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Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
This report provides an overview of an omnibus energy legislation (H.R. 6), including revisions made and a history of the legislation.
Date:
April 19, 2005
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, and Magnitude
This report provides background information and analysis of the U.S.-EU economic relationship.
Date:
April 15, 2005
Creator:
Cooper, William H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Work: Two Examples
This report includes a detailed recitation of factual information and of the Guideline and statutory provisions which the officer believes relevant and applicable.
Date:
April 4, 2005
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Affiliates in Banking, Finance, and Commerce: Development and Regulatory Background
The proliferation of corporate affiliates in banking, finance, and commerce has figured in discussion of several policy issues, including how to protect against (1) losses incurred by affiliated companies; (2) anticompetitive “tying” of bank and nonbank financial services; and (3) misuse of financial data of consumers. This report outlines the nature and evolution of affiliates, primarily from a regulatory perspective. It provides background for discussing financial issues involving corporate affiliates.
Date:
April 27, 2005
Creator:
Jackson, William D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress
This report discusses the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) also know as mad cow disease, which is a degenerative, fatal disease affecting the nervous system in cattle. Worldwide, BSE has been found in 187,000 animals, 183,000 of them in Great Britain, where it was first detected in 1986.
Date:
April 21, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Excise Taxes on Tobacco Products: Rates and Revenues
This report examines increases in excise tax rates on tobacco products contained in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33). Under that act, the increased rates on tobacco products became effective in two stages. The first scheduled increase in rates occurred on January 1, 2000, while the second increase in rates occurred two years later on January 1, 2002
Date:
April 28, 2005
Creator:
Talley, Louis Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of the Impeachment Process
The Constitution sets forth the general principles which control the procedural aspects of impeachment, vesting the power to impeach in the House of Representatives, while imbuing the Senate with the power to try impeachments. Both the Senate and the House have designed procedures to implement these general principles in dealing with a wide range of impeachment issues. This report provides a brief overview of the impeachment process, reflecting the roles of both the House and the Senate during the course of an impeachment inquiry and trial.
Date:
April 20, 2005
Creator:
Halstead, T. J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the Deepwater program, which is a 20- to 25-year acquisition effort to replace or modernize 93 aging Coast Guard ships and 207 aging Coast Guard aircraft. The program’s estimated total acquisition cost is $19 billion to $24 billion. On March 25, 2005 the Coast Guard submitted to Congress a revised implementation plan for the program that alters the planned capabilities and numbers of Deepwater assets and the schedule for acquiring or modernizing them. Some Members of Congress have criticized the revised implementation plan. The Coast Guard’s proposed FY2006 budget requests $966 million for the program.
Date:
April 1, 2005
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Peace Corps: Current Issues
This report discusses The Peace Corps, as Congress considers authorization and Foreign Operations appropriations legislation in 2005. Congress will debate the FY2006 level of funding for the Peace Corps and may continue the 2004 discussion of Peace Corps expansion and policies regarding the safety and security of volunteers.
Date:
April 26, 2005
Creator:
Tarnoff, Curt
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Labor’s New Rules for Working Children and Youth: February 2005
None
Date:
April 25, 2005
Creator:
Whittaker, William G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education and Training Funded by the H-1B Visa Fee and the Demand for Information Technology and Other Professional Specialty Workers. April 2005
This report begins by discussing the provisions of the relevant immigration legislation passed in 1998, 2000, and by the 108th Congress in late 2004.
Date:
April 28, 2005
Creator:
Levine, Linda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Export Tax Benefits and the WTO: The Extraterritorial Income Exclusion and Foreign Sales Corporations
None
Date:
April 4, 2005
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices
None
Date:
April 22, 2005
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Baldwin, Pamela & Meltz, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Background, Legal Analysis, and Policy Options
This report provides a summary of U.S. penal policy at the federal level. The report then discusses legislation that created the current federal sentencing structure, the different types of sentencing guidelines, and analyses of departures from the guidelines under the federal system and of possible policy options the 109th Congress may wish to consider if it chooses to address this issue.
Date:
April 4, 2005
Creator:
Seghetti, Lisa M. & Smith, Alison M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, Tsunami Relief, and Other Activities
This report provides an overview and context of the FY2005 supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, tsunami relief, and other activities.
Date:
April 19, 2005
Creator:
Belasco, Amy & Nowels, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Policy
This report discusses the history, current posture, and outlook for federal energy tax policy. It also discusses recent energy tax proposals, focusing on the major energy tax provisions that were debated as part of omnibus energy legislation in the 108th Congress (e.g., H.R. 6), which may be reintroduced in the 109th Congress.
Date:
April 22, 2005
Creator:
Lazzari, Salvatore
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Analysis of the Charitable Contribution Deduction for Non-Itemizers
The 107th Congress version of (H.R. 7), passed by the House, had eight new tax provisions designed to benefit charities and charitable giving, the most important one being the charitable deduction for non-itemizers.This report focuses on the economic effect of the deduction for nonitemizers, assessing the incentive such deductions would create for increased charitable giving.
Date:
April 29, 2005
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance
This report discusses campaign finance practices and related issues. Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds. The report talks about the today's paramount issues such as perceived loopholes in current law and the longstanding issues: overall costs, funding sources, and competition.
Date:
April 20, 2005
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
“Corps of Engineers Reform” in WRDA 2005
None
Date:
April 27, 2005
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
European Union’s Arms Embargo on China: Implications and Options for U.S. Policy
None
Date:
April 15, 2005
Creator:
Archick, Kristin; Grimmett, Richard F. & Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Canadian Hog Trade Dispute
United States and Canada's hog industry, noting how live Canadian hogs do not affect the U.S hog business.
Date:
April 6, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Changing Senate Rules: The “Constitutional” or “Nuclear” Option
This report indicate possible attempts to curtail the use of filibusters in the Senate, perhaps in the 109th Congress. Some have suggested that proponents of this idea may invoke something called the "nuclear" or "constitutional" option in Senate floor procedure to try to end a filibuster without the need for 60 votes .
Date:
April 5, 2005
Creator:
Palmer, Betsy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Potential House Apportionment Following the 2010 Census Based on Census Bureau Population Projections1
This report examines the potential house apportionment based on Census Bureau population projections. The Census Bureau's 2005 population projections for the year 2010 raise the possibility of potentially significant changes in the allocation of Representatives among the states. If the projections for the year 2010 presage the actual Census, 10 seats will shift, affecting a total of 15 states.
Date:
April 26, 2005
Creator:
Crocker, Royce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Final Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Rules on Retiree Health Plans and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
None
Date:
April 13, 2005
Creator:
Dale, Charles V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library