Medicare Prescription Drug Provisions of S.1, as Passed by the Senate, and H.R. 1, as Passed by the House (open access)

Medicare Prescription Drug Provisions of S.1, as Passed by the Senate, and H.R. 1, as Passed by the House

This report discusses differences in the specifics of the prescription drug provisions in S. 1 and H.R. 1 and provides a side-by-side comparison of the Title I provisions of both bills.
Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Products Liability: A Legal Overview (open access)

Products Liability: A Legal Overview

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Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda (open access)

Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda

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Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2003: Military Construction (open access)

Appropriations for FY2003: Military Construction

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees.
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Else, Daniel H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Coast Guard Legislation in the 107th Congress (open access)

Homeland Security: Coast Guard Legislation in the 107th Congress

Among the several bills proposing to move the Coast Gause into a new Department of Homeland Security are the Administration's proposal, as reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 24, 2002.
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Lee, Martin R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project BioShield (open access)

Project BioShield

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Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Gottron, Frank
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Choice: Current Legislation (open access)

School Choice: Current Legislation

Congressional Research Service (CRS) report entailing information about current legislation in regards to school choice. Topics include, tax subsidies, block grants, choice over existing programs, etc..
Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Smole, David P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides information about the Background and Issues for Congress on Homeland Security Coast Guard Operations which is a military service and a branch of the armed forces,within the navy upon the declaration of war or when President directs until the president by executive orders it back to DHS
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Auditing and Its Regulators: Proposals for Reform After Enron (open access)

Auditing and Its Regulators: Proposals for Reform After Enron

Auditors are regulated by both governmental agencies and professional organizations, though many now question whether this oversight is adequate. Enron’s auditor, Arthur Andersen, has been investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), several congressional committees, and other agencies, and it is facing numerous law suits. A federal jury convicted the firm on obstruction of justice charges on June 15, 2002. Other corporations and their auditors are also under scrutiny. Numerous accounting and audit reforms have been proposed, including some by the accounting industry. The House passed an audit reform bill (H.R. 3763) on April 24, 2002. The Senate passed an amended version of its bill (S. 2673) on July 15th. The SEC published proposed reform rules June 26th; on the 28th it required top executives in companies with revenues exceeding $1.2 billion to personally certify that filed reports are complete and accurate
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Lyke, Bob
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fruits and Vegetables: Issues for Congress (open access)

Fruits and Vegetables: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the issues for Congress related to fruits & vegetables. The contents include federal activities, programs, farm bill issues, & trade issues.
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Branaman, Brenda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges (open access)

U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges

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Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon (open access)

Lebanon

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Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Egypt-United States Relations (open access)

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: July 11, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Libya (open access)

Libya

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Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses intelligence issues for Congress including narcotics trafficking, conflicts between Israel and Palestine, in Iraq, and among the former Yugoslav states, and North Korean missile capabilities. Updated July 11, 2002.
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations (open access)

Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations

Cyprus has been divided since 1974. Greek Cypriots, nearly 80% of the population, live in the southern two thirds of the island. Turkish Cypriots live in the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (recognized only by Turkey), with about 30,000 Turkish troops providing security. U.N. peacekeeping forces maintain a buffer zone between the two. Members of Congress have urged the Administration to be more active, although they have not proposed an alternative to the U.N.-sponsored talks.
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Challenges and Options for Reconstructing a Stable and Moderate State (open access)

Afghanistan: Challenges and Options for Reconstructing a Stable and Moderate State

This report provides information on and analysis of the current situation in Afghanistan, taking into consideration the country’s essential characteristics and political developments since about the time of the overthrow of the last Afghan King, Zahir Shah, in 1973, and sketches out four possible scenarios for Afghanistan’s future. Finally, the report identifies and analyzes factors that will influence Afghanistan’s political future, and discusses three policy areas in particular in which actions by the United States could be crucial to the achievement of the U.S. goal of a peaceful, stable, democratic, and terrorist-free Afghanistan. An appendix contains key documents relating to the December 2001 Bonn Agreement, which is the framework for current efforts to create a stable and democratic Afghanistan.
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Cronin, Richard P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Outsourcing: The OMB Circular A-76 Policy (open access)

Defense Outsourcing: The OMB Circular A-76 Policy

This report provides information on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Circular A-76, “Performance of Commercial Activities,” and the impact of a related reform initiative, the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR) of 1998, within the Department of Defense. The Circular defines federal policy for determining whether recurring commercial activities should be outsourced to commercial sources, Governmental facilities, or through inter-service support agreements. The FAIR Act creates statutory reporting requirements for federal executive agencies, by requiring Federal executive agencies to identify activities “not inherently governmental” and consider outsourcing through managed competitions. However, FAIR does not require that agencies contract out these activities.
Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Park Management and Recreation (open access)

National Park Management and Recreation

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Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform: Economic Issues (open access)

Social Security Reform: Economic Issues

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Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Labonte, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports (open access)

Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports

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Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meeting Public Safety Spectrum Needs (open access)

Meeting Public Safety Spectrum Needs

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Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fact Sheet on Congressional Tax Proposals in the 108th Congress (open access)

Fact Sheet on Congressional Tax Proposals in the 108th Congress

This report discusses the President, House and Senate tax proposals. Beyond the comprehensive tax proposals, both the House and the Senate have considered a range of targeted tax proposals. One of the first tax-related measures considered during the 108th Congress would provide tax reductions to armed services personnel. Congress has also initiated reconsideration of legislation not completed in the 107th Congress: tax incentives for charitable giving deductions, pension diversification, energy taxation, and tax shelters.
Date: July 11, 2003
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade and the Americas (open access)

Trade and the Americas

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Date: July 11, 2002
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library