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Defense and National Security
--12/04/06 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status -- NEW!
--09/27/04 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Intelligence Budget -- NEW!
--03/23/05 9/11 Commission Recommendations: The Senate Confirmation Process for Presidential Nominees -- Updated
--04/15/05 Administrative Subpoenas and National Security Letters in Criminal and Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Background and Proposed Adjustments -- NEW!
--04/15/05 Administrative Subpoenas and National Security Letters in Criminal and Intelligence Investigations: A Sketch -- NEW!
--07/13/05 American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics -- Updated
--06/22/01 Arms Control after START II: Next Steps on the U.S.-Russian Agenda Updated.
--12/17/01 Arms Control and Strategic Nuclear Weapons: Unilateral vs. Bilateral Reductions
--06/09/05 Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program: Issues for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--09/08/05 Arrest and Detention of Material Witnesses: Federal Law in Brief and Section 12 of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3199) -- NEW!
--05/27/04 Authorization and Appropriations for FY2005: Defense -- Updated
--03/30/05 Aviation Security-Related Findings and Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission -- Updated
--02/07/05 Biometric Identifiers and Border Security: 9/11 Commission Recommendations and Related Issues -- Updated
--12/17/04 Border and Transportation Security: Overview of Congressional Issues -- NEW!
--03/29/05 Border and Transportation Security: Possible New Directions and Policy Options -- NEW!
--03/29/05 Border and Transportation Security: Selected Programs and Policies -- NEW!
--03/29/05 Border and Transportation Security: The Complexity of the Challenge -- NEW!
--09/28/05 Border Security and the Southwest Border: Background, Legislation, and Issues -- NEW!
--01/02/04 Border Security and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- NEW!
--09/22/05 Border Security: Apprehensions of "Other Than Mexican" Aliens -- NEW!
--12/12/06 Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border -- Updated
--10/13/04 Border Security: Inspections Practices, Policies, and Issues -- Updated
--05/09/05 Border Security: Key Agencies and Their Mission -- Updated
--05/10/05 Border Security: The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol -- Updated
--07/08/02 Border Security: U.S.-Canadian Border Issues NEW!
--02/03/05 The Civil Works Program of the Army Corps of Engineers: A Primer -- Updated
--06/06/05 The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities -- Updated
--01/20/04 Chemical Plant Security -- Updated
--03/31/05 Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction: Establishment and Composition -- Updated
--10/06/04 Comparison of 9/11 Commission Recommended Intelligence Reforms, S. 2845, S. 2774, H.R. 5024, Administration Proposal, H.R. 10, Current Law -- Updated
--01/28/04 Comparisons of U.S. and Foreign Military Spending: Data from Selected Public Sources -- NEW!
--06/28/05 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Pro and Con -- Updated
--10/23/06 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005 -- NEW!
--08/29/05 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1997-2004 -- NEW!
--08/26/04 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1996-2003 -- NEW!
--09/22/03 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1995-2002 NEW!
--10/07/05 The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11 -- NEW!
--03/14/05 The Cost of Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Enhanced Security -- Updated
--11/02/06 Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions -- NEW!
--02/22/05 Creating a National Framework for Cybersecurity: An Analysis of Issues and Options -- NEW!
--07/14/03 Critical Infrastructure: Control Systems and the Terrorist Threat -- Updated
--06/19/01 Critical Infrastructures: Background and Early Implementation of PDD-63. Updated.
--02/04/02 Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation Updated.
--08/30/02 Critical Infrastructures: What Makes an Infrastructure Critical? NEW!
--07/03/02 Cruise Missile Proliferation NEW!
--05/23/05 Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: A Chronology, FY1970-FY2006 -- Updated
--03/29/02 Defense Budget for FY2003: Data Summary NEW!
--11/09/06 Defense Transformation: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress -- Updated
--02/07/05 Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers: Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues -- Updated
--03/15/04 Detention of American Citizens as Enemy Combatants -- Updated
--04/28/05 Detention of U.S. Citizens -- NEW!
--02/11/05 The Director of National Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis -- Updated
--04/11/05 Director of National Intelligence: Statutory Authorities -- NEW!
--10/05/04 Expanding Threat Reduction and Nonproliferation Programs: Concepts and Definitions -- NEW!
--08/04/04 FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress -- Updated
--11/07/01 Financing Issues and Economic Effects of Past American Wars
--08/05/04 First Responder Grant Formulas: The 9/11 Commission Recommendation and Other Options for Congressional Action -- Updated
--12/13/04 Fiscal Year 2005 Homeland Security Grant Program: State Allocations and Issues for Congressional Oversight -- NEW!
--12/20/06 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 110th Congress -- NEW!
--12/27/04 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--01/03/03 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 108th Congress NEW!
--01/11/05 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress -- Updated
--03/01/05 FY2006 Appropriations for State and Local Homeland Security -- NEW!
--09/21/04 General Management Laws and the 9/11 Commission's Proposed Office of National Intelligence Director (NID) and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) -- NEW!
--10/05/06 Globalization Cooperative Threat Reduction: A Survey of Options -- Updated
--12/07/05 Guantanamo Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court -- NEW!
--11/12/04 Guarding America: Security Guards and U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection -- NEW!
--11/12/04 Homeland Security Advisory System: Possible Issues for Congressional Oversight -- Updated
--03/04/05 Homeland Security: Air Passenger Prescreening and Counterterrorism -- NEW!
--12/29/04 Homeland Security: Compendium of Recommendations Relevant to House Committee Organization and Analysis of Considerations for the House -- NEW!
--04/14/05 Homeland Security Department: FY2006 Appropriations -- NEW!
--08/07/02 Homeland Security: Department Organization and Management Updated.
