The Economics of Agricultural Policy (open access)

The Economics of Agricultural Policy

An English Act of 1663 imposed a duty on grain imported from abroad whenever the domestic price was below a legislatively set price floor. The English farmer enjoyed a virtual monopoly in the domestic market. By the same token, he was allowed to export grain whenever the domestic price exceeded the price floor, and, after 1673, was granted a bounty (subsidy) on grain exports.
Date: February 20, 1992
Creator: Carr, A. Barry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Introduction to Farm Commodity Programs (open access)

An Introduction to Farm Commodity Programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is required to provide assistance to 20 specified agricultural commodities, to achieve three primary objectives: to support prices, supplement incomes, and manage supplies. Supporters contend that financial help to the farm sector also ensures consumers an abundant supply of reasonably priced food. But critics believe that basic U.S. farm policies, conceived in the 1930s, no longer meet the needs of modern agriculture or society as a whole. This report discusses the various programs available for different commodities.
Date: July 20, 1994
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wheat, Feed Grains, Cotton, Rice, and Oilseeds Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill (open access)

Wheat, Feed Grains, Cotton, Rice, and Oilseeds Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill

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Date: May 20, 1996
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Carbon Emissions and End-Use Energy Demand (open access)

Global Climate Change: Carbon Emissions and End-Use Energy Demand

This report presents an analysis of the potential impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on U.S. energy demand. The analysis focuses on 27 common end-uses — light duty vehicles, residential space heating, industrial direct process heat, etc. — that describe the way energy is used in the United States
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: Rowberg, Richard E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Brief Introduction to the Federal Budget Process (open access)

A Brief Introduction to the Federal Budget Process

This report provides a brief introduction to the federal budget process. Key budget concepts and terminology are defined and explained. The separate procedures that make up the federal budget process are identified and their salient features described. While a complete understanding of federal budgeting probably can be obtained only after much observation and study of the process in operation, broad exposure to its rudiments is a useful first step. Various resources “for additional reading” are identified at the end of this report, which the reader may find helpful in exploring the subject in greater depth.
Date: October 20, 1997
Creator: Keith, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crime Control Assistance Through the Byrne Programs (open access)

Crime Control Assistance Through the Byrne Programs

The statute provides that states receive and distribute block grant funds and that the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) of the U.S. Department of Justice awards discretionary grants for specified activities. Allocated largely on the basis of population, block grant funds are used for personnel, equipment, training, technical assistance, and information systems to improve criminal justice systems.
Date: May 20, 1998
Creator: Laney, Garrine P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Background and Congressional Options (open access)

A Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Background and Congressional Options

One of the most persistent political issues facing Congress in recent years is whether to require that the budget of the United States be in balance. Although a balanced federal budget has long been held as a political ideal, the accumulation of large deficits in recent years has heightened concern that some action to require a balance between revenues and expenditures may be necessary. The debate over a balanced budget measure actually consists of several interrelated debates, which this report addresses.
Date: March 20, 1997
Creator: Saturno, James V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information (open access)

Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information

The Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act impose requirements regarding drinking water quality and wastewater treatment in rural areas. Approximately 27% of the U.S. population lives in areas defined by the Census Bureau as rural. Many rural communities need to complete water and waste disposal projects to improve the public health and environmental conditions of their citizens
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Guidance on Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Guidance on Frequently Asked Questions

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Date: March 20, 1998
Creator: Hearne, Jean P. & Neisner, Jennifer A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Property Rights Issue (open access)

The Property Rights Issue

The property rights issue arises because societal goals are sometimes pursued through government restrictions on the use of private property. At bottom, it is the age-old conflict between public goals and private rights.
Date: January 20, 1995
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Law of Church and State: The Proposed Religious Freedom Amendment, H.J. Res. 78 (open access)

The Law of Church and State: The Proposed Religious Freedom Amendment, H.J. Res. 78

This report summarizes legislative developments on the proposal and briefly analyzes its likely legal effect if added to the Constitution.
Date: April 20, 1998
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Speaking and Speechwriting: Selected References (open access)

Public Speaking and Speechwriting: Selected References

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Date: December 20, 1996
Creator: Bowers, Jean M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Act Points of Order (open access)

