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Congressional Research
Service Reports
The Congressional Research Service is the public policy research arm of the United States Congress and solely serves Congress as a source of nonpartisan, objective analysis and research on all legislative issues. Through the Congress, the National Agricultural Law Center is periodically receiving CRS reports related to agriculture and food issues. New and updated reports will be posted here as they are obtained.
Recently, the CRS reports were updated and reorganized, with efficient research and easier topic identification as main goals. The reports were reclassified from the previous categories into new topics that more closely match and identify the subject of the report. Further division by multiple sub-topics in many of the categories will help specifically pinpoint topics relevant to individual areas of interest. However, it is important to note that many of the reports may fall into more than one category. For example, a report titled "Federal Food Assistance in Disasters" may have elements relevant to both the disaster assistance category and the food security and aid category. In those cases, the report was put into the category that seemed the most relevant to the overall subject of the paper. While every effort was made to ensure consistency, a careful researcher should exercise discretion and define the scope of research accordingly. Many CRS reports are updated regularly so if you have subjects or reports of particular interest, you should check the entries periodically for updated versions.
Note: Beginning January 2010, new postings will be added at the top of the sections with the most timely reports marked as NEW.
Subject Index
Animal Agriculture
Aquaculture
Bankruptcy
Biotechnology
Budget and Appropriations
Climate Change
Commodities
Disaster Impact and Assistance
Economy
Energy
Environmental Issues
Estate Planning and Taxation
Farm Bills/Economic Stimulus
Farm Labor
Farm Commodity Programs
Farm Policy and Legislative Analysis
Federal Loan Programs
Finance and Credit
Food Safety
Food Security/Aid
Forestry
International Agriculture
Public Lands
Rural Development
Security and Defense
Sustainable and Organic Farming
Trade Regulation and Antitrust
Transportation
Water Resources
Animal Agriculture
General Issues
Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues for Congress (RS22526, Becker)
Dairy Market and Policy Issues (R40205, Shields)
Livestock Feed Costs: Concerns and Options (RS22908, Becker)
Health Issues
Animal Drug User Fee Programs (RL34459, Lister)
Antibiotic Use in Agriculture: Background and Legislation (R40739, Becker)
Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds (RL33795, Monke & Corn)
Avian Influenza: Multiple Strains Cause Different Effects Worldwide (RS21747,Monke)
BSE, or "Mad Cow Disease" in North America: A Chronology of Selected Events
(RL32932, Becker)
BSE, or "Mad Cow Disease": Current and Proposed Safeguards (RL32199, Becker & Lister)
Foot and Mouth Disease: A Threat to U.S. Agriculture (RS20890, Segarra & Rawson)
Funding Plant & Animal Health Emergencies: Transfers from the CCC (RL32504, Monke)
Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress (IB10127, Becker)
Private Testing of Mad Cow Disease: Legal Issues (RL32414, Vina)
Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines (RL33938, Johnson)
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Including "Mad Cow Disease" (RL32269, Lister & Becker)
Virus-Serum-Toxin Act: A Brief History and Analysis (RS22014, Monke)
Treatment
Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Legislation (RS22493, Becker)
Federal Animal Protection Statutes: Brief Summaries (94-731, Cohen)
Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Selected Issues (95-1175, Becker)
Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Issues (RS21978, Becker)
Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues (RS21842, Becker)
Marketing
Dairy Market and Policy Issues (R40205, Shields)
Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting (RS20079, Heykoop)
Potential Farm Sector Effects of 2009 H1N1 "Swine Flu": Questions and Answers
(R40575, Johnson)
Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies (RS22980, Johnson)
Livestock Marketing and Competition Issues (RL33325, Johnson & Becker)
Identification
Animal Identification and Meat Traceability (RL32012, Becker)
Animal Identification: Overview and Issues (R40832, Schnepf)
Animal Identification: Overview and Issues (RS22653, Becker)
Byproducts
Anaerobic Digestion: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Energy Generation (R40667, Bracmort)
Animal Rendering: Economics and Policy (RS21771, Becker)
Aquaculture
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 107th Congress (IB10074, Buck)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress (RL33459, Buck)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress (RL33813, Buck)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Issues in the 111th Congress (R40172, Buck & Upton)
Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Online News and Information Sources (RL30856, Buck)
