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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:
July 18, 2002
Creator:
Heykoop, Jerry
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:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment
This report is divided into two parts. The first gives a brief history of the flag protection issue, from the enactment of the Flag Protection Act in 1968 through current consideration of a constitutional amendment. The second part briefly summarizes the two decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, that struck down the state and federal flag protection statutes as applied in the context punishing expressive conduct.
Date:
July 18, 2001
Creator:
Luckey, John R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Calling Up Measures on the Senate Floor
The Senate takes up measures under procedures set in Senate rules and by longstanding customs, thereby giving it flexibility in setting its floor agenda. This report first treats those processes or customs most often used by the Senate and then discusses some procedures less often used to call up measures.
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2004: Legislative Branch
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 passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Legislative Branch Appropriations.
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Dwyer, Paul E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House and Senate Chaplains
None
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction
Two basic methods are used by the Senate to bring legislation to the floor for consideration. The Senate, at the majority leader’s request, grants unanimous consent to take up a matter, or agrees to his motion to proceed to consider it. Because the motion to proceed is subject to debate in most circumstances, it is not frequently used. Both methods are derived from the basic premise that the Senate as a body may decide what matters it considers. The Senate may also use the same two methods to bring up executive business (nominations and treaties). This report will be updated to reflect changes in Senate practice.
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EPA's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program: Highlights of the Final Revised Rule
This report discusses the final rule and the key modifications of the August 1999 proposal. The final rule builds on the current TMDL regulatory program and adds details, specific requirements, and deadlines. It retains the basic elements of the 1999 proposal for more comprehensive identification of impaired waters, schedules and minimum elements for TMDLs, and new public participation requirements. At the same time, dropped from the final rule are several provisions that were most controversial in the proposal, including some potentially affecting agriculture and forestry, one that would have required pollutant discharge offsets in some circumstances, and one that would have required states to identify waters threatened but not yet impaired by pollution
Date:
July 18, 2000
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: 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 passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Military Construction Appropriations.
Date:
July 18, 2000
Creator:
Tyszkiewicz, Mary T.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hydropower License Conditions and the Relicensing Process
None
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Powers, Kyna
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Issues in the 108th Congress
The Clean Water Act Issues has again received attention in the 108th Congress. At issue is how the federal government will assist states and cities in meeting needs to rebuild, repair, and upgrade wastewater treatment plants, especially in light of capital costs which are projected to be as much as $390 billion over the next two decades. In October 2004, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee reported legislation to authorize $20 billion in funding for clean water infrastructure (S. 2550), while in July 2003, a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee also approved a water infrastructure financing bill (H.R. 1560). Still, prospects for further action during the 108th Congress are uncertain.
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State Department and Related Agencies: FY2003 Appropriations and FY2004 Request
None
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Epstein, Susan B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2004: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
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 passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittees.
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Irwin, Paul M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
July 18, 2002
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program
None
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Niksch, Larry A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy
None
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Dagne, Theodore S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Korea: U.S.-Korean Relations - Issues for Congress
None
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Niksch, Larry A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
South Korea-U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation, Friction, and Future Prospects
None
Date:
July 18, 2002
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kosovo and U.S. Policy
None
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Woehrel, Steven & Kim, Julie
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 108th Congress
Cuba under Fidel Castro remains a hard-line communist state with a poor record on human rights that has deteriorated significantly since 2003. With the cutoff of assistance from the former Soviet Union, Cuba experienced severe economic deterioration from 1989 to 1993. While there has been some improvement since 1994, as Cuba has implemented limited reforms, the economy remains in poor shape. This report discusses the most recent development in Cuba, including political and economic conditions and the U.S. policy towards Cuba. It also considers the issues in U.S.-Cuban Relations.
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation
The nation’s health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures (e.g. electricity, the power plants that generate it, and the electric grid upon which it is distributed). Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. This report aims to address the concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks raises the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructures to “cyber” attacks.
Date:
July 18, 2002
Creator:
Moteff, John D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Russia's Paris Club Debt: U.S. Interests
Russia is seeking substantial debt forgiveness from its Paris Club debt of some $42 billion. Germany holds about half this official debt; the United States share is 6%. The United States may adopt a policy of no debt relief, of rescheduling payments of principal and interest, or of debt forgiveness. The official position of creditor countries in the Paris Club is for no debt forgiveness. Many in Congress support linkage of any debt relief to an end of the Chechnya conflict and of aid to Serbia, and other foreign and security issues. H.R. 4118, "Russian-American Trust and Cooperation Act of 2000," dealing with a Russian intelligence facility in Cuba, was reported out of the U.S. House of Representatives to be debated starting Wednesday, July 19, 2000. Paris Club negotiations will be discussed at the Okinawa G-8 meeting, July 21-22, 2000. This report will not be updated.
Date:
July 18, 2000
Creator:
Hardt, John P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2002-FY2004
This is a report on the administration's requests for international HIV/AIDS programs in the fiscal year 2004.
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-War Governance
None
Date:
July 18, 2003
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library