Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (open access)

Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

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Date: April 21, 2004
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Chaikind, Hinda Ripps; Tilson, Sibyl L.; Boulanger, Jennifer & Morgan, Paulette C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Office of Management and Budget in Budget Development (open access)

The Role of the Office of Management and Budget in Budget Development

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) assists the President in carrying out his budgetary duties. Originally created by the 1921 Budget and Accounting Act as the Bureau of the Budget, it was reconstituted as OMB in 1970. Its primary function is to oversee the development and implementation of the federal budget.
Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Going to Conference in the Senate (open access)

Going to Conference in the Senate

This report discusses the steps that the Senate must take, and one more step that it may take, as it arranges to send a bill to conference committee.
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Rybicki, Elizabeth & Bach, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Senate Bills (open access)

Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Senate Bills

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Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introducing a Senate Bill or Resolution (open access)

Introducing a Senate Bill or Resolution

This report discusses the beginning steps in the Senate's legislative procedure. Ideas and recommendations for legislation may come from private sources, like ordinary citizens or interest groups; executive branch agencies and the White House; states and localities; and, of course, from individual Senators, committees and other Senate work groups, and party and chamber leaders. Any or all of these entities may also participate in drafting legislation (resolutions as well as bills).
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee Funding for the House and Senate, 108th Congress (open access)

Committee Funding for the House and Senate, 108th Congress

The Senate adopted ad hoc procedures in approving committee operating budgets. With the Senate divided 51-48-1 at the beginning of the 108th Congress, Senate Democrats argued for a proportional allocation of committee staff between the parties. On January 15, after a week-long delay in the appointment of Senate committees, a unanimous consent agreement was reached providing for the proportional allocation of staff and office space between the parties on each committee, with a separate provision for each committee chair to control up to 10% of the committee budget to employ administrative staff serving both parties.
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S. & Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress (open access)

Gun Control Legislation in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the information related to gun control legislation. The contents include Gun-related statistics, federal regulation of firearms, possible issues in the 108th Congress
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo: International Reactions to NATO Air Strikes (open access)

Kosovo: International Reactions to NATO Air Strikes

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Date: April 21, 1999
Creator: Donfried, Karen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Choice: Current Legislation (open access)

School Choice: Current Legislation

Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about current legislation in regards to school choice. Topics include, legislation, proposals in the 108th Congress, tax subsidies, block grants, etc..
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Smole, David P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Tax Benefits for Families' K-12 Education Expenses in the Context of School Choice (open access)

Federal Tax Benefits for Families' K-12 Education Expenses in the Context of School Choice

This report provides information about the Federal Tax Benefits for Families' K-12 Education Expenses in the Context of School Choice. Some believe that comprehensive school reform is needed to improve the quality of secondary and elementary education.
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Levine, Linda & Smole, David P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Clean Air Act Issues in the 108th Congress

Clean air issues were discussed at length in the 107th Congress, but legislation was not enacted, leaving the same issues for possible consideration in the 108th. The most prominent air quality issues discussed in this report are; the controversy over EPA’s proposed changes to the New Source Review (NSR) requirements, Clear Skies / Multi-Pollutant Legislation, gasoline additive MTBE, Conformity of Transportation Plans and SIPs Deadlines for Achieving the Ozone Air Quality Standard.
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Continuity of Operations (COOP) in the Executive Branch: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Continuity of Operations (COOP) in the Executive Branch: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the background of COOP planning, discusses elements of an effective COOP plan, and reviews the current policies governing COOP planning in the executive branch. The final two sections address issues and policy questions, including, among other matters, the status of agency preparedness, maintaining COOP preparedness, congressional committee oversight of COOP activity, and funding for contingency planning.
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
India-U.S. Relations (open access)

India-U.S. Relations

Although the end of the Cold War has freed U.S.-India relations from the constraints of a bipolar world, relations continue to be affected by the burden of history, most notably the longstanding India-Pakistan regional rivalry. The main areas of U.S. and congressional interest in India include nuclear weapons and missile proliferation, regional stability, human rights, and economic policy issues.
Date: April 21, 1995
Creator: LePoer, Barbara Leitch
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook (open access)

U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook

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Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs (open access)

Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs

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Date: April 21, 2005
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (open access)

Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6

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Date: April 21, 2004
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gender Wage Gap and Pay Equity: Is Comparable Worth the Next Step? (open access)

The Gender Wage Gap and Pay Equity: Is Comparable Worth the Next Step?

This report mainly focuses on The Gender Wage Gap and Pay Equity. Women's participation in the labor market has undergone considerable change in the last few decades. The majority of today's married women have forsaken the traditional role of full time child care givers for the dual role of unpaid homemakers.
Date: April 21, 2003
Creator: Levine, Linda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Management of U.S. Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (open access)

Management of U.S. Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species

This report provides information on how Highly Migratory Species (HMS) like tunas, oceanic sharks, sailfishes, swordfishes, bill-fishes, and marlins are managed differently because of their migratory behavior. This includes information on which of these fish belongs to who basing on the jurisdiction on where these species migrate to. Updated April 21, 2000.
Date: April 21, 2000
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform (open access)

Social Security Reform

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Date: April 21, 2005
Creator: Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Highway and Transit Program Reauthorization Legislation in the 2nd Session, 108th Congress (open access)

Highway and Transit Program Reauthorization Legislation in the 2nd Session, 108th Congress

This report discusses significant legislative provisions in the two provisional bills that are likely to be the subject of congressional discussion to reauthorize federal highway, highway safety, and transit programs.
Date: April 21, 2004
Creator: Fischer, John W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress (open access)

Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress

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Date: April 21, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress

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Date: April 21, 2005
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

Afghanistan’s stabilization appears to be gathering strength, about three years after the U.S.-led war that brought the current government to power. Successful presidential elections held on October 9, 2004 appear to be accelerating political and economic reconstruction, and the insurgency led by remnants of the former Taliban regime has been diminishing significantly. Since the defeat of the Taliban, Afghanistan no longer serves as a safe base of operations for Al Qaeda. Remaining obstacles to stability include the continued local authority of militias controlled by regional leaders and growing narcotics trafficking. U.S. stabilization measures focus on strengthening the central government and its security forces. This report discusses U.S. efforts in Afghanistan at length, as well as the efforts of other countries around the world and the costs of U.S. aid to Afghanistan.
Date: April 21, 2005
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Year 2005 Homeland Security Grant Program: State Allocations and Issues for Congressional Oversight (open access)

Fiscal Year 2005 Homeland Security Grant Program: State Allocations and Issues for Congressional Oversight

The Office for Domestic Preparedness, within the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for directing and supervising federal terrorism preparedness grants for states and localities. Prior to FY2005, the Office for Domestic Preparedness offered that assistance through six separate grant programs. Some state and local officials, however, criticized the fragmentation of homeland security assistance and recommended streamlining the grant process. Subsequently, the Office for Domestic Preparedness recommended and — pursuant to Section 872 of the Homeland Security Act (P.L. 107-296), which authorizes the Department of Homeland Security Secretary “to allocate, reallocate, and consolidate functions and organization units within the Department” — former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge approved consolidating the separate programs into a single Homeland Security Grant Program. Within the consolidated program, however, the six types of assistance continue to have their separate identities and funding allocations as “sub-grants.” As a whole, the Homeland Security Grant The program provides assistance for a wide range of eligible activities, among which are planning, training, equipment acquisition, and exercises. To fund the program, Congress appropriated approximately $2.5 billion for FY2005, roughly $600,000 less than for the programs in FY2004.
Date: April 21, 2005
Creator: Reese, Shawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library