CRS Issue Statement on Military Strategies and Force Structure (open access)

CRS Issue Statement on Military Strategies and Force Structure

This report discusses about Military Strategies and force structure. It further discusses about military force structure that includes what types of ground forces and special operation units are required for current and future operations.
Date: January 13, 2010
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Actual Farm Bill Spending and Cost Estimates (open access)

Actual Farm Bill Spending and Cost Estimates

This report discusses the budget for the 2008 Farm Bill, and its reauthorization. Moreover, the report discusses the increasing level of demand for fiscal constraint and the current large budget deficits.
Date: December 13, 2010
Creator: Monke, Jim & Johnson, Renée
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy Programs in the 2008 Farm Bill (open access)

Renewable Energy Programs in the 2008 Farm Bill

This report discuses the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246, the 2008 farm bill) that extends and expands many of the renewable energy programs originally authorized in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
Date: August 13, 2010
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Communications: Broadband and the Future of 911 (open access)

Emergency Communications: Broadband and the Future of 911

This report discusses the Summary of 911 Legislation and Policy, Funding and Grants and National Broadband Plan.
Date: December 13, 2010
Creator: Moore, Linda K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues (open access)

China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues

This report discusses the security problem of China’s role in weapons proliferation and issues related to the U.S. policy response since the mid-1990s. China has taken some steps to mollify U.S. and other foreign concerns about its role in weapons proliferation.
Date: September 13, 2010
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 111th Congress (open access)

Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 111th Congress

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Date: May 13, 2010
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.; Vincent, Carol Hardy; Alexander, Kristina & Humphries, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulations Pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) (open access)

Regulations Pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148)

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Date: April 13, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act: Application to the Internet (open access)

The Americans with Disabilities Act: Application to the Internet

This report explains the American with Disabilities Act that provides nondiscrimination protection in employment, public services, public accomodations, and services operated by private entities, transportation, and telecommunications for individuals with disabilities.
Date: October 13, 2010
Creator: Jones, Nancy Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): Status and Issues (open access)

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): Status and Issues

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Date: August 13, 2010
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Overview and Legal Analysis of Potential Interactions (open access)

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Overview and Legal Analysis of Potential Interactions

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Date: December 13, 2010
Creator: Sarata, Amanda K.; Jones, Nancy Lee & Staman, Jennifer A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Quality Issues in the 111th Congress: Oversight and Implementation (open access)

Water Quality Issues in the 111th Congress: Oversight and Implementation

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Date: July 13, 2010
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Crop Insurance: Background and Issues (open access)

Federal Crop Insurance: Background and Issues

This report provides a primer on the federal crop insurance program and discusses related issues.
Date: December 13, 2010
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporary Federal High Risk Health Insurance Pool Program (open access)

Temporary Federal High Risk Health Insurance Pool Program

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Date: May 13, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in PPACA (open access)

Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Provisions in PPACA

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Date: May 13, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Indian Trust Fund Litigation: An Overview of Cobell v. Salazar (open access)

The Indian Trust Fund Litigation: An Overview of Cobell v. Salazar

This report provides a background of the history leading up to the litigation and review the issues that have proven so difficult for the judiciary to resolve.
Date: July 13, 2010
Creator: Garvey, Todd
System: The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on Missing or Sexually Exploited Individuals (open access)

CRS Issue Statement on Missing or Sexually Exploited Individuals

This report discusses the key policy issues Congress faces related to missing and exploited children, sex offenders, and missing adults.
Date: January 13, 2010
Creator: Fernandes, Adrienne L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Section 202 and Other HUD Rental Housing Programs for Low-Income Elderly Residents (open access)

Section 202 and Other HUD Rental Housing Programs for Low-Income Elderly Residents

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Date: September 13, 2010
Creator: Perl, Libby
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preservation of HUD-Assisted Housing (open access)

Preservation of HUD-Assisted Housing

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Date: April 13, 2010
Creator: McCarty, Maggie & Perl, Libby
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land and Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Issues (open access)

Land and Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Issues

This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress includes a description of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 along with the purposes, history, and current issues regarding the act.
Date: August 13, 2010
Creator: Vincent, Carol Hardy
System: The UNT Digital Library
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 5116) and the America COMPETES Act (P.L. 110-69): Selected Policy Issues (open access)

America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 5116) and the America COMPETES Act (P.L. 110-69): Selected Policy Issues

This report details the COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 and the American COMPETES Act, as well as policy issues: STEM education, Federal Research Programs and Activities, Broadening Participation, and Funding.
Date: May 13, 2010
Creator: Gonzalez, Heather B.; Sargent, John F., Jr. & Figliola, Patricia Moloney
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unauthorized Alien Students, Higher Education, and In-State Tuition Rates: A Legal Analysis (open access)

Unauthorized Alien Students, Higher Education, and In-State Tuition Rates: A Legal Analysis

This report provides a legal overview of cases involving immigrant access to higher education, as well as an analysis of the legality of state laws that make in-state tuition rates available to illegal aliens.
Date: January 13, 2010
Creator: Feder, Jody
System: The UNT Digital Library
Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations

This report provides an overview and analysis of U.S.-Yemeni relations amidst evolving political change in Yemeni leadership, ongoing U.S. counterterrorism operations against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives at large in Yemen's hinterlands, and international efforts to bolster the country's stability despite an array of daunting socio-economic problems.
Date: January 13, 2010
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cuba: Issues for the 111th Congress (open access)

Cuba: Issues for the 111th Congress

This report discusses the current political conditions of Cuba, as well as its relationship with the United States. In particular, the report focuses on U.S. policy regarding Cuba, including various economic sanctions, human rights issues, and foreign aid appropriations.
Date: January 13, 2010
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
System: The UNT Digital Library