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| Date July 25, 2006 |
Report No. RS22050 |
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Order Code RS22050 Updated July 25, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web FY2006 Appropriations for State and Local Homeland Security Shawn Reese Analyst in American National Government Government and Finance Division Summary P.L. 109-90 FY2006 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations appropriated a total of $2.97 billion for state and local homeland security grant ...
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| Date July 25, 2006 |
Report No. RS22186 |
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Order Code RS22186 Updated July 25, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web State Investment Tax Credits, the Commerce Clause, and DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno Erika Lunder Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary In 2005, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Cuno v. DaimlerChrsyler that Ohio s investment tax credit violated the Commerce Clause of the U.S. ...
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| Date July 24, 2006 |
Report No. RL33573 |
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Order Code RL33573 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web European Approaches to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism July 24, 2006 Kristin Archick, Coordinator; Carl Ek, Paul Gallis, Francis T. Miko, and Steven Woehrel Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress European Approaches to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism ...
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| Date July 24, 2006 |
Report No. RL33513 |
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Order Code RL33513 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Financial Services Regulatory Relief in the 109th Congress: H.R. 3505 and S. 2856 Updated July 24, 2006 Walter W. Eubanks Specialist in Economic Policy Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Financial Services Regulatory Relief in the109th Congress: H.R. 3505 and S. 2856 Summary ...
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| Date July 24, 2006 |
Report No. RS21331 |
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Order Code RS21331 Updated July 24, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Everglades Restoration: Modified Water Deliveries Project Pervaze A. Sheikh Analyst in Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Summary The Modified Water Deliveries Project (Mod Waters) is a controversial ecological restoration project in south Florida designed ...
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| Date July 24, 2006 |
Report No. RS21650 |
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Order Code RS21650 Updated July 24, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web FY2004 Appropriations for First Responder Preparedness: Fact Sheet Shawn Reese Analyst in American National Government Government and Finance Division Summary FY2004 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations (P.L. 108-90) provided approximately $4.180 billion to several grant programs that ...
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| Date July 21, 2006 |
Report No. RL31747 |
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Order Code RL31747 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Background and Implementation Updated July 21, 2006 Rebecca R. Skinner and Richard N. Apling Specialists in Social Legislation Domestic Social Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical ...
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| Date July 21, 2006 |
Report No. RL32110 |
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Order Code RL32110 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Agriculture in the U.S.-Dominican RepublicCentral American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Updated July 21, 2006 Remy Jurenas Specialist in Agricultural Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Agriculture in the U.S.-Dominican RepublicCentral American Free Trade ...
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| Date July 21, 2006 |
Report No. RL32962 |
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Order Code RL32962 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Vocational Education Reauthorization: Comparison and Analysis of Selected Provisions of S. 250 as Passed by the House and Senate Updated July 21, 2006 Rebecca R. Skinner and Richard N. Apling Specialists in Social Legislation Domestic Social Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Vocational ...
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| Date July 21, 2006 |
Report No. RS22181 |
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Order Code RS22181 Updated July 21, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web A Sunset Commission for the Federal Government: Recent Developments Virginia A. McMurtry Specialist in American National Government Government and Finance Division Summary The sunset concept provides for programs and agencies to terminate automatically on a periodic basis unless explicitly renewed by law. ...
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| Date July 21, 2006 |
Report No. 95-178 |
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Order Code 95-178 Updated July 21, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Legal Services Corporation: Basic Facts and Current Status Carmen Solomon-Fears Domestic Social Policy Division Summary The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a private, nonprofit, federally funded corporation that helps provide legal assistance to low-income people in civil matters. Although the ...
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| Date July 20, 2006 |
Report No. RL31358 |
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Order Code RL31358 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Human Cloning Updated July 20, 2006 Judith A. Johnson Specialist in Life Sciences Domestic Social Policy Division Erin D. Williams Specialist in Bioethical Policy Domestic Social Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Human Cloning Summary In December 2005, an investigation by Seoul National ...