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: Reauthorization Issues for the 107th
Congress (RL30215, Waldeck & Buck)
Open Ocean Aquaculture (RL32694, Borgatti & Buck)
Bankruptcy
Ch. 12 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Reorganization of a Family Farmer or Fisherman (RS20742, Jeweler)
Biotechnology
Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues (RL32809, Becker & Cowan)
Biosafety Protocol for Genetically Modified Organisms: An Overview (RL30594, Segarra & Fletcher)
Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture: Status and Current Issues (RL33334, Cowan & Becker)
Examination of the Issues Surrounding Biotechnology Patenting and Its Effects Upon Entrepreneurial
Companies (RL30648, Thomas)
Genetically Engineered Fish and Seafood (RL32974, Bortatti & Buck)
Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods (RS20507, Vogt)
StarLink Corn Controversy: Background (RS20732, Segarra & Rawson)
Status of Genetically Engineered Wheat in North America (RS21620, Bass)
Budget and Appropriations
Financial Services and General Government: FY2010 Appropriations (R40801, Hatch) -- NEW
Energy and Water Development: FY2010 Appropriations (R40669, Behrens et al.
)
Energy and Water Development: FY2009 Appropriations (RL34417, Behrens et al.)
Agriculture and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation (RS22086, Chite)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations (R40000, Monke)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations (RL34132, Monke)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations (RL33412, Monke)
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations (RL32904, Monke)
Appropriations for FY1999; Interior and Related Agencies (98-206, Greenwood)
Appropriations for FY1999; U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (98-201, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2000: Energy and Water Development (RL30207, Humphries & Behrens)
Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies (RL30206, Greenwood)
Appropriations for FY2000: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL30201, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2001: An Overview (RL30500, Bley)
Appropriations for FY2001: Energy and Water Development (RL30507, Humphries & Behrens)
Appropriations for FY2001: Interior and Related Agencies (RL30506, Greenwood)
Appropriations for FY2001: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL30501, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2002: Interior and Related Agencies (RL31006, Vincent & Boren)
Appropriations for FY2002: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL31001, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2003: Interior and Related Agencies (RL31306, Vincent & Boren)
Appropriations for FY2003: Interior and Related Agencies (RL31806, Vincent & Boren)
Appropriations for FY2003: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL31301, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2004: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies (RL31801, Chite)
Appropriations for FY2005: USDA and Related Agencies (RL32301, Chite)
Assistance After Hurricanes and Other Disasters: FY2004-05 Supplemental Appropriations
(RL32581, Bea & Chite)
Emergency Funding for Ag: A Brief History of Supplemental Appropriations FY1989-2005
(RL31095, Chite)
Environmental Protection Agency: Highlights of the President's FY2007 Request (RS22386,
Bearden & Esworthy)
Farm Commodity Programs in the President's FY2010 Budget (R40442, Monke)
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2007 (RL33345, Davey, et al.)
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006 (RL32799, Davey)
Federal R&D Funding Under a Continuing Resolution (RS22523, Davey, et al.)
Food and Agriculture Provisions in the FY1997 Supplemental Appropriations Act (98-600, Chite)
FY2006
Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (RS22071, Monke)
FY2007 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (RS22382, Monke)
FY2009 Budget Request for the USDA (RS22621, Monke)
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations (RL34011, Vincent, et al.)
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations (RL32893, Vincent)
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations (RL33399, Vincent & Boren)
Land and Water Conservation Fund: Current Status and Issues (97-792, Zinn)
Natural Resources and Environment Function in the FY2000 Federal Budget: A Description of
Programs and Funding (RS20096, Bearden)
Natural Resources and Environment Function in the FY2001 Federal Budget: A Description of
Programs and Funding (RS20492, Bearden)
Natural Resources and Environment Function in the FY2003 Federal Budget: An Overview of
Programs and Funding (RS21154, Bearden)
Superfund and Natural Resource Damages (RS20772, Reisch)
Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions for FY1998 (98-123, Nowels)
Climate Change
Climate Change ad the EU Emmissions Trading Scheme: Looking to 2020 (R41049, Parker) -- NEW
Potential Implications of a Carbon Offset Program to Farmers and Landowners (R41086,
Johnson et al.) -- NEW
Cars and Climate: What Can EPA Do To Control Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources?
