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Electric Transmission: Approaches for Energizing a Sagging Industry
This report discusses factors that have contributed to the lack of new transmission capacity and some of the resulting issues.
Date:
January 30, 2008
Creator:
Abel, Amy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Smart Grid Provisions in H.R. 6, 110th Congress
This report provides an overview of Smart Grid, a distribution system that allows for flow of information from a customer's meter in two directions. It discusses both regulatory and technological barriers that have limited the implementation of Smart Grid technology.
Date:
February 13, 2008
Creator:
Abel, Amy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations. December 2008
This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S. - Lebanon relations.
Date:
December 16, 2008
Creator:
Addis, Casey L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues
None
Date:
April 8, 2008
Creator:
Aheam, Raymond J.; Fischer, John W.; Goldfarb, Charles B.; Hanrahan, Charles E.; Eubanks, Walter W. & Rubin, Janice E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
European Union–U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues
None
Date:
February 14, 2008
Creator:
Aheam, Raymond J.; Fischer, John W.; Goldfarb, Charles B.; Hanrahan, Charles E.; Eubanks, Walter W. & Rubin, Janice E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Europe’s New Trade Agenda
This report summarizes the European Union's new initiative, casts the initiative in a historical perspective, and assesses the implications of this shift for the global trading system and for U.S. interests.
Date:
July 31, 2008
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Globalization, Worker Insecurity, and Policy Approaches
This report discusses the global economy, or what many call globalization, which has a growing impact on the economic futures of American companies, workers, and families. Increasing integration with the world economy makes the U.S. and other economies more productive. For most Americans, this has translated into absolute increases in living standards and real disposable incomes.
Date:
July 31, 2008
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Globalization, Worker Insecurity, and Policy Approaches
This report discusses the global economy, or what many call globalization, which has a growing impact on the economic futures of American companies, workers, and families. Increasing integration with the world economy makes the U.S. and other economies more productive. For most Americans, this has translated into absolute increases in living standards and real disposable incomes.
Date:
July 31, 2008
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Background and Analysis
This report is intended to serve as an introduction and primer on a complicated, broad, and often highly technical set of issues. It is presented in seven parts: the first section describes the nature and scope of U.S.-EU regulatory barriers; the second section explains the rationale for regulatory cooperation; the third section highlights the differences in U.S.-EU regulatory approaches; the fourth section examines the various forms of regulatory cooperation; the fifth section evaluates the results of past initiatives at regulatory cooperation; the sixth section analyses the creation and operation of the Transatlantic Economic Council; and the last section highlights the role of Congress in transatlantic regulatory cooperation.
Date:
October 22, 2008
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-French Commercial Ties
This report discusses the U.S. commercial ties with France, which are extensive, mutually profitable, and growing. With over $1.2 billion in commercial transactions taking place between the two countries every day of the year, each country has an increasingly large stake in the health and openness of the other's economy
Date:
May 19, 2008
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
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:
November 7, 2008
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J. & Morelli, Vincent
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Does the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listing Provide More Protection of the Polar Bear?
This report discusses the polar bear that has been protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) since 1972. The polar bear was listed because the bear's primary habitat of sea ice was threatened with destruction due to global climate change.
Date:
September 2, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Does the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listing Provide More Protection of the Polar Bear?
None
Date:
October 16, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training Program
This report discusses laws related to the protection of marine mammals when using mid-frequency active sonar including the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). The report discusses each of the laws generally, and then reviews the litigation surrounding the Navy's compliance with these laws in the context of using the sonar for training purposes off California's coast.
Date:
April 15, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training Program
This report discusses laws related to the protection of marine mammals when using mid-frequency active sonar including the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). The report discusses each of the laws generally, and then reviews the litigation surrounding the Navy's compliance with these laws in the context of using the sonar for training purposes off California's coast.
Date:
August 27, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Exemptions for the Navy’s Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training Program
The report discusses the laws such as MMPA,ESA,NEPA and CZMA related to marine mammals,Environment and Coastal zone.It also reviews the litigation surrounding the Navy's compliance with these laws in the context of mid frequency active sonar for training purposes of California's coast.
Date:
March 4, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training
This report discusses laws related to the protection of marine mammals when using mid-frequency active sonar including the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). The report discusses each of the laws generally, and then reviews the litigation surrounding the Navy's compliance with these laws in the context of using the sonar for training purposes off California's coast.
Date:
November 14, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act: Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations
This report looks at the distinct population segments (DPS) process as it is applied to the gray wolf. It also reviews experimental populations of wolves under the ESA and their protections.
Date:
January 28, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina & Corn, M. L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations
This report looks at the distinct population segments (DPSs) process as it is applied to the gray wolf. It also reviews experimental populations of wolves under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and their protections.
Date:
October 20, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina & Corn, M. Lynne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proposed Changes to Regulations Governing Consultation Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
This report discusses the purpose of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which is threefold: to provide a means to conserve ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend; to provide a program to protect those species; and to take steps to achieve the purposes of related treaties and conventions.
Date:
September 23, 2008
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina & Corn, M. Lynne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
African American Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2008
This report provides statistics on the current numbers and roles of African American Members of Congress as well as historical data on African American Members of Congress.
Date:
December 4, 2008
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Architect of the Capitol: Appointment, Duties, and Current Issues
This report discusses the responsibilities of the AOC, traces the statutory evolution of the office, summarizes the status of current and recent projects, and reviews selected issues before the 110th congress.
Date:
October 16, 2008
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Average Years of Service for Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, First - 110th Congresses
The average tenure of Members of the Senate and House of Representatives at the beginning of each Congress has varied substantially since 1789. The purpose of this report is to provide a Congress-by-Congress summary of the average years of service for Senators and Representatives for the First through the 110th Congresses.
Date:
May 20, 2008
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Record: Its Production, Distribution, and Accessibility
This report provides information about the Production, Distribution, and Accessibility of Congressional Record. The Congressional Record is the most widely published account of the debates and activities in congress.
Date:
May 5, 2008
Creator:
Amer, Mildred
System:
The UNT Digital Library