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Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations
This report discusses various policy aspects of the Agriculture appropriations bill for FY2010, which funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Monke, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amendments Between the Houses: Procedural Options and Effects
This report explains the procedural options for resolving differences through amendments between the houses, and to discuss the procedural effects of resolving differences through this process as an alternative to conference committee.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Rybicki, Elizabeth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Anaerobic Digestion: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Energy Generation
Anaerobic Digestion technology may help to address two congressional concerns that have some measure of independence: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Energy Generation.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Bracmort, Kelsi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brazil's WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program
This report provides a description and status report on Brazil's challenge to certain aspects of the U.S. cotton program under the rules of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) dispute settlement process in case DS267. The "Brazil cotton case" had its WTO origins in 2002 and has since evolved into a sprawling legal enterprise that is still ongoing as of mid-2010.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Schnepf, Randy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
CRS Issue Statement on the Clean Air Act and Air Quality Standards
This report discusses the Broad questions regarding the effectiveness of economic versus regulatory approaches to controlling air pollution and the role of federal versus state governments in controlling emissions.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
McCarthy, James E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Implications of the Long-Term Federal Budget Outlook
This report analyzes the long-run path of the federal budget. The United States is projected to undergo a demographic shift as the aging of the baby boomers causes an unprecedented increase in the fraction of the population that is retired. Coupled with rising life expectancy, this means, under current policy, a steady increase in the portion of the population that is both out of the workforce and receiving social insurance benefits from the government.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
System:
The UNT Digital Library
European Union Enlargement: A Status Report on Turkey's Accession Negotiations
This report provides a brief overview of the European Union's (EU) accession process, Turkey's path to EU membership, the impact of the Cyprus problem, and a review of the United States' interest in Turkey's future in the European Union.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Morelli, Vincent & Migdalovitz, Carol
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Laos: Background and U.S. Relations
This report provides and overview of the political and economical situation in Laos, and discusses the U.S. assistance programs and human rights and humanitarian issues.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Lum, Thomas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer
This report provides an overview of nanotechnology, nanomanufacturing, and public understanding of and attitudes toward nanotechnology. Congress has demonstrated continuing support for nanotechnology and has directed its attention primarily to three topics that may affect the realization of this hoped for potential: federal research and development (R&D) in nanotechnology; U.S. competitiveness; and environmental, health, and safety (EHS) concerns.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Sargent, John F., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer
This report discusses section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), the specific requirements of which must be met in order for the United States to engage in civilian nuclear cooperation with other states. The AEA also provides for exemptions to these requirements, export control licensing procedures, and criteria for terminating cooperation.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Kerr, Paul K. & Nikitin, Mary Beth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: A Possible Role for Congress
This report focuses on the creation of the Transatlantic Economic Council; the role of legislatures in the regulatory process; and the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue and its new role as an advisor to transatlantic regulatory efforts.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J. & Morelli, Vincent
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Uruguay: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations
This report examines recent political and economic developments in Uruguay as well as issues in U.S.-Uruguayan relations.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Meyer, Peter J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Using Army Corps of Engineers Reservoirs for Municipal and Industrial Water Supply: Current Issues
This report discusses the limited use of federal reservoir storage for Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water and the M&I water storage at corps facilities supply .
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
WTO Doha Round: Implications for U.S. Agriculture
The Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations began in November 2001. From an agricultural viewpoint, the goal of the negotiations was to make progress simultaneously across the three pillars of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Agricultural Agreement—domestic support, market access, and export competition—by building on the specific terms and conditions established during the previous Uruguay Round of negotiations. This report reviews the current status of agricultural negotiations for domestic support, market access, and export subsidies, and their potential implications for U.S. agriculture.
Date:
January 4, 2010
Creator:
Schnepf, Randy & Hanrahan, Charles E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Emergency Preparedness and Response
This report discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which provides broad nondiscrimination protection for individuals with disabilities in employment, public services, and public accommodations and services operated by private entities. Although the ADA does not include provisions specifically discussing its application to disasters, its nondiscrimination provisions are applicable to emergency preparedness and responses to disasters.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
Jones, Nancy Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chinese Tire Imports: Section 421 Safeguards and the World Trade Organization (WTO)
This report discusses GATT Article XIX and the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, Paragraph 16 of China's WTO Accession Protocol, Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974 and Section 421 Investigation.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
Grimmett, Jeanne J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS): Background, Legislation, and Funding
This report discusses the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, which was created by Title I of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-322). The mission of the COPS program is to advance community policing in all jurisdictions across the United States. Several bills introduced in the 111th Congress would either modify the COPS program, reauthorize appropriations for the program, or both.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Continuing Resolutions: Latest Action and Brief Overview of Recent Practices
This report provides information about the Latest Action and Brief Overview of Recent Practices on Continuing Resolutions.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
Streeter, Sandy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy and Water Development: FY2010 Appropriations
This report discusses the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federalism Issues in Surface Transportation Policy: Past and Present
This report provides a historical perspective on contemporary federalism issues in surface transportation policy that are likely to be addressed by Congress during the 111th Congress, including possible devolution of programmatic responsibility to states and proposals to change state maintenance-of-effort requirements and state cost matching requirements.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
Dilger, Robert J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Identity Theft: Trends and Issues
This report first provides a brief federal legislative history of identity theft laws. It analyzes the current trends in identity theft, including prevalent identity theft-related crimes, the federal agencies involved in combating identity theft, and the trends in identity theft complaints and prosecutions. The report also discusses the relationship between data breaches and identity theft as well as possible effects of the FTC's Identity Theft Red Flags Rule, effective June 1, 2010.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
Finklea, Kristin M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
International Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Security Threats, U.S. Policy, and Considerations for Congress
This report provides a primer on the confluence of transnational terrorist and criminal groups and related activities abroad. It evaluates possible motivations and disincentives for cooperation between terrorist and criminal organizations, variations in the scope of crime-terrorism links, and the types of criminal activities--fundraising, material and logistics support, and exploitation of corruption and gaps in the rule of law--used by terrorist organizations to sustain operations.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
Rollins, John; Wyler, Liana Sun & Rosen, Seth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy
This report provides background information on the nuclear negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons program that began in the early 1990s under the Clinton Administration. It also provides information on other concerns that the U.S. has with North Korea, and discusses U.S. engagement activities with North Korea.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
Niksch, Larry A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Program
This report discusses the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program, which provides three different types of benefits to public safety officers and their survivors: a death, a disability, and an education benefit.
Date:
January 5, 2010
Creator:
James, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library