| | 2005 Reports
December
--12/29/05 U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1997-2004 -- NEW!
--12/28/05 Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview -- Updated
--12/28/05 The Google Book Search Project: Is Online Indexing a Fair Use Under Copyright Law? -- 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!
--12/27/05 European Union Enlargement -- Updated
--12/27/05 The European Union in 2006 and Beyond -- Updated
--12/27/05 The European Union's Constitution -- Updated
--12/27/05 The European Union: Questions and Answers -- Updated
--12/21/05 European Views and Policies Toward the Middle East -- Updated
--12/21/05 Vulnerability of Concentrated Critical Infrastructure: Background and Policy Options -- NEW!
--12/16/05 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--12/15/05 The Middle East Peace Talks -- Updated
--12/14/05 The Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine (DRE) Controversy: FAQs and Misperceptions -- NEW!
--12/13/05 Liberia's Post-War Recovery: Key Issues and Development -- NEW!
--12/13/05 Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls -- NEW!
--12/13/05 U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement -- NEW!
--12/12/05 California's San Joaquin Valley: A Region in Transition -- NEW!
--12/12/05 The Presidential Election Campaign Fund and Tax Checkoff: Background and Current Issues -- Updated
--12/09/05 East Asian Summit: Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--12/09/05 Immigration Related Border Security Legislation in the 109th Ccongress -- NEW!
--12/09/05 Judge Samuel Alito's Opinions in Freedom of Speech Cases -- NEW!
--12/09/05 The World Trade Organization: The Hong Kong Ministeriall -- Updated
--12/09/05 USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3199): A Brief Look -- NEW!
--12/08/05 BSE ("Mad Cow Disease"): A Brief Overview -- NEW!
--12/07/05 Guantanamo Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court -- NEW!
--12/07/05 Transportation Security: Issues for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--12/06/05 Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy -- Updated
--12/06/05 Iraq: United Nations and Humanitarian Aid Organizations -- Updated
--12/05/05 Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals -- Updated
--12/05/05 Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues -- Updated
--12/02/05 Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis -- Updated
--12/02/05 U.S. Intelligence and Policymaking: The Iraq Experience -- Updated
--12/01/05 Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests -- Updated
--12/01/05 Cybercrime: The Council of Europe Convention -- Updated
November
--11/30/05 Azerbaijan's 2005 Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications for U.S. Interests -- NEW!
--11/30/05 Trade Liberalization Challenges Post-CAFTA -- NEW!
--11/30/05 United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues -- Updated
--11/29/05 China's Currency: Brief Overview of U.S. Options -- NEW!
--11/29/05 Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Peace Talks, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--11/28/05 Federal Hurricane Recovery Coordinator: Appointment and Oversight Issues -- NEW!
--11/28/05 Iraq: Summary of U.S. Forces -- Updated
--11/26/05 U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts -- Updated
--11/25/05 Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--11/25/05 Strategic Petroleum Reserve -- Updated
--11/23/05 Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness -- NEW!
--11/23/05 Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq: Effects and Countermeasures -- NEW!
--11/23/05 Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments -- Updated
--11/22/05 Internet Development and Information Control in the People's Republic of China -- NEW!
--11/22/05 Trade Integration in the Americas -- NEW!
--11/21/05 Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance -- Updated
--11/18/05 China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities - Background and Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--11/18/05 Drug Crop Eradication and Alternative Development in the Andes -- NEW!
--11/18/05 Muslims in Europe: Integration Policies in Selected Countries -- NEW!
--11/17/05 Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations -- Updated
--11/17/05 Haiti: International Assistance Strategy for the Interim Government and Congressional Concerns -- NEW!
--11/16/05 Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview -- Updated
--11/16/05 The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices -- Updated
--11/15/05 India-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--11/15/05 Iran's Influence on Iraq -- NEW!
--11/15/05 The Middle East Peace Talks -- Updated
--11/15/05 Treatment of "Battlefield Detainees" in the War on Terrorism -- Updated
--11/14/05 Bosnia: Overview of Issues Ten Years After Dayton -- NEW!