--08/27/04 Homeland Security: Department Organization and Management - Implementation Phase -- Updated
--02/10/05 Homeland Security: Establishment and Implementation of the United States Northern Command -- Updated
--11/16/06 Homeland Security: Evolving Roles and Missions for United States Northern Command -- Updated
--05/21/04 Homeland Security: Federal Assistance Funding and Business Opportunities -- Updated
--09/03/02 Homeland Security: Management Positions for the Proposed Department Updated.
--05/20/02 Homeland Security Office: Issues and Options NEW!
--10/22/04 Homeland Security: Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles -- Updated
--02/24/05 Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight -- Updated
--08/26/02 Homeland Security: Side-by-Side Comparison of H.R. 5005 and S.2452, 107th Congress -- Updated
--10/10/01 Homeland Security: The Presidential Coordination Office.
--02/07/05 Homeland Security: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Border Surveillance -- Updated
--10/20/04 H.R. 10 (9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act) and S.2845 (National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004): A Comparative Analysis -- Updated
--09/25/06 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures -- Updated
--11/23/05 Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq: Effects and Countermeasures -- NEW!
--01/10/05 Information Sharing for Homeland Security: A Brief Overview -- Updated
--07/19/04 Information Warfare and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues -- Updated
--12/03/02 Intelligence and Law Enforcement: Countering Transnational Threats to the U.S. Updated.
--01/16/03 The Intelligence Community and 9/11: Congressional Hearings and the Status of the Investigation -- Updated
--11/06/02 The Intelligence Community and 9/11: Proposals for an Independent Commission -- Updated
--12/21/04 Intelligence Community Reorganization: Potential Effects on DOD Intelligence Agencies -- Updated
--11/21/06 Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress? -- NEW!
--02/20/02 Intelligence Issues for Congress -- Updated
--12/29/04 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: "Lone Wolf" Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- NEW!
--01/06/05 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: National Standards for Drivers' Licenses, Social Security Cards, and Birth Certificates -- NEW!
--02/22/05 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Programs: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--02/21/02 Intelligence to Counter Terrorism: Issues for Congress -- New!
--10/02/06 International Small Arms and Light Weapons Transfer: U.S. Policy -- Updated
--10/23/06 Interrogation of Detainees: Overview of the McCain Amendment -- Updated
--03/19/02 Japan-U.S. Cooperation on Ballistic Missile Defense: Issues and Prospects
--12/20/06 A Joint Committee on Intelligence and Alternatives: Proposals from the 9/11 Commission and Others -- Updated
--08/25/04 A Joint Committee on Intelligence: Proposals and Options from the 9/11 Commission and Others -- Updated
--01/26/05 Lasers Aimed at Aircraft Cockpits: Background and Possible Options to Address the Threat to Aviation Safety and Security -- NEW!
--08/19/05 Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act -- Updated
--01/07/05 Martial Law and National Emergency -- Updated
--01/24/05 Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency -- NEW!
--05/09/05 Military Base Closures: Implementing the 2005 Round -- Updated
--04/11/05 Military Base Closures: Role and Costs of Environmental Cleanup -- Updated
--03/21/05 Military Base Closures: The 2005 BRAC Commission -- Updated
--04/11/05 Military Construction in Support of Afghanistan and Iraq -- Memorandum
--05/26/04 Military Courts-Martial: An Overview -- NEW!
--09/23/04 Military Role in Space Control: A Primer -- NEW!
--09/29/06 Military Technology and Conventional Weapons Export Controls: The Wassenaar Arrangement -- Updated
--05/31/02 Military Transformation: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Updated.
--07/09/04 Military Tribunals: Historical Patterns and Lessons -- NEW!
--03/26/02 Military Tribunals: The "Quirin" Precedent
--10/31/01 Missile Defense, Arms Control, and Deterrence: A New Strategic Framework
--07/19/05 Missile Defense: The Current Debate -- Updated
--10/17/03 Missile Proliferation and the Strategic Balance in South Asia NEW!
--07/26/05 Missile Survey: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles of Selected Foreign Countries -- Updated
--11/21/06 The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--11/13/06 National Emergency Powers -- Updated
--03/10/05 The National Preparedness System: Issues in the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--06/14/02 National Missile Defense: Russia's Reaction Updated.
--05/05/03 NATO Enlargement Updated.
--05/02/03 NATO Enlargement: Senate Advice and Consent Updated.
--05/05/03 NATO's Decision-Making Procedure Updated.
--03/01/05 The NATO Summit at Prague, 2002 -- NEW!
--06/02/04 Network Centric Warfare: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--04/26/05 NPT Compliance: Issues and Views -- NEW!
--05/24/02 Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda -- Updated
--01/14/05 Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends -- Updated
--05/10/02 Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues -- Updated
--05/16/05 The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference: Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--01/31/02 Nuclear Posture Review: Overview and Emerging Issues
--01/31/02 Nuclear Powerplants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack
--06/09/05 Nuclear Testing and Comprehensive Test Ban: Chronology Starting September 1992 -- Updated
--03/20/02 Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty -- Updated
--04/12/02 Nuclear Weapons in Russia: Safety, Security, and Control Issues -- Updated
--10/17/01 Operation Enduring Freedom: Foreign Pledges of Military & Intelligence Support. Updated.
--11/02/05 Overview and Analysis of Senate Amendment Concerning Interrogation of Detainees -- NEW!
--04/13/05 Peacekeeping and Conflict Transitions: Background and Congressional Action on Civilian Capabilities -- NEW!
--08/06/03 Peacekeeping: Issues of U.S. Military Involvement Updated
--02/05/04 Pipeline Security: An Overview of Federal Activities and Current Policy Issues -- Updated
--03/30/04 Policing in Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Problems and Proposed Solutions -- Updated
--12/07/04 Port and Maritime Security: Potential for Terrorist Nuclear Attack Using Oil Tankers -- NEW!
