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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:
June 24, 2002
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E.; Becker, Geoffrey S. & Jurenas, Remy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality Standards: The Decisionmaking Process
The decisions by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1997 to revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and particulate matter refocused attention on the criteria and the process by which these decisions are made Tracing the steps of the decision pieces, this report identifies the statutory criteria established by the Congress and summarizes the administrative procedures the Agency follows in setting these standards and in reviewing them every 5 years.
Date:
June 24, 1998
Creator:
Blodgett, John E.; Parker, Larry & McCarthy, James E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Tier 2 Proposal for Stricter Vehicle Emission Standards: A Fact Sheet
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 established "Tier 1" standards to limit tailpipe emissions from new motor vehicles, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to determine if more stringent requirements are needed to attain or maintain National Ambient Air Quality Standards. EPA also must assess the availability and cost-effectiveness of technologies necessary to control emissions. In a report submitted to Congress in August 1998, EPA concluded that tougher standards are necessary and that essential technologies are available and cost-effective
Date:
June 24, 1999
Creator:
Bearden, David M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Budget for Fiscal Year 2003
This report discusses the budget for fiscal year 2003. It debates issues such as budget action, receipts surpluses or deficits, and the economy.
Date:
June 24, 2002
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events
This report provides a concise historical account of the dispute, summarizes the subsidy and injury evidence, and discusses the current issues and events regarding lumber imports from Canada.
Date:
June 24, 2003
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W. & Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Property Rights" Bills Take a Process Approach: H.R. 992 and H.R. 1534
In the 105th Congress, the property rights agenda has shifted from "compensation" to "process" bills. While the former would ease the standards for when property owners harmed by government action are compensated, the new approach simply streamlines how federal courts handle such claims. This report examines the three leading process bills -- H.R. 992, House-passed H.R. 1534, and Senate-reported H.R. 1534. The bills embody two process approaches: allowing property owners suing the United States to bring invalidation and compensation claims in the same court, and lowering abstention and ripeness barriers when suing local governments in federal court for property rights violations.
Date:
June 24, 1998
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress
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Date:
June 24, 2002
Creator:
Sek, Lenore
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Obscenity, Child Pornography, and Indecency: Recent Developments and Pending Issues
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Date:
June 24, 2003
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Acquisition Reform: Status and Current Issues
The end of the Cold War and its impact on defense spending has created a strong need to reform Department of Defense’s (DOD) acquisition system. With procurement spending down, DOD expects to depend on savings from acquisition reform to help finance future force modernization. Policymakers believe that DOD should use more commercial products because, in many instances, they cost less and their quality is comparable to products built according to DOD military specifications. Many such reform proposals are based on recognition that DOD regulatory barriers and a Cold War acquisition “culture” have inhibited the introduction of commercial products.
Date:
June 24, 2002
Creator:
Grasso, Valerie Bailey
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Research: DOD's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Program
Congress supports the research and development efforts of the Department of Defense (DOD) with a Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriation. The appropriation primarily supports the development of the nation’s future military hardware and software and the technology base upon which those products rely. It is the federal government’s single largest research and development account. Besides supporting the nation’s military needs, some of the technology developed with RDT&E funds spills over into the commercial sector. For these reasons, RDT&E funding draws a considerable amount of attention within Congress each year.
Date:
June 24, 2003
Creator:
Moteff, John D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Medical Care Services: Questions and Answers
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Date:
June 24, 2002
Creator:
Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Egypt-United States Relations
Among the current issues in U.S.-Egyptian relations are the shared concerns over the terrorist attacks against Egyptian police, religious, government, and tourist facilities, and what those attacks maysignal for Egypt’s domestic stability. The two nations may disagree over Egypt’s interpretation of applying human rights practices to Islamic terrorists. The two countries disagree over the speed and depth, but not the need for some of Egypt’s economic reforms. Egypt and the United States agree on the importance of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, the need to continue current Arab-Israel peace talks, and the need for regional stability. The two nations agree on Egypt’s determination to introduce democratic reforms to Egypt.
Date:
June 24, 2003
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Naturalization Trends, Issues, and Legislation
Report discussing the processes by which immigrants can become U.S. citizens and various problems that impede the process: "This report analyzes the trends in naturalization, discusses the controversies and issues, and tracks the legislative proposals to reform the naturalization process" (Abstract).
Date:
June 24, 1998
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Salvage Timber Sale Rider: Overview and Policy Issues
The salvage timber rider is actually the Emergency Salvage Timber Sale Program, enacted as �2001 of P.L. 104-19, the 1995 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act on July 27, 1995.
Date:
June 24, 1996
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: Policy Determinants, Alternative Outcomes, U.S. Policy Approaches
North Korea is undergoing a wrenching phase of adjustment to an uncertain post-Soviet world. Its government is reined in by two major constraints: fear that any political or economic reform would have the same fatal consequence for itself as it had for the former Soviet Union and other erstwhile allies; and fear that the United States, South Korea, and other "enemies" would stop at nothing to overthrow the communist regime of the North. The United States has a major stake in the outcome of North Korea's effort to deal with its daunting task.
Date:
June 24, 1993
Creator:
Shinn, Rinn-Sup
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico: A Chronology of Political Status History
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Date:
June 24, 1998
Creator:
Laney, Garrine P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Raising the Retirement Age Background and Issues
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Date:
June 24, 2002
Creator:
Kollmann, Geoffrey
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
PILT (Payments in Lieu of Taxes): Somewhat Simplified
Under current federal law, local governments are compensated through various programs for losses to their tax bases due to the presence of most federally owned land. Some of these programs are run by specific agencies, and apply only to that agency's land. The most widely applicable program, while run by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), applies to many types of federally owned land, and is called "Payments in Lieu of Taxes" or PILT. The level of payments is calculated under a complex formula.
Date:
June 24, 1998
Creator:
Corn, M. Lynne
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transfer of Missile and Satellite Technology to China: A Summary of H.Res. 463 Authorizing a House Select Committee
Report on trade between the U.S. and China of missile and satellite technology, including funding, how classified information is handled, jurisdictional concerns, and more.
Date:
June 24, 1998
Creator:
Stathis, Stephen W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress
The Convention provides the most extensive and intrusive verification regime of any arms control treaty, extending its coverage to not only governmental but also civilian facilities. The Convention also requires export controls and reporting requirements on chemicals that can be used as warfare agents and their precursors. The CWC establishes the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to oversee the Convention's implementation. Chemical Weapons Convention implementing legislation, as S. 610, passed the Senate unanimously on May 23, 1997. This legislation, which was an amendment in the nature of a substitute reported from the Judiciary Committee, provides the statutory authority for domestic compliance with the Convention's provisions. It sets criminal and civil penalties for the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, transfer, possession, or use of chemical weapons.
Date:
June 24, 2002
Creator:
Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals
This report gives information related to Gasoline prices and also discusses Policies and Proposals.
Date:
June 24, 2005
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trafficking in Persons: The U.S. and International Response
None
Date:
June 24, 2005
Creator:
Miko, Francis T.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rhode Island Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Rhode Island.
Date:
June 24, 2004
Creator:
Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
None
Date:
June 24, 2005
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library