Congressional Research Reports
- Fish and Wildlife Service: Compensation to Local Governments
- Iraq-Kuwait: U.N. Security Council Resolutions--Texts and Votes
- Iraq-Kuwait: United Nations Security Council Resolutions Tests and Votes -- 1991
- Basic Questions on U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization
- The Fair Labor Standards Act: Changes Made by the 101st Congress and Their Implications
- The "Son of Sam" Case: Legislative Implications
- Countercyclical Job Creation Programs
- The Endangered Species Act and Private Property: A Legal Primer
- Plant Closings, Mass Layoffs, and Worker Dislocations: Data Issues
- President Bush's Judicial Nominations During the 101st and 102nd Congresses
- Social Security Benefits Are not Paid for the Month of Death: A Fact Sheet
- Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
- Expulsion and Censure Actions Taken by the Full Senate Against Members
- Haiti: Background to the Overthrow of President Aristide
- Social Security: Coverage of Household Workers - A Fact Sheet
- Trade and Environment: Treatment in Recent Agreements--GATT and NAFTA
- Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law
- Market-Based Environmental Management: Issues in Implementation
- Cigarette Taxes to Fund Health Care Reform: An Economic Analysis
- Intelligence Spending: Public Disclosure Issues
- Social Security: Brief Facts and Statistics
- Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Premiums: Fact Sheet
- Partnership for Peace
- The Davis-Bacon Act: Institutional Evolution and Public Policy
- The U.S. Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI): A Fact Sheet
- Hedge Funds: Should They Be Regulated?
- Defense Burdensharing: Is Japans Host Nation Support a Model for Other Allies?
- Social Security: Raising the Retirement Age Background and Issues
- Radio and Television Broadcasting to Cuba: Background and Current Issues
- The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments Act of 1994, S. 2230 )103rd Cong., 2nd Sess.): A Brief Analysis
- Brief Summaries of Federal Animal Protection Statutes
- Brief Facts About Congressional Pensions
- Cuba-U.S. Relations: Should the United States Reexamine Its Policy?
- Social Security: The Cost-of-Living Adjustment in January 2009
- Legislative Prayer and School Prayer: The Constitutional Difference
- Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Federal Civil Service Annuities
- NATO: Enlargement in Central Europe
- The Brady Handgun Control Act: Constitutional Issues
- Davis-Bacon: The Act and the Literature
- Social Services Block Grant: (Title XX of the Social Security Act)
- Awards of Attorneys' Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies
- Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969
- The Assault Weapons Ban: Review of Federal Laws Controlling Possession of Certain Firearms
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: A Fact Sheet
- Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- World Health organization: A Fact Sheet
- The Former Soviet Union and U.S. Foreign Aid: Implementing the Assistance Program, 1992-1994
- Committee System: Rules Changes in the House, 104th Congress
- Social Security's Treatment Under the Fed4eral Budget: A Summary
- Fedeeral Gun Control Laws: The Second Amendment and Other Constitutional Issues
- Cuba: U.s. Economic Sanctions Through 1996
- The Au Pair Program
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Appropriations Overview
- U.S. National Science Foundation: An Overview
- DOD's Dual-Use Strategy
- Federal Farm Promotion ("Check-off") Programs
- The Advanced Technology Program
- Abortion Services and Military Medical Facilities
- Moldova: Basic Facts
- Child Pornography: Constitutional Principles and Federal Statutes
- Immigration: The Effects on Low-Skilled and High-Skilled Native-Born Workers
- Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes: A Description of Current Law
- The GATT and the WTO: An Overview
- A History of Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Taxes
- Investigative Oversight: An Introduction to the Law, Practice and Procedure of Congressional Inquiry
- Military Retirement and Veterans' Compensation: Concurrent Receipt Issues
- R&D Partnerships: Government-Industry Collaboration
- The Federal Role in Technology Development
- Medal of Honor: History and Issues
- Post Employment, "Revolving Door," Restrictions for Legislative Branch Members and Employees
- Intelligence Implications of the Military Technical Revolution
- The Legislative Process on the House Floor: An Introduction
- The National Guard, State Defense Forces, and the Militias: Official and Unofficial Status
- U.N. Development Program: A Fact Sheet
- Biological Diversity Treaty: Fact Sheet
- Haiti: Efforts to Restore President Aristide, 1991-1994
- Conventional Arms Transfers: President Clintons Policy Directive
- The Unconstitutionality of State Congressional Term Limits: An Overview of U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (Sup. Ct. Doc. No. 93-1456)
- Croatia: Basic Facts
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Congressional Intent
- Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment
- The Fair Housing Act: Legal Overview
- The Effects on U.S. Farm Workers of an Agricultural Guest Worker Program
- Federal Tort Claims Act
- Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview
- Defense Budget: Alternative Measures of Costs of Military Commitments Abroad
- The Difference Between DOD Programs That Develop Dual-Use Technologies and DOD's Dual-Use Technology Development Programs--A Fact Sheet
- Unemployment Benefits: Legislative Issues in the 108th Congress
- Presidential Emergency Powers: The So-Called "War Powers Act of 1933"
- International Labor Organization: A Fact Sheet
- Belarus: Basic Facts
- Habitat Modification and the Endangered Species Act: The Sweet Home Decision
- A U.N. Rapid Reaction Force? Considerations for U.S. Policymakers
- Federal Tort Reform Legislation: Constitutionality and Summaries of Selected Statutes
- Obscenity and Indecency: Constitutional Principles and Federal Statutes
- Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment
- Individual Transferable Quotas in Fishery Management
- Metric Conversion and the Federal Role: An Update
- State Income Taxation of Military Personnel and United States Citizens Residing Outside of the United States
- The Voting Rights Act of 1965, As Amended: Its History and Current Issues
- Regulating Private Pensions: A Summary of ERISA
- Staff Depositions in Congressional Investigations
- The National Institutes of Health: An Overview
- The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law
- Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions on the Death Penalty
- Greece and Turkey: The Rocky Islet Crisis
- Term Limits for Members of Congress: State Activity
- Bosnia: Civil Implementation of the Peace Agreement
- Campaign Activities by Congressional Employees
- A Comparison of the Pay of Top Executives and Other Workers
- National Endowment for Democracy: Policy and Funding Issues
- The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-104): A Brief Overview
- Labor Standards and International Competition: Section 4(e) of the Fair labor Standards Act
- Davis-Bacon: Employment of Helpers on Federal Contract Construction
- TAIWAN: TEXTS OF THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT, THE U.S.-CHINA COMMUNIQUES, AND THE "SIX ASSURANCES"
- Cancer Research: Selected Federal Spending and Morbidity and Mortality Statistics
- Russia and U.S. Foreign Assistance: 1992-1996
- Frequently asked Questions About Tax-Exempt Organizations
- China: U.S. Economic Sanctions
- Conservation Provisions in the 1996 Farm Bill: A Summary
- State Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity: Seminole Tribe v. Florida, 116 S.Ct. 1114 (1996)
- Northern Ireland: Fair Employment and the MacBride Principles
- Landmines: Basic Facts and Congressional Concerns
- Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996
- Adoption: Interethnic Placement Legislation in the 104th Congress
- NAFTA and U.S.-Mexico Cattle Trade
- World Heritage Convention and U.S. National Parks
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Small Business Innovation Research Program
- Bosnia War Crimes: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and U.S. Policy
- Credit Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill
- Dairy Provisions of the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill
- Voting and Quorum Procedures in the Senate
- German Military Presence in the United States: The Case of Holloman Air Force Base
- Country Applicability of the U.S. Normal Trade Relations (Most-Favored-Nation) Status
- Crop Insurance and Risk Management: Provisions in the Enacted 1996 Farm Bill
- Legislative Procedure for Disapproving the Renewal of China's Most-Favored-Nation Status
- War Powers Resolution: A Brief Summary of Pro and Con Arguments
- Prison Litigation Reform Act: An Overview
- Biosphere Reserves: Fact Sheet
- China's Rising Power: Alternative U.S. National Security Strategies-Findings of a Seminar
- Loss of Federal Pensions for Members of Congress Convicted of Certain Offenses
- Western Hemisphere Trade Developments
- The Legislative Process on the Senate Floor: An Introduction
- NATO Adapts for New Missions: The Berlin Accord and Combined Joint Task Forces (CJTF)
- Military Base Closures Since 1988: Status and Employment Changes at the Community and State Level
- Europe and China -- An Emerging Relationship
- Federal Regulation of Working Hours: An Overview Through the 105th Congress
- Homosexuality and the Federal Constitution: A Legal Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Romer v. Evans
- The Baltic States: U.S. Policy Concerns
- "In God We Trust" on the Nation's Coins and Currency and as the National Motto: History and Constitutionality
- Alien Eligibility for Public Assistance
- Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests? Potential Test Ban Risks and Technical Benefits
- Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations
- Small Business Administration: Overview and Issues
- Worker Rights Provisions and Trade Policy: Shoult They Be Linked?
- International Drug Trade and Its Impact on the United States
- Conference Committee and Related Procedures: An Introduction
- Bosnia Implementation Force (IFOR) and Stabilization Force (SFOR): Activities of the 104th Congress
- Congressional Statistics: Bills Introduced and Laws Enacted, 1947-2004
- PESTICIDE LEGISLATION: FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION ACT OF 1996 (P.L. 104-170)
- A Clean Air Option: Cash for Clunkers
- Chinese Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Background and Analysis
- Capital Gains Taxes: An Overview
- Navy Major Shipbuilding Programs and Shipbuilders: Issues and Options for Congress
- Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands Dispute: The U.S. Legal Relationship and Obligations
- Lobbying Regulations on Non-Profit Organizations
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gold Auctions: Current Proposal, History, and Congressional Role
- Nicaragua: Changes Under the Chamorro Government and U.S. Concerns
- Countries of the World and International Organizations: Sources of Information
- Child Abuse and Child Welfare Legislation in the 104th Congress
- Nicaragua's 1996 Elections and Results
- Covert Action: An Effective Instrument of U.S. Foreign Policy?
- SCHOOL PRAYER: THE CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE, 1962-1998
- The Glass Ceiling: A Fact Sheet
- CRIME AND FORFEITURE: THE INNOCENT THIRD PARTY
- China: Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND) and Defense Industries
- Health Insurance Coverage: Characteristics of the Insured and Uninsured Populations in 2007
- Vietnam: Economic/Political Developments and U.S. Relations
- Farm Commodity Legislation: Chronology, 1933-2002
- Special Rules in the House of Representatives
- Environmental Reauthorizations and Regulatory Reform: From the 109th Congress through the 106th
- RICO: A Brief Sketch
- Older Americans Act: 105th Congress Issues
- Health Insurance: Uninsured by State, 2005-2007
- Child Nutrition Legislation in the 104th Congress
- Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: An Overview
- Child Nutrition Issues in the 105th Congress
- Takings Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court: A Chronology
- Committee System: Rules Changes in the House, 105th Congress
- Crime and Forfeiture
- Drug Smuggling, Drug Dealing and Drug Abuse: Background and Overview Under te Federal Controlled Substances Act and Related Statutes
- U.N. Development Program: Background and Issues for Congress
- Economic Sanctions and the Former Yugoslavia: Current Status and Policy Considerations
- Appropriations for FY1998: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY 1998: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
- Appropriations for FY 1998: VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
- Appropriations for FY1998: Defense
- Appropriations for FY1998: Interior and Related Agencies
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1998: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
- Appropriations for FY1998: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1998: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
- Appropriations for FY1998: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
- Appropriations for FY 1998: Legislative Branch
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1998: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- The IIOD Service Academies: Issues for Congress
- The Army Corps of Engineers' Nationwide Permits Program: Issues and Regulatory Developments
- Iran: U.S. Policy and Options
- The "Right to Die": Constitutional and Statutory Analysis
- NATO Enlargement and the Former European Neutrals
- VETERANS ISSUES IN THE 105TH CONGRESS
- Taiwan's National Development Conference: Proposed Policy Changes and Implications for the United States
- Worker Rights and U.S. Trade Policy: WTO Singapore Ministerial and Fast-Track Extension
- Federal Land Management: Appeals and Litigation
- NEW ZEALAND: POLITICAL/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
- Stormwater Permits: Status of EPA's Regulatory Program
- NAFTA and Related Environmental Issues and Initiatives
- Immigration: New Consequences of Illegal Presence
- The Houses Corrections Calendar
- Military Base Closures: A Historical Review from 1988 to 1995
- Health Insurance: Uninsured Children by State, 2005-2007
- Hong Kong's Reversion to China: Problems and Remedies for the United States
- SUPERFUND FACT BOOK
- DEFENSE RESEARCH: A PRIMER ON THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION (RDT&E) PROGRAM
- Omnibus Patent Reform: An Overview of H.R. 400
- Defense Budget: Role of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council
- The U.S.-North Korea Nuclear Accord of October 1994: Background, Status, and Requirements of U.S. Nonproliferation Law
- House Rules Affecting Committees
- START II Debate in the Russian Duma: Issues and Prospects
- PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURANCE: CANCELLATION OPTIONS
- Legal Analysis of Proposals to Make English the Official Language of the United States Government
- CHINA: BALLISTIC AND CRUISE MISSILES
- South Korea's Economic Reforms and U.S. Interests
- Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress
- Developing Technology for Humanitarian Landmine Clearing Operations
- IMMIGRATION-RELATED WELFARE PROVISIONS IN 105TH CONGRESS LEGISLATION
- CRIMINAL ALIENS: EXPANDED DETENTION, RESTRICTED RELIEF FROM REMOVAL
- Tobacco-Related Programs and Activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Operation and Cost
- Federal Statutes Allowing Consumers "Cooling Off" Periods to Rescind Contracts
- LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF CONGRESS: A BRIEF REFERENCE GUIDE
- Commercial Fishing: Economic Aid and Capacity Reduction
- WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION COPYRIGHT TREATY: AN OVERVIEW
- Peacekeeping Options: Considerations for U.S. Policymakers and the Congress
- Environmental Protection: How Much it Costs and Who Pays
- The IMF's "General Arrangements to Borrow" (GAB): A Background Paper
- THE IMF'S PROPOSED NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO BORROW (NAB): AN OVERVIEW
- MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES
- BOSNIA STABILIZATION FORCE (SFOR) AND U.S. POLICY
- LONG BEACH: PROPOSED LEASE BY CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY (COSCO) AT FORMER NAVAL BASE
- The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA): Overview and Current Legal Developments
- Medicaid Disproportionate Share Payments
- CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS: CHRONOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
- Clean Water Act Section 401: Background and Issues
- Volunteer Protection Act of 1997
- Conventional Arms Transfers to Latin America: U.S. Policy
- Hemispheric Free Trade: Status, Hurdles, and Opposition
- China and the Multilateral Development Banks
- Radio Free Asia: Background, Funding, and Policy Issues
- Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
- WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCES AND PHONOGRAMS TREATY: AN OVERVIEW
- FEDERAL REGULATION OF WORKING HOURS: CONSIDERATION OF THE ISSUES
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization Legislation: An Overview
- Job Training Under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA): An Overview
- FOREIGN POLICY AGENCY REORGANIZATION IN THE 105TH CONGRESS
- The Right of Undocumented Alien Children to Basic Education: An Overview of Plyler v. Doe
- CALIFORNIAS PROPOSITION 187: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
- Should Credit Unions Be Taxed?
- The Discharge Rule in the House: Principal Features and Uses
- SLOVENIA: COUNTRY BACKGROUND REPORT
- Restrictions on Lobbying Congres with Federal Funds
- Making Private Entities and Individuals Immune from Tort Liability by Declaring them Federal Employees
- Russia's Nuclear Forces: Doctrine and Force Structure Issues
- Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends
- Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Federal Income Tax
- CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND VISITATION: SHOULD THERE BE A FEDERAL CONNECTION?
- Patent Reform: Overview and Comparison of S. 507 and H.R. 400
- Secwrities/Antitrust Treatment of Charitable Gift Annuities: Richie v. American Council on Gift Annuities, Inc.
- PATENTS AND INNOVATION: ISSUES IN PATENT REFORM
- Suspension of Deportation: Tighter Standards for Canceling Removal
- Salaries of Members of Congress: Congressional Votes, 1990-2009
- The Use of Labor Union Dues for Political Purposes: A Legal Analysis
- Internet Gambling: Overview of Federal Criminal Law
- The Marshall Plan: Design, Accomplishments, and Relevance to the Present
- Federal Restrictions on State or Local Government Officer or Employee Political Activities
- The Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Retirement and Health Insurance Provisions for Postal and Federal Personnel
- NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO PROTECTING COASTAL WATER QUALITY
- Repealing Miranda?: Background of the Controversy over Pretrial Interrogation and Self-Incrimination
- Aviation Taxes and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund
- Internet Indecency: The Supreme Court Decision on the Communications Decency Act
- The OECD Shipbuilding Agreement and Legislation in the 105th Congress
- Minority and Small Disadvantaged Business Contracting: Legal and Constitutional Developments
- NATO Enlargement: The Process and Allied Views
- NATO EXPANSION: COST ISSUES
- AGRICULTURE AND EPAS PROPOSED AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR OZONE AND PARTICULATES
- Gun Ban for Persons Convicted of Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence: Ex Post Facto Clause and Other Constitutional Issues
- The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction
- The Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996: An Overview
- Kyrgyzstan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
- RUSSIA'S RELIGION LAW: ASSESSMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS
- Government Performance and Results Act, P.L. 103-62: Implementation Through Fall 1996 and Issues for the 105th Congress
- QUORUMS IN HOUSE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS: AN INTRODUCTION
- Access to Government Information in the United States
- Foreign Assistance: An Overview of U.S. Aid Agencies and Programs
- The Civilian Marksmanship Program
- NATO: Article V and Collective Defense
- Air Quality Standards: The Decisionmaking Process
- NATO's Evolution: A Selected Chronology from the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the Madrid Summit 1989-1997
- Georgia (Republic): Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
- The U.S. Presidency: Office and Powers
- SUPERFUND AND THE BROWNFIELDS ISSUE
- VICTIMS' RIGHTS AMENDMENT: BACKGROUND & ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH PROPOSALS TO AMEND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
- VICTIMS' RIGHTS AMENDMENT: OVERVIEW OF SUGGESTIONS TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
- Kenya: The Challenges Ahead
- Federal Cocaine Sentencing: Legal Issues
- Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Institutions and the Labor Force
- Overview of the Miller Act Subcontractor Protection in Federal Projects
- Comparison of Titles VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Americans with Disabilities Act; Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972; and Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- THE EDUCATION/SKILL DISTRIBUTION OF JOBS: HOW IS IT CHANGING?
- The Buy American Act: Requiring Government Procurements to Come from Domestic Sources
- Security Classification Policy and Procedure: E.O. 12958, as Amended
- The Speaker of the House: House Officer, Party Leader, and Representative
- Legislative Proposals: Selected Considerations for the Development
- THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT: ITS RISE, FALL, AND CURRENT STATUS
- Greece and Turkey: Aegean Issues -- Background and Recent Developments
- Medicare Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 97, P.L. 105-33)
- Social Security: Recommendations of the 1994-1996 Advisory Council on Social Security
- NAFTA, Mexican Trade Policy, and U.S.-Mexico Trade: A Longer Term Perspective
- Agriculture and Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority
- Russian Conventional Armed Forces: On the Verge of Collapse?
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Requirements Concerning the Provisions of Interpreters by Hospitals and Doctors
- "Legal Expense Funds" and Contributions for Legal Expenses in the House of Representatives
- Clean Water Act and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) of Pollutants
- Analysis of Ten Selected Science and Technology Policy Studies
- Turkey: Situation Update
- Wetland Mitigation Banking: Status and Prospects
- Federal Indian Law: Background and Current Issues
- The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: An Overview
- Discharge Rule in the House: Recent Use in Historical Context
- Indian Tribes and Welfare Reform
- NAFTA Labor Side Agreement: Lessons for the Worker Rights and Fast-Track Debate
- Points of Order in the Congressional Budget Process
- MILITARY READINESS: BACKGROUND TO CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE OVER TIERED READINESS
- Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues
- SAMPLING FOR CENSUS 2000: A LEGAL OVERVIEW
- "Revolving Door," Post-Employment Laws for Federal Personnel
- Multilateral Development Banks Multilateral Development Banks to Developing Countries
- CHINA'S TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
- Longer Overtime Hours: The Effect of the Rise in Benefit Costs
- FAST-TRACK LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS: THE GREAT DEBATE OF 1991
- Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties
- Suspension of Rules in the House: Measure Sponsorship by Party
- The Israeli Economy: Overview and Recent Developments
- Superfund Cleanup Standards Reconsidered
- The Budget Enforcement Act of 1997: A Fact Sheet
- Budget Enforcement Act of 1997: Summary and Legislative History
- China's Economic Development: An Overview
- Congressional Oversight
- China-U.S. Summit, October 1.997
- The International Labor Organization and International Labor Issues in the 105th Congress
- NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION CAPABILITY ISSUES: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, AND CHOICES
- The Appropriations Process and the Congressional Budget Act
- DEFENSE EXPORT LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM (DELG)
- Economic Sanctions to Achieve U.S. Foreign Policy Goals: Discussion and Guide to Current Law
- FAST-TRACK TRADE NEGOTIATING PROPOSALS: A COMPARISON OF 105TH CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
- National Environmental Education Act of 1990: Overview, Implementation, and Issues for Congress
- Health Insurance Coverage of Children, 2007
- Prison Litigation Reform Act: Survey of Post-Reform Act Prisoners' Civil Rights Cases
- NAFTA BINATIONAL PANEL SYSTEM: SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL SUIT DISMISSED
- AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS
- CHINA'S ECONOMY: FINDINGS OF A RESEARCH TRIP
- SUPERFUND ACT REAUTHORIZATION: LIABILITY PROVISIONS OF LEADING CONGRESSIONAL PROPOSALS
- Satellite Television License of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. Section 119) and the 1997 Rate Adjustment
- STATUTORY OFFICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL: A 20TH ANNIVERSARY REVIEW
- Days Reserved for Special Business in the House
- Procedural Distinctions between the House and the Committee of the Whole
- House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction
- House Committees: Categories and Rules for Committee Assignments
- NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION OF DRUG PRODUCING AND TRAFFICKING NATIONS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
- Should the Federal Reserve Adopt an Inflation Target?
- Credit Union Common Bond Ruling: NCUA v. First National Bank & Trust Co.--U.S.--(No. 96-843)
- UNIFORM STANDARDS IN PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION: LIMITATIONS ON SHAREHOLDER LAWSUITS
- TEACHER QUALITY AND QUANTITY: PROPOSALS IN THE 105TH CONGRESS
- House Committee Markup: Preparation
- House Committee Reports: Required Contents
- Speechwriting in Perspective: A Brief Guide to Effective and Persuasive Communication
- Mexican Drug Certification Issues: U.S. Congressional Action, 1986-2001
- House Committee Jurisdiction and Referral: Rules and Practice
- MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS' ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION POLICIES: IMPACT OF THE PELOSI AMENDMENT
- Senate Committees: Categories and Rules for Committee Assignments
- IMPEACHMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, PROCEDURE, AND PRACTICE
- House Committee Markup: Vehicle for Consideration and Amendment
- TOBACCO ADVERTISING: THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LIMITING ITS TAX DEDUCTIBILITY
- Independent Counsels Appointed Under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, Costs and Results of Investigations
- Contested Election Cases in the House of Representatives: 1933 TO 2007
- Social Security Reform: How Much of a Role Could Personal Retirement Accounts Play?
- CHINA'S MILITARY-OWNED BUSINESSES
- TAXPAYER PROTECTIONS IN THE IRS RESTRUCTURING BILL: ATTORNEYS FEES AND DAMAGES FOR IRS ABUSES
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION
- Appropriations for FY1999: VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: DEFENSE
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY1999: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- NATO POLICY: SELECTED LEGISLATION IN THE 103RD, 104TH, AND 105TH CONGRESSES
- THE PEACE CORPS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
- VERTICAL MAXIMUM PRICE FIXING: STATE OIL V. KHAN
- ALGERIA: DEVELOPMENTS AND DILEMMAS
- CHINA'S RESPONSE TO THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. ECONOMIC INTERESTS
- COLAs for Military Retirees: Summary of Congressional and Executive Branch Action, 1982-2004 (FY1983-FY2005)
- Unanimous Consent Agreements in the Senate
- Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements
- House Voting Procedures: Forms and Requirements
- Bosnia Options After June 1998: Summary of a CRS/GAO Seminar
- FEDERAL TIMBER HARVESTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. TIMBER SUPPLY
- Global Climate Change: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Status, Trends, and Projections
- IRAQ: COMPENSATION AND ASSETS ISSUES
- Committee Types and Roles
- Committee Jurisdiction and Referral in the Senate
- Preparation for Senate Committee Markup
- Markup in Senate Committee: Choosing a Text
- Markup in Senate Committee: Considering Amendments
- Reporting a Measure from a Senate Committee
- WIRETAPPING, TAPE RECORDERS & LEGAL ETHICS: QUESTIONS POSED BY ATTORNEYINVOLVEMENT IN SECRETLY RECORDING CONVERSATION
- WIRETAPPING, TAPE RECORDERS & LEGAL ETHICS: QUESTIONS POSED BY ATTORNEYINVOLVEMENT IN SECRETLY RECORDING CONVERSATION
- U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy
- AGRICULTURE IN THE NEXT ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
- Political Action Committees: Their Role in Financing Congressional Elections
- House Rules Manual: Summary of Contents
- FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ACT MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997--THE PROVISIONS
- A User's Guide to the Congressional Record
- Congressional Record: Its Production, Distribution, and Accessibility
- House Committee Markup: Reporting
- DRUG CERTIFICATION OF MEXICO IN 1998: ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL
- Savings and Loan Goodwill Cases on Remand
- U.N. REFORM IN THE 1997 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- BANKRUPTCY AND CREDIT CARD DEBT: IS THERE A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP?
- The Gender Wage Gap and Pay Equity: Is Comparable Worth the Next Step?
- Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Senate Bills
- Functional Categories of the Federal Budget
- Campaign Finance Reform: A Legal Analysis of Issue and Express Advocacy
- INDEPENDENT COUNSEL PROVISIONS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE OPERATION OF THE LAW
- THE REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ACT: DISCLOSURE OF FEES TO MORTGAGE BROKERS
- ERISA's Impact on Medical Malpractice and Negligence Claims Against Managed Care Plans
- FEDERAL EXCISE TAXES AND STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS
- THE PROPOSED WITNESS PROTECTION AND INTERSTATE RELOCATION ACT OF 1997: H.R. 2181
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- MEDICAID, SCHIP, AND OTHER HEALTH PROVISIONS IN H.R. 5661: MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND SCHIP BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION ACT OF 2000
- Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
- THE U.S. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE: TRENDS AND CURRENT ISSUES
- Drug Offenses: Sentencing Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines An Example
- Drug Offenses: Maximum Fines and Terms of Imprisonment for Violation of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Related Laws
- The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the House Floor
- Prescription Drug Coverage Under Medicaid
- Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR): The U-2 Aircraft and Global Hawk UAV Programs
- KOSOVO AND THE 106TH CONGRESS
- Russian Fighter Aircraft Industrial Base: Parallels with the United States?
- AIDS Funding for Federal Government Programs: FY1981-FY2009
- Trade Conflict and the U.S.-European Union Economic Relationship
- Presidential Transitions
- Diesel Fuel and Engines: An Analysis of EPA's New Regulations
- FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE AND THE AGRICULTURE RISK PROTECTION ACT OF 2000 (P.L. 106-224)
- THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
- Committee Assignment Process in the U.S. Senate: Democratic and Republic Party Procedures
- Congressional Authority to Standardize National Election Procedures
- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANTHRAX VACCINATION
- Dietary Supplements: Ephedra
- Diamonds and Conflict: Bakcground, Policy, and Legislation
- Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection
- Patent Law and Its Application to the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Examination of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (The Hatch-Waxman Act)
- China's Emergence as a Major Economic Power: Implications for U.S. Interests
- Alternative Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues
- Child Welfare: Implementation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act
- Environmental Protection: New Approaches
- HIV-1/AIDS AND MILITARY MANPOWER POLICY
- Tax Subsidies for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage: Selected Policy Issues for the 108th Congress
- Telemarketing: Dealing with Unwanted Telemarketing Calls
- Enforcement of Congressional Rules of Conduct: An Historical Overview
- Causes of Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis
- Ten Years in U.S.-China Policy; Interest Groups and Their Influence, 1989-2000
- Electoral Vote Counts in Congress: Survey of Certain Congressional Practices
- AMERICAN FEDERALISM, 1776 TO 2000: SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
- VOTING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UNITED STATES
- Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Policy: Key Issues in the 107th Congress
- Across-the-Board Tax Cuts: Economic Issues
- The Child Care and Development Block Grant: Background and Funding
- Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives
- Parliamentary Reference Sources: Senate
- Agricultural Trade in the 106th Congress: A Review of Issues
- The Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization
- The Endangered Species Act: Consideration of Economic Factors
- FARM ECONOMIC RELIEF AND POLICY ISSUES IN THE 106TH CONGRESS: A RETROSPECTIVE
- General Management Laws: A Compendium
- Trends in Welfare, Work and Economic Well-Being of Female-Headed Families with Children: 1987-2006
- Environmental Laws: Summaries of Statutes Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Unemployment Through Layoffs and Offshore Outsourcing
- THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX AND THE TREATMENT OF MARRIED COUPLES: BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
- Tax Activity in the 106th Congress
- Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers
- Veterans Issues in the 107th Congress
- The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals
- Cuba: Issues for Congress
- GOVERNMENT AT THE DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY: A STATUS REPORT
- The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights
- North-South Korean Relations: A Chronology of the "New" Dialogue
- Federal Statutes: What They Are and Where to Find Them
- FEDERAL AND STATE INITIATIVES TO INTEGRATE ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE: ISSUES & PROFILES
- The Anticipated Effects of Depository Institutions Paying Interest on Checking Accounts
- FEDERALISM THROUGH TAX INTERDEPENDENCE: AN OVERVIEW
- Juvenile Delinquents and Federal Criminal Law: The Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act and Related Matters
- THE FIRST YEAR: ASSESSMENTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENTS AND CONGRESS
- HOUSE SCHEDULE: RECENT PRACTICES AND PROPOSED OPTIONS
- SOFTWOOD LUMBER IMPORTS FROM CANADA: HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF THE DISPUTE
- Trade Agreement Monitoring and Enforcement: Issues for Congress
- International Family Planning: The "Mexico City" Policy
- BALKAN CONFLICTS: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
- K-12 Teacher Quality: Issues and Legislative Action
- ENCRYPTION TECHNOLOGY: THE DEBATE IN THE 105TH AND 106TH CONGRESSES
- Tax Cuts, the Business Cycle, and Economic Growth: A Macroeconomic Analysis
- The National Security Council: An Organizational Assessment
- AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC WARFARE: ISSUES FOR THE 107TH CONGRESS
- THE VICE PRESIDENCY: EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN OFFICE, 1933-2001
- SPEECH OR DEBATE CLAUSE CONSTITUTIONAL IMMUNITY: AN OVERVIEW
- Agriculture: Previewing the 2002 Farm Bill
- THE SUPREME COURT ADDRESSES CORPS OF ENGINEERS JURISDICTION OVER "ISOLATED WATERS": THE SWANCC DECISION
- Minority Rights and Senate Procedures
- MAJOR TAX ISSUES IN THE 106TH CONGRESS: A RETROSPECTIVE SUMMARY
- Clean Air Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements
- Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources
- Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2007
- MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF THE BALANCED BUDGET REFINEMENT ACT OF 1999 (P.L. 106-113)
- Capitol Hill Security: Recent Actions and Organizational Responsibilities
- Budget Reconciliation Procedures: The Senate's "Byrd Rule"
- Telework in the Federal Government: Background, Policy, and Oversight
- Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal: Current Issues for Congress
- Bankruptcy Reform Legislation in the 107th Congress: A Comparison of H.R. 333 as Passed by the House and Senate
- RU-486 (MIFEPRISTONE)
- Tax Rules and Rulings Specifically Applicable to Members of Congress
- CENSUS 2000: LEGAL ISSUES RE DATA FOR REAPPORTIONMENT AND REDISTRICTING
- Violence Against Women Act: History and Federal Funding
- Saving in the United States: How Has it Changes and Why Is it Important?