(R40506, McCarthy)
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations (R40910, Leggett & Lattanzio)
Climate Change: Comparison of the Cap-and-Trade Provisions in H.R. 2454 and S. 1733
(R40896, Yacobucci et al.)
Agriculture and Forestry Provisions in Climate Legislation in the 111th Congress
(R40994, Johnson)
Agriculture and Forestry Provisions in Climate Change Legislation (S. 3036)
(RS22834, Johnson)
Nitrous Oxide from Agricultural Sources: Potential Role in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reducation
and Ozone Recovery (R40874, Bracmort)
Climate Change: Summary and Analysis of the Climate Stewardship Act (RS22076, Parker & Yacobucci)
Climate Change Legislation in the 108th Congress (RL32055, Yacobucci & Powers)
Global Climate Change: Carbon Emissions and End-use Energy Demands (RL30038, Rowberg)
Greenhouse Gases and Economic Development: An Empirical Approach to Defining Goals (RL32762,
Blodgett & Parker)
Climate Change: Summary and Analysis of the "Climate Stewardship Act" (RS21637, Parker &
Yacobucci)
Climate Change: Comparison and Analysis of S. 1151 and the Draft "Climate and Economy Insurance
Act of 2005" (RS32953, Yacobucci & Parker)
Global Climate Change: Federal Research on Possible Human Health Effects (RL31519, Simpson)
Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress (RL32955, Yacobucci)
Global Climate Change: Major Scientific and Policy Issues (RL33602, Justus & Fletcher)
Climate Change: Science and Policy Implications (RL33849, Leggett
Greenhouse Gas Reductions: California Action and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
(RL33982, Ramseur)
Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Overview and Assessment (RL34241, Ramseur)
Climate Change: Federal Funding and Tax Incentives (RL33817, Leggett)
Climate Change: Comparison and Analysis of S. 1766 and S. 2191 (S. 3036) (RL34520, Parker &
Yacobucci)
California's Waiver Request Under the Clean Air Act to Control Greenhouse Gases from Motor Vehicles
(RL34099, McCarthy & Meltz)
Air Quality Standards and Sound Science: What Role for CASAC? (RL33607, McCarthy)
Clean Air Act: Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements (RL30853, McCarthy et al.)
Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation in the 108th Congress (RL31779, Parker & Blodgett)
Air Quality: Multi-Pollutant Legislation (RL31326, Parker & Blodgett)
Are Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rising More Rapidly Than Expected? (RS22970, Leggett & Logan)
Biochar: Examination of an Emerging Concept to Mitigate Climate Change (R40186, Bracmort)
Capturing CO2 from Coal-Fired Power Plants: Challenges for a Comprehensive Strategy (RL34621,
Parker, Folger & Stine)
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) (RL33801, Folger)
Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Change and Congress (RL34059, Folger)
"Carbon Leakage" and Trade: Issues and Approaches (R40100, Parker & Blodgett)
Carbon Tax and Greenhouse Gas Control: Options and Considerations for Congress (R40242,
Ramseur & Parker)
Climate Change: Action by States to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions (RL33812, Ramseur)
Climate Change: Comparison of S. 2191 as Reported (now S. 3036) with Proposed Boxer Amendment
(RL34515, Yacobucci & Parker)
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of S.2191 (RL34489, Parker & Yacobucci)
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of the Cap-and-Trade Provisions of H.R. 2454 (R40809,
Parker & Yacobucci)
Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools (RL34513, Leggett)
Climate Change: Design Approaches for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program (RL33799, Parker)
Climate Change: Federal Expenditures for Science and Technology (RL32997, Simpson & Justus)
Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions (RL31931,
Yacobucci & Parker)
Climate Change: Federal Research, Technology, and Related Programs (RL30452, Simpson)
Climate Change: Issues Underlying Negotiations at the Bali Conference of Parties (RL34260,
Fletcher et al.)
