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CRS Issue Briefs
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108th Congress
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Establishment of an Industry-Driven Consortium Focused on Improving the Production Performance of Domestic Stripper Wells Quarterly Report
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Active Cathodes for Super-High Power Density Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Through Space Charge Effects Quarterly Report
1
Enhanced Wellbore Stabilization and Reservoir Productivity with Aphron Drilling Fluid Technology
1
Gas Storage Technology Consortium Quarterly Report
1
Texas State Sales and Use Tax Analysis Report
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Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
None
Date:
December 17, 2004
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: Legal Issues and Fifty-State Survey of Caps on Punitive Damages and Noneconomic Damages
None
Date:
September 17, 2004
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bundling Residential Telephone, Internet, and Video Services: Issues for Congress
This report discusses bundling and public policy issues for Congress. The federal Universal Service Fund - the federal subsidy program that assures affordable telephone rates for high-cost (rural) and low-income telephone customers as well as for schools, libraries, and rural health facilities - is supported by an assessment on interstate telecommunications revenues only. But it is difficult to identify the portion of revenues generated by a bundled service offering attributable to the interstate telecommunications portion of that bundle.
Date:
February 17, 2004
Creator:
Goldfarb, Charles B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Energy Policy
None
Date:
December 17, 2004
Creator:
Holt, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts
This report begins with a comprehensive presentation of current economic conditions focusing on income growth, unemployment, and inflation. The posture of monetary and fiscal policy is surveyed as are the forecasts of economic activity. It concludes with data on the factors important for economic growth.
Date:
February 17, 2004
Creator:
Makinen, Gail
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities in the States, District of Columbia, and Insular Areas: A Summary
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), through a contract with the Congressional Research Service (CRS), compiled information in calendar year 2003 that was used to develop profiles of emergency management and homeland security statutes in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the insular areas. These profiles are published separately as CRS reports and are listed in the appendix to this report.
Date:
March 17, 2004
Creator:
Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alaska Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Alaska.
Date:
March 17, 2004
Creator:
Bea, Keith; Richardson, Pat; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arizona Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Arizona.
Date:
March 17, 2004
Creator:
Bea, Keith; Richardson, Pat; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arkansas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Arkansas.
Date:
March 17, 2004
Creator:
Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
California Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of California.
Date:
March 17, 2004
Creator:
Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack
None
Date:
September 17, 2004
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E. & Holt, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Price Surge Revisited: Crude Oil and Refingery Issues
Gasoline prices have been extremely volatile for well over a year, with three significant price spikes focusing the attention of consumers and policy makers on the gas pump. This report discusses the issue of gas price fluctuations, focusing on crude oil inventory and other factors.
Date:
May 17, 2004
Creator:
Kumins, Lawrence & Bamberger, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax Benefits Enacted in the 108th Congress for Military Personnel
The Military Families Tax Relief Act (MFTRA) contains several provisions that: 1) increase the death gratuity payment and make it fully tax-exempt; 2) provide members of the military with extended time to defer capital gains resulting from the sale of their principal residences; 3) exempt from income benefits received from the Department of Defense Homeowners Assistance Program; 4) expand combat zone filing rules to include military personnel involved in contingency operations; 5) extend the criteria defining membership in veterans’ organizations; 6) create an above-the-line deduction for overnight travel expenses of National Guard and reserve members; and a few other items.
Date:
November 17, 2004
Creator:
Jackson, Pamela J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues
This report provides background concerning various aspects of fuel ethanol, and a discussion of the current related policy issues
Date:
December 17, 2004
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D. & Womach, Jasper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Moldova: Background and U.S. Policy
This report provides information and analysis on Moldova, including its political and economic situation, foreign policy, and on U.S. policy toward Moldova.
Date:
December 17, 2004
Creator:
Woehrel, Steven
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Animal Rendering: Economics and Policy
Renderers convert dead animals and animal byproducts into ingredients for a wide range of industrial and consumer goods, such as animal feed, soaps, candles, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. This report describes the rendering industry and discusses several industry-related issues that arose in the 108th Congress.
Date:
March 17, 2004
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Conservation Security Program in the 2002 Farm Bill
The Conservation Security Program (CSP), a new program enacted in section 2001 of the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171) and administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, creates a three-tiered system rewarding increased levels of conservation on agricultural operations with increased payments. Payments include a base payment for acreage enrolled, a payment for new or existing conservation practices, and an “enhancement” payment for conservation exceeding minimum program standards.
Date:
February 17, 2004
Creator:
Johnson, Barbara
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues
This report discusses four major vehicle technologies — electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and fuel cell vehicles — as well as advanced component technologies. Each technology is discussed in terms of cost, fueling and maintenance infrastructure, and performance.
Date:
December 17, 2004
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
This issue brief discusses the increasing attention being paid to alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, the proponents of which point to their potential to improve urban air quality, decrease dependence on foreign oil, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The brief also discusses the major barriers currently preventing widespread use of such technologies, and discusses these technologies in the particular contexts of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Date:
February 17, 2004
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library