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Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
This report discusses the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), which calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository.
Date:
April 16, 2008
Creator:
Holt, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods
This report discusses the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171) as amended by the 2008 farm bill (P.L. 110-246), which states that many U.S. retailers must begin providing country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for fresh produce, red meats, peanuts, chicken, ginseng, pecans, and macadamia nuts.
Date:
September 16, 2008
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns: Overview and Analysis
None
Date:
September 16, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Support Enforcement: $25 Annual User Fee
The report discusses the Child Support Enforcement. It is categorized into three categories: (I) Background, (II) New Annual CSE User Fee and (III) Implementation of CSE User Fee.
Date:
December 16, 2008
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations. December 2008
This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S. - Lebanon relations.
Date:
December 16, 2008
Creator:
Addis, Casey L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Selected Privileges and Courtesies Extended to Departing and Former Senators
None
Date:
July 16, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Franking Privilege: An Analysis of Member Mass Mailings in the House, 1997-2007. April 2008
This report provides an analysis of House Member mass mailings.
Date:
April 16, 2008
Creator:
Glassman, Matthew E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Does the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listing Provide More Protection of the Polar Bear?
None
Date:
October 16, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments in the House: Types and Forms
This report describes the types and forms of amendments in the House, including distinctions, degrees, forms, and scopes of amendments.
Date:
April 16, 2008
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Judicial Salary: Current Issues and Options for Congress
This report reviews the most common arguments that have been advanced in recent years for and against raising federal judicial salaries.
Date:
September 16, 2008
Creator:
Rutkus, Denis Steven
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2008 Appropriations
This report tracks the FY2008 congressional appropriations process and provides a detailed discussion of the funding and issues related to the majority of accounts in HUD’s budget.
Date:
January 16, 2008
Creator:
McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Foote, Bruce E.; Boyd, Eugene & Peterson, Meredith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments in the Senate: Types and Forms
The amending process is central to the consideration of legislation by the Senate. This report briefly describes the various types of amendments that take place in the Senate.
Date:
April 16, 2008
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act: A Primer
The discussion on this report is expanded for four aspects of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and its implementation that have raised concerns and promoted debate—listing species, designating critical habitat, consulting on projects, and exempting projects.
Date:
April 16, 2008
Creator:
Corn, M. Lynne; Buck, Eugene H. & Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The FDA’s Authority to Recall Products
This report provides information about the The FDA’s Authority to Recall Products. The FDA had fielded increasing number of question regarding recalls of unsafe imports, including jalapeno peppers.
Date:
September 16, 2008
Creator:
Burrows, Vanessa K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of the implications for U.S. Navy's background issues for Congress on China's naval modernization.
Date:
April 16, 2008
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State and Local Taxes and the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
None
Date:
September 16, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cash Balance Pension Plans: Selected Legal Issues
This report provides an overview of these issues and a discussion of how the pension protection act (P.L. 109-280), as well as IRS guidance, affect them.
Date:
May 16, 2008
Creator:
Staman, Jennifer & Lunder, Erika
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Net Neutrality: Background and Issues
None
Date:
September 16, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 3887 as Passed by the House: Criminal Provisions in Short
None
Date:
January 16, 2008
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korean Counterfeiting of U.S. Currency
None
Date:
April 16, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What Is the “Farm Bill”?
This report discusses the farm bill, which renewed about every five years, governs federal farm and food policy.
Date:
May 16, 2008
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Charitable Contributions of Food Inventory: Proposals for Change
This report discusses the temporary change in the tax law governing charitable donations of food. Recent legislation expanded the existing tax incentive for firms that are C corporations to all businesses that donate food to charity
Date:
January 16, 2008
Creator:
Jackson, Pamela J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
This report looks at the background and current status of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), which was formed to increase international cooperation in interdicting shipments of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Date:
January 16, 2008
Creator:
Nikitin, Mary Beth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional or Federal Charters: Overview and Current Issues
This report is an overview and the then current issues related to Congressional or Federal Charters.
Date:
June 16, 2008
Creator:
Kosar, Kevin R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library