Crs Report for Congress

  • Crs Report for Congress: Border Security: The Complexity of the Challenge January 24, 2007 - Rl32839
    Crs Report for Congress: Border Security: The Complexity of the Challenge January 24, 2007 - Rl32839
    By Congressional Research Service the Libr

    It is the first in a three-part series of CRS reports that make use of analytical frameworks to better understand complex problems in border security and cast them in terms that facilitate the consideration of alternative policies and ...

  • Crs Report for Congress: Homeland Security
    Crs Report for Congress: Homeland Security
    By Michael L. Koempel, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    In the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Congress included a sense of the Congress resolution that each chamber should review its committee structure. This report identifies the definitions of homeland security included in the act.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Egypt
    Crs Report for Congress: Egypt
    By Congressional Research Service: The Libr, Jeremy M. Sharp

    This report provides a brief overview of the key issues for Congress related to Egypt and information on U.S. foreign aid to Egypt. The United States has provided significant military and economic assistance to Egypt since the late 1970s.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Settlements
    Crs Report for Congress: Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Settlements
    By John R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    Brand-name firms that wish to enforce their patents against generic competitors must commence litigation in the federal courts.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Iraq
    Crs Report for Congress: Iraq
    By Congressional Research Service: The Libr, Kenneth Katzman

    " Mounting U.S. casualties and financial costs -- without clear signs of security progress -- have intensified a debate within the United States over whether to wind down U.S. involvement without completely accomplishing initial U.S. goals.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Campaign Financing
    Crs Report for Congress: Campaign Financing
    By Joseph E. Cantor, Congressional Research Service the Libr

    Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, long centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Campaign Finance
    Crs Report for Congress: Campaign Finance
    By Joseph E. Cantor, Congressional Research Service the Libr

    Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, long centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Navy Ford (Cvn-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program
    Crs Report for Congress: Navy Ford (Cvn-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program
    By Ronald O'Rourke, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    CVN-78 and CVN-79 are the first two ships in the Navy's new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. CVN-78 was procured in FY2008 and is scheduled to enter service in 2015.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Iraq
    Crs Report for Congress: Iraq
    By Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    U.S. officials made clear that this would include the ouster of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein's regime. On March 17, 2003, the United States launched "Operation Iraqi Freedom," a war effort to disarm Iraq and change its regime.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Federal Business Taxation
    Crs Report for Congress: Federal Business Taxation
    By Congressional Research Service: The Libr, David L. Brumbaugh

    Based on this principle, the 1986 act broadened the tax base and reduced statutory tax rates set forth by the tax code. In time, however, the underlying thrust of tax policy has changed.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Government Transparency and Secrecy
    Crs Report for Congress: Government Transparency and Secrecy
    By Congressional Research Service: The Libr, Wendy Ginsberg

    From the beginnings of the American federal government, Congress has required executive branch agencies to release or otherwise make available government information and records.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Intellectual Property and the Free Trade Agreements
    Crs Report for Congress: Intellectual Property and the Free Trade Agreements
    By John R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    The United States has recently entered into a number of Free Trade Agreements, or FTAs, with Australia, Chile, Singapore, and other trading partners. Negotiations are currently ongoing with respect to the establishment of additional FTAs.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Higher Education Tax Credits
    Crs Report for Congress: Higher Education Tax Credits
    By Congressional Research Service: The Libr, Pamela J. Jackson

    The introduction of the Hope Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit marked a dramatic increase in education spending through tax expenditures.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Flat Tax Proposals and Fundamental Tax Reform
    Crs Report for Congress: Flat Tax Proposals and Fundamental Tax Reform
    By James M. Bickley, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    The idea of replacing our current income tax system with a "flat-rate tax" is receiving renewed congressional interest.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Agroterrorism
    Crs Report for Congress: Agroterrorism
    By Congressional Research Service: The Libr, Alejandro E. Segarra

    Although U.S. intelligence agencies have not identified any terrorist acts targeting agricultural production (i.e., agroterrorism) in the United States to date, the events of September 11, 2001 have awakened the nation to their possibility.

  • Crs Report for Congress: National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
    Crs Report for Congress: National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
    By Congressional Research Service: The Libr, Raphael F. Perl

    On September 5, 2006, the White House released the 2006 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Navy Attack Submarine Procurement
    Crs Report for Congress: Navy Attack Submarine Procurement
    By Ronald O'Rourke, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) at a rate of one per year for the past several years. The procurement rate is scheduled to increase to two boats per year starting in FY2011.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Navy Attack Submarine Force-Level Goal and Procurement Rate
    Crs Report for Congress: Navy Attack Submarine Force-Level Goal and Procurement Rate
    By Ronald O'Rourke, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    The Navy is currently procuring one Virginia (SSN-774) class attack submarine per year.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Navy Virginia (Ssn-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement
    Crs Report for Congress: Navy Virginia (Ssn-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement
    By Ronald O'Rourke, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998.

  • Crs Report for Congress: Libya
    Crs Report for Congress: Libya
    By Christopher M. Blanchard, Congressional Research Service: The Libr

    On May 15, 2006, the Bush Administration announced its intention to restore full diplomatic relations with Libya and to rescind Libya's listing as a state sponsor of terrorism and a country not fully cooperating with U.S. counterterrorism ...