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- Patents and Drug Importation
- This report explores the intellectual property laws and policies concerning the parallel importation of patented pharmaceuticals into the United States.
- The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices
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- Public-Private Partnership Options for Managing Wireless Networks
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- Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy
- This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.
- Specialty Crops: 2007 Farm Bill Issues
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- Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines
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- Project BioShield: Purposes and Authorities
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- Navy Attack Submarine Force-Level Goal and Procurement Rate: Background and Issues for Congress
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- Navy Ship Procurement: Alternative Funding Approaches–Background and Options for Congress
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- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2008 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 Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. It summarizes the current legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related legislative activity.
- Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Renewal: Core Labor Standards Issues
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- Broadband over Powerlines: Regulatory and Policy Issues
- The report is about regulatory and policy issues in Broadband over power lines.
- An Emergency Communications Safety Net: Integrating 911 and Other Services
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- CBS Broadcasting v. EchoStar: The Satellite Home Viewer Act and Satellite Retransmission of Distant Network Signals
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- Legislative Branch: FY2008 Appropriations
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- The Cigarette Tax Increase to Finance SCHIP
- This report mainly provides information about The rise in Cigarette Tax to Finance SCHIP. An original proposal would be mandated a 61 percent increase per pack.but, the resolution makes such a tax possible but not mandatory and does not set the level.
- Education-Related Hurricane Relief: Legislative Action
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- Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview
- This report summarizes the history of legislation on abortion. Moreover, the report discusses the conflict that surrounds the history of the court cases and how it has effected legislation passed since Roe v. Wade. The report also covers how Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton did not cover a variety of issues that have since been raised by states seeking to restrict abortion.
- Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress
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- Social Security Administration: Administrative Budget Issues
- The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers the Social Security program (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance, or OASDI) and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, and provides administrative support to Medicare and several other federal programs. Total SSA spending in FY2006 was about $597 billion, 98% of which was mandatory spending on benefit payments. This report focuses on SSA’s spending for administrative expenses, which is discretionary and amounts to 2% of SSA’s total spending. This funding is provided in the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
- Conventional Warheads for Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues for Congress
- This report provides information about the Background and Issues for Congress on Conventional Warheads for Long-Range Ballistic Missiles.
- An Overview of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence in Patent Law
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- Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe
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- Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB): Quarantine and Isolation
- This report will briefly address the existing law relating to quarantine and isolation, with an emphasis on the interaction of state and federal laws and international agreements.
- Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the WTO
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- Elections in France, 2007
- This report discusses about the election in France. It further discusses about the election of 2007 and Implications for the United States.
- Zimbabwe: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
- This report describes current political issues in Zimbabwe, the recent developments and reactions from the international community, including those of the United States.
- Iraq: Oil and Gas Legislation, Revenue Sharing, and U.S. Policy
- This report reviews policy proposals and interim contracts, analyzes the positions of various Iraqi political actors, and discusses potential implications for U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq.
- Pay Discrimination Claims Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: A Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.
- This report discusses Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., a recent case in which the Supreme Court considered the timeliness of a sex discrimination claim filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
- The Use of Profit by the Five Major Oil Companies
- The five major integrated oil companies operating in the U.S. market have earned net incomes totaling $308 billion since 2004. This report analyzes the uses of accrued profits by the five major integrated oil companies from 2004 through 2006.
- China’s Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy
- The continued rise in China’s trade surplus with the United States and the world, and complaints from U.S. manufacturing firms and workers over the competitive challenges posed by Chinese imports have led several Members to call for a more aggressive U.S. stance against certain Chinese trade policies they deem to be unfair. This report examines China's currency policy its implications.
- Jordan: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues
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- Older Americans Act: FY2007 Funding and FY2008 Budget Request
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- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding Facts and Status
- This report addresses the components of federal support for public broadcasting, as well as briefly describing those issues facing public television and public radio.
- Federal Tort Claims Act: Current Legislative and Judicial Issues
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- Defense Acquisition: Overview, Issues, and Options for Congress
- This report provides an Overview, Issues, and Options for Congress on Defense Acquisition.Department of defense activities to provide military capabilities for the defense of the nation are usually controversial and always complex.
- Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement
- This report discusses a plan announced by EPA in January 2005, called the Air Compliance Agreement, that would produce air quality monitoring data on animal agriculture emissions from a small number of farms, while at the same time protecting all participants (including farms where no monitoring takes place) through a “safe harbor” from liability under certain provisions of federal environmental laws.
- Senate Legislative Procedures: Published Sources of Information
- The Senate publishes its rules, precedents, and other related information so that Senators and their staff have convenient access to the Senate’s legislative procedures and can gauge how those procedures are likely to apply in various situations. Information about the Senate’s legislative procedures is published in four official documents. This report discusses these documents.
- Regular Vetoes and Pocket Vetoes: An Overview
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- 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.
- Controversies over Redefining “Fill Material” Under the Clean Water Act
- This report discusses the revived rule, focusing on how it would change which material and types of activities are regulated under Section 404 and the significance of these issues, especially for the mining industry.
- English Language Acquisition Grants Under the No Child Left Behind Act: Analysis of State Grant Formula and Data Options
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- Gasoline Price Increases: Federal and State Authority to Limit ‘Price Gouging’
- During the 2005 hurricane season, gasoline prices rose sharply, both in directly affected areas and elsewhere in the country, and attention turned to the causes underlying these sharp increases. Although gasoline prices have fluctuated since then, Congres continues to consider legislation on fuel pricing, including provisions addressing price gouging. In the 110th Congress, bills have been introduced in both the Senate and the House of Representatives that would adopt federal provisions on price gouging of gasoline and other fuels.
- Changes to the SBA Disaster Loan Program: Proposed Legislation in the 110th Congress
- This report consists of changes to the SBA disaster loan program with proposal legislation in the 110th congress.
- The Supreme Court Decides Five Environmental Cases in Its 2006-2007 Term
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- Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment: Review and Analysis of Key Issues
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- Federal Crime Control: Background, Legislation, and Issues
- This report provides Background, Legislation, and Issues on Federal Crime Control. states and locality have the primary responsibility for the prevention and control of domestic crime while the federal government's role is limited.
- Project BioShield: Appropriations, Acquisitions, and Policy Implementation Issues for Congress
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- Defense Procurement: Full Funding Policy — Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
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- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2008 Appropriations
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