--08/12/04 The Position of Director of National Intelligence: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--04/10/02 Preventing Proliferation of Biological Weapons: U.S. Assistance to the Former Soviet States NEW!
--12/26/06 Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status -- Updated
--09/24/04 Proposals for Intelligence Reorganization: 1949-2004 -- Updated
--10/05/04 The Proposed Authorities of a National Intelligence Director: Issues for Congress and Side-by-Side Comparison of S. 2845, H.R. 10, and Current Law -- Updated
--05/17/05 Protecting Our Perimeter: "Border Searches" Under the Fourth Amendment -- Updated
--08/05/04 The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework -- Updated
--09/02/04 Risk Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Assessing, Integrating, and Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Consequences -- NEW!
--03/08/05 Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Budget Request and Plan, FY2005-FY2009 -- NEW!
--05/09/05 The SAFE Acts of 2005: H.R. 1526 and S.737 - A Sketch -- NEW!
--08/26/04 Secrecy Versus Openess: New Proposed Arrangements for Balancing Competing Needs -- Updated
--05/09/05 Security and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE Act) (H.R. 1526) and Security and Freedom Enhancement Act (SAFE Act) (S.737): Section by Section Analysis -- NEW!
--03/25/05 Selected Federal Homeland Security Assistance Programs: A Summary -- NEW!
--06/09/04 Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options -- NEW!
--08/11/04 Side-by-Side Comparison of Intelligence Community Reforms Proposed by 9/11 Commission, the Bush Administration, Senators Feinstein, Graham and Daschle, and Respresentatives Harman and Goss; and Current Statute -- Memorandum
--10/15/01 Special Operations Forces in Operation Eduring Freedom: Background and Issues for Congress
--06/09/05 State and Local Homeland Security: Unresolved Issues for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--10/15/04 S.Res. 445: Senate Committee Reorganization for Homeland Security and Intelligence Matters -- NEW!
--12/11/01 Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals before Military Commissions Updated.
--12/10/01 Terrorism: Section by Section Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act Updated.
--01/07/05 Terrorist Attacks and National Emergencies Act Declarations -- Updated
--04/11/02 Treatment of "Battlefield Detainees" in the War on Terrorism NEW!
--04/15/02 The USA PATRIOT Act: A Legal Analysis NEW!
--04/07/05 The United Nations and "Gun Control" -- NEW!
--04/18/02 The USA PATRIOT Act: A Sketch NEW!
--08/09/05 USA PATRIOT Act: Background and Comparison of House-and Senate-Approved Reauthorization and Related Legislative Action -- NEW!
--08/10/05 USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief -- NEW!
--07/15/05 USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Proposals and Related Matters in Brief -- NEW!
--06/29/05 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: A Sketch -- Updated
--06/29/05 USA PATRIOT Act Sunset: Provisions that Expire on December 31, 2005 -- Updated
--12/21/06 USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005: A Legal Analysis -- Updated
--12/09/05 USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199): A Brief Look -- NEW!
--12/28/05 USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R.3199): A Side-by-Side Comparison of Existing Law, H.R. 3199 (Conference), and H.R. 3199 (Senate Passed) -- NEW!
--12/11/06 U.S. and Coalition Military Operations in Afghanistan: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--02/04/05 U.S. Anti-Terror Strategy and the 9/11 Commission Report -- Updated
--12/15/06 U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1998-2005 -- NEW!
--12/29/05 U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1997-2004 -- NEW!
--12/08/04 U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1996-2003 -- NEW!
--12/20/06 U.S. Army and Marine Corps Equipment Requirements: Background and Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--05/10/05 U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--11/13/06 U.S. Forces in Iraq -- Updated
--12/02/05 U.S. Intelligence and Policymaking: The Iraq Experience -- Updated
--04/26/05 U.S. Military and Iraqi Casualty Statistics: Additional Numbers and Explanations -- NEW!
--09/24/04 The U.S. Intelligence Budget: A Basic Overview -- NEW!
--08/26/05 U.S. Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia -- NEW!
--11/16/04 U.S. Military Overseas Basing: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--05/19/05 U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq: Selected Legal Issues -- Updated
--09/18/02 U.S. Use of Preemptive Military Force NEW!
--12/21/05 Vulnerability of Concentrated Critical Infrastructure: Background and Policy Options -- NEW!
--03/11/04 The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty Years -- NEW!
--09/11/01 War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance
--03/07/02 Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Terrorist Threat
Democracy, Civil Society, Human Rights and Women's Issues
--12/11/06 Islam: Sunnis and Shiites -- Updated
--10/03/06 Journalists' Privilege: Overview of the Law and 109th Congress Legislation -- Updated
--05/16/05 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: 109th Congress Proposed Refinements -- Updated
--01/22/02 Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy
--03/26/04 Trafficking in Women and Children: The U.S. and International Response -- Updated
Economics and Trade
--06/03/02 The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status Updated.
--06/14/05 Africa, the G8, and the Blair Initiative -- Updated
--04/05/04 AGOA III: Amendment to the African Growth and Opportunity Act -- Updated
--06/14/02 Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs -- Updated
--12/11/06 Agricultural Issues in the 110th Congress -- NEW!
--10/06/06 Agricultural Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--10/31/03 Agricultural Trade in a U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) NEW!
--09/24/02 Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107th Congress -- Updated
--11/07/03 Agriculture and Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority -- Updated
--05/03/05 Agriculture in the WTO Doha Round: The Framework Agreement and Next Steps -- Updated
--05/10/05 Agriculture in the WTO: Limits on Domestic Support -- Updated
--06/17/05 Agriculture in the WTO: Member Spending on Domestic Support -- Updated
--05/12/05 Agriculture in the WTO: Policy Commitments Made Under the Agreement on Agriculture -- NEW!
