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Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring
The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Date:
March 14, 2003
Creator:
Abel, Amy & Parker, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol
This report addresses legal issues after the United States signed the Kyoto Protocol to the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The protocol is not yet in effect internationally and cannot be legally binding on the U.S. unless and until the Senate gives its advice and consent.
Date:
March 29, 2001
Creator:
Ackerman, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Law and the Preemptive Use of Force Against Iraq. March 2003
This report examines that issue as developed in customary international law and under the United Nations Charter.
Date:
March 17, 2003
Creator:
Ackerman, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public Aid to Faith-Based Organizations (Charitable Choice): Background and Selected Legal Issues
This report provides background on ten selected questions related to public aid for faith-based organization. Despite the ongoing controversy about charitable choice, not until the 107th Congress were there full hearings and extended debates on its constitutionality, efficacy, and public policy implications.
Date:
March 28, 2003
Creator:
Ackerman, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Litigation Initiated by Members of Congress Since the Enactment of the War Powers Resolution
None
Date:
March 19, 2003
Creator:
Ackerman, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Global Economic Downturn and Protectionism
This report develops three scenarios to approximate different dimensions of the relationship between the global economic downturn and protectionism. The scenarios are not predictions, but descriptions of how and why pressures for protection could be manifested and transmitted under different circumstances and assumptions.
Date:
March 23, 2009
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade and the Americas
None
Date:
March 20, 2003
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade and the Americas
None
Date:
March 5, 2002
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Policymaking in the European Union: Institutional Framework
None
Date:
March 27, 2002
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
March 21, 2003
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
March 4, 2002
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
March 27, 2002
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
March 17, 2006
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Legislation in the 106th Congress: An Overview
The 106th Congress completed action on a number of major trade initiatives. The impact on American firms and workers was a paramount concern in the passage of this legislation. Most notably, bills were passed to establish "normal trade relations" with China, deepen economic ties with the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, enhance trade benefits for 24 Caribbean Basin countries, and to ease trade sanctions on Cuba and other countries. Congress also voted to maintain U.S. participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as worked with the Clinton Administration to pass replacement legislation for the Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) tax benefit for U.S. exports. The latter action averted, at least until mid-2001, the imposition of punitive tariffs by the European Union on an estimated $4 billion in U.S. exports.
Date:
March 7, 2001
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J. & Jones, Vivian C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress
This report focuses on the creation of the Transatlantic Economic Council; the role of legislatures in the regulatory process; and the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue and its new role as an advisor to transatlantic regulatory efforts.
Date:
March 9, 2009
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J. & Morelli, Vincent
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Does the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listing Provide More Protection of Polar Bear?: A Look at the Special Rules
This report looks at the regulations surrounding the polar bear, which has been protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) since 1972. The report discusses the protections, prohibitions, and special rules for polar bears as well as exceptions to the rules, habitat issues, recovery plans, and other issues regarding polar bear protections.
Date:
March 26, 2009
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Exemptions for the Navy’s Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training Program
The report discusses the laws such as MMPA,ESA,NEPA and CZMA related to marine mammals,Environment and Coastal zone.It also reviews the litigation surrounding the Navy's compliance with these laws in the context of mid frequency active sonar for training purposes of California's coast.
Date:
March 4, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights
This report discusses federal authority over water, and federal "reserved" and non-reserved water rights. Based on the language of the act and its legislative history, it appears that the act creates federal water rights. The act does not specify the quantity of the right. The amount of the federal right is likely to vary from river to river depending on the river's flows, the unappropriated flows in the river at the time of designation, and the values for which the river is being protected.
Date:
March 5, 2007
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Black Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2004
Thirty-nine black Members serve in the 107th Congress, all in the House of Representatives. In 210 years of congressional history, there have been 107 black Members of Congress: 103 elected to the House and four to the Senate. This report includes alphabetical listing of black members, selected biographical information, and committee assignments during their tenure in office.
Date:
March 4, 2004
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Members of the U.S. Congress Who Have Died of Other Than Natural Causes While in Office
None
Date:
March 13, 2002
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Senate Select Committee on Ethics: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction
None
Date:
March 26, 2008
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2004
This report identifies the names, committee assignments, dates of service, and (for Representatives) districts of the 219 women Members of Congress.
Date:
March 17, 2004
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coming to Washington, D.C.? Sources of Information on Temporary Housing
This report will introduce a newcomer to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area to sources of general interest, neighborhoods, housing, and public transportation. The intended audience is congressional staff needing short-term or summer housing, although many of the sources given may also be helpful for those needing more than a three- to six-month lease. Sources suggested are often accessible by their Internet addresses.
Date:
March 20, 2003
Creator:
Anderson, J. Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Enron: A Select Chronology of Congressional, Corporate, and Government Activities
This report presents basic background information on the collapse of the Enron Corporation, identifying public policy issues in financial market oversight. This report briefly summarizes some federal laws carrying criminal penalties which may be implicated in the events surrounding the collapse of the Enron Corp. This report compares the auditing and accounting reform measures passed by the House (H.R. 3763) and reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. This report compares the major provisions of three auditor and accounting reform proposals: H.R. 3763, S. 2673, and a rule proposed on June 20, 2002, by the SEC that would create a new auditor oversight board by using the SEC’s existing authority to regulate corporate accounting. The report focuses on Section 404(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the federal statute that regulates employer-sponsored pension plans. Section 404(a) is considered the “touchstone for understanding the scope and object of an ERISA fiduciary’s duties.”
Date:
March 18, 2003
Creator:
Anderson, J. Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library