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- Tobacco Price Support: An Overview of the Program
- About 94 percent of U.S. tobacco production is flue-cured and burley (cigarette tobacco types). These crops are particularly important to the agriculture of North Carolina and Kentucky. The federal tobacco price support program is designed to support and stabilize prices for farmers.
- Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Premiums: Fact Sheet
- Financing for social security -- Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance -- and the Hospital Insurance part of Medicare is provided primarily by taxes levied on wages and net self-employment income. Financing for the Supplementary Medical Insurance portion of Medicare is provided by premiums from enrollees and payments from the government. This report describes these taxes and premiums.
- Brief Facts About Congressional Pensions
- This report contains a table that lists the number of retired Members of Congress and the average amount of congressional pension they receive in retirement.
- Job Loss: Causes and Policy Implications
- This report provides an overview of the causes and policy implications of job loss in the United States.
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
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- Federal Rulemaking: The Role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
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- Abortion: Legislative Response
- The primary focus of this issue brief is legislative action with respect to abortion. However, discussion of those legislative proposals necessarily involves a brief discussion of the leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy. For a more detailed discussion of the relevant case law, see CRS Report 95-724, Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview.
- Dietary Supplements: Ephedra
- This report will attempt to clarify the current regulatory status of dietary supplement products containing ephedra.
- Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Estimates Since 1986
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- The Iraq Marshes: Restoration Activities. June 2004
- This report discusses the status of restoration activities and funding.
- Education Matters: Earnings by Educational Attainment Over Three Decades
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- 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Intelligence Budget
- This report describes recommendations of the 9/11 Commission as pertains to the intelligence budget.
- Medicare Home Health — Benefits and Payments
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- Motor Carrier Safety: Oversight and Reauthorization Legislation
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- Presidential and Vice Presidential Terms and Tenure
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- Distance Education and Title IV of the Higher Education Act: Policy, Practice, and Reauthorization
- This report explores the growth of DE into a significant component of the modern post secondary education landscape and then examines a number of issues involved in the debate surrounding HEA reauthorization.
- The Middle East Peace Talks
- This report includes information regarding Middle East peace talks. The role of the United States, the Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and congressional aid are among topics discussed in this report.
- Capital Punishment: Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 2003-2004 Term
- This report is a Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 2003-2004 Term related to Capital Punishment.
- Department of Homeland Security: Options for House and Senate Committee Organization
- This report contains an overview of the options for house and senate committee organization on the Department of Homeland Security since the terrorist attacks of 2001.
- U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Definition, Patterns and Policy Challenges
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- The National Forest System Roadless Areas Initiative
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- North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
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- H.R. 1417: The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
- H.R. 1417, 108th Congress, first session, was introduced on March 25, 2003 and passed by the House on March 3, 2004. If enacted, this bill would make extensive changed to the procedural framework for adjudicating royalty rates for compulsory licenses under the Copyright Act. This report details the background and legislative action on the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004.
- Topics in Aging: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2002
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- Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species
- This report is on Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species.
- The Presidential Inauguration of 2005: Basic Facts and Information on Inaugural Festivities
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- Oman: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
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- The Role of Information in Lending: The Cost of Privacy Restrictions
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- Climate Change: Summary and Analysis of the “Climate Stewardship Act” (S. 139/S.Amdt. 2028, and H.R. 4067)
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- Foreign Outsourcing: Economic Implications and Policy Responses
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- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle R&D: FreedomCAR and the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
- This report discusses the organization, funding, and goals of the Freedom CAR and Fuel partnerships, and discusses legislation relevant to the partnerships.
- China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues for the 108th Congress
- This report summarizes the current developments in U.S-PRC relations, including current and pending congressional actions involving the PRC. It also points out U.S. Policy Trends and Key Issues in U.S- PRC Relations.
- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: History, Operations, and Current Issues
- This report summarizes the history, functionality, and current events of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO). The report's overview includes information on why the administration was founded by examining its origins and the role of it in contemporary court proceedings. Moreover, the report highlights how the AO has taken on roles in emergency management.
- Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues
- This report includes information regarding the major legislative issues concerning military retirement. TERA, survivor benefit COLAs, and retirement budgeting are among topics discussed in this report.
- Regulating Private Pensions: A Brief Summary of ERISA
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- Cote dIvoire Divided: Civil War Reprise?
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- Middle East Trade Initiatives: S. 1121/H.R. 2267 and the Administration’s Plan
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- Federal Pay – Status of January 2004 Adjustments: A Fact Sheet
- This article talks about federal pay adjustment rates and the general schedule pay adjustment
- Congressional Continuity of Operations (COOP): An Overview of Concepts and Challenges
- Interruptions of congressional operations by incidents such as episodic computer virus infections and the 2001 anthrax contamination, the February 2004 ricin incident have demonstrated the importance of congressional continuity of operations (COOP) planning. This report discusses the circumstances surrounding COOP planning, including provisions for alternative meeting sites and methods for conducting House and Senate meetings and floor sessions when Capitol facilities are not available.
- Federal Pell Grants for Prisoners
- This report includes a brief discussion of the Pell Grant program, and the prior participation of prisoners, as well as a review of the current legislative activity.
- Medicare Advantage: What Does It Mean For Private Plans Currently Serving Medicare Beneficiaries?
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- Federal Regulations: Efforts to Estimate Total Costs and Benefits of Rules
- This report provides information on how one widely cited study was developed to illustrate the complexities associated with this type of analysis. The report also provides information on how OMB's estimates of aggregate federal regulatory costs were developed and have varied over time, and on estimates that have been made of aggregate regulatory costs need to be interpreted and used carefully.
- General Management Laws and the 9/11 Commissions Proposed Office of National Intelligence Director (NIC) and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
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- Anti-Tax-Shelter and Other Revenue-Raising Tax Proposals
- This report is on Anti-Tax-Shelter and Other revenue-raising Tax Proposals.
- A State-by-State Compilation of Key State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Characteristics
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- Farm Credit System
- This report provides information about the farm credit system which provides financial cooperative lending to agricultural and aquatic producers, rural homeowners etc.
- Funding Plant and Animal Health Emergencies: Transfers from the Commodity Credit Corporation
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- Pension Issues: Cash Balance Plans
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- The NCAA and Due Process: Legal Issues
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- Exempting Food and Agriculture Products from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Status and Implementation
- This report includes information background and analysis regarding exemption for and agriculture products from United States economic sanctions. This report also details debates, enacted provisions, sales, and developments regarding this subject.