--01/03/05 Agriculture: Prospective Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--06/12/02 Andean Trade Preference Act: A Comparison of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 3009 NEW!
--02/21/02 Andean Trade Preference Act: Background and Issues for Reauthorization Updated.
--09/30/05 Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Updated
--10/17/02 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2002 Summit in Mexico Updated.
--10/26/01 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2001 Summit in Shanghai Updated.
--08/01/03 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2003 Summit in Bangkok, Thailand Updated
--07/11/05 Background on the U.S.-Brazil WTO Cotton Subsidy Dispute -- Updated
--12/08/06 The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology -- Updated
--01/12/05 Caribbean Basin Interim Trade Program: CBI/NAFTA Parity -- Updated
--10/24/05 Central America and the Dominican Republic in the Context of the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States -- Updated
--10/12/04 Changing Causes of the U.S. Trade Deficit -- NEW!
--08/06/03 China and the World Trade Organization Updated
--05/26/05 China's Economic Conditions -- Updated
--11/29/05 China's Currency: Brief Overview of U.S. Options -- NEW!
--05/03/02 China's Trade with the United States and the World NEW!
--03/14/02 China-U.S. Trade Issues -- Updated
--08/22/05 The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act ("Byrd Amendment") -- NEW!
--11/22/06 Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts -- Updated
--01/10/02 Current Economic Recession: How Long, How Deep, and How Different from the Past?
--02/10/05 The Doha Development Agenda: The WTO Framework Agreement -- Updated
--07/08/05 DR-CAFTA Labor Rights Issues -- Updated
--07/08/05 DR-CAFTA: Regional Issues -- Updated
--07/06/05 The Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) -- Updated
--11/01/99 Economic Sanctions to Achieve U.S. Foreign Policy Goals: Discussion and Guide to Current Law -- Updated
--04/01/02 Electronic Commerce: An Introduction Updated.
--03/11/02 The Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans Updated.
--03/28/02 Enron Collapse: An Overview of Financial Issues Updated.
--12/06/06 Europe's New Trade Agenda -- NEW!
--01/30/02 Federal Securities Law: Insider Trading
--11/07/01 Financing Issues and Economic Effects of Past American Wars
--12/20/06 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 110th Congress -- NEW!
--12/27/04 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--01/03/03 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 108th Congress NEW!
--06/21/05 Foreign Outsourcing: Economic Implications and Policy Responses -- Updated
--04/09/02 Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy NEW!
--08/13/03 Free Trade Agreements with Singapore and Chile: Labor Issues Updated
--11/08/05 A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Major Policy Issues and Status of Negotiations -- Updated
--09/26/06 Generalized System of Preferences: Background and Renewal Debate -- NEW!
--11/29/06 Generalized System of Preferences Renewal: Agricultural Imports -- NEW!
--10/13/05 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Fishing and Aquaculture Industries - Damage and Recovery -- Updated
--07/11/05 Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements -- Updated
--10/12/01 India and Pakistan: Current U.S. Economic Sanctions. Updated.
--05/03/05 International Financial Institutions: Funding U.S. Participation -- NEW!
--09/23/04 Iraq's Trade with the World: Data and Analysis -- Updated
--09/13/05 The Macroeconomic Effects of Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--11/22/06 Monetary Policy: Current Policy and Conditions -- Updated
--05/26/05 Morocco-U.S. Free Trade Agreement -- Updated
--02/13/04 NAFTA at Ten: Lessons from Recent Studies -- NEW!
--01/11/02 NAFTA Labor Side Agreement: Lessons for the Worker Rights and Fast-Track Debate Updated.
--01/24/03 North Korea: Economic Sanctions Updated.
--05/02/05 Offshoring (a.k.a. Offshore Outsourcing) and Job Insecurity Among U.S. Workers -- Updated
--01/28/02 Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Russia and U.S.-Russian Economic Ties
--10/14/05 Ports in Louisiana: New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge -- NEW!
--10/25/06 Potential Challenges to U.S. Farm Subsidies in the WTO: A Brief Overview -- NEW!
--11/01/05 The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement -- Updated
--03/21/02 South Korea-U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation, Friction, and Future Prospects Updated.
--03/18/02 Status of Trade Legislation in the 107th Congress Updated.
--04/02/03 Steel: Legislative and Oversight Issues Updated.
--06/15/05 Structure and Functions of the Federal Reserve System -- Updated
--05/16/03 Taiwan's Accession to the WTO and its Economic Relations with the United States and China Updated
--05/11/01 Trade Agreements: A Pro/Con Analysis of Including Core Labor Standards
--11/26/01 Trade Agreements Implementation: Expedited Procedures and Congressional Control in Existing Law
--10/19/04 Trade and the Americas -- Updated
--09/12/05 Trade in Services: The Doha Development Agenda Negotiations and U.S. Goals -- NEW!
--11/22/05 Trade Integration in the Americas -- NEW!
--03/24/05 Trade Issues in the 109th Congress: Policy Challenges and Opportunities -- Updated
--11/30/05 Trade Liberalization Challenges Post-CAFTA -- NEW!
--11/14/06 Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress -- Updated
--10/12/04 Trade Negotiations in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--03/27/02 Trade Policymaking in the European Union: Institutional Framework
--01/14/03 Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress Updated.
--06/17/02 Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track): Labor Issues (Including H.R. 3005 and H.R. 3009) Updated.
--01/18/02 Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track): Labor Issues (Including H.R. 3005 and H.R. 3019) Updated.
