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Suspension of the Rules in the House of Representatives
None
Date:
February 1, 2005
Creator:
Carr, Thomas P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Activities: Authorization and Appropriations
This report provides an overview of the Corps civil works program. It covers the congressional authorization and appropriation process, the standard project development process, and other Corps activities and authorities.
Date:
May 1, 2008
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T. & Hughes, H. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Projects: Authorization and Appropriations
This report explains how the congressional authorization and appropriations process overlays the Corps' project development process. Special attention is given to initiating a water resources study, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) process, civil works appropriations, and emergency response activities.
Date:
May 1, 2008
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T. & Hughes, H. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Drought: Federal Water Management Issues
This report provides an introductory analysis of federal water management issues in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF), particularly during drought. The report underscores that decision makers are faced with the tradeoff of the current harm that reduced flows may cause aquatic species against the benefits of maintaining water in storage for future multipurpose use later. The first section briefly introduces the basin's water resources and related federal issues. The second section summarizes current federal reservoir operations. The third section discusses how the municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses of ACF waters affect federal reservoir management. The fourth section covers how species protections affect Corps operations and how Corps operations may affect protected species. The fifth section briefly discusses legislation in the 110th Congress related to the ACF and water supply and management issues in the Southeast. The report concludes with comments about the ACF in the broader context of federal CRS-2 water policies and projects.
Date:
May 1, 2008
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.; Kaplan, Stan Mark; Buck, Eugene H.; Brougher, Cynthia & Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Forecasts and the Budget
None
Date:
February 1, 2005
Creator:
Cashell, Brian W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Fall and Rise of Household Saving
This report begins by showing how the household saving rate has varied in recent years. Next, it explains how household saving is measured, and it provides some detail on how saving varies across the income distribution. Finally, it discusses factors that may account for the long decline in household saving, as well as prospects for its recovery.
Date:
September 1, 2009
Creator:
Cashell, Brian W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance
This report explains the different measures of the U.S. government debt, discusses the historical growth in the debt, identifies the owners of the debt,presents comparisons with the public debt in other countries and examines the potential economic risks associated with a growing federal debt.
Date:
March 1, 2005
Creator:
Cashell, Brian W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Impact of Cyber-Attacks
None
Date:
April 1, 2004
Creator:
Cashell, Brian W.; Jackson, William D.; Jickling, Mark & Webel, Baird
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Countries’ Response to the Avian Influenza (H5N1) Virus: Current Status
This report highlights efforts by affected countries to control the spread of the avian influenza (H5N1) virus. Included is statistical information on confirmed human cases and deaths through February 27, 2007.
Date:
March 1, 2007
Creator:
Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Chesser, Susan; Coipuram, Thomas, Jr.; Fischer, Hannah; Hassan, Hussein; Klarman, Kim et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation
The FY2006 budget resolution (H.Con.Res. 95, H.Rept. 109-62) contains reconciliation instructions that require authorizing committees to report legislation to reduce spending on mandatory programs within each committee’s jurisdiction. The resolution instructed the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to report legislation reducing spending on USDA mandatory programs by $173 million in FY2006 and $3.0 billion over five years (FY2006-FY2010). The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have completed action on their recommendations ($3.7 billion in the House and $3.0 billion in the Senate). The two measures would reduce spending on farm commodity and conservation programs in varying ways. The House measure also eliminates funding for various rural development programs and reduces food stamp spending. The Senate extends authority for a dairy income support program, which would require an offset of its projected cost. Reconciliation floor action is expected in November.
Date:
November 1, 2005
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dairy Policy Issues
This report gives an overview of Dairy policy issues and the contents include Dairy forward pricing pilot program, Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) payments, Milk protein concentrate trade issues, and dairy price support program
Date:
October 1, 2004
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dairy Policy Issues
Several dairy issues that were debated during the 108th Congress are expected to continue as issues of interest in the 109th Congress. Separate bills were introduced in the 108th Congress to extend authority for both the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program and the dairy forward pricing pilot program, and to address dairy producer concerns about the importation of milk protein concentrates.
Date:
November 1, 2002
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dairy Policy Issues
Three major dairy policy issues captured the attention of the 106th Congress, and are expected to remain issues of concern to the 107th Congress-- federal financial assistance for dairy farmers; implementation by USDA of changes to federal farm milk pricing regulations; and regional debates over the market effects of dairy compacts.
Date:
August 1, 2000
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Water Resource Issues in the 110th Congress
None
Date:
June 1, 2007
Creator:
Cody, Betsy A. & Hughes, H. Steven
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Awards of Attorneys’ Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies
This report discusses the concept of prevailing party, the equal access to justice act, Awards of Attorneys' fees in Civil Right Cases and Awards of attorneys' fees in Tax cases.
Date:
March 1, 2007
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Constitutionality of Applying the FCC's Indecency Restriction to Cable Television
Various federal officials have spoken in favor of extending the Federal Communication Commission’s indecency restriction, which currently applies to broadcast television and radio, to cable and satellite television. This report examines whether such an extension would violate the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech.
Date:
December 1, 2005
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: Legal Issues and Fifty-State Survey of Caps on Punitive Damages and Noneconomic Damages
None
Date:
July 1, 2003
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Products Liability: A Legal Overview
None
Date:
August 1, 2003
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, H.R. 1036 and S. 659, 108th Congress: Legal Analysis
This report examines H.R. 1036, 108th Congress, as ordered to be reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 3, 2003, and passed by the House without amendment on April 9, 2003. H.R. 1036, titled the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,” would prohibit lawsuits, except in specified circumstances, against a manufacturer or seller of a firearm or ammunition, or a trade association, for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm or ammunition.
Date:
March 1, 2004
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations
None
Date:
March 1, 2003
Creator:
Coipuram, Thomas, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Law and Domestic Violence
The Family Violence Option (FVO) of the 1996 welfare law (P.L. 104-193) permits state programs of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to waive federal rules regarding required work, time limited benefits, and child support cooperation for victims of domestic violence.
Date:
November 1, 2002
Creator:
Cooke, Jacqueline & Burke, Vee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Missing and Exploited Children: Overview and Policy Concerns
This report presents an overview of two national incidence studies prepared by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to determine annually the number of reported missing and recovered children in the nation. It also discusses the AMBER Alert System created to help recover reported missing children, legislation introduced in the 108th Congresses to address the missing children issue, and questions that remain regarding concerns about missing children.
Date:
August 1, 2003
Creator:
Cooper, Edith Fairman
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: Reauthorization and Appropriations
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about reauthorization and appropriations of the Sade and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act. Topics include, state grants, national programs, appropriations and funding history, the Gun Free School Act, etc..
Date:
August 1, 2002
Creator:
Cooper, Edith Fairman
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
Free trade areas (FTAs) are arrangements among two or more countries under which they agree to eliminate tariffs and nontariff barriers on trade in goods among themselves. However, each country maintains its own policies, including tariffs on trade outside the region. In the last few years, the United States has engaged or has proposed to engage in negotiations to establish bilateral and regional free trade arrangements with a number of trading partners. The United States has been conducting negotiations with 33 Western Hemispheric countries with a stated goal of forming a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by 2005 and with various Asian and Pacific-Rim countries to achieve free trade and investment by 2020. These efforts are of direct interest to Congress. FTAs raise several important policy issues for the second session of 109th Congress as it considers implementing legislation and monitors negotiations as part of its oversight responsibilities, which this report explores and examines.
Date:
August 1, 2006
Creator:
Cooper, William H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library