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| Date July 20, 2006 |
Report No. RS21250 |
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Order Code RS21250 Updated July 20, 2006 The Constitutionality of Including the Phrase Under God in the Pledge of Allegiance Henry Cohen Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary On June 26, 2002, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit had held that the 1954 federal statute that added the words under God to the Pledge of Allegiance violates the Establishment Clause of the First ...
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| Date July 19, 2006 |
Report No. RL33322 |
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Order Code RL33322 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web China, the United States and the IMF: Negotiating Exchange Rate Adjustment Updated July 19, 2006 Jonathan E. Sanford Specialist in International Political Economy Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress China, the United States and the IMF: Negotiating Exchange Rate ...
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| Date July 19, 2006 |
Report No. M071906 |
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Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Public Law P.L. 103-359 Date Enacted 10/14/1994 Title of Statute Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act of 1994 Summary of Pertinent Provisions Physical Searches under FISA. Sec. 807(a) amends FISA to redesignate former title III as title IV and former Section 301 as Section 401. The new title III of FISA, 50 U.S.C. 1821 et ...
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| Date July 19, 2006 |
Report No. IB89148 |
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Order Code IB89148 CRS Issue Brief for Congress Received through the CRS Web Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals Updated July 19, 2006 Virginia A. McMurtry Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress CONTENTS SUMMARY MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS Brief History of Impoundment Controversies Increase Impoundment Control Act of ...
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| Date July 19, 2006 |
Report No. RL33355 |
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Order Code RL33355 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Intelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives Updated July 19, 2006 Alfred Cumming Specialist in Intelligence and National Security Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Intelligence Reform at the Department of Energy ...
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| Date July 17, 2006 |
Report No. RL31875 |
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Order Code RL31875 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Compensatory Time vs. Cash Wages: Amending the Fair Labor Standards Act? Updated July 17, 2006 William G. Whittaker Specialist in Labor Economics Domestic Social Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Compensatory Time vs. Cash Wages: Amending the Fair Labor Standards Act? Summary Since the mid- ...
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| Date July 14, 2006 |
Report No. RL32092 |
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Order Code RL32092 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Medical Malpractice: The Role of Patient Safety Initiatives Updated July 14, 2006 Bernadette Fernandez Analyst in Health Insurance Domestic Social Policy Division Amanda Kay Sarata Analyst in Genetics Policy Domestic Social Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Medical Malpractice: The Role of ...
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| Date July 14, 2006 |
Report No. RL32516 |
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Order Code RL32516 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Student Loan Forgiveness Programs Updated July 14, 2006 Gail McCallion Specialist in Labor Economics Domestic Social Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Student Loan Forgiveness Programs Summary Student loan forgiveness and service payback programs provide financial incentives in exchange for ...
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| Date July 14, 2006 |
Report No. RL33562 |
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Order Code RL33562 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Ancillary and Cross-Border Cases July 14, 2006 Georgine Marie Kryda Law Clerk American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Ancillary and Cross-Border Cases Summary The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer ...
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| Date July 14, 2006 |
Report No. RS22474 |
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Order Code RS22474 July 14, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Banning Fissile Material Production for Nuclear Weapons: Prospects for a Treaty (FMCT) Sharon Squassoni Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Andrew Demkee and Jill Marie Parillo Research Associates Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary On May 18, 2006, the ...
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| Date July 14, 2006 |
Report No. RS22475 |
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Order Code RS22475 July 14, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Hudson v. Michigan: The Exclusionary Rule s Applicability to Knock-and-Announce Violations Alison M. Smith Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary Since the 1980s, the United States Supreme Court has issued a series of decisions narrowing the applicability of the exclusionary rule. As such, the ...
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| Date July 14, 2006 |
Report No. RL33547 |
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| Date July 13, 2006 |
Report No. RL33545 |
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Order Code RL33545 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Advisory Panel s Tax Reform Proposals July 13, 2006 Jane G. Gravelle Senior Specialist in Economic Policy Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress The Advisory Panel s Tax Reform Proposals Summary In November 2005, the President s Advisory Panel on Tax Reform presented two ...
