Murder or Attempted Murder of a Member of Congress and Other Federal Officials and Employees: Implications in Federal Criminal Law and Procedure of Events in Tucson (open access)

Murder or Attempted Murder of a Member of Congress and Other Federal Officials and Employees: Implications in Federal Criminal Law and Procedure of Events in Tucson

Report describing the federal procedures and attendant legal provisions generally associated with the prosecution of cases regarding the killing and attempted killing of federal officers and employees in the performance of their official duties.
Date: January 25, 2011
Creator: Doyle, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues (open access)

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: History, Impact, and Issues

Report that examines debates over what constitutes an unfunded federal mandate and the implementation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) of 1995.
Date: January 25, 2011
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay & Beth, Richard S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Violence Against Members of Congress and Their Staff: Selected Examples and Congressional Responses (open access)

Violence Against Members of Congress and Their Staff: Selected Examples and Congressional Responses

This report describes legislation introduced in the 112th Congress related to violence against members and congressional staff, provides examples of violence in which members of Congress were the apparent target, and some actions Congress has taken based in part on those incidents. This report comes in the aftermath of a recent attack in Tucson, Arizona, in which congressional staff and several constituents were injured or killed.
Date: January 25, 2011
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric; Manning, Jennifer E. & Hemlin, Erin
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Immigration Policy on Asylum Seekers (open access)

U.S. Immigration Policy on Asylum Seekers

This report provides an overview of the U.S. immigration policy on asylum seekers.
Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Upcoming Rules Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (open access)

Upcoming Rules Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

This report examines the most recent edition of the Unified Agenda, published on December 20, 2010 (the first edition that RISC compiled and issued after the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act). The report identifies upcoming proposed and final rules listed in the Unified Agenda that are expected to be issued pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. The Appendix lists these upcoming proposed and final rules in a table. The report also briefly discusses the long-term actions listed in the Unified Agenda, as well as some options for congressional oversight over the Dodd-Frank Act rules.
Date: January 25, 2011
Creator: Copeland, Curtis W. & Carey, Maeve P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Animal Waste and Hazardous Substances: Current Laws and Legislative Issues (open access)

Animal Waste and Hazardous Substances: Current Laws and Legislative Issues

This report describes the provisions of Superfund and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and enforcement actions under these laws that have increasingly been receiving attention. Congressional scrutiny in the form of legislative proposals and a House hearing in the 109th Congress are discussed.
Date: January 25, 2008
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances (open access)

Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances

The first half of this report looks at the background of U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba over the last 40 years. The second half of this report looks at several initiatives from the 111th Congress that would ease U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba.
Date: January 25, 2010
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forestry in the 2007 Farm Bill (open access)

Forestry in the 2007 Farm Bill

This report briefly describes the Agriculture Committees' jurisdiction over forestry, with examples of legislation addressed by the committees. It discusses forestry issues likely to be debated in the upcoming farm bill. It then presents information on the forestry provisions in the Administration's proposal for the 2007 farm bill, followed by the forestry provisions in the House-passed 2007 farm bill (the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, H.R. 2419) and in the Senate Committee draft bill (the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007).
Date: January 25, 2008
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Exports and the 2007 Farm Bill (open access)

Agricultural Exports and the 2007 Farm Bill

This report assesses 2007 farm bill trade title provisions for U.S. agricultural export programs.
Date: January 25, 2008
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities (open access)

Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities

This report summarizes statutory authorities regarding access by the government, for wither foreign intelligence or law enforcement purposes, to information related to telephone calling patterns or practices. Where pertinent, it also discusses statutory prohibitions against accessing or disclosing such information, along with relevant exceptions to those prohibitions.
Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Bazan, Elizabeth B.; Stevens, Gina Marie & Yeh, Brian T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Credit System (open access)

Farm Credit System

This report provides information about the farm credit system which provides financial cooperative lending to agricultural and aquatic producers, rural homeowners etc.
Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Monke, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance (open access)

The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance

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Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Cashell, Brian W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Separate Consumer Price Index for the Elderly? (open access)

A Separate Consumer Price Index for the Elderly?

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Date: January 25, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Management Preparedness Standards: Overview and Options for Congress (open access)

Emergency Management Preparedness Standards: Overview and Options for Congress

This report presents background information on the commission's findings, on emergency response standards, and on options Congress might consider to address issues related to emergency preparedness standards.
Date: January 25, 2006
Creator: Bea, Keith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overview of Major Federal Securities Laws (open access)

Overview of Major Federal Securities Laws

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Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for U.S. Policy (open access)

Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for U.S. Policy

This report gives an overview of drug trafficking in North Korea, and issues for the U.S policy
Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations Bills: What Is Report Language? (open access)

Appropriations Bills: What Is Report Language?

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Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Streeter, Sandy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals (open access)

Payment Limits for Farm Commodity Programs: Issues and Proposals

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Date: January 25, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safeguarding the Nation’s Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions (open access)

Safeguarding the Nation’s Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions

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Date: January 25, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Motions to Recommit in the House (open access)

Motions to Recommit in the House

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Date: January 25, 2001
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Georgia’s January 2008 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications (open access)

Georgia’s January 2008 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications

This report discusses the campaign and results of Georgia's January 5, 2008, presidential election and implications for Russia and U.S interests.
Date: January 25, 2008
Creator: Nichol, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wilderness Laws: Permitted and Prohibited Uses (open access)

Wilderness Laws: Permitted and Prohibited Uses

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Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare Payment Policies (open access)

Medicare Payment Policies

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Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates (open access)

Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates

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Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library