Farm Economic Relief and Policy Issues in the 106th Congress: A Retrospective (open access)

Farm Economic Relief and Policy Issues in the 106th Congress: A Retrospective

This report discusses issues regarding Agriculture funding, specifically the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act (P.L. 104-127), which prescribed farm commodity support policy through 2002.
Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: Womach, Jasper & Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reaching Low-Income, Uninsured Children: Are Medicaid and SCHIP Doing the Job? (open access)

Reaching Low-Income, Uninsured Children: Are Medicaid and SCHIP Doing the Job?

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Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: Herz, Elicia J. & Baumrucker, Evelyne P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education for the Disadvantaged: ESEA Title I Allocation Formula Provisions (open access)

Education for the Disadvantaged: ESEA Title I Allocation Formula Provisions

Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) authorizes federal aid to state and local educational agencies (SEAs, LEAs) for the education of disadvantaged children. Title I grants are used to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving children attending schools with relatively high concentrations of pupils from low-income families. Services may be provided at pre-kindergarten through high school levels. Title I has been the anchor of the ESEA since it was first enacted in 1965, and is the largest federal elementary and secondary education assistance program.
Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: Riddle, Wayne C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Actions in 1997 (open access)

Congressional Budget Actions in 1997

In 1997, during the first session of the 105th Congress, the House and Senate will consider many different budgetary measures. Most of these measures will pertain to FY1998 and beyond, but some measures will make adjustments in the budget for the current fiscal year, FY1997. This issue brief describes House and Senate action on major budgetary legislation within the framework of the congressional budget process and other procedural requirements.
Date: January 8, 1997
Creator: Keith, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prescription Drug Importation and Internet Sales: A Legal Overview (open access)

Prescription Drug Importation and Internet Sales: A Legal Overview

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Date: January 8, 2004
Creator: Feder, Jody
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches (open access)

Drug Control: International Policy and Approaches

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 8, 2003
Creator: Lee, Rensselaer & Perl, Raphael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy (open access)

Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy

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Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Lee, Rensselaer & Perl, Raphael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo and Macedonia: U.S. and Allied Military Operations (open access)

Kosovo and Macedonia: U.S. and Allied Military Operations

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Date: January 8, 2002
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

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Date: January 8, 2002
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bosnia: U.S. Military Operations (open access)

Bosnia: U.S. Military Operations

This report outlines U.S. military operations in Bosnia and discusses issues such as U.S. and Allied Participation in Bosnia Peacekeeping (IFOR/SFOR), duration, cost, arms control and military assistance. This report also includes most recent development, background analysis, and legislation.
Date: January 8, 2002
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR): Background, Process, and Issues (open access)

Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR): Background, Process, and Issues

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Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: Brake, Jeffrey D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Reauthorizations and Regulatory Reform: From the 104th Congress to the 106th (open access)

Environmental Reauthorizations and Regulatory Reform: From the 104th Congress to the 106th

The 104th Congress pursued efforts to reform environmental regulations on several fronts: (1) revising regulatory decision making processes; (2) attaching specific reforms to funding bills; (3) establishing a House corrections day calendar of bills addressing specific regulatory problems; and (4) incorporating regulatory reforms into individual program reauthorization bills. The 105th Congress has pursued regulatory reform in four primary directions: (1) proposals to establish a comprehensive cost-benefit/risk analysis framework for regulatory programs, (2) private property “takings” initiatives, (3) amendments and reforms directed at individual environmental statutes, and (4) oversight of environmental programs.
Date: January 8, 1999
Creator: Blodgett, John E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Technology and Elementary and Secondary Education: Current Status and Federal Support (open access)

Information Technology and Elementary and Secondary Education: Current Status and Federal Support

CRS Report for Congress entailing information about the current status and federal report of information technology and elementary and secondary education. Topics include, recent action, major issues, federal policy questions etc..
Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: Osorio-O'Dea, Patricia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring (open access)

Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring

The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Abel, Amy & Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (open access)

Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors

This report discusses President Bush's 2002 requests for new funding and additional authority to provide assistance to Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001.
Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry & Serafino, Nina M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues (open access)

Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues

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Date: January 8, 2002
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russia (open access)

Russia

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Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Goldman, Stuart D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Pay: FY 1998 Salary Adjustments (open access)

Federal Pay: FY 1998 Salary Adjustments

This report provides an overview of federal pay Salary adjustments for Fiscal Year 1998
Date: January 8, 1998
Creator: Schwemle, Barbara L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses intelligence issues for Congress including narcotics trafficking, conflicts between Israel and Palestine, in Iraq, and among the former Yugoslav states, and North Korean missile capabilities. Updated January 8, 2002.
Date: January 8, 2002
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Law of the Sea Convention and U.S. Policy (open access)

The Law of the Sea Convention and U.S. Policy

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Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Browne, Marjorie Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy (open access)

Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy

This report provides Genetic Information and Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy. It also discusses current federal law,sate statutes and current legislation.
Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Efforts to Change the Regime (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Efforts to Change the Regime

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Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grants and Foundation Support: Selected Sources of Information on Government and Private Funding (open access)

Grants and Foundation Support: Selected Sources of Information on Government and Private Funding

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Date: January 8, 1997
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Superfund and Natural Resource Damages (open access)

Superfund and Natural Resource Damages

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Date: January 8, 2001
Creator: Reisch, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library