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The National Debt: Who Bears Its Burden?
This report discusses the burden of a national debt, the view among economists, the federal budget deficits, and the financial burden that future generations will inherit, a larger privately owned capital stock and a higher level of income.
Date:
January 31, 2002
Creator:
Labonte, Marc & Makinen, Gail
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Privacy Protection for Customer Financial Information
None
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: International Policy and Options
Over the past decade, worldwide production of illicit drugs has risen dramatically: opium and marijuana production has roughly doubled and coca production tripled. Street prices of cocaine and heroin have fallen significantly in the past 20 years, reflecting increased availability. Despite apparent national political resolve to deal with the drug problem, inherent contradictions regularly appear between U.S. anti-drug policy and other national policy goals and concerns. The mix of competing domestic and international pressures and priorities has produced an ongoing series of disputes within and between the legislative and executive branches concerning U.S. international drug policy. One contentious issue has been the Congressionally-mandated certification process, an instrument designed to induce specified drug-exporting countries to prioritize or pay more attention to the fight against narcotics businesses.
Date:
January 31, 2002
Creator:
Lee, Rensselaer
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jonathan Pollard: Background and Considerations for Presidential Clemency
None
Date:
January 31, 2001
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr. & Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Divergent Views on Military Action
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Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Internet Voting
None
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Coleman, Kevin J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congress and the Fusion Energy Sciences Program: A Historical Analysis
The U.S. government has been funding research into controlled thermonuclear fusion since 1951. Since 1957, when the program was declassified, a public record is available in the form of appropriations and authorization reports presenting congressional decisions about fusion research. This report analyzes that record in order to assess how the program may fare in the future. The program recently underwent a major restructuring at the direction of Congress, and is currently establishing plans about how to proceed toward the goal of developing a practical fusion powerplant. These plans are likely to be the subject of close congressional scrutiny during review of the FY2001 budget request from the Department of Energy
Date:
January 31, 2000
Creator:
Rowberg, Richard E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Powerplants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack
None
Date:
January 31, 2002
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food and Drug Administration: Selected Funding and Policy Issues for FY2000
This report discusses funding and policy issues regarding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is responsible for ensuring the safety of foods, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and other products.
Date:
January 31, 2000
Creator:
Vogt, Donna U.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Orderly Closure" of the Bureau of Mines: FY 1996 Funding
The Congress and the White House have agreed to abolish the Bureau of Mines within the Department of the Interior (DOI). H.R. 1977, appropriating funds for the DOI, would have provided $64 million for the "orderly closure" of the Bureau of Mines within 90 days of enactment. Orderly closure entails relocating certain functions to other agencies and completely eliminating others. H.R. 1977 was vetoed for unrelated reasons, but an attempt to override that veto was unsuccessful. In its latest action, January 26, 1996, Congress passed a continuing resolution (P.L. 104-99) affirming the closure of the Bureau and the transfer of some functions to other agencies
Date:
January 31, 1996
Creator:
Thompson, Duane A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Continuity of Operations (COOP) in the Executive Branch: Issues in the 109th Congress
Spurred in part by occasional warnings of potential terrorist threats in the post- 9/11 era, some policymakers have intensified their focus on continuity of operations (COOP) issues. COOP planning is a segment of federal government contingency planning linked to continuity of government (COG). Together, COOP and COG are designed to ensure survival of a constitutional form of government and the continuity of essential federal functions. This report focuses primarily on executive branch COOP activities.
Date:
January 31, 2005
Creator:
Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Intelligence Support
Legislation establishing a Department of Homeland Security includes provisions for an information analysis element within the new department. This report examines the information analysis function and the sharing of information among federal agencies but does not address provisions in the proposed legislation governing the sharing of intelligence with state and local officials.
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Argentine Financial Crisis: A Chronology of Events
Argentina’s current crisis resulted from a confluence of events, some external to Argentina’s policy process, others directly related to its political and economic choices. The following is a summary of these events from before Argentina’s adoption of the currency board in 1991 to developments in early 2002.
