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Abortion: Public opinion
This report gives details aboutpublic opinions on abortion.
Date:
April 30, 1981
Creator:
Crocker, Royce
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Ethics in the 98th Congress
This report describes Congressional Ethics in the 98th Congress.
Date:
January 26, 1984
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child Welfare and Family Problems: Legislation and Issues in the 97th Congress
This issue brief contains a discussion of the evolution of existing child and family related social services programs.
Date:
April 14, 1981
Creator:
Fowler, Jan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Budget for FY82
This report covers the impact of revisions for the 1982 fiscal year budget set in place by President Ronald Reagan.
Date:
October 6, 1981
Creator:
Rashkow, Ilona
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Power: Three Mile Island Accident-- Congressional Rseponse and Investigations
This report contains background information and investigations regarding the Three Mile Island nuclear power accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It also shows the President's Commission and overall chronology of Committee responses on one of the largest nuclear power plant accident.
Date:
March 6, 1980
Creator:
Donnelly, Warren H. & Kramer, Donna S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture: Proposed Revisions in Federal Disaster Assistance
This report is about the proposed revisions in federal disaster assistance for the agriculture field.
Date:
August 11, 1978
Creator:
Womach, Jasper A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Parental Kidnaping
This report addresses the issue of parental kidnaping.
Date:
November 14, 1977
Creator:
McCoy, Meredith
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Marihuana Control
This report addresses the issue of marihuana control
Date:
November 30, 1977
Creator:
Hogan, Harry
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline: Public opinion on the shortage
This report gives details about the opinion polls on the shortages and on the possible actions to meet the shortage can illuminate Public views on the debate.
Date:
February 20, 1980
Creator:
Oslon, Jan
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Are High Interest Rates a Threat to Sustained Economic Recovery?
This report is on Are High-Interest Rates a Threat to Sustained Economic Recovery?
Date:
July 13, 1983
Creator:
Elwell, Craig
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil Shale Development in the West: Outlook, Current Activities, and Constraints
This report discusses the technology base for processing oil shale, the outlook and constraints facing potential shale oil producers, the environmental and regulatory concerns associated with shale development.
Date:
March 27, 1974
Creator:
Rothberg, Paul F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Capital Punishment
This report is about Capital Punishment.
Date:
August 12, 1973
Creator:
Barbara, McClure
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation
This report discusses a variety of issues pertaining to energy policy. It includes information about most recent developments, background and analysis broken down into major categories, and relevant legislation.
Date:
November 24, 2004
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress
This report discusses trade issues in the 109th Congress. For over 50 years, U.S. trade officials have negotiated multilateral trade agreements to achieve lower trade barriers and rules to cover international trade. During the 108th Congress, U.S. officials negotiated and Congress approved four bilateral free-trade agreements with Australia, Chile, Morocco, and Singapore.
Date:
December 16, 2004
Creator:
Fergusson, Ian F. & Sek, Lenore M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform
This report examines the debate over the future of the Social Security system. It includes discussion of recent developments; background and analysis with information about the basic debate, specific area of contention, reform initiatives; and relevant legislation.
Date:
December 9, 2004
Creator:
Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues
This report discusses key drinking water issues in the 108th Congress involving water infrastructure funding and problems caused by specific contaminants, such as the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), perchlorate, and lead in drinking water. Congress last reauthorized the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 1996, and although funding authority for most SDWA programs expired in FY2003, broad reauthorization efforts were not pursued as EPA, states, and water utilities continued implementing the 1996 amendments.
Date:
December 8, 2004
Creator:
Tiemann, Mary
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Clean Water Act Issues in the 108th Congress
This report discusses issues regarding the Clean Water Act. Prospects for legislative initiatives to comprehensively amend the Clean Water Act (CWA) have stalled for some time over whether and exactly how to change the law, and Congress has recently focused legislative attention on narrow bills to extend or modify selected CWA programs, rather than taking up comprehensive proposals. For example, the 108th Congress enacted one bill amending the CWA, legislation to reauthorize the National Estuary Program (H.R. 4731, P.L. 108-399).
Date:
December 6, 2004
Creator:
Copeland, Claudia
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress
This report discusses the Superfund program for cleaning up the nation's worst hazardous waste sites, created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA (P.L. 96-510, as amended). It includes recent development and background issues, superfund issues, revenue issues, comprehensive reauthorization, and legislation regarding superfund program.
Date:
October 27, 2004
Creator:
Reisch, Mark
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Telecommunications Discounts for Schools and Libraries: The "E-Rate" Program and Controversies
This report addresses the controversial issues surrounding the E-rate program's implementation and subsequent legislative measures introduced to address these issues. An additional issue, concern that minors may gain access to "inappropriate" material through the Internet has also had an impact on the E-rate program.
Date:
November 10, 2004
Creator:
Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress
This report discusses federal funding for research and development. National R&D funding continues to grow, but the federal R&D share has declined to less than 30% of the total. Debates focus on which fields of federal R&D should be increased and how to set priorities and to "balance" health and nonhealth fields.
Date:
December 1, 2004
Creator:
Knezo, Genevieve J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
School Choice: Current Legislation
This report provides an overview of current local, state, and federal policies and programs that support school choice and identifies and summarizes recent federal school choice legislation.
Date:
November 24, 2004
Creator:
Smole, David P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards
This report discusses energy legislation pertaining to fuel standards. The current corporate average fuel economy standard (CAFE) is 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg) for passenger automobiles and 20.7 mpg for light trucks (scheduled to increase to 22.2 mpg in model year [MY] 2007), a classification that also includes sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Congress had included language in the FY1996-FY2001 Transportation Appropriations prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for any rulemaking on CAFE, effectively freezing the standards.
Date:
November 4, 2004
Creator:
Bamberger, Robert
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Major Tax Issues in the 108th Congress
This report provides an overview of major tax issues. It begins by describing three aspects of the economic context in which the tax policy debate during 2004 is likely to occur: the general state of the U.S. economy; the position of the federal budget; and the level of taxes in the United States.
Date:
December 2, 2004
Creator:
Brumbaugh, David L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Financing
This report discusses various issues regarding campaign finance law and potential options for policy responses.
Date:
December 17, 2004
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library