Climate Change: Kyoto Protocol and International Actions (RL33826, Fletcher & Parker)
Climate Change: Potential Regulation of Stationary Greenhouse Gas Sources Under the Clean Air Act
(R40585, Parker & McCarthy)
Climate Change: Role of the U.S. Agriculture Sector (RL33898, Johnson)
Climate Change: Science Update 2007 (RL34266, Leggett)
Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS): Kyoto and Beyond (RL34150, Parker)
Climate Change and International Deforestation: Legislative Analysis (RL34634, Shiekh & Gorte)
Climate Change Litigation: A Survey (RL32764, Meltz)
Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress (RL34067, Ramseur & Yacobucci)
Community Acceptance of Carbon Capture and Sequestrian Infrastructure: Siting Challenges
(RL34601, Parfomak)
Estimates of Carbon Mitigation Potential from Agricultural and Forestry Activities (R40236,
Johnson et al.)
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2010 (R40710, Sargent)
Federal Research and Development Funding: Possible Impacts of Operating Under a Continuing
Resolution (RS22978, Shea & Morgan)
Forest Carbon Markets: Potential and Drawbacks (RL34560, Gorte & Ramseur)
Global Climate Change and Wildlife (RS22597, Sheikh et al.)
Global Climate Change: Status of Negotiations (RS22899, Fletcher)
Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol (RL30692, Fletcher)
Global Climate Change: The Role of Energy Efficiency (RL30414, Sissine)
Global Climate Change: The Role of U.S. Foreign Assistance (97-1015, Tarnoff)
Global Climate Change: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Status, Trends and Projections (98-235,
Blodgett & Parker)
Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Cap-and-Trade Bills in the 110th Congress (RL33846, Parker & Yacobucci)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Conflicting Situations, Conflicting Perspectives (RL32721,
Parker & Blodgett)
Greenhouse Legislation: Summary and Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Passed by the House of
Representatives (R40643-1, Holt & Whitney)
Greenhouse Legislation: Summary and Analysis of H.R. 2454 as Reported by the House Committee
on Energy and Commerce (R40643, Holt & Whitney)
Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Control: Selected Proposals in the 111th Congress
(R40556, Ramseur et al.)
Measuring and Monitoring Carbon in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors (RS22964, Gorte & Johnson)
Potential Offset Supply in a Cap-and-Trade Program (RL34705, Ramseur)
Regulating a Carbon Market: Issues Raised By the European Carbon and U.S. Sulfur Dioxide Allowance
Markets(RL34488, Jickling & Parker)
Role of Offsets in a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap-and-Trade Program: Potential Benefits and
Concerns (RL34436, Ramseur)
Summary of Waxman-Market Draft Greenhouse Gas Legislation (R40597, Holt)
Supreme Court's Climate Change Decision: Massachusetts v. EPA (RS22665, Meltz)
U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness
(RL30024, Parker & Blodgett)
U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations (R40001, Leggett)
United States and Europe: Current Issues (RS22163, Mix)
Commodities
Crops
Asian Soybean Rust: Background and Issues (RL32225, Schnepf)
Background on Sugar Policy Issues (RL33541, Jurenas)
FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products: A Policy and Legal Analysis (RL32619, Redhead & Burrows)
Hemp As an Agricultural Commodity (RL32725, Rawson)
Implications of Reactivating the Dairy Export Incentive Program (R40585, Shields & Hanrahan)
Specialty Crop Issues in the 109th Congress (RL32951, Rawson)
Tobacco: Selected Legal Issues (RL33719, Burrows)
U.S. Tobacco Production, Consumption and Export Trends (RL30947, Womach)
Marketing
Farm Product 'Check-off' Programs: A Constitutional Analysis (RL32957, Vina)
Farmers' Markets: The USDA Role (RS21652, Becker)
Federal Farm Promotion ("Check-Off") Programs (95-353, Becker)
High Agricultural Commodity Prices: What Are the Issues (RL34474, Schnepf)
Seafood Marketing: Combating Fraud and Deception (RL34124, Buck)
Trading
CFTC Reauthorization in the 109th Congress (RS22028, Jickling)
