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A Predatory Lending Primer: The Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA)
None
Date:
November 26, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Floor Procedure in the House of Representatives: A Brief Overview
This report outlines the floor procedure in the House of Representatives. The House considers bills and resolutions on the floor under several different sets of procedures governing the time for debate and the opportunities for amendment. Some procedures allow 40 or 60 minutes for debate; others permit debate to continue until a majority of Members vote to end it. Some procedures prohibit most or all floor amendments; others allow Members to offer any amendments that meet the requirements of the House's rules and precedents. Notwithstanding these differences, the rules, precedents, and practices of the House generally are designed to permit the majority to work its will in a timely manner.
Date:
August 26, 2003
Creator:
Rybicki, Elizabeth & Bach, Stanley
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS): Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Privacy: An Abbreviated Outline of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping
None
Date:
March 26, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Membership and Appointment Authority to Advisory Commissions, Boards, and Groups
Over the past several decades, Congress, by statute, has established a wide array of commissions, boards, and advisory bodies to provide it with assistance in meeting various legislative, investigative, and administrative responsibilities. This report contains a compilation of commissions and boards that demonstrates the range of alternative membership appointment structures.
Date:
March 26, 2008
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Branch: FY2008 Appropriations
None
Date:
November 26, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (USTs): Prevention and Cleanup
None
Date:
November 26, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Grassroots Lobbying: Constitutionality of Disclosure Requirements
This report discusses the constitutional issues that may arise with respect to a federal law that would require disclosures of efforts to stimulate so-called "grassroots" lobbying activities by those entities and persons who are are compensated to engage in such activities.
Date:
February 26, 2008
Creator:
Maskell, Jack
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress
This report provides an overview of seven prominent air issues of interest in the 109th Congress: revision of the particulate standards; multi-pollutant (or Clear Skies) legislation for electric power plants; mercury from power plants; New Source Review; the gasoline additives MTBE and ethanol; ozone nonattainment area deadlines; and the “conformity” of transportation and clean air planning.
Date:
September 26, 2006
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Parliamentary Rights of the Delegates and Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico
This report examines officers who represent territories and properties possessed or administered by the United States but not admitted to statehood, the five House Delegates and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico are not Members of Congress, and do not enjoy all the same parliamentary rights as Members. They may vote and otherwise act similarly to Members in legislative committee; may not vote in the House, but may participate in debate and make most motions there; and, under a rule adopted in the 110th Congress, may vote in Committee of the Whole subject to an immediate revote in the House if their votes are decisive.
Date:
November 26, 2008
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Expiration and Extension of the Individual Income Tax Cuts Enacted in 2001 Through 2007
This report traces the legislative history of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA;P.L. 107-16) and its extensions, shows their time line, and provides general overview of their implications and revenue effects. The report focuses on the measures that extend or curtail the key tax relief provisions of EGTRRA and the follow-up legislation, rather than modify the respective parts of the tax code in some new way.
Date:
March 26, 2008
Creator:
Shvedov, Maxim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Zimbabwe
This report provides background on events leading up to and surrounding Zimbabwe's most recent elections, in March and June 2008.
Date:
September 26, 2008
Creator:
Ploch, Lauren
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority for Trade Agreements: Chronology of Major Votes
None
Date:
August 26, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties: Characteristics, Requirements, and Uses
This report gives information about characteristics, requirements, and uses of Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties.
Date:
November 26, 2008
Creator:
Beth, Richard S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Background
This report discusses the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which was established in Geneva, Switzerland.
Date:
April 26, 2006
Creator:
Salaam, Tiaji
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense — Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the changing role and finance of sea-based systems in U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD). Decisions that Congress reaches on this issue could affect U.S. BMD capabilities and funding requirements; the size, capabilities, and operational patterns of the Navy and the other services; and the shipbuilding industrial base.
Date:
June 26, 2007
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Executive Compensation: SEC Regulations and Congressional Proposals
This report provides information about the SEC Regulations and Congressional Proposals on Executive Compensation. Concern about share holder value, corporate governance and social impact of escalating pay for corporate executives has led to controversy.
Date:
January 26, 2007
Creator:
Micheal, Seitzinger V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress
This report discusses the key policy objectives of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that were threefold: (1) reduce the nation's flood risk through floodplain management; (2) improve flood hazard data and risk assessment by mapping the nation's floodplains; and (3) make affordable flood insurance widely available in communities that adopt and enforce measures to make future construction safer from flooding.
Date:
February 26, 2008
Creator:
King, Rawle O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Obscenity, Child Pornography, and Indecency: Recent Developments and Pending Issues
None
Date:
June 26, 2002
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
This report contains background information on coast guard polar icebreaker and its modernization. This report also covers the issues and options of congress.
Date:
February 26, 2008
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abu Sayyaf: Target of Philippine-U.S. Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
This report summarizes the history of the military relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines. The report connects this to the terrorist actions of Abu Sayyaf and his relationship to Al Qaeda specifically. Finally, the report discusses the military pressure the Philippine government has put on Abu Sayyaf and the challenges these operations face.
Date:
July 26, 2007
Creator:
Niksch, Larry A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Base Closures: Role and Costs of Environmental Cleanup
This report explains cleanup requirements for the transfer and reuse of base closure properties, discusses the status of property transfer on closed bases, and examines estimates of costs to clean up closed bases to make them safe for civilian reuse.
Date:
April 26, 2006
Creator:
Bearden, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Aid to Libraries in the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003
None
Date:
September 26, 2006
Creator:
McCallion, Gail
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan-U.S. Relations
None
Date:
October 26, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library