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Medicaid, SCHIP, and Other Health Provisions in H.R. 5661: Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000
This report discusses Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The report also discusses other major health provisions provisions of H.R. 5661 are incorporated, by reference into H.R. 4577, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001.
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Hearne, Jean P.; Herz, Elicia J. & Baumrucker, Evelyne P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
This report discusses global climate change and the possibility that human activities are releasing gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), at rates that could affect global climate change.
Date:
April 4, 2001
Creator:
Parker, Larry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
This report discusses global climate change and the market-based strategies to reduce greenhouse gases.
Date:
February 4, 2003
Creator:
Parker, Larry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues
This report discusses the funding authorizations for programs in the Higher Education Act (HEA). This legislation, administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), authorizes the federal government’s major student aid programs, as well as other significant initiatives.
Date:
September 4, 2003
Creator:
Stedman, James B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Budget Surpluses Change Federal Debt
This report discusses how budget surpluses change federal debt. The answer involves understanding what drives changes in the two components of total federal debt, debt held by the public (which includes debt held by individuals, pension funds, banks, and insurance companies, among other entities) and debt held by government accounts (almost all in federal trust funds, such as Social Security).
Date:
January 4, 2001
Creator:
Winters, Philip D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events
This report provides a concise historical account of the dispute, summarizes the subsidy and injury evidence, and discusses the current issues and events regarding lumber imports from Canada.
Date:
August 4, 2003
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W. & Grimmett, Jeanne
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment
This report is divided into two parts. The first gives a brief history of the flag protection issue, from the enactment of the Flag Protection Act in 1968 through current consideration of a constitutional amendment. The second part briefly summarizes the two decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, that struck down the state and federal flag protection statutes as applied in the context punishing expressive conduct.
Date:
June 4, 2003
Creator:
Luckey, John R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Basic Sources
This report introduces selected basic sources that are useful in obtaining background information or specific facts on the status of federal legislative or regulatory initiatives. It includes telephone, online, and media sources are included, as well as pertinent directories, such as those of organizations that track areas of interest. Annotations describing each source's contents and organization are included so that researchers can select those that most closely fit their needs. Internet addresses usually provide information about the items, rather than access to them.
Date:
August 4, 2003
Creator:
Davis, Carol D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation
This report addresses policies on immigration visa issuances, options to reassign this function to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that were considered prior to passage of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296), and other policies options that may arise in the 108th Congress. It 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. An analysis of the grounds for excluding aliens follows. The report summarizes the debate on transferring visa issuance policy functions to homeland security and concludes with a discussion of the legislative proposals to reassign the visa issuance activities and to revise visa issuance policies.
Date:
August 4, 2003
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
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.3 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:
August 4, 2004
Creator:
Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Services Block Grant (Title XX of the Social Security Act)
The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) is a flexible source of funds that states may use to support a wide variety of social services activities. States have broad discretion over the use of these funds. This short report provides background information on the SSBG and tracks relevant legislation and appropriations measures.
Date:
November 4, 2002
Creator:
Gish, Melinda
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security: Air Passenger Prescreening and Counterterrorism
This report discusses about Boarder and Transportation Security Screening Coordination, System Integrity, Access and Data Retention, Key Operational Consideration and many more.
Date:
March 4, 2005
Creator:
Elias, Bart; Krouse, William J. & Rappaport, Edward B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NATO and the European Union
Report which discusses issues related to the North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) including the level of involvement of the entities in using political and military actions to defend against terrorism and proliferation, the types of military forces necessary, the role of the EU in crisis management, the appropriateness of decision-making procedures to respond to emerging threats, and the role of other international institutions.
Date:
January 4, 2005
Creator:
Archick, Kristin & Gallis, Paul E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Selected Tax Law Changes Effective January 1, 2002
This report is a listing of the tax changes which were enacted during 2001 and effective at the beginning of 2002
Date:
January 4, 2002
Creator:
Morris, Marie B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Is the U.S. Trade Deficit Caused by a Global Saving Glut?
This report discusses the concern about the size of the current U.S. account deficit, popularly known as the trade deficit. Also compares and analyzes the conventional view with the global saving glut view.
Date:
November 4, 2005
Creator:
Labonte, Marc
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Housing Issues in the 109th Congress
This report discusses the budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which would be a decrease of $2.8 billion, or almost 9%, from FY2005.
Date:
May 4, 2005
Creator:
Bourdon, E. Richard; Foote, Bruce E.; McCarty, Maggie; Boyd, Eugene & Jackson, Pamela J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NASA's Space Shuttle Program: The Columbia Tragedy, the Discovery Mission, and the Future of the Shuttle
This report discusses the Columbia tragedy, the Discovery mission, and issues for Congress regarding the future of the shuttle.
Date:
January 4, 2006
Creator:
Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities
This report discusses federal funding for IT research and development. Proponents assert that federal support of IT R&D has produced positive outcomes for the country and played a crucial role in supporting long-term research into fundamental aspects of computing. Critics assert that the government, through its funding mechanisms, may be picking “winners and losers” in technological development, a role more properly residing with the private sector.
Date:
May 4, 2006
Creator:
Figliola, Patricia Moloney
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal and Non-Federal Support of University Based Research
While the federal government continues to be the primary supporter of university based research and development (R&D), the financial composition of support for university-based research has changed considerably over the past 31 years. This report discusses national R&D expenditures for university based research, which reached $36.333 billion in 2002.
Date:
June 4, 2004
Creator:
Davey, Michael E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Morocco: Current Issues
This report discusses the current political, social and economical issues in Morocco. In addition the report discuses human rights violations and terrorism.
Date:
May 4, 2006
Creator:
Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Columbia Accident Investigation Board
On Feb. 1, 2003, Shuttle Columbia was lost during its return to Earth. Investigators have found the cause. Official Board site providing press releases, events, and other information regarding the ongoing investigation.
Date:
February 4, 2003
Creator:
Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Object Type:
Website
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gun Legislation in the 109th Congress
This report discusses the gun legislation in the 190th Congress. It presents the views of a contentious debate, with strong advocates for and against the further federal regulation of firearms.
Date:
August 4, 2006
Creator:
Krouse, William J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs, FY2007 Appropriations
This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs and Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittees. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant.
Date:
August 4, 2006
Creator:
Else, Daniel H.; Graney, Paul J. & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gun Legislation in the 109th Congress
This report discusses the ongoing debate over the efficacy and constitutionality of federal regulation of firearms and ammunition. The report provides background information and analysis over the pros and cons of the debate and gun related statistics. It is a contentious debate, with strong advocates for and against the further federal regulation of firearms.
Date:
August 4, 2006
Creator:
Krouse, William J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library