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R41150 - Energy and Water Development: FY2011 Appropriations30-Sep-2010; Carl E. Behrens; 55 p. Abstract: The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill provides funding for civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and a number of independent agencies.
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RS21977 - Agricultural Credit: Institutions and Issues14-Jul-2010; Jim Monke; 21 p. Update: Previous Releases: January 24, 2008 March 8, 2007 September 14, 2006 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The federal government has long provided credit assistance to farmers, in response to insufficient lending in rural areas or a desire for targeted lending to disadvantaged groups. One federal lender is the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It issues direct lo.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Agriculture, Economics & Trade, Legislative |
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RL32344 - Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species8-Jul-2010; Eugene H. Buck; 15 p. Update: Previous Releases: October 1, 2007 June 20, 2007 October 2, 2006 http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/06oct/RL32344.pdf http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05mar/RL32344.pdf http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/04Apr/RL32344.pdf .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The 111th Congress may elect to consider legislation (H.R. 500 and S. 237) that has been introduced to amend and reauthorize the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to further study vessel ballast water management standards and modify how ballast water is handled. .... [expand] [read report] |
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RL30024 - U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness25-Jun-2010; Larry Parker, John Blodgett, Brent Yacobucci; 18 p. Update: Previous releases: January 28, 2008 January 12, 1999 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The nature of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions) makes their control difficult to integrate with the U.S economy and traditional U.S. energy policy. Despite the obvious interrelationship between energy policy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the United.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Climate Change, Economics & Trade, Energy |
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RS20840 - Agriculture in the WTO: Limits on Domestic Support16-Jun-2010; Randy Schnepf; 11 p. Update: Previous releases: March 13, 2001 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: Most of the provisions of the current farm bill, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246), do not expire until 2012. However, hearings on the 2012 farm bill have already begun. Congress is in the process of reviewing farm income and commodity price support proposals that migh.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Agriculture, International, Economics & Trade |
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RL32185 - U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: Living Resources Provisions15-Jun-2010; Eugene H. Buck; 14 p. Update: Previous Updates June 22, 2009 January 7, 2004 February 12, 2008 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention) was agreed to in 1982, but the United States never became a signatory nation. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations reported the LOS Convention on December 19, 2007. The Senate may choose to address the ambiguities of the LO.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Marine, Economics & Trade |
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RL34705 - Estimating Offset Supply in a Cap-and-Trade Program16-Apr-2010; Jonathan L. Ramseur; 15 p. Abstract: If allowed as a compliance option in a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction program (e.g., a cap-and-trade system), offsets have the potential to provide considerable cost savings and other benefits. However, offsets have generated considerable controversy, primarily over the concern that ille.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Climate Change, Economics & Trade |
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RS21556 - Agricultural Biotechnology: The U.S.-EU Dispute8-Apr-2010; Charles E. Hanrahan; 11 p. Update: Previous Releases: June 2, 2006 March 10, 2006 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: In May 2003, the United States, Canada, and Argentina initiated a dispute with the European Union concerning the EU’s de facto moratorium on biotechnology product approvals, in place since 1998. Although the EU effectively lifted the moratorium in May 2004 by approving a genetically engineered (G.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Economics & Trade, International, Agriculture |
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RL34560 - Forest Carbon Markets: Potential and Drawbacks24-May-2010; Ross W. Gorte and Jonathan L. Ramseur; 21 p. Update: Previous releases: July 3, 2008 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: Forests are major carbon sinks (storehouses), and activities that alter forests can release or sequester carbon dioxide (CO2), the most common greenhouse gas (GHG). Some carbon markets have been formed under mandatory GHG reduction regimes, such as the Kyoto Protocol and various regional and stat.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Forests, Economics & Trade, Climate Change |
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RL34198 - U.S. Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues16-Dec-2009; Geoffrey S. Becker ; 20 p. Update: Previous Releases: February 2, 2009 August 14, 2008 April 16, 2008 January 2, 2008 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: U.S. officials continue to assert that the U.S. food supply, including the portion provided through imports, is among the safest in the world. One challenge has been how to keep it safe in the face of rapidly rising imports, a result of globalization and consumer desire for a wider variety of foo.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Economics & Trade, Risk & Reform, Agriculture |
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