Proposed Transaction Fee on Futures Contracts (RS22415, Jickling)
Disaster Impact and Assistance
Renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement for Federal Crop Insurance
(R40966, Shields)
Renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement for Federal Crop Insurance (R40966, Shields)
Agricultural Disaster Assistance (RS21212, Chite)
Commercial Fishery Disaster Assistance (RL34209, Upton)
Disaster Relief Funding and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations (R40708, Lindsay & Murray)
Disaster Relief and Response: FY2003 Supplemental Appropriations (RL31999, Bea)
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation for Disaster Assistance: Summary Data
(RL33226, Murray & Lindsey)
Federal Crop Insurance: Background and Issues (R40532, Shields)
Federal Disaster Recovery Programs: Brief Summaries (RL31734, Jordan)
Federal Food Assistance in Disasters: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (RL33102, Richardson)
FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other International Activities; Additional Hurricane
Katrina Relief (RL33298, Irwin & Nowels)
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Fishing and Aquaculture - Damage and Recovery
(RS22241, Buck)
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Restoration (RS22276, Zinn)
International Crises and Disasters: U.S. Humanitarian Assistance, Budget Trends, and
Issues for Congress (RL33769, Margesson)
Midwest Floods of 2008: Potential Impact on Agriculture (RL34583, Schnepf)
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: Provisions and Changes to Preexisting Law
(RL33589, Lister & Gottron)
Ports in Louisiana: New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge (RS22297, Cieslak)
U.S. Agriculture After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Status and Issues (RL33075, Schnepf & Chite)
A Whole-Farm Crop Disaster Program: Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE) (R40452, Shields)
Economy
Farm Price-Cost Squeeze and U.S. Farm Policy (R40761, Shields)
Farm-To-Food Price Dynamics (R40621, Schnepf)
U.S. Farm Economy (R40152, Schnepf)
U.S. Farm Economy (RS21970, Schnepf)
Energy
Generally
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Background, Status, and Selected Issues for
Congress (RL34497, Stine)
Energy: Selected Facts and Numbers (RL31840, Glover & Behrens)
Energy Costs and Agriculture (RL30943, Heykoop)
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: A Summary of Major Provisions (RL34294, Sissine)
Energy Policy Act of 2002: Summary of S. 1766 as Introduced (RL31276, Holt & Glover)
Energy Policy: Historical Overview, Conceptual Framework, and Continuing Issues
(RL31720, Bamberger)
Energy Projects on Federal Lands: Leasing and Authorization (R40806, Vann)
Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues (RL33578, Lazzari)
Energy Use in Agriculture: Background and Issues (RL32677, Schnepf)
Renewable Energy R&D Funding History: Comparison with Funding for Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy,
and Energy Efficiency R&D (RS22858, Sissine)
U.S. Energy: Overview and Selected Facts and Numbers (R40187, Behrens & Glover)
Renewable Energy
Intermediate-Level Blends of Ethanol in Gasoline, and the Ethanol "Blend Wall"
(R40445, Yacobucci) -- NEW
Wind Energy: Offshore Permitting (RL32658, Vann)
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress (RL33564, Yacobucci)
Biofuels Incentives: Summary of Federal Programs (RL33572, Yacobucci)
Agriculture-Based Renewable Energy Production (RL32712, Schnepf)
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress (R40168, Yacobucci)
Biofuels Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs (RL40110, Yacobucci)
Biofuels Provisions in H.R. 3221 and H.R. 6: A Side-by-Side Comparison (RL34136, Yacobucci)
Biomass: Comparison of Definitions in Legislation (R40529, Bracmort & Gorte)
Bush Energy Policy: Overview of Major Proposals and Legislative Action (RL31096, Holt)
Calculation of Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the Renewable Fuel Standard
(R40460, Yacobucci & Bracmort)