--12/05/06 Trade Promotion Authority (TPA): Issues, Options, and Prospects for Renewal -- NEW!
--01/17/02 Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: A Comparison of H.R. 3005 as Approved by the House and the Senate Finance Committee
--11/28/01 Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: H.R. 3005 Provisions and Related Issues Updated.
--04/15/02 Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: Summary and Analysis of Selection Major Provisions of H.R. 3005 NEW!
--06/14/02 Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority: Summary and Analysis of Selected Major Provisions of H.R. 3005 and Title XXI of H.R. 3009 Updated.
--07/22/03 Trade Remedy Law Reform in the 108th Congress Updated
--03/05/02 Trade Retaliation: The "Carousel" Approach Updated
--06/29/05 Unauthorized Employment of Aliens: Basics of Employer Sanctions -- NEW!
--09/25/06 U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy -- Updated
--10/13/06 United States-Canada Trade and Economic Relationship: Prospects and Challenges -- Updated
--06/01/04 The U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): Challenges for Sub-Regional Integration -- Updated
--03/05/01 The U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement. -- Updated
--05/21/02 U.S.-EU Trade Tensions: Causes, Consequences, and Possible Cures NEW!
--05/21/02 U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges -- Updated
--12/14/06 U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts -- Updated
--05/29/02 U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook -- Updated
--05/11/04 U.S.-Latin American Trade: Recent Trends -- Updated
--07/11/05 U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications -- Updated
--10/09/06 U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement -- Updated
--06/20/01 U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Investment: Programs and Policy Direction Updated.
--11/03/05 U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Updated
--12/13/06 U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Rising Oil Prices -- Updated
--10/24/06 Vietnam PNTR Status and WTO Accession: Issues and Implications for the United States -- Updated
--07/28/04 Why Certain Trade Agreements Are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements Rather Than as Treaties -- Updated
--03/17/05 The World Bank: Changing Leadership and Issues for the United States and Congress -- Updated
--04/19/04 World Bank Post-Conflict Aid: Oversight Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--08/28/02 WorldCom: The Accounting Scandal Updated.
--02/18/05 The World Trade Organization: Background an Issues -- Updated
--06/09/05 World Trade Organization (WTO): Issues in the Debate on U.S. Participation -- Updated
--12/09/05 The World Trade Organization: The Hong Kong Ministeriall -- Updated
--11/07/06 WTO Dispute Settlement: Stages and Pending U.S. Activity Before the Dispute Settlement Body -- Updated
--11/09/05 WTO Doha Round: Agricultural Negotiating Proposals -- NEW!
--12/12/06 The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Access to Medicines Controversy -- Updated
Emergency Preparedness and Disasters
--01/31/02 Bioterrorism: Legislation to Improve Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity
--12/21/01 Bioterrorism: Summary of a CRS/National Health Policy Forum Seminar on Federal, State, and Local Public Health Preparedness
--08/14/02 Department of Homeland Security: State and Local Preparedness Issues Updated.
--10/25/05 Disaster Response and Appointment of a Recovery Czar: The Executive Branch's Response to the Flood of 1927 -- NEW!
--09/14/05 Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) -- Updated
--09/02/05 Emergency Communications: The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings -- Updated
--06/24/02 Federal Disaster Policies After Terrorists Strike: Issues and Options for Congress -- New!
--08/29/05 Federal Disaster Recovery Programs: Brief Summaries -- Updated
--12/15/06 Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After Hurricane Katrina: A Summary of Statutory Provisions -- NEW!
--09/13/05 Federal Food Assistance: Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--11/28/05 Federal Hurricane Recovery Coordinator: Appointment and Oversight Issues -- NEW!
--08/29/05 Federal Stafford Act Disaster Assistance: Presidential Declarations, Eligible Activities, and Funding -- NEW!
--10/26/05 Flood Risk Management: Federal Role in Infrastructure -- NEW!
--05/05/05 FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, Tsunami Relief, and Other Activities -- Updated
--09/19/05 H.R. 3768: the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 -- NEW!
--09/19/05 Hurricane Katrina: DOD Disaster Response -- NEW!
--09/15/05 Hurricane Katrina: Insurance Losses and National Capacities for Financing Disaster Risk -- NEW!
--09/19/05 Hurricane Katrina-Related Immigration Issues and Legislation -- NEW!
--09/12/05 Hurricane Katrina - Stafford Act Authorities and Actions by Governor Blanco and President Bush to Trigger Them -- CRS Memorandum
--09/21/05 Hurricane Katrina: The Public Health and Medical Response -- NEW!
--09/14/05 Hurricane Katrina: The Response by the Internal Revenue Service -- NEW!
--04/08/05 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Food Aid Needs and the U.S. Response -- Updated
--02/10/05 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations -- Updated
--12/21/06 International Crises and Disasters: U.S. Humanitarian Assistance, Budget Trends, and Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--09/16/05 Issues Raised by Hurricane Katrina: A Focus on Education and Training -- NEW!
--09/13/05 The Macroeconomic Effects of Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--09/07/05 Organization and Mission of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate: Issues and Options for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--11/10/05 Pandemic Influenza: Domestic Preparedness Efforts -- NEW!
--09/13/05 Regulatory Waivers and Extensions Pursuant to Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--09/16/05 Repairing and Reconstructing Disaster-Damaged Roads and Bridges: The Role of Federal-Aid Highway Assistance -- NEW!
--09/16/05 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Legal Requirements for Federal and State Roles in Declarations of an Emergency or a Major Disaster -- NEW!
