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Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress
This report discusses the key policy objectives of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that were threefold: (1) reduce the nation's flood risk through floodplain management; (2) improve flood hazard data and risk assessment by mapping the nation's floodplains; and (3) make affordable flood insurance widely available in communities that adopt and enforce measures to make future construction safer from flooding.
Date:
June 24, 2008
Creator:
King, Rawle O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Issues Affecting Tidal, Wave, and In-Stream Generation Projects
This report discusses policy guidance on energy sources that generates electricity from ocean waves, tides, and river currents. The report provides background information and legislation regarding these energy sources and technologies.
Date:
March 24, 2008
Creator:
Lane, Nic
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress
This report provides background information regarding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and discusses the key points for flood insurance reform and the changes that should be made in the broader context of program re-authorization.
Date:
June 24, 2008
Creator:
King, Rawle O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Capital Gains Taxes: An Overview
This report discusses the tax legislation in 1997 that reduced capital gains taxes on several types of assets, imposing a 20% maximum tax rate on long-term gains, a rate temporarily reduced to 15% for 2003-2008, which was extended for two additional years in 2006.
Date:
January 24, 2007
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Drug Safety and Effectiveness: Issues and Action Options After FDA Approval
This report examines various options for strengthening FDA's ability to protect the public.
Date:
January 24, 2007
Creator:
Thaul, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Pay – Status of January 2004 Adjustments: A Fact Sheet
This article talks about federal pay adjustment rates and the general schedule pay adjustment
Date:
January 24, 2004
Creator:
Gressle, Sharon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legal Challenges to the Client Communication Provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
This report describes the relevant BAPCPA provisions and discusses the recent court decisions.
Date:
April 24, 2008
Creator:
Pettit, Carol A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Tort Claims Act
None
Date:
March 24, 2008
Creator:
Cohen, Henry & Burrows, Vanessa K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Reform: U.S. Policy and International Perspectives
This report focuses on current U.N. reform efforts and priorities from the perspective of several key actors, including the U.S. government, the U.N. Secretary-General, selected groups of member states, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and a cross-section of groups tasked with addressing U.N. reform. It also examines congressional actions related to U.N. reform, as well as future policy considerations.
Date:
November 24, 2008
Creator:
Blanchfield, Luisa
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Parentally Placed Children in Private Schools
None
Date:
April 24, 2007
Creator:
Apling, Richard N. & Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Communications Legislation: Implications for the 110th Congress
Since September 11, 2001, several bills introduced in the U.S. Congress have included provisions to assist emergency communications. Key provisions from a number of these bills have become law. This report summarizes progress in developing legislation, especially in the 109th Congress, in three areas of emergency communications: communications among first responders and other emergency personnel; emergency warnings and alerts; and 911 call centers and systems.
Date:
April 24, 2007
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
European Trade Retaliation: The FSC-ETI Case
None
Date:
January 24, 2006
Creator:
Aheam, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Income Tax Treatment of the Family
None
Date:
January 24, 2008
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education Vouchers: Constitutional Issues and Case
This report details the constitutional standards that currently apply to indirect school aid programs and summarizes all of the pertinent Supreme Court decisions, with particular attention to Zelman.
Date:
January 24, 2006
Creator:
Welborn, Angie A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Indian Reserved Water Rights: An Overview
With the dramatic population increase in the West over the last thirty years, the Western states have been under increasing pressure from their citizens to secure future access to water. In planning to meet this goal, however, Western officials have had to confront a heretofore obscure doctrine of water law: the doctrine of Indian reserved water rights, also known as the Winters doctrine. Therefore, in order for Western water officials to effectively plan for a stable allocation of water on which all parties can rely, they must find a way to satisfy the water claims of local Indian tribes. This report provides an overview of the legal issues surrounding Indian reserved water rights disputes.
Date:
January 24, 2005
Creator:
Brooks, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Credit Reform: Implementation of the Changed Budgetary Treatment of Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees
This report is to explain the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA), examine the implementation of credit reform including credit reform provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA97), and discuss proposed modifications of credit reform. In order to achieve these objectives, it is necessary to initially discuss justifications for credit programs, federal credit concepts, and the budgetary treatment of federal credit before the FCRA.
Date:
June 24, 2008
Creator:
Bickley, James M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The U.S. Global Food Security Initiative: Issues for Congress
This report discusses the United States’ foreign food aid program. Agricultural development has been a component of the United States’ foreign aid program, but U.S. funding for such assistance has declined from about 20% of U.S. official development assistance (ODA) in 1980 to around 5% in 2007.
Date:
November 24, 2009
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E. & Ho, Melissa D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
This report discusses the office of management and Budget guidance, Congressional Sources, Federal Agency Websites, state and Municipal Sources and Non-Government Sources.
Date:
September 24, 2009
Creator:
Klarman, Kim Walker & Jennings, Julie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Perspective on the Top 20 Emitters and Developed Versus Developing Nations
This report uses the data compiled by World Resources Institute (WRI) to examine a pivotal and long-running issue surrounding U.S. climate change policy: the appropriate roles of developed and developing countries in addressing climate change.
Date:
December 24, 2008
Creator:
Parker, Larry & Blodgett, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Farm Promotion (“Check-Off”) Programs
None
Date:
May 24, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Benefits for Noncitizens: Current Policy and Legislation
Concerns about the number of unauthorized (illegal) aliens residing in the United States and the totalization agreement with Mexico signed in 2004 have fostered considerable interest in the eligibility of noncitizens for U.S. Social Security benefits. This report examines the issue and discusses current legislation pertaining to it.
Date:
January 24, 2007
Creator:
Nuschler, Dawn & Siskin, Alison
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Hearings: The “Minority Witness Rule”
This report discusses the "minority witness rule." When a Senate committee, other than the Appropriations Committee, holds a hearing, the minority party members of the panel have the right to call witnesses of their choosing to testify during at least one day of that hearing.
Date:
April 24, 2007
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amtrak: Budget and Reauthorizaton
The report discusses the most recent developments, backgrounds and analysis, finances and congressional hearing, Reports and Documents.
Date:
February 24, 2005
Creator:
Peterman, David Randall & Harrison, Glennon J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: DOD Disaster Response
This report examines the existing disaster response procedures for the Department of Defense and how they were implemented, the use of the National Guard and its relationship to active duty forces.
Date:
January 24, 2006
Creator:
Bowman, Steve; Kapp, Lawrence & Belasco, Amy
System:
The UNT Digital Library