Cellulosic Biofuels: Analysis of Policy Issues for Congress (RL34738, Capeheart)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 109th Congress (RL32860, Sissine)
Ethanol and Biofuels: Agriculture, Infrastructure, and Market Constraints Related to
Expanded Production (RL33928, Yacobucci & Schnepf)
Ethanol: Economic and Policy Issues (R40488, Capeheart)
Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation (RL34191, Seelke & Yacobucci)
European Union Biofuels Policy and Agriculture: An Overview (RS22404, Schnepf)
Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues (RL30369, Yacobucci & Womach)
Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues(RL33290, Yacobucci)
Renewable Energy Policy: Tax Credit, Budget and Regulatory Issues (RL33588, Sissine)
Selected Issues Related to an Expansion of the Renewable Fuel Standard
(R40155, Yacobucci &
Capeheart)
Waiver Authority Under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) (RS22870, Yacobucci)
Wind Power in the United States: Technology, Economic, and Policy Issues (RL34546, Logan & Kaplan)
Environmental Issues
Generally
Environmental Laws: Summaries of Statutes Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency
(RL30798, Fletcher)
Federal Pollution Control Laws: How Are They Enforced? (RL34384, Esworthy)
National Environmental Policy Act: Background and Implementation (RL33152, Luther)
National Environmental Policy Act: Streamlining NEPA (RL33267, Luther)
Natural Resources Policy: Management, Institutions and Issues (RL33806, Vincent & Carter)
Natural Resources: Selected Issues for the 109th Congress (RL32699, Carter & Vincent)
Overview of National Environmental Policy Act Requirements (RS20621, Alexander)
Superfund: Overview and Selected Issues (RL33426, Ramseur & Reisch)
Animal Agriculture
Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: A Primer (RL32948, Copeland)
Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA's Air Compliance Agreement (RL32947, Copeland)
Animal Waste and Hazardous Substances: Current Laws and Legislative Issues (RL33691, Copeland)
Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA Regulation of CAFOs (RL31851, Copeland)
Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA's Response to the Waterkeeper Alliance (RL33656, Copeland)
Conservation
2008 Farm Bill: Analysis of Tax-Related Conservation Reserve Program Proposals (RS22910, Pettit)
Agricultural Conservation Issues in the 111th Congress (R40692, Stubbs)
Agricultural Conservation Programs: A Scorecard (RL32940, Zinn & Cowan)
Agricultural Conservation: A Guide to Programs (R40763, Stubbs)
Conservation and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 201) and a Related Initiative in the 106th Congress
(RL30444, Zinn & Corn)
Conservation Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill (RL34557, Cowan & Johnson)
Conservation Reserve Program: Legal Analysis of Proposed Legislation to Change the Structure
and Taxation of Benefits Received (RS22851, Pettit)
Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues (RS21613, Cowan)
Conservation Reserve Program Payments: Self-Employment Income, Rental Income,
or Something Else? (RL34457, Pettit)
Conservation Security Program in the 2002 Farm Bill (RS21739, Johnson)
Conservation Security Program: Implementation & Current Issues (RS21740, Cowan)
Debt-for-Nature Initiatives and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (RL31286, Sheikh)
Environmental Quality Incentives Program: Status and Issues (R40197, Stubbs)
Farm Protection Program: Status and Current Issues (RS22565, Johnson)
Land and Water Conservation Fund: Current Status and Issues (RS21503, Zinn)
Land Conversion in the Northern Plains (RL33950, Stubbs)
Land & Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, Current Issues (RL33531, Vincent)
Mandatory Funding for Agriculture Conservation Programs (RS22243, Zinn)
Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Trout: Managing Under the Endangered Species Act (98-666, Buck)
Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act: A Comparison of Pending Bills and a Proposed
Amendment with Current Law (RL33309, Sheikh et al.)
