European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues (open access)

European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues

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Date: April 8, 2008
Creator: Aheam, Raymond J.; Fischer, John W.; Goldfarb, Charles B.; Hanrahan, Charles E.; Eubanks, Walter W. & Rubin, Janice E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor (open access)

The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor

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Date: December 8, 2006
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction (open access)

House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction

This report provides a history of the creation and evolution of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
Date: June 8, 2006
Creator: Amer, Mildred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Facilities Newsletter, February 2001. (open access)

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Facilities Newsletter, February 2001.

Monthly newsletter discussing news and activities related to the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, articles about weather and atmospheric phenomena, and other related topics.
Date: March 8, 2001
Creator: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economics of Guaranteed Student Loans (open access)

Economics of Guaranteed Student Loans

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Date: August 8, 2008
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 5825 (109th Congress): "Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act" (open access)

H.R. 5825 (109th Congress): "Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act"

This report discusses the National Security Agency’s “Terrorist Surveillance Program,” a program in which international communications of persons within the United States have been the subject of electronic surveillance without a warrant or a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order.
Date: September 8, 2006
Creator: Bazan, Elizabeth B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistance After Hurricanes and Other Disasters: FY2004 and FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations (open access)

Assistance After Hurricanes and Other Disasters: FY2004 and FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations

This report presents summary information on the requests and congressional action for supplemental disaster relief funding for FY2004.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith & Chite, Ralph M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Legislation (open access)

The Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Legislation

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Date: December 8, 2009
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Bill Trade and Food Aid Provisions (open access)

Farm Bill Trade and Food Aid Provisions

This report discusses the trade provisions of omnibus farm legislation, passed in May 2002. The measure includes a trade title reauthorizing, through 2007, the major foreign food aid and agricultural export programs. It also contains other provisions affecting agricultural trade, including new country-of-origin labeling requirements for meat, seafood, and produce; and increased domestic farm subsidies with possible implications for U.S. trade relations.
Date: May 8, 2002
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety on the Farm: Federal Programs and Selected Proposals (open access)

Food Safety on the Farm: Federal Programs and Selected Proposals

This report discusses bills introduced into the 110th Congress pertaining to food safety that could affect farmers and ranchers. Several of these bills would expressly require enforceable on-farm safety standards.
Date: August 8, 2008
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Safety: Oversight and Current Issues (open access)

Food Safety: Oversight and Current Issues

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Date: November 8, 2007
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues (open access)

Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues

This report examines more than 90,000 U.S. horses which 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 the practice continues, funded by industry user fees. Debate continues on the acceptability of horse slaughter, and how to care for and/or humanely dispose of horses if they no longer went for human food. On September 7, 2006, the full House approved a bill (H.R. 503) to ban horse slaughter.
Date: September 8, 2006
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: Causes of Increases and Congressional Response (open access)

Gasoline Prices: Causes of Increases and Congressional Response

This report, after analyzing factors that have contributed to high gasoline prices, describes the major legislative initiatives and discusses the issues involved.
Date: September 8, 2008
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extending NASA’s Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (open access)

Extending NASA’s Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act

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Date: May 8, 2008
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Niktin, Mary Beth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obtaining a Record Vote on the House Floor (open access)

Obtaining a Record Vote on the House Floor

The House of Representatives uses two kinds of votes in which the names and positions of individual Members are recorded: (1) the recorded vote, used chiefly in Committee of the Whole, though also in order in the House, and (2) the yea and nay vote, in order only in the House proper. Both kinds together are referred to as record votes or, more informally, as “roll call votes,” and both are normally taken by electronic device. This report illustrates forms commonly used for obtaining each kind of vote.
Date: December 8, 2006
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979: Background, Provisions, and Cost (open access)

Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979: Background, Provisions, and Cost

A look at how the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 affected TARP funding for the Detroit Big Three.
Date: December 8, 2008
Creator: Bickley, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Gap: Proposals in the 110th Congress to Require Brokers to Report Basis on Publicly Traded Securities (open access)

Tax Gap: Proposals in the 110th Congress to Require Brokers to Report Basis on Publicly Traded Securities

Recent and projected large deficits and the need for revenue to offset spending or tax reduction proposals generated congressional and executive branch interest in different proposals to reduce the tax gap; and consequently, raise additional revenue. Proposals in the 110th Congress to require brokers to report adjusted basis on publicly traded securities sold by individuals are examined in this report.
Date: October 8, 2008
Creator: Bickley, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals (open access)

The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals

This report describes the structure and objectives of the Gulf Security Dialogue; briefly assesses its regional implications; summarizes related proposed arms sales; provides an overview of congressional notification and review procedures; and analyzes recent related activity in the Administration and Congress.
Date: October 8, 2008
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M. & Grimmett, Richard R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Aircraft, the F/A-18EF Super Hornet Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Military Aircraft, the F/A-18EF Super Hornet Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses aviation modernization program, more specifically the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program and Key issues surrounding the program that relate to the total number of Super Hornets to be procured.
Date: June 8, 2006
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Testing In Sports: Proposed Legislation (open access)

Drug Testing In Sports: Proposed Legislation

This report provides a summary of the six bills currently before Congress and a side-by-side comparison of their major provisions.
Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: Brooks, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation (open access)

Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation

Multiple bills have been introduced in recent Congresses to address the unauthorized student population. While there are other options for dealing with this population, this report deals exclusively with the DREAM Act approach of proposing relief for unauthorized students in light of the widespread congressional interest in it.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress

This report discusses policy and legislation regarding fish and marine mammals. These animals are important resources in open ocean and nearshore coastal areas. Commercial and sport fishing are jointly managed by the federal government and individual states. Many laws and regulations guide the management of these resources by federal agencies.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress (open access)

Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress

Aquaculture — the farming of fish, shellfish, and other aquatic animals and plants in a controlled environment — is expanding rapidly abroad, with more modest advances in the United States. This report discusses the federal laws and regulations that guide the management of resources in open ocean and near-shore coastal areas.
Date: October 8, 2008
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (open access)

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices

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Date: October 8, 2008
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Meltz, Robert & Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library