- Proposals to Allow Federal Reserve Banks to Pay Interest on Reserve Balances: The Issues Behind the Legislation
- Step-Up vs. Carryover Basis for Capital Gains: Implications for Estate Tax Repeal
- THE PRESIDENT'S REORGANIZATION AUTHORITY: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS
- Characteristics of and Reporting Requirements for Selected Tax-Exempt Organizations
- ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND AIR QUALITY: MULTI-POLLUTANT STRATEGIES
- Senate Organization in the 107th Congress: Agreements Reached in a Closely Divided Senate
- Africa: Scaling Up the Response To the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
- PREDATORY LENDING: BACKGROUND ON THE ISSUE AND OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION IN THE 106TH CONGRESS
- MEXICO'S COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS UNDER ZEDILLO AND FOX, DECEMBER 1994-MARCH 2001
- Dietary Supplements: Legislative and Regulatory Status
- FEDERAL SENTENCING: HOW MUCH MAY THE JUDGE DECIDE-THE IMPACT OF THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN APPRENDI v. NEW JERSEY
- The Consumer Credit Protection Act: An Overview of Its Major Components
- Global Markets: Evaluating Some Risks the U.S. May Face
- Explanation of and Experience Under the Family and Medical Leave Act
- Child Welfare: Reauthorization of the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program
- HONG KONG'S ONGOING TRANSITION: IMPLICATIONS OF CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY IN 2001
- Vietnam's Labor Rights Regime: An Assessment
- IRS: STATUS OF RESTRUCTURING AND REFORM AT THE OPENING OF THE 107TH CONGRESS
- Macedonia: Country Background and Recent Conflict
- MILITARY TECHNICIANS: PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THEIR RETIREMENT OPTIONS
- Why Is the Amount of Currency in Circulation Rising?
- FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: BUDGETING AND PRIORITY-SETTING, 1993-2000
- BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA AND U.S. POLICY
- THE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE: FEDERAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES
- Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions on Regulatory and Other Collegial Boards and Commissions, 107th Congress
- SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: A MODEL FOR REFORM?
- Pharmaceutical Research and Development and Analysis of the Process
- Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO): Opportunities and Challenges
- Housing Issues in the 107th Congress
- Peru: Recovery from Crisis
- Major Decisions in the House and Senate on Social Security: 1935-2000
- Retirement Savings and Household Wealth: Trends from 2001 to 2004
- Child Abuse and Treatment Act: Reauthorization in the 107th Congress
- Peanut Program Policy Issues
- State Department and Related Agencies FY2002 Appropriations
- The Federal Minimum Wage: The Issue of Indexation
- Job Training: Characteristics of Workforce Training Participants
- U.S. National Science Foundation: Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
- Military Spending by Foreign Nations: Data from Selected Public Sources
- Microenterprise and U.S. Foreign Assistance
- Liberia: 1989-1997 Civil War, Post-War Developments, and U.S. Relations
- The Federal Arbitration Act: Background and Recent Developments
- Agricultural Trade in the Free Trade Area of the Americas
- Summit of the Americas III, Quebec City, Canada, April 20-22, 2001: Background, Objectives, and Results
- Terrorism and the Military's Role in Domestic Crisis Management: Background and Issues for Congress
- Airline Passenger Rights Legislation in the 107th Congress
- Child Care Issues in the 107th Congress
- House and Senate Rules of Procedure: A Comparison
- China-U.S. Aircraft Collision Incident of April 2001: Assessments and Policy Implications
- U.S. Tobacco Production, Consumption, and Export Trends
- Fashioning A Tax Cut Trigger: Economic Issues
- Head Start: Background and Issues
- Sports Gambling in School: A Legal Analysis of Proposals to Strengthen Federal Prohibitions
- The Issue of Globalization-An Overview
- Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990
- Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmations and Committees Handling Nominations
- The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History and Authority of the Office
- Capital Punishment: An Overview of Federal Death Penalty Statutes
- Marriage Penalty Legislation: A Comparison of Alternative Proposals
- National Missile Defense: Russia's Reaction
- Health in Russia and Other Soviet Successor States: Context and Issues for Congress
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Legislative Issues in 2001-2002
- The Brownfields Program Authorization: Cleanup of Contaminated Sites
- 2001 Tax Cut: Description, Analysis, and Background
- A Shortage of Registered Nurses: Is It On the Horizon or Already Here?
- East Timor Situation Report
- Defense Budget for FY2002: Data Summary, Interim Version
- Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 and International Adoptions
- Commissions and Joint Committees Established to Commemorate the Anniversary of the Birth of a President or First Lady, 1950-2000
- Panama: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations
- U.S. Defense Articles and Services Supplied to Foreign Recipients: Restrictions on Their Use
- Tibet, China, and the 107th Congress: Issues for U.S. Policy
- Ukraine's Future and U.S. Policy Issues
- UNESCO Membership: Issues for Congress
- Political Succession and Leadership Issues in China: Implications for U.S. Policy
- Appropriations for FY2002: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2002: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government
- Appropriations for FY2002: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
- Appropriations for FY2002: VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
- Appropriations and Authorization for FY2002: Defense
- Appropriations for FY2002: Interior and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2002: Energy and Water Development
- Appropriations for FY2002: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2002: Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2002: Military Construction
- Appropriations for FY2002: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
- Appropriations for FY2002: Legislative Branch
- Appropriations for FY2002: District of Columbia
- Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors
- The Barcelona Process: The European Union's Partnership with the Southern Mediterranean
- Globalization: Implications for U.S. National Security
- The National Energy Policy Report: Environmental Permitting and Regulatory Issues
- Medicaid Upper Payment Limits and Intergovernmental Transfers: Current Issues and Recent Regulatory and Legislative Action
- Arctic Petroleum: Technology Development
- Putin's Economic Strategy and U.S. Interests
- The Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act and Circular A-76
- Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children
- General Overview of United States Antitrust Law
- High Speed Rail: Development and Investment Issues in the 107th Congress
- Copyright Issues in Online Music Delivery
- Comparison of Proposed Charitable Choice Act of 2001 with Current Charitable Choice Law
- The Changing Composition of the Federal Research and Development Portfolio
- The U.S. Trade Deficit: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fuel Equivalents to Potential Oil Production from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and the 2007 Meetings in Sydney, Australia
- Military Housing Privatization Initiative: Background and Issues
- Charitable Choice: House-Passed Version of H.R. 7 Compared with Existing Charitable Choice Laws
- Public Aid to Faith-Based Organizations (Charitable Choice) in the 107th Congress: Background and Selected Legal Issues
- Renewable Energy Legislation in the 107th Congress
- Financial Risk: An Overview of Market and Policy Considerations
- Foreign Relations Authorization, FY2002/2003: An Overview
- Formulation of Monetary Policy by the Federal Reserve: Rules vs. Discretion
- Interstate Shipment of Municipal Solid Waste: 2001 Update
- Kosovo and U.S. Policy: Background to Independence
- House Offset Amendments to Appropriations Bills: Procedural Considerations
- Economics of Federal Reserve Independence
- A Primer on E-Government: Sectors, Stages, Opportunities, and Challenges of Online Governance
- Biological Weapons: A Primer
- Supreme Court Opinions: October 2000 Term
- Estate and Gift Tax Law: Changes Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
- Sierra Leone: Transition to Peace
- Forestry Assistance Programs
- HIV/AIDS, Patents and the TRIPS Agreement: Issues and Options
- Suspension of Budget Enforcement Procedures During Low Economic Growth
- Postal Service Financial Problems and Stakeholder Proposals
- Trade in the 107th Congress: An Overview
- Regional Trade Agreements: An Analysis of Trade-Related Impacts
- Allocation of Wastewater Treatment Assistance: Formula and Other Changes
- The House of Representatives Apportionment Formula: An Analysis of Proposals for Change and Their Impact on States
- Senate Committee Activity: Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000
- China: Selected Environmental Issues and Policies
- Private Actions to Sue for Civil Rights Violations in Federally Assisted Programs After Alexander v. Sandoval
- The Shib'a Farms Dispute and its Implications
- Survey of State Homestead Exemptions
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Peace Process and Background
- Impoundment and Sale of Cattle Trespassing on Federal Public Lands
- Child Welfare Financing: Issues and Options
- Social Security: What Happens to Future Benefit Levels Under Various Reform Options
- Long-Term Care: Nursing and Paraprofessional Workforce Issues
- Calculating Estate Tax Liability During the Estate Tax Phasedown Period 2001-2009
- A Currency Board as an Alternative to a Central Bank
- Health Care Spending: Past Trends and Projections
- Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History of Supplemental Appropriations, FY1989-2009
- Charitable Contributions of Food Inventory: Proposals for Change
- Klamath River Basin Issues: An Overview of Water Use Conflicts
- Marijuana for Medical Purposes: The Supreme Court's Decision in United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative and Related Legal Issues
- Student Loan Repayment for Federal Employees
- House of Representatives Information Technology Management Issues: An Overview of the Effects on Institutional Operations, the Legislative Process, and Future Planning
- China's Western Development Campaign
- Economic Analysis of the Charitable Contribution Deduction for Non-Itemizers
- U.S. Trade in Financial Services: An Overview
- Missile Defense: The Current Debate
- Noncitizen Eligibility for Major Federal Public Assistance Programs: Policies and Legislation
- Legal Issues Related to Proposed Drilling for Oil and Gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
- Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment : Review and Analysis of Key Issues
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): FY2002 Budget Request and Appropriations
- The Child Care Workforce
- Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2002
- Peacekeeping: Military Command and Control Issues
- The Capitol Visitors' Center: An Overview
- Early Childhood Education: Preschool Participation, Program Efficacy, and Federal Policy Issues
- Lobbying Congress: An Overview of Legal Provisions and Congressional Ethics Rules
- Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Legislation in the 107th Congress
- Funding for Public Charter School Facilities: Federal Policy under the ESEA
- Higher Education Tax Credits and Deduction: An Overview of the Benefits and Their Relationship to Traditional Student Aid
- Racial Profiling: Legal and Constitutional Issues
- Selected Conservation Proposals for the Next Farm Bill
- Multinational Patent Acquisition and Enforcement: Public Policy Challenges and Opportunities for Innovative Firms
- Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications
- Using Business Tax Cuts to Stimulate the Economy
- Nuclear Waste Repository Siting: Expediting Procedures for Congressional Approval
- World Bank: IDA Loans or IDA Grants?
- Sequestration Procedures Under the 1085 Balanced Budget Act
- Countercyclical Job Creation Programs of the Post-World War II Era
- Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances
- Long-Term Economic Growth and Budget Projections
- Stem Cell Research and Patents: An Introduction to the Issues
- Firearms Prohibitions and Domestic Violence Convictions: The Lautenberg Amendment
- A U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Economic and Trade Policy Issues
- Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
- Federal and State Regulation of Research Involving Human Fetal Tissue
- Homeland Security: The Presidential Coordination Office
- Snowmobiles, Environmental Standards, and Access to National Parks
- Selected Aviation Security Legislation in the Aftermath of the September 11 Attack
- Foreign Support for the U.S.-Led War on Terrorism
- Superfund: A Summary of the Law
- Techniques for Preventing a Budget Sequester
- Patent Law: The Festo Case and the Doctrine of Equivalents
- Internet Tax Bills in the 107th Congress: A Brief Comparison
- District of Columbia Appropriations Act for FY2002: Comparison of General Provisions of P.L. 106-522 and House, Senate, and Conference Versions of H.R. 2944
- Disapproval of Regulations by Congress: Procedure Under the Congressional Review Act
- China: Labor Conditions and Unrest
- Terrorism Funding: FY2002 Appropriations Bills
- Argentina: Economic Problems and Solutions
- Supreme Court Nominations Not Confirmed, 1789-2007
- The Changing Structure of Agriculture and Rural America: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges
- Financing Issues and Economic Effects of American Wars
- Extending the Internet Tax Moratorium and Related Issues
- Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track): Labor Issues (Including H.R. 3005 and H.R. 3009)
- The September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001
- Research and Experimentation Tax Credit: Current Status and Selected Isues for Congress
- Assisted Housing: Section 8 Mark-to-Market Restructuring
- China's Maritime Territorial Claims: Implications for U.S. Interests
- Public Charter School Accountability
- Combating Terrorism: 2001 Congressional Debate on Emergency Supplemental Allocations
- Energy Efficiency and the Rebound Effect
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Identification and Misidentification of Children with Disabilities
- Agriculture in Afghanistan and Neighboring Asian Countries
- Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals before Military Commissions
- Discretionary Spending Limits for FY2002: A Procedural Assessment
- Pay-As-You-Go Requirement for FY2002: A Procedural Assessment
- The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status
- Trade Promotion (Fast Track) Authority: H.R. 3005 Provisions and Related Issues
- Revenue Measures in Congress: Procedural Considerations
- Medicare: Payments to Physicians
- Terrorism: Section by Section Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act
- Family Law: Congress' Authority to Legislate on Domestic Relations Questions
- Fixed Exchange Rates, Floating Exchange Rates:What Have We Learned?
- The WTO Doha Ministerial: Results and Agenda for a New Round of Negotiations
- International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001, Title III of P.L. 107-56
- China's Relations with Central Asian States and Problems with Terrorism
- Saving for College Through Qualified Tuition (Section 529) Programs
- Commercial Remote Sensing by Satellite: Status and Issues
- The Balance of Payments: Meaning and Significance
- McDade-Murtha Amendment: Legislation in the 107th Congress Concerning Ethical Standards for Justice Department Litigators
- Arms Control and Strategic Nuclear Weapons: Unilateral vs. Bilateral Reductions
- Medicare: Supplementary "Medigap" Coverage
- Zimbabwe Backgrounder
- Colleges and Universities Attended by Representatives of the 107th Congress
- Colleges and Universities Attended by Senators of the 107th Congress
- The Economics of the Federal Budget Deficit
- The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement to Come from Domestic Sources
- The Current Economic Recession: How Long, How Deep, and How Different from the Past?
- Prohibiting Television Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages: A Constitutional Analysis
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Background and Funding
- Reading First and Early Reading First: Background and Funding
- Child Welfare: Federal Program Requirements for States
- Safe Drinking Water Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements
- K-12 Education Funding: Authorizations and Appropriations for FY2002
- Protection of National Security Information: The Classified Information Protection Act of 2001
- Independent Counsel Law Expiration and the Appointment of "Special Counsels"
- Africa and the War on Terrorism
- Enron: Selected Securities, Accounting, and Pension Laws Possibly Implicated in its Collapse
- Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: A Comparison of H.R. 3005 as Approved by the House and by the Senate Finance Committee
- The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
- State and Local and Use Taxes and Internet Commerce
- Statutes of Limitation in Federal Criminal Cases: An Overview
- Pass Rates as an Accountability Measure for Teacher Education Programs
- Education Finance Incentive Grants Under ESEA Title I
- Anticircumvention Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Universal Studios v. Corley
- Suits Against Terrorist States by Victims of Terrorism
- Digital Television: An Overview
- Selected Procedural Safeguards in Federal, Military, and International Courts
- Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (P.L. 107-188): Provisions and Changes to Preexisting Law
- Harbor Maintenance Funding
- Abu Sayyaf: Target of Philippine-U.S. Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
- Environmental Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors: What Are the Human Health Risks?
- Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy
- Energy Provisions of the Farm Bill: Comparison of New Law with Previous Law and House and Senate Bills
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Early Childhood Programs (Section 619 and Part C)
- Child Care: Funding and Spending under Federal Block Grants
- Health Insurance: Federal Data Sources for Analyses of the Uninsured
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Background and Issues
- The U.S. Postal Service Response to the Threat of Bioterrorism Through the Mail
- Patent Quality and Public Policy: Issues for Innovate Firms in Domestic Markets
- Tittle v. Enron Corp. and Fiduciary Duties Under ERISA
- K-12 Education: Highlights of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-110)
- Debt-for-Nature Initiatives and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Status and Implementation
- Soft Money, Allegations of Political Corruption, and Enron
- The Internet and the USA PATRIOT Act: Potential Implications for Electronic Privacy, Security, Commerce, and Government
- Federal Pay: FY2003 Salary Adjustments
- Intelligence to Counter Terrorism: Issues for Congress
- Safeguarding the Nation's Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions
- Trade Remedies and Agriculture
- Recruiting and Retention in the Active Component Military: Are There Problems?
- Rehabilitation Act: Summary of 1998 Reauthorization Legislation
- Appropriations for FY2003: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2003: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government
- Appropriations for FY2003: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
- Appropriations for FY2003: VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
- Authorization and Appropriations for FY2003: Defense
- Appropriations for FY2003: Interior and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2003: Energy and Water Development
- Appropriations for FY2003: Transportation and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2003: Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2003: Military Construction
- Appropriations for FY2003: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
- Appropriations for FY2003: Legislative Branch
- Appropriations for FY2003: District of Columbia
- Anti-Hoax Legislation in the 107th Congress: Addressing Problems Since September 2001
- Education of Limited English Proficient and Recent Immigrant Students: Provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
- President Bush's Proposed Medicare-Endorsed Drug Discount Card Initiative: Status and Issues
- Business Investment and a Repeal of the Corporate Minimum Tax
- Federal Aid to Libraries in the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003
- The Economic Status of Noncustodial Fathers of Children on Welfare
- Children's Environmental Health: What Role for the Federal Government?
- State and Regional Export and Foreign Investment Data: A Statistical Overview
- The Federal Migrant Education Program as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
- Internet Banking: Changing Expectations and Regulations
- Supplemental Educational Services for Children from Low-Income Families Under ESEA Title I-A
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Mediation Provisions
- Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom: Questions and Answers About U.S. Military Personnel, Compensation, and Force Structure
- Older Americans Act: Programs, Funding, and 2006 Reauthorization (P.L. 109-365)
- Japan-U.S. Cooperation on Ballistic Missile Defense: Issues and Prospects
- Disqualification, Death or Ineligibility of the Winner of a Congressional Election
- Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security
- Water Infrastructure Financing Legislation: Comparison of S. 1961 and H.R. 3930
- Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Executive Departments During the 107th Congress, 2001-2002
- Enron and Stock Analyst Objectivity
- Defense Budget for FY2003: Data Summary
- Chemical Plant Security
- Presidential Advisers' Testimony Before Congressional Committees: An Overview
- Possible Impacts of Major Counter Terrorism Security Actions on Research, Development, and Higher Education
- Afghanistan's Path to Reconstruction: Obstacles, Challenges, and Issues for Congress
- Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
- Federal Interagency Coordinative Mechanisms: Varied Types and Numerous Devices
- Human Cloning
- Joint Strike Fighter (JSF): Potential National Security Questions Pertaining to a Single Production Line
- "Boutique Fuels" and Reformulated Gasoline: Harmonization of Fuel Standards
- U.S. Foreign Aid to East and South Asia: Selected Recipients
- China's Banking Reforms: Background and Issues for Congress
- Unauthorized Alien Students: Legislation in the 107th and 108th Congresses
- Treatment of "Battlefield Detainees" in the War on Terrorism
- Preventing Proliferation of Biological Weapons: U.S. Assistance to the Former Soviet States
- Imagery Intelligence: Issues for Congress
- State Department and Related Agencies: FY2006 and FY2007 Appropriations and FY2008 Request
- Welfare Reform: Comments from the Public on TANF Reauthorization
- Immigration: Adjustment to Permanent Resident Status Under Section 245(i)
- Health Expenditures in 2004
- Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: Summary and Analysis of Selected Major Provisions of H.R. 3005 and Title XXI of H.R. 3009
- The USA PATRIOT Act: A Legal Analysis
- The "Hatch-Waxman" Act: Selected Patent-Related Issues
- U.S. Immigration Policy on Temporary Admissions
- Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Fine: Legislative Discipline in the House of Representatives
- Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Columbia and Neighbors
- V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
- World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD): Background and Prospective Issues
- Industry Trade Effects Related to NAFTA
- Terrorism: The New Occupational Hazard
- Afghanistan: Challenges and Options for Reconstructing a Stable and Moderate State
- Legislative History of the World War II Memorial and World War II Commemorative Legislation
- PILT (Payments in Lieu of Taxes): Somewhat Simplified
- Angola: Recent Developments and U.S. Policy
- Walker v. Cheney: Statutory and Constitutional Issues Arising From the General Accounting Office's Suit Against the Vice President
- Export Administration Act of 2001: Side-by-Side of S. 149 and H.R. 2541
- The Origination Clause of the U.S. Constitution: Interpretation and Enforcement
- Navy Shipbuilding: Recent Shipyard Mergers - Background and Issues for Congress
- The Americans with Disabilities Act: Supreme Court Decisions
- Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002: Summary and Comparison with Existing Law
- China's Trade with the United States and the World
- Defense Procurement: Full Funding Policy - Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
- Global Taxation and the United Nations: A Review of Proposals
- Supplemental Appropriations for FY2002: Combating Terrorism and Other Issues
- Educational Testing: Implementation of ESEA Title I-A Requirements Under the No Child Left Behind Act
- Internet Privacy: Overview and Legislation in the 109th Congress, 1st Session
- Superfund Taxes or General Revenues: Future Funding Issues for the Superfund Program
- Controversies over Redefining "Fill Material" Under the Clean Water Act
- Medicaid: Eligibility for the Aged and Disabled
- Baseline Budget Projections: A Discussion of Issues
- The Endangered Species Act (ESA), Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), and Department of Defense (DOD) Readiness Activities: Background and Current Law
- Monetary Aggregates: Their Use in the Conduct of Monetary Policy
- Election Reform Legislation: Comparison of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 3295
- World Bank: Funding IDA's Assistance Program
- Medicare: Payments for Covered Part B Prescription Drugs
- Medicare's Home Health Benefit: The Fifteen Percent Payment Cut
- Homeland Security Office: Issues and Options
- Substantive Due Process and a Right to Clone
- Maritime and Port Security: A Comparison of Major Provisions of S. 1214 and H.R. 3983
- Military Transformation: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
- Omnibus Energy Legislation: H.R. 4 Side-by-Side Comparison
- Productivity Growth: Recent Trends and Future Prospects
- Federal Highway Assistance to U.S. Territories: Legislative/Funding History and Reauthorization Options
- Carbon Sequestration in Forests
- U.S. Global Health Priorities: USAIDs Global Health FY2003 Budget
- Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 107th Congress
- International Criminal Court: Overview and Selected Legal Issues
- Patent Administration: Current Issues and Possibilities for Reform
- Federal Tax Benefits for Families' K-12 Education Expenses in the Context of School Choice
- The Postsecondary Education Student Population
- Foreign Intercity Passenger Rail: Lessons for Amtrak?
- The "Deeming Resolution": A Budget Enforcement Tool
- Firms That Incorporate Abroad for Tax Purposes: Corporate "Inversions" and "Expatriation"
- Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: A Comparison of Bills Approved by the House and by the Senate with Notes on the Conference Report (H.R. 3009)
- Reorganizing the Executive Branch in the 20th Century: Landmark Commissions
- Wilderness: Overview and Statistics
- Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
- House and Senate Committee Organization and Jurisdiction: Considerations Related to Proposed Department of Homeland Security
- The Andean Trade Preference Act: A Comparison of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 3009
- Managing International Financial Crises: Alternatives to "Bailouts," Hardships and Contagion
- Dietary Supplements: Purchase with Food Stamps
- The Prescription Drug User Fee Act: Structure and Reauthorization Issues
- Federal Sunset Proposals: Developments in the 94th to 107th Congresses
- Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2003
- Private Activity Bonds: An Introduction
- Employee Stock Options: Tax Treatment and Tax Issues
- The Canadian Financial System
- Immigration: Foreign Physicians and the J-1 Visa Waiver Program
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2001
- Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Terrorist Attack: A Catalog of Selected Federal Assistance Programs
- Paternity Establishment: Child Support and Beyond
- Dumping of Exports and Antidumping Duties: Implications for the U.S. Economy
- Electric Utility Restructuring: Maintaining Bulk Power System Reliability
- The Vietnam-U.S. Textile Agreement
- Departmental Organization, 1947-2003
- Amtrak Profitability: An Analysis of Congressional Expectations at Amtrak's Creation
- Electronic Payments and the U.S. Payments System
- Federal Budget Process Reform: Analysis of Five Reform Issues
- Federal Budget Process Reform: Proposals and Legislative Actions in the 107th Congress
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): State Grant Formulas
- Auditor Reform Proposals: A Side-by-Side Comparison
- Higher Education Tax Credits: Targeting, Value, and Interaction with Other Federal Student Aid
- Resource Conservation Title of the 2002 Farm Bill: A Comparison of New Law with Bills Passed by the House and Senate, and Prior Law
- Education for the Disadvantaged: Overview of ESEA Title I-A Amendments Under the No Child Left Behind Act
- Regulation of Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Possible Voucher Issues
- Davis-Bacon Act Coverage and the State Revolving Fund Program Under the Clean Water Act
- Homeland Security: Department Organization and ManagementLegislative Phase
- Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 2001-02 Term
- U.S. Policy Regarding the International Criminal Court
- Creation of Executive Departments: Highlights from the Legislative History of Modern Precedents
- Social Security Reform: Economic Issues
- Child Pornography Produced Without an Actual Child: Constitutionality of 107th Congress Legislation
- Homeland Security: Human Resources Management
- Child Labor in America: History, Policy and Legislative Issues
- Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law
- Recycling Computers and Electronic Equipment: Legislative and Regulatory Approaches for "E-Waste"
- Class Actions and Proposed Reform in the 107th Congress: Class Action Fairness Act of 2002
- Employer Stock in Retirement Plans: Investment Risk and Retirement Security
- Child Welfare and TANF Implementation: Recent Findings
- Europe and Counterterrorism: Strengthening Police and Judicial Cooperation
- Federal Taxation of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Effects on New Drug Development and Legislative Initiatives in the 109th Congress
- Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation
- Air Toxics: What Progress Has EPA Made in Regulating Hazardous Air Pollutants?
- Civil Service Reform Proposals: A Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 129 (108th Congress) with Current Law
- Combating Terrorism: Possible Lessons for U.S. Policy from Foreign Experiences, Summary of the Major Points of a Seminar
- Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003: S. 129 (108th Congress)
- Global Climate Change: Federal Research on Possible Human Health Effects
- Collective Bargaining and Homeland Security
- Supreme Court Opinions: October 2001 Term
- The 2002 Farm Bill: Comparison and Commodity Support Provisions with the House and Senate Proposals, and Prior Law
- Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Under the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
- Informing Congress: The Role of the Executive in Times of War and Military Conflict, 1941-2001
- Chemical Facility Security
- Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards: Background and Current Developments
- Congressional Candidacy, Incarceration, and the Constitution's Inhabitancy Qualifications
- The Persian Gulf: Issues for U.S. Policy, 2006
- Critical Infrastructure Remote Control Systems and the Terrorist Threat
- NAFTA: Economic Effects on the United States After Eight Years
- Nuclear Smuggling and International Terrorism: Issues and Options for U.S. Policy
- Second Chance Homes: Federal Funding, Programs, and Services
- Homeland Security - Reducing the Vulnerability of Public and Private Information Infrastructures to Terrorism: An Overview
- Russian National Security Policy After September 11
- Long-Range Bombers: Background and Issues for Congress
- Critical Infrastructure Information Disclosure and Homeland Security
- Homeland Security Department Proposals: Scope of Personnel Flexibilities
- Department of Homeland Security: Consolidation of Border and Transportation Security Agencies
- Railroad Reorganization Under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Implications of a Filing by Amtrak
- Employer Stock in Pension Plans: Economic and Tax Issues
- Livestock: A Ban on Ownership and Control by Packers
- Corporate Accountability: Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: (P.L. 107-204)
- China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues
- Terrorism and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases: Recent Developments
- Normal-Trade-Relations (Most-Favored-Nation) Policy of the United States
- Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status
- An Analysis of the Tax Treatment of Capital Losses
- Federal Tax Provisions of Interest to the Disabled
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2002
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): The President's Budget Request and Congressional Appropriations for FY2003
- Plants, Patents, and Seed Innovation in the Agricultural Industry
- Section 1983 and the Spending Power: Enforcement of Federal "Laws"
- Immigration: Alien Registration
- Military Aviation Safety
- Appropriations Subcommittee Structure: History of Changes from 1920-2007
- The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA)
- International Tax Provisions of the American Competitiveness and Corporate Accountability Act (H.R. 5095)
- Federal Research and Development Organization, Policy, and Funding for Counterterrorism
- Child Nutrition and WIC Legislation in the 106th and 107th Congresses
- U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Definition, Patterns and Policy Challenges
- Trade Title of the 2002 Farm Bill: Comparison of Final Provisions with the House and Senate Proposals, and Prior Law
- The Argentine Financial Crisis: A Chronology of Events
- K-12 Education: Special Forms of Flexibility in the Administration of Federal Aid Programs
- U.S. Military Intervention in Iraq: Some Economic Consequences
- German Elections of 2002: Aftermath and Implications for the United States
- Kashmiri Separatists: Origins, Competing Ideologies, and Prospects for Resolution of the Conflict
- Mobile Telephones and Motor Vehicle Operation
- Nuclear Threat Reduction Measures for India and Pakistan
- The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance
- Electronic Banking: The Check Truncation Issue
- District of Columbia Appropriations Act for FY2003: Comparison of General Provisions of P.L. 107-96 and S. 2809
- Congressional Continuity of Operations (COOP): An Overview of Concepts and Challenges
- Organic Agriculture in the United States: Program and Policy Issues
- Authorization of Use of U.S. Armed Forces Against Iraq: Side-by-Side Comparison of Selected Legislative Proposals
- The Taxation of Dividend Income: An Overview and Economic Analysis of the Issues
- Value-Added Agricultural Enterprises in Rural Development Strategies
- Nepal: Background and U.S. Relations
- The Department of Defense Rules for Military Commissions: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Proposed Legislation and the Uniform Code of Military Justice
- The Impact of Mobilization on Student Reservists
- Medicaid, SCHIP, and Other Health Provisions in H.R. 4954: The Medicare Modernization and Prescriptions Drug Act of 2002, and S. 3018: The Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act of 2002
- Suits Against State Employers Under the Family and Medical Leave Act: Analysis of Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbsw
- Child Care: State Programs Under the Child Care and Development Fund
- Detention of Noncitizens in the United States
- Iraq: Differing Views in the Domestic Policy Debate
- The Effects of Oil Shocks on the Economy: A Review of the Empirical Evidence
- Japan's Economic and Security Challenges
- Iraq-Kuwait: United Nations Security Council Resolutions Texts-1992-2002
- European Counterterrorist Efforts Since September 11: Political Will and Diverse Responses
- Labor Market Characteristics of Agricultural Workers in the United States, 1996-2001
- The Economic Effects of 9/11: A Retrospective Assessment
- Campus-Based Student Financial Aid Programs Under the Higher Education Act
- Russia's Chechnya Conflict: An Update
- Florida Everglades Restoration: Background on Implementation and Early Lessons
- Trio and GEAR UP Programs: Status and Issues
- U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure
- Pakistan-U.S. Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
- Foreign Language and International Studies: Federal Aid Under Title VI of the Higher Education Act
- Copyright Law: Statutory Royalty Rates for Webcasters
- Computer Software and Open Source Issues: A Primer
- Medicares Home Health Benefit: Cost Sharing Issues and Options
- Federal Funding for Unauthorized Aliens Emergency Medical Expenses
- Summary of State Breastfeeding Laws and Related Issues
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996: Overview and Guidance on Frequently Asked Questions
- Wireless Privacy and Spam: Issues for Congress
- Foreign Investor Protection Under NAFTA Chapter 11
- Regulation of the Telemarketing Industry: State and National Do Not Call Registries
- National Security Education Program: Background and Issues
- Export-Import Banks Economic Impact Procedures: An Overview
- Title III and Title V of the Higher Education Act: Background and Reauthorization Issues
- Homeland Security Act of 2002: Tort Liability Provisions
- The Intelligence Community and 9/11: Congressional Hearings and the Status of the Investigation
- Interstate Shipment of Municipal Solid Waste: 2002 Update
- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Background and Issues in the 107th Congress
- Supervised Release: A Brief Sketch of Federal Law
- The Endangered Species Act: A Primer
- Survey of Recent State Policies to Manage Growth and Protect Open Space
- Mental Health Parity: Federal and State Action and Economic Impact
- Terrorist Financing: The U.S. and International Response
- Foreign Remittances to Latin America
- A History of the Extraterritorial Income (ETI) and Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) Export Tax-Benefit Controversy
- Developing Countries: Definitions, Concepts and Comparisons
- Military Benefits for Former Spouses: Legislation and Policy Issues
- The Military Survivor Benefit Plan: A Description of Its Provisions
- Highway and Transit Program Reauthorization
- Fair Credit Reporting Act: Rights and Responsibilities
- IraqU.S. Confrontation: Chronology and Scheduled Events
- Federal Pell Grant Program of the Higher Education Act: Background and Reauthorization
- Terrorism: Background on Chemical, Biological, and Toxin Weapons and Options for Lessening Their Impact
- Terrorism in Southeast Asia
- F/A-22 Raptor
- Arming Pilots Against Terrorism: Implementation Issues for the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program
- Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process
- Middle East Oil Disruption: Potential Severity and Policy Options
- Government Performance and Results Act: Overview of Associated Provisions in the 106th Congress
- Homosexuality and the Constitution: A Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court Ruling in Lawrence v. Texas
- The Military Draft and a Possible War with Iraq
- Proposals to Reform Holds in the Senate
- Demilitarization of Significant Military Equipment
- The Millennium Challenge Account: Congressional Consideration of a New Foreign Aid Initiative
- Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 108th Congress
- U.S. International Refugee Assistance: Issues for Congress
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Medical Malpractice Liability Reform: Legal Issues and Fifty-State Survey of Caps on Punitive Damages and Noneconomic Damages
- U.S. Armed Forces Abroad: Selected Congressional Roll Call Votes Since 1982
- Smallpox Vaccine Stockpile and Vaccination Policy
- Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress
- North Korea: Economic Sanctions
- South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations
- Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Under Medicaid
- U.S. Bilateral Assistance to Russia: 1992-2002
- Price Stability (Inflation Targeting) as the Sole Goal of Monetary Policy: The International Experience
- Patent Law and Innovation: The Creation, Operation and a Twenty-Year Assessment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- A New Farm Bill: Comparing the 2002 Law with Previous Law and House and Senate Bills
- The National Ocean Policy Study: A Model for the Future?
