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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Legislative Issues (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Legislative Issues

This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for energy development. The report discusses arguments for and against such development and focuses especially on related pieces of legislation that directly affects the future of the ANWR.
Date: May 14, 2002
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne; Gelb, Bernard A. & Baldwin, Pamela
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements (Trade Promotion Authority): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress (open access)

Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements (Trade Promotion Authority): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress

This report discusses one of the major trade issues in the 107th Congress: whether or not Congress approves authority for the President to negotiate trade agreements with expedited, or "fast track" procedures. Under this authority, Congress agrees to consider legislation to implement the nontariff trade agreements under a procedure with mandatory deadlines, no amendment, and limited debate. The President is required to consult with congressional committees during negotiation of nontariff trade agreements and notify Congress before entering into any such agreement. The President was granted fast-track authority almost continuously from 1974 to 1994, but the authority lapsed and has not been renewed.
Date: May 14, 2001
Creator: Sek, Lenore
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Middle East Peace Talks (open access)

The Middle East Peace Talks

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Date: May 14, 2002
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Military Operations (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Military Operations

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Establishment and Implementation of Northern Command (open access)

Homeland Security: Establishment and Implementation of Northern Command

Report on the Department of Defense's (DoD) establishment of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) advancements in fighting terrorism, as well as the issues of NORTHCOM's relationship with other agencies within the DoD.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher; DeSerisy, Lloyd & Kapp, Lawrence
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (open access)

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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Date: May 14, 2002
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Branch Reorganization and Management Initiatives (open access)

Executive Branch Reorganization and Management Initiatives

This issue brief views reorganization and management as involving the alteration of the program administrative structure and operations of the executive branch for reasons of efficiency, economy, and direction. The underlying issue is who reorganizes or sets management policy—Congress or the President— and by what authority and, also, for what purpose?
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Intelligence Support (open access)

Homeland Security: Intelligence Support

Legislation establishing a Department of Homeland Security includes provisions for an information analysis element within the new department. This report examines the information analysis function and the sharing of information among federal agencies but does not address provisions in the proposed legislation governing the sharing of intelligence with state and local officials.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insurance Regulation: Background and Issues (open access)

Insurance Regulation: Background and Issues

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Cobb, Carolyn & Webel, Baird
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consumer Bankruptcy and Household Debt (open access)

Consumer Bankruptcy and Household Debt

Financial distress is most common among lower-income families, but its incidence has grown in all income brackets. This trend suggests that explanations for the rise in consumer bankruptcy filings are more likely to be found in micro-analysis of individuals and groups of debtors than in macroeconomic indicators. This report presents statistics on bankruptcy filings, household debt, and households in financial distress.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Jickling, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance (open access)

Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israeli-United States Relations (open access)

Israeli-United States Relations

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

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Date: May 14, 2002
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process (open access)

The Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Benefits for Health Insurance: Current Legislation (open access)

Tax Benefits for Health Insurance: Current Legislation

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Lyke, Bob & Sroka, Christopher J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Care Chart Book: Persons Served, Payors and Spending (open access)

Long-Term Care Chart Book: Persons Served, Payors and Spending

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: O'Shaughnessy, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AIDS in Africa (open access)

AIDS in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has been far more severely affected by AIDS than any other part of the world. The United Nations reports that 25.3 million adults and children are infected with the HIV virus in the region, which has about 10% of the world's population but more than 70% of the worldwide total of infected people. This report discusses this issue in detail, including the cause of the African AIDS epidemic, the social and economic consequences, response and treatment, and U.S. policy.
Date: May 14, 2001
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: Legal Issues and Fifty-State Survey of Caps on Punitive Damages and Noneconomic Damages (open access)

Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: Legal Issues and Fifty-State Survey of Caps on Punitive Damages and Noneconomic Damages

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Laws on Human Cloning (open access)

State Laws on Human Cloning

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Feder, Jody
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Firms That Incorporate Abroad for Tax Purposes: Corporate "Inversions" and "Expatriation" (open access)

Firms That Incorporate Abroad for Tax Purposes: Corporate "Inversions" and "Expatriation"

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Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Brumbaugh, David L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estate Tax Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Estate Tax Legislation in the 108th Congress

Under provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA, P.L. 107-16, enacted June 7, 2001), the estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax are scheduled to be repealed in 2010 but reinstated in 2011. This is because all tax cut provisions of EGTRRA are scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2010. This report tracks actions in the 108th Congress to permanently repeal — or retain but alter — the estate tax.
Date: May 14, 2004
Creator: Noto, Nonna A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues (open access)

A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues

At the second Summit of the Americas in Santiago, Chile (April 1998), 34 Western Hemisphere nations agreed to initiate formal negotiations to create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by 2005. The process so far has led to two draft texts, the second completed for the November 1, 2002 trade ministerial in Quito, Ecuador. A year later, the third draft is expected at the eighth trade ministerial scheduled for November 17-21, 2003 in Miami. Although implementing legislation is not anticipated until the next Congress, for an FTAA to be signed in January 2005, the 108th Congress will play a crucial role during this last phase of the negotiations given its expanded consultative and oversight authority as defined in the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) provisions of the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210). This report will be updated periodically.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
K-12 Teacher Quality: Issues and Legislative Action (open access)

K-12 Teacher Quality: Issues and Legislative Action

CRS Report for Congress entailing issues and legislative action in regards to K-12 teacher quality. Topics include, unionization, funding, tenure, etc..
Date: May 14, 2004
Creator: Stedman, James B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Provisions Expiring in 2004 (open access)

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Provisions Expiring in 2004

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Date: May 14, 2004
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library