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Medicare: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under Proposed Prescription Drug Benefits (open access)

Medicare: Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under Proposed Prescription Drug Benefits

This report provides background on how the cost-sharing and premium provisions under each bill would affect the amount that a beneficiary pays annually for prescription drugs. In addition, this report gives examples of how annual cost-sharing would differ for beneficiaries with various levels of total prescription drug spending in 2006 under the plans.
Date: June 26, 2003
Creator: Peterson, Chris L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airport Improvement Program (open access)

Airport Improvement Program

This issue brief discusses the Airport Improvement Program and its complement, the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC). After a brief history of federal support for airport construction and improvement, the report describes AIP funding, its source of revenues, funding distribution, the types of projects the program funds, AIP and PFC policy issues, and the allowable use of AIP funds for airport security purposes.
Date: September 26, 2003
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Funding (open access)

Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Funding

About a dozen federally supported child nutrition programs and related activities – including school meal programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (the WIC program) – reach over 37 million children and almost 2 million lower-income pregnant and postpartum women. Total FY2002 spending on these efforts was $15.1 billion. FY2003 spending is projected at an estimated $15.9 billion under the Agriculture Department appropriations portion (Division A) of the FY2003 Consolidated Appropriations Resolution (P.L. 108-7; H.Rept. 108-10; enacted February 20,2003). And the Administration anticipates spending $16.3 billion under its FY2004 budget.
Date: February 26, 2003
Creator: Richardson, Joe
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY2004 Budget: A Chronology and Resource Guide with Internet Access (open access)

FY2004 Budget: A Chronology and Resource Guide with Internet Access

This report provides a select chronology and resource guide concerning congressional and presidential actions and documents pertaining to budget for FY2004, which runs from October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004. The budget actions and documents referenced in this report relate to the President’s FY2004 budget submission, the FY2004 Congressional Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res 95), reconciliation legislation, debt-limit legislation, and FY2004 appropriation measures.
Date: September 26, 2003
Creator: Murray, Justin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Missing and Exploited Children: Overview and Policy Concerns (open access)

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: September 26, 2003
Creator: Cooper, Edith Fairman
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment (open access)

Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. . . .” This language restricts government both more and less than it would if it were applied literally. It restricts government more in that it applies not only to Congress, but to all branches of the federal government, and to all branches of state and local government. It restricts government less in that it provides no protection to some types of speech and only limited protection to others. This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment — of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for some types of speech.
Date: June 26, 2003
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Floor Procedure in the House of Representatives: A Brief Overview (open access)

Floor Procedure in the House of Representatives: A Brief Overview

The House considers bills and resolutions on the floor under several different sets of procedures governing the time for debate and the opportunities for amendment. Some procedures allow 40 or 60 minutes for debate; others permit debate to continue until a majority of Members vote to end it. Some procedures prohibit most or all floor amendments; others allow Members to offer any amendments that meet the requirements of the House’s rules and precedents. Notwithstanding these differences, the rules, precedents, and practices of the House generally are designed to permit the majority to work its will in a timely manner. This report provides a brief overview of this procedure.
Date: August 26, 2003
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth & Bach, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Senate's Calendar of Business (open access)

The Senate's Calendar of Business

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Date: March 26, 2003
Creator: Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Senate's Executive Calendar (open access)

The Senate's Executive Calendar

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Date: March 26, 2003
Creator: Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Tort Reform Legislation: Constitutionality and Summaries of Selected Statutes (open access)

Federal Tort Reform Legislation: Constitutionality and Summaries of Selected Statutes

This report considers the constitutionality of federal tort reform legislation, such as the products liability and medical malpractice reform proposals that have been introduced for the last several Congresses.
Date: February 26, 2003
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act (open access)

Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act

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Date: February 26, 2003
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Pay and Benefits: Key Questions and Answers (open access)

Military Pay and Benefits: Key Questions and Answers

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Date: June 26, 2003
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States (open access)

Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States

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Date: August 26, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues (open access)

POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues

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Date: June 26, 2003
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Weapons Programs, Compliance, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iraq: Weapons Programs, Compliance, and U.S. Policy

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Date: March 26, 2003
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda (open access)

Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda

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Date: March 26, 2003
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense (open access)

Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense

This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Energy and Water. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS products.
Date: September 26, 2003
Creator: Belasco, Amy & Daggett, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts (open access)

Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts

This report begins with a comprehensive presentation of current economic conditions focusing on income growth, unemployment, and inflation. The posture of monetary and fiscal policy is surveyed as are the forecasts of economic activity. It concludes with data on the factors important for economic growth.
Date: June 26, 2003
Creator: Makinen, Gail & Vorce, Anne
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions (open access)

Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions

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Date: June 26, 2003
Creator: Makinen, Gail & Vorce, Anne
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: March 26, 2003
Creator: Stedman, James B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency: Budget, Oil Conservation, and Electricity Conservation Issues (open access)

Energy Efficiency: Budget, Oil Conservation, and Electricity Conservation Issues

Energy security, a major driver of federal energy efficiency programs in the past, came back into play as oil and gas prices rose late in the year 2000. The terrorist attack in 2001 and the Iraq war have led to heightened concern for energy security and raised further concerns about the vulnerability of energy infrastructure and the need for alternative fuels. Further, the 2001 power shortages in California, the 2003 northeast-midwest power blackout, and continuing high natural gas prices have brought a renewed emphasis on energy efficiency and energy conservation to dampen electricity, oil, and natural gas demand.
Date: September 26, 2003
Creator: Sissine, Fred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress

The 108th Congress has acted on a variety of disparate environmental measures; some of these represent proposals or issues that had been under consideration in the 107th Congress and earlier. Environmental issues considered by Congress tend to fall into several major categories: (1) funding issues — whether funding levels are adequate and focused on appropriate priorities; (2) expanding, renewing, or refocusing specific environment programs; (3) environmental issues that are important “subsets” of other major areas of concern, such as energy, defense, or transportation programs; and more recently, (4) terrorism and infrastructure protection in areas such as wastewater and chemical facilities.
Date: June 26, 2003
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (open access)

Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration

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Date: September 26, 2003
Creator: Elias, Bartholomew; Fischer, John W. & Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2003: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government (open access)

Appropriations for FY2003: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government.
Date: March 26, 2003
Creator: Gressle, Sharon S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library