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European Trade Retaliation: The FSC-ETI Case
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
Aheam, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Department: FY2007 Appropriations
The annual consideration of appropriations bills by Congress is a part of a complex set of budget processes that also encompasses the consideration of budget resolutions, revenue and debt-limit legislation, other spending measures, and reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Homeland Security.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
Lake, Jennifer E.; Nunez-Neto, Blas; Lister, Sarah A.; Masse, Todd; Siskin, Alison; Wasem, Ruth Ellen et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel declared its independence and was immediately engaged in a war with all of its neighbors. Despite the fact that armed conflict has marked every decade of Israel's existence, Israel has developed a vibrant parliamentary democracy and an advanced industrial, market economy. Since 1948, the United States and Israel have developed a close friendship based on common democratic values, religious affinities, and security interests. This report outlines the current state of Israeli government and economy, as well as general relations between the U.S. and Israel.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
This report explains the background of Israel and its relation to the United States. It reviews government and politics, foreign policy, the economy, and other current issues. Updated July 26, 2006
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections
This fact sheet tracks the current heads of government in Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and provides the dates of the last and next election for head of government.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P. & Gomez-Granger, Julissa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Attack Submarine Force-Level Goal and Procurement Rate: Background and Issues for Congress
Of the 282 ships in the Navy at the end of FY2005, 54 were nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs). The Navy is planning to maintain in coming years a fleet of 313 ships, including 48 SSNs. The FY2007-FY2001 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) proposes maintaining the one-per-year procurement rate through FY2001, and then increasing the rate to two per year in FY2012. Issues for Congress include the following: Is 48 the correct number of SSNs to meet future needs? Should the start of two-per-year Virginia-class procurement be accelerated from FY2012 to an earlier year, such as FY2009, so as to come closer to maintaining a force of 48 SSNs in the 2020s-2030s? How should the submarine design and engineering base be maintained in coming years?
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy CVN-21 Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
The Navy's proposed FY2007 budget requests $739 million in advance procurement funding for CVN-78, the first ship in the CVN-21 class of aircraft carriers, and $45 million in advance procurement funding for the aircraft carrier CVN-79, the second ship in the class. The House- and Senate-reported versions of the FY2007 defense appropriations bill (H.R. 5631) recommend approving this request.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy CVN-21 Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy CVN-21 Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy DDG-1000 (DD(X)), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
The Navy wants to procure three new classes of surface combatants -- the DDG-1000 (formerly DD(X)) destroyer, the CG(X) cruiser, and a smaller surface combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The Navy wants to procure 7 DDG-1000s, 19 CG(X)s, and 55 LCSs. The Senate Appropriations Committee, in its report (S.Rept. 109-292 of July 25, 2006) on H.R. 5631, recommends approving the Navy's request for FY2007 procurement funding for the first two DDG-1000s and increasing the Navy's request for FY2007 DDG-1000 research and development funding by a net $1 million. This CRS report explains the above as well as other budgetary recommendations made by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy DDG-1000 (DD(X)), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy DDG-1000 (DD(X)), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
The Navy wants to procure three new classes of surface combatants — the DDG-1000 (formerly DD(X)) destroyer, the CG(X) cruiser, and a smaller surface combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The Navy wants to procure 7 DDG-1000s, 19 CG(X)s, and 55 LCSs.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS): Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy-Marine Corps Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Ship Programs: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
The Navy is proposing to maintain in coming years a Navy with 31 amphibious ships and an additional squadron of 14 Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future), or MPF(F), ships. The squadron is intended to implement a new concept called sea basing, under which forces would be staged at sea and used to conduct expeditionary operations ashore with little or no reliance on nearby land bases. Potential oversight issues for Congress include the amphibious-ship force-level goal, the potential affordability and cost-effectiveness of the sea basing concept, and Navy and Marine Corps coordination with other services in developing the concept.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy-Marine Corps Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Ship Programs: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy-Marine Corps Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Ship Programs: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Procurement: Alternative Funding Approaches -- Background and Options for Congress
Some observers have proposed procuring Navy ships using incremental funding or advance appropriations rather than the traditional full funding approach that has been used to procure most Navy ships. Supporters believe these alternative funding approaches could increase stability in Navy shipbuilding plans and perhaps increase the number of Navy ships that could be built for a given total amount of ship-procurement funding. The issue for the 109th Congress is whether to maintain or change current practices for funding Navy ship procurement. Congress's decision could be significant because the full funding policy relates to Congress's power of the purse and its responsibility for conducting oversight of defense programs.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Procurement: Alternative Funding Approaches - Background and Options for Congress
Some observers have proposed procuring Navy ships using incremental funding or advance appropriations rather than the traditional full funding approach that has been used to procure most Navy ships. Supporters believe these alternative funding approaches could increase stability in Navy shipbuilding plans and perhaps increase the number of Navy ships that could be built for a given total amount of ship procurement funding. The issue for the 109th Congress is whether to maintain or change current practices for funding Navy ship procurement. Congress’s decision could be significant because the full funding policy relates to Congress’s power of the purse and its responsibility for conducting oversight of defense programs.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Procurement: Alternative Funding Approaches - Background and Options for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Propulsion Technologies: Options for Reducing Oil Use - Background for Congress
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Issues and Legislative Options
Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about science technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) education issues and legislative options. Topics include, STEM education in the united states, federal programs that promote STEM education, proposals to improve stem education, etc..
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
Kuenzi, Jeffrey J.; Matthews, Christine M. & Mangan, Bonnie F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Conflict and the U.S.-European Union Economic Relationship
The United States and the European Union (EU) share a huge, dynamic, and mutually beneficial economic partnership. Not only is the U.S.-EU trade and investment relationship the largest in the world, but it is also arguably the most important. Agreement between the two partners in the past has been critical to making the world trading system more open and efficient.
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
None
Date:
July 26, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library