Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events (open access)

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: September 30, 2002
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution (open access)

Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

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Date: September 30, 1997
Creator: Huckabee, David C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress (open access)

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as passed in 1978, provided a statutory framework for the use of electronic surveillance in the context of foreign intelligence gathering. In doing so, Congress sought to strike a balance between national security interests and personal privacy rights. Subsequent legislation expanded federal laws dealing with foreign intelligence gathering to address physical searches, pen registers and trap and trace devices, and access to certain business records.
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: Bazan, Elizabeth B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Streamlining Provisions in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: Status of Implementation (open access)

Environmental Streamlining Provisions in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: Status of Implementation

At the state and local level, many observers have expressed long-standing concerns over delays, duplication of effort, and additional costs frequently associated with the environmental review process for highway projects that must be completed under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, P.L. 91-190). To address these concerns, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA21, P.L. 105-178), enacted in 1998, requires the Federal Highway Administration(FHWA) to streamline the environmental review process for highway projects.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Bearden, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

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Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues (open access)

POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues

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Date: September 30, 2003
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview (open access)

Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview

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Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: Relyea, Harold C. & Seifert, Jeffrey W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring (open access)

Electricity: The Road Toward Restructuring

The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and the Federal Power Act (FPA) were enacted to eliminate unfair practices and other abuses by electricity and gas holding companies by requiring federal control and regulation of interstate public utility holding companies. Comprehensive energy legislation has passed the House and Senate. The House passed H.R. 6 on April 11, 2003. On July 31, 2003, the Senate suspended debate on S. 14, inserted the text of H.R. 4 (107th Congress) as a substitute, and passed H.R. 6. A conference agreement was reached November 17, 2003, and passed by the House the next day. H.R. 6 includes an electricity title that would, in part, repeal PUHCA, would prospectively repeal the mandatory purchase requirement under PURPA, and would create an electric reliability organization. On June 15, 2004, H.R. 4503, a comprehensive energy policy bill, passed the House.
Date: September 30, 2003
Creator: Abel, Amy & Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook (open access)

U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook

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Date: September 30, 2003
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managed Health Care: A Primer (open access)

Managed Health Care: A Primer

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Date: September 30, 1997
Creator: Lee, Jason S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Benefits for Education in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (open access)

Tax Benefits for Education in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997

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Date: September 30, 1997
Creator: Lyke, Bob
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consular Identification Cards: Domestic and Foreign Policy Implications, the Mexican Case, and Related Legislation (open access)

Consular Identification Cards: Domestic and Foreign Policy Implications, the Mexican Case, and Related Legislation

The debate about consular identification cards in the United States has centered around the matrícula consular, the consular identification card issued by Mexican consulates to Mexican citizens in the United States. In May 2003, the Treasury Department issued regulations allowing acceptance of the cards as proof of identity for the purpose of opening a bank account, and the cards are accepted for other purposes as well, including issuance of drivers’ licenses.
Date: September 30, 2003
Creator: Bruno, Andorra & Storrs, K. Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Intelligence Director and Intelligence Analysis (open access)

The National Intelligence Director and Intelligence Analysis

This report discusses proposed legislation placing the National Intelligence Council under the National Intelligence Director's authority and the potential issues that this would cause.
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions (open access)

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions

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Date: September 30, 2003
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Snowmobiles: Environmental Standards and Access to National Parks (open access)

Snowmobiles: Environmental Standards and Access to National Parks

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Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Value-Added Tax Contrasted with a National Sales Tax (open access)

A Value-Added Tax Contrasted with a National Sales Tax

Proposals to replace all or part of the income tax, proposals for national health care, and a proposal to finance America’s war effort have sparked congressional interest in the possibility of a broad-based consumption tax as a new source of revenue. A value-added tax (VAT) or a national sales tax (NST) have been frequently discussed as possible new tax sources. Both the VAT and the NST are taxes on the consumption of goods and services and are conceptually similar. Yet, these taxes also have significant differences. This issue brief discusses some of the potential policy implications associated with these differences.
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: Bickley, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flat Tax Proposals and Fundamental Tax Reform: An Overview (open access)

Flat Tax Proposals and Fundamental Tax Reform: An Overview

The idea of replacing our current income tax system with a "flat-rate tax" is receiving renewed congressional interest. This report contains information on recent developments regarding flat-rate taxes, the relationship between income and consumption, international comparisons, other fundamental tax reforms, and descriptions of selected proposals.
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: Bickley, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Charitable Choice, Faith-Based Initiatives, and TANF (open access)

Charitable Choice, Faith-Based Initiatives, and TANF

The 108th Congress has resumed efforts to pass tax incentives for private giving (S. 476, passed by the Senate on April 9, and H.R. 7, introduced May 7, 2003). However, these bills do not contain provisions intended to promote religious organizations as providers of federally funded social services – charitable choice provisions.. The House voted in 2001 to extend charitable choice rules, which now apply to a limited set of programs, to numerous new programs (H.R. 7 in the 107th Congress), as the President urged, but the Senate refused. However, in an Executive Order, President Bush on December 12, 2002, directed six cabinet-level departments and the Agency for International Development (AID) to bring policies concerning social service programs into line with charitable choice principles set forth in the Order.
Date: September 30, 2003
Creator: Burke, Vee
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computer Problem: State Government Issues (open access)

Year 2000 Computer Problem: State Government Issues

The federal government sends and receives data from the states in support of many social service programs. Examples of such programs are: Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Food Stamps, and Unemployment Insurance. The federal government will not be able to deliver critical social services if data exchanges with state governments are not Y2K- compliant, yet there is no complete picture of their readiness.
Date: September 30, 1999
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity (open access)

Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity

The entry into force, on January 1, 1994, of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has eliminated the advantage that the beneficiaries of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) and related provisions of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) had enjoyed in trade with the United States relative to Mexico, and gave Mexico an increasingly significant competitive edge over the CBERA countries. The scheduled further implementation of the NAFTA would have resulted in a substantial advantage to Mexico over the CBERA countries and vitiate in part the purpose of the CBERA.
Date: September 30, 2003
Creator: Pregelj, Vladimir N.
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: September 30, 2003
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Overtime Pay: The Department of Labor Initiative and Congressional Response (2003-2004) (open access)

Overtime Pay: The Department of Labor Initiative and Congressional Response (2003-2004)

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Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: Whittaker, William G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
K-12 Education Programs: Appropriations Summary (open access)

K-12 Education Programs: Appropriations Summary

CRS Report for Congress entailing information about the appropriations summary for K-12 education programs. Topics include, appropriations by major component, appropriations since FY200, a comparison of authorizations specified by the ESEA and appropriations, etc..
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: Irwin, Paul M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts (open access)

U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts

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Date: September 30, 2003
Creator: Nanto, Dick K. & Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library