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Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection
This report provides historical background on wildfires, and describes concerns about the wildland-urban interface and about forest and rangeland health. It discusses fuel management, fire control, and fire effects and also examines federal, state, and landowner roles and responsibilities in protecting lands and resources from wildfires. The report concludes by discussing current issues for federal wildfire management.
Date:
August 14, 2003
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reducing Teen Pregnancy: Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Programs
This report discusses two programs that exclusively attempt to reduce teenage pregnancy. The Adolescent Family Life (AFL) demonstration program was enacted in 1981 as Title XX of the Public Health Service Act, and the Abstinence Education program was enacted in 1996 as part of the welfare reform legislation.
Date:
February 14, 2006
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal R&D Funding Under a Continuing Resolution
This report discusses the continuing resolution, or CR (P.L. 109-383, H.J.Res. 102) which provides spending at FY2006 levels (through February 15, 2007), for those agencies lacking enacted FY2007 appropriations bills.
Date:
December 14, 2006
Creator:
Davey, Michael E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Electricity Production Issues
This report provides background an analysis of renewably energy, its contribution to the national energy supply, role in the long-term energy supply, history, relevant provisions considered during the 109th Congress, relation to the Department of Energy (DOE) budget for FY2006, energy production, and relation to climate change. It also includes information about relevant legislation, Congressional hearings, reports, and documents, and other resources.
Date:
December 14, 2005
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Selected Privileges and Courtesies Extended to Departing and Former Senators
This report provides information on selected privileges and courtesies (with the exception of federal health insurance, life insurance, and retirement benefits) extended to departing and former Senators. Some are derived from law and Senate Rules, but most are courtesies that have been extended as a matter of custom.
Date:
September 14, 2004
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Endangered Species: Difficult Choices
This report discusses various measures being considered by Congress that propose to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Major issues in recent years have focused on whether to incorporate further protection for property owners and reduce regulatory impacts, whether to increase the protection afforded listed species, or whether to modify various aspects of the ESA, such as the role of science in decision-making.
Date:
June 14, 2004
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. L. & Baldwin, Pamela
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues
This report discusses broadband Internet, examining what it is and the various technologies that allow for its transmission. Broadband or high-speed Internet access is provided by technologies that give users the ability to send and receive data at volumes and speeds far greater than access over traditional telephone lines; it also provides a continuous, "always on" connection (no need to dial-up) and a "twoway" capability, that is, the ability to both receive (download) and transmit (upload) data at high speeds.
Date:
June 14, 2006
Creator:
Gilroy, Angele A. & Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Enrollment in Section 401(k) Plans
This report discusses enrollment practices for 401k retirement plans. Historically, most employers that have sponsored retirement savings plans under §401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) have required employees to decide whether to enroll in the plan. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued rulings to inform employers that current law allows them to enroll employees automatically, provided that the employee is notified in advance and is permitted to leave the plan.
Date:
October 14, 2004
Creator:
Purcell, Patrick
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What If the National Debt Were Eliminated? Some Economic Consequences
This report examines various aspects of the national debt and explains what would happen if the debt were eliminated. The national debt currently held by the public stands at $3.4 trillion, or about 35% of gross domestic product (GDP).
Date:
July 14, 2000
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Location of Federal Government Offices
This report discusses the legislative requirement for the offices of the U.S. government to be located in the District of Columbia (DC), dating to 1790. The report provides an overview of the relevant provisions (codified at 4 U.S.C. 71 and 72) and agencies that have exemptions.
Date:
July 14, 2004
Creator:
Halchin, L. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
K-12 Education Programs: Appropriations Summary
This report summarizes the amount of federal appropriations for K-12 education, including total elementary and secondary funding, recent increases, and the major components counted in the K-12 total. K-12 components include: the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA), P.L. 107-110; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998; and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).
Date:
February 14, 2005
Creator:
Irwin, Paul M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004 (S. 2290, 108th Congress)
This report provides an overview of S. 2290, 108th Congress, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2004 (or FAIR Act of 2004). The bill is a revised version of S. 1125, 108th Congress, and would create the Office of Asbestos Disease Compensation to award damages to asbestos claimants on a no-fault basis. Asbestos claims could no longer be filed or pursued under state law, except for the enforcement of judgments no longer subject to any appeal or judicial review before the date of enactment of the bill.
Date:
April 14, 2004
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Grants Work in a Congressional Office
This 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.
Date:
October 14, 2002
Creator:
Gerli, Merete F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Pell Grants for Prisoners
This report includes a brief discussion of the Pell Grant program, and the prior participation of prisoners, as well as a review of the current legislative activity.
Date:
December 14, 2004
Creator:
Mercer, Charmaine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: The Energy Tax Incentives in the President’s FY2001 Budget
None
Date:
March 14, 2000
Creator:
Laser, Salvatore
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Deflation: Economic Significance, Current Risk, and Policy Responses
This report discusses the economic policy that contain or mitigate the negative effects of a deflation caused by a negative demand shock. It also points out the Policy Response to Deflation.
Date:
April 14, 2009
Creator:
Elwell, Craig K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process
This report reviews the process and procedures that currently apply to congressional consideration of foreign arms sales proposed by the President.
Date:
January 14, 2008
Creator:
Grimmett, Richard F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Crop Insurance: Issues in the 106th Congress
None
Date:
January 14, 2000
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2002
The report is categorized into seven categories: (I) Background and Analysis, (II) Budget Totals, (III) Budget Action, (IV) Outlays, (V) Receipts, (VI) Surpluses or Deficits, and (VII) The Budget and The Economy.
Date:
November 14, 2002
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Emergency Communications Safety Net: Integrating 911 and Other Services
None
Date:
June 14, 2007
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
This report discusses the windfall elimination provision (WEP), which reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security. Its purpose is to remove an advantage these workers would otherwise receive because of Social Security’s benefit formula that favors workers with smaller amounts of Social Security-covered career earnings. Opponents contend that the provision is basically imprecise and often unfair.
Date:
January 14, 2008
Creator:
Haltzel, Laura
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Minimum Taxpayers By State: 2003, 2004, and Projections for 2007
This report
Date:
June 14, 2006
Creator:
Esenwein, Gregg A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The American Steel Industry: A Changing Profile
The U.S. steel industry has faced increasing difficulties since the late 1990s. More than 30 U.S. steel producers have gone into bankruptcy. While different companies and parts of the industry have been affected to different degrees, the two types of domestic producers of raw steel, integrated mills and minimills, have both supported restrictions on imports, which they say have undermined the ability of the U.S. industry to produce steel economically. This report reviews industry developments and the economic situation of the steel industry, including legacy cost aspects of its problems.
Date:
February 14, 2003
Creator:
Cooney, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
This report examines issues regarding broadband access in the U.S., more specifically the "digital divide,” which is a term that has been used to characterize a gap between “information haves and have-nots,” or in other words, between those Americans who use or have access to telecommunications technologies (e.g., telephones, computers, the Internet) and those who do not.
Date:
March 14, 2007
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G. & Gilroy, Angele A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library