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Sustainable Agriculture
The term "sustainable agriculture" is used to designate both a reduced-chemical approach to farming and an alternative political viewpoint on the distribution of economic and social benefits in the farm sector. In practice, sustainable agriculture is characterized by the substitution of more intensive farm resource management--generally involving more labor--for purchased inputs of fertilizers and pesticides. It comprises a range of practices that include integrated pest management (which may include pesticide applications), nonintensive livestock production, crop rotations for pest, disease, and erosion control, and alternative tillage and planting practices to reduce soil erosion.
Date:
October 25, 1995
Creator:
Rawson, Jean M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Adequacy of Commitments Under the U.N. Framework Convention and the Berlin Mandate
This report discusses the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) convened July 8-19, 1996, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Date:
October 25, 1996
Creator:
Morrissey, Wayne A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality and Electricity: Initiatives to Increase Pollution Controls
This report discusses air quality initiatives (such as the Ozone Transport Rule) that primarily focus on reducing and enforcing emissions from coal-fired electric generating utilities in the Midwest and South. The report also addresses various legislative activity that focuses on multi-pollutant strategies as an alternative to these piecemeal initiatives.
Date:
October 25, 2002
Creator:
Parker, Larry & Blodgett, John E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent Practices
This report provides information on the history of continuing resolutions; the nature, scope, and duration of CRs during the last 30 years; the various types of CRs that have been enacted; and an overview of those instances when budget authority has lapsed and a funding gap has resulted.
Date:
October 25, 2002
Creator:
Streeter, Sandy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism Funding: FY2002 Appropriations Bills
None
Date:
October 25, 2001
Creator:
Nowels, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Allied Burdensharing in Transition: Status and Implications for the United States
This report describes recent changes in U.S. burdensharing relationships with NATO, Japan and South Korea and, in the process, identifies some implications for U.S. foreign policy.
Date:
October 25, 1991
Creator:
Pagliano, Gary J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act: Eleventh Amendment Issues
This report provides a brief overview of the Eleventh Amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Date:
October 25, 2000
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Mitigation Bills in the 106th Congress: H.R. 707, S. 1691 Compared
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act authorizes the President to declare that an emergency or major disaster exists that overwhelms state and local resources. Legislation before the 106th Congress (H.R. 707 and S. 1691) would, among other matters, amend the Act to: (1) fund hazard mitigation projects designed to reduce future disaster losses; (2) add conditions to assistance; and (3) consolidate provisions governing the distribution of aid to disaster victims. This report compares provisions of the two bills, and will be updated as legislative action occurs.
Date:
October 25, 1999
Creator:
Bea, Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Issues in the 108th Congress
The Clean Water Act Issues has again received attention in the 108th Congress. At issue is how the federal government will assist states and cities in meeting needs to rebuild, repair, and upgrade wastewater treatment plants, especially in light of capital costs which are projected to be as much as $390 billion over the next two decades. In October 2004, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee reported legislation to authorize $20 billion in funding for clean water infrastructure (S. 2550), while in July 2003, a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee also approved a water infrastructure financing bill (H.R. 1560). Still, prospects for further action during the 108th Congress are uncertain.
Date:
October 25, 2004
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
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 25, 2004
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Patient Protection and Managed Care
None
Date:
October 25, 2002
Creator:
Hearne, Jean P. & Chaikind, Hinda Ripps
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Park Management and Recreation
None
Date:
October 25, 2002
Creator:
Hardy-Vincent, Carol & Whiteman, David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Cost-of-Living Adjustment in January 2002
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Date:
October 25, 2001
Creator:
Koitz, David Stuart; Kollmann, Geoffrey & Sidor, Gary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Superfund Cleanup Standards Reconsidered
The reauthorization of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, has focused on two major areas of reform: liability, and cleanup standards/remedy selection.
Date:
October 25, 1995
Creator:
Gray, Lisa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Western Water Resource Issues
For more than a century, the federal government has constructed water resource projects for a variety of purposes, including flood control, navigation, power generation, and irrigation. While most municipal and industrial water supplies have been built by non-federal entities, most of the large, federal water supply projects in the West, including Hoover and Grand Coulee dams, were constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior) to provide water for irrigation.
Date:
October 25, 2002
Creator:
Cody, Betsy A. & Sheikh, Pervaze A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Rule XIV Procedures for Placing Measures Directly on the Senate Calendar
This report describes the Senate Rule XIV, para. 2, which requires that bills and resolutions have three readings before passage, and that they be read twice before being referred to committee.
Date:
October 25, 2005
Creator:
Koempel, Michael L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues
None
Date:
October 25, 2005
Creator:
Henning, Charles A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Disaster Response and the Appointment of a Recovery Czar: The Executive Branch's Response to the Flood of 1927
This report describes the flood of 1927, and assesses the federal government’s response thereto. In short, the federal response was an executive branch response. President Calvin Coolidge created a quasi-governmental commission that included members of his Cabinet and the American National Red Cross. This commission encouraged the public to donate funds to the relief effort. It also gave Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover near-absolute authority to organize and oversee its response. Hoover used this authority to weave together federal resources, American National Red Cross volunteers, and the private sector to carry out the relief and recovery program.
Date:
October 25, 2005
Creator:
Kosar, Kevin R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues
This report discusses the issue of U.S. economic assistance to sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of continued assistance in light of U.S. national security and also various U.S.-led efforts to promote reform amongst African citizens themselves. U.S. assistance finds its way to Africa through a variety of channels, including the USAID-administered DA program, food aid programs, and indirect aid provided through international financial institutions and the United Nations.
Date:
October 25, 2005
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senior Executive Service (SES) Pay System
None
Date:
October 25, 2005
Creator:
Halchin, L. Elaine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 109th Congress: A Profile
"This report presents a profile of the membership of the 109th Congress" (p. 1).
Date:
October 25, 2005
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Spyware: Background and Policy Issues for Congress
None
Date:
October 25, 2005
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Louisiana: Attempting to Restore an Ecosystem
Congress continues to consider legislative options to address wetlands loss in coastal Louisiana. Some legislative proposals would dedicate some federal revenues from offshore oil and gas development to restoration efforts. Other proposals would authorize specific restoration projects or activities, or further examination of the causes and effects of loss. These projects are neutralizing conditions that lead to loss at some sites, and are reestablishing some wetlands. These projects are expected to have many ecological, economic, and social benefits. A July 2004 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report, a draft ecosystem restoration study, identifies more than 150 possible remedies.
Date:
October 25, 2004
Creator:
Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Juvenile Delinquents and Federal Criminal Law: The Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act and Related Matters
None
Date:
October 25, 2004
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library