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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: October 14, 2003
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress (open access)

Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress

None
Date: October 14, 2003
Creator: Nowels, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grants Work in a Congressional Office (open access)

Grants Work in a Congressional Office

Members of Congress often get requests from constituents for information and help in obtaining funds for projects. Many state and local governments, nonprofit social service and community action organizations, private research groups, small businesses, and individuals approach congressional offices to find out about funding, both from the federal government and from the private sector. The success rate in obtaining federal assistance is not high, given the competition for federal funds. A grants staff’s effectiveness often depends on both an understanding of the grants process and on the relations it establishes with agency and other contacts. The following 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. The discussion is aimed at describing some basics about the grants process and some of the approaches and techniques used by congressional offices in dealing with this type of constituent service.
Date: October 14, 2002
Creator: Gerli, Merete F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties (open access)

Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties

This report presents casualty data compiled by the Department of Defense (DOD), as tallied from the agency’s press releases.
Date: October 14, 2003
Creator: Richardson, Glenda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Postal Reform (open access)

Postal Reform

None
Date: October 14, 2003
Creator: Stevens, Nye
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

None
Date: October 14, 2003
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview (open access)

Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview

The House passed a bill (H.R. 3146) on September 24 to extend TAIF, mandatory child care, abstinence education, and transitional Medicaid, on current terms, through March 31, 2004. In the absence of legislation these programs would expire on September 30. The Senate Finance Committee approved a comprehensive TAIF preauthorization proposal of Chairman Chuck Grassley on September 10. Entitled Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone (PRIDE), the legislation would extend TANF, mandatory child care, abstinence education, and transitional Medicaid for 5 years, FY2004 through FY2008. It would raise TANF work participation standards, increase weekly work hours, add new countable work activities,
Date: October 14, 2003
Creator: Burke, Vee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DNA Testing for Law Enforcement: Legislative Issues for Congress (open access)

DNA Testing for Law Enforcement: Legislative Issues for Congress

DNA evidence is a powerful forensic tool in criminal cases. Its use and capabilities have increased substantially since it was first introduced in the late 1980s. That growth has led to the emergence of the following issues that were considered by the 106th Congress in legislative initiatives: eliminating the nationwide backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples, expanding the kinds of offenders who are profiled, providing opportunities for post-conviction testing of DNA evidence, and continuing development of forensic science capabilities. This report discusses those and related issues and the legislation proposed and enacted to address them. It begins by describing provisions in prior federal law and then discusses issues and the legislation proposed, including the enacted DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (H.R. 4640, which became P.L. 106-546).
Date: October 14, 2004
Creator: Hill, Cindy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
District of Columbia: FY2006 Appropriations (open access)

District of Columbia: FY2006 Appropriations

This report is a guide to the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant.
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ports in Louisiana: New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge (open access)

Ports in Louisiana: New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge

None
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: Cieslak, Vanessa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act and Claims of Property Rights "Takings" (open access)

The Endangered Species Act and Claims of Property Rights "Takings"

This report first outlines the ESA provisions most relevant to the act’s impacts on private property, and then surveys the major ESA-relevant principles of Fifth Amendment takings law. The report then proceeds to its core topic: the court decisions adjudicating whether government measures based on the ESA effect a taking of property under the Fifth Amendment. The cases address four kinds of ESA measures: (1) restrictions on land uses that might adversely affect species listed as endangered or threatened; (2) reductions in water delivery to preserve lake levels or instream flows needed by listed fish; (3) restrictions on the defensive measures a property owner may take to protect his/her property from listed animals; and (4) restrictions on commercial dealings in members of listed species.
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparing Quota Buyout Payments for Peanuts and Tobacco (open access)

Comparing Quota Buyout Payments for Peanuts and Tobacco

The purpose of this analysis is to provide a generally consistent comparison of the benefits provided to peanut quota holders and producers and proposed benefits concerning tobacco. It is not the intention of this analysis to attempt to determine the appropriate size of these buyout payments.
Date: October 14, 2003
Creator: Womach, Jasper
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Government Formation and Performance (open access)

