This report discusses the the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) ability to make loans to farmers to enable them to construct, improve, repair, or replace dwellings and other farm buildings to provide decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions for themselves or their tenants, lessees, sharecroppers, and laborers. USDA was also authorized to make grants or combinations of loans and grants to those farmers who could not qualify to repay the full amount of a loan, but who needed the funds to make the dwellings sanitary or to remove health hazards to the occupants or the community.
Date:
October 29, 2010
Creator:
Foote, Bruce E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture: Status and Current Issues
This report describes several scientifically emerging Animal Biotechnologies and examines applications of the technologies and discusses the major issues that may arise.
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Cowan, Tadlock & Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
America COMPETES Act and the FY2010 Budget
This report discusses in detail the America COMPETES Act, which is intended to increase the nation's investment in research and development (R&D), and in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. This report discusses the funding increases authorized by the act for various relevant institutions; the act's education activities intended to enhance the skills of STEM educators; and if Congress will continue to similarly fund the Act in the FY2010 budget.
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.
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:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress
This report describes the statutory provision authorizing Gang of Eight notifications, reviews the legislative history of the provision, and examines the impact of such notifications on congressional oversight.
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Cumming, Alfred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Uganda: Current Conditions and the Crisis in North Uganda
This report discusses the current political conditions of Uganda, which have long been ravaged by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), an armed rebel group backed by the government of Sudan. In particular, the report focuses on largely unsuccessful Ugandan efforts to resolve the conflict with the LRA, as well as talks with the U.S. under the Bush Administration and the recent suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, in July 2010.
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Dagne, Ted
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public Safety Communications and Spectrum Resources: Policy Issues for Congress
This report discusses the availability of radio frequency spectrum that is considered essential to developing a modern, interoperable communications network for public safety. To resolve the debate and move the planning process forward, Congress may decide to pursue oversight or change existing law. Actions proposed to Congress include authorizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reassign spectrum and changing requirements for the use of spectrum auction proceeds.
Date:
January 29, 2010
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library