Resource Conservation Title of the 2002 Farm Bill: Comparison of New Law with Bills and
Prior Laws (RL31486, Zinn)
Soil and Water Conservation: An Overview (RL33556, Zinn)
South Florida Ecosystem Retoration and the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
(RS20702, Sheikh & Carter)
Technical Assistance for Agriculture Conservation (RL34069, Stubbs)
Wetlands: An Overview of Issues (RL33483, Zinn & Copeland)
Wilderness Laws: Permitted and Prohibited Uses (RL33827, Gorte)
Air
Air Quality: EPA's 2006 Changes to the Particulate Matter (PM) Standard (RL33254, McCarthy)
Clean Air Act Issues in the 109th Congress (RL33552, McCarthy)
Clean Air Act Issues in the 110th Congress: Implementation and Oversight (RL33776, McCarthy)
Clean Air Act Issues in the 111th Congress (R40145, McCarthy)
Costs and Benefits of Clear Skies: EPA's Analysis of Multi-Pollutant Clean Air Bills (RL33165,
McCarthy & Parker)
Methyl Bromide and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion (RS20863, Morrissey)
Particulate Matter: Implementation of the 1997 National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(RL32431, Esworthy)
Regulation of Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions: State and Federal Standards (RS22788, Yacobucci)
Water
Safe Drinking Water Act: Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues (RL34201, Tiemann) -- NEW
Clean Water Act: A Summary of the Law (RL30030, Copeland)
Clean Water Act Section 401: Background and Issues (97-488, Copeland)
Clean Water Act and Total Maximum Daily Loads of Pollutants (97-831, Copeland)
Clean Water Action Plan: Background and Early Implementation (98-150, Copeland)
Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Restoration: Recommended Corps Plan (RS22110, Zinn)
Coastal Louisiana: Attempting to Restore an Ecosystem (RL32673, Zinn)
Controversies over Redefining "Fill Material" Under the Clean Water Act (RL31411, Copeland)
Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act (RL33466, Copeland)
Water Quality Initiatives and Agriculture (RL30437, Copeland)
Water Quality Issues in the 110th Congress: Oversight and Implementation (RL33800, Copeland)
Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act Is Revisited by the Supreme Court: Rapanos v.
United States (RL33263, Meltz & Copeland)
Pesticides
Pesticide Law: A Summary of the Statutes (RL31921, Schierow)
Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: An Overview (RL32218, Esworthy)
Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict? (RL32884, Copeland)
Wildlife
Endangered Species Act in the 111th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (R40185,
Buck et al.)
Endangered Species Act: Consideration of Economic Factors (RL30792, Baldwin)
Designation of Critical Habitat Under the Endangered Species Act (RS20263, Baldwin)
Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and Department of Defense Readiness Activities:
Background and Current Law (RL31415, Baldwin)
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program: Status and Current Issues (RS22603, Stubbs & Zinn)
Endangered Species Act and Legal Issues Regarding Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead
(RL34453, Lane et al.)
Gray Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act: Distinct Population Segments and Experimental
Populations (RL34238, Alexander & Corn)
Endangered Species Act: A Primer (RL31654, Baldwin, et al.)
Endangered Species Act and Claims for Property Rights "Takings" (RL31796, Meltz)
Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and Department of Defense Readiness Activities:
Current Law and Legislative Proposals (RL31415, Baldwin)
Endangered Species Act and "Sound Science" (RL32992, Buck & Corn)
Endangered Species Act in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (RL33468,
Buck & Corn)
Endangered Species Act in the 111th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (R4-185,
Buck, et al.)
Endangered Species Act in the 110th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (RL33779,
Buck, et al.)
Endangered Species Act Issues Regarding Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead (R40169,
Alexander & Buck)
Endangered Species List Revisions: A Summary of Delisting and Downlisting (98-32, Noecker)
Global Climate Change and Wildlife (RS22597, Scheikh, et al.)
Invasive Non-Native Species: Background and Issues for Congress (RL30123, Corn, et al.)
