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Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Policy Issues
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), enacted in 1985, enables producers to bid to retire highly erodible or environmentally sensitive cropland, usually for 10 years. Participants receive annual rental and cost-sharing payments, and technical assistance to install approved plantings. Up to 36.4 million acres have been enrolled; current enrollment is estimated to be 32.9 million acres.
Date:
February 24, 1997
Creator:
Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Detention of American Citizens as Enemy Combatants
This report provides background information regarding the cases of two U.S. citizens deemed “enemy combatants,” Yaser Esam Hamdi, who has been returned to Saudi Arabia, and Jose Padilla, who remains in military custody. A brief introduction to the law of war pertinent to the detention of different categories of individuals is offered, followed by brief analyses of the main legal precedents invoked to support the President’s actions, as well as Ex parte Milligan, which some argue supports the opposite conclusion. The report concludes that historically, even during declared wars, additional statutory authority has been seen as necessary to validate the detention of citizens not members of any armed forces, casting in some doubt the argument that the power to detain persons arrested in a context other than actual hostilities is necessarily implied by an authorization to use force.
Date:
February 24, 2005
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States
None
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight
This report mainly discusses about Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight where DHS is mandated to coordinate total federal agency homeland security R&D, which was requested at $4.0 billion. Policy issues include priority-setting within DHS and other agencies, performance monitoring.
Date:
February 24, 2005
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts
This report begins with a comprehensive presentation of current economic conditions focusing on income growth, unemployment, and inflation. The posture of monetary and fiscal policy is surveyed as are the forecasts of economic activity. It concludes with data on the factors important for economic growth.
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Makinen, Gail
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress
The 108th Congress has acted on a variety of disparate environmental measures; some of these represent proposals or issues that had been under consideration in the 107th Congress and earlier. Environmental issues considered by Congress tend to fall into several major categories: (1) funding issues — whether funding levels are adequate and focused on appropriate priorities; (2) expanding, renewing, or refocusing specific environment programs; (3) environmental issues that are important “subsets” of other major areas of concern, such as energy, defense, or transportation programs; and more recently, (4) terrorism and infrastructure protection in areas such as wastewater and chemical facilities.
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Fletcher, Susan R. & Isler, Margaret M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues
U.S.-China economic ties have expanded substantially over the past several years. China is now the third largest U.S. trading partner, its second largest source of imports, and its fourth largest export market. However, U.S.-China commercial ties have been strained by a number of issues, including a surging U.S. trade deficit with China, China's refusal to float its currency, and failure to fully comply with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, especially its failure to provide protection for U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR). This report explores these issues in detail, especially concerning the lack of protection for U.S. IPR.
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Egypt-United States Relations
Among the current issues in U.S.-Egyptian relations are the shared concerns over the terrorist attacks against Egyptian police, religious, government, and tourist facilities, and what those attacks maysignal for Egypt’s domestic stability. The two nations may disagree over Egypt’s interpretation of applying human rights practices to Islamic terrorists. The two countries disagree over the speed and depth, but not the need for some of Egypt’s economic reforms. Egypt and the United States agree on the importance of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, the need to continue current Arab-Israel peace talks, and the need for regional stability. The two nations agree on Egypt’s determination to introduce democratic reforms to Egypt.
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Libya
None
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Legislative Initiatives
Restrictions on travel to Cuba have been a key and often contentious component in U.S. efforts to isolate the communist government of Fidel Castro for much of the past 40 years. Over time, there have been numerous changes to the restrictions, and for 5 years, from 1977 until 1982, there were no restrictions on travel to Cuba. In March 2003, the Administration eased restrictions on those visiting close family members in Cuba, while at the same time it eliminated travel for people-to-people educational exchanges unrelated to academic coursework.
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 108th Congress
Cuba under Fidel Castro remains a hard-line communist state with a poor record on human rights that has deteriorated significantly since 2003. With the cutoff of assistance from the former Soviet Union, Cuba experienced severe economic deterioration from 1989 to 1993. While there has been some improvement since 1994, as Cuba has implemented limited reforms, the economy remains in poor shape. This report discusses the most recent development in Cuba, including political and economic conditions and the U.S. policy towards Cuba. It also considers the issues in U.S.-Cuban Relations.
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
India: Chronology of Recent Events
This report mainly discusses about the Current U.S. Economic Sanctions between India and Pakistan where United states imposes no economic sanctions against the governments of India and Pakistan. United stats prohibited aid to Pakistan when the country fell into areas in serving its debt.
Date:
February 24, 2004
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Maritime Security: Overview of Issues
None
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Frittelli, John F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative R&D: Federal Efforts to Promote Industrial Competitiveness
In response to the foreign challenge in the global marketplace, the United States Congress has explored ways to stimulate technological advancement in the private sector. The government has supported various efforts to promote cooperative research and development activities among industry, universities, and the federal R&D establishment designed to increase the competitiveness of American industry and to encourage the generation of new products, processes, and services. Among the issues before Congress are whether joint ventures contribute to industrial competitiveness and what role, if any, the government has in facilitating such arrangements.
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NASA's Space Shuttle
None
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development
None
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan and the World Trade Organization
None
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Supplemental Educational Services for Children from Low-Income Families Under ESEA Title I-A
This report discusses supplemental educational services in the general sense, which include educational activities provided outside of normal school hours that are designed to augment or enhance the educational services provided during regular periods of instruction.
Date:
February 24, 2004
Creator:
Smole, David P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Magnitude of Changes That Would Be Required to Balance the FY2006 Budget
A balanced federal budget is a bipartisan goal of many Members of Congress. In addition, moving the budget closer to balance is a long-term necessity because the national debt cannot grow as a percentage of GDP indefinitely, as it would under current policy. The budget deficit in FY2006 is projected to be between $295 billion and $400 billion.
Date:
February 24, 2005
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
This report provides an overview of U.S. policy concerns and relations with countries in central Asia. The report discusses issues such as Fostering Pro-Western Orientations, Obstacles to Peace and Independence, Democratization and Human Rights, Security and Arms Control, Trade and Investment, and provides an Aid Overview.
Date:
February 24, 2006
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Patenting Life
None
Date:
February 24, 1988
Creator:
Taylor, Sarah E
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Introduction to the Design of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
This report discusses the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), which is a federal provision that reduces the income tax liability of taxpayers claiming the credit. These taxpayers are typically investors in real estate development projects that have traded cash for the tax credits to support the production of affordable housing. The credit is intended to lower the financing costs of housing developments so that the rental prices of units can be lower than market rates, and thus, presumably, affordable.
Date:
February 24, 2006
Creator:
Jackson, Pamela J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Minority Contracting and Affirmative Action for Disadvantaged Small Businesses: Legal Issues
This report discusses the minority participation “goals” that have been an integral part of federal policies to promote racial and gender equality in contracting on federally financed construction projects and in connection with other large federal contracts.
Date:
February 24, 2006
Creator:
Dale, Charles V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Issues in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
February 24, 2003
Creator:
Harrison, Glennon J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library