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Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statues Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping
This report provides an overview of federal law governing wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping. It also appends citations to state law in the area and contains a bibliography of legal commentary as well as the text of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This report also includes a brief summary of the recently expired Protect America Act, P.L. 110-55 and of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008, P.L. 110-261 (H.R. 6304).
Date:
January 13, 2003
Creator:
Stevens, Gina & Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Department Organization and Management—Implementation Phase
This report provides an overview of the implementation phase of the department organization and management of the Homeland Security.
Date:
March 5, 2003
Creator:
Relyea, Harold C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The American Steel Industry: A Changing Profile
The U.S. steel industry has faced increasing difficulties since the late 1990s. About 40 U.S. steel producers have gone into bankruptcy. While different companies and parts of the industry have been affected to different degrees, the two types of domestic producers of raw steel, integrated mills and minimills, have both supported restrictions on imports, which they say have undermined the ability of the U.S. industry to produce steel economically. This report reviews industry developments and the economic situation of the steel industry, including legacy cost aspects of its problems.
Date:
November 10, 2003
Creator:
Cooney, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Australian-U.S. Economic Relations
Mentions the trade barriers and trade relations between the United States and Australia. Gives a short summary on Australia's economy over the past few years and provides some history and statistics on trade between the two countries and how to further boost economic ties.
Date:
March 18, 2003
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M. & Cooper, William H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The DHL Airways / Astar Air Cargo Controversy and Legislation in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
December 29, 2003
Creator:
Robinson, Alan M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A History of Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes
This report details the history of the three federal transfer taxes, tracing their development from their eighteenth century roots to the present.
Date:
April 9, 2003
Creator:
Luckey, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Enhanced European Role in Iraq?
None
Date:
October 9, 2003
Creator:
Gallis, Paul
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2003
This report summarizes by what measures the Constitution requires Congress to determine its own pay, the annual payment adjustment procedure, changes in pay over time since 1789, and related legislation.
Date:
December 1, 2003
Creator:
Dwyer, Paul E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Civil Service Reform: Analysis of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2004
This report analyzes each of the provisions in Title XI of the conference report accompanying H.R. 1588, as agreed to by the House.
Date:
November 7, 2003
Creator:
Schwemle, Barbara L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
American National Government: An Overview
This report is about the decentralization of power into three branches.
Date:
May 20, 2003
Creator:
Kaiser, Frederick M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Early Childhood Education: Federal Policy Issues
None
Date:
January 27, 2003
Creator:
McCallion, Gail
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Export Tax Benefits and the WTO: Foreign Sales Corporations and the Extraterritorial Replacement Provisions
None
Date:
April 22, 2003
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flexible Spending Accounts and Medical Savings Accounts: A Comparison
None
Date:
February 3, 2003
Creator:
Lyke, Bob & Peterson, Chris L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Gender Wage Gap and Pay Equity: Is Comparable Worth the Next Step?
This report examines the trend in the male-female wage gap and the explanations offered for its existence. Remedies proposed for the gender wage gap's amelioration are addressed, with an in-depth focus on the comparable worth approach to achieving "pay equity" or "fair pay" between women and men.
Date:
April 21, 2003
Creator:
Levine, Linda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War on Drugs: The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
This report summarizes the Authorization of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, a multi-media federal program to persuade America's youth not to use drugs, expired at the end of FY2002. The 108th Congress is expected to consider the reauthorization of the campaign as part of the reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The campaign's effectiveness has been questioned, and the program has engendered its share of controversy.
Date:
April 10, 2003
Creator:
Eddy, Mark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Distribution of Child Support Collections
This report discusses child support distribution policy. The general rules in effect as of October 1, 2000 are that child support collected during the time a family receives cash welfare belongs to the state; current child support and arrearages (past-due payments) that are owed to a family that is no longer receiving welfare belongs to the family; and child support owed to a family that never received welfare belongs to the family.
Date:
March 4, 2003
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preparation for Senate Committee Markup
This report outlines a Markup, which is the legislative stage during which a committee chooses the language of a measure it expects to report to the Senate. Markups are carefully planned in advance to insure that the requirements of Senate rules have been met, political decisions have been made, and administrative issues have been addressed.
Date:
April 22, 2003
Creator:
Carr, Thomas P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The American Steel Industry: A Changing Profile
The U.S. steel industry has faced increasing difficulties since the late 1990s. More than 30 U.S. steel producers have gone into bankruptcy. While different companies and parts of the industry have been affected to different degrees, the two types of domestic producers of raw steel, integrated mills and minimills, have both supported restrictions on imports, which they say have undermined the ability of the U.S. industry to produce steel economically. This report reviews industry developments and the economic situation of the steel industry, including legacy cost aspects of its problems.
Date:
February 14, 2003
Creator:
Cooney, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The New York Stock Exchange: Governance and Market Reform
As the world’s largest stock exchange and a key part of the U.S. economy, the NYSE is a central focus of Congress’s oversight of financial markets. This report sets out the basic issues in NYSE governance and market structure.
Date:
November 5, 2003
Creator:
Jickling, Mark D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Violence Against Women Office: Background and Current Issues
This report discusses issues regarding the Violence Against Women Office (VAWO), which was created in 1995 to address legal and policy issues concerning violence against women.
Date:
April 2, 2003
Creator:
Laney, Garrine P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reauthorization of Title III and Title V of the Higher Education Act: Issues for the 108th Congress
This report provides an overview of the various programs established by Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act (HEA). The report primarily focuses upon the structure of the programs, and includes data on participation and annual funding. It concludes with an analysis of possible issues related to Title III and Title V that may be considered during the HEA reauthorization.
Date:
February 26, 2003
Creator:
Jackson, Charmaine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance Law: The Supreme Court Upholds Key Provisions of BCRA in McConnell v. FEC
This report discusses the Supreme Court's decision in McConnell v. FEC. The court upheld against facial constitutional challenges key portions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), (P.L. 107-155, commonly known as the McCain-Feingold or Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform law).
Date:
December 19, 2003
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Jones Act: An Overview
This report discuses the Jones Act, which purpose is to ensure that the nation has a sufficient merchant marine and shipbuilding base to protect the nation’s defense and commercial interests.
Date:
July 8, 2003
Creator:
Frittelli, John F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation
This report discusses the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program, which provides for compensation of individuals injured by vaccinations given as part of a countermeasure plan declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in preparation for potential hostile activities involving the smallpox virus.
Date:
June 13, 2003
Creator:
Thaul, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library