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Agricultural Exports and the 2007 Farm Bill

Description: This report assesses 2007 farm bill trade title provisions for U.S. agricultural export programs. Moreover, the report considers the modifications made to both the Senate and House of Representatives version of the bill to meet World Trade Organization (WTO) regulations.
Date: October 31, 2007
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.
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Agriculture-Based Renewable Energy Production

Description: This report discusses federal programs on agriculture-based renewable energy and how people associated with agriculture have reacted. Moreover, the report discusses how this reaction has been positive and taken the form of an increase in ethanol production along with wind energy.
Date: October 16, 2007
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
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Air Pollution as a Commodity: Regulation of the Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Market

Description: This report considers a variety of programs submitted to Congress to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs). Specifically, programs that have market implications are getting the most attention. Moreover, the report compares these programs to the current Title IV programs.
Date: October 31, 2007
Creator: Parker, Larry & Jickling, Mark
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Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 110th Congress

Description: This report discusses air pollutants (petroleum, natural gas, and coal), which account for about two-thirds of U.S. electricity generation. These gases include several pollutants that directly pose risks to human health and welfare. The report also discusses the utilities that are subject to an array of environmental regulations.
Date: October 2, 2007
Creator: Blodgett, John E. & Blodgett, John E.
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Analysis of the Proposed Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income

Description: Following the financial crisis, the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 was passed in the House of Representatives. This bill would exclude canceled qualified residential debt from income, not allowing taxpayers who do not qualify for the existing exceptions to exclude canceled mortgage debt income. This report provides an overview of the act, legislative developments, analysis, and related policy options.
Date: October 16, 2007
Creator: Jackson, Pamela J.
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Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species

Description: The arrival of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes and their subsequent damage to city water supplies and electric utilities has focused significant attention on ballast water discharge by cargo ships as a high-risk mechanism for species invasion. New management efforts attempt to address this concern. Congress is considering legislative proposals to amend and reauthorize the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act, including specific provisions that would modify how ballast wate… more
Date: October 1, 2007
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.
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Brazil’s WTO Case Against the U.S. Cotton Program

Description: The "Brazil cotton case" is a long-running World Trade Organization dispute settlement case initiated by Brazil - a major cotton export competitor - in 2002 against specific provisions of the U.S. cotton program. This report details the overview of the case, background on the U.S. cotton sector, a sequence of events in the case, specific claims of Brazil on the U.S. Cotton policy being against World Trade Organization ordinances, panel recommendations, and related information and figures.
Date: October 16, 2007
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
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Burma and Transnational Crime

Description: This report discusses about Transnational Organized crime groups in Burma (Myanmar), that operates a multi billion dollar criminal industry that stretches across Southeast Asia.
Date: October 25, 2007
Creator: Wyler, Liana Sun
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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

Description: This report consists of burning crosses, hangman's nooses, and the like: state statutes that proscribe the use of symbols of fear and violence with the intent of threaten.
Date: October 5, 2007
Creator: Ruane, Kathleen Ann & Doyle, Charles
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California Wildfires: The Role of Disaster Insurance

Description: This report discusses the tragic consequences of the wildfires that struck Southern California in October 2007, which have given renewed attention to the partnership between private providers of disaster insurance and the federal government. It also discusses the role of disaster insurance in that incident.
Date: October 25, 2007
Creator: King, Rawle O.
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California’s Waiver Request to Control Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act

Description: This report reviews the nature of California's, EPA's, and other states' authority to regulate emissions from mobile sources, discusses the applicability of that authority to GHGs, and provides analysis of issues related to the California waiver request.
Date: October 1, 2007
Creator: McCarthy, James E. & Meltz, Robert
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