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Agroterrorism: Threats and Preparedness
Although U.S. intelligence agencies have not identified any terrorist acts targeting agricultural production (i.e., agroterrorism) in the United States to date, the events of September 11, 2001 have awakened the nation to their possibility. Some experts estimate that a single agroterrorist attack using a highly contagious livestock disease could cost between $10 billion and $30 billion to the U.S. economy. This report addresses the use of biological weapons against agriculture, rather than the threat of terrorists using agricultural inputs for other purposes. It also focuses more on agricultural production than food processing and distribution.
Date:
August 13, 2004
Creator:
Monke, Jim
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism in Southeast Asia
None
Date:
August 13, 2004
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Cronin, Richard P.; Niksch, Larry A. & Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues
None
Date:
October 13, 2004
Creator:
Goldich, Robert L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Inspections Practices, Policies, and Issues
Some argue that this reorganization of border inspections has been long needed and is resulting in a more streamlined and efficient set of procedures at the border with a clear, single, chain of command. Others warn that the different types of inspections are quite complex in their own right and that the reorganization is exacerbating the conflicting priorities at the border, ultimately resulting in many more people and goods being sent to secondary inspections. This report, discusses a range of legal, administrative, and policy issues that are emerging with the implementation of the unified border inspections.
Date:
October 13, 2004
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen; Lake, Jennifer E.; Seghetti, Lisa M.; Monke, James & Viña, Stephen R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Defending U.S. Airspace
This report discusses about Air Defense Challenge, Command & Control, Intercept and Surveillance.
Date:
October 13, 2004
Creator:
Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Communications: The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is one of several federally managed warning systems. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) jointly administers EAS with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in cooperation with the National Weather Service (NWS), an organization within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NOAA/NWS weather radio system has been upgraded to an all-hazard warning capability. This report summarizes the technology and administration of EAS and the NOAA/NWS all-hazard network, and some of the key proposals for change.
Date:
August 13, 2004
Creator:
Moore, Linda K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation
This report opens with an overview of visa issuances, with sections on procedures for aliens coming to live in the United States permanently and on procedures for aliens admitted for temporary stays. It includes a discussion of visa screening policies, including inadmissibility, databases, an analysis of visa refusals, biometric visas and other major visa policy procedures. Summaries of key laws revising visa policy enacted in the 107th Congress follows. The final section analyzes selected issues in the 108th Congress, notably the 9/11 Commission recommendations, visa revocation and removal, new technologies, potential impact on business, and other security concerns.
Date:
October 13, 2004
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pay Equity Legislation in the 108th Congress
This report discusses the historical presence of a gendered wage gap and the acts, such as the Equal Pay Act (EPA), and compensation for workers to shrink the gap. The report discusses the opposition who believe the gender wage gap will naturally reduce when women continue working and working themselves up the corporate ladder.
Date:
July 13, 2004
Creator:
Dale, Charles V. & Levine, Linda
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stem Cell Research
None
Date:
August 13, 2004
Creator:
Johnson, Judith A. & Williams, Erin D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2005
None
Date:
August 13, 2004
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Security-Related Findings and Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission
In response to the 9/11 Commission’s aviation security-related recommendations, two bills — H.R. 5121 and H.R. 10 — introduced in the House contain several provisions to enhance aviation security. Additionally, floor amendments to S. 2845, the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004, contain numerous aviation security provisions, many of which address 9/11 Commission recommendations related to aviation safety. S. 2845 was passed (96-2) by the Senate on October 6, 2004. The House passed H.R. 10 on October 8 by a vote of 282-134. A conference has been requested to resolve numerous differences between H.R. 10 and S. 2845.
Date:
October 13, 2004
Creator:
Elias, Bartholomew
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: Legal Issues and Fifty-State Survey of Caps on Punitive Damages and Noneconomic Damages
None
Date:
May 13, 2004
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorism in South Asia
None
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan & Vaughn, Bruce
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy Ship Acquisition in the FY2005 Budget: Oversight Issues for Congress
None
Date:
May 13, 2004
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Phosphorus Mitigation in the Everglades
This report discusses the FY2004 appropriations provisions that condition federal funding for Everglades restoration on compliance with water quality standards, provides a side-by-side analysis of pending appropriations legislation, and provides background and a timeline of efforts to address Everglades phosphorus pollution (from Summary).
Date:
January 13, 2004
Creator:
Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Johnson, Barbara
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2005
None
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
Davey, Michael E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Israeli-United States Relations
Israeli-U.S. relations are an important factor in U.S. policy in the Middle East, and Congress has placed considerable emphasis on the maintenance of a close and supportive relationship. The main vehicle for expressing support for Israel has been foreign aid; Israel currently receives about $3 billion per year in economic and military grants, refugee settlement assistance, and other aid. Congress has monitored aid closely along with other issues in bilateral relations, and its concerns have affected Administration’s policies.
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
India-U.S. Relations
This report discusses the context of India - the U.S. relations and bilateral issues
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Vietnam-U.S. Normalization Process
U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic and economic relations remained essentially frozen for more than a decade after the 1975 communist victory in South Vietnam. Over the past decade, Washington and Hanoi have normalized relations incrementally. Congress has played a significant role in the normalization process.
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
Manyin, Mark E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress
The purpose of this report is to provide background for and summarize current developments in U.S. - People’s Republic of China (PRC) relations, including current and pending congressional actions involving the PRC.
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Farm Commodity Programs: Direct Payments, Counter-Cyclical Payments, and Marketing Loans
This report discusses federal law that has authorized farm income and commodity price support programs for over 70 years.The 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171) authorizes the current programs for the 2002-2007 crop years. The payment framework combines direct payments of the 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127) with counter-cyclical payments of prior laws. Subsidies continue for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, and soybeans and peanuts are added to the list of major crops. Dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas were added to the loan program, and wool, mohair, and honey were reinstated. This report covers grains, cotton, oilseeds, and peanuts. These commodities have similar rules, and generally account for about two-thirds of CCC outlays.
Date:
December 13, 2004
Creator:
Monke, Jim
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Environmental Protection
None
Date:
July 13, 2004
Creator:
Schierow, Linda-Jo
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes: Intelligence Joint Cross-Service Group, October 13, 2004]
BRAC 2005 Intelligence Joint Cross-Service Group Meeting Minutes of October 13, 2004. The document is redacted.
Date:
October 13, 2004
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Premiums: Fact Sheet
Financing for social security -- Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance -- and the Hospital Insurance part of Medicare is provided primarily by taxes levied on wages and net self-employment income. Financing for the Supplementary Medical Insurance portion of Medicare is provided by premiums from enrollees and payments from the government. This report describes these taxes and premiums.
Date:
January 13, 2004
Creator:
Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library