Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements (open access)

Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements

This report provides an overview of the forms and requirements needed in voting in the Senate.
Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: Oleszek, Walter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rescission Actions Since 1974: Review and Assessment of the Record (open access)

Rescission Actions Since 1974: Review and Assessment of the Record

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Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (open access)

Unaccompanied Refugee Minors

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Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process (open access)

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
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies (open access)

Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies

This report provides information about the Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies. This list of about 150 congressional Liaison is intended to help congressional offices in placing telephone calls and addressing correspondence to government agencies.
Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: Watkins, Zina L. & Berry, Carla
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: Terrorism List Removal? (open access)

North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?

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Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) (open access)

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
The United States Flag: Federal Law Relating to Display and Associated Questions (open access)

The United States Flag: Federal Law Relating to Display and Associated Questions

This report presents the United States "Flag Code" as found in Title 4 of the United States 4 of the United States Code and the section of Title 36 which designates the Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem and provides instructions on how to display the flag during its rendition. This report also addresses several of the frequently asked questions concerning the flag.
Date: April 14, 2008
Creator: Luckey, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007 (open access)

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007

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Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Law of Church and State: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Since 2002 (open access)

The Law of Church and State: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Since 2002

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Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressionally Chartered Nonprofit Organizations (“Title 36 Corporations”): What They Are and How Congress Treats Them (open access)

Congressionally Chartered Nonprofit Organizations (“Title 36 Corporations”): What They Are and How Congress Treats Them

This report discusses a category of congressionally chartered nonprofit organizations that have as their purpose the promotion of patriotic, charitable, educational, and other eleemosynary activities. Title 36 of the United States Code, where such corporate organizations are listed with their charters, was recodified by law in 1998 (P.L. 105-225).
Date: July 14, 2008
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The House Amendment Tree (open access)

The House Amendment Tree

This report discusses the House amendment “tree”, which is a chart that depicts the maximum number and types of amendments that may be offered to a measure before any amendment is voted upon.
Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: Oleszek, Walter J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estate Tax Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Estate Tax Legislation in the 110th Congress

This report examines current legislation regarding estate taxes. Under provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA, P.L. 107-16), the estate tax exclusion is scheduled to continue to rise, from $2 million for decedents dying in 2008, to $3.5 million in 2009. The estate tax is repealed for decedents dying in 2010 only.
Date: February 14, 2008
Creator: Noto, Nonna A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals (open access)

The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals

This report describes the structure and objectives of the Gulf Security Dialogue; briefly assesses its regional implications; summarizes related proposed arms sales; provides an overview of congressional notification and review procedures; and analyzes recent related activity in the Administration and Congress.
Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M. & Grimmett, Richard R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers (open access)

Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers

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Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations in 2007 (open access)

Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations in 2007

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Date: February 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The McNulty Memorandum: Attorneys’ Fees and Waiver of Corporate Attorney-Client and Work Product Protection (open access)

The McNulty Memorandum: Attorneys’ Fees and Waiver of Corporate Attorney-Client and Work Product Protection

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Date: October 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Court Security Improvement Act of 2007: A Legal Analysis of Public Law 110-177 (H.R. 660 and S. 378) (open access)

Court Security Improvement Act of 2007: A Legal Analysis of Public Law 110-177 (H.R. 660 and S. 378)

This report discusses the proposals of the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007. It consists of amendments to existing federal criminal law.
Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Policy on “Holds”: Action in the 110th Congress (open access)

Senate Policy on “Holds”: Action in the 110th Congress

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Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ghana: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Ghana: Background and U.S. Relations

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Date: February 14, 2008
Creator: Cook, Nicolas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Exceptionalism: Genetic Information and Public Policy (open access)

Genetic Exceptionalism: Genetic Information and Public Policy

This report provides an overview of the nature of genetic information and its implications for individuals, family, and society. Individuals utilize genetic information to guide health care and other decisions, when possible, and may experience anxiety as a result of genetic test results. Genetic test results for an individual may often be informative for other close family members and thus influence their care decisions. Society must grapple with the effect genetic information may have on our conception of disease, as well as its impact on issues like privacy and equity. The report ends by summarizing the main policy issues involved with a genetic exceptionalist approach to public policy, including defining genetic information; physically separating genetic information from other medical information; unintended disparities between “genetic” and “nongenetic” disease; and the effect of legislation on participation in genetic research, on uptake of genetic technology and on the delivery of high quality health care.
Date: February 14, 2008
Creator: Sarata, Amanda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Condition of the Banking Industry (open access)

The Condition of the Banking Industry

This report provides information about The Condition of the Banking Industry. Smaller banks are less able to garner cheaper funds for lending from wholesale markets and are less able to mitigate their credit and interest rate risks.
Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: Eubanks, Walter W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Runaway and Homeless Youth: Reauthorization Legislation and Issues in the 110th Congress (open access)

Runaway and Homeless Youth: Reauthorization Legislation and Issues in the 110th Congress

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Date: October 14, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Legislative Action (open access)

The Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Legislative Action

This report consists of the budget reconciliation process with timing of legislative action.
Date: November 14, 2008
Creator: Keith, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library