Major Provisions of the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002, H.R. 4954, as Passed by the House (open access)

Major Provisions of the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002, H.R. 4954, as Passed by the House

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Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer; Chaikind, Hinda Ripps & Tilson, Sibyl L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil and Water Conservation Issues (open access)

Soil and Water Conservation Issues

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Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supplemental Appropriations for FY2000: Plan Columbia, Kosovo, Foreign Debt Relief, Home Energy Assistance, and Other Initiatives (open access)

Supplemental Appropriations for FY2000: Plan Columbia, Kosovo, Foreign Debt Relief, Home Energy Assistance, and Other Initiatives

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Date: July 5, 2000
Creator: Nowels, Larry; Daggett, Stephen; Tarnoff, Curt; Serafino, Nina M. & Gish, Melinda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debt Limit: The Need to Raise It After Four Years of Surpluses (open access)

The Debt Limit: The Need to Raise It After Four Years of Surpluses

Increases in total federal debt are driven by government deficits (which increase debt held by the public) and by the surpluses credited to (and federal accounting for) debt-holding federal accounts, mostly federal trust funds such as the Social Security, Medicare, Transportation, and Civil Service trust funds.
Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ecstasy: Actions of the 107th Congress to Control MDMA (open access)

Ecstasy: Actions of the 107th Congress to Control MDMA

Legislation has been proposed in the 107th Congress to combat the use and abuse of Ecstasy (MDMA) and other “club drugs.” In a 2001 survey, 12% of 12th graders reported ever having taken the drug. The Ecstasy Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000, enacted by the 106th Congress, directed the U.S. Sentencing Commission to increase penalties for Ecstasy offenses. As of March 2001, MDMA penalties became more severe than for powder cocaine but less severe than for heroin.
Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Eddy, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Iraq: Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy

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Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Colombia: Plan Colombia Legislation and Assistance (FY2000-FY2001) (open access)

Colombia: Plan Colombia Legislation and Assistance (FY2000-FY2001)

This report provides an overview of U.S. assistance before the Plan Colombia proposal, describes the Clinton Administration Plan Colombia proposal, and tracks Congressional action on it. It also covers the Bush Administration’s Andean Regional Initiative (ARI), which incorporated the Bush Administration’s Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI). Table 3 provides a breakdown of the ARI by country, purpose, and account. Table 1 provides an overview of U.S. assistance from FY1999-FY2001, and Table 2 provides an overview of Plan Colombia funding for Colombia and the Status of the commitment of funds provided in the State Department sections of P.L. 106-246, as of the spring of 2001. Tables 4 and 5 compare in detail the Clinton Administration’s Plan Colombia proposal with House, Senate, and conference action on it, and Table 6 charts U.S. assistance from FY1989-FY1998.
Date: July 5, 2001
Creator: Serafino, Nina M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biosafety Protocol for Genetically Modified Organisms: Overview (open access)

Biosafety Protocol for Genetically Modified Organisms: Overview

The Biosafety Protocol to the 1992 Convention on biological Diversity, adopted in early 2000, addresses the safe handling, transfer, and trade of biological organisms. The Protocol sets forth procedures and rules concerning trade in biological products, including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that have engendered controversy, especially when they are used as agricultural crops. These rules are of key importance to U.S. economic interests in agriculture as well as those dealing in other genetically modified organisms. This report provides a brief summary of the key provisions of the Protocol and the major issues associated with them.
Date: July 5, 2000
Creator: Segarra, Alejandro E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Waste Repository Siting: Expedited Procedures for Congressional Approval (open access)

Nuclear Waste Repository Siting: Expedited Procedures for Congressional Approval

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Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues (open access)

Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues

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Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq:  U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance

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Date: July 5, 2005
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990 (open access)

Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990

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Date: July 5, 2005
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture (open access)

Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture

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Date: July 5, 2005
Creator: Garcia, Michael John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq:  U.S. Military Operations (open access)

Iraq: U.S. Military Operations

Iraq’s chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons programs, together with Iraqi long-range missile development and support for al-Queda terrorism, were the primary justifications put forward for military action. On March 17, 2003, President Bush issued an ultimatum demanding that Saddam Hussein and his sons depart from Iraq within 48 hours. On March 19, offensive operations began with air strikes against Iraqi leadership positions. By April 15, after 27 days of operations, coalition forces were in relative control of all major Iraqi cities and Iraqi political and military leadership had disintegrated. On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared an end to major combat operations. There was no use of chemical or biological (CB)weapons, and no CB or nuclear weapons stockpiles or production facilities have been found.
Date: July 5, 2005
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid: Eligibility for the Aged and Disabled (open access)

Medicaid: Eligibility for the Aged and Disabled

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Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Stone-Axelrad, Julie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocean Commissions: Ocean Policy Review and Outlook (open access)

Ocean Commissions: Ocean Policy Review and Outlook

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Date: July 5, 2005
Creator: Justus, John R.; Buck, Eugene H.; Zinn, Jeffrey A. & Morrissey, Wayne A.
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: July 5, 2005
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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 over government policy on industrial competitiveness and technological advancement and its connection to the U.S. economy. It also discusses congress' approach in the previous years on this topic, and the policy changes that have been implemented in recent years.
Date: July 5, 2005
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Common Legal Questions and Answers Concerning Currency, Legal Tender and Money (open access)

Common Legal Questions and Answers Concerning Currency, Legal Tender and Money

This report answers common legal questions relating to currency, legal tender, and money.
Date: July 5, 1983
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, July 5, 1943 : week of June 24 to July 1, 199th week of the war, 81st week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Army Air Forces. HQ. Air Adjutant General. Publication Division. Maps: [Military action throughout Europe, northern Tunisia and Libya]; Area[s] controlled by Japanese [New Guinea and the Solomon Islands]. Drawing: Low-level strafing attack by a flight of twin-engined DB-3A medium bombers. Photographs: Airfield on Adak, Aleutian Islands; Navy Ventura bomber warms up on landing strip; Parachute bombs at Salamaua. Back: Drawings and text describe survival tactics for those who must abandon ship.
Date: July 5, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. National Science Foundation: An Overview (open access)

U.S. National Science Foundation: An Overview

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Date: July 5, 2006
Creator: Matthews, Christine M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Capitol Visitor Center: An Overview (open access)

The Capitol Visitor Center: An Overview

This report presents the cost of the center, the most extensive addition to the Capitol since the Civil War, and the largest in the structure’s more than 200-year history, is now estimated to be at least $555 million. The project is being financed with appropriated funds, and a total of $65 million from private donations and revenue generated by the sale of commemorative coins.
Date: July 5, 2006
Creator: Stathis, Stephen W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Capitol Visitor Center: An Overview (open access)

The Capitol Visitor Center: An Overview

This report presents the cost of the center, the most extensive addition to the Capitol since the Civil War, and the largest in the structure’s more than 200-year history, is now estimated to be at least $555 million. The project is being financed with appropriated funds, and a total of $65 million from private donations and revenue generated by the sale of commemorative coins.
Date: July 5, 2006
Creator: Stathis, Stephen W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy

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Date: July 5, 2006
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library