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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
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
U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts (open access)

U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts

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Date: June 26, 2002
Creator: Nanto, Dick K. & Lum, Thomas
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
The President-Elect: Succession and Disability Issues During the Transition Period (open access)

The President-Elect: Succession and Disability Issues During the Transition Period

Procedures governing replacement of a President or Vice President-elect during the transition period depend on when the events that might lead to a temporary or permanent replacement occur. This report describes the general election process by which American voters directly choose members of the electoral college and indirectly choose the President and Vice President. This report also describes the so-called "lame duck" period between the election and the incoming President's inauguration, specifically regarding questions of disability or resignation by a President or Vice President-elect during this time.
Date: November 26, 2008
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress (open access)

International Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress

Since 1965, United States policy has supported international population planning based on principles of volunteerism and informed choice that gives participants access to information on all methods of birth control. This policy, however, has generated contentious debate for over two decades, resulting in frequent clarification and modification of U.S. international family planning programs. This report provides the context of this debate.
Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Nowels, Larry & Veillette, Connie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forest Service Receipt-Sharing Payments: Proposals for Change (open access)

Forest Service Receipt-Sharing Payments: Proposals for Change

In lieu of property taxes, the Forest Service generally shares 25% of receipts from the sale, lease, rental, or other use of the national forests to the states for use on roads and schools in the counties where the national forests are located. This report discusses concerns about the equity and stability of Forest Service receipt-sharing payments, especially with the decline in timber sales over the past decade, and about the incentives of the current system.
Date: April 26, 2000
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues (open access)

Renewable Energy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues

Report on renewable energy, including recent developments, background, incentives, budgets, and more.
Date: April 26, 2005
Creator: Sissine, Fred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine Security of Hazardouse Chemical Cargo (open access)

Marine Security of Hazardouse Chemical Cargo

Report on the security of hazardous chemical marine transportation, including cargo, accidents, health effects, ports, and more.
Date: August 26, 2005
Creator: Parfomak, Paul W. & Frittelli, John F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Policy Regarding the International Criminal Court (open access)

U.S. Policy Regarding the International Criminal Court

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Date: April 26, 2006
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 109th Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 109th Congress

This report discusses the United States and Mexico relations and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The major issues discussed by Congress are trade, migration/border security, drug trafficking, and political issues.
Date: October 26, 2004
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peacekeeping and Conflict Transitions: Background and Congressional Action on Civilian Capabilities (open access)

Peacekeeping and Conflict Transitions: Background and Congressional Action on Civilian Capabilities

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Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Serafino, Nina M. & Weiss, Martin A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls (open access)

Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls

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Date: January 26, 2006
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program (open access)

Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program

This report discusses "Section 32", which is a permanent appropriation that since 1935 has earmarked the equivalent of 30% of annual customs receipts to support the farm sector through a variety of activities. Today, most of this sizeable appropriation (totaling approximately $6 billion each year) is transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) child nutrition account.
Date: August 26, 2005
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Habeas Corpus: A Brief Legal Overview (open access)

Federal Habeas Corpus: A Brief Legal Overview

This report discusses Federal habeas corpus, which is a procedure under which a federal court may review the legality of an individual’s incarceration. It is most often the stage of the criminal appellate process that follows direct appeal and any available state collateral review.
Date: April 26, 2006
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals (open access)

Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals

In recent years conflicting budget priorities and divided political control have accentuated the institutional tensions between the executive and legislative branches inherent in the federal budget process. President Bush, like his recent predecessors, has called for an item veto, or possibly expanded impoundment authority, to provide him with greater control over federal spending. This report provides a brief history of impoundment and discusses the debate surrounding the line item veto.
Date: September 26, 2005
Creator: McMurtry, Virginia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of USDA Rural Development Programs (open access)

An Overview of USDA Rural Development Programs

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Date: August 26, 2004
Creator: Cowan, Tadlock
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

Syria, governed by President Hafiz al-Asad from 1970 until his death in June 2000, is a prominent player in the Middle East scene. Within the region, a number of border disputes, problems of resource allocation, and political rivalries have caused frequent tensions between Syria and its neighbors. In particular, the Syrian Golan Heights territory, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has been one of the most intractable issues in the Arab-Israeli dispute.
Date: April 26, 2006
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

This report discusses issues in U.S.-Jordanian relations. These issues include the stability of the Jordanian regime, democratic reform under way in Jordan, the role of Jordan in the Arab-Israeli peace process, Jordan’s concerns over the U.S.-led campaign against Iraq in 2003, and its relations with other regional states.
Date: April 26, 2006
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library