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The Army’s Future Combat System (FCS): Background and Issues for Congress
This content contains the background and issues for congress on the army's Future Combat System (FCS).
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband over Powerlines: Regulatory and Policy Issues
This report describes the Regulatory and Policy Issues of Broadband over Powerlines.
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
Figliola, Patricia Moloney
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions
This report explains the statutory procedures governing covert action and associated questions to consider.
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
Cumming, Alfred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Evolving Roles and Missions for United States Northern Command
This report provides an overview of the evolving roles and missions for the United States northern command on Homeland Security.
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
Knight, William & Bowman, Steve
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Reports: Required Contents
This report provides an overview of the required contents of the House Committee Reports.
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Program and Funding
None
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies
Mountaintop removal mining involves removing the top of a mountain in order to recover the coal seams contained there. This practice occurs in several Appalachian states. It creates an immense quantity of excess spoil (dirt and rock that previously composed the mountaintop), which is typically placed in valley fills on the sides of the former mountains, burying streams that flow through the valleys. Critics say that, as a result of valley fills, stream water quality and the aquatic and wildlife habitat that streams support are destroyed by tons of rocks and dirt. The mining industry argues that mountaintop mining is essential to conducting surface coal mining in the Appalachian region and that surface coal mining would not be economically feasible there if producers were restricted from using valleys for the disposal of mining overburden. Mountaintop mining is regulated under several laws, including the Clean Water Act. This report provides background on regulatory requirements, controversies, and legal challenges to Clean Water Act regulation of mountaintop mining. Congressional attention to these issues also is discussed.
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Trade Deficit: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
None
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy
None
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement
This report discusses a plan announced by EPA in January 2005, called the Air Compliance Agreement, that would produce air quality monitoring data on animal agriculture emissions from a small number of farms, while at the same time protecting all participants (including farms where no monitoring takes place) through a “safe harbor” from liability under certain provisions of federal environmental laws.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BP Alaska North Slope Pipeline Shutdowns: Regulatory Policy Issues
None
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security
Facilities handling large amounts of potentially hazardous chemical (i.e., chemical facilities) might be of interest to terrorists, either as targets for direct attacks meant to release chemicals into the community or as a source of chemicals for use elsewhere. For any individual facility, the risk is very small, but the risks may be increasing -- with potentially severe consequences for human health and the environment. Congress might choose to rely on existing efforts in the public and private sectors to improve chemical site security over time. Alternatively, Congress could expand existing environmental planning requirements for chemical facilities to require consideration of terrorism. Congress might also enact legislation to reduce risks, either by "hardening" defenses against terrorists or by requiring industries to consider use of safer chemicals, procedures, or processes.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Schierow, Linda-Jo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security
Facilities handling large amounts of potentially hazardous chemical (i.e., chemical facilities) might be of interest to terrorists, either as targets for direct attacks meant to release chemicals into the community or as a source of chemicals for use elsewhere. For any individual facility, the risk is very small, but the risks may be increasing -- with potentially severe consequences for human health and the environment. Congress might choose to rely on existing efforts in the public and private sectors to improve chemical site security over time. Alternatively, Congress could expand existing environmental planning requirements for chemical facilities to require consideration of terrorism. Congress might also enact legislation to reduce risks, either by "hardening" defenses against terrorists or by requiring industries to consider use of safer chemicals, procedures, or processes.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Schierow, Linda-Jo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006
The report discusses the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006, that was enacted to correct the perceived problems created by the absence of statutory regulation of credit rating agencies.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Seitzinger, Michael V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Debt-for-Nature Initiatives and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Status and Implementation
This report provides a description of debt-for-nature transactions and a summary of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Sheikh, Pervaze A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
This report examines various issues pertaining to foreign students in the United States. Since the Immigration Act of 1924, the United States has expressly permitted foreign students to study in U.S. institutions. Most foreign students are at least 18 years old and are enrolled in higher education programs. Foreign students are generally considered to enrich cultural diversity of the educational experience for U.S. residents as well as enhance the reputation of U.S. universities as world-class institutions. Concerns have arisen in recent years that have caused Congress to take a new look at the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provisions that govern their admission.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Haddal, Chad C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA)
No firms have been sanctioned under the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA), and it has terminated with respect to Libya. In August 2001, the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA, P.L. 104-172) was renewed for another five years (P.L. 107-24). No firms have been sanctioned under ILSA, and ILSA has terminated with respect to Libya. In the 109th Congress, H.R. 282 and S. 333 contain provisions that would modify ILSA. This report discusses various issues including the background and passages of the ILSA and its effectiveness.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
A comprehensive test ban treaty, or CTBT, is the oldest item on the nuclear arms control agenda. Three treaties currently limit testing to underground only, with a maximum force equal to 150,000 tons of TNT. This report outlines the CTBT and related legislation.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
None
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pages of the United States Congress: History, Background Information, and Proposals for Change
None
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pipeline Safety and Security: Federal Programs
None
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Assistance to North Korea: Fact Sheet
This report summarizes U.S. aid to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK, also known as North Korea).
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan
U.S. intelligence officials claimed Pakistan was a key supplier of uranium enrichment technology to North Korea, and some media reports suggested that Pakistan had exchanged centrifuge enrichment technology for North Korean help in developing longer range missiles. U.S. official statements leave little doubt that cooperation occurred, but there are significant details missing on the scope of cooperation and the role of Pakistan's government. The roots of cooperation are deep. North Korea and Pakistan have been engaged in conventional arms trade for over thirty years. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) trade between North Korea and Pakistan raises significant issues for Congress, which are discussed at length in this report.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Squassoni, Sharon A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan
In October 2002, the United States confronted North Korea about its alleged clandestine uranium enrichment program. Soon after, the Agreed Framework collapsed, North Korea expelled international inspectors, and withdrew from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). U.S. intelligence officials claimed Pakistan was a key supplier of uranium enrichment technology to North Korea, and some media reports suggested that Pakistan had exchanged centrifuge enrichment technology for North Korean help in developing longer range missiles.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Squassoni, Sharon
System:
The UNT Digital Library