Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases (open access)

Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

This report discusses global climate change and the market-based strategies to reduce greenhouse gases.
Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Welfare Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Child Welfare Issues in the 108th Congress

The purpose of this report is to present a number of generally less broad legislative proposals related to child welfare financing have been introduced in the 108th Congress. Additional child welfare-related proposals designed to improve services, promote timely placement of children across state lines, and for other purposes, are described in this report.
Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Stoltzfus, Emilie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
English as the Official Language of the United States: An Overview (open access)

English as the Official Language of the United States: An Overview

This report provides background on contemporary efforts to declare English the official language, a review of selected issues raised by official English proposals in Congress, and a summary of arguments that have been advanced in favor of and in opposition to such proposals.
Date: April 1, 1997
Creator: Aleman, Steven R.; Bruno, Andorra & Dale, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act (open access)

Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act

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Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
VXX Presidential Helicopter: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

VXX Presidential Helicopter: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Korea: U.S. Defense Obligations (open access)

South Korea: U.S. Defense Obligations

U.S. defense obligations to South Korea are contained in the U.S.-South Korean Mutual Defense Treaty, signed in 1953 and ratified in 1954. Under Article m of the treaty, the United States would "act to meet" an attack on South Korea "in accordance with its [U.S.] constitutional processes." At the time of ratification, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee did not define specifically the respective roles of the President and Congress in any decision to act militarily in accord with constitutional processes. The Committee stressed that Article did not set a requirement for an automatic American military response but that it did give the United States a wide range of possible actions
Date: April 1, 1994
Creator: Niksch, Larry A.
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: April 1, 2003
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues (open access)

Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues

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Date: April 1, 2002
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
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: April 1, 2003
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Recent Developments in Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance (open access)

Iraq: Recent Developments in Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance

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Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Margesson, Rhoda & Tarnoff, Curt
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorist "Dirty Bombs": A Brief Primer (open access)

Terrorist "Dirty Bombs": A Brief Primer

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Date: April 1, 2004
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance (open access)

Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance

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Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

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: April 1, 2003
Creator: Nichol, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress in the 1990s (open access)

Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress in the 1990s

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Date: April 1, 1994
Creator: Sutter, Robert G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Recent Developments and U.S. Policy Choices (open access)

Taiwan: Recent Developments and U.S. Policy Choices

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Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
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: April 1, 2002
Creator: Browne, Marjorie Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does Trade Reduce Wages of U.S. Workers? (open access)

Does Trade Reduce Wages of U.S. Workers?

This report examines in some detail the hypothesis that trade is undermining the economic status of the American worker. Two questions are addressed: one, Has trade tended to reduce the average level of wages? and, two, Has trade increased the inequality of wages? The general conclusion reached is that poor wage performance is largely a problem of the domestic economy, that would have occurred with or without trade.
Date: April 1, 1994
Creator: Elwell, Craig K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Retirement Savings Tax Credit: A Fact Sheet (open access)

The Retirement Savings Tax Credit: A Fact Sheet

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Date: April 1, 2004
Creator: Purcell, Patrick J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nepal: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Nepal: Background and U.S. Relations

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Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation (open access)

Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation

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Date: April 1, 2004
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress (open access)

Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress

This report provides background information for three types of attacks against computers (cyber-attack, physical attack, and electromagnetic attack), and discusses related vulnerabilities for each type of attack. The report also describes the possible effects of a coordinated cyberattack, or computer network attack (CNA), against U.S. infrastructure computers, along with possible technical capabilities of international terrorists.
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Wilson, Clay
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Export Administration Act: Evolution, Provisions, and Debate (open access)

The Export Administration Act: Evolution, Provisions, and Debate

This paper discusses the Export Administration Act in terms of its evolution in the 20th century, its major features including the types of controls authorized by the act, the Commerce Control List and export licensing procedures, and issues concerning the maintenance of export controls under IEEPA. It then highlights several controlled commodities that have been featured prominently in export control discussions. Finally, it discusses competing business and national security perspectives concerning several of more contentious themes in the export control debate: the controllability of technology, the effectiveness of multilateral control regimes, the organization of the export control system, and the impact of export controls on the U.S. economy and business.
Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Fergusson, Ian F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress (open access)

Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress

The CWC bans the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons by members signatories. It also requires the destruction of all chemical weapons stockpiles and production facilities. Neither the United States nor Russia will be able to meet the original CWC’s deadlines for destruction of their CW stockpiles, and have been granted extensions to at least 2012. The Convention provides the most extensive and intrusive verification regime of any arms control treaty, extending its coverage to not only governmental but also civilian facilities. The Convention also requires export controls and reporting requirements on chemicals that can be used as warfare agents and their precursors. The CWC establishes the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to oversee the Convention’s implementation.
Date: April 1, 2003
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate over Government Policy (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate over Government Policy

This updated report summarizes the debate on the government policy regarding industrial competitiveness and technological advancement and its influence on the U.S. economy. It discusses the most recent developments, dives into the background and analysis of the topic, and talks about Congress' plans and approach.
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library