--11/14/05 India: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--11/14/05 Pakistan-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--11/14/05 Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--11/10/05 Avian Influenza: Agricultural Issues -- Updated
--11/10/05 Pandemic Influenza: Domestic Preparedness Efforts -- NEW!
--11/09/05 WTO Doha Round: Agricultural Negotiating Proposals -- NEW!
--11/08/05 A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Major Policy Issues and Status of Negotiations -- Updated
--11/08/05 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE or "Mad Cow Disease") in North America: A Chronology of Selected Events -- Updated
--11/08/05 Congressional Gifts and Travel, Legislative Proposals for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--11/08/05 Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods -- Updated
--11/07/05 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease): Agricultural Issues for Congress -- Updated
--11/07/05 Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations -- Updated
--11/04/05 Libya: Background and U.S. Relations -- NEW!
--11/03/05 Organic Agriculture in the U.S.: Program and Policy Issues -- Updated
--11/03/05 Secret Sessions of the House and Senate -- Updated
--11/03/05 The Global Fund and PEPFAR in U.S. International AIDS Policy -- NEW!
--11/03/05 U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Updated
--11/02/05 Overview and Analysis of Senate Amendment Concerning Interrogation of Detainees -- NEW!
--11/02/05 Social Security Reform -- Updated
--11/01/05 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--11/01/05 Budget Reconciliation Legislation in 2005 -- NEW!
--11/01/05 Cuba: Issues for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--11/01/05 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Katrina Relief -- Updated
--11/01/05 The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement -- Updated
October
--10/27/05 Gasoline Prices: New Legislation and Proposals -- Updated
--10/27/05 Outer Continental Shelf: Debate Over Oil and Gas Leasing and Revenue Sharing -- Updated
--10/26/05 Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006 -- Updated
--10/26/05 Flood Risk Management: Federal Role in Infrastructure -- NEW!
--10/26/05 Israel: Background and Relations with the United States -- Updated
--10/26/05 The Middle East Peace Talks -- Updated
--10/25/05 Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues -- Updated
--10/25/05 Disaster Response and Appointment of a Recovery Czar: The Executive Branch's Response to the Flood of 1927 -- NEW!
--10/24/05 Central America and the Dominican Republic in the Context of the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States -- Updated
--10/24/05 U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--10/21/05 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Law -- Updated
--10/21/05 Oil and Gas Disruption from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- NEW!
--10/20/05 Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues -- NEW!
--10/17/05 Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--10/14/05 Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations -- Updated
--10/14/05 Ports in Louisiana: New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge -- NEW!
--10/13/05 Agricultural Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--10/13/05 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Fishing and Aquaculture Industries - Damage and Recovery -- Updated
--10/11/05 Sudan: Economic Sanctions -- Updated
--10/07/05 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Its Role in Response to the Effects of Hurricane Katrina -- Updated
--10/07/05 The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11 -- NEW!
--10/05/05 The Budget for Fiscal Year 2006 -- Updated
--10/03/05 Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations -- Updated
--10/03/05 Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments -- Updated
September
--09/30/05 Andean-U.S. Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Updated
--09/30/05 Immigration Policy on Expedited Removal of Aliens -- NEW!
--09/29/05 The Middle East Peace Talks -- Updated
--09/28/05 Border Security and the Southwest Border: Background, Legislation, and Issues -- NEW!
--09/28/05 Clean Water Act Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--09/27/05 Daylight Saving Time -- NEW!
--09/27/05 Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S. - Russian Agenda -- Updated
--09/26/05 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Restoration -- Updated
--09/23/05 Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals -- Updated
--09/23/05 Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy -- Updated
--09/22/05 Border Security: Apprehensions of "Other Than Mexican" Aliens -- NEW!
--09/22/05 Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--09/22/05 Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues -- Updated
--09/22/05 Renditions: Constraints Imposed by Laws on Torture -- Updated
--09/21/05 Egypt: 2005 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections -- Updated
--09/21/05 Hurricane Katrina: The Public Health and Medical Response -- NEW!
--09/21/05 United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues -- Updated
--09/20/05 Campaign Finance Reform: Regulating Political Communications on the Internet -- NEW!
