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29 New Reports and Issue Briefs for March, 2001 |
 The Supreme
Court Addresses Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction Over "Isolated Waters": The
SWANCC Decision (2/16/01~6p.)
President
Bush's Tax Proposal: A Brief Overview (2/16/01~3p.)
Clean Air Act
Issues in the 107th Congress (1/29/01~7p.)
Agriculture:
Prospective Issues for the 107th Congress (1/29/01~3p.)
Genetic
Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy (1/24/01~8p.)
Natural Gas
Prices: Overview of Market Factors and Policy Options (1/23/01~5p.)
PDF: Food Biotechnology in the United States: Science,
Regulation, and Issues (1/19/01~30p.)
The Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights (1/18/01~7p.)
PDF: U.S.-European Agricultural Trade: Food Safety and Biotechnology
Issues (1/17/01~6p.)
Internet Tax
Legislation: Distinguishing Issues (1/11/01~11p.)
Clean Water
Act Issues in the 107th Congress (1/10/01~7p.)
StarLink™
Corn Controversy: Background (1/10/01~3p.)
Clean Water
Issues in the 107th Congress: An Overview (1/5/01~3p.)
The
Endangered Species Act: Consideration of Economic Factors (1/5/01~5p.)
Environmental
Protection Issues in the 107th Congress (1/4/01~6p.)
Estate and
Gift Taxes: Economic Issues (12/12/00~18p.)
Asset
Distribution of Taxable Estates: An Analysis (12/7/00~3p.)
Alternative
Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues (12/5/00~15p.)
Fishery,
Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources (11/30/00~3p.)
The
Sequestration Process (12/28/98~2p.)
Timetable for
Sequestration Actions (12/28/98~2p.)
The Senate's Byrd
Rule Against Extraneous Matter in Reconciliation Measures (9/9/98~2p.)
Line Item Veto Act
of 1996: Lessons from the States (12/26/96~9p.)
State Techniques
to Blunt the Governor's Item-Veto Power (12/12/96~5p.)
The Line Item Veto
Act: Procedural Issues (12/2/96~5p.)
Congressional
Budget Resolutions: Formulation, Content, and Historical Information (12/2/96~16p.)
The Line Item Veto
Act (11/26/96~p.)
World Health
Organization: A Fact Sheet (7/1/96~2p.)
Investigative
Oversight: An Introduction to the Law, Practice and Procedure of Congressional Inquiry (4/7/95~42p.) |
Some of the 29 New, 60 Updated Reports and Issue Briefs: Shown Here by Category
Complete List |
| Agriculture Reports |
Agricultural
Exports and Food Aid Programs (2/12/01~13p.)
Agriculture:
Prospective Issues for the 107th Congress (1/29/01~3p.) 
Exempting Food
and Agriculture Products from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Current Issues and Proposals (1/23/01~10p.)
Soil and Water
Conservation Issues (1/22/01~13p.)
StarLink™
Corn Controversy: Background (1/10/01~3p.) |
| Air Quality Reports |
Clean Air Act
Issues in the 107th Congress (1/29/01~7p.)
Sport Utility
Vehicles, Mini-Vans and Light Trucks: An Overview of Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards (1/16/01~5p.)
MTBE in
Gasoline: Clean Air and Water Issues (1/8/01~8p.)
Alternative
Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues (12/5/00~15p.) |
| Biodiversity Reports |
Endangered
Species: Continuing Controversy (2/8/01~15p.)
StarLink™
Corn Controversy: Background (1/10/01~3p.)
The
Endangered Species Act: Consideration of Economic Factors (1/5/01~5p.) |
| Climate Change Reports |
Global
Climate Change Treaty (1/12/01~5p.)
Global
Climate Change (1/12/01~13p.)
Global
Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions About the Kyoto Protocol (1/10/01~7p.) |
| Economics, Taxes & Trade Reports |
President
Bush's Tax Proposal: A Brief Overview (2/16/01~3p.)
Current
Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts (1/31/01~25p.)
The Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge: The Next Chapter (1/30/01~11p.)
Energy Tax
Policy (1/25/01~11p.)