- Bankruptcy Reform: A Recap
- Sri Lanka: Background and U.S. Relations
- Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Legal Overview
- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Background and Current Issues
- Walker v. Cheney: District Court Decision and Issues on Appeal
- Designating Lake Saint Clair a Great Lake: Legal Analysis
- Iraq War: Background and Issues Overview
- Homeland Security: 9/11 Victim Relief Funds
- Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations
- An Overview of the U.S. Public Health System in the Context of Emergency Preparedness
- Energy Policy: Conceptual Framework and Continuing Issues
- Punitive Damages in Medical Malpractice Actions: Burden of Proof and Standards for Awards in the Fifty States
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Medicaid
- Textile and Apparel Trade Issues
- Detention of American Citizens as Enemy Combatants
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 108th Congress
- Border Security: Immigration Issues in the 108th Congress
- House Rules Changes Affecting the Congressional Budget Process in the 108th Congress (H.Res.5)
- China-U.S. Relations in the 107th Congress: Policy Developments, 2001-2002
- Privacy: Total Information Awareness Programs and Related Information Access, Collection, and Protection Laws
- Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress
- Federal Disaster Recovery Programs: Brief Summaries
- Federal-Aid Highway Program: "Donor-Donee" State Issues
- The Marshall Islands and Micronesia: Amendments to the Compact of Free Association with the United States
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation: the Future of Commercial Trucking Across the Mexican Border
- Federal Agency Emergency Preparedness and Dismissal of Employees
- Cuba: Issues for the 108th Congress
- Homeland Security: Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles
- Child Pornography Produced Without an Actual Child: Constitutionality of 108th Congress Legislation
- Health Insurance: State High-Risk Pools
- Child Welfare Issues in the 108th Congress
- The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Background and Implementation
- The American Steel Industry: A Changing Profile
- Foreign Direct Investment in China
- Victims Rights Amendment: A Proposal to Amend the United States Constitution in the 108th Congress
- Homeland Security: Department Organization and ManagementImplementation Phase
- Identity Theft: An Overview of Proposed Legislation
- Immigration: Noncitizen Eligibility for Needs-Based Housing Programs
- Congressional Budget Actions in 2003
- Family Caregiving to the Elderly by Employed Persons: The Effects on Working Caregivers, Employers, and Federal Policy
- Iraq: Debate over U.S. Policy
- Clean Air: New Source Review Policies and Proposals
- Financial Privacy: The Economics of Opt-In vs. Opt-Out
- Reconstruction Assistance in Afghanistan: Goals, Priorities, and Issues for Congress
- The Family and Medical Leave Act: Current Legislative and Regulatory Activity
- Presidential Succession: An Overview with Analysis of Legislation Proposed in the 108th Congress
- Homeland Security Act of 2002: Critical Infrastructure Information Act
- Spectrum Management: Auctions
- Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations
- Eliminating International Child Labor: U.S. and International Initiatives
- The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): An Overview
- Immigration: International Child Adoption
- Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) Plans: Early Withdrawals and Required Distributions
- U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond
- Medicaid and the State Fiscal Crisis of 2000-2003
- Do Budget Deficits Push Up Interest Rates and Is This the Relevant Question?
- Estate Tax Legislation in the 108th Congress
- Trade and the 108th Congress: Major Legislative and Oversight Initiatives
- Risk Assessment and Regulation in the Federal Government: A Brief Overview
- The Effect of the Presidents Dividend Relief Proposal on Corporate Tax Subsidies
- Bankruptcy Reform in the 108th Congress
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2004
- Foreign Assistance to North Korea
- Total Information Awareness Programs: Funding, Composition, and Oversight Issues
- Information Operations, Electronic Warfare, and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues
- Animal Agriculture Issues in the 107th Congress: A Retrospective
- The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
- Tobacco Quota Buyout Proposals in the 108th Congress
- Vaccine Policy Issues
- Iraq: Turkey, the Deployment of U.S. Forces, and Related Issues
- Congressional Budget Actions in 2002
- The Endangered Species Act and Claims of Property Rights "Takings"
- Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview
- Appropriations for FY2004: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2004: Department of Homeland Security
- Appropriations for FY2004: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
- Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004: Defense
- Appropriations for FY2004: Interior and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2004: Energy and Water Development
- Appropriations for FY2004: Transportation, Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, General Government, and Related Agencies
- FY2004 Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2004: Military Construction
- Appropriations for FY2004: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
- Appropriations for FY2004: Legislative Branch
- Appropriations for FY2004: District of Columbia
- Potential Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: An Overview for Congress
- China-U.S. Relations During the 108th Congress
- Committee Funding for House and Senate, 108th Congress
- Child Care Issues in the 108th Congress
- Overview of Management and Restoration Activities in the Salton Sea
- Entering the Executive Branch of Government: Potential Conflicts of Interest With Previous Employments and Affiliations
- Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2004 Salary Adjustments
- Dividend Tax Relief: Effects on Economic Recovery, Long-Term Growth, and the Stock Market
- Personal Reemployment Accounts: Results from Bonus Experiments
- Protecting the U.S. Perimeter: "Border Searches" under the Fourth Amendment
- Digital Rights and Fair Use in Copyright Law
- Supplemental Appropriations FY2003: Iraq Conflict, Afghanistan, Global War on Terrorism, and Homeland Security
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Selected Changes that Would be Made to the Law by H.R. 1350, 108th Congress
- Terrorist Motivations for Chemical and Biological Weapons Use: Placing the Threat in Context
- The Export Administration Act: Evolution, Provisions, and Debate
- Iraq: Reconstruction Assistance
- Intermodal Rail Freight: A Role for Federal Funding?
- Reorganization of the House of Representatives: Recent Reform Efforts
- An Overview of USDA Rural Development Programs
- Congressional Budget Resolutions: Motions to Instruct Conferees
- Agricultural Trade Issues in the 108th Congress
- Iraq: International Attitudes to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Reconstruction
- Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress
- Sensitive But Unclassified and Other Federal Security Controls on Scientific and Technical Information: History and Current Controversy
- The Role of Information in Lending: The Cost of Privacy Restrictions
- Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC): Background and Issues for Congress
- Energy: Selected Facts and Numbers
- A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Pennsylvania
- Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA Regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
- Small Business Expensing Allowance: Current Status, Legislative Proposals, and Economic Effects
- Food Safety Issues in the 109th Congress
- Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico
- Executive Branch Continuity of Operations (COOP): An Overview
- Class Actions and Proposed Reform in the 108th Congress: Class Action Fairness Act of 2003 and 2004
- U.S.-European Union Disputes in the World Trade Organization
- High-Threat Chemical Agents: Characteristics, Effects, and Policy Implications
- Workplace Codes of Conduct in China and Related Labor Conditions
- Sexual Discrimination in Employment: Legal Analysis of Title VII of S. 16, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 2003
- High-Threat Biological Agents: Characteristics, Effects, and Policy Implications
- The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Program and Funding
- Criminal Charges in Corporate Scandals
- Pay Equity Legislation
- U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations by President George W. Bush During the 107th-109th Congresses
- The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
- Post-War Iraq: Potential Issues Raised by Previous Occupation and Peacekeeping Experiences
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
- Banking and Financial Infrastructure Continuity
- The University of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases: Racial Diversity in Higher Education
- Compensatory Time vs. Cash Wages: Amending the Fair Labor Standards Act?
- Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 108th Congress
- Colleges and Universities Attended by Representatives of the 108th Congress
- Colleges and Universities Attended by Senators of the 108th Congress
- Securities Law: Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Selected 108th Congress Bills Concerning Corporate Accountability
- Congressional Budget Office: Appointment and Tenure of the Director and Deputy Director
- Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants (Title II, Part A of the Higher Education Act): Overview and Reauthorization Issues
- Counterintelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives
- Expedited Citizenship Through Military Service: Current Law, Policy and Issues
- Medical Malpractice Insurance: An Economic Introduction and Review of Historical Experience
- Intermodal Connectors: A Method for Improving Transportation Efficiency?
- The Al-Jazeera News Network: Opportunity or Challenge for U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East?
- Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan
- Major Provisions of S. 1 as Passed by the Senate, and H.R. 1, as Passed by the House
- Revenue Reconciliation Directives in the FY2004 Budget Resolution
- Relicensing of Nonfederal Hydroelectric Projects: Background and Procedural Reform Issues
- The Jobs and Growth Tax Act (H.R. 2): A Brief Overview of the House Tax-Cut Bill
- The Toxic Substances Control Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements
- South Korean Politics and Rising Anti-Americanism: Implications for U.S. Policy Toward North Korea
- Mercury in Products and Waste: Legislative and Regulatory Activities to Control Mercury
- House Resolutions of Inquiry
- China: Economic Sanctions
- Innocent Landowners and Prospective Purchasers Under the Superfund Act
- Developing Debt-Limit Legislation: The House's "Gephardt Rule"
- NATO Enlargement: Senate Advice and Consent
- Defense Department Original Transformation Proposal: Compared to Existing Law
- The PROTECT (Amber Alert) Act and the Sentencing Guidelines
- U.S. Housing Prices: Is There a Bubble?
- Federal Laws Related to Identity Theft
- Domestic Intelligence in the United Kingdom: Applicability of the MI-5 Model to the United States
- Pesticide Law: A Summary of the Statutes
- Derivative, Risk Management, and Policy in the Energy Markets
- Civil Service ReformH.R. 1836, Homeland Security Act, and Current Law
- FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress
- Trends in U.S. Foreign Food Aid, FY1992-FY2002
- Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions
- Trade Agreements: Impact on the U.S. Economy
- Textile and Apparel Rules of Origin in International Trade
- General Revenue Sharing: Background and Analysis
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Public Health Situation and U.S. Response
- Local Telephone Competition: A Brief Overview
- Public Health Service Operating Agencies
- Measures of Consumer Confidence: Are They Useful?
- Budget Enforcement Procedures: Senate's Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rule
- Iraqs Economy: Past, Present, Future
- Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues in the 108th Congress
- Iraq War: Defense Program Implications for Congress
- The Sudan Peace Process
- Evolution of the Senate's Role in the Nomination and Confirmation Process: A Brief History
- Issues in Dynamic Revenue Estimating
- Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Industry Standards
- Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union
- DODs National Security Personnel System: Statute, Regulations, and Implementation Plans
- Central Bank Independence and Economic Performance: What Does the Evidence Show?
- European Views and Policies Toward the Middle East
- Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union
- Chemical Facility Security: A Comparison of S. 157 and S. 994
- Foreign Assistance Authorization Act, FY2004
- Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation
- Civil Charges in Corporate Scandals
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2004 Budget
- Association Health Plans: Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Child Welfare Waiver Demonstrations
- Financial Management in the Federal Government: Efforts to Improve Performance
- Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
- The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases
- A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Texas
- Aviation Security: Issues Before Congress Since September 11, 2001
- U.S. Agricultural Biotechnology in Global Markets: An Introduction
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Selected Changes that Would be Made to the Law by S. 1248, 108th Congress
- Private Crude Oil Stocks and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Debate
- Programs Funded by the H-1B Visa Education and Training Fee, and Labor Market Conditions for Information Technology (IT) Workers
- Trade Agreements: Requirements for Presidential Consultations, Notices, and Reports to Congress Regarding Negotiations
- CALFED Bay-Delta Program: Overview of Institutional and Water Use Issues
- Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Discount Rate for the Corps of Engineers Water Resource Projects: Theory and Practice
- Emergency Preparedness and Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning in the Federal Judiciary
- Russia's Accession to the WTO
- Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure
- Insurance Regulation: History, Background, and Recent Congressional Oversight
- Health Care Quality: Improving Patient Safety by Promoting Medical Errors Reporting
- Weak Dollar, Strong Dollar Causes and Consequences
- Foreign Relations Authorization, FY2004 and FY2005: State Department and Foreign Assistance
- Dual Eligibles: Medicaid Expenditures for Prescription Drugs and Other Services
- Polygraph Use by the Department of Energy: Issues for Congress
- Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate
- Pipeline Security: An Overview of Federal Activities and Current Policy Issues
- NASA Workforce Flexibilities: H.R. 1085 and S. 610, 108th Congress
- Nuclear Warhead Pit Production: Background and Issues for Congress
- Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues
- Supreme Court Opinions: October 2002 Term
- Authority to Enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in the Wake of the Homeland Security Act: Legal Issues
- File-Sharing Software and Copyright Infringement: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc v. Grokster, Ltd.
- Disaster Relief and Response: FY2003 Supplemental Appropriations
- Taxation of Life Insurance Products: Background and Issues
- HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean and Central America
- Breast-feeding: Impact on Health, Employment and Society
- Hatch-Waxman Related Provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Bills (H.R. 1 and S. 1): A Side-by-Side Comparison
- Social Security Benefits for Noncitizens: Current Policy and Legislation
- Medicare Fee-for-Service Modifications and Medicaid Provisions of H.R. 1 as Enacted
- Social Security Reform: Effect on Benefits and the Federal Budget of Plans Proposed by the Presidents Commission to Strengthen Social Security
- Export-Import Bank: Financing Requirements and Restrictions
- A Consumers Access to a Free Credit Report: A Legal and Economic Analysis
- A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Illinois
- Trade Agreements: Procedure for Congressional Approval and Implementation
- Animal Identification and Meat Traceability
- The History of the Blue Slip in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1917-Present
- WTO Dispute Settlement: Status of U.S. Compliance in Pending Cases
- Senate Policy Committees
- The Tourism Industry and Economic Issues Affecting It
- Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76: Selected Issues
- The E-Rate Program: Universal Service Fund Telecommunications Discounts for Schools
- Proposals to Establish a K-12 Scholarship or Voucher Program in the District of Columbia: Policy Issues and Analysis
- Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2003 Supplemental and FY2004 Assistance for Columbia and Neighbors
- Homeland Security Advisory System: Possible Issues for Congressional Oversight
- Background on NEPA Implementation for Highway Projects: Streamlining the Process
- Iraqs Trade with the World: Data and Analysis
- Market Dynamics and Public Policy Issues in the Video Programming Industry
- Market Structure of the Video Programming Industry and Emerging Public Policy Issues
- The International Wine Market: Description and Selected Issues
- New Medicare Agency Provisions of S. 1, as Passed by the Senate, and H.R. 1, as Passed by the House
- Immigration Policy for Intracompany Transfers (L Visa): Issues and Legislation
- House Vacancies: Proposed Constitutional Amendments for Filling Them Due to National Emergencies
- Streamlining Environmental Reviews of Highway and Transit Projects: Analysis of TEA-LU (H.R. 3) and SAFETEA (S. 732)
- The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and Business Investment
- Copyright Law: Digital Rights Management Legislation in the 107th and 108th Congresses
- Safe Harbor for Service Providers Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- Drug Certification/Designation Procedures for Illicit Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries
- Medicare Managed Care Provisions of Title II of S. 1, as Passed by the Senate, and H.R. 1, as Passed by the House
- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes
- Electric Utility Policy: Comparison of House-Passed H.R. 6 and S.Amdt. 1412
- Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs
- District of Columbia Appropriations for FY2004: Comparison of General Provisions of P.L. 108-7 and the House and Senate Versions of H.R. 2765
- Federal Health Centers Program
- The Jobless Recovery From the 2001 Recession: A Comparison to Earlier Recoveries and Possible Explanations.
- Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
- Reintroduction of the 30-Year Treasury Bond: An Economic Analysis
- Teacher Recruitment and Retention: Federal, State, and Local Programs
- Innovation and Intellectual Property Issues in Homeland Security
- Agriculture in WTO Negotiations
- A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Florida
- Climate Change Legislation in the 108th Congress
- The Air Force KC-767 Lease Proposal: Key Issues for Congress
- Highway and Transit Program Reauthorization: An Analysis of Environmental Protection Issues
- Terrorists and Suicide Attacks
- Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits: Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare
- World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda
- Border and Transportation Security: Budget for FY2003 and FY2004
- Housing Issues in the 108th Congress
- Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Projects: Authorization and Appropriations
- A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Arizona
- Taxes, Exports, and Investment: ETI/FSC and Domestic Investment Proposals in the 108th Congress
- An Enhanced European Role in Iraq?
- Improving the Effectiveness of GSE Oversight: Legislative Proposalsin the 108th Congress
- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: ICPC
- Turkey: Update on Selected Issues
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): The International Response
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Infrastructure Security: Issues for Congress
- Bomb-Making Online: Explosives, Free Speech, Criminal Law and the Internet
- Electric Reliability: Options for Electric Transmission Infrastructure Improvements
- The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology
- The Assault Weapons Ban: Legal Challenges and Legislative Issues
- Federal Contracting of Commercial Activities: Competitive Sourcing Targets
- Federal Student Aid Need Analysis: Background and Selected Simplification Issues
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Current Funding Trends
- Federal Contract Labor Standards Statutes: An Overview
- Russian Oil and Gas Companies and Central and Eastern Europe
- The Fair Labor Standards Act: A Historical Sketch of the Overtime Pay Requirements of Section 13(a)(1)
- The Social Security Protection Act of 2003 (H.R. 743)
- FY2004 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism: Military Operations & Reconstruction Assistance
- Natural Gas Prices and Market Fundamentals
- Medical Malpractice: The Role of Patient Safety Initiatives
- Iraq Agriculture and Food Supply: Background and Issues
- Consular Identification Cards: Domestic and Foreign Policy Implications, the Mexican Case, and Related Legislation
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation: Past, Present, and Future
- Extradition Between the United States and Great Britain: The 2003 Treaty
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Counterproliferation: Legal Issues for Ships and Aircraft
- The Office of Federal Student Aid: The Federal Governments First Performance-Based Organization
- Capital Income Tax Revisions and Effective Tax Rates
- Constitutionality of a Senate Filibuster of a Judicial Nomination
- Comparison of Tax Incentives for Domestic Manufacturing: 108th Congress
- Housing Assistance and Welfare: Background and Issues
- Iraq: Foreign Contributions to Stabilization and Reconstruction
- Transportation Conformity Under the Clean Air Act: In Need of Reform?
- North Slope Infrastructure and the ANWR Debate
- Navy DDG-1000 and DDG-51 Destroyer Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
- Agriculture in the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
- Unemployment Compensation (UC)/Unemployment Insurance (UI): Trends and Contributing Factors in UC Benefit Exhaustion
- Reorganization of the Senate: Modern Reform Efforts
- Congressional Intervention in the Administrative Process: Legal and Ethical Considerations
- Botnets, Cybercrime, and Cyber Terrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress
- Missile Proliferation and the Strategic Balance in South Asia
- Spanish Language Media After the Univision-Hispanic Broadcasting Merger: Issues for Congress
- The Alien Tort Statute: Legislative History and Executive Branch Views
- Can Public Policy Raise the Saving Rate?
- The FTO List and Congress: Sanctioning Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
- Fair Credit Reporting Act: A Side-by-Side Comparison of House, Senate, and Conference Versions
- Judicial Nomination Statistics U.S. District and Circuit Courts, 1945-1976
- Airborne Laser (ABL): Issues for Congress
- Guatemala: Political Conditions, Elections, and Human Rights
- Tax Exemption for Repatriated Foreign Earnings: Proposals and Analysis
- Africas Great Lakes Region: Current Conditions in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda
- Nuclear Weapon Initiatives: Low-Yield R&D, Advanced Concepts, Earth Penetrators, Test Readiness
- Phosphorus Mitigation in the Everglades
- A CRS Review of Ten States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Oregon
- Federal Merger Review Authorities and Electric Utility Restructuring
- A Review of Medical Child Support: Background, Policy, and Issues
- Future of the Balkans and U.S. Policy Concerns
- North Korean Supporters in Japan: Issues for U.S. Policy
- Revising Insurance Regulation: Policy Considerations
- Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues
- Federal Railroad Rights of Way
- Funding for Military and Peacekeeping Operations: Recent History and Precedents
- Highway Rights of Way on Public Lands: R.S. 2477 and Disclaimers of Interest
- Diploma Mills: A Legal Overview
- Early Intervention in Reading: An Overview of Research and Policy Issues
- The Budget for the Fiscal Year 2003
- Climate Changes: Federal Research and Technology and Related Programs
- Senate Committee Party Ratios: 98th-108th Congresses
- Proposals to Amend the Senate Cloture Rule
- DOD Transformation Initiatives and the Military Personnel System: Proceedings of a CRS Seminar
- The BioWatch Program: Detection of Bioterrorism
- Across-the-Board Spending Cuts in End-of Session Appropriations Acts
- Marine Protected Areas: An Overview
- Tax-Favored Higher Education Savings Benefits and Their Relationship to Traditional Federal Student Aid
- Mutual Fund Reform Bills in the 108th Congress: A Side-by-Side Comparison
- Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress
- How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal
- Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S. Relations
- Japan-North Korea Relations: Selected Issues
- The Size and Role of Government: Economic Issues
- Radioactive Waste Streams: Waste Classification for Disposal
- Performance Management and Budgeting in the Federal Government: Brief History and Recent Developments
- China's Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy
- A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Maine
- Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for U.S. Policy
- Safeguards on Textile and Apparel Imports from China
- Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 108th Congress
- Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad: 1798-2007
- Limiting Court Jurisdiction Over Federal Constitutional Issues: Court Stripping
- Macedonia (FYROM): Post-Conflict Situation and U.S. Policy
- Tax Preferences for Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs): Current Law and Legislative Initiatives in the 109th Congress
- 31st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation and Implementation Issues
- Insurance Guaranty Funds
- The Liability Risk Retention Act: Background, Issues, and Current Legislation
- Federal Advertising Law: An Overview
- Summary of Electricity Provisions in the Conference Report on H.R. 6
- Manufacturing Trends: Long-Term Context for Today's Policy Issues
- Taxation of Life Insurance Companies
- Institutional Eligibility and the Higher Education Act: Legislative History of the 90/10 Rule and Its Current Status
- Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2004
- Supreme Court Recognition of Fifth Amendment Protection for Acts of Production
- U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions
- USA Patriot Act Sunset: Provisions That Were to Expire on December 31, 2005
- Australia, the Southwest Pacific, and United States Interests
- Monitoring Foreign Students in the United States: The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
- Transnational Organized Crime: U.S. Policy, Programs, and Related Issues
- Prescription Drug Importation and Internet Sales: A Legal Overview
- Harbors and Inland Waterways: An Overview of Federal Financing
- Anti-Tax-Shelter and Other Revenue-Raising Tax Proposals Considered in the 108th Congress
- Job Loss: Causes and Policy Implications
- Charitable Choice: Legal and Constitutional Issues
- Preemption of State Law for National Banks and Their Subsidiaries by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Indian Reserved Water Rights: An Overview
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, or "Mad Cow Disease"): Current and Proposed Safeguards
- Debate, Motions, and Other Actions in the Committee of the Whole
- Water Infrastructure Projects Designated in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications
- Nuclear Weapons in Russia: Safety, Security, and Control Issues
- Omnibus Energy Legislation: Comparison of Non-Tax Provisions in the H.R. 6 Conference Report and S. 2095
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminals: Siting, Safety and Regulation
- Parliament and Congress: A Brief Comparison of the British House of Commons and the House of Representatives
- Commonly Used Motions and Requests in the House of Representatives
- United States Olympic Committee Reform
- Comparisons of U.S. and Foreign Military Spending: Data from Selected Public Sources
- TANF Reauthorization: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law and Two Versions of H.R. 4
- International Government-Procurement Obligations of the United States: An Overview
- The Appropriate Number of Advice and Consent Positions: An Analysis of the Issue and Proposals for Change
- Safety Belts: Federal Policies, Incentives, and Reauthorization Issues
- The Fair Labor Standards Act: Overtime Pay Issues in the 108th Congress
- Military Base Closures: Implementing the 2005 Round
- Iraq and Al Qaeda: Assessment and Outside Links
- Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: An Overview
- Long-Term Care: Consumer-Directed Services Under Medicaid
- Biological and Chemical Weapons: Criminal Sanctions and Federal Regulations
- Visa Waiver Program
- Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis
- Foreign Terrorist Organizations
- Miranda Reconsidered: Supreme Court Review of Miranda Rights in United States v. Patane, Missouri v. Seibert, and Fellers v. United States
- Asian Soybean Rust: Background and Issues
- Highway and Transit Program Reauthorization Legislation in the 2nd Session, 108th Congress
- SARS, Avian Flu, and Other Challenges for Chinas Political, Social, and Economic Transformation
- Proposed Savings Accounts: Economic and Budgetary Effects
- Iraq: Frequently Asked Questions About Contracting
- Regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Under the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act: A Legal Analysis
- Racial Profiling: Issues and Federal Legislative Proposals
- Bundling Residential Telephone, Internet, and Video Services: Issues for Congress
- Cash and Noncash Benefits for Persons with Limited Income: Eligibility Rules, Recipient and Expenditure Data, FY2000-FY2002
- U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) Program
- U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions
- HOPE VI Public Housing Revitalization Program: Background, Funding, and Issues
- Health Insurance: A Primer
- Defense Transformation: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
- The Federal Rulemaking Process: An Overview
- Child Care Reauthorization: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Child Care Provisions in House and Senate Versions of H.R. 4, S. 880, and Current Law
- Liberia: Transition to Peace
- Grazing Regulations: Changes by the Bureau of Land Management
- Campaign Finance Law: A Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court Ruling in McConnell v. FEC
- Congressional Budget Actions in 2004
- DNA Testing for Law Enforcement: Legislative Issues for Congress
- Petroleum Refining: Economic Performance and Challenges for the Future
- Colombia: Issues for Congress
- Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List
- AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC): Problems, Responses, and Issues for Congress
- Tax Issues in Litigation: Treatment of Judgment and Settlement Payments and Deductibility of Legal Expenses
- Small Business Tax Benefits: Overview and Economic Rationales
- Homeland Security: Final Regulations for the Department of Homeland Security Human Resources Management System (Subpart E) Compared With Current Law
- Visa Policy: Roles of the Departments of State and Homeland Security
- Child Support Enforcement: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law and Two Versions of H.R. 4
- Terrorism in South Asia
- U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East: Historical Background, Recent Trends, and the FY2009 Request
- DHS's Max-HR Personnel System: Regulations on Classification, Pay, and Performance Management Compared With Current Law, and Implementation Plans
- Selected Legal and Policy Issues Related to Coalbed Methane Development
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2005
- Transaction Tax: General Overview
- The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty-Four Years
- Intellectual Property, Computer Software and the Open Source Movement
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), Including Mad Cow Disease: Public Health and Scientific Issues
- Enforcing Immigration Law: The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement
- Importation of Prescription Drugs Provisions in P.L. 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
- Bringing Peace to Chechnya? Assessments and Implications
- Air Quality: EPAs Proposed Interstate Air Quality Rule
- A Changing Natural Rate of Unemployment: Policy Issues
- Small Business Tax Preferences: Legislative Proposals in the 110th Congress
- The U.N. Convention Against Torture: Overview of U.S. Implementation Policy Concerning the Removal of Aliens
- How Medicaid Works: Program Basics
- Primer on Disability Benefits: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Federal Regulation of Boxing: Current Law and Proposed Legislation
- Motor Carrier Safety: Oversight and Reauthorization Legislation
- Bosnia and Kosovo: U.S. Military Operations
- Medicare Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card Program
- An Overview of the Section 8 Housing Program
- Asbestos Litigation: Prospects for Legislative Resolution
- Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities in the States, District of Columbia, and Insular Areas: A Summary
- Alaska Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- Arizona Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- Arkansas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- California Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized.
- Offshoring (a.k.a. Offshore Outsourcing) and Job Insecurity Among U.S. Workers
- The Chained Consumer Price Index: How Is It Different?
- Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns
- A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based ServicesStates Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Indiana
- Child Welfare: The Adoption Incentives Program
- State Corporate Income Taxes: A Description and Analysis
- Illinois Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Hawaii Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Appropriations for FY2005: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2005: Department of Homeland Security
- Appropriations for FY2005: Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
- Authorization and Appropriations for FY2005: Defense
- Appropriations for FY2005: Interior and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2005: Energy and Water Development
- Appropriations for FY2005: Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2005: Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
- Appropriations for FY2005: Military Construction
- Appropriations for FY2005: Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs
- Appropriations for FY2005: Legislative Branch
- Appropriations for FY2005: District of Columbia
- U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
- Oil and Gas Exploration and Development on Public Lands
- Mississippi Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Kentucky Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Missouri Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Montana Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Nevada Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Policing in Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Problems and Proposed Solutions
- Central America and the Dominican Republic in the Context of the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States
- Federal R&D, Drug Discovery, and Pricing: Insights from the NIH-University-Industry Relationship
- Massachusetts Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Michigan Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Minnesota Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Oregon Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Oklahoma Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Pennsylvania Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- The Economic Impact of Cyber-Attacks
- New York Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized.
- Steel: Price and Policy Issues
- Middle East Trade Initiatives: S. 1121/H.R. 2267 and the Administrations Plan
- FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress
- Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI)and Related Funding Programs: FY2005 Assistance
- Federal Regulations: Efforts to Estimate Total Costs and Benefits of Rules
- Territorial Delegates to the U.S. Congress: Current Issues and Historical Background
- Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding
- NATO and the European Union
- Gasoline Price Surge Revisited: Crude Oil and Refinery Issues
- Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species
- Implementation of EPAs 8-hour Ozone Standard
- "Bunker Busters": Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Issues, FY2005 and FY2007
- Selected Federal Homeland Security Assistance Programs: A Summary
- The White Collar Exemptions to Overtime Pay Under Current and Proposed Regulations: An Economic Analysis
- Deindustrialization of the U.S. Economy: The Roles of Trade, Productivity, and Recession
- Cultural Property: International Conventions and United States Legislation
- War on Drugs: Reauthorization and Oversight of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Minimum Wage, Overtime Pay, and Child Labor: Inventory of Proposals in the 108th Congress to Amend the Fair Labor Standards Act
- European Union-United States: Financial Services Action Plan's Regulatory Reform Issues
- Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2005 Salary Adjustments
- Federal Regulatory Reform: An Overview
- Computer Security: A Summary of Selected Federal Laws, Executive Order, and Presidential Directives
- The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Possible Effects on Gasoline Prices of Selected Fill Policies
- Globalizing Cooperative Threat Reduction: A Survey of Options
- The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (P.L. 108-189)
- Tribal Sovereignty Over Nonmember Indians: United States v. Billy Jo Lara
- Key Benefits Under Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for Children With Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems
- State Policies on Immigrant Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- International Monetary Fund: Organization, Functions, and Role in the International Economy
- Adult Education and Literacy: Reauthorization Proposals of the 108th Congress
- Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6
- Certain Temporary Tax Provisions ("Extenders") Expired in 2007
- Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues
- The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities
- Trade Remedies: A Primer
- Economic Development Options and Constraints in Remote Rural Counties: A Case Study of the Great Plains Region
- Abandoned Mine Land Fund Reauthorization: Selected Issues
- Anti-Corruption Standards of the International Financial Institutions
- The U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Provisions and Implications
- The Hatch-Waxman Act: Legislative Changes in the 108th Congress Affecting Pharmaceutical Patents
- Iraq: Former Regime Weapons Programs, Human Rights Violations, and U.S. Policy
- Federal Prison Industries
- Adequacy of the Armys FY2004 Funding for Operations in Iraq
- A Return to Private Security Screening at Airports?: Background and Issues Regarding the Opt-Out Provision of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act
- EPAs Proposed Policy on Wastewater Blending: Background and Issues
- Expanded Health Care Coverage for the Uninsured: Lessons Learned from States
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in U.S. Energy Policy: Infrastructure and Market Issues
- Self-Employment as a Contributor to Job Growth and as an Alternative Work Arrangement
- General Management Laws: Major Themes and Management Policy Options
- A State-by-State Compilation of Key State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Characteristics
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations: Overview of U.S. Implementation and International Court of Justice (ICJ) Interpretation of Consular Notification Requirements
- Small-scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents: An Assessment Framework and Preliminary Comparisons
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Issues for U.S. Policy
- Federal Land Management Agencies: Background on Land and Resources Management
- Indonesia: Domestic Politics, Strategic Dynamics, and American Interests
- U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq: Selected Legal Issues
- Federal Funding of Program for Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education
- Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- Cable and Satellite Television Network Tiering and a la Carte Options for Consumers: Issues for Congress
- Border Security: Inspections Practices, Policies, and Issues
- Patents and Drug Importation
- Agriculture as a Source of Barge Demand on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers: Background and Issues
- Texas Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- Tennessee Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- Utah Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- Virginia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- Spectrum Policy: Public Safety and Wireless Communications Interference
- Highway Program Equity Guarantee Issues
- The Former Soviet Union and U.S. Foreign Assistance in 1992: The Role of Congress
- Network Centric Operations: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
- Arsenic-Treated Wood: Background and Overview
- NOAA: A Review of the FY2004 Budget Request and Final Appropriations
- The Private Testing of Mad Cow Disease: Legal Issues
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Comparison and Analysis of Selected Provisions in H.R. 1350 as Passed by the House and by the Senate, 108th Congress
- The Department of States Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues
- Navy Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
- Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues
- Mercury in the Environment: Sources and Health Risks
- Broadband over Powerlines: Regulatory and Policy Issues
- The Administrations FY2005 Request for $25 Billion for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Precedents, Options, and Congressional Action
- Consolidation Loans: Redesign Options and Considerations
- Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options
- U.S.-Canada Wheat and Corn Trade Dispute
- Millennium Challenge Account
- Foreign Investment and Tax Incentives: Analysis of Current Law and Legislative Proposals
- Child Care and Child Welfare: Background Checks
- Particulate Matter (PM2.5): Implementation of the 1997 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
- The International Monetary Fund: Future Directions
- The Iraq Marshes: Restoration Activities
- South Carolina Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- South Dakota Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- Public Participation in the Management of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management Lands: Overview and Recent Changes
- Older Americans Act: History of Appropriations, FY1966-FY2004
- U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): Overview and Application to Interrogation Techniques
- Environmental Protection Agency: Appropriations for FY2005
- Cotton Production and Support in the United States
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2005 Budget
- Comparison of the House and Senate ETI/Business Investment Bills (H.R. 4520 and S. 1637, 108th Congress)
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Markets in Transition: Implications for U.S. Supply and Price
- Military Helicopter Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress
- Holocaust-era Insurance Claims: Federal Court Decisions and State Statutes and Federal Legislative Proposals
- Cruise Ship Pollution: Background, Laws and Regulations, and Key Issues
- The Legal Services Corporation: Distribution of Funding
- Negotiated Rulemaking
- Social Security: The Government Pension Offset (GPO)
- Productivity: Will the Faster Growth Rate Continue?
- Manufacturing and Information Technology Trends in the United States and Other Industrial Countries: A Review of Major Studies
- U.S.-French Commercial Ties
- Legal Challenge to the FCCs Media Ownership Rules: An Overview of Prometheus Radio v. FCC
- Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data
- Foreign Investment in U.S. Securities
- FY2003 and FY2004 State Allocations for Selected Homeland Security Assistance Programs
- France: Factors Shaping Foreign Policy, and Issues in U.S.-French Relations
- Indias 2004 National Elections
- Rising Energy Competition and Energy Security in Northeast Asia: Issues for U.S. Policy
- Health Savings Accounts
- FY2005 Defense Budget: Frequently Asked Questions
- The Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003 (H.R. 3214): A Section-by-Section Analysis
- Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation Expansion: An Agricultural Transportation and Environmental Context
- Executive Branch Power to Postpone Elections
- Omnibus Appropriations Acts: Overview of Recent Practices
- Suspension of the Rules in the House of Representatives
- U.S. Armys Modular Redesign: Issues for Congress
- Social Security: The Public Servant Retirement Protection Act (H.R. 2772/S. 1647)
- Tax Implications of SILOs, QTEs, and Other Leasing Transactions with Tex-Exempt Entities
- Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity
- Homeland Security Research and Development Funding Activities in Federal Agencies: A Preliminary Inventory
- Federal Homeland Security Research and Development Funding: Issues of Data Quality
- Visibility, Regional Haze, and the Clean Air Act: Status of Implementation
- Foreign Outsourcing: Economic Implications and Policy Responses
- Below-Cost Timber Sales: An Overview
- Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): Federal Legal Authority
- U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean
- Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy
- Africa: Development Issues and Policy Options
- American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
- The North Korean Economy: Leverage and Policy Analysis
- Medicare: Physician Self-Referral ("Stark I and II")
- Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act
- U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
- Athens Olympics 2004: U.S. Government Involvement in Security Preparations
- Vision 100: An Overview of the Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (P.L. 108-176
- Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues
- Proposals for Intelligence Reorganization, 1949-2004
- What Effects Have the 2001 to 2003 Tax Cuts Have on the Economy?
- Water Infrastructure Financing Legislation: Comparison of S. 2550 and H.R. 1560
- Funding Plant and Animal Health Emergencies: Transfers from the Commodity Credit Corporation
- The Proposed Authorities of a National Intelligence Director: Issues for Congress and Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 2845, H.R. 10, and Current Law
- Higher Education Tax Credits: An Economic Analysis
- Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Programs: Issues for Congress
- The Mid-Session Review of the Presidents Budget: Timing Issues
- District of Columbia Appropriations Act for FY2005: Comparison of General Provisions of P.L. 108-199 and House, Senate, and Conference Versions of H.R. 4850 (P.L. 108-335)
- Importing Prescription Drugs: Objectives, Options, and Outlook
- Supreme Court Opinions: October 2003 Term
- Navy-Marine Corps Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Ship Programs: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress
- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA): An Overview
- Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies
- Student Loan Forgiveness Programs
- Distributional Effects of Taxes on Corporate Profits, Investment Income, and Estates
- Removing Terrorist Sanctuaries: The 9/11 Commission Recommendations and U.S. Policy
- Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries
- Agroterrorism: Threats and Preparedness
- U.S. Anti-Terror Strategy and the 9/11 Commission Report
- The U.S. Security Guard Industry: An Introduction to Services and Firms
- Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Curent Structure and Alternatives
- Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Legislation in the 108th Congress
- The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings
- International Law and Agreements: Their Effect Upon U.S. Law
- The NCAA and Due Process: Legal Issues
- World Oil Demand and the Effect on Oil Prices
- Critical Infrastructure Protections: The 9/11 Commission Report and Congressional Response
- The Information Quality Act: OMBs Guidance and Initial Implementation
- Vieques and Culebra Islands: An Analysis of Environmental Cleanup Issues
- Belarus: Background and U.S. Policy Options
- Implementation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act of 2003
- The Multi-State Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX) Pilot Project
- Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2005
- 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Joint Committee on Atomic Energy A Model for Congressional Oversight?
- The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement
- Aviation Security-Related Findings and Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission
- The Condition of the Banking Industry
- Energy Savings Performance Contracts: Reauthorization Issues
- High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and High Power Microwave (HPM) Devices: Threat Assessments
- Health Care Spending: Context and Policy
- Title VII Health Professions Education and Training: Issues in Reauthorization
- Veterans Medical Care Appropriations and Funding Process
- Project BioShield: Legislative History and Side-by-Side Comparison of H.R. 2122, S. 15, and S. 1504
- Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act: History and Recent Developments
- 9/11 Commission Recommendations: The Senate Confirmation Process for Presidential Nominees
- Social Security: Calculation and History of Taxing Benefits
- Union Membership Trends in the United States
- An Overview of Tax Benefits for Higher Education Expenses
- Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees: Key Reform Proposals
- Requirements for Linguists in Government Agencies
- The 9/11 Commission and a National Counterterrorism Center: Issues and Options for Congress
- West Virginia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized
- Selected Products Liability Issues: A Fifty-State Survey
- Risk Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Assessing, Integrating, and Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Consequences
- Border Security: The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol
- Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens
- Survey of Federal Laws and Regulations Mandating Affirmative Action Goals, Set-asides, or Other Preference Based on Race, Gender, or Ethnicity
- Border and Transportation Security: Appropriations for FY2005
- Lawfulness of Interrogation Techniques under the Geneva Conventions
- Senate Prescription Drug Importation Legislation: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law, S. 2307, S. 2328, and S. 2493
- The Supreme Court Revisits the Environment: Seven Cases Decided or Accepted in the 2003-2004 Term
- Interstate Shipment of Municipal Solid Waste: 2004 Update
- Brazil's WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program
- Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons
- United States Sentencing Guidelines and the Supreme Court: Booker, Fanfan, Blakely, Apprendi, and Mistretta
- Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Investments: Proposed Authorization Legislation in the 108th Congress
- The Quality of New Jobs from the 1990s Through June 2004
- The United States and Europe: Possible Options for U.S. Policy
- Victims of Crime Compensation and Assistance: Background and Funding
- Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Relations with the United States
- Supplemental Appropriations for the 2004 Hurricanes and Other Disasters
- Gasoline Supply: The Role of Imports
- Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Ban
- Paleontological Resources Preservation Act: Proposals for the Management and Protection of Fossil Resources Located on Federal Lands
- Taxes and Offshore Outsourcing
- The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape
- Average Farm Subsidy Payments, by State, 2002
- U.S. Terms of Trade: Significance, Trends, and Policy
- General Management Laws and the 9/11 Commissions Proposed Office of National Intelligence Director (NIC) and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
- Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations
- Public Safety Communications Policy
- Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses
- Sick Leave: Usage Rates and Leave Balances for Employees in Major Federal Retirement Systems
- TANF Cash Benefits as of January 1, 2004
- Bunker Busters: Sources of Confusion in the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Debate
- Comparison of 9/11 Commission Recommended Intelligence Reforms, Roberts Draft Bill, H.R. 4104, S. 190, S. 1520, S. 6, H.R. 4584, Current Law
- Comparison of 9/11 Commission Recommended Intelligence Reforms, S. 2845, S. 2774, H.R. 5024, Administration Proposal, H.R. 10, Current Law
- Military Role in Space Control: A Primer
- The Flat Tax, Value-Added Tax, and National Retail Sales Tax: Overview of the Issues
- Libya: Legislative Basis for U.S. Economic Sanctions
- Genocide: Legal Precedent Surrounding the Definition of the Crime
- Sudan: Economic Sanctions
- U.S. Public Diplomacy: Background and the 9/11 Commission Recommendations
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress
- 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Intelligence Budget
- Medicaids Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program
- The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
- The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 108th Congress
- Standards for Retroactive Application Based Upon Groundbreaking Supreme Court Decisions in Criminal Law
- Duration of Continuing Resolutions in Recent Years
- Pakistans Domestic Political Developments
- 9/11 Commission: Legislative Action Concerning U.S. Immigration Law and Policy in the 108th Congress
- A Perspective on Congresss Oversight Function
- Medicare Advantage Payments
- FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products: A Historical, Policy and Legal Analysis
- Health Coverage Tax Credit Authorized by the Trade Act of 2002
- U.S. Immigration Policy on Asylum Seekers
- Postponement and Rescheduling of Elections to Federal Office
- Green Payments in U.S. and European Union Agricultural Policy
- Passenger Rail Security: Issues and Legislation in the 110th Congress
- American Bankers Association v. Lockyer: Whether California's Financial Information Privacy Law Has Been Preempted by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act
- Coverage of Vision Services under the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
- Federal Responses to International Conflict and Terrorism: Property Rights Issues
- Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterways Ecosystem
- Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets: Definition and Identification
- The 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act: Comparison of the Criminal Law and Procedure Provisions in H.R. 10 and S. 2845 as Passed by Their Respective Houses
- H.R. 10 (9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act) and S. 2845 (National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004): A Comparative Analysis
- U.S. Assistance to Vietnam
- Argentinas Sovereign Debt Restructuring
- Middle East Free Trade Area: Progress Report
- Inequality in the Distribution of Income: Trends and International Comparisons
- Medicare Payment Issues Affecting Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs)
- 'Localism': Statutes and Rules Affecting Local Programming on Broadcast, Cable, and Satellite Television
- Employment Statistics: Differences and Similarities in Job-based and Person-based Employment and Unemployment Estimates
- Sudan: The Darfur Crisis and the Status of the North-South Negotiations
- Medicaid Reimbursement Policy
- The Doha Development Agenda: The WTO Framework Agreement
- Insurance and Emergency Preparedness: The 9/11 Commission Recommendations
- Government Advertisement of Tourism: Recent Action and Longstanding Controversies
- Average Years of Service for Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, First-110th Congresses
- U.S.-Japan Economic Relations: Significance, Prospects, and Policy Options
- Campaign Finance Legislation in the 108th Congress
- Scientific Research and the Experimental Use Privilege in Patent Law
- The 2004 Corporate Tax and FSC/ETI Bill: The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
- State Election Laws: Overview of Statutes Providing for Provisional Ballot Tabulation
- Safeguarding Federal Elections from Possible Terrorist Attack: Issues and Options for Congress
- Influenza Vaccine Shortages and Implications
- Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Immigration-Related Document Fraud: Overview of Civil, Criminal, and Immigration Consequences
- Wind Energy: Offshore Permitting
- Consolidating Intelligence Appropriation and Authorizing a Single Committee: 9/11 Commission Recommendations and Alternatives
- House Committees: A Framework for Considering Jurisdictional Realignment
- Democracy in Russia: Trends and Implications for U.S. Interests
- The Bush Administrations Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
- Interstate Travel: Constitutional Challenges to the Identification Requirement and Other Transportation Security Regulations
- Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress
- The Gas to Liquids Industry and Natural Gas Markets
- Federal Management and Protection of Paleontological (Fossil) Resources Located on Federal Lands: Current Status and Legal Issues
- Electronic Banking: The Implementation of the Check 21 Act
- Mexicos Counter-Narcotics Efforts under Fox, December 2000 to October 2004
- Guarding America: Security Guards and U.S. Critical Infrastructure
- Federal Program Performance Review: Program Assessment and Results Act and Other Developments
- Financial Institutions and Markets: Major Federal Statutes
- Coastal Louisiana: Attempting to Restore an Ecosystem
- Minority-Serving Higher Education Institutions: Analysis of Selected Institutional and Student Characteristics
- Metropolitan Area Designations by OMB: History, Current Definitions, and Uses
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administrations FY2005 Budget Request: Description, Analysis, and Issues for Congress
- Energy Use in Agriculture: Background and Issues
- Louisiana Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized
- Student Loan Issues and the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
- Peer Review: OMBs Proposed, Revised, and Final Bulletins
- Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Contracts and Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. Leavitt: Agency Discretion to Fund Contract Support Costs
- Children in Poverty: Profile, Trends, and Issues
- The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA): A Summary
- Changing Senate Rules: The "Constitutional" or "Nuclear" Option
- Election Reform: The Help America Vote Act and Issues for Congress
- Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
- Federal Student Aid Need Analysis Simplification: Legislative Action
- China-Southeast Asia Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications for the United States
- The Child Welfare Workforce: An Overview
- Ukraines Political Crisis and U.S. Policy Issues
- Anticircumvention under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Reverse Engineering: Recent Legal Developments
- Distribution of the Tax Burden Across Individuals: An Overview
- Open Ocean Aquaculture
- Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Contingent Election
- Fiscal Year 2005 Homeland Security Grant Program: State Allocations and Issues for Congressional Oversight
- Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2007
- Trade Legislation in the 108th Congress
- Seeking Withdrawal of Congressional Approval of the WTO Agreement: Background, Legislative Procedure, and Practical Consequences
- The Changing Demographic Profile of the United States
- The U.N. Population Fund: Background and the U.S. Funding Debate
- Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 109th Congress
- Border and Transportation Security: Overview of Congressional Issues
- Spyware: Background and Policy Issues for Congress
- Avoiding Gridlock in the Skies: Issues and Options for Addressing Growth in Air Traffic
- Federal Taxes and the U.S. Territories: An Overview
- Amtrak: The Political and Social Aspects of Federal Intercity Passenger Rail Policy
- Germanys Role in Fighting Terrorism: Implications for U.S. Policy
- Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House, and 109th and 110th Congresses Epilogue
- Agriculture-Based Renewable Energy Production
- Afro-Latinos in Latin America and Considerations for U.S. Policy
- Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Analysis of Changes Made by P.L. 108-446
- Counting Electoral Votes: An Overview of Procedures at the Joint Session, Including Objections by Members of Congress
- Barriers to Corporate Fraud: How They Work, Why They Fail
- Major Tax Issues in the 109th Congress
- Grain Transport: Modal Trends and Infrastructure Implications
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Perspective on the Top 20 Emitters and Developed Versus Developing Nations
- Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: National Standards for Drivers Licenses, Social Security Cards, and Birth Certificates
- Zimbabwe
- Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
- Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity
- Proposals for a Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies (CARFA): Analysis and Issues for Congress
- Syria: Political Conditions and Relations with the United States After the Iraq War
- Electric Utility Regulatory Reform: Issues for the 109th Congress
- V-Chip and TV Ratings: Monitoring Children's Access to TV Programming
- Cuba: Issues for the 109th Congress
- Navy Aircraft Carriers: Proposed Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy--Issues and Options for Congress
- Veterans Medical Care Funding: FY1995-FY2004
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 109th Congress
- The Alaska Land Transfer Acceleration Act: Background and Summary
- Mexico-United States Dialogue on Migration and Border Issues, 2001-2006
- Charitable Choice and Faith-Based Organizations
- Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency
- Tsunamis: Monitoring, Detection, and Early Warning Systems
- Security Threat Assessments for Hazmat Drivers
- Consumer Bankruptcy Reform in the 109th Congress: Background and Issues
- Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions on Regulatory and Other Collegial Boards and Commissions, 108th Congress
- North Korea: A Chronology of Events, October 2002-December 2004
- Mercury Emissions from Electric Generating Units: A Review of EPA Analysis and MACT Determination
- Pakistans Nuclear Proliferation Activities and the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission: U.S. Policy Constraints and Options
- Fruits, Vegetables, and Other Specialty Crops: A Primer on Government Programs
- The Economic Implications of the Long-Term Federal Budget Outlook
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: A Primer on TANF Financing and Federal Requirements
- U.S. Taxation of Overseas Investment and Income: Background and Issues in 2005
- Public Relations and Propaganda: Restrictions on Executive Agency Activities
- The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Background and Issues
- Continuity of Operations (COOP) in the Executive Branch: Issues in the 109th Congress
- Individuals with Disabilities Eduction Act (IDEA): Discipline Provisions in P.L. 108-446
- Immigration: Analysis of the Major Provisions of the REAL ID Act of 2005
- Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Social Security Individual Accounts and Employer-Sponsored Pensions
- Unemployment and Older Workers
- U.S. Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia
- Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology
- The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions
- Class Actions and Legislative Proposals in the 109th Congress: Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
- Greenhouse Gases and Economic Development: An Empirical Approach to Defining Goals
- The Presidential Inauguration of 2005: Basic Facts and Information
- Climate Change Litigation: A Growing Phenomenon
- The "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005" in the 109th Congress
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Background, Legal Analysis, and Policy Options
- Industrial Loan Companies/Banks and the Separation of Banking and Commerce: Legislative and Regulatory Perspectives
- Estate and Gift Tax Revenues: Several Measurements
- Military Death Benefits: Status and Proposals
- Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations
- Medicaid and SCHIP: The Presidents FY2006 Budget Proposals
- House Rules Changes Affecting Floor Procedures in the 109th Congress
- The Global Peace Operations Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress
- Plan Colombia: A Progress Report
- The Campus-Based Financial Aid Programs: A Review and Analysis of the Allocation of Funds to Institutions and the Distribution of Aid to Students
- Navy Ship Procurement: Alternative Funding Approaches--Background and Options for Congress
- Creating a National Framework for Cybersecurity: An Analysis of Issues and Options
- Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA): Reauthorization of Job Training Programs in the 109th Congress
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress
- Federal Deductibility of State and Local Taxes
- Clear Skies and the Clean Air Act: Whats the Difference?
- FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, Tsunami Relief, and Other Activities
- European Unions Arms Control Regime and Arms Exports to China: Background and Legal Analysis
- MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues
- Trade-Through Rule Reform: The SEC's Depth of Book Alternative
- Insurance Regulation: Issues, Background, and Current Legislation
- Major Coal Issues in the 109th Congress
- Congressional Budget Actions in 2005
- Life Expectancy in the United States
- House Committee Funding Legislation, 109th Congress
- House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-110th Congresses
- Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs): Regulatory Reform Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Africa, the G8, and the Blair Initiative
- Drug Safety and Effectiveness: Issues and Action Options After FDA Approval
- Power Marketing Administrations: Proposals for Market-Based Rates
- Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006
- Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law: Recent Legislation and Issues
- Reexamining Rules: Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
- China-U.S. Relations: in the 109th Congress
- Nursing Workforce Programs in Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act
- Journalists' Privilege to Withhold Information in Judicial and Other Proceedings State Shield Laws
- Overview of the Federal Tax System
- Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues
- WTO: Antidumping Issues in the Doha Development Agenda
- Republic of the Marshall Islands Changed Circumstances Petition to Congress
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2006
- Hardrock Mining: State Regulation
- Federal Home Loan Bank System: Policy Issues
- The National Counterterrorism Center: Implementation Challenges and Issues for Congress
- Child Care Issues in the 109th Congress
- Estate Tax Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Legislative Branch: FY2006 Appropriations
- Architect of the Capitol: Appointment, Duties, and Current Issues
- The Chief Justice of the United States: Responsibilities of the Office and Process for Appointment
- Social Security Reform: Legal Analysis of Social Security Benefit Entitlement Issues
- An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative
- Federal Crime Control: Background, Legislation, and Issues
- Hurricanes and Disaster Risk Financing Through Insurance: Challenges and Policy Options
- The Medical Device Approval Process and Related Legislative Issues
- Beneficiary Information and Decision Supports for the Medicare-Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card
- Trade Issues in the 109th Congress: Policy Challenges and Opportunities
- The Schiavo Case: Legal Issues
- The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 109th Congress
- Clinical Trials Reporting and Publication
- Competitive Sourcing Statutes and Statutory Provisions
- TANF Reauthorization: Sideby-Side Comparison of Current Law, S. 667, and H.R. 240 (TANF Provisions)
- PAYGO Rules for Budget Enforcement in the House and Senate
- Child Welfare: An Analysis of Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews
- Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 109th Congress
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Votes and Legislative Actions, 95th through 110th Congress
- Border Security: The Complexity of the Challenge
- Border and Transportation Security: Selected Programs and Policies
- Border and Transportation Security: Possible New Directions and Policy Options
- Gun Control Legislation
- "Entrenchment" of Senate Procedure and the "Nuclear Option" for Change: Possible Proceedings and Their Implications
- Power to Regulate Commerce: Limits on Congressional Power
- Ukraine's Orange Revolution and U.S. Policy
- How the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Work: Two Examples
- Tsunamis and Earthquakes: Is Federal Disaster Insurance in Our Future?
- Investing Social Security Funds in the Stock Market: Some Economic Considerations
- Child Welfare Financing: An Issue Overview
- Hazardous Materials Transportation Security: Highway and Rail Modes
- Energy and Water Development: FY2006 Appropriations
- Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs
- Federal Perkins Loans and FFEL/DL Stafford Loans: A Brief Comparison
- Presidential Review of Agency Rulemaking
- Environmental Protection Agency: Appropriations for FY2006
- Health Information Technology: Promoting Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare
- The "Superwaiver" Proposal and Service Integration: A History of Federal Initiatives
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Peacekeeping and Conflict Transitions: Background and Congressional Action on the Civilian Response/Reserve Corps and other Civilian Stabilization and Reconstruction Capabilities
- Homeland Security Department: FY2006 Appropriations
- Coup in Kyrgyzstan: Developments and Implications
- Renewable Fuels and MTBE: A Comparison of Provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58 and H.R. 6)
- U.S. Assistance to the Former Soviet Union
- Adult Education and Literacy: Overview and Reauthorization Proposals of the 109th Congress
- Mercury Emissions from Electric Power Plants: An Analysis of EPA's Cap-and-Trade Regulations
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): FY2006 Budget
- European Union's Arms Embargo on China: Implications and Options for U.S. Policy
- Youth: From Classroom to Workplace?
- Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Funding and Reauthorization
- Key Environmental Issues in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58, H.R. 6)
- Standing Order and Rulemaking Statute: Possible Alternatives to the "Nuclear Option?"
- The Child Support Enforcement Program: A Review of the Data
- New Zealand: Background and Bilateral Relations with the United States
- Defense Budget: Long-Term Challenges for FY2006 and Beyond
- Cloture Attempts on Nominations
- Social Security Reform: President Bush's Individual Account Proposal
- The Department of Labor's New Rules for Working Children and Yough: February 2005
- The Rise of China and Its Effect on Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea: U.S. Policy Choices
- U.S. Automotive Industry: Policy Overview and Recent History
- Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict?
- Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies (House)/Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations
- Strategic Mobility Innovation: Options and Oversight Issues
- The Army's Future Combat System (FCS): Background and Issues for Congress
- Intercarrier Compensation: One Component of Telecom Reform
- Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture
- The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center: Issues for Congress
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations
- Anti-Doping Policies: The Olympics and Selected Professional Sports
- Textile Exports to Trade Preference Regions
- Social Security: Raising or Eliminating the Taxable Earnings Base
- Post-9/11 National Threat Notification Efforts: Issues, Actions, and Options for Congress
- Appropriations for the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service in FY2006: Issues for Congress
- Housing Issues in the 109th Congress
- Indexing Social Security Benefits: The Effects of Price and Wage Indexes
- Minimum Wage, Overtime Pay, and Child Labor: An Inventory of Proposals in the 109th Congress to Amend the Fair Labor Standards Act
- Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Low-Income Provisions
- Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations
- Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations
- Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 108th Congress
- Security and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE Act) (H.R. 1526) and Security and Freedom Enhancement Act (SAFE Act) (S. 737): Section by Section Analysis
- Breastfeeding: Federal Legislation
- Federal Protection for Human Research Subjects: An Analysis of the Common Rule and Its Interactions with FDA Regulations and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Air Force Aerial Refueling Methods: Flying Boom versus Hose-and-Drogue
- Federally Mandated Random Drug Testing in Professional Athletics: Constitutional Issues
- Federal-State Maritime Boundary Issues
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Interactions with Selected Provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
- Navy Ship Acquisition: Options for Lower-Cost Ship Designs--Issues for Congress
- Upper Mississippi-Illinois Waterway Investments: Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Agriculture in the WTO: Policy Commitments Made Under the Agreement on Agriculture
- Bioterrorism Countermeasure Development: Issues in Patents and Homeland Security
- World Trade Organization (WTO): Issues in the Debate on U.S. Participation
- Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations
- Federal Counter-Terrorism Training: Issues for Congressional Oversight
- Hydropower Licenses and Alternative Licensing Conditions in H.R. 6
- Meat and Poultry Inspection: Background and Selected Issues
- Federal Pell Grants: Implications of Increasing the Maximum Award
- Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations
- Electric Utility Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 6, 109th Congress
- Congressional Authority Over the Federal Courts
- Clean Interstate Rule: Review and Analysis
- Breastfeeding and Jury Duty: State Laws, Court Rules, and Related Issues
- The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program: Background and Current Developments
- Labor Union Certification Procedures: Use of Secret Ballots and Card Checks
- The Individuals with Disabilities Eduction Act (IDEA): Paperwork Reduction in P.L. 108-446
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, or "Mad Cow Disease") in North America: A Chronology of Selected Events
- Political Status of Puerto Rico: Options for Congress
- U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications
- Congressional Oversight of Judges and Justices
- Omnibus Energy Legislation, 109th Congress: Assessment of H.R. 6 as Passed by the House
- Child Support Enforcement: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law and Welfare Reautorization Bills (S. 667 and H.R. 240)
- What Do Local Election Officials Think about Election Reform?: Results of a Survey
- An Emergency Communications Safety Net: Integrating 911 and Other Services
- Agriculture Conservation Programs: A Scorecard
- State and Local Homeland Security: Unresolved Issues for the 109th Congress
- State and Local Taxes and the Federal Alternative Minimum Tax
- Gang Prevention and Suppression Legislation in the 109th Congress: Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 155, H.R. 1279, and H.R. 4472
- Health Insurance Coverage for Retirees
- FY2006 Appropriations for the Department of Transportation
- Gang Deterrence: A Legal Analysis of H.R. 1279 With References to S. 155
- Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA's Air Compliance Agreement
- Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: A Primer
- Communications Act Revisions: Selected Issues for Consideration
- Medicaid: The Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
- Specialty Crop Issues in the 109th Congress
- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2006 Appropriations
- Climate Change: Comparison and Analysis of S. 1151 and the Draft "Climate and Economy Insurance Act of 2005"
- 527 Political Organizations: Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Great Lakes Water Withdrawals: Legal and Policy Issues
- Farm Product "Check-off" Programs: A Constitutional Analysis
- Continuity of Congress: Enacted and Proposed Federal Statutes for Expedited Election to the House in Extraordinary Circumstances
- Methamphetamine Lab Clean-up and Remediation Issues
- Age Restrictionf for Airline Pilots: Revisiting the FAAs "Age 60 Rule"
- Veterans' Health Care Issues in the 109th Congress
- Vocational Education Reauthorization: Comparison and Analysis of Selected Provisions of S. 250 as Passed by the House and Senate
- The Availability of Judicial Review Regarding Military Base Closures and Realignments
- The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position
- Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2006 and FY2007 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel
- Poland: Background and Current Issues
- Poland: Foreign Policy Trends
- Child Welfare: State Performance on Child and Family Services Reviews
- Presidential Succession: An Overview with Analysis of Legislation Proposed in the 109th Congress
- Biomedical Advances in Alzheimer's Disease
- Judicial Recess Appointments: A Legal Overview
- Federal Flood Insurance: The Repetitive Loss Problem
- Churches and Campaign Activity: Analysis of Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act and Similar Legislation
- Genetically Engineered Fish and Seafood
- Veterans' Medical Care: FY2006 Appropriations
- Child Welfare: Programs Authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990
- A CRS Series on Medicaid: Dual Eligibles
- Exclusion of Capital Gains for Owner-Occupied Housing
- Alcohol Fuels Tax Incentives
- Legal Services and Noncustodial Parents Who Owe Child Support
- Age Dependency Ratios and Social Security Solvency
- Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Commemorative Works and Other Honors Autorized by Congress
- Dalla Love Field: The Wright and Shelby Amendments
- Defining Cable Broadband Internet Access Service: Background and Analysis of the Supreme Court's Brand X Decision
- Cambodia: Background and U.S. Relations
- Long-Term Growth of the U.S. Economy: Significance, Determinants, and Policy
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's FY2006 Budget Request: Description, Analysis, and Issues for Congress
- Accreditation and Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
- Child Labor in West African Cocoa Production: Issues and U.S. Policy
- The Endangered Species Act and "Sound Science"
- Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fee on Coal
- District of Columbia: FY2006 Appropriations
- Selected Opinions of Justice O'Connor
- Patent Reform: Innovation Issues
- Climate Change: Federal Expenditures for Science and Technology
- Drug Testing in Sports: Proposed Legislation
- Foreign Relations Authorization, FY2006 and FY2007: An Overview
- U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy
- Labor Practices in the Meat Packing and Poultry Processing Industry: An Overview
- Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations
- Cash Balance Pension Plans and Claims of Age Discrimination
- Information Brokers: Federal and State Laws
- Omnibus Energy Legislation, 109th Congress: Side-by-Side Assessment of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 6
- Individual Accounts: What Rate of Return Would They Earn?
- Capital Punishment: A Legal Overview Including the Supreme Court Decisions of the 2004-2005 Term
- Recess Appointments: A Legal Overview
- Australia: Background and U.S. Relations
- Terrorist Screening and Brady Background Checks for Firearms
- Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans
- Leasing and Permitting for Oil and Gas Development on Federal Public Domain Lands
- Mexican Workers in the United States: A Comparison with Workers from Social Security Totalization Countries
- U.S. Nuclear Cooperation With India: Issues for Congress
- Military Quality of Life/VA (House) and Military Construction/VA (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations
- Medicaid Eligibility for Adults and Children
- Terrorist Financing: U.S. Agency Efforts and Inter-Agency Coordination
- Oil Industry Profits: Analysis of Recent Performance
- Indian Health Service: Health Care Delivery, Status, Funding, and Legislative Issues
- Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy
- Private Immigration Legislation
- Fundamental Tax Reform: Options for the Mortgage Interest Deduction
- Supreme Court Opinions: October 2004 Term
- USA PATRIOT Act: Background and Comparison of House- and Senate-Approved Reauthorization and Related Legislative Action
- Social Security: The Trust Fund
- Loss-of-Damages From U.S. Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Islands: Technical Analysis of the Nuclear Claims Tribunal's Methodology and Alternative Estimates
- The Budget Reconciliation Process: House and Senate Procedures
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA): Legal and Legislative Developments
- Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): Growth Models Under the No Child Left Behind Act
- Intelligence Reform Implementation at the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Issues and Options for Congress
- Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform
- Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sunset Amendments
- Federal Financial Services Regulatory Consolidation: An Overview
- Previewing a 2007 Farm Bill
- Al Qaeda: Profile and Threat Assessment
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Resources for Responding to Disasters and its Role in Homeland Security
- Medicare Drug Benefit: Retiree Provisions
- Department of Homeland Security Reorganization: The 2SR Initiative
- Legislative Approaches to Chemical Facility Security
- Japan's Free Trade Agreement Program
- The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act ("Byrd Amendment")
- Restrictions on the Accesptance of "Officially Connected" Travel Expenses From Private Sources Under House and Senate Rules
- Marine Security of Hazardous Chemical Cargo
- FY2006 Appropriations for Border and Transportation Security
- Risk-Based Funding in Homeland Security Grant Legislation: Issues for the 109th Congrress
- Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1997-2004
- Homeland Security and Labor-Management Relations: NTEU v. Chertoff
- Federal Stafford Act Disaster Assistance: Presidential Declarations, Eligible Activities, and Funding
- Older Displaced Workers in the Context of an Aging and Slowly Growing Population
- China and Sub-Saharan Africa
- Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Environmental Issues and Legislative Provisions in SAFETEA-LU (H.R. 3)
- K-12 Education Programs: Recent Appropriations
- Proper Scope of Questioning of Supreme Court Nominees: The Current Debate
- Tax Deductions for Catastrophic Risk Insurance Reserves: Explanation and Economic Analysis
- Homeland Security and House Committees: Analysis of 109th Congress Jurisdiction Changes and Their Impact on the Referral of Legislation
- Public Diplomacy: A Review of Past Recommendations
- Intellectual Property and Collaborative Research
- Organization and Mission of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate: Issues and Options for the 109th Congress
- Lobbying Reform: Background and Legislative Proposals, 109th Congress
- Selected Opinions of Chief Justice Rehnquist
- Conventional Warheads for Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues for Congress
- Acquisition Services Reorganization at the General Services Administration
- Poverty in the United States: 2007
- Estate Taxes and Family Businesses: Economic Issues
- Even Start: Funding Controversy
- U.S.-India Bilateral Agreements and "Global Partnership"
- Debt Relief for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: Issues for Congress
- Mandatory Spending Since 1962
- U.S. Agriculture After Hurricane Katrina: Status and Issues
- Federal Regional Authorities and Commissions: Their Function and Design
- Arrest and Detention of Material Witnesses: Federal Law in Brief and Section 12 of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3199)
- The Role of HUD Housing Programs in Response to Disasters
- U.S. Citizenship of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents
- Colleges and Universities Attended by Representatives of the 109th Congress
- Colleges and Universities Attended by Senators of the 109th Congress
- Bankruptcy Relief and Natural Disaster Victime
- Hurricane Katrina: Medicaid Issues
- Unemployment and Employment Programs Available to Workers from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
- Trade in Services: The Doha Development Agenda Negotiations and U.S Goals
- Hurricane Katrina: Insurance Losses and National Capacities for Financing Disaster Risks
- United States-Canada Trade and Economic Relationship: Prospects and Challenges
- Tax Policy Options After Hurricane Katrina
- Education and Training Issues Related to Major Disasters
- Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Legal Requirements for Federal and State Roles in Declarations of an Emergency or a Major Disaster
- Hurricane Katrina-Related Immigration Issues and Legislation
- Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC): Property Transfer and Disposal
- China and the CNOOC Bid for Unocal: Issues for Congress
- Congress and the Courts: Current Policy Issues
- Hurricane Katrina: DOD Disaster Response
- 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes: The Pubic Health and Medical Response
- Border Security: Apprehension of "Other Than Mexican" Aliens
- Klamath River Basin Issues and Activities: An Overview
- State Statutes Governing Hate Crimes
- The Davis-Bacon Act: Suspension
- S. 147/H.R. 309: Process for Federal Recognition of a Native Hawaiian Government Entity
- Federal Food Assistance in Disasters: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- Foreign Investment in the United States: Major Federal Statutory Restrictions
- NEPA and Hurricane Response, Recovery, and Rebuilding Efforts
- The United Kingdom: Issues for the United States
- Border Security and the Southwest Border: Background, Legislation, and Issues
- Emergency Waiver of EPA Regulations: Authorities and Legislative Proposals in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
- Aging Infrastructure: Dam Safety
- Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens
- The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
- Department of Justice Reauthorization: Provisions to Improve Program Management, Compliance, and Evaluation of Justice Assistance Grants
- The Economic Effects of Raising National Saving
- Veterans Affairs: Basic Eligibility for Disability Benefit Programs
- Safe Harbor for Preclinical Use of Patented Inventions in Drug Research and Development: Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.
- Cleanup after Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Considerations
- Retirement Plan Participation and Contributions: Trends from 1998 to 2003
- The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Biological Resources
- Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2006
- Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act--A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU or SAFETEA): Selected Major Provisions
- Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Controlled Substances Act: Gonzales v. Oregon
- Congressional Budget Resolutions: Revisions and Adjustments
- Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues
- Oil and Gas Disruption From Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
- Disaster Response and Appointment of a Recovery Czar: The Executive Branch's Response to the Flood of 1927
- Speaker Hastert's Plan to Offset Spending: A Procedural Perspective
- Senior Executive Service (SES) Pay for Performance System
- Flood Risk Management:abd Levees: A Federal Primer
- Budget Reconciliation FY2006: Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Provisions
- Budget Reconciliation Legislation in 2005-2006 Under the FY2006 Budget Resolution
- Active Military Sonar and Marine Mammals: Events and References
- Supplemental Appropriations: Trends and Budgetary Impacts Since 1981
- The Global Fund and PEPFAR in U.S. International Aids Policy
- Medicare: Enrollment in Medicare Drug Plans
- Military Base Closures and the Impact Aid Program for Education
- Employment-Related Issues in Bankruptcy
- Is the U.S. Trade Deficit Caused by a Global Saving Glut?
- Hurricane Katrina: Social-Demographic Characteristics of Impacted Areas
- Libya: Background and U.S. Relations
- WTO Doha Round: The Agricultural Negotiations
- Pandemic Influenza: Domestic Preparedness Efforts
- Federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines: Summary and Analysis of Issues
- Immunities Accorded to Foreign Diplomats, Consular Officers, and Employees of International Organizations Under U.S. Law
- U.S. Military Overseas Basing: New Developments and Oversight Issues for Congress
- Davis-Bacon Suspension and Its Legislative Aftermath
- Committee Controls of Agency Decisions
- The National Environmental Policy Act: Background and Implementation
- China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress
- The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the State Budgets of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi
- Child Welfare: Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Bills
- Haiti: International Assistance Strategy for the Interim Government and Congressional Concerns
- Welfare Reauthorization: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law and Pending Welfare Reauthorization Proposals
- Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2006 and FY2007 Salary Adjustments
- Influenza Antiviral Drugs and Patent Law Issues
- Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness
- The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) and the Army's Future Combat System (FCS): Issues for Congress
- Trade Integration in the Americas
- Drug Crop Eradication and Alternative Development in the Andes
- Understanding Government Employment Data After a Natural or Other Disaster, with Special Emphasis on Hurricane Katrina
- Costs and Benefits of Clear Skies: EPA's Analysis of Multi-Pollutant Clean Air Bills
- Muslims in Europe: Integration Policies in Selected Countries
- Internet Development and Information Control in the People's Republic of China
- Why is the Household Saving Rate So Low?
- Comparing Automotive and Steel Industry Legacy Cost Issues
- Constitutionality of Applying the FCC's Indecency Restriction to Cable Television
- Federal Business Taxation: The Current System, Its Effects, and Options for Reform
- The Supreme Court's Overruling of Constitutional Preedent: An Overview
- Hurricane Katrina: Questions Regarding the Section 8 Housing Voucher Program
- FEMA's Community Disaster Loan Program: Action in the 109th Congress
- Importation of Prescription Drugs: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law, S. 109/H.R. 328, S. 184/H.R. 753, and S. 334/H.R. 700
- The World Trade Organization: The Hong Kong Ministerial
- Terrorism Risk Insurance Legislation: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side
- Japan's Currency Intervention: Policy Issues
- Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court
- Immigration Related Border Security Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Judge Samuel Alito's Opinions in Freedom os Speech Cases
- Civil Rights of Individuals with Disabilities: The Opinions of Judge Alito
- Califorinia's San Juaquin Valley: A Region in Transition
- Liberia's Post-War Recovery: Key Issues and Developments
- Is the U.S. Current Account Deficit Sustainable?
- Civil Rights Opinions of U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito: A Legal Overview
- Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls
- Proposals in the 109th Congress to Split the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- The Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine (DRE) Controversy: FAQs and Misperceptions
- U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
- The Law of Church and State: Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito
- Securing General Aviation
- Excited Utterances, "Testimonial" Statements, and the Confrontation Clause
- The Earthquakes in South Asia: Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations
- Relocation of Hurricane Katrina Emergency Appropriations: Defense and Other Issues
- U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Samuel A. Alito and the Abortion Opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries
- Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority
- Mediciad: A Primer
- Habeas Review in Death Penalty Cases: Selected Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito
- Price Determination in Agricultural Commodity Markets: A Primer
- Intellectual Property and the Free Trade Agreements: Innovation Policy Issues
- Vulnerability of Concentrated Critical Infrastructure: Background and Policy Options
- Tax Reconciliation: Scope of the Senate's Power Under the Constitution's Origination Clause to Amend Revenue Legislation
- Condemnation of Private Property for Economic Development: Legal Comments on the House-Passed Bill (H.R. 4128) and Bond Amendment
- Casework in a Congressional Office: Background, Rules, Laws, and Resources
- USA PATRIOT Improvement ad Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199): A Side-by-Side Comparison of Existing Law, H.R. 3199 (Conference), and H.R. 3199 (Senate Passed)
- Medical Marijuana: Review and Analysis of Federal and State Policies
- Russian Oil and Gas Challenges
- Congressional Nominations to U.S. Service Academies: An Overview and Resources for Outreach and Management
- Federalism: Selected Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito
- National Security Whistleblowers
- Veterans Benefits Issues in the 109th Congress
- U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1997-2004
- Immigration: Selected Opinions of Judge Samuel Alito
- U.S. and International Responses to the Global Spread of Avian Flu: Issues for Congress
- Support Offices in the House of Representatives: Roles and Authorities
- Reimbursement of Local Private Nonprofit Organizations Under the Stafford Act
- U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel
- Venue: A Legal Analysis of Where a Federal Crime May Be Tried
- Constitutionality of Requiring Sexually Explicit Material on the Internet to be Under a Separate Domain Name
- Supreme Court Nominations, 1789 - 2006: Actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President
- Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation for Disaster Assistance: Summary Data
- U.S. Assistance to Women in Afghanistan and Iraq: Challenges and Issues for Congress
- Federal Spending by Agency and Budget Function, FY2001-FY2006
- Status of a Member of the House Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony
- Proposed Federal Income Tax Exclusion for Civilians Serving in Combat Zones
- The Internal Revenue Service's Private Tax Debt Collection Initiative: Current Status, Legislative Proposals, and Issues for Congress
- Constitutionality of Proposals to Prohibit the Sale or Rental to Minors of Video Games with Violent or Sexual Content or "Strong Language"
- The Republic of the Philippines: Background and U.S. Relations
- Lobbying Disclosure and Ethics Proposals Related to Lobbying Introduced in the 109th Congress: A Comparative Analysis
- Banking and Securities Regulation and Agency Enforcement Authorities
- Education-Related Hurricane Relief:: Legislative Action
- Congressional Gifts and Travel: Proposals for the 109th Congress
- The Benefits of Education
- USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199): A Legal Analysis of the Conference Bill
- Kinetic Energy Kill for Ballistic Missile Defense: A Status Overview
- FY2006 Homeland Security Grant Distribution Methods: Issues for the 109th Congress
- East Asia Summit (EAS): Issues for Congress
- Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs
- Mexico's Importance and Multiple Relationships with the United States
- Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Officials: Process for Adjusting Pay and Current Salaries
- Reading First: Implementation Issues and Controversies
- Supreme Court Nominations: Senate Floor Procedure and Practice, 1789-2006
- Energy Policy Act of 2005, P.L. 109-58: Electricity Provisions
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973: 109th Congress Legislation, FY2006 Budget Request, and FY2006 Appropriations
- International Population Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress
- Side-by-Side Comparison of Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
- Germany's "Grand Coalition" Government: Prospects and Implications
- Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2006 Assistance
- Legal Developments in International Civil Aviation
- Nuclear Weapons Complex Reconfiguration: Analysis of an Energy Department Task Force Report
- Health Savings Accounts: Overview of Rules for 2008
- Brazilian Trade Policy and the United States
- Federal Habeas Corpus Relief: Background, Legislation, and Issues
- Papua, Indonesia: Issues for Congress
- Internet Taxation: Issues and Legislation
- Foreign Policy Budget Trends: A Thirty-Year Review
- The Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act is Revisited by the Supreme Court:: Rapanos v. United States
- FEMA's Flood Hazard Map Modernization Initiative
- Conducting Foreign Relations Without Authority: The Logan Act
- Federal Student Aid Need Analysis System: Background, Description, and Legislative Action
- The National Environmental Policy Act:: Streamlining NEPA
- Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: An Overview of Implementation for Dual Eligibles
- The Section 8 Housing Voucher Program: Reform Proposals in the 108th and 109th Congresses
- Medicaid and SCHIP: FY2007 Budget Issues
- Data Security: Federal Legislative Approaches
- Financing the U.S. Trade Deficit
- Low-The LIHEAP Formula: Legislative History and Current Law
- Prevailing Wage Requirements and the Emergency Suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act
- Tax Treatment of the Use of Employer-Provided Aircraft for Entertainment: Current Law and Issues for Congress
- The Basel Accords: The Implementation of II and the Modification of I
- The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Program
- Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Review of Fluoridation and Regulation Issues
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2007
- Minority Contracting and Affirmative Action for Disadvantaged Small Businesses: Legal Issues
- Tax Reform and Distributional Issues
- The Federal Railroad Administration's Train Horn Rule
- Data Security: Protecting the Privacy of Phone Records
- Proprietary Rights in Pharmaceutical Innovation: Issues at the Intersection of Patents and Marketing Exclusivities
- Social Security's Effect on Child Poverty
- Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues
- Congressional Budget Actions in 2006
- India's Nuclear Separation Plan: Issues and Views
- Lobbying and Related Reform Proposals: Consideration of Selected Measures, 109th Congress
- DOE Budget Earmarks: A Selective Look at Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy R&D Programs
- Comparison of Selected Senate Earmark Reform Proposals
- Alternatives for Modeling Results from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment
- Military Base Closures and Affected Defense Department Civil Service Employees
- FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other International Activities; Additional Katrina Hurricane Relief
- Child Nutrition and WIC Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses
- Standardized Choices: Medigap Lessons for Medicare Part D
- Congress and Program Evaluation: An Overview of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) and Related Issues
- Energy Policy Act of 2005: Summary and Analysis of Enacted Provisions
- "Sensitive But Unclassified" Information and Other Controls: Policy and Options for Scientific and Technical Information
- The Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax of the 1980s: Implications for Current Energy Policy
- Medicare: FY2007 Budget Issues
- Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Recent Funding
- Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS): Background, Legislation, and Issues
- Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act: A Comparison of Pending Bills and a Proposed Amendment with Current Law
- Recess Appointments Made by President George W. Bush, January 20, 2001-October 31, 2008
- Federal Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Expenditures by the Self-Employed: Current Law and Issues for Congress
- The Exon-Florio National Security Test for Foreign Investment
- Congressional Membership and Appointment Authority to Advisory Commissions, Boards, and Groups
- Money Laundering: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 1956 and Related Federal Criminal Law
- U.S.-Vietnam Relations: Background and Issues for Congress
- China's Impact on the U.S. Automotive Industry
- Sentencing Levels for Crack and Powder Cocaine: Kimbrough v. United Sates and the Impact of United States v. Booker
- Toward More Effective Immigration Policies: Selected Organizational Issues
- National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background and Recent Amendments
- Administrative Subpoenas in Criminal Investigations: A Brief Legal Analysis
- China, the United States and the IMF: Negotiating Exchange Rate Adjustment
- Veterans Affairs: Benefits for Service-Connected Disabilities
- North Korean Counterfeiting of U.S. Currency
- Livestock Marketing and Competition Issues
- Lobbying, Ethics and Related Procedural Reforms: Comparison of Current Provisions of S. 2349 and H.R. 4975
- Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension: Issues and Background
- Proposed U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement
- Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2005
- Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster Relief and Recovery
- U.S. Occupation Assistance: Iraq, Germany and Japan Compared
- USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005: A Legal Analysis
- A Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom: Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act
- Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture: Status and Current Issues
- Transnational Organized Crime: Principal Threats and U.S. Responses
- Implementing International Agreements on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Proposed Amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act
- Article 98 Agreements and Sanctions on U.S. Foreign Aid to Latin America
- The FCC's "a la Carte" Reports
- Judiciary Appropriations for FY2007
- Cash and Noncash Benefits for Persons with Limited Income: Eligibility Rules, Recipient and Expenditure Data, FY2002-FY2004
- The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues
- Oversight of Dual-Use Biological Research: The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
- The Effects of Government Expenditures and Revenues on the Economy and Economic Well-Being: A Cross-National Analysis
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2007 Budget
- Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2007
- Energy and Water Development: FY2007 Appropriations
- Pipeline Safety and Security: Federal Programs
- The Tip Credit Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act
- International Efforts to Control the Spread of the Avian Influenza (H5N1) Virus: Affected Countries' Responses
- Child Welfare: The Court Improvement Program
- Immigration Enforcement Within the United States
- Telework Centers and Federal Continuity of Operations Planning
- Civilian Patrols Along the Border: Legal and Policy Issues
- The Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program: Reauthorization in the 109th Congress
- Intelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives
- English as the Official Language of the United States: Legal Background and Analysis of Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Long Term Care: Trends in Public and Private Spending
- Medical Malpractice: An Overview
- Oil Shale: History, Incentives, and Policy
- Navy Ship Propulsion Technologies: Options for Reducing Oil Use - Background for Congress
- Employer-Sponsored Retiree Health Insurance: An Endangered Benefit?
- Unemployment Insurance: Available Unemployment Benefits and Legislative Activity
- The Davis-Bacon Act: Issues and Legislation During the 109th Congress
- The Impact of Medicare Premiums on Social Security Beneficiaries
- Line Item Veto: A Constitutional Analysis of Recent Proposals
- SCHIP Original Allotments: Description and Analysis
- Patent Reform: Issues in the Biomedical and Software Industries
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Parentally Placed Children in Private Schools
- Federal Emergency Management and Homeland Security Organization: Historical Developments and Legislative Options
- Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2007 Assistance
- K-12 Education: Implementation Status of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-110)
- Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers: Protective Statutes
- Oil Industry Profit Review 2005
- Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program
- Iraq's Debt Relief: Procedure and Potential Implications for International Debt Relief
- Tax-Exempt Organizations: Political Activity Restrictions and Disclosure Requirements
- Would Tax Reform Alter the Economy's Growth?
- Legislative Branch: FY2007 Appropriations
- Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Considerations for the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources During a Pandemic
- The Telephone Excise Tax: An Economic Analysis
- Terminal Operators and Their Role in U.S. Port and Maritime Security
- Cable Television: Background and Overview of Rates and Other Issues for Congress
- The Legal Regulation of Sales of Over-the-Counter Cold and Allergy Medication
- Federal Civil Rights Statutes: A Primer
- Topics in Aging: Income of Americans Age 65 and Older, 1969 to 2004
- The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- North Korea: A Chronology of Events in 2005
- Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine
- Federal Habeas Corpus: A Brief Legal Overview
- "Orphan Works" in Copyright Law
- Protecting Famous, Distinctive Marks: The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006 (H.R. 683)
- Social Security Administration: Suspension of Benefits for Fugitive Felons and the Agency's Response to the Fowlkes Decision
- The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment Legislation in the 109th Congress
- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Progress Report and Issues for Congress
- Earmark Reform Proposals: Analysis of Latest Versions of S. 2349 and H.R. 4975
- The Structure of Social Security Individual Account Contributions and Investments: Choices and Implications
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations
- Youth Gangs: Background, Legislation, and Issues
- The Fair Labor Standards Act: Minimum Wage in the 109th Congress
- Side-by-Side Description of Small Business Health Insurance Proposals
- Hate Crime Legislation
- Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Legal Framework
- Defense: FY2007 Authorization and Appropriations
- Medical Malpractice Bills: S. 22 and S. 23, 109th Congress
- Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests
- Nuclear Command and Control: Current Programs and Issues
- Veterans' Medical Care: FY2007 Appropriations
- Immigration Litigation Reform
- Ecosystem Restoration in the Great Lakes: The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy
- Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations
- Automobile and Light Truck Fuel Economy: The CAFE Standards
- Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI): Insurance and Tax Issues
- Higher Education Act Reauthorization: A Comparison of Current Law and Major Proposals
- Social Unrest in China
- Federal Enterprise Architecture and E-Government: Issues for Information Technology Management
- Welfare Reauthorization in the 109th Congress: An Overview
- Vocational Education: State Grant Formula Under Current Law and Reauthorization Issues
- Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2007 Appropriations
- USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview
- Analysis of Federal-State Financing of the Child Support Enforcement Program
- Products Liability: A Legal Overview
- Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities
- The Voting Rights Act of 1965, As Amended: Reauthorization Issues
- Superfund: Implementation and Selected Issues
- Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs: FY2007 Appropriations
- Homeland Security Department: FY2007 Appropriations
- Availability of Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases: eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C.
- The Safety of Air Ambulances
- Immigration: Frequently Asked Questions on the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP)
- U.S. Disposal of Chemical Weapons in the Ocean: Background and Issues for Congress
- The Concentration of Household Wealth
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education: Background, Federal Policy, and Legislative Action
- Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress
- China and Falun Gong
- A Value-Added Tax Contrasted With a National Sales Tax
- Insurance Regulation in the United States and Abroad
- Export-Import Bank: Reauthorization
- Executive Branch Reorganization and Management Initiatives: A Brief Overview
- Nuclear Power: Outlook for New U.S. Reactors
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Supreme Court Decisions
- The Proposed U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement
- Military Pay and Benefits: Key Questions and Answers
- Senate Proposals To Enhance Chemical Facility Security
- Why the Dollar Rose in 2005 and the Prospect for 2006: Insights into the State of International Asset Markets and the Global Economy
- Military Retirement, Concurrent Receipt, and Related Major Legislative Issues
- Flood Insurance Reform: Side-by-Side Comparison of H.R. 4973 and Senate Committee Bill
- Financial Aid for Students: Print and Web Guides
- POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
- Trade, Employment, and Wages: What Does the Evidence Show?
- Drilling in the Great Lakes: Background and Issues
- Brazil-U.S. Relations
- Academic Competitiveness Grants: Background, Description, and Selected Issues
- Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
- Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
- Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
- Heritage Areas: Background, Proposals, and Current Issues
- Trade Negotiations During the 110th Congress
- Judicial Security: Responsibilities and Current Issues
- Clean Water Act: A Review of Issues in the 109th Congress
- Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act
- Abortion: Legislative Response
- The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices
- Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Federal Assistance Programs
- Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies (House)/Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (Senate): FY2007 Appropriations
- The Congressional Research Service and the American Legislative Process
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Concerns in Agricultural Trade
- Judicial Security: Comparison of Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Reauthorization of the National Transportation Safety Board
- Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
- Disaster Debris Removal After Hurricane Katrina: Status and Associated Issues
- Cable Franchising Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 5252, 109th Congress
- Burma-U.S. Relations
- Dam Removal: Issues, Considerations, and Controversies
- Environmental Protection Issues in the 109th Congress
- Saving Incentives: What May Work, What May Not
- Wetlands: An Overview of Issues
- National Park Management
- U.S. International HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Spending: FY2004-FY2008
- U.S. Democracy Promotion Policy in the Middle East: The Islamist Dilemma
- Syria: Background and U.S. Relations
- Changing Postal ZIP Code Boundaries
- An Overview and Funding History of Select Department of Justice (DOJ) Grant Programs
- Vietnam PNTR Status and WTO Accession: Issues and Implications for the United States
- Restructuring U.S. Foreign Aid: The Role of the Director of Foreign Assistance in Transformational Development
- Amtrak: Budget and Reauthorization
- Outer Continental Shelf: Debate Over Oil and Gas Leasing and Revenue Sharing
- Security Classified and Controlled Information: History, Status, and Emerging Management Issues
- Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Services Through Managed Care
- Access to Broadband Networks
- Cyprus: Status of U.N. Negotiations and Related Issues
- Pakistan-U.S. Relations
- Exempting Food and Agriculture Products from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Status and Implementation
- OMB and Risk Assessment
- Indexing the Estate Tax Exemption for Inflation
- Protection of National Security Information
- U.S. and Coalition Military Operations in Afghanistan: Issues for Congress
- Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): Corps of Engineers Project Authorization Issues
- Tax Benefits for Health Insurance and Expenses: Overview of Current Law and Legislation
- School Choice Under the ESEA: Programs and Requirements
- Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Early Judicial Interpretations
- Section 202 and Other HUD Rental Housing Programs for Low-Income Elderly Residents
- Taiwan: Recent Developments and U.S. Policy Issues in the 109th Congress
- Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 109th Congress
- Transportation Security: Issues for the 110th Congress
- Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out?
- Combat Aircraft Sales to South Asia: Potential Implications
- Copyright Exemptions for Distance Education: 17 U.S.C. § 110(2), the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002
- Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006: Background and Comparison of Versions
- Army Officer Shortages: Background and Issues for Congress
- Why Is Household Income Falling While GDP Is Rising?
