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House and Senate Chaplains
This report discusses the two chaplains, one in the House, the other in the Senate, who are the official clergy of Congress. At the beginning of each Congress, the House chaplain is elected for a 2-year term. The Senate chaplain does not have to be reelected at the beginning of a new Congress. There have been 61 Senate chaplains and 59 House chaplains.
Date:
October 9, 2001
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Hatch-Waxman Act: Proposed Legislative Changes Affecting Pharmaceutical Patents
This report describes the Proposed Legislative Changes Affecting Pharmaceutical Patents on Hatch-Waxman Act. The Hatch-Waxman Act provides the FDA with certain authorities to offer periods of marketing for a pharmaceutical independent of the rights conferred by patents.
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H. & Thomas, John R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Policy
Omnibus energy legislation (H.R. 4) that is now in conference would expand energy tax incentives significantly. The House passed the bill on August 2, 2001, and the Senate approved its version April 25, 2002. Several energy tax issues are addressed in these bills: 1) tax incentives to increase the supply of oil and gas, and the demand for coal; 2) energy tax issues relating to energy conservation and energy efficiency; 3) energy tax issues relating to alternative fuels; 4) selected issues relating to electricity restructuring; and 5) expiring energy tax provisions.
Date:
October 9, 2004
Creator:
Lazzari, Salvatore
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress
The 108th Congress has acted on a variety of disparate environmental measures; some of these represent proposals or issues that had been under consideration in the 107th Congress and earlier. Environmental issues considered by Congress tend to fall into several major categories: (1) funding issues — whether funding levels are adequate and focused on appropriate priorities; (2) expanding, renewing, or refocusing specific environment programs; (3) environmental issues that are important “subsets” of other major areas of concern, such as energy, defense, or transportation programs; and more recently, (4) terrorism and infrastructure protection in areas such as wastewater and chemical facilities.
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
India-U.S. Relations
This report summarizes India-US relations from 1947 in preparation for the 2004 National elections, including information about bilateral relations, nuclear testing, separatist movements, and human rights issues.
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress
This report discusses the information related to the fishery, aquaculture, and marine mammal legislation in the 108th Congress.
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Helium Program: The Reaction Over an Inert Gas
The CRS report describes the battle with natural gas companies on helium gas, being wasted, and released into the environment. Incentives were put in place for natural gas companies sell this helium to the government and for it to be stored in a government facility. Consequently, this also brought up controversy for why funding is being used to store a surplus of helium. Congress would debate on whether government involvement was the best option and a consensus was reached to fund the National Academy of Science to find the best way to dispose of the helium. Their results of their studies and the H.R. 4168 bill that was passed are also described.
Date:
October 9, 1996
Creator:
Mielke, James E
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Social Security Protection Act of 2003 (H.R. 743)
None
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Value-Added Tax as a New Revenue Source
None
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Bickley, James M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Value-Added Tax Contrasted with a National Sales Tax
Proposals to replace all or part of the income tax, proposals for national health care, and a proposal to finance America’s war effort have sparked congressional interest in the possibility of a broad-based consumption tax as a new source of revenue. Avalue-added tax (VAT) or a national sales tax (NST) have been frequently discussed as possible new tax sources. Both the VAT and the NST are taxes on the consumption of goods and services and are conceptually similar. Yet, these taxes also have significant differences. This issue brief discusses some of the potential policy implications associated with these differences.
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Bickley, James M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Tax Treatment of Capital Losses
This report provides an overview of issues related to the tax treatment of capital losses. It explains the current income tax treatment of losses, describes the historical treatment of losses, provides examples of the tax gaming opportunities associated with the net loss deduction, examines the distributional issues, and discusses the possible stimulative effects of an increase in the net loss deduction.
Date:
October 9, 2002
Creator:
Esenwein, Gregg A. & Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation
None
Date:
October 9, 2002
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Telemarketing: Dealing with Unwanted Telemarketing Calls
This report provides summaries of the federal laws and regulations particular to telemarketing, the establishment of a national do-not-call registry, and the options that are available to consumers to limit the calls that they receive from telemarketers and to report questionable telemarketing practices to local or federal authorities. The report also lists sources of additional information with addresses, phone numbers, and Internet sites (if available).
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Riehl, James R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NAFTA Labor Side Agreement: Lessons for the Workers Rights and Fast-Track Debate
None
Date:
October 9, 2001
Creator:
Bolle, Mary Jane
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wetland Issues
Instead of a single comprehensive federal wetland protection law, multiple laws provide varying levels of protection in different forms: the permit program authorized in §404 in the Clean Water Act; programs for agricultural wetlands; laws that protect specific sites; and laws that protect wetlands which perform certain functions. Many protection advocates view these laws and their implementation as inadequate or uncoordinated. Others, who advocate the rights of property owners and development interests, by contrast, characterize these efforts, especially the §404 permit program, as too intrusive. Numerous state and local wetland programs add to the complexity of the protection effort.
Date:
October 9, 2002
Creator:
Zinn, Jeffrey A. & Copeland, Claudia
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 265th week of the war, 147th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Western front "Hellfire Corner", Eastern front, Balkans, Italy, Pacific, China. Maps: France, Palau Islands, Eastern front. Back: "Dots in the sky-- dynamite on the ground! [Operation Uppercut].
Date:
October 9, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 34, Number 41, Pages 6913-7146, October 09, 2009
A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date:
October 9, 2009
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 23, Number 41, Pages 10211-10575, October 9, 1998
A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date:
October 9, 1998
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 3
Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to extending condolences to the family of A. W. "Bud" Riter, Jr., who died on September 23, 2003, at the age of 79.
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 4
Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to praising the work of the Sisters of Mercy for their work on behalf of the citizens of South Texas.
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan.
Patent for a new and improved automatic fan. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the attaching-plate, the depending rod, the fixed plate on the lower end thereof, the socket arms pivotally connected to said plate at their inner ends, and the fans held in the sockets in said arms, of the plate loosely mounted on the rod above [the] plate, having arms, the rods pivotally connecting the outer ends of said arms, the pitman connected to [another] plate, and the operating crank" (lines 67-76).
Date:
October 9, 1888
Creator:
Goodspeed, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Fastener.
Patent for an improved box-fastener for cases and boxes that hold bottled liquids. The invention allows for the cover to be easily removed, and hangs on the side of the box when not being used. The cover can be used on an ordinary box without altering the box.
Date:
October 9, 1894
Creator:
Beck, Edwin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Coiling Machine.
Patent for a wire-coiling machine that improves on a previous patent (No. 296,806), that was granted to Wildermuth. The improvement allows for either left- or right-handed use, by making the crank movable to either side and by "providing the upper end of the post at opposite sides with stationary cutter blades and a single movable cutter adapted to be shifted for operation with either one of the said fixed cutters" (lines 28-32).
Date:
October 9, 1894
Creator:
Crowder, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire-stretcher meant for making barbed wire fences that is more efficient than other wire-stretchers. It has a bent plate, a split hook swiveled to the plate, a rotatable rod that goes through the plate, stretching wire that is secured to the rod, and the split hook is attached to the wire.
Date:
October 9, 1894
Creator:
Austin, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History