U.S.
International Trade: Data and Forecasts (1/12/01~14p.)
Trade and
the Americas (1/11/01~23p.)
Internet Tax
Legislation: Distinguishing Issues (1/11/01~11p.)
Export
Administration Act of 1979 Reauthorization (1/10/01~18p.)
The Export
Administration Act: Controversy and Prospects (1/4/01~11p.)
Cooperative
R&D: Federal Efforts to Promote Industrial Competitiveness (12/28/00~10p.)
Estate and
Gift Taxes: Economic Issues (12/12/00~18p.)
Asset
Distribution of Taxable Estates: An Analysis (12/7/00~3p.) |
| Energy Reports |
Electricity:
The Road Toward Restructuring (2/16/01~13p.)
The Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Program: A Fact Sheet (2/6/01~2p.)
Natural Gas
Prices: Overview of Market Factors and Policy Options (1/23/01~5p.)
Nuclear Energy
Policy (1/12/01~13p.)
The Strategic
Petroleum Reserve (1/9/01~11p.)
Energy
Efficiency: Budget, Climate Change, and Electricity Restructuring Issues (1/5/01~15p.)
Alternative
Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues (12/5/00~15p.) |
| Federal Agency Reports |
The Supreme
Court Addresses Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction Over "Isolated Waters": The
SWANCC Decision (2/16/01~6p.)
The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Budget Activities and Issues for the 106th
Congress (1/19/01~15p.)
Department
of Energy Research and Development Budget for FY2001: Description and Analysis (1/3/01~23p.) |
| General Interest Reports |
| Population
Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress (2/21/01~11p.) |
| Government Procedure Reports |
The Senate's Byrd
Rule Against Extraneous Matter in Reconciliation Measures (9/9/98~2p.)
Investigative
Oversight: An Introduction to the Law, Practice and Procedure of Congressional Inquiry (4/7/95~42p.) |
| Information Sources Reports |
Genetic
Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy (1/24/01~8p.)
Internet
Privacy--Protecting Personal Information: Overview and Pending Legislation (1/16/01~4p.)
Internet: An
Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth (12/31/00~33p.)
Fishery,
Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources (11/30/00~3p.) |
| International Reports |
Nuclear,
Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions:Selected Current Law (1/17/01~20p.)
China-U.S.
Relations (1/17/01~11p.)
Nigeria in
Political Transition (1/12/01~6p.)
AIDS in
Africa (1/11/01~9p.)
Nuclear
Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (1/11/01~10p.)
Russia (1/10/01~14p.)
The Export
Administration Act: Controversy and Prospects (1/4/01~11p.)
Economic
Sanctions:Legislation in the 106th Congress (12/15/00~12p.)
World Health
Organization: A Fact Sheet (7/1/96~2p.) |
| International Finance Reports |
Current
Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts (1/31/01~25p.)
China and
the World Trade Organization (1/29/01~6p.)
Multilateral
Development Banks: Issues for the 106th Congress (1/22/01~11p.)
China-U.S.
Relations (1/17/01~11p.)
The Former
Soviet Union and U.S. Foreign Assistance (1/16/01~7p.)
U.S.
International Trade: Data and Forecasts (1/12/01~14p.)
The Export
Administration Act: Controversy and Prospects (1/4/01~11p.)
China-U.S.
Trade Issues (1/3/01~16p.) |
| Legislation Reports |
Campaign
Financing (2/20/01~6p.)
President
Bush's Tax Proposal: A Brief Overview (2/16/01~3p.)
Fishery,
Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 106th Congress (2/2/01~9p.)
Agriculture:
Prospective Issues for the 107th Congress (1/29/01~3p.)
Nuclear,
Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions:Selected Current Law (1/17/01~20p.)
Campaign
Finance Reform:A Legal Analysis of Issue and Express Advocacy (1/16/01~2p.)
Internet
Privacy--Protecting Personal Information: Overview and Pending Legislation (1/16/01~4p.)
Environmental
Protection Issues in the 107th Congress (1/4/01~6p.) |
| Marine Reports |
The Law of
the Sea Convention and U.S. Policy (2/14/01~12p.)
