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Forest Service Revenue-Sharing Payments: Legislative Issues
The Forest Service (FS) returns 25% of the revenues from each national forest to the states for use on roads and schools in counties where the forests are located; the Bureau of Land Management shares 50% of its revenues with counties containing the Oregon & California grant lands. This report discusses the legislative concerns that have arisen because declining timber sales have reduced revenues.
Date:
March 24, 2000
Creator:
Gorte, Ross W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Obscenity, Child Pornography, and Indecency: Recent Developments and Pending Issues
None
Date:
March 24, 2004
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance
None
Date:
March 24, 2003
Creator:
Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The National Counterterrorism Center: Implementation Challenges and Issues for Congress
None
Date:
March 24, 2005
Creator:
Masse, Todd M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bankruptcy Reform in the 108th Congress
On March 19, 2003, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 975, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003. H.R. 975, as introduced, was substantially similar to the legislation (H.R. 333) approved by both the House and the Senate during the 107th Congress, but omitted the Schumer Amendment which would have prevented the discharge of liability for willful violation of protective orders and violent protests against providers of “lawful services,” including reproductive health services. As passed by the House, H.R. 975 was amended to add sections to, among other things, increase the cap on wage and employee benefit claims. The Senate did not consider H.R. 975 during the first session of the 108th Congress. This report provides an overview of selected major provisions of the legislation.
Date:
March 24, 2003
Creator:
Welborn, Angie A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iraq War: Background and Issues Overview
None
Date:
March 24, 2003
Creator:
Copson, Raymond W.
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:
March 24, 2003
Creator:
Cohen, Henry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Issues in the 109th Congress: Policy Challenges and Opportunities
The 108th Congress completed a full trade agenda with the passage of legislation on a broad spectrum of issues. The 109th Congress is expected to face a trade agenda that will be at least as extensive, covering a wide range of issues, from the extension of presidential trade promotion (fast track) authority to consideration of more free trade agreements and oversight of the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. In some respects, these issues are distinct, each with its own policy and economic implications. In other respects the issues are interrelated. They have emerged from common sets of domestic politics, foreign policy, and economic factors and affect or are affected by the concerns of Members of Congress, of other policymakers and of many interest groups. These issues and how policymakers deal with them will define overall U.S. trade policy.
Date:
March 24, 2005
Creator:
Cooper, William H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Budget Request and Plan, FY2005-FY2009
None
Date:
March 24, 2004
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Beneficiary Information and Decision Supports for the Medicare-Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card
On December 8, 2003 the President signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA, P.L. 108-173). This legislation establishes a Medicare prescription drug benefit, effective January 1, 2006. In the interim, the legislation requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary program of Medicare-endorsed prescription drug discount cards. This report discusses the objectives and benefits of this legislation.
Date:
March 24, 2005
Creator:
Justice, Diane
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress
This report provides information on how most of the countries banned United States beef after the first report of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in a Canadian-born cow after the December 2003 U.S. report. This explains all the steps USDA has taken to reduce the positive cases of BSE by starting special programs. Updated March 24, 2005.
Date:
March 24, 2005
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
The bilateral relationship between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China (PRC) is vitally important, touching on a wide range of areas including, among others, economic policy, security, foreign relations, and human rights. This report addresses relevant policy questions in current U.S.-China relations, discusses trends and key legislation in the current Congress, and provides a chronology of developments and high-level exchanges.
Date:
March 24, 2005
Creator:
Dumbaugh, Kerry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Budget Deficit and the Trade Deficit: What Is Their Relationship?
During the last half of the 1990s, real gross domestic investment rose as a fraction of real GDP. This resulted from the rise in U.S. productivity and the related rise in the real yield on U.S. assets. This drew additional private capital from abroad. If the twin deficits theory is correct, it has an adverse implication for the efficacy of fiscal policy as a stimulus tool. It suggests that in an environment of highly mobile international capital flows the effect of policy induced increases in the structural budget deficit (e.g., tax cuts) on short-run economic growth would be largely offset by increases in the trade deficit. The experience during both the 1980s and 1990s demonstrates that a large and growing trade deficit need not be an impediment to overall job creation even though it may have had an effect on the type of jobs that were created since it affected the composition of U.S. output.
