Campaign Finance: Legislative Developments and Policy Issues in the 110th Congress (open access)

Campaign Finance: Legislative Developments and Policy Issues in the 110th Congress

This report provides an overview of major legislative and policy developments related to campaign finance during the 110th Congress.
Date: March 6, 2008
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Issues in the 110th Congress: Climate Change, Air Quality Standards, and Oversight (open access)

Clean Air Issues in the 110th Congress: Climate Change, Air Quality Standards, and Oversight

This report provides a brief overview of the climate change issue as well as other Clean Air Act issues of interest in the 110th Congress.
Date: March 7, 2008
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Issues in the 110th Congress: Climate Change, Air Quality Standards, and Oversight (open access)

Clean Air Issues in the 110th Congress: Climate Change, Air Quality Standards, and Oversight

This report provides information about the Clean Air Issues in the 110th Congress like Climate Change, Air Quality Standards, and Oversight.Five bills have been introduced to establish caps on greenhouse gas emission.
Date: March 5, 2007
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress (open access)

Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress

This report presents a side-by-side comparison of the major provisions of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, and includes a glossary of common terms.
Date: March 29, 2007
Creator: Parker, Larry & Yacobucci, Brent D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Davis-Bacon Act Coverage and the State Revolving Fund Program Under the Clean Water Act (open access)

Davis-Bacon Act Coverage and the State Revolving Fund Program Under the Clean Water Act

This report discusses the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), which established a prevailing wage requirement for persons working under government contracts, and the Clean Water Act (CWA), which includes a related requirement for the construction of wastewater treatment plants. In particular, it considers the impact on state revolving loan funds (SRF), in which states contribute part of the needed funds for projects and would need to account for the prevailing wage requirement.
Date: March 26, 2008
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Safety: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Bills in the 110th Congress (open access)

Drug Safety: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Bills in the 110th Congress

This report contains the side-by-side comparison of bills in the 110th Congress on drug safety.
Date: March 13, 2007
Creator: Thaul, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Communications Legislation: Implications for the 110th Congress (open access)

Emergency Communications Legislation: Implications for the 110th Congress

Since September 11, 2001, several bills introduced in the U.S. Congress have included provisions to assist emergency communications. Key provisions from a number of these bills have become law. This report discusses legislation addressing communications among first responders.
Date: March 19, 2008
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (open access)

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices

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Date: March 7, 2007
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Meltz, Robert & Alexander, Kristina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Proposals to Regulate Their Mortgage Portfolio Size in the 110th Congress (open access)

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Proposals to Regulate Their Mortgage Portfolio Size in the 110th Congress

This report analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of proposals to limit portfolio size.
Date: March 4, 2008
Creator: Weiss, N. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Bill Proposals and Legislative Action in the 110th Congress (open access)

Farm Bill Proposals and Legislative Action in the 110th Congress

Many provisions of the current omnibus farm bill, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, expire in 2007. Without new legislation, notably in the area of farm commodity and income support programs, permanent statutes will take effect. Most of these statutes were enacted decades ago and are no longer compatible with current national economic objectives, global trading rules, and federal budgetary of regulatory policies. This report follows major legislation relating to existing farm bill statues introduced in the House and Senate in the 110th Congress.
Date: March 22, 2007
Creator: Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress

Aquaculture — the farming of fish, shellfish, and other aquatic animals and plants in a controlled environment — is expanding rapidly abroad, with more modest advances in the United States. This report discusses the federal laws and regulations that guide the management of resources in open ocean and near-shore coastal areas.
Date: March 7, 2007
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress (open access)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress

This report provides information about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments of 110th Congress where that statute specified nine categories of information that may be permissibly exempted from the rule of disclosure.
Date: March 12, 2007
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress (open access)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress

This report provides information about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments of 110th Congress where that statute specified nine categories of information that may be permissibly exempted from the rule of disclosure.
Date: March 13, 2008
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Nondiscrimination in Employment: A Comparison of Title II Provisions in S. 358 and H.R. 493, 110th Congress (open access)

Genetic Nondiscrimination in Employment: A Comparison of Title II Provisions in S. 358 and H.R. 493, 110th Congress

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Date: March 12, 2008
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding, 110th Congress (open access)

House Committee Funding, 110th Congress

This report summarizes requests from individual committees and funding levels reported by the Committee on House Administration, and compares 110th Congress-reported levels to authorizations for House committees in the 109th Congress.
Date: March 5, 2007
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-111th Congresses (open access)

House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-111th Congresses

This report provides statistical information on and selected analyses of the House committee party ratios for 14 Congresses, covering the period from the 98th through the 111th Congresses.
Date: March 30, 2009
Creator: Tong, Lorraine H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Housing Issues in the 110th Congress (open access)

Housing Issues in the 110th Congress

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Date: March 16, 2007
Creator: McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene; Murphy, Edward Vincent; Weiss, N. Eric et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2008 (74th-110th Congresses) (open access)

Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2008 (74th-110th Congresses)

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Date: March 2, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 110th Congress (open access)

Major Tax Issues in the 110th Congress

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Date: March 5, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 110th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 110th Congress: A Profile

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Date: March 19, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 110th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 110th Congress: A Profile

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Date: March 6, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mortgage and Rental Assistance as Disaster Relief: Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Mortgage and Rental Assistance as Disaster Relief: Legislation in the 110th Congress

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Date: March 5, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The No Child Left Behind Act: An Overview of Reauthorization Issues for the 110th Congress (open access)

The No Child Left Behind Act: An Overview of Reauthorization Issues for the 110th Congress

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Date: March 20, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library