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Electric Utility Regulatory Reform: Issues for the 109th Congress
This report discusses regulation issues affecting electricity today. Comprehensive electricity legislation may involve several components: Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) reform, PURPA's requirement that utilities purchase power from qualifying facilities (QFs), and reliability.
Date:
April 21, 2005
Creator:
Abel, Amy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations
This report provides an overview of Lebanese politics, recent events in Lebanon, and current issues in U.S.-Lebanon relations and will be updated to reflect major developments.
Date:
January 21, 2009
Creator:
Addis, Casey L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Trade Tensions: Causes, Consequences, and Possible Cures
None
Date:
May 21, 2002
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
March 21, 2003
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges
None
Date:
May 21, 2002
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview
None
Date:
October 21, 2004
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2005
This report identifies the names, committee assignments, dates of service, and (for Representatives) districts of the 228 women Members of Congress.
Date:
June 21, 2005
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The European Parliament
None
Date:
May 21, 2007
Creator:
Archick, Kristin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
European Views and Policies Toward the Middle East
Managing policy differences on a range of issues emanating from the Middle East poses serious challenges for the United States and its European allies and friends. The most vitriolic dispute has centered on the conflict in Iraq. However, divisions over how best to approach the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, manage Iran and Syria, and combat terrorism also persist. How deep and lasting the clash over Iraq and subsequent Middle East policies will be to transatlantic relations will likely depend on several factors, including whether Washington and European capitals can cooperate more robustly to rebuild Iraq; whether Europeans perceive a renewed U.S. commitment to revive the Middle East peace process; and whether differences over Mideast issues spill over into NATO or impede EU efforts to forge a deeper Union.
Date:
December 21, 2005
Creator:
Archick, Kristin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty
This report provides information on the Lisbon Treaty and possible U.S.-EU implications that may be of interest to the 112th Congress.
Date:
October 21, 2009
Creator:
Archick, Kristin & Mix, Derek E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State Statutes Governing Hate Crimes
None
Date:
September 21, 2005
Creator:
Austin, Charlene A. & Wallace, Paul Starett, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congress
This report examines logistical support contracts for troop support services in Iraq primarily administered through the U.S. Army's Logistics Civil Augmentation Program(LOGCAP).
Date:
May 21, 2008
Creator:
Bailey Grasso, Valerie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: Historical Overview, Conceptual Framework, and Continuing Issues
Energy policy issues of continuing interest include whether or not to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for leasing; settlement upon a pipeline route to allow production of Alaskan natural gas; access to public lands for energy exploration and development; restructuring of the electric utility industry to encourage competition and consumer choice; raising corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for motor vehicles; seeking effective means to promote energy conservation using currently available technologies; and development of new technologies and alternative fuels. This report discusses those major policy approaches, provides a conceptual framework for categorizing energy policy proposals, and briefly describes issues that remain current in the debates over energy policy.
Date:
December 21, 2004
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation
This report includes background and analysis of energy policy. Points of discussion include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, nuclear energy, and renewable energy and fuels.
Date:
July 21, 2004
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: Legislative Proposals in the 109th Congress
While introduction of energy legislation in the 109th Congress is pending, it remains unclear what its course may be. Some believe that the results of the fall 2004 election have heightened prospects for opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development, and the Republican leadership has indicated that ANWR is to be included in the budget resolution that will come before Congress. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete Domenici has indicated that the committee will mark up a comprehensive bill in February. However, Senator Domenici also expressed openness to considering individual bills; he and others are interested in legislation to establish a long-term leasing plan for natural gas resources.
Date:
January 21, 2005
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert L. & Behrens, Carl E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Program Funding
None
Date:
March 21, 2001
Creator:
Baumrucker, Evelyne P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions
This report will examine the detailed statutory structure provided by FISA and related provisions of E.O. 12333. In addition, it will discuss the decisions of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
Date:
April 21, 2005
Creator:
Bazan, Elizabeth B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Katrina Relief
None
Date:
June 21, 2006
Creator:
Bea, Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2001
The Department of Defense operates six environmental programs: cleanup of past contamination at military facilities, acceleration of cleanup at military bases designated for closure, compliance with environmental laws and regulations that apply to ongoing military operations, pollution prevention, natural resource conservation, and environmental technology. In addition to these activities, the Department of Energy is responsible for managing defense nuclear waste and remediating contaminated sites. This report discusses the federal laws that established these programs, describes their scope and purpose, provides a history of appropriations, indicates the President’s budget request for FY2001, examines authorization and appropriations legislation for FY2001, and discusses other relevant legislation considered in the 106th Congress.
Date:
August 21, 2000
Creator:
Bearden, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Highway and Transit Program Reauthorization: An Analysis of Environmental Protection Issues
This report provides background information and analysis of key issues to serve as a resource document for the reauthorization debate. This report provides background information on activities intended to help mitigate pollution resulting from highway construction and travel, and analyzes key issues for Congress.
Date:
June 21, 2004
Creator:
Bearden, David M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Protection Agency: Highlights of the President's FY2007 Request
Title II of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2006 (P.L. 109-54, H.R. 2361) provides $7.73 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), subject to an across-the-board rescission of 0.476%. Section 439 of Title IV indicates that the rescission is to be applied proportionately among each account, program, project, and activity specified in the law, accompanying reports, and the President’s budget request. The total FY2006 EPA appropriation includes an additional $80 million in unobligated funds “rescinded” from past appropriations, as noted in the following table. P.L. 109-54 provides more funding for EPA than the Administration’s FY2006 request of $7.52 billion, but less than the FY2005 appropriation of $8.03 billion.
Date:
February 21, 2006
Creator:
Bearden, David M. & Esworthy, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BSE (“Mad Cow Disease”): A Brief Overview
This report provides background on appearance of BSE(bovine spongiform encephalopathy or "mad cow disease") in North America.
Date:
March 21, 2006
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress
This report discusses the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) also know as mad cow disease, which is a degenerative, fatal disease affecting the nervous system in cattle. Worldwide, BSE has been found in 187,000 animals, 183,000 of them in Great Britain, where it was first detected in 1986.
Date:
April 21, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Meat and Poultry Inspection: Background and Selected Issues
This report provides background information on the safety food programs, statutory authorities, systems basics (i.e. coverage, plant sanitation, slaughter inscpection, processing inspection, pathogen testing etc). The report discusses microbiological contamination and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Date:
April 21, 2008
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library