Fishery,
Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 106th Congress (2/2/01~9p.)
The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Budget Activities and Issues for the 106th
Congress (1/19/01~15p.)
Fishery,
Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources (11/30/00~3p.) |
| Mining Reports |
| The 1872
Mining Law: Time for Reform? (1/22/01~12p.) |
| Natural Resources Reports |
The Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge: The Next Chapter (1/30/01~11p.)
Soil and Water
Conservation Issues (1/22/01~13p.)
Western Water
Resource Issues (1/12/01~14p.)
Managing
Growth and Related Issues in the 107th Congress (1/11/01~6p.)
The Strategic
Petroleum Reserve (1/9/01~11p.) |
| Pollution Reports |
Sport Utility
Vehicles, Mini-Vans and Light Trucks: An Overview of Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards (1/16/01~5p.)
Clean Water
Act Issues in the 107th Congress (1/10/01~7p.)
Clean Water
Issues in the 107th Congress: An Overview (1/5/01~3p.)
Environmental
Protection Issues in the 107th Congress (1/4/01~6p.) |
| Population Reports |
Population
Assistance and Family Planning Programs: Issues for Congress (2/21/01~11p.)
World Health
Organization: A Fact Sheet (7/1/96~2p.) |
| Public Lands Reports |
The Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights (1/18/01~7p.)
Managing
Growth and Related Issues in the 107th Congress (1/11/01~6p.) |
| Risk Assessment & Regulatory
Reform Reports |
Campaign
Financing (2/20/01~6p.)
The Supreme
Court Addresses Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction Over "Isolated Waters": The
SWANCC Decision (2/16/01~6p.)
The Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights (1/18/01~7p.)
Campaign
Finance Reform:A Legal Analysis of Issue and Express Advocacy (1/16/01~2p.)
Voting
Technologies in the United States (1/11/01~7p.)
The
Endangered Species Act: Consideration of Economic Factors (1/5/01~5p.)
Environmental
Protection Issues in the 107th Congress (1/4/01~6p.) |
| Science & Technology Reports |
Genetic
Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy (1/24/01~8p.)
Internet
Privacy--Protecting Personal Information: Overview and Pending Legislation (1/16/01~4p.)
Internet Tax
Legislation: Distinguishing Issues (1/11/01~11p.)
StarLink™
Corn Controversy: Background (1/10/01~3p.)
Department
of Energy Research and Development Budget for FY2001: Description and Analysis (1/3/01~23p.)
Internet: An
Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth (12/31/00~33p.) |
| Transportation Reports |
Clean Air Act
Issues in the 107th Congress (1/29/01~7p.)
Energy Tax
Policy (1/25/01~11p.)
Alternative
Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues (12/5/00~15p.)
Airport and
Airway Trust Fund Issues in the 106th Congress (11/2/00~3p.) |
| Waste Management Reports |
Nuclear Energy
Policy (1/12/01~13p.)
Civilian
Nuclear Waste Disposal (1/10/01~16p.) |
| Water Issues Reports |
Soil and Water
Conservation Issues (1/22/01~13p.)
The Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights (1/18/01~7p.)
Water
Resource Issues in the 107th Congress (1/16/01~4p.)
Western Water
Resource Issues (1/12/01~14p.)
Clean Water
Act Issues in the 107th Congress (1/10/01~7p.)
MTBE in
Gasoline: Clean Air and Water Issues (1/8/01~8p.)
Clean Water
Issues in the 107th Congress: An Overview (1/5/01~3p.)
Clean Water
Act Reauthorization (1/5/01~13p.)
Water
Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act (12/22/00~17p.) |
| Wetlands Reports |
The Supreme
Court Addresses Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction Over "Isolated Waters": The
SWANCC Decision (2/16/01~6p.)
Wetlands
Issues in the 105th Congress (1/22/01~10p.)
National
Estuary Program: A Collaborative Approach to Protecting Coastal Water Quality (1/12/01~14p.)
The
Endangered Species Act: Consideration of Economic Factors (1/5/01~5p.) |
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