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The Senate's Calendar of Business
This report provides a summary of the contents of the Senate's Calendar of Business, which lists bills, resolutions, and other items of legislative business that are eligible for floor consideration.
Inequality in the Distribution of Income: Trends and International Comparisons
This report examines the distribution of income in the United States, including factors that may help explain it, how it has changed over time, and how it compares with those of other countries.
Serbia and Montenegro Union: Prospects and Policy Implications
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Legislative Actions Through the 108th Congress
This report provides a summary of legislative attempts from the 95th through the 108th Congresses, with emphasis on the 107th and 108th Congress, to address the issues of energy development and preservation in the Refuge.
The Presidential Election Campaign Fund and Tax Checkoff: Background and Current Issues
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Federal Protection for Human Research Subjects: An Analysis of the Common Rule and Its Interactions with FDA Regulations and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
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Animal Identification and Meat Traceability
Animal identification refers to marking individual or groups of farm animals so that they can be tracked from birth to slaughter. Animal identification is one segment of meat traceability, generally the tracking of identifiable products through the entire marketing chain to the ultimate consumer. This report details an overview of animal identification in the U.S., current programs to enforce animal identification, development of a National Identification Plan, the Foreign Trade Commission, and other selected issues.
Latin America: Terrorism Issues
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Soil and Water Conservation Issues
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Thailand: Background and U.S. Relations
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Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress
This report provides an overview of an omnibus energy legislation (H.R. 6), including revisions made and a history of the legislation.
Africa, the G8, and the Blair Initiative
Britain's Prime Minister Blair assumed the rotating presidency of the G8 group of nations (see text box) in January 2005, and he intends to use the July 2005 G8 summit, which he will chair, to push his Africa development initiative. Climate change will be the second focus of the G8 meeting, being called the "Gleneagles summit." The purpose of this report is to provide background on Africa, the G8, and the Gleneagles meeting. It outlines the British proposals and the U.S. reaction to them to date. In addition, it briefly reviews the problems that have inhibited African development and the response to those problems at previous G8 meetings. For additional information, see CRS Report RL32489, Africa: Development Issues and Policy Options, and CRS Issue Brief IB95052, Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues.
Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs
This report discusses projected agricultural imports and exports for FY2002, as well as legislation that deals with federal programs in support of agricultural exports and federal aid dedicated to farms and agricultural reform.
Safeguards on Textile and Apparel Imports from China
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Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
This report mainly provides information about the Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal.Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safety.
Israel’s Disengagement from Gaza
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Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress
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United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues
This report includes information regarding congressional issues with United Nations system funding. Topics of discussion include U.N. assessed budgets, voluntary programs, and peacekeeping operations.
Vacancies and Special Elections: 108th Congress
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The European Union: Questions and Answers
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Navy Aircraft Carriers: Proposed Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy — Issues and Options for Congress
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Wildfire Protection in the 108th Congress
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Expanded Access to Financial Services Act
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Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in U.S. Energy Policy: Infrastructure and Market Issues
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Should Credit Unions Be Taxed?
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Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union
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Issues in Aging: Unemployment and Older Workers
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Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations
This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture. It summarizes the status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity, and is updated as events warrant. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered and related CRS products.
Medicare: Payments for Covered Part B Prescription Drugs
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Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs
This report provides an overview of the "digital divide," which is a term used to describe a perceived gap between those Americans who use or have access to telecommunications and information technologies and those who do not.The report also dicusses about an important subset of th digital divide debate concerns high-speed Internet Access.
The European Union in 2006 and Beyond
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Welfare Reauthorization: Overview of the Issues
In 2003, 12.3 million children lived in families with incomes below the poverty line (a 17.2% child poverty rate). Research has shown that poverty can have negative consequences on a child’s development. Children depend upon their parents for support, and most of the recent policy attention has focused on initiatives to move poor parents (mostly single mothers) from welfare to work and on reducing welfare dependency.
Pakistan-U.S. Relations
This report includes information regarding Pakistan. Information including historical background, Pakistan and U.S. relations, and U.S. aid to Pakistan is detailed in this report.
Federal Advisory Committees: A Primer
This report provides information about a Primer on the Federal Advisory Committees. This report set forth definitions and requirements for creating commissions as required by FACA.
The "Right to Die": Constitutional and Statutory Analysis
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Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions
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Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict?
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Libya
This report describes United States relations with Libya, other Libyan foreign relations, and Libyan government/political dynamics
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Resources for Responding to Disasters and its Role in Homeland Security
This report discusses various emergency activities undertaken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) including disaster detection, preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery, as well as emergency response funding and an analysis of how this could be affected by legislation.
Ecuador: Political and Economic Situation and U.S. Relations
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Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy
This report begins with an inventory of basic information: definitions and guides to histories of the growth of open access publishing and citation archives and descriptions of selected major open access activities. It moves on to summarize major points of difference between proponents and opponents of nongovernmental open access publishing and databases, and then highlights federal, including National Institutes of Health (NIH), open access activities and contentious issues surrounding these developments. The report also briefly describes open access developments in the United Kingdom (where a number of governmental and nongovernmental initiatives have occurred) and in the international arena. Finally, controversial issues which could receive attention in the 109th Congress are summarized.
Navy Aircraft Carriers: Proposed Retirement of USS John F. Kennedy — Issues and Options for Congress
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USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief
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The Safe-Harbor Provision for Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
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The North Korean Economy: Background and Policy Analysis
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996: Overview and Guidance on Frequently Asked Questions
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 guarantees the availability and renewability of health insurance coverage for certain individuals. It permits a limited number of small businesses and self-employment individuals to establish tax-favored medical savings accounts, increases the tax deduction for health insurance for the self-employed, and amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat private long-term care policies the way health insurance policies and health care expenses are currently treated.
House Committees: A Framework for Considering Jurisdictional Realignment
This report provides a framework for considering jurisdictional realignment on house committees.
Homeland Security: Navy Operations — Background and Issues for Congress
This report discusses the Navy's homeland security (HLS) and homeland defense (HLD) operations, which raise several potential oversight issues for Congress, including Navy coordination with the Coast Guard in HLS and HLD operations.
Senate Policy Committees
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FY2006 Homeland Security Grant Guidance Distribution Formulas: Issues for the 109th Congress
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