--02/05/02 State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Policy Issues and Options
--09/16/05 Tax Policy Options After Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--10/07/05 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Its Role in Response to the Effects of Hurricane Katrina -- Updated
--12/27/01 Terrorism Preparedness: A Catalog of Federal Assistance Programs
--06/01/05 Tsunamis: Monitoring, Detection, and Early Warning Systems -- Updated
--09/16/05 The Use of Federal Troops for Disaster Assistance: Legal Issues -- NEW!
Energy
--04/09/02 Caspian Oil and Gas: Production & Prospects NEW!
--09/27/05 Daylight Saving Time -- NEW!
--08/12/03 Electricity: The Road Toward Reconstruction Updated
--07/29/05 Energy Policy: Comprehensive Energy Legislation (H.R. 6) in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--06/28/05 Energy Policy: Comprehensive Energy Legislation (H.R.6, S.10) in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--01/30/03 Energy Policy: Historical Overview, Conceptual Framework, and Continuing Issues -- NEW!
--04/01/05 Energy Policy: Legislative Proposals in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--04/12/02 Energy Policy: Setting the State for the Current Debate -- Updated
--08/08/03 Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate Updated
--10/01/04 Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation -- Updated
--04/09/02 Enron: A Select Chronology of Congressional, Corporate, and Government Activities NEW!
--03/11/02 The Enron Bankruptcy and Employer Stock in Retirement Plans Updated.
--03/28/02 Enron Collapse: An Overview of Financial Issues Updated.
--01/16/02 Enron: Selected Securities, Accounting, and Pension Laws Possibly Implicated in its Collapse
--10/19/06 Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues -- Updated
--04/08/04 Gasoline Price Surge Revisited: Crude Oil and Refinery Issues -- NEW!
--09/25/06 Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals -- Updated
--02/27/02 Legal Issues Related to Proposed Drilling for Oil and Gas in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge Updated.
--12/21/06 NATO and Energy Security -- Updated
--11/29/06 Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing: U.S. Policy Development -- NEW!
--10/21/05 Oil and Gas Disruption from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- NEW!
--08/04/05 Oil Industry Profits: Analysis of Recent Performance -- NEW!
--10/27/05 Outer Continental Shelf: Debate Over Oil and Gas Leasing and Revenue Sharing -- Updated
--11/25/05 Strategic Petroleum Reserve -- Updated
--12/13/06 U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Rising Oil Prices -- Updated
--06/09/05 World Oil Demand and Its Effect on Oil Prices -- Updated
Environment
--03/25/05 Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--01/13/04 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 108th Congress -- Updated
--05/09/05 Clean Air Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements -- Updated
--09/28/05 Clean Water Act Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--01/06/05 Climate Change Legislation in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--10/11/06 Debt-for-Nature Initiatives and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Status and Implementation -- Updated
--10/25/04 Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--03/27/02 Global Climate Change -- Updated
--07/21/05 Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol -- Updated
Foreign Policy
--02/06/03 Appropriations for FY2003: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Updated.
--07/21/03 Appropriations for FY2004: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Updated
--12/20/06 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 110th Congress -- NEW!
--12/27/04 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--01/03/03 Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues for the 108th Congress NEW!
--01/19/05 Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy -- Updated
--05/26/05 Foreign Assistance to North Korea -- Updated
--07/11/05 Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations -- Updated
--06/01/99 Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress -- NEW!
--09/02/03 Foreign Relations Authorization, FY2004 and FY2005: State Dept., The Millennium Challenge Account, and Foreign Assistance Updated
--10/18/06 International Food Aid: U.S. and Other Donor Contributions -- Updated
--08/26/03 The Millennium Challenge Account: Congressional Consideration of a New Foreign Aid Initiative -- Updated
--05/05/05 State Department and Related Agencies: FY2005 Appropriations and FY2006 Request -- Updated
--04/12/02 State Department and Related Agencies: FY2003 Appropriations NEW!
--12/11/01 State Department and Related Agencies FY2002 Appropriations Updated.
--02/25/02 Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Updated
--06/13/05 U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East: Historical Background, Recent Trends, and the FY2006 Request -- Updated
--12/21/06 U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East: Historical Background, Recent Trends, and the FY2007 Request -- Updated
Immigration and Visa
--10/18/04 9/11 Commission: Current Legislative Proposals for U.S. Immigration Law and Policy -- Updated
--03/31/05 Consular Identification Cards: Domestic and Foreign Policy Implications, the Mexican Case, and Related Legislation -- Updated
--03/11/04 Enforcing Immigration Law: The Role of State and Local Enforcement -- NEW!
--09/19/05 Hurricane Katrina-Related Immigration Issues and Legislation -- NEW!
--04/18/02 Immigration: Adjustment to Permanent Resident Status Under Section 245(i) Updated.
--05/09/05 Immigration: Analysis of the Major Provisions of H.R. 418, the REAL ID Act of 2005 -- Updated
--05/25/05 Immigration: Analysis of the Major Provisions of the REAL ID Act of 2005 -- Updated
--05/20/03 Immigration and Naturalization Fundamentals -- Updated
--12/11/02 Immigration and Naturalization Service: Restructuring Proposals in the 107th Congress Updated.
--12/12/06 Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity -- Updated
--07/11/05 Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements -- Updated
--03/11/02 Immigration Legalization and Status Adjustment Legislation Updated.
--12/07/06 Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--10/06/04 Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 108th Congress -- Updated
--08/28/02 Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 107th Congress -- Updated
--12/11/06 Immigration: Policy Considerations Related to Guest Worker Programs -- Updated
--09/30/05 Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens -- NEW!
--04/28/04 Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues -- NEW!
--01/26/05 Implications of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations upon the Regulation of Consular Identification Cards -- Updated
--01/26/05 Lasers Aimed at Aircraft Cockpits: Background and Possible Options to Address the Threat to Aviation Safety and Security -- NEW!
