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Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress
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Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Nowels, Larry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Preventing Federal Government Shutdowns: Proposals for an Automatic Continuing Resolution
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Date:
May 19, 2000
Creator:
Keith, Robert
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments in the Senate: Types and Forms
The amending process is central to the consideration of legislation by the Senate. This report briefly describes the various types of amendments that take place in the Senate.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Floor Consideration of Conference Reports in the House
This report briefly discusses procedure regarding conference reports in the House.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Floor Consideration of Conference Reports in the Senate
This report briefly discusses procedure regarding conference reports in the Senate.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments Between the Houses
This report briefly summarizes the process of amendments between the House of Representatives and the Senate, which occurs if the House and Senate approve differing versions of a measure. An exchange of amendments between the houses resolves these differences.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Research and Development: Funding, Organization, and Oversight
This report provides information about the Funding, Organization, and Oversight on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Research and Development. Federal funding to counterterrorism and R&D has increased substantially in the last three years.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance: Brief Overview of
On May 2, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued its decision in McConnell v. FEC, striking down many key provisions of the law. This report provides a brief overview of the court’s decision and will be updated. The three-judge panel, which was split 2 to 1 on many issues, ordered that its ruling take effect immediately. Since the court has issued its opinion, several appeals have been filed. Under the BCRA expedited review provision, the court’s decision will be reviewed directly by the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 19 the U.S. district court issued a stay to its ruling, which leaves BCRA, as enacted, in effect until the Supreme Court issues a decision.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency: Budget, Oil Conservation, and Electricity Conservation Issues
Energy security, a major driver of federal energy efficiency programs in the past, came back into play as oil and gas prices rose late in the year 2000. The terrorist attack in 2001 and the Iraq war have led to heightened concern for energy security and raised further concerns about the vulnerability of energy infrastructure and the need for alternative fuels. Further, the 2001 power shortages in California, the 2003 northeast-midwest power blackout, and continuing high natural gas prices have brought a renewed emphasis on energy efficiency and energy conservation to dampen electricity, oil, and natural gas demand.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Department Original Transformation Proposal: Compared to Existing Law
The Department of Defense (DOD) has sent the Congress a major proposal entitled “Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act of 2003”on April 10, 2003. This report briefly summarizes and presents all of the sections of the original DOD proposal in a side by side with the relevant provisions in current law, if they exist, that would have been affected by the proposal. The idea is to provide a “road map” that relates each section of the proposal to existing law. Provisions from the Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 specific to the Department of Homeland Security are separately listed from the rest of the existing law, and are the most recently enacted changes to Title 5.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.; Pagliano, Gary J.; Schwemle, Barbara L. & Nicola, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Banking Acquisition and Merger Procedures
This report discusses in general terms the basic process and time line for banking industry acquisitions and mergers and briefly discusses the May 4, 1998 application by Travelers Group to merge with Citicorp. Among the issues discussed are: potential impact on consumers; whether the new entities would be too big to fail; and, whether competitive equity calls for financial modernization legislation with functional regulation of the securities, banking, and insurance sectors of companies offering customers a full range of financial products and services. Legislative developments on financial modernization issues in the 105th Congress are reported in CRS Issue Brief 97034, which is available on the Legislative Information System.
Date:
May 19, 1998
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Delaney Dilemma: Regulating Pesticide Residues in Foods -- Seminar Proceedings, March 16, 1993
A provision in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Delaney Clause, appears to lower risks in the setting of tolerances for pesticide residues. It prohibits any substance from being added to processed foods if it induces cancer in man or animals. In reality, the provision created a dilemma because the zero-risk statute makes it difficult to regulate pesticides. Because of the prescription of Delaney, tolerances (legal limits) are established differently for carcinogens and non-carcinogens and in raw and processed foods.
Date:
May 19, 1993
Creator:
Vogt, Donna U.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Domestic Intelligence in the United Kingdom: Applicability of the MI-5 Model to the United States
This paper summarizes pending legislation relating to domestic intelligence, briefly explains the jurisdiction and functions of MI-5, and describes some of the factors that may be relevant to a discussion regarding the applicability of the MI-5 domestic intelligence model to the United States.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Masse, Todd M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Change to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) under S. 113
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Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Oil-for-Food Program, International Sanctions, and Illicit Trade
This report discusses the "oil-for-food" program (OFFP) as the centerpiece of a long-standing U.N. Security Council effort to alleviate human suffering in Iraq while maintaining key elements of the 1991 Gulf war-related sanctions regime. The program, in operation from December 1996 until March 2003, is detailed.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legal Services Corporation: Basic Facts and Current Status
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Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources
This report discusses Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal online news and information sources.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lobbying Regulations on Non-Profit Organizations
This report is intended to provide a brief overview of the various potential restrictions, rules or regulations upon lobbying activities of non-profit organizations.
Date:
May 19, 1998
Creator:
Maskell, Jack
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003: Selected Provisions
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Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Halchin, L. Elaine
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Economic Analysis of the Charitable Contribution Deduction for Non-Itemizers
This report summarizes the provisions affecting charitable contribution deductions of individuals, and then analyzes the incentive such a deduction would create for increased charitable giving beginning with the original proposal for a relatively low cap and then considering other approaches including the current one. It does not attempt to estimate other types of societal impacts. The non-itemizer’s charitable deduction was the single most important tax provision in the original version of H.R. 7. In S. 1924, S. 476, and the current version of H.R. 7, the nonitemizer provision was temporary and had a higher cap (and a floor). The provision affecting rollovers from IRAs, which can also function as a deduction for nonitemizers, is also discussed briefly.
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tax Incentives for Charity: An Overview of Legislative Proposals
None
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Slamming: The Unauthorized Change of a Consumer's Telephone Service Provider
None
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress
None
Date:
May 19, 2003
Creator:
Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Combat Aircraft Sales to South Asia: Potential Implications
In March 2005, the Bush Administration announced a willingness to resume sales of F-16 combat aircraft to Pakistan. Potential sales to India are also being considered. These potential sales have political, military, and defense industrial base implications for the United States and the South Asia region. H.R. 1553 and S. 12 would impose nonproliferation conditions on these sales.
Date:
May 19, 2005
Creator:
Bolkcom, Christopher; Grimmett, Richard F. & Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library