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Privacy Protection for Customer Financial Information
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Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Committee System in the U.S. Congress
Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, Congress divides its tasks among approximately 44 committees with 154 subcommittees. The House and Senate each has its own committee systems, which are similar. Within chamber guidelines, however, each committee adopts its own rules; thus, there is considerable variation among panels.
Date:
May 10, 1995
Creator:
Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority
New “fast track” (or, trade promotion) authority (TPA) is at issue in the 107th Congress. Such authority could enable the Administration to submit negotiated foreign trade agreements to Congress for consideration under expedited procedures. Efforts to renew this authority, which expired in 1994, have not succeeded since then. Many agricultural and food industry interests are among the export-oriented enterprises that support TPA, arguing that foreign trading partners will not seriously negotiate with an Administration that lacks it. However, some farm groups argue that fast track ultimately will lead to new agreements that could have adverse effects on U.S. producers, at least in some commodity sectors.
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S. & Hanrahan, Charles E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress
None
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Sek, Lenore
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Supplemental Appropriations for FY2002: Combating Terrorism and Other Issues
None
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Belasco, Amy & Nowels, Larry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues
None
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Overview, FY2005 Budget in Brief, and Key Issues for Congress
None
Date:
May 10, 2004
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S. & Morgan, Daniel
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 107th Congress
None
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Storrs, K. Larry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public Printing Reform: Issues and Actions
None
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Relyea, Harold C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Challenges and Options for Reconstructing a Stable and Moderate State
This report provides information on and analysis of the current situation in Afghanistan, taking into consideration the country’s essential characteristics and political developments since about the time of the overthrow of the last Afghan King, Zahir Shah, in 1973, and sketches out four possible scenarios for Afghanistan’s future. Finally, the report identifies and analyzes factors that will influence Afghanistan’s political future, and discusses three policy areas in particular in which actions by the United States could be crucial to the achievement of the U.S. goal of a peaceful, stable, democratic, and terrorist-free Afghanistan. An appendix contains key documents relating to the December 2001 Bonn Agreement, which is the framework for current efforts to create a stable and democratic Afghanistan.
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Cronin, Richard P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties
Trade agreements such asthe NAFTA and the GATT Uruguay Round agreements have been approved by majority vote of each House of Congress rather than by twothirds vote of the Senate — that is, they have been treated as congressional-executive agreements rather than astreaties. The congressional-executive agreement has been the vehicle for implementingCongress' long-standing policy ofseeking trade benefitsfor the United States through reciprocal trade negotiations. In a succession of statutes, Congress has authorized the President to negotiate and enter into tariff and nontariff barrier (NTB) agreements for limited periods, while mandating that NTB and free trade area agreements negotiated under this authority could enter into force for the United States only if approved by both Houses in a bill enacted into public law and other statutory conditions were met.
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Legislation in the 107th Congress: An Overview
None
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Status of Trade Legislation in the 107th Congress
None
Date:
May 10, 2002
Creator:
Jones, Vivian C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances
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. Under the Bush Administration, enforcement of U.S. restrictions on Cuba travel has increased, and restrictions on travel and on private remittances to Cuba have been tightened. Several legislative initiatives have been introduced in the 109th Congress that would ease restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba. These bills would, among other things, lift overall restrictions on travel to Cuba, lift the overall embargo, and ease restrictions on exporting agricultural commodities to Cuba.
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Frittelli, John F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Association Health Plans, Health Marts and the Small Group Market for Health Insurance
An estimated 41.2 million people were without health insurance in 2001. Legislation under consideration by the 108th and earlier Congresses is intended to assist small employers in offering health insurance as a benefit to their workers. A new bill, H.R. 4281, introduced on May 5, 2004, The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003 (H.R. 6601s. 545), and a number of bills from the earlier Congresses include provisions creating new groups for small firms to join or encouraging the growth of existing groups so that small employers can band together to offer coverage to their employees.
Date:
May 10, 2004
Creator:
Hearne, Jean P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol
This report includes some issues for Congress to consider which could include the slow rate of integration between the USBP’s biometric database of illegal aliens and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) biometric database of criminals and terrorists; the number of unauthorized aliens who die attempting to enter the country each year; the organized human smuggling rings that have proliferated as entering the country has become more difficult; and the threat posed by terrorists along the sparsely defended Northern border as well as the more porous Southwest border.
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Nuñez-Neto, Blas
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gangs in Central America
This report provides information about the Gangs in Central America. In the past year, there has been an increasing effect on the effects of crime and gang violence in Central America.
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Ribando, Clare
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
None
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China's Exchange Rate Peg: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy
The continued rise in the U.S.-China trade imbalance and complaints from U.S. manufacturing firms and workers over the competitive challenges posed by cheap Chinese imports have led several Members to call for a more aggressive U.S. stance against certain Chinese trade policies they deem to be unfair, such as China’s policy of pegging its currency (the yuan) to the U.S. dollar. Some Members assert this policy constitutes a form of “currency manipulation” intended to give China an unfair trade advantage and is contributing to the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs.
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Middle East Peace Talks
None
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues
This report discusses the issue of U.S. economic assistance to sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of continued assistance in light of U.S. national security and also various U.S.-led efforts to promote reform amongst African citizens themselves. U.S. assistance finds its way to Africa through a variety of channels, including the USAID-administered DA program, food aid programs, and indirect aid provided through international financial institutions and the United Nations.
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process
None
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture in the WTO: Limits on Domestic Support
Most provisions of the current “farm bill,” the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (FSRIA) of 2002 (P.L. 107-171), do not expire until 2007. However, hearings on a 2007 farm bill could begin in late 2005. At that time, Congress will begin to examine farm income and commodity price support proposals that might succeed the programs due to expire in 2007. A key question likely to be asked of virtually every new proposal is how it will affect U.S. commitments under the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture (AA), which commits the United States to spend no more than $19.1 billion annually on domestic farm support programs most likely to distort trade. The AA spells out the rules for countries to determine whether their policies are potentially trade distorting, and to calculate the costs. This report describes the steps for making these determinations.
Date:
May 10, 2005
Creator:
Schnepf, Randy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library