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- Brazil’s WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program: A Brief Overview
- This report provides a brief overview of Brazil's case against the U.S. cotton program, the evolution and current status of the case, and the potential role for congress.
- Statutory Royalty Rates for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings: Decision of the Copyright Royalty Board
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- Higher Education Tax Credits: An Economic Analysis
- This report provides analysis of the education tax credit program.
- Food Safety on the Farm: Federal Programs and Selected Proposals
- This report discusses bills introduced into the 110th Congress pertaining to food safety that could affect farmers and ranchers. Several of these bills would expressly have required enforceable on-farm safety standards. Others that focused primarily on post-harvest food safety measures nonetheless might have led to changes in on-farm practices if the regulated sectors (handlers and processors of agricultural products) placed new demands on their suppliers in order to comply. Similar proposals are re-emerging in the 111th Congress, where food safety reform is expected to be on the agenda.
- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): Efforts to Support Financial and Housing Markets
- This report discusses recent actions taken by the FDIC in support of financial and housing markets, which include restoration of the Deposit Insurance Fund, the development of the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, efforts to reduce foreclosures, and establishment of the proposed Public-Private Investment Fund. Legislation such as H.R. 786 (introduced by Representative Barney Frank); H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (introduced by Representative John Conyers, Jr., with 24 co-sponsors); and S. 541, The Depositor Protection Act of 2009 (introduced by Senator Christopher Dodd with 12 co-sponsors) have also been introduced to increase the effectiveness of the FDIC’s efforts to respond to recent market weaknesses.
- Farm Commodity Proposals in the President’s FY2010 Budget
- This report discusses about Farm Commodity Proposals in the FY2010 Budget and Farms with $500,000 of Sales.
- Follow-On Biologics: Intellectual Property and Innovation Issues
- Biologics, which are sometimes termed biopharmaceuticals or biotechnology drugs, have begun to play an increasingly important role in U.S. health care. Not only are sales of biologics growing rapidly, some experts estimate that in coming years half of all newly approved drugs will result from biotechnology. This report contains information on marketing approval issues, intellectual property issues, and innovation issues as related to biologics.
- Nonambulatory Livestock and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act
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- Treatment of Seller-Funded Downpayment Assistance in FHA-Insured Home Loans
- This report discusses the seller-funded down-payment assistance that qualify for FHA-insured home loans.
- Digital Surveillance: The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
- This report provides information about The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act on Digital Surveillance. CALEA is intended to preserve the ability of law enforcement officials to conduct electronic surveillance effectively and efficiently.
- Unemployment and Health Insurance: Current Legislation and Issues
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- The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions
- This report frames potential policy questions concerning the Service's mission and organization through an examination of the USSS history and its statutory authorities, missions, and present activities within DHS.
- Social Security: The Government Pension Offset (GPO)
- This report discusses the social security benefits and the spousal benefits of individuals who are not financially dependent on their spouses because they receive benefits based on their own work records.
- A New Farm Program Option: Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE)
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- Supreme Court Nominations Not Confirmed, 1789-2008
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- Retroactive Taxation of Executive Bonuses: Constitutionality of H.R. 1586 and S. 651
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- Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Innovation Issues
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- The U.N. Population Fund: Background and the U.S. Funding Debate
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- The Buy American Act: Requiring Government Procurements to Come from Domestic Sources
- This report provides an overview of the Buy American Act, its exceptions, Amendments, and current legislation.
- Zimbabwe: The Power Sharing Agreement and Implications for U.S. Policy
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- China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
- This report addresses relevant policy questions in current U.S-China relations, discusses trends and key legislation in the current congress, and provides a chronology of development and high-level exchanges.
- An Overview of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence in Patent Law
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- Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2008 (74th-110th Congresses)
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- Cash Balance Pension Plans and Claims of Age Discrimination
- This report describes cash balance plans, discusses the claims that cash balance plans do and do not violate the pre-Act age discrimination provisions, and provides an overview of the pension protection act, as it applies to this issue.
- Stem Cell Research: Federal Research Funding and Oversight
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- Tax-Advantaged Accounts for Health Care Expenses: Side-by-Side Comparison
- This report provides brief summaries and background information for four types of tax-advantaged accounts for healthcare; it compares them with respect to eligibility, contribution limits, use of funds, and other characteristics for tax year 2009. It also includes a discussion of various healthcare-related issues including equity and options for reform.
- Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: A Brief Overview
- This report provides a brief overview on child nutrition and Women, Infants, and Children (the WIC program).
- The U.S.-EU Beef Hormone Dispute
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- Oversight of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Issues for Congress
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- Energy Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)
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- Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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- Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress
- This report discusses selected campaign finance policy issues that may receive attention during the 111th congress. Questions about the health of the presidential public financing system were especially prominent during the 2008 election cycle.
- Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service
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- Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies
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- Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress
- This report provides an overview of selected campaign finance policy issues that have received legislative attention, or have otherwise been prominent, and which could receive attention during the 111th Congress.
- Small Business Expensing Allowance: Current Status, Legislative Proposals, and Economic Effects
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- Desalination: Status and Federal Issues
- This report is categorized into three categories: (I) Desalination: The Federal Policy Context, (II) Desalination Adoption in the United States and (III) Federal Desalination Research.
- Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $7.2 billion primarily for broadband grant programs to be administered by two separate agencies: the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce and the Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This report is over the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the implementation of the Broadband programs, and issues related to the implementation.
- Small Business Tax Benefits: Overview and Economic Rationale
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- Preserving Homeownership: Foreclosure Prevention Initiatives
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- Use of the Capitol Rotunda, Capitol Grounds, and Emancipation Hall: Concurrent Resolutions, 101st to 111th Congress
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- The America COMPETES Act and the FY2009 Budget
- This report consists of the America competes act and the FY2009 budget.
- CRS Issue Statement on Climate Change
- This report discusses the congressional activities that have included ratification of the UNFCCC (1992), enactment of implementing legislation and funding of research and development of climate change.
- The Americans with Disabilities Act: Application to the Internet
- This report explains the American with Disabilities Act that provides nondiscrimination protection in employment, public services, public accomodations, and services operated by private entities, transportation, and telecommunications for individuals with disabilities.
- Natural Gas Markets: An Overview of 2008
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- Controversies over Redefining “Fill Material” Under the Clean Water Act
- This report discusses the 2002 rule, focusing on how it changes which material and types of activities are regulated under Section 404 and the significance of these issues, especially for the mining industry.
- Section 811 and Other HUD Housing Programs for Persons with Disabilities
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- The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Appropriations Overview
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- Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- This report provides information about the Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Broadband funds are granted by the ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
- House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-111th Congresses
- This report provides statistical information on and selected analyses of the House committee party ratios for 14 Congresses, covering the period from the 98th through the 111th Congresses.