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2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5): Designating Nonattainment Areas
This report focuses primarily on the NAAQS implementation process for designating geographical nonattainment areas with respect to the tightening of the PM2.5 standards under the 2006 particulates NAAQS, including comparisons with the final designations under the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. Also included is a brief overview of states' subsequent obligations for developing and submitting implementation plans (SIPs) for attaining or maintaining compliance with the NAAQS.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
Esworthy, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Force F-22 Fighter Program
Report that discusses the procurement of Air Force F-22 Raptor fighters, which began in Fiscal Year 1999, and a total of 195 (177 production aircraft, 16 test aircraft, and 2 development aircraft) were procured through FY2009.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
Gertler, Jeremiah
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future
Report that surveys existing law for legal issues that have arisen, or may arise in the future, on account of climate change and government responses thereto.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Constitutionality of Retroactive Tax Legislation
Report that examines the constitutional provisions that might be implicated by retroactive tax legislation, including legislation that seems intended to punish past behavior.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
Lunder, Erika K.; Meltz, Robert & Thomas, Kenneth R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments
Report that provides a basic overview of the island of Guam, including population and location, as well as the strategic significance of Guam for boosting U.S. deterrence and power projection in Asia.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions as One Congress Ends and a New Congress Begins
Report that 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 25, 2012
Creator:
Schneider, Judy & Koempel, Michael L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress
Report that discusses the funding for the growth of the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program. The Aegis BMD program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status
Report that discusses the nuclear nonproliferation regime that encompasses several treaties, extensive multilateral and bilateral diplomatic agreements, multilateral organizations and domestic agencies, and the domestic laws of participating countries. The chemical and biological weapons (CBW) nonproliferation regimes contain three elements: the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), and the Australia Group.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
Nikitin, Mary Beth; Kerr, Paul K. & Hildreth, Steven A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements
None
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
Report that discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of major contacts and crises since 1993.
Date:
October 25, 2012
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Higher Education Tax Benefits: Brief Overview and Budgetary Effects
This report provides a brief overview of the higher education tax benefits that are currently available to students and their families. The report contrasts higher education tax benefits with traditional student aid, presents a brief history of higher education tax policy over the past 60 years, summarizes key features of the available tax benefits, and provides JCT estimates of revenue losses resulting from individual tax provisions.
Date:
September 25, 2012
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Residential Energy Tax Credits: Overview and Analysis
This report explores one policy option for promoting residential energy efficiency: tax credits. It begins by providing an overview of the current residential energy-efficiency tax credits. The report then goes on to provide an economic rationale for residential energy-efficiency tax incentives, introducing the concept of "market failures" and "market barriers" which may lead to suboptimal or "economically inefficient" investment in energy-efficiency technologies. The final sections of this report provide an economic analysis of the primary tax incentives for residential energy efficiency and briefly review various policy options.
Date:
September 25, 2012
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L. & Sherlock, Molly F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senkaku (Diaoyu/Diaoyutai) Islands Dispute: U.S. Treaty Obligations
None
Date:
September 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Waiver Authority Under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
This report provides a brief overview of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) program and discusses the process and criteria for EPA to approve a waiver petition. Transportation fuels are required by federal law to contain a minimum amount of renewable fuel each year. The RFS, established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct, P.L. 109-58) and amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA, P.L. 110-140), requires that 15.2 billion gallons of renewable fuels be blended into gasoline and other transportation fuels in 2012.
Date:
September 25, 2012
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance
This report gives a summary of the usage of the War Powers Resolution (WPR) and various issues related to proposals to modify or repeal the resolution. The report summarizes the most recent developments and background, and gives an overview of United Nations actions, and WPR activities in former Yugoslavia/Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq (post-1991), Haiti, and Somalia. It also includes commentary on the instances formally reported under the WPR, the requirement for consultation with Congress, and the current issues which Congress is considering.
Date:
September 25, 2012
Creator:
Grimmett, Richard F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 112th Congress
Cuba remains a one-party communist state with a poor record on human rights. The country's political succession in 2006 from the long-ruling Fidel Castro to his brother Raul was characterized by a remarkable degree of stability. This report contains information on U.S. policy as related to Cuba, legislative action, and more related information.
Date:
July 25, 2012
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
This report discusses that framework and proposals to amend more than 30 acts of Congress that are part of or relevant to it.
Date:
July 25, 2012
Creator:
Fischer, Eric A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Honduran-U.S. Relations
This report examines current political and economic conditions in Honduras as well as issues in Honduran-U.S. relations.
Date:
July 25, 2012
Creator:
Meyer, Peter J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Moving to a Territorial Income Tax: Options and Challenges
None
Date:
July 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Obama Administration’s Proposal to Establish a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
This report discusses the proposed creation of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), which would help accelerate innovation and support manufacturing technology commercialization. It includes an overview of the topic as well as discussion on the Administration's proposal, preliminary activities, legislative status, and issues for consideration.
Date:
July 25, 2012
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview and Comparison of Senate Proposals to Extend the “Bush Tax Cuts”: S. 3412 and S. 3413
This report provides an overview of the Bush tax cuts, followed by brief summaries of the Reid and Hatch proposals, respectively. Revenue loss estimates of certain provisions of these bills are also included, as well as a brief summary of H.R. 8. In addition, detailed summary tables comparing the Reid and Hatch proposals—to each other and to current law—are provided. Finally, this report concludes with a brief overview of the current policy debate surrounding the partial or full extension of the Bush tax cuts.
Date:
July 25, 2012
Creator:
Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
PILT (Payments in Lieu of Taxes): Somewhat Simplified
None
Date:
July 25, 2012
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The FDA Medical Device User Fee Program
None
Date:
June 25, 2012
Creator:
Johnson, Judith A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FDA Regulation of Medical Devices
This report provides a description of FDA's medical device review process divided into two parts: pre market requirements and post market requirements. Appendix A provides a brief history of laws governing medical device regulation and Appendix B provides a table of acronyms used in the report.
Date:
June 25, 2012
Creator:
Johnson, Judith A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library