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Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate: Marine Mammal Issues
After global warming became a concern in the mid-1950s, researchers proposed measuring deep ocean temperatures to reveal any significant trends in core ocean warming. Acoustic thermometry can detect changes in ocean temperature by receiving low-frequency sounds transmitted across an ocean basin because the speed of sound is proportional to water temperature. Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate, or ATOC, is an international program involving 11 institutions in seven nations. It is designed as a 30-month "proof-of-concept" project to provide data on possible global climate change, with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. A debate has arisen over ATOC's impact on marine mammals versus the benefits of better global warming information derived from ATOC. This report dicusses the ATOC program and related concerns.
Date:
May 12, 1995
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Parker, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Resolutions of Inquiry
The resolution of inquiry is a House procedure that seeks factual information from the executive branch. The resolution is privileged and may be considered at any time after it is properly reported or discharged from committee. It applies only to requests for facts––not opinions––within the Administration’s control. This report explains the history, procedure, specific uses of resolutions of inquiry, and identifies the use thus far in the 108th Congress (H.Res. 68).
Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Fisher, Louis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends
None
Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Perl, Raphael F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Victims' Rights Amendment: Proposals to Amend the United States Constitution in the 106th Congress
None
Date:
May 12, 2000
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues
None
Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Transportation Safety Board: Background and Issues for Reauthorization and Congressional Oversight
None
Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Elias, Bartholomew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bankruptcy Reform in the 108th Congress
On March 19, 2003, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 975, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003. H.R. 975, as introduced, was substantially similar to the legislation (H.R. 333) approved by both the House and the Senate during the 107th Congress, but omitted the Schumer Amendment which would have prevented the discharge of liability for willful violation of protective orders and violent protests against providers of “lawful services,” including reproductive health services. As passed by the House, H.R. 975 was amended to add sections to, among other things, increase the cap on wage and employee benefit claims. The Senate did not consider H.R. 975 during the first session of the 108th Congress. This report provides an overview of selected major provisions of the legislation.
Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Welborn, Angie A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Meat and Poultry Inspection Issues
This report discusses the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) responsibility for inspecting most meat, poultry, and processed egg products for safety, wholesomeness, and proper labeling while detailing the results of congressional action in reducing the presence of pathogens and food-borne illness in facilities and food products.
Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Rawson, Jean M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
African Development Bank and Fund
The African Development Bank Group, including the Bank itself (AfDB) and its "soft-loan" affiliate, the African Development Fund (AfDF), is a development finance institution based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The Bank has 53 African members, as well as 24 non-regional members, including the United States. In the mid-1990s, the Bank faced management problems and difficulties arising from non-performing loans, but reforms launched in 1995 by a new Bank president, Omar Kabbaj, brought new pledges of support from the non-regionals. U.S. contributions to the Bank resumed in FY2000. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Date:
May 12, 2000
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mining Law Reform: The Impact of a Royalty
None
Date:
May 12, 1994
Creator:
Humphries, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: The Relationship of Taxes and Benefits for Past, Present, and Future Retirees
In recent years considerable public attention has focused on Social Security's treatment of younger versus older workers. Analysts sometimes have addressed this issue by examining the value Social Security provides each generation of workers in relation to the Social Security taxes they pay. These are referred to as "moneys worth" analyses.
Date:
May 12, 1998
Creator:
Kollmann, Geoffrey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Jobs and Growth Tax Act (H.R. 2): A Brief Overview of the House Tax-Cut Bill
None
Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade and the Americas
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Date:
May 12, 2003
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Recent Developments in Reconstruction Assistance
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Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
Tarnoff, Curt
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NATO and the European Union
Report which discusses issues related to the North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) including the level of involvement of the entities in using political and military actions to defend against terrorism and proliferation, the types of military forces necessary, the role of the EU in crisis management, the appropriateness of decision-making procedures to respond to emerging threats, and the role of other international institutions.
Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
Archick, Kristin & Gallis, Paul E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Deployments: New Approaches - Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy
None
Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006
On February 7th, 2005, the Bush Administration requested $3.16 billion for international HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria programs in FY2006, a 9% increase over the estimated amount to be provided in FY2005.
Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
AIDS in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has been far more severely affected by AIDS than any other part of the world. The United Nations reports that 24.5 million adults and children are infected with the HIV virus in the region, which has about 10% of the world's population but more than 64% of the worldwide total of infected people. This report discusses this issue in detail, including the cause of the African AIDS epidemic, the social and economic consequences, response and treatment, and U.S. policy.
Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List
Cuba was first added to the State Department's list of states sponsoring international terrorism in 1982. At the time, numerous U.S. government reports and statements under the Reagan Administration alleged Cuba's ties to international terrorism and its support for terrorist groups in Latin America. Cuba remains on the state-sponsored terrorism list with four other countries: Iran, Syria, Sudan, and North Korea. Cuba's retention on the terrorism list has received more attention in recent years in light of increased support for legislative initiatives to lift some U.S. sanctions under the current economic embargo. Supporters of keeping Cuba on the terrorism list argue that there is ample evidence that Cuba supports terrorism. Critics of retaining Cuba on the terrorism list maintain that the policy is a holdover from the Cold War and that Cuba no longer supports terrorism abroad.
Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Fast Track" Congressional Consideration of Recommendations of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission
The recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission will automatically take effect unless, within a stated period after the recommendations are submitted to the House and Senate, Congress adopts a joint resolution of disapproval rejecting them in their entirety. Congressional consideration of this disapproval resolution is not governed by the regular rules of the House and Senate, but by special expedited or “fast track” procedures laid out in statute. This report describes these expedited parliamentary procedures and explains how they differ from the regular legislative processes of Congress.
Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: How Soon an Arsenal?
None
Date:
May 12, 2005
Creator:
Squassoni, Sharon
System:
The UNT Digital Library