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| Date July 13, 2006 |
Report No. RL33299 |
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Order Code RL33299 Child Nutrition and WIC Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses Updated July 13, 2006 Joe Richardson Domestic Social Policy Division Child Nutrition and WIC Legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses Summary Child nutrition programs (e.g., school meal programs, summer food service, child care food programs) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, ...
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| Date July 13, 2006 |
Report No. RS22430 |
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Order Code RS22430 Updated July 13, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Peru: 2006 Elections and Issues for Congress Maureen Taft-Morales Specialist in Latin American Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary Former President Alan Garcia continued his political comeback by being elected President on June 4, 2006, defeating populist Ollanta Humala. Not only ...
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| Date July 12, 2006 |
Report No. RL33043 |
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Order Code RL33043 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Legislative Approaches to Chemical Facility Security Updated July 12, 2006 Dana A. Shea Specialist in Science and Technology Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Legislative Approaches to Chemical Facility Security Summary Federal officials, policy analysts, ...
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| Date July 12, 2006 |
Report No. RL33307 |
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Order Code RL33307 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Recent Funding Updated July 12, 2006 Joe Richardson Domestic Social Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Recent Funding Summary Federally supported child nutrition programs/initiatives and the ...
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| Date July 12, 2006 |
Report No. RL32736 |
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Order Code RL32736 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Charitable Choice Rules and Faith-Based Organizations Updated July 12, 2006 Joe Richardson Domestic Social Policy Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Charitable Choice Rules and Faith-Based Organizations Summary President Bush s Administration has advanced a Charitable Choice agenda aimed at ...
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| Date July 12, 2006 |
Report No. RL33538 |
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Order Code RL33538 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services and Copyright Law Issues July 12, 2006 Brian T. Yeh Legislative Attorney American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services and Copyright Law Issues Summary Satellite radio services such as XM and SIRIUS provide high-quality ...
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| Date July 12, 2006 |
Report No. RS22472 |
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Order Code RS22472 July 12, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Supreme Court Takes a Global Warming Case: Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. EPA Robert Meltz Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary On June 26, 2006, the Supreme Court agreed to review Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. EPA, a global warming-related case. In the decision below, the D.C. Circuit ...
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| Date July 12, 2006 |
Report No. RS21738 |
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Order Code RS21738 Updated July 12, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Indian Trust Fund Litigation: An Overview of Cobell v. Norton Nathan Brooks and M. Maureen Murphy Legislative Attorneys American Law Division Summary The Cobell v. Norton litigation has been before the courts since 1996. The dispute in Cobell involves the federal government s alleged mismanagement of ...
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| Date July 11, 2006 |
Report No. IB98045 |
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Order Code IB98045 CRS Issue Brief for Congress Received through the CRS Web Korea: U.S.-Korean Relations Issues for Congress Updated July 11, 2006 Larry A. Niksch Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress CONTENTS SUMMARY MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS U.S. Interests in South Korea Recent Issues Relations with North Korea ...
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| Date July 10, 2006 |
Report No. RL32274 |
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Order Code RL32274 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web A Changing Natural Rate of Unemployment: Policy Issues Updated July 10, 2006 Marc Labonte Specialist in Macroeconomics Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress A Changing Natural Rate of Unemployment: Policy Issues Summary A concept that is fundamental to understanding the economy ...
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| Date July 10, 2006 |
Report No. RS22473 |
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Order Code RS22473 July 10, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Proposals for Army Force Structure Changes Nina M. Serafino Specialist in International Security Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary The U.S. Army is in the midst of an extensive overhaul of the organization of its forces. Although designed ...
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| Date July 7, 2006 |
Report No. RL33523 |
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Order Code RL33523 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress July 7, 2006 M. Lynne Corn Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Bernard A. Gelb Specialist in Industry Economics Resources, Science, and Industry Division Pamela Baldwin Legislative Attorney American Law ...