Marine Mammal Protection Act: Reauthorization Issues (RL30120, Buck)
Multinational Species Conservation Fund (RS21157, Sheikh & Corn)
Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Trout: Managing Under the Endangered Species Act (98-666, Buck)
Proposed Changes to Regulations Governing Consultation Under the Endangered Species Act
(RL34641, Alexander & Corn)
Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act: A Comparison of Pending Bills and a
Proposed Amendment with Current Law (RL33309, Sheikh et al.)
What Happens to the Bald Eagle Now That It Is Not Protected Under the Endangered Species Act?
(RL34174, Alexander)
Wilderness: Overview and Statistics (RL31447, Gorte)
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program: Status and Current Issues (R40051, Stubbs)
Other Issues
Civil Works Program of the Army Corps of Engineers: A Primer (RS20866, Carter & Cody)
Drought in the United States: Causes and Issues for Congress (RL34580, Folger, et al.)
Managing Regional Growth: Is There a Role for Congress? (RS20011, Zinn)
Marine Protected Areas: An Overview (RL32154, Zinn & Buck)
Precision Ag and Site-Specific Management: Current Status and Emerging Policy Issues
(RL30630, Cowan)
Precision Agriculture: a Primer (RS20515, Cowan)
Survey of Recent State Policies to Manage Growth and Protect Open Space (RL31656, Zinn)
Estate Planning and Taxation
Asset Distribution of Taxable Estates: An Analysis (RS20593, Maguire)
Calculating Estate Tax Liability: 2001-2011 and Beyond(RL33718, Noto)
Capital Gains Taxes: An Overview (96-769, Gravelle)
Economic Issues Surrounding the Estate and Gift Tax: A Brief Summary (RS20609, Gravelle)
Estate Taxes and Family Businesses: Economic Issues (RL33070, Gravelle & Maguire)
Estate and Gift Taxes: Economic Issues (RL30600, Gravelle & Maguire)
H.R. 8: The Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001 (RL30912, Noto)
Farm Bills/Economic Stimulus
Actual Farm Bill Spending and Cost Estimates (R41195, Monke & Johnson) -- NEW
Previewing Dairy Policy Options for the Next Farm Bill (R41141, Shields) -- NEW
2002 Farm Bill: Comparison of Commodity Support Provisions with the House and Senate Proposals
(RL31524, Womach)
2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status (RL31195, Womach)
2002 Farm Law at a Glance (RS21233, Becker)
2008 Farm Bill: Major Provisions and Legislative Actions (RL34696, Johnson, et al.)
2008 Farm Bill: Analysis of Tax-Related Conservation Reserve Program Proposals
(RS22910, Pettit)
Agricultural Exports and the 2007 Farm Bill (RL34227, Hanrahan)
Agricultural Export Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill (RS22905, Hanrahan)
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education: Farm Bill Issues (RL34352, Rawson)
Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension in the 2007 Farm Bill (RS22693, Rawson)
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Rural Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(R40160, Monke et al.)
Animal Agriculture: 2007 Farm Bill Issues (RL33958, Becker & Johnson)
Biofuels in the 2007 Energy and Farm Bills: A Side-by-Side Comparison
(RL34239, Yacobucci & Schnepf)
Comparison of the House and Senate 2007 Farm Bills (RL34228, Johnson, et al.)
Conservation and the 2007 Farm Bill (RL34060, Zinn)
Crop Insurance and Disaster Assistance in the 2008 Farm Bill (RL34207, Chite)
Dairy Policy and the 2008 Farm Bill (RL34036, Chite)
Domestic Food Assistance: The Farm Bill and Other Legislation in the 110th Congress
(RL33829, Richardson)
Energy Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (R40412,
Sissine, et al.)
Energy Provisions of the Farm Bill: Comparison of the New Law with Previous Law
and House and Senate Bills (RL31271, Yacobucci)
Environmental Services Markets: Farm Bill Proposals (RL34042, Johnson)
Exposure of U.S. Farm Policy to Challenge Under WTO Rules: A Powerpoint Summary
(WD06001, Schnepf & Womach)
Farm Bill Budget and Costs: 2002 vs. 2007 (RS22694, Chite)
Farm Bill Proposals and Legislative Action in the 110th Congress (RL33934, Johnson)
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