- Specialty Crops: 2008 Farm Bill Issues
- Gasoline Prices: Causes of Volatility and Congressional Response
- FEMA Reorganization Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress
- Stem Cell Research: State Initiatives
- Recreation on Federal Lands
- Cooperative R&D: Federal Efforts to Promote Industrial Competitiveness
- Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development
- Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy
- India-U.S. Relations
- Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy
- Land and Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Current Issues
- War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance
- Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations
- China's Economic Conditions
- Mercury Emissions from Electric Power Plants: States Are Setting Stricter Limits
- China-U.S. Trade Issues
- Military Medical Care: Questions and Answers
- Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services and Copyright Law Issues
- Intelligence Issues for Congress
- Stem Cell Research: Federal Research Funding and Oversight
- Background on Sugar Policy Issues
- Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues
- Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress
- Social Security Reform: Current Issues and Legislation
- The Advisory Panel's Tax Reform Proposals
- Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations
- S. 3521, the Stop Over Spending Act of 2006: A Brief Summary
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments
- Safe Drinking Water Act: Background and Issues in the 109th Congress
- Trade Remedy Legislation: Applying Countervailing Action to Nonmarket Economy Countries
- Transportation, the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies (TTHUD): FY2007 Appropriations
- Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress
- Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs
- Stem Cell Research: Ethical Issues
- Trends in Terrorism: 2006
- Soil and Water Conservation: An Overview
- Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Issues of U.S. Military Involvement
- Nuclear Energy Policy
- Food Safety: National Uniformity for Foods Act
- Smithsonian: Background, Funding, and Policy Issues
- U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation: A Side-By-Side Comparison of Current Legislation
- Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Ancillary and Cross-Border Cases
- District of Columbia: Appropriations for 2007
- Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
- Western Water Resource Issues
- Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah: The Current Conflict
- Korea-U.S Relations - Issues for Congress
- The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle
- Sunset and Program Review Commission Bills in the 109th Congress: Comparing H.R. 3282 and H.R. 5766
- U.S. External Debt: How Has the United States Borrowed Without Cost?
- The FY2007 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues
- European Approaches to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
- Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement
- Cleanup at Abandoned Hardrock Mines: Issues Raised by "Good Samaritan" Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2007 Appropriations
- U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts
- Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues
- The Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters: Federal Authority and Funding
- Climate Change: The European Union's Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS)
- International Drug Trade and U.S. Foreign Policy
- Homeland Security Grants: FY2003-FY2006 Evolution of Program Guidance and Grant Allocation Methods
- AIDS in Africa
- Social Security Administration Disability Demonstration Projects
- The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities
- Medicare Secondary Payer: Coordination of Benefits
- Renewable Energy Policy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Regulatory Issues
- The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (P.L. 109-417): Provisions and Changes to Preexisting Law
- North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy
- Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues
- Report of the Illinois Special States's Attorney Relating to Police Brutality: A Legal Analysis of Federal Laws Implicated
- Medicaid Coverage for Long-Term Care: Eligibility, Asset Transfers, and Estate Recovery
- Nigeria in Political Transition
- Long-Term Care: Facts on Adult Day Care
- Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO): Issues for Congress
- Slamming: The Unauthorized Change of a Consumer's Telephone Service Provider
- Energy Efficiency Policy: Budget, Electricity Conservation, and Fuel Conservation Issues
- International Terrorism: Threat, Policy, and Response
- U.S. Military Space Programs: Status of Selected Programs
- Ocean Commissions: Ocean Policy Review and Outlook
- Is China a Threat to the U.S. Economy?
- Authorized Generic Pharmaceuticals: Effects on Innovation
- Faster Productivity Growth: Who Benefits?
- U.S. Conventional Forces and Nuclear Deterrence: A China Case Study
- The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress
- Quarantine and Isolation: Selected Legal Issues Relating to Employment
- A Retrospective of House Rules Changes Since the 104th Congress
- United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues
- Department of Veterans Affairs: Information Security and Information Technology Management Reorganization
- Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon: Recent Developments Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
- Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision: Comparison of H.R. 5337 and S. 3549
- Parents' Work and Family Economic Well-Being
- Homeland Security Intelligence: Perceptions, Statutory Definitions, and Approaches
- Historic Preservation: Background and Funding
- Value-Added Tax: A New U.S. Revenue Source?
- Mercosur: Evolution and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
- Capital Punishment: Supreme Court Decisions of the 2005-2006 Term
- Cuba after Fidel Castro: U.S. Policy Implications and Approaches
- Long-Term Measures of Fiscal Imbalance
- Career and Technical Education: Selected Changes Made by P.L. 109-270
- Requiring Parental Involvement in a Pregnant Minor's Abortion Decision: State Laws and Recent Developments
- International Monetary Fund: Reforming Country Representation
- NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance
- Trade Capacity Building: Foreign Assistance for Trade and Development
- BP Alaska North Slope Pipeline Shutdowns: Regulatory Policy Issues
- A Comparison of the Cable Franchising Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 5252 and in H.R. 5252 as Amended by the Senate Commerce Committee, 109th Congress
- Copyright Licensing in Music Distribution, Reproduction, and Public Performance
- Clean Air Permitting: Status of Implementation and Issues
- Tax Benefits for Families: Adoption
- The World Trade Organization: The Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) Negotiations
- Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals: Legislative History and Current Status
- The European Union's Energy Security Challenges
- Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act, as Passed by the House of Representatives
- Sources of Systemic Risk in Large Value Interbank Payment Systems
- U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues
- Tax Expenditures: Trends and Critiques
- Permanent Tax Relief Provisions for Disaster Victims as Presented in the Internal Revenue Code
- Undisclosed U.S. Detention Sites Overseas: Background and Legal Issues
- Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program
- Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening
- Bangladesh: Background and U.S. Relations
- A Civilian Reserve for Stabilization and Reconstruction Abroad: Summary of a Workshop on U.S. Proposals and International Experiences and Related Issues for Congress
- Critical Infrastructure: The National Asset Database
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Final Regulations for P.L. 108-446
- National Security Surveillance Act of 2006: S. 3886, Title II (S. 2453 as Reported Out of the Senate Judiciary Committee)
- Credit Rating Agency Regulatory Reform: A Side-by-Side Comparison of H.R. 2990 and S. 3850
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Congressional Issues
- East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy
- Aviation Spending Guarantee Mechanisms
- Interrogation of Detainees: Overview of the McCain Amendment
- Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA's Response to the Waterkeeper Alliance Court Decision on Regulation of CAFOs
- Running Deficits: Positives and Pitfalls
- Federal Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction: Legislation in the 109th Congress
- Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border
- Older Americans Act Reauthorization: Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Law, H.R. 5293, and S. 3570
- Retiring Baby-Boomers = A Labor Shortage?
- The War Crimes Act: Current Issues
- Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate
- An Overview of the Supreme Court's Search and Seizure Decisions from the October 2005 Term
- U.S. Federal Government Revenues: 1790 to the Present
- Asset Bubbles: Economic Effects and Policy Options for the Federal Reserve
- Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications
- The Speech or Debate Clause: Recent Developments
- Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006: S. 3931 and Title II of S. 3929, the Terrorist Tracking, Identification, and Prosecution Act of 2006
- Protection of Security-Related Information
- Revenue Feedback from the 2001-2004 Tax Cuts
- The Administration of the Federal Family Education Loan and William D. Ford Direct Loan Programs: Background and Provisions
- Potential Effect of Marriage on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Eligibility and Benefits
- Career and Technical Education: State Grant Formula
- Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2004 (74th-108th Congresses)
- Substitution of Nominees on the Ballot for Congressional Office, "Sore Loser" Laws, and Other "Ballot Access" Issues
- Crime Victims' Rights Act: A Summary and Legal Analysis of 18 U.S.C. 3771
- The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act: Background, Overview, and Implementation Issues
- FY2007 Regular Appropriations Acts: Procedures for End-of-Session Wrap-Up
- Sacramento Flood Control and Folsom Dam: Recent Action and Curent Issues
- Courts Narrow McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Exemption for "Business of Insurance"; Viability of "State Action" Doctrine as an Alternative
- Underlying Strains in Taiwan-U.S. Political Relations
- Pages of the United States Congress: History, Background Information, and Proposals for Change
- Roles and Duties of a Member of Congress
- The Workforce Investment Act (WIA): Program-by-Program Overview and Funding of Title I Training Programs
- The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Previous DOD Rules and the Uniform Code of Military Justice
- Flood Insurance Reform: Analysis and Comparison of 109th Congress Bills (H.R. 4973 and S. 3589)
- Food Stamps and Nutrition Programs in the 2002 Farm Bill
- Animal Waste and Hazardous Substances: Current Laws and Legislative Issues
- Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF)
- Latin America: Energy Supply, Political Developments, and U.S. Policy Approaches
- Career and Technical Education: Appropriations
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Organization, Funding, and Congressional Issues
- Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005
- Potential Challenges to U.S. Farm Subsidies in the WTO
- Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration: Background and Issues for Congress
- Brazil's Agricultural Production and Exports: Selected Data
- United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress
- Uganda: Current Conditions and the Crisis in North Uganda
- Health Insurance Basics: Roles for the Market and Government in Providing, Financing, and Regulating Private Insurance Coverage
- Summary of the Pension Protection Act of 2006
- Veterans Affairs: The Appeal Process for Veterans' Claims
- Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress
- Televising Supreme Court and Other Federal Court Proceedings: Legislation and Issues
- The Title XVI Water Reuse Program: Implementation and Legislative Issues
- The Distinction Between Monopoly and Monopolization in Antitrust Law
- North Korea's Nuclear Test: Motivations, Implications, and U.S. Options
- State Family and Medical Leave Laws
- Medicaid Managed Care: An Overview and Key Issues for Congress
- Medicare: A Primer
- Pay-for-Performance in Health Care
- Natural Gas Markets in 2006
- Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions
- Alaska Natural Gas Pipelines: Interaction of the Natural Gas and Steel Markets
- Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Settlements: Implications for Competition and Innovation
- Calculating Estate Tax Liability: 2001 to 2011 and Beyond
- Tobacco: Selected Legal Issues
- Imports of Canadian Waste
- The Foreign Service and a New Worldwide Compensation System
- Food Safety: Federal and State Response to the Spinach E. coli Outbreak
- Growth in Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt
- Administrative Issues Related to a Change in Majority in the House of Representatives
- Arts, Humanities, and Museum Services: Background, Funding, and Issues
- Anti-Terrorism Authority Under the Laws of the United Kingdom and the United States
- Legal Comments on H.R. 4772: The Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006
- Emergency Contraception: Plan B
- Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After Hurricane Katrina: A Summary of Statutory Provisions
- Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
- Education for the Disadvantaged: Reauthorization Issues for ESEA Title I-A Under the No Child Left Behind Act
- Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2008 Salary Adjustments
- Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?
- Economic Growth, Inflation, and Unemployment: Limits to Economic Policy
- Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Comparison of H.R. 5068 and S. 3938
- Sexual Harassment: Developments in Federal Law
- Credit Counseling Requirements Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 and the Pension Protection Act of 2006
- Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Addressing Survivors' Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Needs
- The Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) and Its Impact on Electric and Gas Utilities
- The Changing U.S.-Japan Alliance: Implications for U.S. Interests
- Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
- 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status
- Trade Promotion Authority (TPA): Issues, Options, and Prospects for Renewal
- Chinese Economic Growth: How Will It Affect the U.S. Gains from Trade?
- Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress
- Hedge Fund Failures
- Emergency Communications Legislation: Implications for the 110th Congress
- Nuclear Warheads: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and the Life Extension Program
- The No Child Left Behind Act: An Overview of Reauthorization Issues for the 110th Congress
- The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Access to Medicines Controversy
- The Specialty Metal Provision and the Berry Amendment: Issues for Congress
- Softwood Lumber Imports from Canada: Issues and Events
- Coast Guard Deepwater Acquisition Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
- Minimum Wage in the 110th Congress
- Federal Income Tax Treatment of the Family
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: A Legal and Policy Overview
- U.S. Army and Marine Corps Equipment Requirements: Background and Issues for Congress
- U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1998-2005
- Health Care and Markets
- Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 110th Congress
- Rebuilding Housing After Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned and Unresolved Issues
- Congress, the IMF, and Exchange Rate Reform: Legislative Proposals
- Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies: Current Status and Analysis
- The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Distribution of Funds
- OMB's Financial Management Line of Business Initiative: Background, Issues, and Observations
- Military Base Closures and Realignment: Status of the 2005 Implementation Plan
- CBS Broadcasting v. EchoStar: The Satellite Home Viewer Act and Satellite Retransmission of Distant Network Signals
- Major Tax Issues in the 110th Congress
- International Crises and Disasters: U.S. Humanitarian Assistance, Budget Trends, and Issues for Congress
- Department of Homeland Security Grants to State and Local Governments: FY2003 to FY2006
- Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2008
- The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611): Potential Labor Market Effects of the Guest Worker Program
- Constitutional Limits on Punitive Damages Awards: An Analysis of the Pending Supreme Court Case Philip Morris USA v. Williams
- Federal Buildings Funding Limitations and Their Implications
- Alternative Mortgages: Causes and Policy Implications of Troubled Mortgage Resets in the Subprime and Alt-A Markets
- Clean Air Act Issues in the 110th Congress: Climate Change, Air Quality Standards, and Oversight
- Privatization and the Federal Government:: An Introduction
- "Partial-Birth" Abortion and the 2006 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court
- The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices
- Procedures for Contested Election Cases in the House of Representatives
- Pharmaceutical Costs: An International Comparison of Government Policies
- Federal Drug Price Negotiation: Implications for Medicare Part D
- Presidential Appointments to Full-time Positions in Executive Departments During the 108th Congress, 2003-2004
- Minimum Wage: Characteristics of Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
- Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics and Programs
- Individual Tax Rates and Tax Burdens: Changes Since 1960
- Maritime Security: Potential Terrorist Attacks and Protection Priorities
- Arts in Education: Background and Legislation
- Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration: An Overview of the Issues Before Congress
- "Independent" Legislative Commission or Office for Ethics and/or Lobbying
- Possible Indexation of the Federal Minimum Wage: Evolution of Legislative Activity
- Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 110th Congress
- Iraq: Regional Perspectives and U.S. Policy
- Grassroots Lobbying: Constitutionality of Disclosure Requirements
- Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds
- Sarbanes-Oxley and the Competitive Position of U.S. Stock Markets
- Copyright Protection of Digital Television: The Broadcast Video Flag
- Lobbying Disclosure: Themes, Issues, and Legislative Consideration, 110th Congress
- Climate Change: Design Approaches for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program
- Water Quality Issues in the 110th Congress: Oversight and Implementation
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
- Pharmaceutical Costs: A Comparison of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Medicaid, and Medicare Policies
- Congressional Restrictions on U.S. Military Operations in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Somalia, and Kosovo: Funding and Non-Funding Approaches
- Rural Education and the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP): Overview and Policy Issues
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programs in the 110th Congress: Background and Funding
- Natural Resources Policy: Management, Institutions, and Issues
- Air Quality Standards and Sound Science: What Role for CASAC?
- Germany's Relations with Israel: Background and Implications for German Middle East Policy
- Noncitizen Eligibility for Federal Public Assistance: Policy Overview and Trends
- Internet Search Engines: Copyright's "Fair Use" in Reproduction and Public Display Rights
- The President's Demand-Driven Workforce Development Initiatives
- Climate Change: Action by States To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Public Financing of Congressional Campaigns: Overview and Analysis
- The Corporation for National and Community Service: Overview of Programs and FY2007 Funding
- Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service
- Climate Change: Federal Funding and Tax Incentives
- Federal Budget Process Reform in the 110th Congress: A Brief Overview
- Cuba: Issues for the 110th Congress
- The Mental Health Parity Act: A Legislative History
- U.S. Strategic and Defense Relationships in the Asia-Pacific Region
- The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000:Forest Service Payments to Counties
- Congressional Resources in CRS Research Centers and the La Follette Congressional Reading Room
- The Constitutionality of Awarding the Delegate for the District of Columbia a Vote in the House of Representatives or the Committee of the Whole
- Federal Agency Performance and Accountability Reports (PARs): Content and Access
- Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol, Bali "Action Plan,"and International Actions
- Wilderness Laws: Permitted and Prohibited Uses
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 110th Congress
- Domestic Food Assistance: The Farm Bill and Other Legislation in the 110th Congress
- District of Columbia Voting Representation in Congress: An Analysis of Legislative Proposals
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Genetic Testing: Scientific Background for Policymakers
- The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review: An Overview
- Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congress
- Real Earnings, Health Insurance and Pension Coverage, and the Distribution of Earnings, 1979-2007
- Campaign Finance Legislation and Activity in the 109th Congress
- Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq
- Emergency Communications: Policy Options at a Crossroads
- Returns and Resubmissions of Nominees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals and District Courts, 1977-2006
- Options to Address Social Security Solvency and Their Impact on Beneficiaries: Results from the Dynasim Microsimulation Model
- Options to Address Social Security Solvency and Their Impact on Beneficiaries: Results from the Dynasim Microsimulation Model--Detailed Distributional Tables
- The McNulty Memorandum: Attorneys' Fees and Waiver of Corporate Attorney-Client and Work Product Protection
- Reverse Mortgages: Background and Issues
- Foreign Investor Visas: Policies and Issues
- Retirement Savings: How Much Will Workers Have When They Retire?
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Cap-and-Trade Bills in the 110th Congress
- Chemical Facility Security: Regulation and Issues for Congress
- United Nations Reform: U.S. Policy and International Perspectives
- Climate Change: Science and Policy Implications
- The House's "Pay-As-You-Go" (PAYGO) Rule in the 110th Congress: A Brief Overview
- Afghan Refugees: Current Status and Future Prospects
- Ethics, Lobbying, and Related Procedural Reforms Proposed in S. 1, 110th Congress
- Canada's WTO Case Against U.S. Agricultural Support
- Child Welfare: Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits for Children in Foster Care
- Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision: Overview of H.R. 556
- Methamphetamine: Background, Prevalence, and Federal Drug Control Policies
- The Department of Homeland Security's Risk Assessment Methodology: Evolution, Issues, and Options for Congress
- Fiscal Year 2007 Homeland Security Grant Program, H.R. 1, and S. 4: Description and Analysis
- The Motion to Recommit in the House: The Minority's Motion
- Earthquakes: Risk, Monitoring, Notification, and Research
- Changes to the OMB Regulatory Review Process by Executive Order 13422
- Unauthorized Alien Students: Issues and "DREAM Act" Legislation
- Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Renewal: Core Labor Standards Issues
- Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements
- Medicaid, SCHIP, and Health Insurance: FY2008 Budget Issues
- Tariff Modifications: Miscellaneous Duty Suspension Bills
- Medicare: FY2008 Budget Issues
- Rescission Actions Since 1974: Review and Assessment of the Record
- The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: Reauthorization and Appropriations
- Foreign Countries' Response to the Avian Influenza (H5N1) Virus: Current Status
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): New Directions in the 110th Congress
- Sharing Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information: The Congressional Role
- Unauthorized Aliens Residing in the United States: Estimates Since 1986
- Electric Transmission: Approaches for Energizing a Sagging Industry
- Overview of Filipino Veterans' Benefits
- China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
- U.S.-Malaysia Relations: Implications of the 2008 Elections
- Housing Issues in the 110th Congress
- Older Americans Act: FY2008 Funding and FY2009 Budget Request
- Child Support Provisions Considered But Not Enacted During the 2002-2005 Welfare Reauthorization Debate
- Tax Gap and Tax Enforcement
- Issues Affecting Tidal, Wave, and In-Stream Generation Projects
- Court Security Improvement Act of 2007: A Legal Analysis of Public Law 110-177 (H.R. 660 and S. 378)
- North Korean Crime-for-Profit Activities
- Statutory Qualifications for Executive Branch Positions
- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention
- Section 527 Political Organizations: Background and Issues for Federal Election and Tax Laws
- U.S. Attorneys Who Have Served Less than Full Four-year Terms, 1981-2006
- Business Tax Issues in 2008
- Airport Improvement Program: Issues for Congress
- Post-Katrina Insurance Issues Surrounding Water Damage Exclusions in Homeowners' Insurance Policies
- Gifts and Ethics Rules: Side-by-Side Comparison of Provisions of S. 1 and H.Res. 6, 110th Congress
- Election Reform: Issues and Legislative Proposals in the 109th Congress
- Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Resources
- Unaccompanied Alien Children: Policies and Issues
- Where Do Older Americans Live? Geographic Distribution of the Older Population
- Climate Change: The Role of the U.S. Agriculture Sector
- Modifying the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT): Revenue Costs and Potential Revenue Offsets
- FY2007 Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Other Purposes
- Follow-On Biologics: Intellectual Property and Innovation Issues
- Living Organ Donation and Valuable Consideration
- Genetic Discrimination: Overview of the Issue and Proposed Legislation
- The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: A Framework for Evaluation
- Senate Committee Expenditures Resolutions, 110th Congress, and Funding Authorizations, 104th - 110th Congresses
- Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations, 2006
- Project BioShield: Appropriations, Acquisitions, and Policy Implementation Issues for Congress
- Mining on Federal Lands: Hardrock Minerals
- Institutional Eligibility for Participation in Title IV Student Aid Programs Under the Higher Education Act: Background and Reauthorization Issues
- The Charter of the American National Red Cross: Current Issues and Proposed Changes
- Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace
- District of Columbia School Reform Proposal: Authority of the D.C. Council To Implement
- Aviation Finance: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization and Related Issues
- The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA): Background and Issues for PDUFA IV Reauthorization
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2008
- The USDA 2007 Farm Bill Proposal: Possible Questions
- Forestry in the 2008 Farm Bill
- The Whistleblower Protection Act: An Overview
- Long-Term Care: Consumers, Providers, Payers, and Programs
- Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization: An Overview of Selected Provisions in Proposed Legislation
- Medicare's Skilled Nursing Facility Payments
- Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2007 (S. 256): Section-by-Section Analysis
- An Overview of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence in Patent Law
- Municipal Reorganization: Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
- Drug Safety: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Bills in the 110th Congress
- Stock Options: The Backdating Issue
- Selected Federal Compensation Programs for Physical Injury or Death
- Ethanol and Biofuels: Agriculture, Infrastructure, and Market Constraints Related to Expanded Production
- Recent Changes to the Section 8 Voucher Renewal Funding Formula
- Subprime Mortgages: Primer on Current Lending and Foreclosure Issues
- The Corporation for National and Community Service: Overview of Programs and FY2009 Funding
- Illegal Logging: Background and Issues
- U.S. Foreign Aid to Lebanon: Issues for Congress
- The Economics of Corporate Executive Pay
- Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: A Deepening Humanitarian Crisis?
- The Financial Health of the Pension Guaranty Benefit Corporation (PBGC)
- Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines
- The Rise of Senate Unanimous Consent Agreements
- Reforming the Regulation of Government-Sponsored Enterprises in the 110th Congress
- Polar Bears: Listing Under the Endangered Species Act
- H.R. 1 (Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007) and S. 4 (Improving America's Security Act of 2007): A Comparative Analysis
- Increasing the Social Security Payroll Tax Base: Options and Effects on Tax Burdens
- Trade Primer: Qs and As on Trade Concepts, Performance, and Policy
- U.S. Trade with Developing Countries: Trends, Prospects, and Policy Implications
- Navy Nuclear-Powered Surface Ships: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
- Juvenile Justice: Legislative History and Current Legislative Issues
- State and Local Economic Sanctions: Constitutional Issues
- Environmental Impacts of Airport Operations, Maintenance, and Expansion
- Land Conversion in the Northern Plains
- U.S. Trade Policy and the Caribbean: From Trade Preferences to Free Trade Agreements
- The Single European Payments Area (SEPA): Implementation Delays and Implications for the United States
- Nominations to Article III Lower Courts by President George W. Bush During the 110th Congress
- Navy Force Structure: Alternative Force Structure Studies of 2005 - Background for Congress
- Counting Homeless Persons: Homeless Management Information Systems
- Elections in France, 2007
- Animal Agriculture: 2008 Farm Bill Issues
- Why Has the Economy Become Less Volatile?
- The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act: A Primer
- Arab League Boycott of Israel
- Greenhouse Gas Reductions: California Action and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
- High School Graduation, Completion, and Dropouts: Federal Policy, Programs, and Issues
- Nigeria
- The Constitution and Racial Diversity in K-12 Education: A Legal Analysis of Pending Supreme Court Ruling in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
- Juvenile Justice: Rights During the Adjudicatory Process
- Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act: A Legal Analysis
- Head Start Reauthorization: A Side-by-Side Comparison of House- and Senate-Passed Versions of H.R. 1429 and Current Law
- The World Bank's International Development Association (IDA)
- Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers: Population, Economic Development and Growth, and Energy Use
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Pipelines for Carbon Sequestration: Emerging Policy Issues
- Senate Committee Rules in the 110th Congress: A Comparison of Key Provisions
- Unauthorized Employment in the United States: Issues and Options
- Legal Issues Raised by Provision in House Energy Bill (H.R. 6) Creating Incentives for Certain OCS Leaseholders to Accept Price Thresholds
- Vulnerable Youth: Background and Policies
- United States' Trade Remedy Laws and Non-market Economies: A Legal Overview
- Immigration of Foreign Workers: Labor Market Tests and Protections
- The U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaty Program: An Overview
- Universal Service Fund: Background and Options for Reform
- School and Campus Safety Programs and Requirements in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Higher Education Act
- Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Reauthorization
- Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE): A Comparison of Selected Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Nicaragua: The Election of Daniel Ortega and Issues in U.S. Relations
- Foreign Direct Investment: Current Issues
- Veterans' Benefits: Issues in the 110th Congress
- FDA's Authority to Ensure That Drugs Prescribed to Children Are Safe and Effective
- Genetic Nondiscrimination in Employment: A Comparison of Title II Provisions in S. 358 and H.R. 493, 110th Congress
- Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance: A Side-by-Side Comparison of the Title I Provisions in S. 358 and H.R.493
- Enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
- Wildfire Funding
- Disability Evaluation of Military Servicemembers
- Veterans Benefits: Merchant Seamen
- Veterans' Health Care Issues
- East Timor: Internal Strife, Political Turmoil, and Reconstruction
- Surface Transportation Congestion: Policy and Issues
- Patent Reform in the 110th Congress: Innovation Issues
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Reauthorization Issues
- Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2008 Appropriations
- Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations
- Foreign Direct Investment: Effects of a "Cheap" Dollar
- U.S. Furniture Manufacturing: Overview and Prospects
- Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program: Issues and Reform Proposals in the 110th Congress
- Africa Command: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Role of the U.S. Military in Africa
- Homeland Security Department: FY2008 Appropriations
- Social Security: The Chilean Approach to Retirement
- Immigration Fraud: Policies, Investigations, and Issues
- Lobbying Reform Legislation: Side-by-Side Analysis of Lobbying Provisions in S. 1 and H.R. 2316, 110th Congress
- Energy and Water Development: FY2008 Appropriations
- WTO Compliance Status of the Conservation Security Program (CSP) and the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations
- Resources for Grantseekers
- The Federal Minimum Wage and American Samoa
- Terrorist Precursor Crimes: Issues and Options for Congress
- Congressional Budget Actions in 2007
- Legal Services Corporation: Background and Funding
- Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States and Territories: Overview and Analysis of the Allotment Formula
- Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Eliminating the Planting Restrictions on Fruits and Vegetables in the Farm Commodity Programs
- Statutory Royalty Rates for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings: Decision of the Copyright Royalty Board
- Iran: Ethnic and Religious Minorities
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development: FY2008 Appropriations
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2008 Appropriations
- Veterans and Homelessness
- Terrorism Risk Insurance: Issue Analysis and Legislation
- Defense Acquisition: Overview, Issues, and Options for Congress
- Honduran-U.S. Relations
- Identity Theft Laws: State Penalties and Remedies and Pending Federal Bills
- Haiti's Development Needs and a Statistical Overview of Conditions of Poverty
- Point Systems for Immigrant Selection: Options and Issues
- Legislative Branch: FY2008 Appropriations
- District of Columbia Budget Autonomy: An Analysis of H.R. 733, 110th Congress
- Grants Work in a Congressional Office
- Dairy Policy and the 2008 Farm Bill
- "No Confidence" Votes and Other Forms of Congressional Censure of Public Officials
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations
- Turkey's 2007 Elections: Crisis of Identity and Power
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Immigration Fees and Adjudication Costs: The FY2008 Adjustments and Historical Context
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Prohibiting Discrimination Against Individuals with Disabilities in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Assistance
- Environmental Services Markets in the 2008 Fram Bill
- Interstate Shipment of Municipal Solid Waste: 2007 Update
- The Use of Profit by the Five Major Oil Companies
- FDA Regulation of Follow-On Biologics
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2008 Appropriations
- Overview of the Air Carrier Access Act
- Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2008
- Community Reinvestment Act: Regulation and Legislation
- Missing and Exploited Children: Background, Policies, and Issues
- Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe
- The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007: A Summary of Key Provisions
- Measuring Equity in Farm Support Levels
- Public-Private Partnership for a Public Safety Network: Governance and Policy
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Realignment Under BRAC 2005 and Options for Congress
- Mongolia and U.S. Policy: Political and Economic Relations
- Ozone Air Quality Standards: EPA's March 2008 Revision
- Changes to the SBA Disaster Loan Program: Proposed Legislation in the 110th Congress
- The Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Change and Congress
- Intelligence and Information-Sharing Elements of S. 4 and H.R. 1
- The Department of Defense: Reducing Its Reliance on Fossil-Based Aviation Fuel , Issues for Congress
- Veterans' Medical Care: FY2008 Appropriations
- Iraq: Oil and Gas Legislation, Revenue Sharing, and U.S. Policy
- FEMA's Community Disaster Loan Program: Action in the 110th Congress
- English Language Acquisition Grants Under the No Child Left Behind Act: Analysis of State Grant Formula and Data Options
- Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons
- Technical Assistance for Agriculture Conservation
- Fusion Centers: Issues and Options for Congress
- Hong Kong: Ten Years After the Handover
- Economic Growth and the Business Cycle: Characteristics, Causes, and Policy Implications
- Productivity and National Standards of Living
- The Palestinian Territories: Background and U.S. Relations
- Pakistan: Significant Recent Events, March 26 - June 21, 2007
- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2008 Appropriations
- Student Loans, Student Aid, and FY2008 Budget Reconciliation
- Retransmission Consent and Other Federal Rules Affecting Programmer-Distributor Negotiations: Issues for Congress
- A Condensed Review of Retransmission Consent and Other Federal Rules Affecting Programmer-Distributor Negotiations
- Food and Agricultural Imports from China
- Farm and Food Support Under USDA's Section 32 Program
- Exon-Florio Foreign Investment Provision: Comparison of H.R. 556 and S. 1610
- The Dollar's Future as the World's Reserve Currency: The Challenge of the Euro
- Reconfiguring the Federal Pell Grant Program: Effect of Selected Changes on Program Costs and on Students in Different Income Groups
- Election Year Restrictions on Mass Mailings by Members of Congress: How H.R. 1614 / S. 936 / S. 1285 Would Change Current Law
- The Southwest Pacific: U.S. Interests and China's Growing Influence
- FEMA Disaster Housing and Hurricane Katrina: Overview, Analysis, and Congressional Issues
- Leave Benefits in the United States
- FDA Legislation in the 110th Congress: A Guide to S. 1082 and H.R. 2900
- Globalization, Worker Insecurity, and Policy Approaches
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations
- The Kaesong North-South Korean Industrial Complex
- Requiring Disclosure of Gifts and Payments to Physicians: State Efforts and a Legal Analysis of Potential Federal Action
- Reauthorization in the 110th Congress of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
- Congress's Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
- Public Health Service (PHS) Agencies: Background and Funding
- California's Waiver Request to Control Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act
- Does Price Transparency Improve Market Efficiency? Implications of Empirical Evidence in Other Markets for the Health Sector
- FDA Legislation in the 110th Congress: A Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 1082 and H.R. 2900
- Sugar Policy and the 2008 Farm Bill
- State E-Government Strategies: Identifying Best Practices and Applications
- The Financial Impact of Child Support on TANF Families: Simulation for Selected States
- U.S. Clothing and Textile Trade with China and the World: Trends Since the End of Quotas
- S. 1893/H.R. 976: The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
- U.S.-Peru Economic Relations and the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
- Intellectual Property Rights Violations: Federal Civil Remedies and Criminal Penalties Related to Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents
- Gangs in Central America
- Congress's Contempt Power: A Sketch
- Reform of U.S. International Taxation: Alternatives
- Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS): Background and Debate Over a National Requirement
- Railroad Access and Competition Issues
- The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): Implementation and New Challenges
- Impact Aid for Public K-12 Education: Reauthorization Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Federal Information Security and Data Breach Notification Laws
- Child Welfare: Recent and Proposed Federal Funding
- H.R. 3162: Provisions in the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
- Family Caregiving to the Older Population: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congess
- Seafood Marketing: Combating Fraud and Deception
- Mortality of Americans Age 65 and Older: 1980 to 2004
- Rural Development Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill
- Highway Bridges: Conditions and the Federal/State Role
- Federal Railroad Safety Programs: Selected Issues in Proposed Reauthorization Legislation
- Medicaid and SCHIP Provisions in H.R. 3162 and S. 1893/H.R. 976, and Agreement
- Renewable Energy Policy in the 2008 Farm Bill
- Federal Liability for Flood Damage Related to Army Corps of Engineers Projects
- Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations
- Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal, Natural Gas, and Biomass: Background and Policy
- Agriculture in U.S. Free Trade Agreements: Trade with Current and Prospective Partners, Impact, and Issues
- Omnibus Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Major Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 3221 with Senate-Passed H.R. 6
- Biofuels Provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-140), H.R. 3221, and H.R. 6: A Side-by-Side Comparison
- The Role of National Oil Companies in the International Oil Market
- Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases
- Criminal Restitution Proposals in the 110th Congress
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76: Implications for the Future
- Diplomacy for the 21st Century: Transformational Diplomacy
- P.L. 110-55, the Protect America Act of 2007: Modifications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB): Emerging Public Health Threats and Quarantine and Isolation
- International Food Aid and the 2007 Farm Bill
- FEMA's Disaster Declaration Process: A Primer
- Managing Electronic Waste: An Analysis of State E-Waste Legislation
- Congress and the Internet: Highlights
- House Rules Changes Affecting the Congressional Budget Process Made at the Beginning of the 110th Congress
- Climate Change: The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Kyoto and Beyond
- Private Fee for Service (PFFS) Plans: How They Differ from Other Medicare Advantage Plans
- Food Safety: Selected Issues and Bills in the 110th Congress
- Seat Belts on School Buses: Overview of the Issue
- Possible Expiration (or Extension) of the 2002 Farm Bill
- Income Inequality and the U.S. Tax System
- A Nonrepudiating Patent Licensee's Right To Seek Declaratory Judgment of Invalidity or Noninfringement of the Licensed Patent: MedImmune v. Genentech
- Caribbean-U.S. Relations: Issues in the 110th Congress
- The New GSE Affordable Housing Funds: The Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Fund
- Private Activity Bonds: An Analysis of State Use, 2001 to 2006
- The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress
- India-U.S. Economic and Trade Relations
- Renewable Energy: Background and Issues for the 110th Congress
- The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Background, Implementation, and Assessment
- The Transition to Digital Television: Is America Ready?
