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"Gang of Four" Congressional Intelligence Notifications
"Gang of Four" intelligence notifications generally are oral briefings of certain particularly sensitive non-covert action intelligence activities, including principally, but not exclusively, intelligence collection programs, that the Intelligence Community typically limits to the chairmen and ranking members of the two congressional intelligence committees, and at times, but not always, to their respective staff directors. This report reviews the history of Gang of Four notification process and compares this procedure with that of the "Gang of Eight" notification procedure.
Date:
July 14, 2009
Creator:
Cumming, Alfred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance
The U.S. program of assistance to Afghanistan is intended to stabilize and strengthen the Afghan economic, social, political, and security environment so as to blunt popular support for extremist forces in the region. Since 2001, nearly $38 billion has been appropriated toward this effort. This report provides a "big picture" overview of the U.S. aid program and congressional action. It describes what various aid agencies report they are doing in Afghanistan. It does not address the effectiveness of their programs.
Date:
July 14, 2009
Creator:
Tarnoff, Curt
System:
The UNT Digital Library
401(k) Plans and Retirement Savings: Issues for Congress
Over the past 25 years, defined contribution (DC) plans - including 401(k) plans - have become the most prevalent form of employer-sponsored retirement plan in the United States. This report describes seven major policy issues with respect to defined contribution plans: 1) access to employer-sponsored retirement plans; 2) participation in employer-sponsored plans; 3) contribution rates; 4) investment choices; 5) fee disclosure; 6) leakage from retirement savings; and 7) converting retirement savings into income.
Date:
July 14, 2009
Creator:
Purcell, Patrick & Topoleski, John J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS): Current Legislative Issues
The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program was created by Title I of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-322). The mission of the COPS program is to advance community policing in all jurisdictions across the United States. Legislation introduced in the 111th Congress would reauthorize the COPS program through FY2014 and reestablish COPS as a multi-grant program. This report provides an overview and analysis of issues Congress might choose to consider when taking up legislation to reauthorize the COPS program.
Date:
July 14, 2009
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies
This list of about 150 congressional liaison offices is intended to help congressional offices in placing telephone calls and addressing correspondence to government agencies. In each case, the information was supplied by the agency itself and is current as of the date of publication. Entries are arranged alphabetically in four sections: legislative branch; judicial branch; executive branch; and agencies, boards, and commissions.
Date:
August 14, 2009
Creator:
Crane-Hirsch, Audrey Celeste
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
This report reviews the ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. It begins with an overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes the reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. It then offers details about each category of delivery vehicle, focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to decisions about the future size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force.
Date:
July 14, 2009
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Latin America: Terrorism Issues
Since the September 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, U.S. attention to terrorism in Latin America has intensified, with an increase in bilateral and regional cooperation. This report discusses the issue in relation to the U.S. State Department's April 2009 Country Report on Terrorism; Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's sympathies with terrorist groups and lack of cooperation on antiterrorism efforts; growing U.S. concern over activities of terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas in the tri-border area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay; and various legislative initiatives related to Latin American terrorism issues being considered by the 111th Congress.
Date:
July 14, 2009
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements
This report provides an overview of the forms and requirements needed in voting in the Senate.
Date:
March 14, 2008
Creator:
Oleszek, Walter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights
This report discusses federal authority over water, and federal “reserved” and non-reserved water rights. It discusses water rights under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and water rights provisions within specific designations.
Date:
January 14, 2008
Creator:
Brougher, Cynthia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act and Claims of Property Rights “Takings
This report discusses Endangered Species Act (ESA) that has long been one of the major flash points in the “property rights” debate. This report first outlines the ESA provisions most relevant to the act's impacts on private property, then surveys the major ESA-relevant principles of Fifth Amendment takings law, and finally discusses the court decisions adjudicating whether government measures based on the ESA effect a taking of property under the Fifth Amendment.
Date:
January 14, 2008
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation for Disaster Assistance: Summary Data
This report provides summary information on emergency supplemental appropriations enacted after major disasters since 1989. The report discusses the most recent and costly disasters occurred in the summer of 2005 when Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma made landfall in Gulf Coast states.
Date:
August 14, 2008
Creator:
Murray, Justin & Lindsay, Bruce R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues
This report discusses the food and agricultural imports, federal oversight responsibilities, international trade considerations, and legislative proposals. The report includes list of tables with leading suppliers of U.S. agriculture and seafood imports, and imported meat and poultry products presented for inspection.
Date:
August 14, 2008
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues
None
Date:
April 14, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rescission Actions Since 1974: Review and Assessment of the Record
None
Date:
March 14, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues
None
Date:
July 14, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Grants Work in a Congressional Office
This report does not constitute a blueprint for every office involved in grants and projects activity, nor does it present in-depth information about all aspects of staff activity in this area.
Date:
October 14, 2002
Creator:
Gerli, Merete F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safeguards on Textile and Apparel Imports from China
None
Date:
April 14, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Programs Available to Unemployed Workers
This report presents information on federal programs targeted to unemployed workers specifically, but does not attempt to discuss means-tested programs.
Date:
November 14, 2007
Creator:
Whittaker, Julie M. & Naughton, Blake Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Protection in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
January 14, 2005
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
None
Date:
March 14, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Permitting: Status of Implementation and Issues
This report provides information about the Implementation and Issues of Clean Air Permitting. It also describes the statutory background of Title V and the status of implementation, in terms of federal approval and local permitting authorities.
Date:
March 14, 2007
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The No Child Left Behind Act: An Overview of Reauthorization Issues for the 110th Congress
None
Date:
December 14, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposals for a Commission to Address the Federal Government’s Long-Term Fiscal Situation
None
Date:
December 14, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004
None
Date:
June 14, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library