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Climate Change: The Role of the U.S. Agriculture Sector and Congressional Action
This report is organized in three parts. First, it discusses the extent of GHG emissions associated with the U.S. agriculture sector, and cites current and potential estimates for U.S. agricultural soils to sequester carbon and partly offset national GHG emissions. Second, the report describes the types of land management and farm conservation practices that can reduce GHG emissions and/or sequester carbon in agricultural soils, highlighting those practices that are currently promoted under existing voluntary federal agricultural programs. Finally, the report describes legislative action within the ongoing climate change debate as well as enacted changes in the 2008 farm bill (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, P.L. 110-246) that could expand the scope of existing farm and forestry conservation programs in ways that could more broadly encompass certain aspects of these climate change initiatives. The report concludes with a discussion of some of the types of questions that may be raised regarding the role of the U.S. agriculture sector in the broader climate change debate.
Date:
July 31, 2009
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY2010 Appropriations: District of Columbia
This is a report on the appropriations of the budget allocated for the district of columbia in the fiscal year 2010.
Date:
July 31, 2009
Creator:
Boyd, Eugene
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union
This report focuses on funding for threat reduction and nonproliferation programs in the states of the former Soviet Union. Although the United States has expanded its efforts to programs that seek to assist other nations in securing nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons materials, the overwhelming majority of U.S. funds still support programs in the former Soviet states.
Date:
July 31, 2009
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
This report reviews and briefly describes the proposals contained in H.R. 3221 to amend programs authorized under HEA and to establish and fund additional new education programs. It will be updated as warranted to track legislative developments.
Date:
July 31, 2009
Creator:
Smole, David P.; Mahan, Shannon M.; McCallion, Gail; Skinner, Rebecca R.; Bradley, David H. & Dortch, Cassandria
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Uganda: Current Conditions and the Crisis in North Uganda
This report discusses current political, social, and economic issues in Uganda. While much of the country has remained stable since the National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) took power in 1986, civil war has ravaged northern Uganda for over 20 years.
Date:
July 31, 2009
Creator:
Dagne, Ted
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Veterans' Benefits: Benefits Available for Disabled Veterans
This report provides information on benefits for disabled veterans, including eligibility, history, and the application process. Information regarding spending and the beneficiaries of these benefits is in the Appendix to this report.
Date:
July 31, 2009
Creator:
Scott, Christine & Davis, Carol D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Force KC-X Tanker Aircraft Program: Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses proposed FY2010 defense budget requests $439.6 million in Air Force research and development funding to begin a new program for acquiring new 179 KC-X aerial refueling tankers. The issue for Congress in FY2010 is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's request for FY2010 research and development funding for the new KC-X program, and whether to take any action to define the acquisition strategy for the new KC-X program.
Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy
This report examines the importance to the U.S. economy of China's investment in U.S. securities, as well as U.S. concerns over the possibility that China might unload a large share of those holdings, the likelihood that this would occur, and the potential implications such action could have for the U.S. economy. The report concludes that a large sell-off of Chinese Treasury securities holdings could negatively affect the U.S. economy, at least in the short-run.
Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Flood Insurance Program: Background, Challenges, and Financial Status
This report provides an analysis of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and its financial status, summarizes the major challenges facing the program, including issues affecting its long-term financial solvency, presents some alternative approaches for managing and financing the flood losses and describes pending legislation on this issue.
Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
King, Rawle O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
This report discusses Pakistan's efforts to produce fissile material and other issues related to nuclear proliferation and improving its nuclear arsenal. It also discusses the steps Pakistan has taken to increase international confidence in its nuclear security. However, continued instability in Pakistan has caused some to question the effectiveness of its nuclear security reforms.
Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reauthorizing the Satellite Home Viewing Provisions in the Communications Act and the Copyright Act: Issues for Congress
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Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress
This report describes the statutory provision authorizing Gang of Eight notifications, reviews the legislative history of the provision, and examines the impact of such notifications on congressional oversight.
Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
Cumming, Alfred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan-U.S. Relations: Developments and Policy Implications
This report focuses on current developments in Taiwan, analyzing how those developments are affecting choices the United States makes about its policy toward Taiwan specifically and toward the People's Republic of China (PRC) more broadly.
Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Science and Technology Workforce
This report provides an overview of the status of the U.S. science and technology (S&T) workforce, and identifies some of the issues and options that are currently being discussed in Congress.
Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
Stine, Deborah D. & Matthews, Christine M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: Background and Policy Issues
This report examines the role of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Afghanistan and discusses the obstacles the organization faces in coordinating international efforts and explores related policy issues and considerations for the 112th Congress.
Date:
July 30, 2009
Creator:
Margesson, Rhoda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Awards of Attorneys’ Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies
This report contains the awards of attorneys' fees by federal courts and federal agencies. Most Supreme Court decisions involves attorney's fees that have interpreted civil right statutes and this report focuses on these statutes.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
This report addresses relevant policy questions in current U.S.-China relations, discusses trends and key legislation in the current Congress, and provides a chronology of developments and high-level exchanges.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2010 Authorization and Appropriations
This report provides information about the FY2010 Authorization and Appropriations on Defense.The FY2010 national defense authorization bills drafted by the house and senate armed services.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Towell, Pat
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gun Trafficking and the Southwest Border
This report includes legal analyses of three ATF-investigated, Southwest border gun trafficking cases to illustrate the federal statutes that are typically violated as part of wider gun trafficking schemes. The report also examines anti-gun trafficking proposals introduced in the 110th Congress.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Chu, Vivian S. & Krouse, William J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Care Reform: An Introduction
This report provides an introduction to health care reform. It focuses on the three predominant concerns just mentioned--coverage, cost and spending, and quality--and some of the legislative issues within which they likely will be debated, including the scope of reform (particularly whether Medicare and Medicaid should be included); the choice between public and private coverage; whether employment-based insurance should be strengthened, weakened, or left alone; and what role states might play.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Lyke, Bob
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Former Regime Weapons Programs and Outstanding U.N. Issues
This report discusses 17 active U.N. resolutions requiring the dismantlement of Iraq's WMD programs, and those whose application to Iraq have been terminated both before and since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations
This report discusses the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 budget request for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Else, Daniel H.; Scott, Christine & Panangala, Sidath V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy: Background and Issues for Congress
This report focuses on international science and technology diplomacy, where American leadership in science and technology is used as a diplomatic tool to enhance another country's development and to improve understanding by other nations of U.S. values and ways of doing business.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Stine, Deborah D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tajikistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
This report outlines the severe challenges faced by Tajikistan since its five-year civil war ended in 1997, including such problems as deep poverty and poor governance. The report discusses U.S. policy and assistance. Basic facts and biographical information are provided. This report may be updated. Related products include CRS Report RL33458, Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, updated regularly.
Date:
July 29, 2009
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library