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The Global Peace Operations Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress
This report describes in detail the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), the centerpiece of the Bush Administration's efforts to prepare foreign security forces to participate in international peacekeeping operations. This report lists the funding and allocations set aside for GPOI, as well as the function of GPOI and its future.
Date:
June 11, 2009
Creator:
Serafino, Nina M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
This report discusses political, economic, and security challenges facing Azerbaijan, including the unsettled conflict in the breakaway Nagorno Karabakh region. A table provides basic facts and biographical information. Related products include CRS Report RL33453, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, by Jim Nichol.
Date:
June 11, 2008
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape
The report discusses the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-Related Congressional Actions in the 112th Congress. The policymakers, including some in Congress, have long called for varying degrees and types of reform to the FCC. Most proposals fall into two categories: (1) procedural changes made within the FCC or through congressional action that would affect the agency's operations or (2) substantive policy changes requiring congressional action that would affect how the agency regulates different services and industry sectors.
Date:
April 11, 2008
Creator:
Moloney Figliola, Patricia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations
This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant.
Date:
July 11, 2008
Creator:
Krouse, William J. & Murphy, Edward Vincent
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle Technologies: Outlook and Policy Options
This report starts out with an overview of nuclear technology and then discusses the Department of Energy DOE advanced nuclear programs, global nuclear energy partnership, and different industry studies.
Date:
July 11, 2008
Creator:
Holt, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 110th Congress
This report discusses air pollutants (petroleum, natural gas, and coal), which account for about two-thirds of U.S. electricity generation. These gases include several pollutants that directly pose risks to human health and welfare. The report also discusses the utilities that are subject to an array of environmental regulations.
Date:
February 11, 2008
Creator:
Parker, Larry & Blodgett, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Care: Trends in Public and Private Spending
None
Date:
April 11, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Trout: Managing Under the Endangered Species Act
None
Date:
February 11, 2008
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Entering the Executive Branch of Government: Potential Conflicts of Interest With Previous Employments and Affiliations
This report examines the federal laws and regulations relevant to entering into federal government employment from the private sector, with respect particularly to the potential conflicts of interest that may arise because of the past employment, affiliations or financial or involvements of a nominee or new officer or employee in the executive branch of government.
Date:
December 11, 2007
Creator:
Maskell, Jack
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elections in France, 2007
None
Date:
April 11, 2007
Creator:
Gallis, Paul
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues
None
Date:
July 11, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement
This report discusses a plan announced by EPA in January 2005, called the Air Compliance Agreement, that would produce air quality monitoring data on animal agriculture emissions from a small number of farms, while at the same time protecting all participants (including farms where no monitoring takes place) through a “safe harbor” from liability under certain provisions of federal environmental laws.
Date:
October 11, 2006
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Older Americans Act: Programs, Funding, and 2006 Reauthorization (P.L. 109-365)
None
Date:
December 11, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Uzbekistan’s Closure of the Airbase at Karshi-Khanabad: Context and Implications
None
Date:
January 11, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Fair Housing Act: Legal Overview
This report is categorized into five categories: (I) Introduction, (II) Housing Practices in Which Discrimination is Prohibited, (III) Familial Discrimination and Housing for Older Persons, (IV) Discrimination Based on Handicap, (V) Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
Date:
June 11, 2008
Creator:
Carpenter, David H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Methyl Bromide and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
None
Date:
December 11, 2006
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education of Limited English Proficient and Recent Immigrant Students: Provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
This report provides information about the Provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 on Education of Limited English Proficient and Recent Immigrant Students.
Date:
January 11, 2007
Creator:
Kuenzi, Jeffrey J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Arab Emirates Nuclear Program and Proposed U.S. Nuclear Cooperation
None
Date:
June 11, 2009
Creator:
Blanchard, Christopher M. & Kerr, Paul K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Highway Bridges: Conditions and the Federal/State Role
This report examines the federal and state roles in the maintenance, inspection, reconstruction, and replacement of the nation's highway bridge infrastructure, as well as the emergency response and reconstruction role of the Department of Transportation.
Date:
July 11, 2008
Creator:
Kirk, Robert S. & Mallett, William J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Trade Deficit: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
None
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Welfare Reauthorization: Overview of the Issues
In 2003, 12.3 million children lived in families with incomes below the poverty line (a 17.2% child poverty rate). Research has shown that poverty can have negative consequences on a child’s development. Children depend upon their parents for support, and most of the recent policy attention has focused on initiatives to move poor parents (mostly single mothers) from welfare to work and on reducing welfare dependency.
Date:
October 11, 2005
Creator:
Falk, Gene; Gish, Melinda & Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Attack Submarine Force-Level Goal and Procurement Rate: Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
June 11, 2007
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Tort Claims Act
None
Date:
December 11, 2007
Creator:
Cohen, Henry & Burrows, Vanessa K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library