Afghanistan: Government Formation and Performance

The central government's limited writ and perceived corruption are helping sustain a Taliban insurgency and feeding pessimism about the Afghanistan stabilization effort. However, ethnic disputes have been confined to political debate and competition, enabling Karzai to focus on improving governance, reversing security deterioration and on his re-election bid in the fall of 2009. See CRS Report RL30588, Afghanistan: Post- War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, by Kenneth Katzman.
Date: October 14, 2008
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status (open access)

The Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status

The Federal Protective Service (FPS) -- within U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- is responsible for protecting federal government property, personnel, visitors, and customers, including property leased by the General Services Administration (GSA). FPS currently employs over 15,000 contract security guards to protect federal property. DHS intends, according to its FY2009 budget justification, to continue the use of contract security guards to focus FPS activities on maintaining security policy and standards, conducting building security assessments, and monitoring federal agency compliance with security standards.
Date: October 14, 2008
Creator: Reese, Shawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 30, Number 41, Pages 6499-6834, October 14, 2005 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 30, Number 41, Pages 6499-6834, October 14, 2005

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
BRAC Early Bird 14 October 2005 (open access)

BRAC Early Bird 14 October 2005

BRAC Early Bird 14 October 2005
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
O-MM-0109-cw Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs (open access)

O-MM-0109-cw Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: O-MM-0109-cw Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs. Navy memo dtd January 10, 2005. Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 1 (Datacall 1-34) and Supplemental Data Calls.
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
O-MM-0109-cx Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSG (open access)

O-MM-0109-cx Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSG

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: O-MM-0109-cx Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSG. Navy memo dtd January 18, 2005. Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 2 (Datacall 2-20).
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
O-MM-0109-cy Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC JCSGs (open access)

O-MM-0109-cy Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC JCSGs

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: O-MM-0109-cy Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC JCSGs . Navy memo dtd January 24, 2005. Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 1 (DataCall 1-36) and Supplemental Data Calls; and Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 2 (DataCall 2-21).
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
O-MM-0109-cz Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs (open access)

O-MM-0109-cz Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: O-MM-0109-cz Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs. Navy memo dtd January 31, 2005. Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 1 (DataCall 1-37) and Supplemental Data Calls; and Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 2 (DataCall 2-22).
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence - Letter from Senator Warner (R-VA) to Chairman Principi dtd 29 September 2005 (open access)

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Senator Warner (R-VA) to Chairman Principi dtd 29 September 2005

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Senator Warner (R-VA) to Chairman Principi dtd 29 September 2005 requesting all information used by the BRAC Commission to consider the closure or realignment of NAS Oceana, VA.
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
O-MM-0109-d Provision of Certified DON data to BRAC 05 JCSGs (open access)

O-MM-0109-d Provision of Certified DON data to BRAC 05 JCSGs

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: O-MM-0109-d Provision of Certified DON data to BRAC 05 JCSGs. Navy memo dtd June 1, 2004. Department of the Navy Activities with Industrial JCSG Data for Detachments and Remote Sites for BRAC Data Call #1; and data disk labeled 'Department of the Navy BRAC 2005 Data: Industrial JCSG Data Call #1 Capacity Data for Detachments and Remote Sites - 01 June 2004".
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
O-MM-0109-da Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs (open access)

O-MM-0109-da Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: O-MM-0109-da Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs. Navy memo dtd February 7, 2005. Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 1 (DataCall 1-38) and Supplemental Data Calls; and Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 2 (DataCall 2-23).
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
O-MM-0109-dc Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs (open access)

O-MM-0109-dc Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs

Disregard Restriction of Header and Footer: O-MM-0109-dc Provision of Certified DON Data to BRAC 05 JCSGs. Navy memo dtd February 17, 2005. Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 1-40 and Supplemental Data Calls; and Department of Navy Activities with Corrections to Data Call 2 (DataCall 2-25).
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library