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China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
This report provides information about the Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy on China-U.S. Relations. China has been steadily signing trade agreements,oil and gas contracts.
Date:
October 1, 2007
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues
U.S.-China economic ties have expanded substantially over the past several years. China is now the third largest U.S. trading partner, its second largest source of imports, and its fourth largest export market. However, U.S.-China commercial ties have been strained by a number of issues, including a surging U.S. trade deficit with China, China's refusal to float its currency, and failure to fully comply with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, especially its failure to provide protection for U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR). This report explores these issues in detail, especially concerning the lack of protection for U.S. IPR.
Date:
July 1, 2007
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Economic Conditions
China’s economy continues to be a concern to U.S. policymakers. On the one hand, China’s economic growth presents huge opportunities for U.S. exporters. On the other hand, the surge in Chinese exports to the United States has put competitive pressures on many U.S. industries. Many U.S. policymakers have argued that greater efforts should be made to pressure China to fully implement its WTO commitments and to change various economic policies deemed harmful to U.S. economic interests, such as its currency peg and its use of subsidies to support its SOEs. In addition, recent bids by Chinese state-owned firms to purchase various U.S. firms have raised concerns among Members over the impact such acquisitions could have on U.S. national and economic security.
Date:
July 1, 2005
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China’s Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Current Policy Issues
This report contains an overview of the current policy issues on China's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles.
Date:
March 1, 2002
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Current Policy Issues
This report provides a brief background analysis and recent developments regarding China’s Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles. The report includes topics such as: Recent Proliferation Transfers, chemical, nuclear, and missile technology sales to Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, trade controls, nonproliferation and arms control.
Date:
July 1, 2002
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 107th Congress
In the 107th Congress, the most prominent air quality issue has been whether state and federal regulations designed to protect air quality are having a negative impact on energy production, and, if so, whether legislation should be enacted to reform such regulations. The early discussion focused primarily on California, but with the release of the Administration’s energy policy recommendations in May 2001 and subsequent congressional action, attention shifted to issues more national in scope.
Date:
October 1, 2002
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act: A Summary of the Law
This report discusses the financial assistance for constructing municipal sewage treatment plants and certain other types of water quality improvements projects. It also points out Titles II and VI--Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction.
Date:
February 1, 2006
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Issues in the 107th Congress
Key water quality issues that may face the 107th Congress include: actions to implement existing provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA), whether additional steps are necessary to achieve overall goals of the Act, and the appropriate federal role in guiding and paying for clean water activities. Legislative prospects for comprehensively amending the Act have for some time stalled over whether and exactly how to change the law. If clean water issues receive attention in the 107th Congress, consideration of specific issues will depend in part on the CWA policy agenda of the new Bush Administration and on priorities of the key committees that have major jurisdiction over the Act.
Date:
October 1, 2002
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress
This report provides information about the Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress.climate change and greenhouses were issues in the 109th congress as they have been in the past congress.
Date:
November 1, 2007
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D. & Ramseur, Jonathan L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the Deepwater program, which is a 20- to 25-year acquisition effort to replace or modernize 93 aging Coast Guard ships and 207 aging Coast Guard aircraft. The program’s estimated total acquisition cost is $19 billion to $24 billion. On March 25, 2005 the Coast Guard submitted to Congress a revised implementation plan for the program that alters the planned capabilities and numbers of Deepwater assets and the schedule for acquiring or modernizing them. Some Members of Congress have criticized the revised implementation plan. The Coast Guard’s proposed FY2006 budget requests $966 million for the program.
Date:
April 1, 2005
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress
The Deepwater program is a $24 billion, 25-year acquisition program to replace or modernize 93 Coast Guard ships and 207 Coast Guard aircraft. The Coast Guard's FY2007 budget requests $934.431 million for the program. Some Members of Congress have criticized and expressed strong concerns over the Deepwater program on several grounds. The House-reported version of H.R. 5441, the FY2007 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill, recommends $892.64 million for the Deepwater program.
Date:
June 1, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress
The Coast Guard’s FY2007 budget requests $934.431 million for the Deepwater acquisition program. The House-reported version of H.R. 5441, the FY2007 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill, recommends $892.64 million for the Deepwater program.
