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Congressional Research Service Reports
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: "Lone Wolf" Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Date: December 29, 2004
Creator: Bazan, Elizabeth B
Description: None
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Energy Policy: Historical Overview, Conceptual Framework, and Continuing Issues
Date: December 21, 2004
Creator: Bamberger, Robert L
Description: Energy policy issues of continuing interest include whether or not to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for leasing; settlement upon a pipeline route to allow production of Alaskan natural gas; access to public lands for energy exploration and development; restructuring of the electric utility industry to encourage competition and consumer choice; raising corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for motor vehicles; seeking effective means to promote energy conservation using currently available technologies; and development of new technologies and alternative fuels. This report discusses those major policy approaches, provides a conceptual framework for categorizing energy policy proposals, and briefly describes issues that remain current in the debates over energy policy.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7840/
Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies
Date: December 21, 2004
Creator: Best Jr., Richard A
Description: None
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Defense Cleanup and Environmental Programs: Authorization and Appropriations for FY2005
Date: December 20, 2004
Creator: Bearden, David M
Description: This report provides background information on each defense-related environmental program, discusses key funding issues, and examines relevant provisions in authorization legislation and appropriations for FY2005.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7849/
Affirmative Action Revisited: A Legal History and Prospectus
Date: December 15, 2004
Creator: Dale, Charles V.
Description: Affirmative action remains a focal point of public debate as the result of legal and political developments at the federal, state, and local levels. This report discusses legislation related to affirmative action, as well as legal rulings on the topic and the federal government's role in first establishing and, later, attempting to curb affirmative action policies.
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Farm Commodity Programs: Direct Payments, Counter-Cyclical Payments, and Marketing Loans
Date: December 13, 2004
Creator: Monke, Jim
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs9090/
9/11 Commission: Current Legislative Proposals for U.S. Immigration Law and Policy
Date: December 6, 2004
Creator: Garcia, Michael John
Description: This report briefly discusses some of the major immigration areas under consideration in comprehensive reform proposals suggested by the 9/11 Commission, including asylum, biometric tracking systems, border security, document security, exclusion, immigration enforcement, and visa issuances. It refers to other CRS reports that discuss these issues in depth and will be updated as needed.
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Constitutionality of a Senate Filibuster of a Judicial Nomination
Date: December 6, 2004
Creator: Shampansky, Jay R
Description: This report provides an overview of the major issues which have been raised recently in the Senate regarding the Judicial Nominations, Filibusters, and the Constitution: When a Majority Is Denied Its Right to Consent and in the press concerning the constitutionality of a Senate filibuster (i.e., extended debate) of a judicial nomination.
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Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies
Date: December 6, 2004
Creator: Best Jr., Richard A
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs5974/
Farm Commodity Programs: Honey
Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: Canada, Carol
Description: None
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