--06/02/05 Mexico-United States Dialogue on Migration and Border Issues, 2001-2005 -- Updated
--01/14/05 Monitoring Foreign Students in the United States: The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) -- Updated
--09/15/04 Unauthorized Aliens in the United States: Estimates since 1986 -- NEW!
--06/29/05 Unauthorized Employment of Aliens: Basics of Employer Sanctions -- NEW!
--01/21/05 U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants -- Updated
--12/13/06 U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions -- Updated
--02/18/04 U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (US-VISIT) -- NEW!
--10/13/04 Visa Issuances: Policy, Issues, and Legislation -- Updated
--03/04/04 Visa Policy: Roles of the Departments of State and Homeland Security -- NEW!
--12/20/04 Visa Waiver Program -- Updated
Law
--09/08/05 Arrest and Detention of Material Witnesses: Federal Law in Brief and Section 12 of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3199) -- NEW!
--06/12/02 Background and Legal Issues Related to Stem Cell Research Updated.
--01/05/05 Capital Punishment: An Overview of Federal Death Penalty Statutes -- Updated
--04/05/05 Copyright Protection of Digital Television: The "Broadcast Flag" -- NEW!
--01/16/02 Enron: Selected Securities, Accounting, and Pension Laws Possibly Implicated in its Collapse
--09/13/05 Federal Affirmative Action Law: A Brief History -- NEW!
--09/09/05 Federal Civil Rights Statues: A Primer -- NEW!
--01/30/02 Federal Securities Law: Insider Trading
--12/07/05 Guantanamo Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court -- NEW!
--09/08/04 Lawfulness of Interrogation Techniques under the Geneva Conventions -- NEW!
--04/04/05 Lawsuits Against State Supporters of Terrorism: An Overview -- Updated
--02/27/02 Legal Issues Related to Proposed Drilling for Oil and Gas in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge Updated.
--10/21/05 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law -- Updated
--08/05/04 The Protection of Classified Information: The Legal Framework -- Updated
--07/26/05 Recess Appointments: A Legal Overview -- NEW!
--02/10/05 U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT): Overview and Application to Interrogation Techniques -- Updated
--03/11/04 The U.N. Convention Against Torture: Overview of U.S. Implementation Policy Concerning the Removal of Aliens -- NEW!
--08/18/04 The U.N. Law of the Sea Convention and the United States: Developments Since October 2003 -- Updated
--05/19/05 U.S. Treatment of Prisoners in Iraq: Selected Legal Issues -- Updated
--10/02/06 The War Crimes Act: Current Issues -- Updated
Law Enforcement and International Narcotics
--12/10/06 Afghanistan: Narcotics and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--05/10/05 Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) and Related Funding Programs: FY2005 Assistance -- Updated
--09/28/06 Cybercrime: The Council of Europe Convention -- Updated
--01/10/02 Drug Certification Requirements and Congressional Modifications in 2001 Updated.
--05/08/02 Drug Control: International Policy and Options -- Updated
--11/18/05 Drug Crop Eradication and Alternative Development in the Andes -- NEW!
--03/16/05 Identity Theft: The Internet Connection -- NEW!
--04/20/04 Illicit Drugs and the Terrorist Threat: Causal Links and Implications for Domestic Drug Control Policy -- Updated
--12/03/01 Intelligence and Law Enforcement: Countering Transnational Threats to the U.S. Updated.
--11/06/06 International Drug Trade and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Updated
--12/04/01 International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001, Title III of P.L. 107-56 -- NEW!
--11/10/04 Mexico's Counter-Narcotics Efforts under Fox, December 2000 to October 2004 -- NEW!
--10/05/01 Taliban and the Drug Trade
--06/01/05 War on Drugs: Reauthorization of the Office of national Drug Control Policy -- Updated
Science, Technology and Health
--04/21/04 AIDS Funding for Federal Government Programs: FY1981-FY2005 -- Updated
--11/24/06 AIDS in Africa -- Updated
--03/01/04 AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC): Problems, Responses, and Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--05/14/04 Avian Influenza: Multiple Strains Cause Different Effects Worldwide -- Updated
--06/12/02 Background and Legal Issues Related to Stem Cell Research Updated.
--12/08/06 The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology -- Updated
--11/08/05 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE or "Mad Cow Disease") in North America: A Chronology of Selected Events -- Updated
--08/03/05 Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues -- Updated
--12/08/05 BSE ("Mad Cow Disease"): A Brief Overview -- NEW!
--04/16/04 Computer Security: A Summary of Selected Federal Laws, Executive Orders, and Presidential Directives -- NEW!
--04/05/05 Copyright Protection of Digital Television: The "Broadcast Flag" -- NEW!
--11/08/05 Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods -- Updated
--08/12/05 The Digital TV Transition: A Brief Overview -- Updated
--05/21/02 Fair Use of the Internet NEW!
--10/10/06 Federal Research and Development Funding:FY2007 -- Updated
--06/02/99 Food Biotechnology in the United States: Science, Regulation, and Issues -- Updated
--02/04/05 Food Safety Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--11/03/05 The Global Fund and PEPFAR in U.S. International AIDS Policy -- NEW!
--12/28/05 The Google Book Search Project: Is Online Indexing a Fair Use Under Copyright Law? -- NEW!
--12/30/04 HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2005 -- Updated
--01/28/04 HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2002-FY2004 -- Updated
--06/14/02 HIV/AIDS International Programs: FY2003 Request and FY2002 Spending Updated.
--03/25/02 HIV/AIDS International Programs: FY2002 Request and FY2002 Spending
--01/24/03 HIV/AIDS International Programs: FY2002 Spending and FY2003 Outlook Updated.
