U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations by President George W. Bush During the 107th-109th Congresses (open access)

U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations by President George W. Bush During the 107th-109th Congresses

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Date: May 24, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th - 109th Congresses (open access)

Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th - 109th Congresses

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Date: May 4, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-109th Congresses (open access)

House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-109th Congresses

Under House Rule X, clause 6, each standing and select committee of the House (except the Appropriations Committee) is required to submit an operating budget request for its necessary expenses over the two years of a Congress. Each committee chair normally introduces a House resolution to provide his or her committee with the requisite funds for the two years of the Congress.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 107th Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 107th Congress

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Date: May 15, 2003
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Animal Agriculture: Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Animal Agriculture: Issues in the 107th Congress

A variety of animal agriculture issues, including prices, the impact of consolidation in the meat production/packing industry, trade, and the environmental impacts of large feedlots, continue to generate interest in Congress. This issue brief discusses these issues, as well as the 2002 farm bill, which contains several provisions affecting animal agriculture, including protections for contract growers, disaster assistance, country-of-origin labeling, and increased funding for conservation purposes.
Date: May 24, 2002
Creator: Heykoop, Jerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 107th Congress (open access)

Cuba: Issues for the 107th Congress

This report examines the economic and political situation in Cuba, including the human rights situation, and U.S. policy toward Cuba. The report also analyzes a number of issues facing Congress in U.S. policy toward Cuba, including: the overall direction of U.S. policy; challenges to U.S. policy in the World Trade Organization; restrictions on commercial food and medical exports; restrictions on travel; bilateral drug trafficking cooperation; Cuba and terrorism; funding for U.S.-government sponsored radio and television broadcasting to Cuba; the Russian signals intelligence facility in Cuba; migration issues; and compensation to the families of those Americans killed in 1996 when Cuba shot down two U.S. civilian planes. The report cites legislation that was passed in the 106th Congress, and also tracks legislative action on these various issues in U.S. policy toward Cuba in the 107th Congress.
Date: May 24, 2002
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P. & Taft-Morales, Maureen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multilateral Development Banks: Issues for the 107th Congress (open access)

Multilateral Development Banks: Issues for the 107th Congress

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Date: May 23, 2002
Creator: Sanford, Jonathan E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 107th Congress

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Date: May 23, 2002
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 107th Congress

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Date: May 23, 2002
Creator: Franco, Celinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Clean Water Act Issues in the 107th Congress

Key water quality issues that may face the 107th Congress include: actions to implement existing provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA), whether additional steps are necessary to achieve overall goals of the Act, and the appropriate federal role in guiding and paying for clean water activities. Legislative prospects for comprehensively amending the Act have for some time stalled over whether and exactly how to change the law. If clean water issues receive attention in the 107th Congress, consideration of specific issues will depend in part on the CWA policy agenda of the new Bush Administration and on priorities of the key committees that have major jurisdiction over the Act.
Date: May 21, 2002
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Protecting Natural Resources and Managing Growth: Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Protecting Natural Resources and Managing Growth: Issues in the 107th Congress

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Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Environmental Protection Issues in the 107th Congress

This report discuss issues that received congressional attention in the 107th Congress, such as The impact of air quality regulations, key water quality issues, superfund, solid/hazardous wastes, multibillion dollar cleanup and compliance programs, climate change, pesticides, EPA budget, and Science and Technology.
Date: May 13, 2002
Creator: Isler, Margaret M. & Lee, Martin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 107th Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 107th Congress

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Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Storrs, K. Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of Trade Legislation in the 107th Congress (open access)

Status of Trade Legislation in the 107th Congress

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Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Jones, Vivian C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Legislation in the 107th Congress: An Overview (open access)

Trade Legislation in the 107th Congress: An Overview

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Date: May 10, 2002
Creator: Jones, Vivian C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress (open access)
RICO: Legislative Activity in the 107th Congress (open access)

RICO: Legislative Activity in the 107th Congress

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Date: May 6, 2002
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107th Congress

The 107th Congress is considering trade issues with implications for the U.S. agricultural sector. Trade in agricultural commodities and food products affects farm income and rural employment, and it also generates economic activity beyond the farm gate. With agricultural export sales the equivalent of one-quarter of farm income, some policymakers view U.S. efforts to develop market opportunities overseas as vital to the sector’s financial health. Decisions taken by the Bush Administration, and actions taken by Congress, thus will affect the outlook for agricultural trade.
Date: May 3, 2002
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.; Becker, Geoffrey S. & Jurenas, Remy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Transportation Issues in the 107th Congress

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Date: May 3, 2002
Creator: Harrison, Glennon J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration and Naturalization Service: Restructuring Proposals in the 107th Congress (open access)

Immigration and Naturalization Service: Restructuring Proposals in the 107th Congress

Summary The events of September 11 brought the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to the forefront of the nation’s attention. Although all 19 hijackers entered the country legally, three overstayed their visas. And, on March 11, 2002, INS sent student visa notifications for two of the (now deceased) 19 hijackers to the aviation school they attended, provoking an intensification of long-standing criticism of INS for weak management controls, among other things. An underlying theme of criticism concerns what many believe are overlapping and unclear chains of command with respect to INS’s service and enforcement functions. There appears to be a consensus among the Administration, Congress, and commentators that the immigration system, primarily INS, is in need of restructuring. There also appears to be a consensus among interested parties that INS’s two main functions — service and enforcement — need to be separated. There has not been a consensus, however, with regard to how the restructuring should take place.
Date: May 1, 2002
Creator: Seghetti, Lisa M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pay Equity Legislation in the 107th Congress (open access)

Pay Equity Legislation in the 107th Congress

This report discusses the gender wage gap and the historical presence of a gendered wage gap up until the time of the report's creation. It reports how the Federal government has fought the wage gap through acts like Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and the current idea on how to correct and assist gender-based discrimination in the work force.
Date: May 30, 2001
Creator: Dale, Charles V. & Levine, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tibet, China, and the 107th Congress: Issues for U.S. Policy (open access)

Tibet, China, and the 107th Congress: Issues for U.S. Policy

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Date: May 30, 2001
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107th Congress

The 107th Congress will consider and seek to influence trade issues with implications for the U.S. agricultural sector. Trade in agricultural commodities and food products affects farm income and rural employment, and it also generates economic activity beyond the farm gate. With agricultural export sales accounting for one-quarter of farm income, policymakers view U.S. efforts to develop market opportunities overseas as vital to the sector's financial health. Decisions taken by the Bush Administration, and actions taken by Congress, thus will affect the outlook for agricultural trade.
Date: May 25, 2001
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.; Jurenas, Remy & Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library