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Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, focusing particularly on the influence of the Taliban and other militant groups and on the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This report also discusses the U.S.-Afghanistan relationship and U.S. efforts under the Obama Administration to provide military, reconstructive, and stabilization aid.
Date:
December 30, 2009
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Desalination: Status and Federal Issues
This report discusses desalination in the context of federal policy. Interest in desalination of seawater, brackish water, and contaminated freshwater has increased in the United States as the technology's costs have fallen and pressure to develop new water supplies has grown. Adoption of desalination, however, remains constrained by financial, environmental, and regulatory and social factors.
Date:
December 30, 2009
Creator:
Carter, Nicole T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Financial Regulatory Reform and the 111th Congress
Financial regulatory reform is being discussed in the 111th Congress, the continuation of a policy debate that began before the September 2008 financial disruption. This report reviews issues related to financial regulation. It provides brief descriptions of comprehensive reform bills in the 111th Congress that addresses these issues.
Date:
December 30, 2009
Creator:
Murphy, Edward V.; Webel, Baird; Shorter, Gary & Hanna, Andrew
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Guantanamo Detention Center: Legislative Activity in the 111th Congress
This report analyzes relevant provisions in enacted legislation and selected pending bills relating to the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a facility in which alleged enemy combatants are detained.
Date:
December 30, 2009
Creator:
Henning, Anna C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Control Policies in Various Countries
None
Date:
December 30, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information
None
Date:
December 30, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening
This report discusses the controversy continues to surround U.S. air passenger prescreening and terrorist watchlist checks. In the past, such controversy centered around diverted international flights and misidentified passengers. Recent incidents raise new policy issues regarding the interaction between these broader terrorist databases and systems and the "No-Fly" and selectee lists, as well as the relationship between passenger prescreening processes.
Date:
December 30, 2009
Creator:
Krouse, William J. & Elias, Bart
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, as well as the Afghan government. This report also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai to address corruption within the Afghan government.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress
This report concerns itself with the construction of an Alaska natural gas pipeline. The report considers the funding available for a natural gas pipeline and the potential for it to stimulate the economy. Moreover, the report discusses how the 2008 recession poses an obstacle to the creation of the pipeline due to it causing low gas prices.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Army Future Combat System (FCS) "Spin- Outs" and Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV): Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the Future Combat System (FCS), which was a multiyear, multibillion dollar program at the heart of the Army's transformation efforts.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Feickert, Andrew & Jacob Lucas, Nathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bypassing Senate Committees: Rule XIV and Unanimous Consent
This report consists of bypassing senate committees of rule XIV and unanimous consent.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Koempel, Michael L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Copyright Registration Requirement and Federal Court Jurisdiction: A Legal Analysis of Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick
This report discusses the legal analysis of the Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick, which is currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Yeh, Brian T. & Grunstra, Lydia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Budget Process Reform in the 111th Congress: A Brief Overview
This report briefly discusses the context in which federal budget process changes are made and identifies selected reforms proposals by major category.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Keith, Robert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The German Economy and U.S.-German Economic Relations
This report first examines Germany's economic performance in historical perspective and assesses some of the domestic factors that may be contributing to Germany's suboptimal performance; the second discusses the reform challenges facing Germany's political leaders; and the third section evaluates a few salient U.S.-German economic policy differences and strains that seem to be influenced by Germany's weakened economic situation.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Ahearn, Raymond J. & Belkin, Paul
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: U.S. Casualties
This report presents casualty data compiled by the Department of Defense (DOD) as tallied from the agency's press releases.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Chesser, Susan G.
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.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Addis, Casey L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Control Policies in Various Countries
This report summarizes the GHG control policies in effect or under consideration in the European Union (EU) and various other large countries, and offers a brief set of initial observations. It gives particular emphasis to how particular trade sensitive sectors may be treated in the context of each national program.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Leggett, Jane A.; Lattanzio, Richard K.; Ek, Carl & Parker, Larry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan—Internal Stability and U.S. Response: CRS Experts
None
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2008 and FY2009 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel
This report provides a brief overview of the recruiting and retention rates for Active and Reserve Component enlisted personnel during FY2008 and FY2009.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Kapp, Lawrence & Henning, Charles A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Rule XIV Procedures for Placing Measures Directly on the Senate Calendar
When a Senator introduces a bill or joint resolution, the measure is usually referred to committee, pursuant to provisions of Senate Rules XIV, XVII, and XXV. This report describes the Senate Rule XIV, para. 2, which requires that bills and resolutions have three readings before passage, and that they be read twice before being referred to committee.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Koempel, Michael L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations
None
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations
This report provides an overview of Jordanian politics and current issues in U.S.-Jordanian relations. It provides a brief discussion of Jordan's government and economy and of its cooperation in promoting Arab-Israeli peace and other U.S. policy objectives in the Middle East.
Date:
October 30, 2009
Creator:
Sharp, Jeremy M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Private Health Insurance Provisions of H.R. 3962
This report summarizes key provisions affecting private health insurance, including provisions to raise revenues, in Division A of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as introduced in the House of Representatives on October 29, 2009. H.R. 3962 is based on H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, which was originally introduced on July 14, 2009, and was reported separately on October 14, 2009, by three House Committees: Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means.
Date:
October 30, 2009
Creator:
Chaikind, Hinda; Fernandez, Bernadette; Peterson, Chris L.; Morgan, Paulette C.; Newsom, Mark & Mulvey, Janemarie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Summary and Analysis of S. 1733 and Comparison with H.R. 2454: Electric Power and Natural Gas
None
Date:
October 30, 2009
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library