- Lobbying Law and Ethics Rules Changes in the 110th Congress
- The FDA's Authority to Recall Products
- Automatic Cost of Living Adjustments: Some Economic and Practical Considerations
- The FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues
- Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations
- Public Transit Program Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization
- Operation Iraqi Freedom and Detainee Issues: Major Votes from the 110th Congress
- Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County v. FERC and the Mobile-Sierra Doctrine
- What Happens to the Bald Eagle Now That It Is Not Protected Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)?
- The U.S. Health Care Spending: Comparison with Other OECD Countries
- Statutory Inspectors General: Legislative Developments and Legal Issues
- A Summary of Fusion Centers: Core Issues and Options for Congress
- Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
- Paraguay: Background and U.S. Relations
- Distribution of Homeland Security Grants in FY2007 and P.L. 110-53, Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act
- Financial Crisis? The Liquidity Crunch of August 2007
- Public Transit Program Funding Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization
- The Section 198 Brownfields Tax Incentive: 2007 CRS Survey
- Consumer Spending by Older Americans, 1985 to 2005
- Rail Transportation of Coal to Power Plants: Reliability Issues
- Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1999-2006
- Congressional Official Mail Costs
- North Korean Refugees in China and Human Rights Issues: International Response and U.S. Policy Options
- Pandemic Influenza: An Analysis of State Preparedness and Response Plans
- Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation
- PEPFAR: From Emergency to Sustainability
- Journalists' Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses
- Terrorism in Southeast Asia
- U.S. Trade Statutes: Expiration Dates and Mandated Periodic Reports to Congess
- Congressional Investigations of the Department of Justice, 1920-2007: History, Law, and Practice
- U.S. Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues
- German Foreign and Security Policy: Trends and Transatlantic Implications
- Burning Crosses, Hangman's Nooses, and the Like: State Statutes That Proscribe the Use of Symbols of Fear and Violence with the Intent to Threaten
- Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues
- State-Inspected Meat and Poultry: Issues for Congress
- Child Support Enforcement Program Incentive Payments: Background and Policy Issues
- Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 110th Congress
- Federal Indian Elementary-Secondary Education Programs: Background and Issues
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Issues for the 110th Congress
- Crop Insurance and Disaster Assistance: in the 2008 Farm Bill
- Comparative Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Research: Background, History, and Overview
- Commercial Fishery Disaster Assistance
- Electronic Rulemaking in the Federal Government
- State and Local Taxes and the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
- Analysis of the Proposed Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income
- Retirement Savings Accounts: Fees, Expenses, and Account Balances
- A Primer on the Higher Education Act (HEA)
- Mexico's Drug Cartels
- Tax Gap: Proposals in the 110th Congress to Require Brokers to Report Basis on Publicly Traded Securities
- Medicare Program Integrity: Activities to Protect Medicare from Payment Errors, Fraud, and Abuse
- Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration: Frequently Asked Questions
- Terrorism Risk Insurance Legislation in 2007: Issue Summary and Side-by-Side
- Federal Taxation of Indian Tribes and Members
- Patents on Tax Strategies: Issues in Intellectual Property and Innovation
- Presidential Nominating Process: Current Issues
- The Law of Church and State: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Since 2002
- College Costs and Prices: Issues for Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
- Burma and Transnational Crime
- Nuclear Weapons in U.S. National Security Policy: Past, Present, and Prospects
- Agricultural Exports and the 2007 Farm Bill
- Corporate Tax Reform: Issues for Congress
- National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress
- Director of National Intelligence Statutory Authorities: Status and Proposals
- The Process, Data, and Costs of Mortgage Foreclosure
- The MS-13 and 18th Street Gangs: Emerging Transnational Gang Threats?
- Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power
- Air Pollution as a Commodity: Regulation of the Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Market
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Changes to the Regulation of Their Mortgage Portfolios
- San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement
- Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Ac (ESA)t: Distinct Population Segments and Experimental Populations
- Biofuels Provisions in the 2007 Energy Bill and the 2008 Farm Bill: A Side-by-Side Comparison
- Pakistan's Political Crisis
- Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Overview and Assessment
- Gender Identity Discrimination in Employment: Analysis of H.R. 3686 in the 110th Congress
- Foreign Aid Reform: Issues for Congress and Policy Options
- Would a Housing Crash Cause a Recession?
- Tax Treaty Legislation in the 110th Congress: Explanation and Economic Analysis
- Tuberculosis: International Efforts and Issues for Congress
- Federal Regulation of Substances Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) and the Use of Carbon Monoxide in Packaging for Meat and Fish
- Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
- The Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007: An Overview
- Federal Programs Available to Unemployed Workers
- Child Welfare: Recently Enacted Changes in Federal Policy
- Weak and Failing States: Evolving Security Threats and U.S. Policy
- Executive Order 13438: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
- Senate Policy on "Holds": Action in the 110th Congress
- North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Latest Developments
- Earned Value Management (EVM) as an Oversight Tool for Major Capital Investments
- North American Oil Sands: History of Development, Prospects for the Future
- A Predatory Lending Primer: The Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA)
- Climate Change: Issues Underlying Negotiations at the Bali Conference of Parties
- Russian Energy Policy toward Neighboring Countries
- U.S. Clothing Imports from Vietnam: Trade Policies and Performance
- U.S. Civilian Space Policy Priorities: Reflections 50 Years After Sputnik
- Strategic Airlift Modernization: Analysis of C-5 Modernization and C-17 Acquisition Issues
- Selected Issues Related to an Expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
- Climate Change: Science Update 2007
- Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority and the History of Acquisition, Disposal, and Retention
- The Federal Royalty and Tax Treatment of the Hardrock Mineral Industry: An Economic Analysis
- Minority Ownership of Broadcast Properties: A Legal Analysis
- Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Issues for Congress
- The FCC's 10 Commissioned Economic Research Studies on Media Ownership: Policy Implications
- State Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Comparison and Analysis
- Federal Land Ownership: Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities
- Franking Privilege: Historical Development and Options for Change
- How Long Can the Defense Department Finance FY2008 Operations in Advance of Supplemental Appropriations?
- FY2008 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for International Affairs
- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Comparison of House-Passed H.R. 3773, S. 2248 as Reported By the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and S. 2248 as Reported Out of the Senate Judiciary Committee
- FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Global War on Terror Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of Selected Issues
- Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit: A Primer
- Judicial Salary: Current Issues and Options for Congress
- Side-by-Side Comparison of Climate Change Provisions in Omnibus Energy Legislation in the 110thCongress
- Higher Education Act Reauthorization in the 110th Congress: A Comparison of Major Proposals
- Aviation Congestion and Delay: System-Wide and New York-Area Issues
- A Legal Analysis of the "70/70" Provision of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984
- Modernizing Insurance Regulation: Optional Federal Charter Legislation
- Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism
- Smart Grid Provisions in H.R. 6, 110th Congress
- Supportive Services Programs to Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
- The Indian Tribal Governmental Tax Status Act: An Overview
- U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1999-2006
- Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade
- Resolving House Committee Jurisdictional Disputes: A Survey of Options
- Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: A Summary of Major Provisions
- Spending by Consumers on Health Care and Health Insurance: A Data Brief
- Democracy Promotion: Cornerstone of U.S. Foreign Policy?
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Employment: National and State Trends and Issues
- Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2008: Brief Overview
- U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: FY2006-FY2008
- Pay-As-You-Go Procedures for Budget Enforcement
- The Primary Residence Exception: Legislative Proposals in the 110th Congress to Amend Section 1322(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code
- National Aviation Security Policy, Strategy, and Mode-Specific Plans: Background and Considerations for Congress
- Obstruction of Justice: an Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes that Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities
- Obstruction of Congress: a Brief Overview of Federal Law Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities
- Motorcycle Safety: Recent Trends, Congressional Action, and Selected Policy Options
- Vulnerable Youth: Federal Mentoring Programs and Issues
- Regulation of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestration Pipelines: Jurisdictional Issues
- CARICOM: Challenges and Opportunities for Caribbean Economic Integration
- How Crime in the United States Is Measured
- China's "Soft Power" in Southeast Asia
- Dollar Crisis: Prospect and Implications
- Emerging Trends in the Security Architecture in Asia: Bilateral and Multilateral Ties Among the United States, Japan, Australia, and India
- The USDA's Authority to Recall Meat and Poultry Products
- China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy
- The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Effects After Three Years
- Pipelines for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Control: Network Needs and Cost Uncertainties
- Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress
- Housing for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
- Foreign Ownership of U.S. Financial Assets: Implications of a Withdrawal
- Laos: Background and U.S. Relations
- The Cherokee Freedmen Dispute: Legal Background, Analysis, and Proposed Legislation in the 110th Congress
- The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals
- William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 3887 as Passed by the House): Criminal Law Provisions
- Campaign Finance: Legislative Developments and Policy Issues in the 110th Congress
- Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands
- Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Drought: Federal Water Management Issues
- Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
- America COMPETES Act: Programs, Funding, and Selected Issues
- Crosscut Budgets in Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives: Examples and Issues for Congress
- The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications
- Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities
- Engineered Nanoscale Materials and Derivative Products: Regulatory Challenges
- Does the Army Need a Full-Spectrum Force or Specialized Units? Background and Issues for Congress
- The Food and Drug Administration: Budget and Statutory History, FY1980-FY2007
- Pakistan's Scheduled 2008 Election: Background
- Sovereign Wealth Funds: Background and Policy Issues for Congress
- China's Sovereign Wealth Fund
- Legal Analysis of the Conservation Easement Tax Credit in the Senate Version of H.R. 2419 (the 2007 Farm Bill)
- Coastal Zone Management: Background and Reauthorization Issues
- Extending Unemployment Compensation Benefits During Recessions
- Tax Rebate Refundability: Effects and Issues
- Homeland Security: Roles and Missions for United States Northern Command
- Tax Reform: An Overview of Proposals in the 110th Congress
- Alcohol Use Among Youth
- State and Local Restrictions on Employing, Renting Property to, or Providing Services for Unauthorized Aliens: Legal Issues and Recent Judicial Developments
- The Egypt-Gaza Border and its Effect on Israeli-Egyptian Relations
- Members of Congress Who Die in Office: Historic and Current Practices
- Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims: Background and Proposed Legislation
- Economic Slowdown: Issues and Policies
- The Definition of "Supervisor" Under the National Labor Relations Act
- Brazil's and Canada's WTO Cases Against U.S. Agricultural Support
- Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education: Farm Bill Issues
- Residence Restrictions for Released Sex Offenders
- Congressional Influences on Rulemaking and Regulation Through Appropriations Restrictions
- The Regulatory Flexibility Act: Implementation Issues and Proposed Reforms
- The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress
- Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): FY2009 Budget Issues
- Obesity Among Older Americans
- Medicare: FY2009 Budget Issues
- P.L. 110-173: Provisions in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007
- Automated Political Telephone Calls ("Robo Calls") in Federal Campaigns: Overview and Policy Options
- Congressional Oversight and Related Issues Concerning the Prospective Security Agreement Between the United States and Iraq
- Election Reform and Local Election Officials: Results of Two National Surveys
- Ship Navigation in Harbors: Safety Issues
- Electronic Voting System in the House of Representatives: History and Evolution
- Side-by-Side Comparison of Flood Insurance Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
- Constitutional Issues Relating to Proposals for Foreclosure Moratorium Legislation That Affects Existing Mortgages
- Veterans Affairs: Health Care and Benefits for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
- "Wounded Warrior" and Veterans Provisions in the FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act
- The HOPE NOW Alliance/American Securitization Forum (ASF) Plan to Freeze Certain Mortgage Interest Rates
- Earmarks Executive Order: Legal Issues
- Estate Tax Legislation in the 110th Congress
- Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations in 2007
- Genetic Exceptionalism: Genetic Information and Public Policy
- Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007: The Role of the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate
- Kenya: The December 2007 Elections and the Challenges Ahead
- Constitutional Issues Relating to Proposals for Legislation to Impose an Interest Rate Freeze/Reduction on Existing Mortgages
- The Executive Schedule IV Pay Cap on General Schedule Compensation
- European Union-U.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues
- Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers: Current Issues and Legislation
- Federal Pollution Control Laws: How Are They Enforced?
- Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: New Independent Agency Status
- Could Securitization Obstruct Voluntary Loan Modifications and Payment Freezes?
- Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress
- Child Welfare Issues in the 110th Congress
- Health Insurance Reform and the 110th Congress
- Aviation Security: Background and Policy Options for Screening and Securing Air Cargo
- Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
- Russia's 2008 Presidential Succession
- The Credit Card Market: Recent Trends, Funding Cost Issues, and Repricing Practices
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Issues and Arguments
- International Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Threats and U.S. Policy
- The America COMPETES Act and the FY2009 Budget
- Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer
- Air Force Air Refueling: The KC-X Aircraft Acquisition Program
- Economic Factors Affecting Small Business Lending and Loan Guarantees
- The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Overview, Reauthorization, and Appropriations Issues
- New Markets Tax Credit: An Introduction
- Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy's Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training
- Border Searches of Laptop Computers and Other Electronic Storage Devices
- Role of Home State Senators in the Selection of Lower Federal Court Judges
- The Next Generation Bomber: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
- The President's Proposed Legislative Response to the Medicare Funding Warning
- Comparison of Selected Recommendations of the President's Commission on Returning Wounded Warriors (the Dole-Shalala Commission) and the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission
- Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers
- The Louisiana Road Home Program: Federal Aid for State Disaster Housing Assistance Programs
- Expanding the Scope of the Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings: A Legal Analysis of the Performance Rights Act of 2007 (H.R. 4789 and S. 2500
- Containing Financial Crisis
- Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Program
- Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
- Enlargement Issues at NATO's Bucharest Summit
- The FCC's Broadcast Media Ownership Rules
- Energy and Water Development: FY2009 Appropriations
- Estate and Gift Tax Revenues: Past and Projected in 2008
- The Budget for Fiscal Year 2009
- Bear Stearns: Crisis and "Rescue" for a Major Provider of Mortgage-Related Products
- Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms: Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition
- Government Interventions in Financial Markets: Economic and Historic Analysis of Subprime Mortgage Options
- Trends in Discretionary Spending
- Expiration and Extension of the Individual Income Tax Cuts Enacted in 2001 Through 2008
- Medicaid Targeted Case Management (TCM) Benefits
- Financial Turmoil: Federal Reserve Policy Responses
- Understanding Stagflation and the Risk of Its Recurrence
- Coal Mine Safety and Health
- The REAL ID Act of 2005: Legal, Regulatory, and Implementation Issues
- The Disparity Between Retail Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices
- Medicaid Rehabilitation Services
- Social Security Reform: Possible Effects on the Elderly Poor and Mitigation Options
- Income Inequality, Income Mobility, and Economic Policy: U.S. Trends in the 1980s and 1990s
- Federal Research and Development Funding at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- The Role of Offsets in a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap-and-Trade Program: Potential Benefits and Concerns
- Oil Industry Profit Review 2007
- International Violence Against Women: U.S. Response and Policy Issues
- Former NFL Players: Disabilities, Benefits, and Related Issues
- Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Drought: Species and Ecosystem Management
- Security Implications of Taiwan's Presidential Election of March 2008
- HUD Proposes Administrative Modifications to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
- Summary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Removing Aliens from the United States: Judicial Review of Removal Orders
- Tibet: Problems, Prospects, and U.S. Policy
- Churches and Campaign Activity: Analysis Under Tax and Campaign Finance Laws
- Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2009
- Pakistan's 2008 Elections: Results and Implications for U.S. Policy
- Can the President Compel Domestic Enforcement of an International Tribunal's Judgment? Overview of Supreme Court Decision in Medellin v. Texas
- Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes
- The Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008
- Endangered Species Act and Legal Issues Regarding Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead
- Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer
- Organizing the U.S. Government for National Security: Overview of the Interagency Reform Debates
- 2008-2009 Presidential Transition: National Security Considerations and Options
- Conservation Reserve Program Payments: Self-Employment Income, Rental Income, or Something Else?
- Franking Privilege: An Analysis of Member Mass Mailings in the House, 1997-2007
- Animal Drug User Fee Programs
- Current Law and Selected Proposals Extending Unemployment Compensation
- Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations
- House and Senate Procedural Rules Concerning Earmark Disclosure
- Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2009 Salary Adjustments
- Tax Gap: Administration Proposal to Require Information Reporting on Merchant Payment Card Reimbursements
- FDA Amendments Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-85)
- The Bureau of Reclamation's Aging Infrastructure
- U.S. Airline Industry: Issues and Role of Congress
- The U.S. Trade Situation for Fruit and Vegetable Products
- The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Economic and Political Implications
- Suicide Prevention Among Veterans
- Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations
- High Agricultural Commodity Prices: What Are the Issues?
- Transportation Fuel Taxes: Impacts of a Repeal or Moratorium
- Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
- Extending NASA's Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act
- Rising Food Prices and Global Food Needs: The U.S. Response
- Revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Lead
- Enrollment of Legislation: Relevant Congressional Procedures
- Cyclone Nargis and Burma's Constitutional Referendum
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- CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: SUMMARY OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OF THE 1998-99 TERM
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- Overview of the Authorization-Appropriations Process
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- RICO: An Abridged Sketch
- RICO: LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE 106TH CONGRESS
- The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA)
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- MULTIDISTRICT JURISDICTION ACT OF 1999
- Connecting Fathers to Their Children: Fatherhood Legislation Considered in the 106th Congress
- THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) SEATTLE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
- Salary Linkage: Members of Congress and Certain Federal Executive and Judicial Officials
- Morocco: Royal Succession and Other Developments
- MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS FOR U.S. VETERANS: INCREASING DEMANDS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
- Budget Sequesters: a Brief Review
- THE RISING U.S. TRADE DEFICIT WITH JAPAN: OVERVIEW AND POLICY OPTIONS
- AMERICAN INVENTORS PROTECTION ACT OF 1999
- JOINT NEGOTIATION BY HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS: H.R. 1304, "QUALITY HEALTH-CARE COALITION ACT OF 1999"
- AFGHANISTAN: CONNECTIONS TO ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA AND SOUTHERN RUSSIA
- IMF AND WORLD BANK: U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS AND AGENCY BUDGETS
- ENVIRONMENT AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) AT SEATTLE: ISSUES AND CONCERNS
- THE USE OF TASK FORCES IN THE HOUSE
- Social Security: Fact Sheet on Changes in the Retirement Age
- Satellite Television: Provisions of SHVIA and LOCAL, and Related Issues
- House and Senate Chaplains
- EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES: GRANTS AND SALES TO ALLIES AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES
- The Pigford Case: USDA Settlement of a Discrimination Suit by Black Farmers
- Recent Tax Changes Affecting Installment Sales
- S. 625, THE BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT, IN THE SENATE: SELECTED AMENDMENTS
- USER FEES: APPLICABLE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
- Advance Appropriations, Forward Funding, and Advance Funding
- PROJECT ECHELON: U.S. ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS
- CHILD LABOR AND THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
- Foreign Investment Issues in the WTO
- THE CASE OF ELIAN GONZALEZ: LEGAL BASICS
- AGRICULTURE AND THE 106TH CONGRESS: A SUMMARY OF MAJOR ISSUES
- Federal Grazing Regulations: Public Lands Council v. Babbitt
- Going to Conference in the Senate
- Vieques, Puerto Rico Naval Training Range: Background and Issues for Congress
- House Committee Organization and Process: A Brief Overview
- Cuban Migration Policy and Issues
- COURT RULINGS DURING 1998 ON CONSTITUTIONAL TAKINGS CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
- Latin America: Overview of Legislative Issues for Congress in 2000
- Chinas Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region: Developments and U.S. Interests
- Social Security: Substantial Gainful Activity for the Blind
- INTERNET GAMBLING: A SKETCH OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
- FOREST SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN ADMINISTERING ITS TRUST FUNDS
- Singapore: Background and U.S. Relations
- ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING AND THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF RETAIL RECIPROCITY REQUIREMENTS
- PROPERTY RIGHTS: HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REPORTS H.R. 2372
- ECUADOR: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL ISSUES
- CAN TAX POLICY IMPROVE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS?
- THE PENDULUM SWINGS BACK: STANDING DOCTRINE AFTER FRIENDS OF THE EARTH V. LAIDLAW
- COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT REAUTHORIZATION: AN OVERVIEW
- House Leadership: Whip Organization
- Medical Records Privacy: Questions and Answers on the HIPAA Rule
- TWENTY-FIVE LARGEST MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS BY CORPORATIONS: 1998
- TWENTY-FIVE LARGEST MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS BY CORPORATIONS: 1999
- Twenty-five Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2000
- International Military Education and Training Program
- FAIR CONDUCT IN FRANCHISE SALES: H.R. 3308, 106TH CONGRESS
- PROPERTY RIGHTS: COMPARISON OF H.R. 2372 AS PASSED AND S. 1028 AS INTRODUCED
- PRECISION AGRICULTURE: A PRIMER
- Israel: Missile Defense Cooperation With the United States
- Military Technology and Conventional Weapons Export Controls: The Wassenaar Arrangement
- Mozambique and Other Recent Flood Disasters: Comparing the U.S. and International Responses
- ASBESTOS COMPENSATION ACT OF 2000
- TRANSPORTATION FUEL TAXES: IMPACTS OF A REPEAL OR MORATORIUM
- Army Aviation: The RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter Issue
- RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 2000
- FHA-Insured Home Loans: An Overview
- Noise Abatement and Control: The Federal Role
- VA-Home Loan Guaranty Program: An Overview
- PERUVIAN ELECTIONS IN 2000: CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS AND POLICY APPROACHES
- Congressional Budget Resolutions: Reporting Deadline in the Senate
- MAJOR CHILD SUPPORT PROPOSALS CONSIDERED IN THE 106TH CONGRESS
- Term Limits for Members of Congress: Issues in the 106th Congress
- The Office of the Parliamentarian in the House and Senate
- TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS 2000: H.R. 4163
- CHINESE EMBASSY BOMBING IN BELGRADE: COMPENSATION ISSUES
- Defense Surplus Equipment Disposal: Background Information
- Military Uniform Procurement: Questions and Answers
- Air Quality and Electricity: Initiatives to Increase Pollution Controls
- Additional Standard Tax Deduction for the Blind: A Description and Assessment
- Navy Network-Centric Warfare Concept: Key Programs and Issues for Congress
- THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT: DISCIPLINE LEGISLATION IN THE 106TH CONGRESS
- The Commodity Futures Modernization Act (P.L. 106-554)
- Merger and Antitrust Issues in Agriculture: Statutes and Agencies
- CONSERVATION RESERVE PAYMENTS AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAXES
- Water Resource Issues in the 109th Congress
- Trade Remedies and the U.S.-China Bilateral WTO Accession Agreement
- Indonesian Separatist Movement in Aceh
- NEW U.S. DOLLAR COIN
- GREECE: ELECTION UPDATE
- CHINA AND THE WTO: LABOR ISSUES
- UNITED STATES V. MORRISON: THE SUPREME COURT DECLARES 42 U.S.C. §13981 UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- Defense Production Act: Purpose and Scope
- OLMSTEAD V. L.C.: IMPLICATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT JUDICIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
- The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: A Sketch
- Asset Distribution of Taxable Estates: An Analysis
- How Unanimous Consent Agreements Regulate Senate Floor Action
- THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES NOTIFICATION ACT, H.R. 3590, 106TH CONGRESS
- NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORISM REPORT: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
- ELECTRONIC TRANSFER ACCOUNTS
- Presidential Authority to Create a National Monument on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and Possible Effects of Designation
- NONCOMMERCIAL BROADCASTING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ACT OF 2000: SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF RELATED LEGAL ISSUES
- Federal Excise Taxes Imposed on Alcohol Products
- Social Security: Trust Fund Investment Practices
- THE U.S. LONG-TERM GROWTH RATE: HAS IT INCREASED?
- Economic Issues Surrounding the Estate and Gift Tax: A Brief Summary
- Mexicos Presidential, Legislative, and Local Elections of July 2, 2000
- CHILD CARE: THE FEDERAL ROLE DURING WORLD WAR II
- How Bills Amend Statutes
- CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: SUMMARY OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS DURING THE 1999-00 TERM
- Overview of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Requirements
- CHINA'S AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AND WTO ACCESSION
- Pension Reform: The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
- Disposition of Surplus Federal Property
- THE CENTRAL LIMIT ORDER BOOK (CLOB) OPTION FOR LINKING U.S. STOCK MARKETS
- THE INTERMARKET TRADING SYSTEM AND NYSE- LISTED STOCK
- Japans Telecommunications Deregulation: NTTs Access Fees and Worldwide Expansion
- THE RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT OF 2000
- Internet Voting: Issues and Legislation
- VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES V. UNITED STATES EX REL. STEVENS: THE SUPREME COURT LIMITS FALSE CLAIMS ACTIONS AGAINST STATES
- THE BRADLEY AMENDMENT: PROHIBITION AGAINST RETROACTIVE MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES
- Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress
- Recent Changes in Federal Debt and its Major Components
- District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Program
- Authority of a President to Modify or Eliminate a National Monument
- U.S. Military Dispositions: Fact Sheet
- 527 ORGANIZATIONS: REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED ON POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF P.L. 106-230
- Nutrition Labeling: Fresh Meats
- China: The National People's Congress
- The Streamlined FHA Downpayment Program
- CLASS ACTIONS AND PROPOSED REFORM IN THE 106TH CONGRESS: CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2000
- How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction
- Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues
- Hate Crimes: Sketch of Selected Proposals and Congressional Authority
- H.R. 2909: HAGUE CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION LEGISLATION
- MANDATORY DEPORTATION OF CRIMINAL ALIENS: PROPOSED RELIEF FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENTS
- Taiwans Accession to the WTO and its Economic Relations with the United States and China
- Instant Messaging on the Internet: Interoperability Issues of Competition and Fair Access
- FIJI ISLANDS POLITICAL CRISIS: BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND CHRONOLOGY
- Voting on NTR for China Again in 2001, and Past Congressional Decisions
- ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT OF 2000 (H.R. 5018): SUMMARY IN BRIEF
- THE PUERTO RICAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TAX CREDIT: CURRENT PROPOSALS AND SCHEDULED PHASEOUT
- EMERGENCY FARM ASSISTANCE IN FY2000: DESCRIPTION AND STATE DISTRIBUTION
- PHILIPPINE-U.S. SECURITY RELATIONS
- Funding School Renovation: Qualified Zone Academy Bonds vs. Traditional Tax-Exempt Bonds
- South Florida Ecosystem Restoration and the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
- H.R. 2415: Bankruptcy Reform in the Closing Days of the 106th Congress
- EXECUTIVE ORDER 12919: EMERGENCY POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT
- Vietnam Trade Agreement: Approval and Implementing Procedure
- U.S. FEDERAL TAXES IN PUERTO RICO
- TERRORIST ATTACK ON USS COLE: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
- The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the Senate Floor
- Freshmen in the House of Representatives and Senate by Political Party: 1913-2008
- Federal Deposit and Share Insurance: Proposals for Change
- Interest Groups and Lobbyists: Sources of Information
- Energy Independence: Would It Free the United States from Oil Price Shocks?
- Office of Legislative Counsel: House
- The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: U.S. Economic Assistance
- Proposals for Reparations for African Americans: A Brief Overview
- The Constitutional Law of Property Rights "Takings": An Introduction
- Chapter 12 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Reorganization of a Family Farmer or Fisherman
- Export Tax Benefits and the WTO: The Extraterritorial Income Exclusion and Foreign Sales Corporations
- Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals
- Submission of the President's Budget in Transition Years
- National Security Implications of Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Aircraft
- Defense Trade Security Initiative: Background and Status
- Farm Commodity Programs: Honey
- Membership of the 107th Congress: A Profile
- LIHEAP and Residential Energy Costs
- ELECTION PROJECTIONS: FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES
- THE "WORK MADE FOR HIRE AND COPYRIGHT CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2000"
- The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Background and Issues
- House Apportionment 2000: States Gaining, Losing, and on the Margin
- COMMITTEE SYSTEM RULES CHANGES IN THE HOUSE, 107TH CONGRESS
- Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR): Background, Process, and Issues
- SUPERFUND AND NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES
- AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION TO FIX ELECTRICITY RATES AND CHARGES AND TO REQUIRE REFUND PAYMENTS BY A PUBLIC UTILITY
- Congressional Use of Funding Cutoffs Since 1970 Involving U.S. Military Forces and Overseas Deployments
- Consumer Bankruptcy and Household Debt
- THE SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST CORPS OF ENGINEERS JURISDICTION OVER "ISOLATED WETLANDS": THE SWANCC DECISION
- Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy Reform
- ARGENTINA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
- HOUSE RULES CHANGES AFFECTING FLOOR PROCEEDINGS IN THE 107TH CONGRESS
- The Siting of Wireless Communications Facilities: An Overview of Federal, State, and Local Law
- Long-Term Care: What Direction for Public Policy?