--09/20/05 Congress and the Courts: Current Policy Issues -- NEW!
--09/20/05 Social Security Reform -- Updated
--09/20/05 U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Rising Oil Prices -- Updated
--09/19/05 H.R. 3768: the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 -- NEW!
--09/19/05 Hurricane Katrina-Related Immigration Issues and Legislation -- NEW!
--09/19/05 Hurricane Katrina: DOD Disaster Response -- NEW!
--09/19/05 Pakistan's Domestic Political Developments -- Updated
--09/16/05 Issues Raised by Hurricane Katrina: A Focus on Education and Training -- 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!
--09/16/05 Tax Policy Options After Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--09/16/05 The Use of Federal Troops for Disaster Assistance: Legal Issues -- NEW!
--09/16/05 Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the WTO -- Updated
--09/15/05 Hurricane Katrina: Insurance Losses and National Capacities for Financing Disaster Risk -- NEW!
--09/15/05 Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Expiring Amendments in Brief -- Updated
--09/15/05 Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Issues of U.S.Military Involvement -- Updated
--09/14/05 Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) -- Updated
--09/14/05 Hurricane Katrina: The Response by the Internal Revenue Service -- NEW!
--09/13/05 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--09/13/05 Federal Affirmative Action Law: A Brief History -- NEW!
--09/13/05 Federal Food Assistance: Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--09/13/05 Regulatory Waivers and Extensions Pursuant to Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--09/13/05 The Macroeconomic Effects of Hurricane Katrina -- NEW!
--09/12/05 Hurricane Katrina - Stafford Act Authorities and Actions by Governor Blanco and President Bush to Trigger Them -- CRS Memorandum
--09/12/05 Trade in Services: The Doha Development Agenda Negotiations and U.S. Goals -- NEW!
--09/09/05 Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--09/09/05 Federal Civil Rights Statues: A Primer -- NEW!
--09/09/05 Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in 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!
--09/08/05 Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends -- Updated
--09/08/05 U.S. - India Bilateral Agreements in 2005 -- NEW!
--09/07/05 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Katrina Relief -- NEW!
--09/07/05 Global Climate Change -- Updated
--09/07/05 Hurricane Katrina: Fishing and Aquaculture Industries - Damage and Recovery -- NEW!
--09/07/05 Organization and Mission of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate: Issues and Options for the 109th Congress -- NEW!
--09/06/05 HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006 -- Updated
--09/02/05 Emergency Communications: The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings -- Updated
--09/01/05 Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests -- Updated
August
--08/31/05 North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program -- Updated
--08/31/05 Terrorism in South Asia -- Updated
--08/30/05 Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals -- Updated
--08/29/05 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1997-2004 -- NEW!
--08/29/05 Federal Disaster Recovery Programs: Brief Summaries -- Updated
--08/29/05 Federal Stafford Act Disaster Assistance: Presidential Declarations, Eligible Activities, and Funding -- NEW!
--08/26/05 Arts and Humanities: Background on Funding -- Updated
--08/26/05 U.S. Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia -- NEW!
--08/25/05 The Middle East Peace Talks -- Updated
--08/24/05 HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006 -- Updated
--08/22/05 Renewable Energy: Tax Credit Budget, and Electricity Production Issues -- Updated
--08/22/05 The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act ("Byrd Amendment") -- NEW!
--08/19/05 Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act -- Updated
--08/18/05 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--08/17/05 Al Qaeda: Profile and Threat Assessment -- NEW!
--08/17/05 Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview -- Updated
--08/16/05 U.S. International Trade: Data and Forecasts -- Updated
--08/12/05 The Digital TV Transition: A Brief Overview -- Updated
--08/11/05 Social Security: The Trust Fund -- NEW!
--08/10/05 Stem Cell Research -- Updated
--08/10/05 The Budget Reconciliation Process: House and Senate Procedures -- NEW!
--08/10/05 USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief -- NEW!
--08/09/05 USA PATRIOT Act: Background and Comparison of House-and Senate-Approved Reauthorization and Related Legislative Action -- NEW!
