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Farm Commodity Programs: Direct Payments, Counter-Cyclical Payments, and Marketing Loans
This report describes the payments for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, oilseeds, peanuts, wool, mohair, honey, and certain other small grains.
Date:
March 1, 2006
Creator:
Monke, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Economic Growth and Budget Projections
None
Date:
March 1, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
WTO Dispute Settlement: Status of U.S. Compliance in Pending Cases
None
Date:
March 1, 2006
Creator:
Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act: Supreme Court Decisions
This report discusses the American disabilities act (ADA) and also deals with The Americans with Disabilities Act: Supreme Court Decisions.
Date:
March 2, 2006
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy
This document includes discussion of the debate over government policy regarding industrial competitiveness and technological advancement. Technology and competitiveness, federal roles, and various approaches are among topics mentioned in this report.
Date:
March 2, 2006
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Debt: Who Bears Its Burden?
None
Date:
March 2, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events
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Date:
March 2, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Religious Freedom Restoration Act: An Overview of Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal
None
Date:
March 2, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Vietnam Relations: Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
March 2, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA): Program-by-Program Overview and FY2007 Funding of Title I Training Programs
Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220) authorizes several job training programs, including Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker Activities, Job Corps, the Native American Program, the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program, and the Veterans’ Workforce Investment Program. This report briefly summarizes each WIA program, the FY2007 budget request, and for comparison, the FY2006 appropriation (P.L. 109-149).
Date:
March 2, 2006
Creator:
Lordeman, Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA): Program-by-Program Overview and FY2007 Funding of Title I Training Programs
Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220) authorizes several job training programs, including Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker Activities, Job Corps, the Native American Program, the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program, and the Veterans’ Workforce Investment Program. This report briefly summarizes each WIA program, the FY2007 budget request, and for comparison, the FY2006 appropriation (P.L. 109-149).
Date:
March 2, 2006
Creator:
Lordeman, Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation
This report describes the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The report details that the act will make major cuts to agricultural programs.
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Actions in 2006
This report discusses the congressional budget process, which consists of the consideration and adoption of spending, revenue, and debt-limit legislation within the framework of an annual concurrent resolution on the budget.
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Diploma Mills: A Legal Overview
None
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Feder, Jody
System:
The UNT Digital Library
DOE Budget Earmarks: A Selective Look at Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy R&D Programs
None
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fatah and Hamas: the New Palestinian Factional Reality
For the first time in its history, the Palestinian parliament is set to be led by Hamas, which the United States and European Union have designated a foreign terrorist organization. Although some lauded the generally free and fair election in January 2006, others criticized the outcome and accused Hamas of “hijacking” democracy. This report provides an overview of the new political realities in the West Bank and Gaza after the election, the challenges Fatah and Hamas face, and possible implications for U.S. policy.
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Pina, Aaron D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues
This report provides background and discussion of policy issues relating to U.S. ethanol production, especially ethanol made from corn. It discusses U.S. fuel ethanol consumption both as a gasoline blending component and as an alternative to gasoline. The report discusses various costs and benefits of ethanol, including fuel costs, pollutant emissions, and energy consumption. It also outlines key areas of congressional debate on policies beneficial to the ethanol industry.
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other International Activities; Additional Hurricane Katrina Relief
This report discusses the two separate FY2006 supplemental appropriations requests submitted on February 16, 2006. The first, totaling $72.4 billion, would fund ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan ($67.9 billion), non-DOD intelligence operations ($0.3 billion), State Department operations in Iraq and various foreign aid programs, including additional assistance for Iraq ($4.2 billion), and other counter-terrorism funding for other agencies ($12 million). The other supplemental would provide $19.8 billion for recovery and reconstruction activities in hurricane affected Gulf Coast areas. Thus, Congress is to consider during the early months of 2006 a combined spending proposal of $92.2 billion.
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Irwin, Paul M. & Nowels, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals
This report discusses policy options for Congress regarding gas prices. The high price of gasoline was an important consideration during the debate on major energy legislation, which ended August 8 as the President signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, H.R. 6 (P.L. 109-58). However, prices continued to surge, spiking at the end of August when Hurricane Katrina shut down refining operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The continuing crisis renewed attention to some issues that were dropped or compromised in the debate over P.L. 109-58. A large number of factors combined to put pressure on gasoline prices, including increased world demand for crude oil and U.S. refinery capacity inadequate to supply gasoline to a recovering national economy. The war and continued violence in Iraq added uncertainty and a threat of supply disruption that added pressure particularly to the commodity futures markets.
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues
More than 90,000 U.S. horses were slaughtered for human food in 2005, mainly for European and Asian consumers. Congress voted to limit the use of FY2006 appropriated funds for such slaughter, but USDA anticipates that the practice will continue, funded by industry user fees. This report examines the debate, which has focused on the acceptability of horse slaughter, and how to care for and eventually dispose of such horses if they no longer went for human food.
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
India's Nuclear Separation Plan: Issues and Views
This report provides background on India’s nuclear fuel cycle, a discussion of various issues involved in separating civilian and military nuclear facilities and potential concerns for Congress as it considers whether the United States has adequate assurances that its nuclear cooperation does not assist, encourage, or induce India’s nuclear weapons development, production, or proliferation.
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
Squassoni, Sharon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues
None
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lobbying and Related Reform Proposals: Consideration of Selected Measures, 109th Congress
None
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals
None
Date:
March 3, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library