- The Senate Powersharing Agreement of the 107th Congress (2001-2003): Key Features
- Hong Kong-U.S. Economic Relations
- Army Transformation and Modernization: Overview and Issues for Congress
- MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS: PROCEDURES FOR U.S. PARTICIPATION
- Multilateral Development Banks: U.S. Contributions FY1998-2009
- MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS: BASIC BACKGROUND
- The Committee System in the U.S. Congress
- TAIWAN: FINDINGS OF A CONGRESSIONAL STAFF RESEARCH TRIP, DECEMBER 2000
- Tobacco Farmer Assistance
- Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: An Overview
- Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2001
- GIFTS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- SHORT HISTORY OF THE 1996 WELFARE REFORM LAW
- The Distribution of Income
- Armenia Update
- Vacancies and Special Elections: 107th Congress
- President Bush's Tax Proposal: A Brief Overview
- Direct Assaults Against Presidents, Presidents-Elect, and Candidates
- FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH: AN OVERVIEW
- The EU-US "Safe Harbor" Agreement on Personal Data Privacy
- Presidential Libraries: The Federal System and Related Legislation
- Structure and Functions of the Federal Reserve System
- Presidential and Vice Presidential Terms and Tenure
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA V. GARRETT: FEDERALISM LIMITS ON THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
- Cybercrime: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 1030 and Related Federal Criminal Laws
- GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL DEFENSE AGREEMENT
- IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IN 106TH CONGRESS
- Distribution of Child Support Collections
- Agriculture in the WTO: Limits on Domestic Support
- TURKEY: FINANCIAL CRISES IN CONTEXT
- Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues
- Managed Care and State External Review Statutes
- EXECUTIVE ORDERS: ISSUANCE AND REVOCATION
- THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND THE PRESIDENT'S TAX CUT PLAN
- Farm Commodity Programs: A Short Primer
- CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES RAISED BY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
- FEDERAL SENTENCING: A SKETCH OF APPRENDI v. NEW JERSEY AND ITS IMPACT
- Naval Transformation: Background and Issues for Congress
- The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles: Status and Issues
- State Estate and Gift Tax Revenue
- CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND INCENTIVES TO VOLUNTARILY LIMIT CANDIDATE SPENDING FROM PERSONAL FUNDS: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES RAISED BY PUBLIC SUBSIDIES AND VARIABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS
- Foreign Policy Budget for FY2002
- Office of Legislative Counsel: Senate
- Air Force Transformation
- THE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS EPA STANDARD-SETTING UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT: WHITMAN V. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'NS
- Multipary, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2002, P.L. 107-273
- Methyl Bromide and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Major Policy Issues and Status of Negotiations
- The Civil Works Program of the Army Corps of Engineers: A Primer
- Employer Liability Provisions in Selected Patient Protection Bills
- Revenue Reconciliation Directives to the Senate Finance Committee in Congressional Budget Resolutions
- The Iran Sanctions Act (ISA)
- Reducing Teen Pregnancy: Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Programs
- Taxes and Incentive Stock Options
- Sports Legislation in the 107th Congress
- Party Leaders in the House: Election, Duties, and Responsibilities
- The Railway Labor Act: Dispute Resolution Procedures and Congressional Authority to Intervene
- Romania After the 2000 Elections: Background and Issues for Congress
- Senate Leadership: Whip Organization
- Textile and Apparel Quota Phaseout: Some Economic Implications
- Air Quality and Emissions Trading: A Primer
- Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
- Wool and Mohair Price Support
- The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the Equal Opportunity Survey
- Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
- D-Day: The French Jubilee of Liberty Medal
- "Safe Haven" for Abandoned Infants: Background on the Issue and State Laws
- National Monument Issues
- Sports Gambling in School: A Sketch of Proposals to Strengthen Federal Prohibitions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation
- NATO's Defense Capabilities Initiative
- Burundi: The Peace Process and U.S. Policy
- legislation to Expedite the Construction of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia
- Farm "Counter-Cyclical Assistance"
- Aviation Congestion: Proposed Non-Air Traffic Control Remedies
- Immigration and Naturalization Fundamentals
- Timing of Election Activity Reporting Requirements: Chart Comparing Reporting Under the IRC and FECA
- Credit Union Deposit Insurance: Purpose, Management, and Policy Issues
- Semi-postal Stamps: Authorization, Revenue, and Selection Process
- Federal Agency Involvement in Reviewing Mergers and Acquisitions of Electric Utilities
- Taxes and the "Inside Build-Up" of Life Insurance: Recent Issues
- Field Hearings: Fact Sheet on Purposes, Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines
- House Leadership Structure: Overview of Party Organization
- Tax-Exempt Bond Provisions in the "Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001"
- Senate Leadership Structure: Overview of Party Organization
- A Brief Summary of the HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule
- Energy Efficiency in Congressional Buildings
- Federal and State Causes of Action Against Health Plans Under S. 1052 and S. 889
- The "Little Davis-Bacon" Acts and State Prevailing Wage Standards
- Adjusting Federal Benefits for Geographic Differences in the Cost of Living
- The Organization of African Unity
- Medicare: History of Part A Trust Fund Insolvency Projections
- Amendments Relating to the Discipline of Children with Disabilities in H.R. 1 and S. 1, 107th Congress
- Charitable Choice Provisions of H.R. 7
- The Federal Reserve: Recurrent Public Policy Issues
- Public Utility Holding Company Act: Major Statutory Provisions and Possible Reform Efforts
- Reducing Securities Transaction Fees: Revenue Effects of H.R. 1088 and S. 143
- Internet Firearm Sales
- International Small Arms and Light Weapons Transfers: U.S. Policy
- Western Sahara: Status of Settlement Efforts
- New York Times v. Tasini: The U.S. Supreme Court Affirms "Authorial" Right in Copyright
- Jordan-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Labor Issues
- Orphan Drug Act: Background and Proposed Legislation in the 107th Congress
- Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund
- Federal and State Initiatives to Integrate Acute and Long-Term Care
- Food Labeling: Allergy Information
- Individual Income Tax Rates Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-16)
- Media Marketing Accountability Act: First Amendment Analysis
- Energy Efficiency and the Rebound Effect: Does Increasing Efficiency Decrease Demand?
- Elevating the Environmental Protection Agency to a Department: Analysis of Major Issues
- Nicaragua: Country Brief
- Public Health Service Act Provisions Providing Immunity from Medical Malpractice Liability
- Stewardship Contracting for Federal Forests
- Senate Confirmation Process: A Brief Overview
- The Child Tax Credit After the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
- Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes: Modification, Phase Out and Repeal Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
- Legislative Planning: Considerations for Congressional Staff
- Long Term Care: 107th Congress Legislation
- Wireless Technology and Spectrum Demand: Advanced Wireless Services
- Japan's Banking "Crisis"
- India and Pakistan: Current U.S. Economic Sanctions
- Farm Bill Trade and Food Aid Provisions
- Marijuana for Medical Purposes: A Glimpse of the Supreme Court's Decision in United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative and Related Legal Issues
- U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement: Analysis of Environmental Provisions
- Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
- Trade Promotion Authority and Fast-Track Negotiating Authority for Trade Agreements: Major Votes
- Presidential Grave Sites: Maintenance and Congressional District Locations
- Business Tax Provisions that Benefit Persons with Disabilities
- Navy Trident Submarine Conversion (SSGN) Program: Background and Issues for Congress
- Terrorism: World Trade Center and the Pentagon-Applicable Federal Criminal Law
- Response to Terrorism: Legal Aspects of the Use of Military Force
- Initial Federal Budget Response to the 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
- The Stock Market's Response to Dramatic Historical Events
- Terrorism: Some Legal Restrictions on Military Assistance to Domestic Authorities Following a Terrorist Attack
- Costs of Major U.S. Wars and Recent U.S. Overseas Military Operations
- Economic and Revenue Effects of Permanent and Temporary Capital Gains Tax Cuts
- Terrorist Attacks and National Emergency Declarations
- Operation Enduring Freedom: Potential Air Power Questions for Congress
- "Terrorism" and Related Terms in Statute and Regulation: Selected Language
- Martial Law and National Emergency
- The Postal Revenue Forgone Appropriation: Overview and Current Issues
- Survivor Benefits for Families of Civilian Federal Employees and Retirees
- ANWR Development: Economic Impacts
- Money Laundering: Current Law and Proposals
- Terrorism at Home: A Quick Look at Applicable Federal and State Criminal Laws
- Terrorism Abroad: A Quick Look at Applicable Federal and State Laws
- Emergency Spending: Statutory and Congressional Rules
- Assassination Ban and E.O. 12333: A Brief Summary
- Reserve Funds in the FY2002 Budget Resolution
- Taliban and the Drug Trade
- Background and Legal Issues Related to Human EmbryonicStem Cell Research
- War Bonds in the Second World War: A Model for a New War Bond?
- U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress
- Latin America: Terrorism Issues
- Terrorism Legislation: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001
- Medicaid and SCHIP Section 1115 Research and Demonstration Waivers
- NATO Enlargement
- Missile Defense, Arms Control, and Deterrence: A New Strategic Framework
- Combating Charitable Fraud: An Overview of State and Federal Law
- Small Business Disaster Assistance: Responding to the Terrorist Attacks
- The Boy Scouts Amendment to P.L. 107-110, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Legal Background
- Global Climate Change: Controlling CO2 Emissions - Cost-limiting Safety Valves
- Medicaid Expenditures, FY2003 and FY2004
- The Financial Crisis in Argentina
- Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces: Facts and Issues
- The Economic Effects of Spending on Homeland Security
- Monitoring Inmate-Attorney Communications: Sixth Amendment Implications
- Memorials: Creating National, State, and Local Memorials
- Student Drug Testing: Constitutional Issues
- Identity Theft and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: An Analysis of TRW v. Andrews and Current Legislation
- Budget Enforcement for FY2002: An Overview of Procedural Developments
- Withdrawal from the ABM Treaty: Legal Considerations
- Continuity of Government: Current Federal Arrangements and the Future
- Child Custody and Support: Frequently Asked Questions
- McDade-Murtha Amendment: A Sketch of Legislation in the 107th Congress Concerning Ethical Standards for the Justice Department Litigators
- Taiwan's December 2001 Elections
- Social Security: Report of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
- An Overview of H.R. 40 - the "Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act"
- Selected Tax Law Changes Effective January 1, 2002
- International Capital Flows Following the September 11 Attacks
- Should Banking Powers Expand into Real Estate Brokerage and Management?
- The Americans with Disabilities Act: Toyota Motor Manufacturing v. Williams
- Copyright Law's Small Business Exception: Public Performance Exemptions for Certain Establishments
- Ecstasy: Legislative Proposals in the 107th Congress to Control MDMA
- The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Process for Recognizing Groups as Indian Tribes
- Combating Terrorism: Are There Lessons to Be Learned from Foreign Experiences?
- Access to Adoption Records
- Argentina: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations
- HIV/AIDS: Appropriations for Worldwide Programs in FY2001 and FY2002
- The Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans
- Ethical Considerations in Assisting Constituents With Grant requests Before Federal Agencies
- U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Trends and Current Issues
- Auditing and Its Regulators: Reforms after Enron
- Statutes of Limitation in Federal Criminal Cases: A Sketch
- Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Russia and U.S.-Russian Economic Ties
- Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations - Background and Issues for Congress
- Tax Cuts and Economic Stimulus: How Effective Are the Alternatives?
- Federal Securities Law: Insider Trading
- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extensions: A Brief Explanation
- Nuclear Power Plants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack
- The Nuclear Posture Review: Overview and Emerging Issues
- Merchant Banking: Mixed Banking and Commerce Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- The Enron Collapse: An Overview of Financial Issues
- Government Spending or Tax Reduction: Which Might Add More Stimulus to the Economy?
- National Identification Cards: Legal Issues
- Unemployment and Economic Growth
- Military Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD): Assessing Future Needs
- Policy Options for U.S. Export Taxation
- Tax Incentives for Charity: An Overview of Legislative Proposals
- Shared Appreciation Agreements on USDA Farm Loans
- Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2002
- Military Space Programs: Issues Concerning DOD's SBIRS and STSS Programs
- Puerto Rican Statehood: Effects on House Apportionment
- The Natural Resources and Environment Function in the FY2003 Federal Budget: An Overview of Programs and Funding
- Federal Voting Systems Standards and Guidelines: Congressional Deliberations
- Multinational Species Conservation Fund
- Zimbabwe: Election Chronology
- Highway Finance: RABA's Double-edged Sword
- House Standing Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members: Rules Governing Selection Procedures
- The Peace Corps: Current Issues
- Sources of Legislative Proposals: A Descriptive Introduction
- ANWR Oil: Native Lands and State Waters
- The Rate Reduction Tax Credit -- "The Tax Rebate" -- in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001: A Brief Explanation
- Insurance Regulation: Major Interest Groups
- Special Order Speeches and Other Forms of Non-Legislative Debate in the House
- Application of Campaign Finance Law to Indian Tribes
- Possible Criminal Provisions Which May Be Implicated in the Events Surrounding the Collapse of the Enron Corporation
- Legislative History: A Basic Guide for Constituents
- Copyright Term Extension: Eldred v. Ashcroft
- Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
- Irradiated Mail
- Trade Policymaking in the European Union: Institutional Framework
- Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB and Backpay Awards to Undocumented Aliens
- Legislation in the 107th Congress Requiring Notification Prior to Certain Legal Actions under the American with Disabilities Act
- Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability Act of 2003, H.R. 1528, and Tax Administration and Good Government Act, S. 882
- Caspian Oil and Gas: Production and Prospects
- Same-Sex Adoptions
- Nasdaq's Pursuit of Exchange Status and an Initial Public Offering
- Evolutionary Acquisitions and Spiral Development in DOD Programs: Policy Issues for Congress
- Independent Counsel or Special Prosecutor for the Enron Investigation
- No-Fault Eviction of Public Housing Tenants for Illegal Drug Use: A Legal Analysis of Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker
- Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (USTs): Prevention and Cleanup
- Older Americans Act: Nutrition Services Program
- The USA PATRIOT Act: A Sketch
- Gold: Uses of U.S. Official Holdings
- "Fair Use" on the Internet: Copyright's Reproduction and Public Display Rights
- Cybercrime: The Council of Europe Convention
- Agricultural Disaster Assistance
- Colombia: Summary and Tables on U.S. Assistance, FY1989-FY2004
- RICO: Legislative Activity in the 107th Congress
- France: Election by Default, 2002
- Exemptions for Military Activities in Federal Environmental Laws
- Crusader XM2001 Self-Propelled Howitzer: Background and Issues for Congress
- "Superwaiver" Proposals in Current Welfare Reform Debate
- Renewal Communities Initiative: Background and Overview
- Privacy Protection for Online Information
- U.S.-EU Trade Tensions: Causes, Consequences, and Possible Cures
- Estate Tax: Legislative Activity in 2002
- Social Security Program Protection Act of 2002 (H.R. 4070)
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Paperwork in Special Education
- Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act of 2002 (H.R. 4069)
- Remedies for the Improper Disclosure of Personal Information
- Grazing Fees: An Overview and Current Issues
- The 2002 Farm Law at a Glance
- The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust: Background and Current Issues
- Blue-Slipping: The Origination Clause in the House of Representatives
- Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Status
- Uzbekistan: Current Developments and U.S. Interests
- The Black Lung Benefits Program
- Fact Sheet on The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA)
- Colombia: The Uribe Administration and Congressional Concerns
- Ad Hoc Select Committees: Use in the House of Representatives
- Department of Homeland Security: Should the Transportation Security Administration be Included?
- The Chained Consumer Price Index: A Brief Explanation
- National and Community Service: Reauthorization of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
- E-Commerce and Personal Jurisdiction: Are Participating Businesses Subject to Suit in Foreign Courts?
- The Constitutionality of Including the Phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance
- Cruise Missile Proliferation
- Education Vouchers: An Overview of the Supreme Court's Decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
- Motions to Proceed to Consider in the Senate: Who Offers Them?
- Border Security: U.S.-Canada Immigration Border Issues
- Violence Against Women Office: Its History and Legislative Proposals in the 107th Congress
- Information Technology (IT) Management: The Clinger-Cohen Act and the Homeland Security Act of 2002
- International Parental Child Abductions
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and SEC Registration and Disclosures
- Slovakia: 2002 Elections
- U.S. National Science Foundation: Major Research Equipment and Facility Construction
- Accounting Problems Reported in Major Companies Since Enron
- Homeland Security Research and Development: Funding, Organization, and Oversight
- The Law of Church and State: Public Aid to Sectarian Schools
- Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 107th Congress
- Two Key Provisions in the Bankruptcy Reform Act Conference Report: The Homestead Exemption and dischargeability of Liability for Violations of Laws Relating to the Provision of "Lawful Goods and Services"
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- International Food Aid: U.S. and Other Donor Contributions
- Toxic Mold: Insurance and Legal Issues
- Social Security: Bills in the 107th Congress
- Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources
- Homeland Security: Intelligence Support
- Length of Congressional Service: First Through 107th Congresses
- Smallpox: Technical Background on the Disease and Its Potential Role in Terrorism
- Improving Access to Long-Term Care Act of2002
- Agriculture: U.S.-China Trade Issues
- Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response
- Unmanned Vehicles for U.S. Naval Forces: Background and Issues for Congress
- Homeland Security and the Davis-Bacon Act
- Older Americans Act: Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
- Credit Scores: Development, Use, and Policy Issues
- Elections in Kashmir
- Assistance to Firefighters Program
- Terrorism and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases: Recent Developments in Brief
- Recess Appointments: Frequently Asked Questions
- U.S. Use of Preemptive Military Force
- How Many Commercial Fishermen?
- International Law and the Preemptive Use of Force Against Iraq
- Special Acquisition Authorities Contained in the House and Senate Proposals to Create a Department of Homeland Security
- Georgia's Pankisi Gorge: Russian Concerns and U.S. Interests
- Aviation Taxes and Fees: Major Issues
- The United Nations Security Council - Its Role in the Iraq Crisis: A Brief Overview
- Iraq: A Compilation of Legislation Enacted and Resolutions Adopted by Congress, 1990-2003
- Trade Promotion Authority: Environment Related Provisions of P.L. 107-210
- African Debt to the United States and Multilateral Agencies
- Everglades Restoration: Modified Water Deliveries Project
- The African Union
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- Sexual Offender Registration Acts: Supreme Court Review of the Connecticut and Alaska Statutes in Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe and Otte v. Doe
- Discriminatory Pricing and the Robinson-Patman Act: Brief Overview, Including Some Exceptions
- Navy Ship-Deployments: New Approaches -- Background and Issues for Congress
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- Credit Scores: Credit-Based Insurance Scores
- Immigration: Diversity Visa Lottery
- Airline Reorganization Under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
- European Union Enlargement
- RICO and Abortion Clinic Protests in the Supreme Court: Scheidler v. NOW
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences: Three Strikes in the Supreme Court-Ewing v. California and Lockyer v. Andrade
- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Overview of Legislation in the 107th Congress
- U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants
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- Sino-U.S. Summit, October 2002
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- New Partnership for Africas Development (NEPAD)
- The NATO Summit at Prague, 2002
- Turkey's November 3, 2002 National Election
- Taxation of Unemployment Benefits
- Department of Homeland Security: Options for House and Senate Committee Organization
- Legislative Procedure in Congress: Basic Sources for Congressional Staff
- Supervised Release: An Abbreviated Outline of Federal Law
- Synthetic Poliovirus: Bioterrorism and Science Policy Implications
- Agricultural Commodity, Agricultural Product and Related Terms: Definitions for Federal Policy
- The Tax Administration Reform Act of 2002 (H.R. 5728)
- The European Union: Questions and Answers
- Termination of the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Requirement for FY2003 and Later Years
- Membership of the 108th Congress: A Profile
- Committee System Rules Changes in the House, 108th Congress
- Ricin: Technical Background and Potential Role in Terrorism
- Turkmenistans Attempted Coup: Repercussions and U.S. Concerns
- United States-Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Background and Potential Issues
- House Rules Changes Affecting Floor Proceedings in the 108th Congress
- Location of Federal Government Offices
- North Koreas Nuclear Weapons: Latest Developments
- Stock Options: The Accounting Issue and Its Consequences
- State Health Insurance Programs for the Uninsured
- Homeland Security: Defending U.S. Airspace
- Iraq: Map Sources
- Trust Responsibility of Federal Government for Indian Tribes: Recent Cases
- Regulation of Energy Derivatives
- Federal Lands, R.S. 2477, and "Disclaimers of Interest"
- EPAs Water Quality Trading Policy
- U.S. Occupation of Iraq? Issues Raised by Experiences in Japan and Germany
- U.S. Periods of War
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions Standard Market Design Activities
- NASA's Space Shuttle Program: The Columbia Tragedy, the Discovery Mission, and the Future of the Shuttle
- The Budget Deficit and the Trade Deficit: What Is Their Relationship?
- INS Reorganization Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002: Effective Dates and Dual Roles
- Temporarily Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions
- Mandatory Vaccinations: Precedent and Current Laws
- Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations: 2003
- The Presidents Management Agenda: A Brief Introduction
- Theft of Debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia: Criminal Penalties
- Regulation of Plant-Based Pharmaceuticals
- President Bushs 2003 Tax Cut Proposal: A Brief Overview
- Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies
- Dual-Use Biological Equipment: Difficulties in Domestic Regulation
- Air Pollution: Legal Perspectives on the Routine Maintenance Exception to New Source Review
- Liability Issues Associated with the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
- Financial Privacy Laws Affecting Sharing of Customer Information Among Affiliated Institutions
- House Select Committee on Homeland Security: A Fact Sheet
- FY2003 Consolidated Appropriations Resolution: Reference Guide
- Victims Rights Amendment: A Sketch of a Proposal in the 108th Congress to Amend the United States Constitution
- High School Completion and Postsecondary Enrollment Among First Generation and Low-Income Students
- Graduate Fellowship Programs Under Title VII of the Higher Education Act (HEA): Background and Reauthorization
- The Asian Development Bank
- Immigration Legislation Enacted in the 107th Congress
- House Ethics Rules Changes in the 108th Congress
- Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act
- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle R&D: FreedomCAR and the President's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
- Elder Abuse
- The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002: A Summary of Provisions
- Terrorism Insurance: The Marketplace After the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002
- Fair Credit Reporting Act: Preemption of State Law
- Homeland Security: Scope of the Secretarys Reorganization Authority
- Retirement Savings Accounts: Presidents Budget Proposal for FY2006
- Amber Alert Program Technology
- Iraq: Potential Post-War Foreign Aid Issues
- The Middle East Partnership Initiative: An Overview
- Turkey: Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs)-Issues and Economic Implications
- Australian-U.S. Economic Relations
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): A Brief Review of FY2003 Appropriations and the FY2004 Budget
- Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance and the McCarran-Ferguson Act
- Russia and the Iraq Crisis
- Child Pornography: Comparison of Selected Provisions of S. 151 and H.R. 1161 with Brief Comments on their Constitutionality
- Morocco-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
- Dependent Care: Current Tax Benefits and Legislative Issues
- Consumer Rental-Purchase (Rent-to-Own) Agreements
- Child Pornography: Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 151 and H.R. 1161, 108th Congress
- The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA): Budget, Programs, and Issues
- Noncitizen Eligibility for Major Federal Public Assistance Programs: Legal Concepts
- North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States
- Military Awards: Sources of Information
- The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): Legislative Issues
- Thailand-U.S. Economic Relations: An Overview
- Sports Legislation in the 108th Congress
- Savings Rates in the United States: Calculation and Comparison
- The Paris Club and International Debt Relief
- Education Technology Programs, Title II Part D of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Workforce Investment Act of 1998: Reauthorization of Title I Job Training Programs in the 108th Congress
- Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, H.R. 1036 and S. 659, 108th Congress: Legal Analysis
- Internet Gambling: A Sketch of Legislative Proposals in the 108th and 109th Congresses
- Navy-Marine Corps Tactical Air Integration Plan: Background and Issues for Congress
- OMB Circular A-76: Legal Reach and Proposed Modifications
- First Responder Resources: The Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse ProgramDescription and Issues
- Services Negotiations in the WTO: An Overview of the U.S. Offer
- The Randolph-Sheppard Act: Background and Program Data
- Reconciling McCarran-Ferguson (Insurance) Case Law and ERISA Preemption: Kentucky Assn of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller
- The Endangered Species Act (ESA), Sound Science, and the Courts
- World Bank: Bujagali Hydropower Project
- India-U.S. Economic Relations
- Compliance with the HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule
- Implications for the Senate of President Bush's Proposal on Judicial Nominations
- Project BioShield: Purposes and Authorities
- Spectrum Management and Special Funds
- Museum and Library Services Act of 2003 (H.R. 13): Using Obscenity and Decency Criteria in Selecting Grantees
- NATOs Decision-Making Process
- Campaign Finance: Brief Overview of McConnell v. FEC
- The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
- Kuwait: Security, Reform, and U.S. Policy
- Kenya: Background and Current Situation
- H.R. 1529: The Involuntary Bankruptcy Improvement Act
- Iraqs Agriculture: Background and Status
- Long-Term Care Chart Book: Persons Served, Payers and Spending
- Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview
- Labor Certification for Permanent Immigrant Admissions
- A Sketch of the PROTECT (Amber Alert) Act and the Sentencing Guidelines
- ESOP Legislative History
- Terrorist Dirty Bombs: A Brief Primer
- Al Qaeda after the Iraq Conflict
- Accounting Reform After Enron: Issues in the 108th Congress
- Algeria: Current Issues
- Indian Tribal Government Amendments to the Homeland Security Act: S. 578 and Indian Tribal Sovereignty
- Oman: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
- State Sales Taxation of Internet Transactions
- Federal Regulation of Sports Agents: Sports Agents Responsibility and Trust Act (SPARTA)
- Vacancies and Special Elections: 108th Congress
- Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003 (S. 1125, 108th Congress)
- Tax Treatment of Dividends Under the 2003 Tax Cut: Fact Sheet
- Department of Homeland Security: Issues Concerning the Establishment of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs)
- Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemetaries: Frequently Asked Questions
- Financial Institution Customer Identification Programs Mandated by the USA PATRIOT Act
- The Unborn Victims of Violence Act
- Campaign Finance: Issues Before the U.S. Supreme Court in McConnell v. FED
- Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2003 (H.R. 1375): Credit Union Provisions
- Presiding Officer: Senate
- Free Trade Agreements and the WTO Exceptions
- Iraq Reconstruction: Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Application of Federal Procurement Statutes
- Agricultural Biotechnology: The U.S.-EU Dispute
- Monkeypox Technical Background and Outbreak Implications for Bioterrorism Preparedness
- Genetically Engineered Soybeans: Acceptance and Intellectual Property Rights Issues in South America
- Entergy Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission: Preemptive Effect of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Orders
- Free Trade Agreements with Singapore and Chile: Labor Issues
- Mexicos Congress and July 2003 Elections
- Naming Post Office Through Legislation
- Biodiesel Fuel and U.S. Agriculture
- The Middle East Television Network: An Overview
- The Jones Act: An Overview
- Accounting and Management Problems at Freddie Mac
- Serbia and Montenegro Union: Prospects and Policy Implications
- Geographical Indications and WTO Negotiations
- Campaign Finance and Prohibiting Contributions by Tax-Exempt Corporations: FEC v. Beaumont
- Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 2002-2003 Term
- Tax-Advantaged Accounts for Health Care Expenses: Side-by-Side Comparison
- Proposals to Change the House Term of Office to Four Years
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Financing Requirements and Restrictions
- Iraq: U.S. Casualties
- Morocco: Current Issues
- Federal/State Relations Under the Clean Air Act: The Supreme Court Takes Two Cases
- Climate Change: Senate Proposals to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- North Korean Crisis: Possible Military Options
- Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events
- Congressional Redistricting: Is At-Large Representation Permitted in the House of Representatives?
- Technology Assessment in Congress History and Legislative Options
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Environmental Review Procedures
- Export-Import Bank: Environmental Review Procedures
- India: Chronology of Recent Events
- Defense Program Issue: Global Information Grid, Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE)
- Community Service Requirement for Residents of Public Housing
- Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments
- Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act: A Legal Analysis of Georgia v. Ashcroft
- Zimbabwe Update
- EU Tax on Digitally Delivered E-Commerce
- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: Legislative Proposals in the 108th Congress
- Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statutes: An Abbreviated Overview
- Employment Growth in the Current Economic Expansion
- Minimum Distribution Requirements for Foundations: Proposal to Disallow Administrative Costs
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Estimated Allocations
- NASAs Space Shuttle Columbia: Synopsis of the Report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board
- Clean Air and New Source Review: Defining Routine Maintenance
- WTO: Trade Remedies in the Doha Round
- Ozone and Particulate Air Quality: Should Deadlines for Attainment Be Extended?
- East Central Europe: Status of International Criminal Court (ICC) Exemption Agreements and U.S. Military Assistance
- Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues
- Comparison of Californias Financial Information Privacy Act of 2003 with Federal Privacy Provisions
- Bomb-Making Online: An Abridged Sketch of Federal Criminal Law
- Homeland Security Extramural R&D Funding Opportunities in Federal Agencies
- The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty
- Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security: A Need for New Weapons Programs?
- Surface Transportation and Aviation Extension Legislation: A Historical Perspective
- Legal Analysis of H.R. 1429, the One Strike and Youre Out! Act of 2003
- European Union Candidate Countries: 2003 Referenda Results
- China's Currency: A Summary of the Economic Issues
- Iraq Oil: Reserves, Production, and Potential Revenues
- Implications of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations upon the Regulation of Consular Identification Cards
- Sufficiency of Signatures on Conference Reports
- Immigration of Religious Workers: Background and Legislation
- Military Pay: Controversy Over Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay and Family Separation Allowance Rates
- Extradition Between the United States and Great Britain: A Sketch of the 2003 Treaty
- Punch-Card Voting Systems and the California Gubernatorial Recall: Overview of Appellate Court Decisions
- Intelligence Identities Protection Act
- House Apportionment: Could Census Corrections Shift a House Seat?
- Chinas Space Program: An Overview
- Comparing Quota Buyout Payments for Peanuts and Tobacco
- House Committee System: Jurisdiction and Referral Reform Options
- Spanish Language Media After the Univision-Hispanic Broadcasting Merger: Brief Overview
- Facsimile Advertising Rules Under the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005
- From Burma to Thailand: Refugee Flows and U.S. Policy
- The New York Stock Exchange: Governance and Market Reform
- FY2004 Appropriations for First Responder Preparedness: Fact Sheet
- Farmers Markets: The USDA Role
- Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education: Background and Funding
- Islamic Religious Schools, Madrasas: Background
- El Salvador: Political, Economic, and Social Conditions and U.S. Relations
- The Use of Blind Trusts by Federal Officials
- U.S. Trade Policy and Changing Domestic and Foreign Priorities: A Historical Overview