--08/08/05 Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda -- Updated
--08/05/05 Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--08/05/05 Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--08/04/05 Black Members of the United States Congress: 1870 - 2005 -- Updated
--08/04/05 Central America and the Dominican Republic in the Context of the Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States -- Updated
--08/04/05 China-U.S. Trade Issues -- Updated
--08/04/05 Oil Industry Profits: Analysis of Recent Performance -- NEW!
--08/03/05 Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues -- Updated
--08/03/05 Terrorist Financing: U.S. Agency Efforts and Inter-Agency Coordination -- NEW!
--08/03/05 Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress -- Updated
--08/02/05 Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments -- Updated
--08/02/05 Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution -- Updated
--08/01/05 India-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--08/01/05 North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: How Soon an Arsenal? -- Updated
--08/01/05 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's FY2006 Budget Request: Description, Analysis, and Issues for Congress -- Updated
July
--07/29/05 China's Currency: U.S. Options -- NEW!
--07/29/05 Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations -- Updated
--07/29/05 Energy Policy: Comprehensive Energy Legislation (H.R. 6) in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--07/29/05 Islamist Extremism in Europe -- NEW!
--07/29/05 Passenger Rail Security: Overview of Issues -- Updated
--07/29/05 U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--07/27/05 Social Security Reform -- Updated
--07/26/05 HIV/AIDS International Programs: Appropriations, FY2003-FY2006 -- Updated
--07/26/05 Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans -- NEW!
--07/26/05 Missile Survey: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles of Selected Foreign Countries -- Updated
--07/26/05 Pakistan - U.S. Relations -- Updated
--07/26/05 Recess Appointments: A Legal Overview -- NEW!
--07/25/05 Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--07/25/05 Terrorist Screening and Brady Background Checks for Firearms -- NEW!
--07/25/05 The Middle East Peace Talks -- Updated
--07/21/05 Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol -- Updated
--07/20/05 Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests -- Updated
--07/20/05 Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006 -- Updated
--07/19/05 China-U.S. Trade Issues -- Updated
--07/19/05 Missile Defense: The Current Debate -- Updated
--07/18/05 Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--07/18/05 Stem Cell Research -- Updated
--07/15/05 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--07/15/05 Hong Kong 2005: Changes in Leadership and Issues for Congress -- NEW!
--07/15/05 India-U.S. Relations -- Updated
--07/15/05 USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Proposals and Related Matters in Brief -- NEW!
--07/14/05 War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance -- Updated
--07/13/05 American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics -- Updated
--07/13/05 India: Chronology of Recent Events -- Updated
--07/12/05 Critical Infrastructure: Background, Policy, and Implementation -- Updated
--07/12/05 Transportation Security: Issues for the 109th Congress -- Updated
--07/12/05 U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism -- Updated
--07/11/05 Background on the U.S.-Brazil WTO Cotton Subsidy Dispute -- Updated
--07/11/05 Foreign Operations (House)/State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Senate): FY2006 Appropriations -- Updated
--07/11/05 Immigration Issues in Trade Agreements -- Updated
--07/11/05 The European Union in 2005 and Beyond -- Updated
--07/11/05 U.S. Agricultural Policy Response to WTO Cotton Decision -- NEW!
--07/11/05 U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications -- Updated
--07/08/05 DR-CAFTA Labor Rights Issues -- Updated
--07/08/05 DR-CAFTA: Regional Issues -- Updated
--07/07/05 Afghanistan: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections -- Updated
--07/06/05 Agricultural Issues in the 109th Congress -- Updated
--07/06/05 Arts and Humanities: Background on Funding -- Updated
--07/06/05 Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate -- Updated
--07/06/05 The Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) -- Updated
--07/06/05 United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress -- Updated
--07/05/05 Iraq: U.S. Military Operations -- Updated
--07/05/05 Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance -- Updated
--07/05/05 Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990 -- Updated
--07/01/05 China's Economic Conditions -- Updated
--07/01/05 Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals -- Updated
--07/01/05 Millennium Challenge Account: Implementation of a New U.S. Foreign Aid Initiative -- Updated
--07/01/05 U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions -- NEW!
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