Date:
March 24, 2005
Creator:
Labonte, Marc & Makinen, Gail
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative
This report discusses administration’s proposed base program called strengthening America’s communities initiative intended to award funds in support of job creation and economic development.
Date:
March 24, 2005
Creator:
Boyd, Eugene; Mulock, Bruce K.; Smale, Pauline; Cowan, Tadlock; Laney, Garrine P. & Foote, Bruce E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Facility Security
Facilities handling large amounts of potentially hazardous chemical (i.e., chemical facilities) might be of interest to terrorists, either as targets for direct attacks meant to release chemicals into the community or as a source of chemicals for use elsewhere. For any individual facility, the risk is very small, but the risks may be increasing -- with potentially severe consequences for human health and the environment. Congress might choose to rely on existing efforts in the public and private sectors to improve chemical site security over time. Alternatively, Congress could expand existing environmental planning requirements for chemical facilities to require consideration of terrorism. Congress might also enact legislation to reduce risks, either by "hardening" defenses against terrorists or by requiring industries to consider use of safer chemicals, procedures, or processes.
Date:
March 24, 2006
Creator:
Schierow, Linda-Jo
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NEPA and Hurricane Response, Recovery, and Rebuilding Efforts
None
Date:
March 24, 2006
Creator:
Luther, Linda G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Quasi Government: Hybrid Organizations with Both Government and Private Sector Legal Characteristics
None
Date:
March 24, 2006
Creator:
Moe, Ronald C. & Kosar, Kevin R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 109th Congress
This report reviews the status of energy efficiency and renewable energy legislation introduced during the 109th Congress. Action in the second session has focused on appropriations bills; the first session focused on omnibus energy policy bill H.R. 6 and several appropriations bills. this report describes several major pieces of legislation, including the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Transportation Equity Act. For each bill listed in this report, a brief description and a summary of action are given, including references to committee hearings and reports. Also, a selected list of hearings on renewable energy is included.
Date:
March 24, 2006
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
USA PATRIOT Act Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005: A Legal Analysis
Several sections of the USA PATRIOT Act and one section of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 were originally scheduled to expire on December 31, 2005. In July 2005, both Houses approved USA PATRIOT reauthorization acts, H.R. 3199 and S. 1389, and the conference committee filed a report, H.Rept. 109-333. A separate bill, the USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 (S. 2271), provided civil liberties safeguards not included in the conference report. Both H.R. 3199 and S. 2271 were signed into law (P.L. 109-177 and P.L. 109-178) by the President on March 9, 2006.
Date:
March 24, 2006
Creator:
Yeh, Brian T. & Doyle, Charles
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Earthquake in South Asia: Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations
The powerful earthquake struck northern Pakistan and India damaged the homes of as many as three million people, forcing many of them to search for alternative means of shelter. The full extent of the destruction remains unknown because government authorities and relief organizations continue to have difficulty accessing some remote locations. As of the date of this report, the United States government (USG) has pledged $410 million toward the relief effort, almost all of it to assisting Pakistan, which remains a key U.S. ally in the war against terror. So far, about 35% of this pledge has been committed. Some aid agencies are saying that the country needs a great deal more aid than it is getting, and warn that the economic impact of the disaster will surpass $5.2 billion. This burden may contribute toward long-term instability in an area perceived to be of critical importance to the United States in the war on terror.
Date:
March 24, 2006
Creator:
Kronenfeld, Daniel & Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Digital Rights" and Fair Use in Copyright Law
This report examines judicial case law which has considered the doctrine of fair use in relation to the First Amendment, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and as a means of protecting private, noncommercial use of digital music and film by consumers. It concludes that when the potential to infringe is great, as it almost always will be in a digital environment, the courts have not been willing to expand fair use to encompass subsidiary uses such as time shifting, space shifting, or personal noncommercial use.
Date:
March 24, 2003
Creator:
Jeweler, Robin
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 31, Number 12, Pages 2335-2762, March 24, 2006
A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date:
March 24, 2006
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BASE REDEVELOPMENT AND REALIGNMENT MANUAL
BASE REDEVELOPMENT AND REALIGNMENT MANUAL. March 1, 2006. OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE(INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT)
Date:
March 24, 2006
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 12, Pages 2485-2716, March 24, 2000
A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date:
March 24, 2000
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History