Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information (open access)

Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information

The Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act impose requirements regarding drinking water quality and wastewater treatment in rural areas. Approximately 27% of the U.S. population lives in areas defined by the Census Bureau as rural. Many rural communities need to complete water and waste disposal projects to improve the public health and environmental conditions of their citizens
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies

This report discusses the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which includes funding for agencies and programs in four separate federal departments as well as numerous smaller agencies and diverse programs.
Date: October 20, 1999
Creator: Greenwood, Alfred R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Act Points of Order (open access)

Congressional Budget Act Points of Order

Title III of the Congressional Budget Act (CBA) of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended, establishes the points of order that are used to enforce congressional budget procedures and substantive provisions of a budget resolution. These points of order prohibit certain congressional actions and consideration of certain legislation.
Date: April 20, 1999
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: House and Senate Amendments to Juvenile Justice Legislation (open access)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: House and Senate Amendments to Juvenile Justice Legislation

This report discusses legislative issues regarding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which provides federal funds to the states to assist them in providing an education for children with disabilities.
Date: August 20, 1999
Creator: Jones, Nancy L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cruise Missile Inventories and NATO Attacks on Yugoslavia: Background Information (open access)

Cruise Missile Inventories and NATO Attacks on Yugoslavia: Background Information

This short report provides background information on the Air Force’s Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) and the conventionally armed version of the Navy’s Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile (TLAM).
Date: April 20, 1999
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Lowering Cost Estimates through Emissions Trading — Some Dynamics and Pitfalls (open access)

Global Climate Change: Lowering Cost Estimates through Emissions Trading — Some Dynamics and Pitfalls

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Date: August 20, 1999
Creator: Parker, Larry B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Carbon Emissions and End-Use Energy Demand (open access)

Global Climate Change: Carbon Emissions and End-Use Energy Demand

This report presents an analysis of the potential impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on U.S. energy demand. The analysis focuses on 27 common end-uses — light duty vehicles, residential space heating, industrial direct process heat, etc. — that describe the way energy is used in the United States
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: Rowberg, Richard E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy and Electricity Restructuring (open access)

Renewable Energy and Electricity Restructuring

Several electricity industry restructuring bills propose to eliminate the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), which has been key to the growth of renewable power facilities. Bills intended to ensure a continuing role for renewable energy sources have been introduced in the 106th Congress that include some combination of a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS),
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: Sissine, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Exchange Stabilization Fund of the U.S. Treasury Department: Purpose, History, and Legislative Activity (open access)

The Exchange Stabilization Fund of the U.S. Treasury Department: Purpose, History, and Legislative Activity

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Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: Wilson, Arlene
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative for the Former Soviet Union: Administration Proposals for FY2000 (open access)

The Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative for the Former Soviet Union: Administration Proposals for FY2000

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Date: May 20, 1999
Creator: Woolf, Amy F. & Tarnoff, Curt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Informal Congressional Groups and Member Organizations, 106th Congress: An Informational Directory (open access)

Informal Congressional Groups and Member Organizations, 106th Congress: An Informational Directory

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Date: August 20, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Interventions by U.S. Forces from Vietnam to Bosnia: Background, Outcomes, and “Lessons Learned” for Kosovo (open access)
U.S.-Taiwan Relations Under the Taiwan Relations Act: Lessons and Options– Findings of a CRS Workshop (open access)

U.S.-Taiwan Relations Under the Taiwan Relations Act: Lessons and Options– Findings of a CRS Workshop

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Date: May 20, 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library