Congressional Budget Act Points of Order

Title III of the Congressional Budget Act (CBA) of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended, establishes the points of order that are used to enforce congressional budget procedures and substantive provisions of a budget resolution. These points of order prohibit certain congressional actions and consideration of certain legislation.
Date: April 20, 1999
Creator: Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform: Proposals Before the 105th Congress (open access)

Consumer Bankruptcy Reform: Proposals Before the 105th Congress

This report examines current consumer bankruptcy practice and the proposals set forth in the reform bills. Also considered are the legislative history of the current consumer bankruptcy scheme, and topics likely to be debated as Congress proceeds to consider consumer bankruptcy reform.
Date: March 20, 1998
Creator: Jeweler, Robin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Independent Counsel Provisions: An Overview of the Operation of the Law (open access)

Independent Counsel Provisions: An Overview of the Operation of the Law

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Date: March 20, 1998
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Burdensharing: Is Japan's Host Nation Support a Model for Other Allies? (open access)

Defense Burdensharing: Is Japan's Host Nation Support a Model for Other Allies?

Under an agreement announced in January 1991, the Government of Japan committed itself to increase substantially the amount of support that it provides for U.S. military forces based there. Among other things, Japan agreed by 1995 to absorb 100 percent of the cost of Japanese nationals employed at U.S. military facilities and to pay for all utilities supplied to U.S. bases, to increase the amount of military and family housing construction that it is providing to support U.S. forces, to continue to provide facilities at no charge to the United States and to waive taxes and fees that might otherwise apply to U.S. activities.
Date: June 20, 1994
Creator: Daggett, Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The United States and the Use of Force in the Post-Cold War World: Toward Self-Deterrence? (open access)

The United States and the Use of Force in the Post-Cold War World: Toward Self-Deterrence?

Early in the post-Cold War era, the willingness of the United States to use military force was tested by Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. U.S. actions and those of allied nations suggested that the international community had the will and ability to respond to serious aggressions and some other threats to international order. The United States appeared to be showing the way toward a post-Cold War international system whose demonstrated ability to respond to such threats was expected to deter at least some of them.
Date: July 20, 1994
Creator: Sloan, Stanley R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Voter Eligibility Verification Pilot Program (open access)

Voter Eligibility Verification Pilot Program

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Date: March 20, 1998
Creator: Coleman, Kevin J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fossil Energy Research and Development: Whither Coal? (open access)

Fossil Energy Research and Development: Whither Coal?

This report discusses Fossil Energy Research and Development: Whither Coal.
Date: November 20, 1996
Creator: Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy and Electricity Restructuring (open access)

Renewable Energy and Electricity Restructuring

Several electricity industry restructuring bills propose to eliminate the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), which has been key to the growth of renewable power facilities. Bills intended to ensure a continuing role for renewable energy sources have been introduced in the 106th Congress that include some combination of a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS),
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: Sissine, Fred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY1997: VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies (open access)

Appropriations for FY1997: VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies

The VA, HUD and Independent Agencies appropriations bill includes funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a number of independent agencies. This report describes some of the key issues affecting agency funding in FY1997.
Date: November 20, 1996
Creator: Vanhorenbeck, Susan M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies (open access)

Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies

This report discusses the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which includes funding for agencies and programs in four separate federal departments as well as numerous smaller agencies and diverse programs.
Date: October 20, 1999
Creator: Greenwood, Alfred R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uniform Standards in Private Securities Litigation: Limitations on Shareholder Lawsuits (open access)

Uniform Standards in Private Securities Litigation: Limitations on Shareholder Lawsuits

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Date: May 20, 1998
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Japan-Taiwan Economic Relations: Implications for the U.S. (open access)

Japan-Taiwan Economic Relations: Implications for the U.S.

Taiwan and Japan might seem to be two similar island economies when viewed from this side of the Pacific, but they are strikingly dissimilar. Over the twentieth century, their relationship with one another has shifted from colonial to mutual growth and recognition to the current anomaly of an intense economic interchange accompanied by severed diplomatic ties. Between Taiwan and Japan, the private sector is taking the lead in developing a relationship that is both mutually beneficial and strained.
Date: July 20, 1992
Creator: Nanto, Dick K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library