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The Middle East Peace Talks
This report includes information regarding Middle East peace talks. The role of the United States, the Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and congressional aid are among topics discussed in this report.
Date:
December 23, 2004
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Definition, Patterns and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
December 22, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Topics in Aging: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2002
None
Date:
December 15, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cote dIvoire Divided: Civil War Reprise?
None
Date:
December 2, 2004
Creator:
Cook, Nicolas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Pell Grants for Prisoners
This report includes a brief discussion of the Pell Grant program, and the prior participation of prisoners, as well as a review of the current legislative activity.
Date:
December 14, 2004
Creator:
Mercer, Charmaine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exempting Food and Agriculture Products from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Status and Implementation
This report includes information background and analysis regarding exemption for and agriculture products from United States economic sanctions. This report also details debates, enacted provisions, sales, and developments regarding this subject.
Date:
December 14, 2004
Creator:
Jurenas, Remy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2005: Energy and Water Development
This report is a guide to the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill, including the funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), most of the Department of Energy (DOE), and a number of independent agencies.
Date:
December 10, 2004
Creator:
Behrens, Carl
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Accounting Problems at Fannie Mae
This report summarizes the critiques the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Supervision (OFHEO) made of accounting practices at Fannie Mae. The OFHEO's two main issues are under the domains of: amortization of discounts, premiums, fees involved in the purchase of home mortgages, and the other being accounting for financial derivatives contracts. The report emphasizes that these discrepancies created a false image of the company's earnings and in one case was the cause of the company's executives to receive bonuses.
Date:
December 16, 2004
Creator:
Jickling, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Points of Order, Rulings, and Appeals in the House of Representatives
None
Date:
December 7, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
December 15, 2004
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: U.S.-Canada Immigration Border Issues
This report discusses the U.S.-Canada Immigration Border Issues related to Border Security.
Date:
December 28, 2004
Creator:
Seghetti, Lisa M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pesticide Law: A Summary of the Statutes
None
Date:
December 2, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Secrecy Versus Openness: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs
During the latter half of 2004, disputes arose over whether or not to declassify portions of the sensitive content of reports resulting from congressional investigations and national commission inquiries into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the war in Iraq, and related matters. As a result, some called for Congress to create a special mechanism for the impartial and expeditious resolution of such disputes (S. 2672/H.R. 4855; S. 2845 amendment). This report discusses the culmination of one such effort at balancing legitimate competing needs for secrecy and openness.
Date:
December 22, 2004
Creator:
Relyea, Harold C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: A Chronology, FY1970-FY2005
This report is a research aid, which lists the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization bills (Table 1) and appropriations bills (Table 2).
Date:
December 14, 2004
Creator:
Carter, Linwood B. & Coipuram, Thomas, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sport Utility Vehicles, Mini-Vans, and Light Trucks: An Overview of Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards
Most sport utility vehicles, mini-vans, and pickups are classified as “light trucks” and thus are regulated less stringently than passenger cars under two major laws — the Energy Policy and Conservation Act for fuel economy standards, and the Clean Air Act for emissions standards. This report discusses the discrepancy between emissions and fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks, how that discrepancy is changing, and legislative activity related to these issues.
Date:
December 17, 2004
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Federal Assistance Funding and Business Opportunities
This report provides a selection of information gateways for businesses, state and local governments, research organizations, and others that wish to pursue homeland security related business opportunities or grants from the federal government.
Date:
December 23, 2004
Creator:
Riehl, James R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reform: Comments from the Public on TANF Reauthorization
This report presents a summary of the comments that were received by HHS in response to the Department's request, and is intended to convey a general sense of the views and opinions expressed. The report begins with an explanation of the methodology used for preparing this summary and a discussion of the categories of groups and individuals who submitted comments.
Date:
December 28, 2004
Creator:
Burke, Vee; Falk, Gene; Gish, Melinda; Harper, Shannon; Solomon-Fears, Carmen; Spar, Karen et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction
Congress annually considers 13 or more appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities, for example, national defense, education, homeland security, and crime. These measures also fund general government operations such as the administration of federal agencies. Congress has developed certain rules and practices for the consideration of appropriations measures, referred to as the congressional appropriations process. This report discusses the following aspects of this process: Annual appropriations cycle; Spending ceilings for appropriations associated with the annual budget resolution; and Prohibitions against certain language in appropriations measures that violate separation of the authorization and appropriation functions into separate measures.
Date:
December 6, 2004
Creator:
Streeter, Sandy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Secure Rural Schools and County Self-Determination Act of 2000: Forest Service Payments to Counties
None
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor
This report focuses on the floor activities of the House during its first formal session in a new Congress, and serves as a guide for participating in or watching these proceedings.
Date:
December 1, 2004
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act Requirements: Money Services Businesses
None
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
Brooks, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Price Surge Revisited: Crude Oil and Refinery Issues
None
Date:
December 23, 2004
Creator:
Kumins, Lawrence & Bamberger, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China’s Currency Peg: A Summary of the Economic Issues
This report evaluates assertions, and considers other effects China's peg has on the U.S. economy. This report also summarizes the analysis presented in CRS Report RL32165, "China's Exchange Rate Peg: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy".
Date:
December 7, 2004
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Actions in 2003
This report provides information about the Congressional Budget Actions in 2003. During 2003 congress considered various budgetary measures. most measures pertained to 2004 and beyond.
Date:
December 17, 2004
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library