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The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
This report provides background on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP), originally established in 1981 by Title XXVI of P.L. 97-35 and reauthorized several times. It is a block grant program under which the federal government gives states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (referred to as grantees) annual grants to operate multi-component home energy assistance programs for needy households.
Date:
April 18, 2001
Creator:
Gish, Melinda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990
This report discusses U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, or Republic of China (ROC), including policy issues for Congress and legislation. The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), P.L. 96-8, has governed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan since 1979, when the United States recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) instead of the ROC. There are two other relevant elements of the “one China” policy: the August 17, 1982 U.S.-PRC Joint Communique and the “Six Assurances” made to Taiwan.
Date:
April 18, 2003
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation
This report discusses in detail the evolution of a national critical infrastructure policy and the institutional structures established to implement it. The report highlights three issues of Congressional concern: allocating resources based on risk; information sharing; and, regulation.
Date:
April 18, 2006
Creator:
Moteff, John D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
India: Chronology of Recent Events
This report provides a reverse chronology of recent events involving India and India-U.S. relations.
Date:
April 18, 2006
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Pigford Case: USDA Settlement of a Discrimination Suit by Black Farmers
This report highlights some of the events that led up to the Pigford class action suit and outlines the structure of the settlement agreement. It also discusses the number of claims reviewed, denied, and awarded, and some of the issues raised by various parties.
Date:
April 18, 2006
Creator:
Vina, Stephen R. & Cowan, Tadlock
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006
Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its own pay. Prior to 1969, Congress did so by enacting stand-alone legislation. From 1789 through 1968, Congress raised its pay 22 times using this procedure. Congressional salaries initially were $1,500. By 1968, they had risen to $30,000. Stand-alone legislation may still be used to raise Member pay, as it was most recently in 1982, 1983, 1989, and 1991, but two other methods are now also available, an automatic annual adjustment procedure and a commission process.
Date:
April 18, 2006
Creator:
Dwyer, Paul E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federally Supported Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Programs
This report provides background information on the types of water supply and wastewater treatment projects traditionally funded by the federal government and the several existing programs to assist communities with water supply and wastewater recycling and treatment.
Date:
April 18, 2007
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia; Cody, Betsy A.; Carter, Nicole T.; Tiemann, Mary & Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library