Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy

This 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 a new approach.
Date: May 28, 2002
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steel Industry and Trade Issues (open access)

Steel Industry and Trade Issues

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Date: May 28, 2002
Creator: Cooney, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Religious Freedom Amendment: H.J. Res. 78, As Reported by the House Judiciary Committee (open access)

The Religious Freedom Amendment: H.J. Res. 78, As Reported by the House Judiciary Committee

This report details the legislative, political, and legal contexts of H.J.Res 78 (Religious Freedom Amendment) and analyzes its legal effect.
Date: May 28, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M. & Sayler, James
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Forces: What is the Appropriate Size for the United States? (open access)

Military Forces: What is the Appropriate Size for the United States?

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Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: Bruner, Edward F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack (open access)

Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack

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Date: May 28, 2003
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Superfund: A Brief Comparison of the Chairmen's Bills (open access)

Superfund: A Brief Comparison of the Chairmen's Bills

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Date: May 28, 1998
Creator: Copeland, Claudia; McCarthy, James E.; Reisch, Mark & Tiemann, Mary
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Policy Agency Reorganization in the 105th Congress (open access)

Foreign Policy Agency Reorganization in the 105th Congress

This report provides information about the Foreign Policy Agency Reorganization in the 105th Congress. This report also provides the background on foreign policy consolidation issues, discusses foreign policy implications, and tracks legislation.
Date: May 28, 1998
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.; Nowels, Larry & Hildreth, Steven A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 107th Congress

This report briefs the Immigration legislation and issues in the 107th Congress.
Date: May 28, 2002
Creator: Bruno, Andorra; Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Seghetti, Lisa M.; Siskin, Alison & Ester, Karma
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Copyright Law: Digital Rights Management Legislation (open access)

Copyright Law: Digital Rights Management Legislation

Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to the technology that copyright owners use to protect digital media. This report surveys several of the DRM bills that were introduced in the 107th Congress and those that are pending in the 108th Congress. Generally, the bills are directed at two separate goals. One goal is to increase access to digitally-protected media for lawful purposes. The other attempts to thwart digital piracy and would do so by enhancing civil and criminal sanctions for digital (and traditional) copyright infringement and educating the public about the rights of copyright holders.
Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: Jeweler, Robin
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: May 28, 2002
Creator: Browne, Marjorie Ann
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy (open access)

Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy

This report discusses current federal law, state statutes, and current legislation. It will be updated as needed.
Date: May 28, 2002
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative R&D: Federal Efforts to Promote Industrial Competitiveness (open access)

Cooperative R&D: Federal Efforts to Promote Industrial Competitiveness

In response to the foreign challenge in the global marketplace, the United States Congress has explored ways to stimulate technological advancement in the private sector. The government has supported various efforts to promote cooperative research and development activities among industry, universities, and the federal R&D establishment designed to increase the competitiveness of American industry and to encourage the generation of new products, processes, and services. Among the issues before Congress are whether joint ventures contribute to industrial competitiveness and what role, if any, the government has in facilitating such arrangements.
Date: May 28, 2002
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Issues: National Public Opinion (open access)

Tax Issues: National Public Opinion

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Date: May 28, 1998
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development (open access)

Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development

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Date: May 28, 2002
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Junk E-mail": An Overview of Issues and Legislation Concerning Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail ("Spam") (open access)

"Junk E-mail": An Overview of Issues and Legislation Concerning Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail ("Spam")

Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), also called “spam” or “junk e-mail,” aggravates many computer users. Not only can it be a nuisance, but its cost may be passed on to consumers through higher charges from Internet service providers who must upgrade their systems to handle the traffic. Proponents of UCE insist it is a legitimate marketing technique and protected by the First Amendment. Legislation to place limits on UCE was considered by the last two Congresses, but no bill cleared Congress. Several bills have been introduced in the 107th Congress. H.R. 718 was reported from the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Judiciary Committee (H. Rept. 107-41, Parts 1 and 2). The two versions are quite different. S. 630 was ordered reported from the Senate Commerce Committee.
Date: May 28, 2002
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AIDS in Africa (open access)

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 26.6 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 two-thirds 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 28, 2004
Creator: Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. V-E Day + 3 weeks, 180th week of U.S. participation in the war

Front: Text describes fighting on Okinawa. Maps: Okinawa; Nagoya ablaze; [Japan-East China Sea]. Back: Text and 10 photographs show reconnaissance aircraft and activities.
Date: May 28, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Price Gouging," the Antitrust Laws, and Vertical Integration in the Petroleum Industry: How They Are Related (open access)

"Price Gouging," the Antitrust Laws, and Vertical Integration in the Petroleum Industry: How They Are Related

This report, which may be updated to further reflect congressional action, attempts to provide the antitrust context for prohibited practices, such as "price gouging"; notes prior congressional action concerning vertical divestiture in the petroleum industry; and provides information on the state "divorcement" statutes.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Rubin, Janice E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Convention Against Doping in Sport: Issues for Congress (open access)

International Convention Against Doping in Sport: Issues for Congress

The International Convention Against Doping in Sport seeks to harmonize anti-doping commitments for non-professional sports at the international level. This Convention was adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2005 and entered in force on February 1, 2007. Issues that could arise as the Senate considers the treaty include its relationship to anti-doping regulations in professional sports, potential consequences that non-ratification could pose to the United States, and the legitimacy and effectiveness of current international anti-doping activities.
Date: May 28, 2008
Creator: Wyler, Liana Sun
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and U.S.-Vietnam Relations (open access)

Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and U.S.-Vietnam Relations

This report examines various estimates of the effects that the herbicide Agent Orange has had on Vietnam's people and environment, the history of U.S. policy on the issue, the current clean up efforts in Vietnam, the various forms of assistance -- including U.S. assistance -- provided to people with medical conditions associated with dioxin exposure, and the implications for bilateral relations. It concludes with a brief discussion of possible congressional responses to the issue.
Date: May 28, 2009
Creator: Martin, Michael F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Casualties (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Casualties

This report consists of a brief table summarizing casualty data compiled by the Department of Defense (DOD), including fatalities during Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 19, 2003, and since May 1, 2003, including statistics on those wounded, but not killed, since March 19, 2003.
Date: May 28, 2009
Creator: Chesser, Susan G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 22, Pages 4275-4526, May 28, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 22, Pages 4275-4526, May 28, 2010

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: May 28, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 29, Number 22, Pages 5151-5464, May 28, 2004 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 29, Number 22, Pages 5151-5464, May 28, 2004

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 22, Pages 3945-4078, May 28, 1999 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 22, Pages 3945-4078, May 28, 1999

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: May 28, 1999
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History