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Intelligence Spending: Public Disclosure Issues
This report describes the constituent parts of the intelligence budget, past practice in handling intelligence authorizations and appropriations, the arguments that have been advanced for and against making intelligence spending totals public, a legal analysis of these issues, and a review of the implications of post-Cold War developments on the question. It also describes past congressional interest in keeping intelligence spending totals secret.
Date:
February 15, 2007
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr. & Bazan, Elizabeth B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Disaster Recovery Programs: Brief Summaries
This report summarizes principal federal disaster assistance programs for possible use by Members of Congress and their staff in helping address the needs of constituents. This report includes a list of CRS reports about disaster assistance and assistance for victims of recent hurricanes. It also includes a list of federal agencies' websites established specifically to respond to disasters, offering updates on recovery efforts, and providing a catalog of federal assistance programs.
Date:
February 7, 2007
Creator:
Jordan, Mary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification
None
Date:
February 22, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Court Security Improvement Act of 2007: H.R. 660/S. 378 in Brief
None
Date:
February 20, 2007
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lobbyists and Interest Groups: Sources of Information
Lobbyists and interest groups play an active role in the American legislative process. Information on lobbyist registrations and on interest groups in general is available from a variety of online and printed sources, including files available for public inspection. This report is a guide for locating governmental sources that maintain files on lobby groups, their registrations, and finances. Also included in this report are nongovernmental sources that offer background information on the lobbyists and interest groups who focus on legislation in Washington.
Date:
February 5, 2007
Creator:
Watkins, Zina L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)/Fast-Track Renewal: Labor Issues
None
Date:
February 2, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
This report is about Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs.
Date:
February 7, 2007
Creator:
Kruger, Lenard G. & Gilroy, Angele A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report considers the transition in government meant to stabilize Afghanistan. Specifically, the report covers the increasing amount of insurgency in the region. The south in particular has seen a rise in insurgency due to the lack of economic progress made. The report also discusses the NATO led troops in the region.
Date:
February 14, 2007
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA): Using Prior Juvenile Adjudications for Sentence Enhancements
This report contains the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) use of prior Juvenile Adjudications for Sentence Enhancements.
Date:
February 22, 2007
Creator:
Smith, Alison M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program
None
Date:
February 8, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security: Regulation and Issues for Congress
This report provides information about the Regulation and Issues for Congress in Chemical Facility Security. The proposed security regulations will preempt local and facility submission.
Date:
February 16, 2007
Creator:
Shea, Dana A. & Tatelman, Todd B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Welfare: Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits for Children in Foster Care
This report begins with a discussion of the foster care system and the Social Security benefits available to eligible children, including those in foster care. It then describes the role of representative payees and their responsibilities. The report provides data on the use of Social Security benefits to reimburse states for child welfare, and includes a discussion of the Keffeler decision. Finally, the report concludes with proposals supported by some advocates to change the current practice of using SSI and other Social Security benefits to fund foster care, as well as with a discussion of state initiatives to screen all foster children for Social Security and to pass along some benefits to eligible children.
Date:
February 1, 2007
Creator:
Fernandes, Adrienne L.; Szymendera, Scott & Stoltzfus, Emilie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Older Americans Act: Nutrition Services Program
This report discusses the largest Older Americans Act program, funded at $714.6 million in FY2006, accounting for 40% of the Act’s total funding.
Date:
February 8, 2007
Creator:
O'Shaughnessy, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dairy Policy Issues
Two federal programs that support the price and income received by dairy farmers are expiring in 2007 — the dairy price support program and the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program. This report discusses the reauthorization of these and other farm commodity price and income support programs, which is being debated by the 110th Congress in the context of a pending omnibus 2007 farm bill.
Date:
February 9, 2007
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Security Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests
This report describes the internal and external security issues of the South Caucasus states, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
Date:
February 1, 2007
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies: Current Status and Analysis
None
Date:
February 27, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The “Farm Bill” in Brief
This report briefly discusses federal farm support, food assistance, agricultural trade, marketing, and rural development policies are governed by a variety of separate laws. Many of these laws periodically have been evaluated, revised, and renewed through an omnibus, multi-year farm bill. These policies can be and sometimes are modified through free-standing authorizing legislation, or as part of other laws.
Date:
February 2, 2007
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Officials: Process for Adjusting Pay and Current Salaries
Leaders and Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Vice President, individuals in positions on the Executive Schedule (EX), and federal justices and judges receive an annual pay adjustment under the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, P.L. 101-194. This report includes five tables which provide the January 2004, January 2005, January 2006, and January 2007 salaries for federal officials, members of the Senior Executive Service (SES), and employees in senior-level (SL), scientific and professional (ST), and GS-15 positions in the Washington, DC, and the “Rest of the United States” locality pay areas.
Date:
February 15, 2007
Creator:
Schwemle, Barbara L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Rule XIV Procedures for Placing Measures Directly on the Senate Calendar
When a Senator introduces a bill or joint resolution, the measure is usually referred to committee, pursuant to provisions of Senate Rules XIV, XVII, and XXV. This report describes the Senate Rule XIV, para. 2, which requires that bills and resolutions have three readings before passage, and that they be read twice before being referred to committee.
Date:
February 20, 2007
Creator:
Koempel, Michael L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY2008 Budget Documents: Internet Access and GPO Availability
This report provides brief descriptions of the budget volumes and related documents, together with internet addresses Government Printing Office stock number, and prices to obtain the publications for FY 2008.
Date:
February 13, 2007
Creator:
Teefy, Jennifer
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Columbia River Basin’s Fish Passage Center
None
Date:
February 23, 2007
Creator:
Vann, Adam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Calling Up Measures on the Senate Floor
This report is about Calling up Measures on the Senate floor.
Date:
February 2, 2007
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Support Provisions Considered But Not Enacted During the 2002-2005 Welfare Reauthorization Debate
Although the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (enacted February 8, 2006) included significant changes to the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program, it did not include many of the child support provisions that had been considered during the preceding four-year debate within the context of welfare reauthorization. This report discusses 12 such provisions that were passed by either the House or the Senate Finance Committee (or both). The Administration has included several of these provisions in its FY2008 budget.
Date:
February 15, 2007
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Business Tax Issues in 2007
This report discusses the information related to business tax issues in the year 2007. It also discusses the business tax legislation, 2001-2006.
Date:
February 21, 2007
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library