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Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview
This report summarizes the history of legislation on abortion. Moreover, the report discusses the conflict that surrounds the history of the court cases and how it has effected legislation passed since Roe v. Wade. The report also covers how Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton did not cover a variety of issues that have since been raised by states seeking to restrict abortion.
Date:
June 12, 2007
Creator:
Jon, Shimbukuro O. & Lewis, Karen J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Abortion: Legislative Response
The primary focus of this issue brief is legislative action with respect to abortion. However, discussion of those legislative proposals necessarily involves a brief discussion of the leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy. For a more detailed discussion of the relevant case law, see CRS Report 95-724, Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview.
Date:
June 12, 2007
Creator:
Lewis, Karen J. & Jon, Shimbukuro O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks
The purpose of this report is to provide a more concrete discussion of access to wireline broadband networks. To that end, this report provides a discussion of what broadband networks look like; how both consumers and independent applications providers gain access to these networks; and the parameters available to network providers (such as their choices about network architecture, overall bandwidth capacity, bandwidth reserved for their own use, traffic prioritization, the terms and rates for access to their networks and for their retail services) that can affect end users’ and independent applications providers’ access to those networks.
Date:
June 6, 2007
Creator:
Goldfarb, Charles B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Government Formation and Performance
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, as well as the Afghan government. This report also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.
Date:
June 19, 2007
Creator:
Blanchard, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report considers the transition in government meant to stabilize Afghanistan. Moreover, the report discusses the new constitution and the benefits of it, such as women participating in politics. The report also discusses the NATO led troops in the region.
Date:
June 21, 2007
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report considers the transition in government meant to stabilize Afghanistan. Moreover, the report discusses the new constitution and the benefits of it, such as women participating in politics. The report also discusses the NATO led troops in the region.
Date:
June 1, 2007
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Credit: Farm Bill Issues
This report discusses agricultural credit, which makes or guarantees loans to farmers who cannot qualify at other lenders, and the Farm Credit System (FCS), which is a network of borrower-owned lending institutions operating as a government-sponsored enterprise.
Date:
June 12, 2007
Creator:
Monke, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Disaster Assistance
This report discusses several programs offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help farmers recover financially from natural disasters, including drought and floods. All the programs have permanent authorization, and only one requires a federal disaster designation (the emergency loan program). Most programs receive funding amounts that are "such sums as necessary" and are not subject to annual discretionary appropriations.
Date:
June 26, 2007
Creator:
Chite, Ralph M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs
This report discusses the recent development in different programs administered by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the goal to promote agricultural exports and to provide food aid. These programs include direct export subsidies, export market development, export credit guarantees, and foreign food aid.
Date:
June 22, 2007
Creator:
Hanrahan, Charles E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement
This report discusses a plan announced by EPA in January 2005, called the Air Compliance Agreement, that would produce air quality monitoring data on animal agriculture emissions from a small number of farms, while at the same time protecting all participants (including farms where no monitoring takes place) through a “safe harbor” from liability under certain provisions of federal environmental laws.
Date:
June 19, 2007
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
This report is about American War and military operations casualties in the form of lists and statistics.
Date:
June 29, 2007
Creator:
Fischer, Hannah
System:
The UNT Digital Library
America’s Growing Current Account Deficit: Its Cause and What It Means for the Economy
This report is on America’s Growing Current Account Deficit: Its Cause and What It Means for the Economy.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Armenia’s Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications for U.S. Interests
This report discusses the campaign and results of Armenia's May 12, 2007, legislative election and examines implications for Armenian and U.S. interests.
Date:
June 8, 2007
Creator:
Nichol, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements
This report contains a catalog of treaties and agreements of the arms control and nonproliferation.
Date:
June 1, 2007
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permits Program: Issues and Regulatory Developments
None
Date:
June 27, 2007
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards
This report is on the Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards.
Date:
June 1, 2007
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D. & Bamberger, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Background and Legal Issues Related to Stem Cell Research
This report is about federal funds may be used to conduct research on human embryonic stem cells.
Date:
June 1, 2007
Creator:
Shimabukuru, Jon O.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species
This report is on Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species.
Date:
June 20, 2007
Creator:
Bucj, Eugene, H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: The San Diego Fence
None
Date:
June 25, 2007
Creator:
Nuñez-Neto, Blas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
This report is on Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs.
Date:
June 27, 2007
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G. & Gilroy, Angele A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service
This report provides detailed background information on the Rural Utilities Service RUS broadband loan and grant programs,outlines criticisms of how the RUS broadband program has been implemented and discusses issues that congress might have asked to consider during the reauthorization process.
Date:
June 22, 2007
Creator:
Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband over Powerlines: Regulatory and Policy Issues
The report is about regulatory and policy issues in Broadband over power lines.
Date:
June 1, 2007
Creator:
Moloney Figliola, Patricia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Calendars of the House of Representatives
This report, one of the series of reports on legislative process, explains calendars and their use in the House of Representatives.
Date:
June 4, 2007
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library