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| Date July 7, 2006 |
Report No. RL33501 |
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Order Code RL33501 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Indexing the Estate Tax Exemption for Inflation Updated July 7, 2006 Nonna A. Noto Specialist in Public Finance Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Indexing the Estate Tax Exemption for Inflation Summary The estate tax exemption has not previously been indexed for inflation. ...
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| Date July 7, 2006 |
Report No. RS22469 |
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Order Code RS22469 Updated July 7, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Treasury s Terrorist Finance Program s Access to Information Held by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) Jennifer K. Elsea and M. Maureen Murphy Legislative Attorneys American Law Division Summary Recent press reports have raised questions about the Department of the ...
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| Date July 7, 2006 |
Report No. RS22470 |
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Order Code RS22470 July 7, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Civil RICO and Standing: Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corporation Matie Little Law Clerk American Law Division Summary The federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) provision creates a civil cause of action for any person or entity injured in their business or property by reason of a RICO ...
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| Date July 7, 2006 |
Report No. RS22002 |
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Order Code RS22002 Updated July 7, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Qualifying Industrial Zones in Jordan and Egypt Mary Jane Bolle, Alfred B. Prados, and Jeremy M. Sharp Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary In 1996, Congress authorized the creation of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs), thereby entitling goods jointly produced by Israel and either Jordan ...
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| Date July 7, 2006 |
Report No. RS22471 |
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Order Code RS22471 July 7, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web U.S.-EU Summit 2006: Summary Vince L. Morelli Analyst in European Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division Summary The annual U.S.-EU Summit, attended by President Bush and Secretary of State Rice, was held on June 21, 2006, in Vienna, Austria. The Summit highlighted the continued improvement in ...
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| Date July 6, 2006 |
Report No. RL32340 |
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Order Code RL32340 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Territorial Delegates to the U.S. Congress: Current Issues and Historical Background Updated July 6, 2006 Betsy Palmer Analyst in American National Government Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Territorial Delegates to the U.S. Congress: Current Issues and Historical ...
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| Date July 6, 2006 |
Report No. RL33515 |
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Order Code RL33515 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Combat Aircraft Sales to South Asia: Potential Implications July 6, 2006 Christopher Bolkcom and Richard F. Grimmett Specialists in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division K. Alan Kronstadt Analyst in Asian Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service The Library of ...
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| Date July 6, 2006 |
Report No. RL33516 |
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Order Code RL33516 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Copyright Exemptions for Distance Education: 17 U.S.C. 110(2), the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002 July 6, 2006 Jared Huber Law Clerk American Law Division Brian T. Yeh and Robin Jeweler Legislative Attorneys American Law Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Copyright ...
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| Date July 6, 2006 |
Report No. RS22466 |
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Order Code RS22466 July 6, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Military Commissions in the Global War on Terrorism Jennifer K. Elsea Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that President Bush s military order on the Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism exceeded his ...
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| Date July 5, 2006 |
Report No. RL33518 |
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Order Code RL33518 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Army Officer Shortages: Background and Issues for Congress July 5, 2006 Charles A. Henning Analyst in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Army Officer Shortages: Background and Issues for Congress Summary The Army s enlisted recruiting shortfall ...
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| Date July 5, 2006 |
Report No. RL33447 |
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Order Code RL33447 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Senate Proposals To Enhance Chemical Facility Security Updated July 5, 2006 Linda-Jo Schierow Specialist in Environmental Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Senate Proposals To Enhance Chemical Facility Security Summary The 109th Congress is considering how ...
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| Date July 5, 2006 |
Report No. IB90103 |
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Order Code IB90103 CRS Issue Brief for Congress Received through the CRS Web United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress Updated July 5, 2006 Marjorie Ann Browne Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress CONTENTS SUMMARY MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS Current Funding Situation Basic Information Other Peacekeeping ...
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| Date July 5, 2006 |
Report No. RL33517 |
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Order Code RL33517 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006: Background and Comparison of Versions July 5, 2006 Virginia A. McMurtry Specialist in American National Government Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006: Background and Comparison of Versions Summary ...
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