Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session (open access)

Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session

This report reviews major banking and finance issues that are receiving congressional attention in the 2nd session of the 105th Congress.
Date: August 10, 1998
Creator: Shorter, Gary & Wells, F. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality and Transportation Enhancement Provisions in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (open access)

Air Quality and Transportation Enhancement Provisions in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

This report describes how the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) and enhancement programs function, examines the policy issues surrounding them, and summarizes relevant provisions in major legislation to reauthorize ISTEA in the 105th Congress.
Date: June 10, 1998
Creator: Bearden, David M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peacekeeping Options: Considerations for U.S. Policymakers and the Congress (open access)

Peacekeeping Options: Considerations for U.S. Policymakers and the Congress

This report provides a frame of reference for considering the relative merits of using these organizations in peace and security operations. It first reviews the types of actions and activities available to deal with situations ranging from low-level tension to open conflict to post-conflict transition. It then examines, for each of the organizations, the major considerations, i.e., effectiveness, advantages, and disadvantages, and other important issues for U.S. policy makers in their use.
Date: April 10, 1997
Creator: Collier, Ellen & Serafino, Nina M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Timber Harvests: Implications for U.S. Timber Supply (open access)

Federal Timber Harvests: Implications for U.S. Timber Supply

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Date: March 10, 1998
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act: HIV Infection is Covered Under the Act (open access)

The Americans with Disabilities Act: HIV Infection is Covered Under the Act

This report includes significant decision advancing the rights of individuals who have asymptomatic HIV infection.
Date: July 10, 1998
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1999: Military Construction (open access)

Appropriations for FY1999: Military Construction

This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that congress passes each year. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels and related legislative activity.
Date: November 10, 1998
Creator: Tyszkiewicz, Mary T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fair Trade in Financial Services : Legislation and the GATT (open access)

Fair Trade in Financial Services : Legislation and the GATT

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Date: March 10, 1994
Creator: Jackson, William D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Free Trade and Other Issues (open access)

APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Free Trade and Other Issues

As a result of an initiative by Australia in 1989, the United States joined with eleven other Asia/Pacific nations in creating APEC, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization. This report discusses the annual Ministerial Meeting of APEC in Seattle, held from November 17 - 19, 1993.
Date: November 10, 1993
Creator: Nanto, Dick K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session (open access)

Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session

This report reviews major banking and finance issues that are receiving congressional attention in the 2nd session of the 105th Congress. It will be updated periodically to reflect legislative developments. Relevant CRS products are referenced.
Date: August 10, 1998
Creator: Shorter, Gary & Wells, F. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol (open access)

Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol

This report discusses the Kyoto Protocol and whether the United States is now legally bound by the Protocol, the legal implications of signing it, whether it could be implemented as an executive agreement without submission to the Senate, and whether the Protocol could be used as the legal basis for regulation of emissions even prior to ratification.
Date: April 10, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advanced Technology Program (open access)

The Advanced Technology Program

The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) was created by P.L. 100-418, the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, to encourage public-private cooperation in the development of pre-competitive technologies with broad application across industries. This activity has been targeted for elimination as a means to cut federal spending. This report discusses the ATP and related issues of federal appropriations (or the lack thereof).
Date: August 10, 1999
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library