Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances

This report covers the contentious travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba from the 1960s to the present time. It includes background on the restrictions, enforcement of restrictions, and arguments for or against maintaining travel restrictions. It also provides background on relevant legislative initiatives during the 106th through the 111th Congresses.
Date: July 30, 2008
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Nutrition and WIC Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses (open access)

Child Nutrition and WIC Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses

This report provides information about the Child Nutrition and Women, Infant and children (WIC) Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses.
Date: July 13, 2006
Creator: Richardson, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress

This report provides information about the Clean Air Act Issues in the 106th Congress. Congress last enacted major amendments to the clear air act in 1990 and EPA is in the midst of implementing numerous provisions of those amendments.
Date: July 28, 2004
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fair Labor Standards Act: Overtime Pay Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

The Fair Labor Standards Act: Overtime Pay Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: July 28, 2004
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 108th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 108th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 108th Congress. Included is information on numbers of Members, party affiliation, average age and length of service, occupations, religious affiliation, military service, female and minority Members, and foreign-born Members.
Date: July 28, 2004
Creator: Amer, Mildred L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vacancies and Special Elections: 108th Congress (open access)

Vacancies and Special Elections: 108th Congress

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Date: July 22, 2004
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress

This report is the superfund program for cleaning up the nation's worst hazardous waste sites that was created by the comprehensive environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERLA.
Date: July 21, 2004
Creator: Reisch, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Clean Water Act Issues in the 108th Congress

Prospects for legislative initiatives to comprehensively amend the Clean Water Act have stated for some time over whether and exactly how to change the law, and Congress has recently focused legislative attention on narrow bills to extend or modify selected Clean Water Act programs, rather than taking up comprehensive proposals. This report contains information on the issues and actions regarding the Clean Water Act addressed in the 108th Congress.
Date: July 21, 2004
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Care Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Child Care Issues in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the FY2003 Appropriations, FY2004: Comparing President Bush's Budget Proposals to the final Appropriations levels, President Bush's FY2005 Budget Request and Hearings.
Date: July 20, 2004
Creator: Gish, Melinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the information related to gun control legislation. The contents include Gun-related statistics, federal regulation of firearms, legislative action in the 108th Congress
Date: July 15, 2004
Creator: Krouse, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pay Equity Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Pay Equity Legislation in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the historical presence of a gendered wage gap and the acts, such as the Equal Pay Act (EPA), and compensation for workers to shrink the gap. The report discusses the opposition who believe the gender wage gap will naturally reduce when women continue working and working themselves up the corporate ladder.
Date: July 13, 2004
Creator: Dale, Charles V. & Levine, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Major Tax Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: July 12, 2004
Creator: Brumbaugh, David L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 108th Congress (open access)

Cuba: Issues for the 108th Congress

This report gives an overview of Cuba's issues for the 108th Congress. The contents include the most recent developments, political and economic conditions, U.S. policy towards Cuba, issues in the U.S.- Cuban relations, legislations and relations in the 107th congress, and legislative initiatives in the 108th Congress.
Date: July 9, 2004
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003: S. 129 (108th Congress) (open access)

Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003: S. 129 (108th Congress)

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Date: July 1, 2004
Creator: Schwemle, Barbara L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the information related to gun control legislation. The contents include Gun-related statistics, federal regulation of firearms, legislative action in the 108th Congress
Date: July 30, 2003
Creator: Krouse, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress

This report provides the information related to the fishery, aquaculture, and marine mammal issues in the 108th Congress
Date: July 29, 2003
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Transportation Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: July 29, 2003
Creator: Peterman, David Randall
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: July 28, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress

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Date: July 28, 2003
Creator: Franco, Celinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress

The purpose of this report is to provide background for and summarize current developments in U.S. - People’s Republic of China (PRC) relations, including current and pending congressional actions involving the PRC.
Date: July 25, 2003
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 108th Congress (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 108th Congress

This report discusses the ongoing debate about whether or not to approve energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Current law forbids energy leasing in the Refuge. This report addresses several legislative options on the issue, as well as policymakers' arguments for and against development, especially in the wake of increasing terrorism since 2000-2001.
Date: July 24, 2003
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne; Gelb, Bernard A. & Baldwin, Pamela
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Tax Bills in the 108th Congress (open access)

Internet Tax Bills in the 108th Congress

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Date: July 24, 2003
Creator: Noto, Nonna A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wildfire Protection in the 108th Congress (open access)

Wildfire Protection in the 108th Congress

The 2000 and 2002 fire seasons were, by most standards, among the worst in the past 50 years. Many argue that the threat of severe wildfires has grown in recent years because of unnaturally high fuel loads (e.g., dense undergrowth and dead trees), raising concerns about damage to property and homes in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) — forests near or surrounding homes. Debates about fire control and protection, including funding and fuel treatments (e.g., thinning and prescribed burning), have focused on national forests and other federal lands, but nonfederal lands are also at risk.
Date: July 24, 2003
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
War on Drugs: Legislation in the 108th Congress and Related Developments (open access)

War on Drugs: Legislation in the 108th Congress and Related Developments

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Date: July 23, 2003
Creator: Eddy, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library