--02/25/02 Human Cloning NEW!
--03/16/05 Identity Theft: The Internet Connection -- NEW!
--04/01/05 Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy -- Updated
--12/29/04 Internet: An Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth -- Updated
--09/22/05 Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues -- Updated
--05/21/02 Internet Privacy: Overview and Pending Legislation Updated.
--03/02/05 The Iran Nonproliferation Act and the International Space Station: Issues and Options -- NEW!
--03/12/01 Mad Cow Disease: Agriculture Issues
--08/01/05 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's FY2006 Budget Request: Description, Analysis, and Issues for Congress -- Updated
--04/17/03 NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia: Quick Facts and Issues for Congress Updated.
--06/02/05 NASA's Space Shuttle Program: Issues for Congress Related to the Columbia Tragedy and "Return to Flight" -- Updated
--11/03/05 Organic Agriculture in the U.S.: Program and Policy Issues -- Updated
--11/10/05 Pandemic Influenza: Domestic Preparedness Efforts -- NEW!
--12/13/05 Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls -- NEW!
--03/28/05 Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--12/10/04 Space Exploration: Overview of President Bush's "Vision for Space Exploration," and Key Issues for Congress -- Updated
--02/03/03 Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports Updated.
--02/03/03 Space Stations Updated.
--04/01/05 Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development -- Updated
--02/28/05 U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial -- Updated
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
--01/25/02 Abu Sayyaf: Target of Philippine-U.S. Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
--01/17/02 Africa and the War on Terrorism
--12/19/01 Agroterrorism: Options in Congress
--05/23/04 Al Qaeda After the Iraq Conflict -- NEW!
--08/17/05 Al Qaeda: Profile and Threat Assessment -- NEW!
--09/08/05 Arrest and Detention of Material Witnesses: Federal Law in Brief and Section 12 of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3199) -- NEW!
--05/06/05 Bioterrorism Countermeasure Development: Issues in Patents and Homeland Security -- NEW!
--01/31/02 Bioterrorism: Legislation to Improve Public Health Preparedness and Response Capacity
--12/21/01 Bioterrorism: Summary of a CRS/National Health Policy Forum Seminar on Federal, State, and Local Public Health Preparedness
--12/17/01 China's Relations with Central Asian States and Problems with Terrorism
--01/18/02 Combating Terrorism: Are There Lessons to Be Learned from Foreign Experiences?
--11/23/05 Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness -- NEW!
--04/01/05 Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress -- Updated
--05/12/05 Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List -- Updated
--06/01/04 The Department of State's Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues -- NEW!
--10/15/03 FY2004 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism: Military Operations & Reconstruction Assistance Updated
--05/16/05 Federal Counter-Terrorism Training: Issues for Congressional Oversight -- NEW!
--03/04/05 The Financial Action Task Force: An Overview -- Updated
--07/11/02 Foreign Support of the U.S. War on Terrorism -- Updated
--02/06/04 Foreign Terrorist Organizations -- NEW!
--10/21/03 The "FTO List" and Congress: Sanctioning Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations NEW!
--12/27/04 Germany's Role in Fighting Terrorism: Implications for U.S. Policy -- NEW!
--03/04/05 Homeland Security: Air Passenger Prescreening and Counterterrorism -- NEW!
--04/20/04 Illicit Drugs and the Terrorist Threat: Causal Links and Implications for Domestic Drug Control Policy -- Updated
--12/29/04 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: "Lone Wolf" Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- NEW!
--01/06/05 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: National Standards for Drivers' Licenses, Social Security Cards, and Birth Certificates -- NEW!
--05/27/03 Intelligence to Counter Terrorism: Issues for Congress Updated.
--12/04/01 International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001, Title III of P.L. 107-56 -- NEW!
--02/05/04 Iraq and Al Qaeda: Allied or Not? -- NEW!
--07/26/05 Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans -- NEW!
--04/04/05 Lawsuits Against State Supporters of Terrorism: An Overview -- Updated
--09/15/05 Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Expiring Amendments in Brief -- Updated
--01/24/05 Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency -- NEW!
--08/18/04 The Multi-State Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX) Pilot Project -- NEW!
--03/24/05 The National Counterterrorism Center: Implementation Challenges and Issues for Congress -- Updated
--01/31/02 Nuclear Powerplants: Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack
--02/10/05 Nuclear Terrorism: A Brief Review of Threats and Responses -- Updated
--07/29/05 Passenger Rail Security: Overview of Issues -- Updated
--12/07/04 Port and Maritime Security: Potential for Terrorist Nuclear Attack Using Oil Tankers -- NEW!
--08/10/04 Removing Terrorist Sanctuaries: The 9/11 Commission Recommendations and U.S. Policy -- NEW!
--09/13/01 Response to Terrorism: Legal Aspects of the Use of Force.
--05/20/04 Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents: An Assessment Framework and Preliminary Comparisons -- NEW!
--02/05/02 State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Policy Issues and Options
--05/08/02 Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--01/25/02 Suits Against Terrorist States
--12/05/06 "Terrorism" and Related Terms in Statute and Regulation: Selected Language -- Updated
--12/11/01 Terrorism and the Law of War: Trying Terrorists as War Criminals before Military Commissions Updated.
--12/01/04 Terrorism: Background on Chemical, Biological, and Toxin Weapons and Options for Lessening Their Impact -- Updated
--08/31/05 Terrorism in South Asia -- Updated
--02/07/05 Terrorism in Southeast Asia -- Updated
--08/11/04 Terrorism: Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries -- NEW!
--12/27/01 Terrorism Preparedness: A Catalog of Federal Assistance Programs
--12/10/01 Terrorism: Section by Section Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act Updated.
--03/26/02 Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Updated
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