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Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

Description: This report includes information regarding current issues in Saudi Arabia, background to Saudi-U.S. relations, and congressional interest in Saudi Arabia
Date: November 8, 2004
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges

Description: This report includes information regarding issues and policy challenges with U.S.-European trade relations. Growing strains, resolving longstanding disputes, and strengthening the multilateral trading system are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: June 8, 2004
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues

Description: 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 … more
Date: December 8, 2004
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Space Stations

Description: This report includes information regarding space stations. The Space Station Program, the International Space Station, and international partners are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: December 8, 2003
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations

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Date: December 8, 2005
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Libya

Description: This report includes information regarding U.S. relations with Libya as well as other Libyan foreign relations and government.
Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress

Description: This report includes background information, information on recent developments, and proposals for progress on United Nations peacekeeping
Date: April 8, 2005
Creator: Browne, Marjorie Ann
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals

Description: This report includes information regarding policies and proposals pertaining to gasoline prices. Options for policy, the NOPEC Bill, and ANWR are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: August 8, 2005
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

Description: This report provides information about the Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal.The nuclear waste policy act of 1982 calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository.
Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Holt, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act

Description: This report includes information regarding the implementation of the Clean Water Act. Total maximum daily load requirements, funding issues, and stormwater discharges are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: November 8, 2005
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Welfare Reauthorization: An Overview of the Issues

Description: This report includes information regarding welfare reauthorization. Topics of discussion include trends under welfare reform, TANF work requirements, and child support enforcement.
Date: May 8, 2006
Creator: Falk, Gene; Gish, Melinda & Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization Status and Issues

Description: This report includes information such as background, summary, and possible reauthorization issues of the Higher Education Act.
Date: June 8, 2004
Creator: Stedman, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act

Description: This report includes information regarding the implementation of the Clean Water Act. Total maximum daily load requirements, funding issues, and stormwater discharges are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: February 8, 2005
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Welfare Reauthorization: Overview of the Issues

Description: In February 2002, the Administration proposed its welfare reauthorization plan. The debate was dominated by controversy over the amount of child care funding and the Administration's proposed changes to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) work participation standards. The final agreement reflects the same child care funding increase that was provided in House-passed welfare reauthorization measures in 2002 and 2003 ($1 billion in additional mandatory child care funding over five year… more
Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Falk, Gene; Gish, Melinda & Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Welfare Reauthorization: Overview of the Issues

Description: In February 2002, the Administration proposed its welfare reauthorization plan. The debate was dominated by controversy over the amount of child care funding and the Administration's proposed changes to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) work participation standards. The final agreement reflects the same child care funding increase that was provided in House-passed welfare reauthorization measures in 2002 and 2003 ($1 billion in additional mandatory child care funding over five year… more
Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Falk, Gene; Gish, Melinda & Solomon-Fears, Carmen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Research: DOD's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Program

Description: On June 27, the Bush Administration released an amended FY2002 budget for the Department of Defense (DOD). The amended budget requests a total of $328.9 billion for DOD, an additional $18.4 billion above the Administration’s “Blueprint” budget released in April. The amended budget included an additional $5.6 billion for DOD’s Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) program. This raises the FY2002 RDT&E request to $47.4 billion, $6.3 billion above the total obligational authority avai… more
Date: November 8, 2001
Creator: Moteff, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Executive Branch Reorganization and Management Initiatives

Description: This issue brief views reorganization and management as involving the alteration of the program administrative structure and operations of the executive branch for reasons of efficiency, economy, and direction. The underlying issue is who reorganizes or sets management policy—Congress or the President— and by what authority and, also, for what purpose?
Date: July 8, 2002
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Middle East Peace Talks

Description: No Description Available.
Date: July 8, 2002
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

Description: This report presents an overview of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. This is a clash between the principles of territorial integrity and self-determination that is occurring in the Caucasus, creating the longest inter-ethnic dispute in the former Soviet Union. The report includes the background and analysis of history, warfare and peace process in the region. The report discusses the Armenian and Azerbaijani perspective, the role and views of others (Iran, Turkey, Russia), as well as the U.S. p… more
Date: September 8, 2002
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bosnia: U.S. Military Operations

Description: This report outlines U.S. military operations in Bosnia and discusses issues such as U.S. and Allied Participation in Bosnia Peacekeeping (IFOR/SFOR), duration, cost, arms control and military assistance. This report also includes most recent development, background analysis, and legislation.
Date: January 8, 2002
Creator: Bowman, Steven R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Western Water Resource Issues

Description: For more than a century, the federal government has constructed water resource projects for a variety of purposes, including flood control, navigation, power generation, and irrigation. Growing population and changing values have increased demands on water supplies and river systems, resulting in water use and management conflicts throughout the country, particularly in the West, where the population is expected to increase 30% in the next 20-25 years. Debate over western water resources revolv… more
Date: March 8, 2006
Creator: Cody, Betsy A. & Sheikh, Pervaze A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events

Description: 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: November 8, 2002
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Grimmett, Jeanne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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