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Energy Policy: Setting the Stage for the Current Debate
The Bush Administration issued its plan for a national energy policy on May 16, 2001. The plan was controversial, characterized by some as leaner on conservation and renewables than Democratic proposals, and predisposed to trade off environmental considerations to increase supply. Comprehensive energy legislation was introduced in the Senate by both parties by late March (S. 388, S. 389, S. 596, S. 597). Bills reported by several House committees (H.R. 2436, H.R. 2460, H.R. 2511, and H.R. 2587) were combined in a single bill, H.R. 4, passed by the House, August 1, 2001. The House version of H.R. 4 would require a 5 billion gallon reduction in light-duty truck and SUV fuel consumption and would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to leasing.
Date:
March 15, 2002
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues for Congress
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Date:
March 15, 2007
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Legislation
This report is on The Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Legislation.
Date:
March 15, 2007
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues
This report discusses about Federal Laws, Texas and Illinois Development, Amendment to FY2006 USDA Appropriations and Horse protection Act.
Date:
March 15, 2007
Creator:
Becker, GeoffreyS.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cruise Missile Defense
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Date:
March 15, 2007
Creator:
Bolkcom, Christopher
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 106th Congress
Fish and marine mammals are important resources in the open ocean and nearshore coastal areas. A diverse body of laws and regulations guides the management of these resources by a multitude of federal agencies.
Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview
The Bush Administration FY2002 budget blueprint, submitted to Congress February 28, commits the nation to "mobilizing the armies of compassion" to "transform lives," and terms this effort the next bold step of welfare reform. The budget includes tax incentives for charitable donations. Earlier the President created the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in the White House, fulfilling a campaign promise.
Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Burke, Vee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Soft and Hard Money in Contemporary Elections: What Federal Law Does and Does Not Regulate
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Date:
March 15, 2002
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Soft and Hard Money in Contemporary Elections: What Federal Law Does and Does Not Regulate
None
Date:
March 15, 2002
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Arranging Witnesses
This report provides an overview of selecting and inviting witnesses during the planning of a House hearing.
Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Carr, Thomas P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Arranging Witnesses
This report briefly discusses the process of selecting and arranging witnesses for House committee hearings.
Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Carr, Thomas P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality Issues in the 110th Congress: Oversight and Implementation
This report discusses issues surrounding the Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 and programs set up to meet the water quality standards that it outlined. The report focuses specifically on the legislative issues for the 110th Congress in relation to the CWA. It also includes a brief comparison of the expected appropriations for FY2007 and FY2008.
Date:
March 15, 2007
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Background and Issues
This is a report from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge about background and issues.
Date:
March 15, 2003
Creator:
Corn, M. Lynne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Merchandise Trade Statistics: 1948-2000
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Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Donnelly, J. Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Criminal Money Laundering Legislation in the 109th Congress
This report gives a brief overview of U.S. law as it relates to the crime of money laundering by identifying bills in the 109th Congress that have amended definitions or sentencing for money laundering and predicated offenses.
Date:
March 15, 2006
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Sentencing: How Much May the Judge Decide - The Impact of the Supreme Court's Decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey
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Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
This report addresses relevant policy questions in current U.S.-China relations, discusses trends and key legislation in the current Congress and provides a chronology of developments and high-level exchanges.
Date:
March 15, 2005
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Recent Developments and U.S. Policy Choices
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Date:
March 15, 2002
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Detention of American Citizens as Enemy Combatants
This report provides background information regarding the cases of two U.S. citizens deemed “enemy combatants,” Yaser Esam Hamdi, who has been returned to Saudi Arabia, and Jose Padilla, who remains in military custody. The report addresses the constitutional and statutory sources that arguably provide authority for the detention of enemy combatants, as well as those that may prevent the exercise of that power with respect to U.S. citizens. The report concludes that historically, even during declared wars, additional statutory authority has been seen as necessary to validate the detention of citizens not members of any armed forces, casting in some doubt the argument that the power to detain is necessarily implied by an authorization to use force. Finally, the report briefly analyzes the Detention of Enemy Combatants Act, H.R. 1029, which would authorize the President to detain U.S. citizens and residents who are determined to be “enemy combatants” in certain circumstances.
Date:
March 15, 2004
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Access to Medicines Controversy
None
Date:
March 15, 2004
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Protection Funding
This report briefly describes the three categories of federal programs for wildlife protection. One category is to protect the federal lands managed by the USDA Forest Service (FS) and the US Department of the Interior. A second category assists state and local governments and communities in protecting state and private lands; these programs are used to reduce wildland fuels, to otherwise prepare for fire control, to contain and control wildfires, and to respond after severe wildfires have burned. A third category of federal programs supports fire research, fire facilities, and improvements in forest health.
Date:
March 15, 2004
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs
This report discusses the recent development in different programs administered by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the goal to promote agricultural exports and to provide food aid. These programs include direct export subsidies, export market development, export credit guarantees, and foreign food aid.
Date:
March 15, 2007
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2003: Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, consolidated, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittees.
Date:
March 15, 2003
Creator:
Hardy-Vincent, Carol & Boren, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library