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Climate Change Legislation in the 108th Congress
Climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been an issue in the 108th Congress, as they have been over the past decade. Bills directly addressing climate change issues range from those focused primarily on climate change research (H.R. 1578 and S. 1164) to comprehensive emissions cap and trading programs for all six greenhouse gases (S. 139 and H.R. 4067). This report briefly discusses basic concepts on which these bills are based, and compares major provisions of the bills in each of the following categories: climate change research, GHG reporting and registries, and cap and trade programs.
Date:
January 6, 2005
Creator:
Yacobucci, Brent D. & Powers, Kyna
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent Practices
This report is divided into two segments. The first segment provides the most recent developments and content of the FY2005 continuing resolutions. The second segment provides information on the history of CRs; the nature, scope, and duration of CRs during the last 35 years; the types of CRs that have been enacted; and an overview of those instances when funding (or budget authority2) has lapsed and a funding gap has resulted.
Date:
January 10, 2005
Creator:
Streeter, Sandy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Economics of the Federal Budget Deficit
In FY1998, federal budget receipts exceeded outlays for the first time since 1969. Those surpluses continued through FY2001. At one time, those surpluses had been projected to continue, but conditions have since changed. The economy went into recession in 2001, and a stimulus package was enacted. Since then, the budget has been in deficit. The actual unified budget deficit for FY2004 was $412.1 billion. In January 2005, the Congressional Budget Office projected that there would be a budget deficit of $368 billion in FY2005, and a deficit of $295 billion in FY2006.
Date:
January 28, 2005
Creator:
Cashell, Brian W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Treatment of "Battlefield Detainees" in the War on Terrorism
None
Date:
January 13, 2005
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Calendars of the House of Representatives
In the House of Representatives, the term “calendar” has two related meanings. This fact sheet, one of a series of fact sheets on legislative process, explains calendars and their use in the House of Representatives.
Date:
January 11, 2005
Creator:
Davis, Christopher M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Senate's Executive Calendar
None
Date:
January 5, 2005
Creator:
Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
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:
January 13, 2005
Creator:
Davis, Carol D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Selected Statistics and Information Guide
This report provides current and historical information on the budget resolution. It provides a list of the budget resolutions adopted and rejected by Congress since implementation of the CBA, including the U.S. Statutes-at-Large citations and committee report numbers, and describes their formulation and content. The report provides a table of selected optional components, a list of reconciliation measures, and information on the number of years covered by budget resolutions. It also provides information on the consideration and adoption of budget resolutions, including an identification of the House special rules that provided for consideration of budget resolutions; the amendments in the nature of a substitute to the budget resolution considered in the House; the number and disposition of House and Senate amendments to budget resolutions; and dates of House and Senate action on budget resolutions.
Date:
January 25, 2005
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How Measures Are Brought to the House Floor: A Brief Introduction
This report presents a brief description of the five methods used to bring proposed legislation to the House floor for consideration.
Date:
January 11, 2005
Creator:
Saturno, James V.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Dear Colleague" Letters: A Brief Overview
“Dear Colleague” letters are official correspondence distributed in bulk to Members in both chambers. Primarily, they are used by one or more Members to persuade others to cosponsor or oppose a bill (generally, prior to introduction). Dear Colleague letters might also inform Members of an event connected with congressional business, of new or modified House procedures, or of some other matter. The use of the phrase “‘Dear Colleague’ letter” to refer to a widely distributed letter among Members dates at least to the start of the 20th century. New technologies and expanded use of the Internet have increased the speed and facilitated the process of preparing Dear Colleague letters.
Date:
January 4, 2005
Creator:
Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: A Sketch
None
Date:
January 27, 2005
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Capital Punishment: An Overview of Federal Death Penalty Statutes
With the passage of P.L. 103-322, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the federal death penalty became available as a possible punishment for a substantial number of new and existing civilian offenses. On April 24, 1996, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 made further modifications and additions to the list of federal capital crimes. On June 25, 2002, P.L. 107-197, the Terrorist Bombings Convention Implementation Act of 2002, added another capital crime to the United States Code. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, P.L. 108-458, enacted December 17, 2004, included provisions which impacted or expanded some of the existing death penalty provisions. This report lists the current federal capital offenses and summarizes the procedures for federal civilian death penalty cases.
Date:
January 5, 2005
Creator:
Bazan, Elizabeth B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Department of Defense Rules for Military Commissions: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Proposed Legislation and the Uniform Code of Military Justice
This report provides a background and analysis comparing military commissions as envisioned under M.C.O. No. 1 to general military courts-martial conducted under the UCMJ. The report notes some of the criticism directed at the President’s M.O., and explains how those concerns are addressed by the military commission orders and instructions. The report provides two charts to compare the regulations issued by the Department of Defense and standard procedures for general courts-martial under the Manual for Courts-Martial. The second chart, which compares procedural safeguards incorporated in the regulations with established procedures in courts martial, follows the same order and format used in CRS Report RL31262, Selected Procedural Safeguards in Federal, Military, and International Courts, in order to facilitate comparison with safeguards provided in federal court and the International Criminal Court.
Date:
January 18, 2005
Creator:
Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: Provisions That Expire on December 31, 2005
None
Date:
January 27, 2005
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as passed in 1978, provided a statutory framework for the use of electronic surveillance in the context of foreign intelligence gathering. In doing so, Congress sought to strike a balance between national security interests and personal privacy rights. Subsequent legislation expanded federal laws dealing with foreign intelligence gathering to address physical searches, pen registers and trap and trace devices, and access to certain business records.
Date:
January 11, 2005
Creator:
Bazan, Elizabeth B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Latin America: Terrorism Issues
This annual report is on worldwide terrorism, The State Department highlights threats in Colombia, Peru, and the tri-border region of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The State Department also has designated four terrorist groups (three in Colombia and one in Peru) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and Cuba has been listed as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1982.
Date:
January 14, 2005
Creator:
Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Navy DD(X) and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress
None
Date:
January 25, 2005
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
None
Date:
January 11, 2005
Creator:
Browne, Marjorie Ann
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States
None
Date:
January 10, 2005
Creator:
Mark, Clyde R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda
None
Date:
January 24, 2005
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arms Control and Nonproliferation Activities: A Catalog of Recent Events
This report contains brief descriptions of the most prominent arms control and nonproliferation efforts in which the United States has participated during recent years. The entries describe the substance of each arms control effort, the period in which the effort occurred, and the status of the effort at the end of 2004.
Date:
January 7, 2005
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
None
Date:
January 21, 2005
Creator:
Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview
None
Date:
January 10, 2005
Creator:
Relyea, Harold C. & Seifert, Jeffrey W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency
None
Date:
January 24, 2005
Creator:
Bolkcom, Christopher & Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library