Date:
June 1, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives
This report provides information about the Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives.Committees do not actually change the texts of the bills they mark up.
Date:
December 1, 2004
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Committee Types and Roles
This report contains information on the general structure of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate committee structure, types of committees, and subcommittees.
Date:
April 1, 2003
Creator:
Carr, Thomas P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Tax Incentives for Domestic Manufacturing in Current Legislative Proposals
This report contains descriptions of proposals, magnitude of effects on domestic manufacturing investment, other effects on the allocation of capital, and issues of administration and compliance.
Date:
October 1, 2004
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Pay of Top Executives and Other Workers
This report contains an overview of the comparison of the top executives and other worker's pay.
Date:
May 1, 2003
Creator:
Levine, Linda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress
This report provides background information for three types of attacks against computers (cyber-attack, physical attack, and electromagnetic attack), and discusses related vulnerabilities for each type of attack. The report also describes the possible effects of a coordinated cyberattack, or computer network attack (CNA), against U.S. infrastructure computers, along with possible technical capabilities of international terrorists.
Date:
April 1, 2005
Creator:
Wilson, Clay
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conducting Foreign Relations Without Authority: The Logan Act
The Logan Act was intended to prohibit United States citizens without authority from interfering in relations between the United States and foreign governments. There appear to have been no prosecutions under the Act in its more than 200 year history. However, there have been a number of judicial references to the Act, and it is not uncommon for it to be used as a point of challenge concerning dealings with foreign officials. Although attempts have been made to repeal the Act, it remains law and at least a potential sanction to be used against anyone who without authority interferes in the foreign relations of the United States.
Date:
February 1, 2006
Creator:
Seitzinger, Michael V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Conference Reports and Joint Explanatory Statements
The conference report presents the formal legislative language on which the conference committee has agreed. The joint explanatory statement explains the various elements of the conferees agreement in relation to the positions that the House and Senate had committed to the conference committee.
Date:
December 1, 2004
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Actions in 2002
During the second session of the 107th Congress, the House and Senate will consider many different budgetary measures. Most of these measures will pertain to FY2003 (which will begin on October 1, 2002) and beyond, but some may make adjustments to the budget for FY2002. As the congressional session progresses, this issue brief will describe House and Senate action on major budgetary legislation within the framework of the congressional budget process and other procedural requirements.
Date:
October 1, 2002
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Member Organizations: Their Purpose and Activities, History, and Formation
There are 645 informal (Congressional) Member organizations listed in the Congressional Yellow Book or registered with the Committee on House Administration. Of these 645 informal organizations, 256 are registered with the Committee on House Administration as a congressional Member organization (CMO). This report examines the purpose and activities of CMOs and the reasons Members form them. It also identifies and describes seven CMO types, and it provides an overview of the historical development of informal Member organizations since the first Congress. It concludes with a step-by-step guide for House Members and staff who might be interested in forming a CMO.
Date:
July 1, 2009
Creator:
Dilger, Robert Jay
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Official Mail Costs
This report discusses the franking privilege , which allows Members of Congress to send official mail at government expense, such as letters commenting on legislation and casework, press releases, government reports, town meeting notices, and newsletters.
Date:
March 1, 2005
Creator:
Pontius, John S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Oversight and Related Issues Concerning International Security Agreements Concluded by the United States
This report begins by providing a general background on the types of international agreements that are binding upon the United States, as well as considerations affecting whether they take the form of a treaty or an executive agreement. Next, the report discusses historical precedents as to the role that security agreements have taken. The report discusses the oversight role that Congress exercises with respect to entering and implementing international agreements involving the United States.
Date:
October 1, 2009
Creator:
Garcia, Michael J. & Mason, R. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Oversight and Related Issues Concerning the Prospective Security Agreement Between the United States and Iraq
This report provides information about the Congressional Oversight and Related Issues Concerning the Prospective Security Agreement Between the United States and Iraq.
Date:
April 1, 2008
Creator:
Garcia, Michael John; Mason, R. Chuck & Elsea, Jennifer K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library