Date:
January 31, 2002
Creator:
Hornbeck, J. F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations
This report discusses the background information and most recent development in U.S.-China relations since mid-1996. The relations also have been marred by continuing allegations of Chinese espionage, ongoing controversy over human rights, charges that China continues to violate its non-proliferation commitments, controversy over the accidental NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, and renewed tensions over Taiwan. The report describes current issues in U.S.-China relations such as; Human Rights Issues, Issues in U.S.-China Security Relations, Economic Issues, and Sovereignty Issues: Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong.
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bioterrorism: Legislation to Improve Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity
This report shows that while lawmakers work towards final passage of new authorizing legislation, Congress has appropriated more than $3 billion to the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase bioterrorism preparedness at the federal, state, and local levels. HHS anti-bioterrorism funding was included in the FY2002 Labor-HHSEducation appropriations bill and in the $20 billion emergency spending package that was attached to the FY2002 Defense appropriations bill. Until the new authorizing legislation is enacted, HHS is dispersing the funds according to existing authorities and the broad parameters set out in the appropriations bills.
Date:
January 31, 2002
Creator:
Redhead, C. Stephen; Vogt, Donna U. & Tiemann, Mary
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exempting Food and Agriculture Products from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Status and Implementation
Falling agricultural exports and declining commodity prices led farm groups and agribusiness firms to urge the 106th Congress to pass legislation exempting foods and agricultural commodities from U.S. economic sanctions against certain countries. In completing action on the FY2001 agriculture appropriations bill, Congress codified the lifting of unilateral sanctions on commercial sales of food, agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical products to Iran, Libya, North Korea, and Sudan, and extended this policy to apply to Cuba (Title IX of H.R. 5426, as enacted by P.L. 106-387; Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000). Related provisions place financing and licensing conditions on sales to these countries. Those that apply to Cuba, though, are permanent and more restrictive than for the other countries. Other provisions give Congress the authority in the future to veto a President's proposal to impose a sanction on the sale of agricultural or medical products.
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Jurenas, Remy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Judicial Salary-Setting Policy
None
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Gressle, Sharon S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Findings of a Congressional Staff Research Trip, December 2000
None
Date:
January 31, 2001
Creator:
Lum, Thomas
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties
None
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Issues in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Harrison, Glennon J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Nuclear Posture Review: Overview and Emerging Issues
None
Date:
January 31, 2002
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Deficit and the Trade Deficit: What Is Their Relationship?
During the last half of the 1990s, real gross domestic investment rose as a fraction of real GDP. This resulted from the rise in U.S. productivity and the related rise in the real yield on U.S. assets. This drew additional private capital from abroad. If the twin deficits theory is correct, it has an adverse implication for the efficacy of fiscal policy as a stimulus tool. It suggests that in an environment of highly mobile international capital flows the effect of policy induced increases in the structural budget deficit (e.g., tax cuts) on short-run economic growth would be largely offset by increases in the trade deficit. The experience during both the 1980s and 1990s demonstrates that a large and growing trade deficit need not be an impediment to overall job creation even though it may have had an effect on the type of jobs that were created since it affected the composition of U.S. output.
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Taxation of Overseas Investment and Income: Background and Issues in 2005
This report is on U.S. Taxation of Overseas Investment and Income: Background and Issues in 2005.
Date:
January 31, 2005
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Medicaid
This report begins with an overview of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It then discusses the distinction made in IDEA between medical services and health services. The report then summarizes the provisions in law that link Medicaid funding to IDEA. Next the report provides an overview of the complexities of Medicaid eligibility and covered services. Following that discussion, the report analyzes possible reasons why Medicaid appears to cover relatively little of IDEA health-related costs. Finally the report outlines possible legislative approaches with respect to Medicaid and IDEA.
Date:
January 31, 2003
Creator:
Apling, Richard N. & Herz, Elicia J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library