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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 110th Congress

Description: This report reviews the status of energy efficiency and renewable energy legislation introduced during the 110th Congress. Most action in the second session is focused on the FY2009 budget request and legislation that would extend or modify selected renewable energy and energy efficiency tax incentives.
Date: September 12, 2008
Creator: Sissine, Fred; Cunningham, Lynn J. & Gurevitz, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress

Description: This report provides information about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments of 110th Congress where that statute specified nine categories of information that may be permissibly exempted from the rule of disclosure.
Date: March 12, 2007
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress

Description: Aquaculture — the farming of fish, shellfish, and other aquatic animals and plants in a controlled environment — is expanding rapidly abroad, with more modest advances in the United States. This report discusses the federal laws and regulations that guide the management of resources in open ocean and near-shore coastal areas.
Date: January 12, 2009
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance Reform and the 110th Congress

Description: This report presents basic background on health insurance that may be useful to legislators considering health insurance reforms.
Date: December 12, 2008
Creator: Peterson, Chris L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposals for a New Foreign Service Compensation System in the 110th Congress

Description: This report discusses (1) the legislative background leading to a proposal to change the compensation system, (2) the current Foreign Service personnel system and why the Foreign Service views its personnel system as already performance-based, (3) an examination of why the Foreign Service and the Administration are both requesting that Congress change the compensation system, (4) an examination of H.R. 3202 and S. 3426, the "Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2008," and (5) some issues … more
Date: September 12, 2008
Creator: Nakamura, Kennon H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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